The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-28
Conn eetic ut--The Hartford Csnvsn-
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The Dem ocracy of Connecticut met IL
Convention at Hartford on the 18th 0
February. The following are among tn,
resolutions, which are voluminous, anC
which were passed unanimously:
WHEREAS, The Administration Of Abra
ham Lincoln has violated the COnstitu
tion of the United States in many of its
most important particulars therefore,
! Resolved, l. That the United States
are a Confederacy of StafeG 0a7q"Al IN
sovereignty and political power, indepen'
dent in all their separate organizations
and reserving to each all rights not grant.
ed by the Constitution to the central
Government.
4. That the Democracy of Connecticut,
sympathizing with their conservative
brethren in the Middle and Western
States, pledge themselves to unite with
them in the adoption Of all honorable
measures, having in view the cessation OF
hes,iities between the North and the
! South.
6. That the Militia Bill recently intro
duccd into the Senate Of the United
States by Serator Wilson, Of Massachu-
setts, is subversive. of the sovereignty and
rights of the States, and designed to
make them mere dependencies upon the
Central Government; unconstitutional in
its provisions, and DANCE Gus to the liber-
ties Of the peaple, the authorities Of each
of the States should sternly resist the op-
Grafton ola scheme so fatal to the just re-
| ., :,b Il. al. - ka-
tween the Federal and State Govern
ments.
7. That the banking system" re-
Gently passed by the Senate Of the United
States, based as it is upon an unconstitu-
tional and irredeemable issue of paper
currency, cannot fail, il forced upon the
people of the States, to prove destructive
to the existing money institutions of the
several States, and is covert;y designed
to establish vast central "money pow
er," alike unknown to the Constitution
of the United States. and dangerous to the
principles upon which our Government is
| founded.
s. That the President of the United
States, by his emancipation proclamation,
hns struck a serious blow at the rights Of
| the States erected an almost impasSa-
bile barrier between the North and South,
in attacking the people OF fifteen States
through domestic Institution which is
blended with their social fabric, and
over which the individual States possess
exclusive control and power; and, re.
gardless of the lessons of the past, the
National Executive, in pandering to the
insane fanaticism of the Abolition faction,
has venturcd upon a system of public
policy which, if successfully inaugurated,
would disgrace or country in the eyes oi
the civilized world, and carry lust, rap
inc and murder into every household ol
the Slaveholding States.
Resolved, Tint the act Of the Federal
Administration in suspending the writ OF
habeas corpus, the arrest Of citizens not
subject to military law without warrant
or authority-transporting them to dis
tant cs-incarcerating them without
charge or accusation-denying them the
right of trial by jury, of witnesses in their
favor and counsel for their defense-with'
holding from them all knowledge of their
accusers and the cause Of the arrest-an-
swering their petition for redress by re-
peatcd injury and insult-prescribing in
many cases as condition of their release
test oaths, arbitrary and illegal.
In the abridgment Of freedom d
speech and of the prcss-in suppressing
new spapers by military force, and estab
fishing a censorship wholly incompatible
with the freedom Of thought and expires.
sion of opinion;
In the establishment of a system of es-
pionage by secret police to invade the
sacred precincts Of unSuspecting citizens
In declaring martial law over States
not in rebellion, and where courts are
open and unobstructed for the punish
ment of crime;
In attempting to strike out of exis
tencc the entire value of property ir
slaves throughout the country
In the attempted enforcement Of com
pensated emancipation
In the proposed taxation Of the labor
ing white men to purchase the freedom o
the negro, and place his labor in ezSApeti
ton with the white man thus taxed;
In the dismemberment Of the State oi
Virginia, erecting within her boundaries
| new Otate WIluOuL INC COnocHt Vi uel
Legislature
Are each and all arbitrary and uncon
stitutional, subverting the Constitutions
State and Federal, invading the reserved
rights Of the people and sovereignty o
the States, and If sanctioned, dcstructiv,
of the Union, establishing upon the com
mon ruins of the liberties Of the peopl
and the sovereignty of the States con
solidated military despotism.
Resolved, That in correction with on
fellow citizens of other States, We will Us
our utmost influence to prevent the pay
ment of single dollar of the money G
the people, unconstitutionally appropr
atcd, for the unwarrantcd project of CON
pensated emancipation.
Resolved, That the enormous plunde
of the public treasure by the selfconst
tuted patriots, which has been rif
throughout the country, demands tn
closest scrutiny, and the severest punish
ment should follow just exposure; an
that we insist upon their being prompt
paid for service rendered
NEIGuBoR JONES'" said rigid churc
member, 81 have been informed that yC
often drive your team, and even 60 tisl
inn or huntino on the Sabbath " "Trce