The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-22


The Popular Movements for Peace
New Jersey Leads the Van-An AR
.ulistice for Six Months Demanded.
The general and intense public feeling in
the North that the prosecution of the war
will not only not extricate US from our pres
ent difficulties, but lead US into worse ones
is fast finding expression in the press and
public meetings, and through legislative
bodies. Gallant and glorious New jersey
leads the way. We find the following in
the New Y ork World of the 14th: ras
aa THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. rs.a
-g"Bota houses of the Legislature OF, New
Jersey organized this afternoon at three
O'Clock without difficulty. The Assembly
counts forty -three Democratic and seventeen
Republican yotes.E ,.z -a 10 .H9..d-
The only proceeding ofinterest that came
up after organization the offering of the
following series Of resolutions by Senator
Holsmah, of Bergen County, animadverting
severely upon the policy of the Government,
and advocating an armistice of six months
! duratiop:
Be it resolved 5y the Senate ana General As
senably of the State of Net0 Jersey:
.First-That it is the sense of the Legis-
lature and of the people of n New jersey that
the civil war in which the nation is unhap-
/ PLY involved ought not TO be protracted
! one moment longer than is necessary to test
the power of the Government within the
limits which the Constitution has imposed;
and that, so soon as the conduct of the war
requires or involves the sacrifice of rights
which the Constitution secures, it ought to
cease. q rgTe ga .-l1a-.a-, -.
Second-That the people of New J Jersey,
| their represe natives here assembled, and the
gallant soldiers, who without compulson
have rushed to arms to maintain the Con-
stitution, believe that the time for honora-
BILE pacifcatiou- has arrived, and that every
effort ought to be made to effect 1t and avert
consequences which must ensue from cou-
tinuance of war at the expense of constltu-
tional freedom. 20
Third-That the recent proclamation OF
emancipation, the division of sovereign
State without the consent of its people and
Legislature, the appointment of military
Governors and the attempt on the part OF
the Executive to coutrol the popular branch
of Congress by fraudulent military elections
of Representatives, are gross violation OF the
, Constitution, and merit and receive the con-
demnation of this Legislature.
Fourth--That to the same category be-
longs the system of arbitrory arrests the IN
fringement of the freedom of the press, the
:
= of hqbeas corpus, the confscation and seiz-
5 ures of property without judicial process
aud the establishment of military authority
: beyond the lines of the army, and all attes
. the evil tendency of civil war;
!, -Fifth-That in view of the possibility
r greater evils in the dark future before US, II
3 is the duty of the Legislature and the EX-
Q ecutive of the State to economize and Gu II
o tivate IT'S credit and resources, MAINTAIN ane
$ improve its military organization, and tt
take all proper and necessary means to as
Y sert the integrity the dignity, and sovereign
= ty of the State.
cited by civil war it is impossible to ap
e proach the discussion OF measures OF peac
v with that calmness which is requisite, a
t armistice of six months should ba eStaollsn
d ed between the contending States.
= venth--That in the third month aite
J. The armistice has been agreed to one dele
70 cate should be elected in each congresslons
10 district in each State, which delegates shou
Is on the second Monday of the ensuing montt
1t assemble in convention in the city OF Lex
inoton. in the State of Kentucky, to discus
such measures Of amicable settlement &
;! shall be presented.
j. These resolutions were made the speels
rs order of the day of the 22d instant. The
r. readino was received with much acclama
= IN.
~ ct, but are working assiduously to place u
r State in a prominent position In regard
rs the war. The conservative element, no"
IN ever. seems stronger among tho Democrat
g, than was anticipated.
ie The prospect is that the present sesslt
rs will be one of great importance to the II
MS ture position of the State.
lis IOWA IS ALSO MOVING.
%, The people of Mahaska County, withc
he distinction of party, on the LIST OF y anua
he held meeting and passed the fol!oWl
u excellent resolutio n:
no Resozued, That we are in favor of hold
~ National Peace Convention of all
w States and Territories, as early as Lractic
;n9 BILE, for the purpose of settling all our oil
III III culties in a manner satisfactory to an p'
an ties: and we recon M md the holding
). mass conventions in each county In t
10 State. in order to have an expression OF op
~ ion on this subject, and to take such st
y" ~! as NAV be thought best on the suo]ect
holding State Convention with view
vi ots the furtherance of such National Pea
~, Convention. 'e
Iiu' .Resozva4, That we recommend to
oy people of this State to petition Congress
SSy provide by law for the holding OF a Natlc
-. al Peace Convention, at an early DAY Soo
- ing to the people the right to elect deleSa
IIS bv7 affair expression at the ballot-oox,
aie securing to- the members of such Cow ent
'ars the same rights ard privileges OF memf
aos' to of Congress, granting to such Convention
Ser noUer to settle all our national difficult
ana in rnanner satisfactory to all parties;
ing, ~ .1 Sn"p H"ot;or can not aoree. then to s
nit propositions of settlement to the wh
his country.