The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-02-03

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|. |The Observation-Disclosures Res
OlutiOns.
y ao .w LANSING, Jan. 23, 1868,
3 The following are the resolutions from th
3 Committee on Federal Relations, as amsnde
in Committee Of the Whole:
Whereas, The present rebellion threaten
the peace and perpetuity Of the Union Of tn
; States and requires the united efforts Of al
= patriotic and loyal citizens to sustain the Ad
4 mnistration, to restore a permanent an,
honorable peace 10 tie -he!e country; thare
fore 4A
| Rssolred by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives Of the Stats Of Michigan, Tha
wo will sustain the National Administrator
with all the means in our power, in all it
efforts to quell the present rebellion and re
store peace to the Union.
Resolved, That we unreservedly approve
the Proclamation of the President Of The
United States, issued on the first day Of Jan
uary, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
threc, enancipatng slaves in tho insurgenI
States and districts Of the Union, believing il
to be an act Of justice, warranted by the Con
stitution upon military necessity.
Resolved That while we lament the gal
liant dead, who have given their lives for their
country, and mourn over the appalling sacri
tices os blood and treasure, which the war has
already occasioned, We nevertheless rejoice
that through the mad and guilty act Of the
Southern conspirators, that wicked and bar
barous institution of African slevery will re
ceive its death blow; and, as lovers Of human
ity and Christian civilization, we hail this
great contamination with exceeding Joy, not
as cause for the proclamation Of the Presi.
dent, but as benifcent consequence which
must flow from it.
RESOLVED, That We are unalterably opposed
to any terms Of compromise or accommoda
ton with the rebels, while under arms, and
acting in hostility to the Government of the
Union, aud on this We express but one senti
ment-unconiitional submission, and obedi.
ence to the laws and Constitution of the
United States.
Rssolvsd, That tue Governor bs requested
to forward copy of tho foregoing preamble
and joint resolutions to each Of our Senators
aud Representatives in Congress, and to the
Governors Of the several loyal States.
Mr.. Lockwood offered the following as sub.
stitutes: .uoje1
Resolved, That the present gigantic and
nefarioas rebellion is wholly without iustifiable
cause or pretext, and that the people Of Mich.
gan are ready to devote their time, their
means and their lives, to every necessary
extent, to bring the rebellous people to sub
mission to the Constitution and laws, and the
restoration Of the Union in its integrity.
RESOLVED, That We are 10 favor of vigor.
GUS and energetic prosecution Of the war, by
the use Of all means aud measures justifiable
ny the laws and usages of civilized nations,
until the rebels shall be willing TO lay down
their arms, aud submit to the Government of
their fathers choice, which has always pro.
tected them and fostered their interests, and
that We will not yield or assent to any dis
memberment Of the Union.
Rssolued, That for the purpose Of entire
unity Of purpose and action, among tho peo
pie Of the loyal States, in support Of our ma
tional rulers in all honest endsavors to subdue
the rebellion, We recommend to all our loyal
citizens to lay aside their party differences
and mere party strifes, and 10 present to the
rebels an unbroken and united front of oppo.
sition to their mad and unholy schemes.
RESOLVED, That we feel just and glowing
pride in the glory which has been reflected on
Michigan by ths promptitude with which its
citizen soldiers have rallied to the standard of
the country, and by the noble gallantry On the
battle field, which has given them an undy.
ing fame. Il, "a t..
Resolved, That the Governor of this State
bo requested to forward duly authenticated
copies of the foregoing resolutions to our Sen.
ators and Representatives in Congress, and to
the Governors Of the loyal States.
The following are the resolutions presented
by Judge Pratt, appended and in addition to
those offered by Mr.. Morton: 49,. ..-
Resolved, That the numerous arrests, with
out complaint or process of law, caused by the
President Of the United States, of loyal citi-
zens of loyal States. and tho arbitrary suspen.
sion Of tho writ Of habeas corpus, where courts
are devoted 10 tho Union and have ever been
faithful to the Constitution and laws, consti.
Iutes most high handed and daring assump.
ton Of power, which Is without parallel u the
history Of constitutional governments, and
lang erous to Constitutional liberty of the
people; and that tho incarceration
of citizens so arrested, in filthy and unhealthy
'orts and prisons, distant from their homes
md friends, without examination or trial, con
'titutes degree of remorseless cruelty, moe
,efilting the character of Turkish despot,
han that Of a President Of the American Ro.
public. - qa s.te
Resolced, That the Emancipation Procla.
nation Of the President, on the first Of jan
nary, 1863, is unauthorized by the Constitu.
ion and laws Of the land, and is, as war
Measure, not only uuwise, but in its natural
endency, Of tho most evil and perniciors con-
equenccs, being directly calculated, lst. To
orever ailent the loyal feelings Of the Union
,d. To moro effectual unite and exasperate
he Southern people who arc already arrayed
n arms agaias' us, and thus procrastnate the
,lo,dy, Intestine war that is now dcsolating
he country, anl destroying the lives Of our
,eople; and, 4th. To ncite insurrsclions anil
nerciless massscres Of innocent women aud
children by the blacks in the South.
Res3ived, That The patriotic anil gallant
Michigan soldiers who voluntarily left their
,omes and fricu Is for the tented field to fight
q defense Of their bleeding country-iu' do