Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-04-29
=, THE VOICE OF NEW JERSEY,


The Legislature of New Jersey, by vote Of So
10 Is, hasspassed the following resolutions and
protest.. s. a e.
.,"l. BE It further 5resolssd ~ tie 8saats and
General assembly of lie SUITE ~ Nep jersey That |
this State, in promptly answering the calls made
by the President of the United States, at and since
The inauguration of the war, for troops and means
to assist in maintaining the power and dignity of
the Federal government believed and contided in
the professions and declarations of the President Of
the United States in his inaugural address, and in
the resolutions passed BY Congress on the 25th day
of July, 1851, in which, among other things it was
declared :" that the war is not waged for conquest
or suhugation, or interfering with the rights es-
taLlished institutions of the States but to maintain
and defend the supremacy of the Constitution, with
the rights and equality under it unmpaired, and
that as soon these objects shall be accomplished,
the war ought to cease;" and that, relying upon
cial oaths this State freely, fully, and without de-
lay or conditions contributed to the assistance Of
the Federal government her sons and her means.
Q. Ind be it Resolped, That this State having
waited for the redemption of the sacred pledges Of
the President and Congress with patience and for
bearance only equaled in degree BY the unfaltering
and answering bravery and fidelity Of her sons,
concevcs it to be her solemn duty, as it is her
questioned right, to urge upon the President and
Congress- in the most respectful but decided man
ner the redemption Of the pledges under,which the
troops OF this State entered upon and to this mo-
lnent have continued in the contest; and inasmuch
as no conditions have delayed nor hesitation MARKED
he- xoalia hsh.if OF esv feder.a govsvuue6e syenF
at times when party dogmas were dnngerossiy usurp
ing the place Of broad national principles and TX
ecutve and Congressional faith and as the devo-
ton of this State to the sacred Of Perpetuatng
the Union and maintaining the Constitution has
been untainted in any degree by,in6delity, bigotry
seclionalism, or partsanshp she pow, in view OF
the faith originally plighted, Of the disasters and
disgrace that have marked the steps of changed
and changing policy, and Of the imminent dangers
that threaten national existence urges upon the
President and Congress return and adherence to
the original policy Of the administration as the only
means, under the blessing Of God, by which the
adhering States can be reunited in action, the
Union restored and the nation saved.
8. Ind be it Rssolred That it is the deliberate
If the people Of this State that the war power
within the limits Of the Constitution is ample for
any and all emergencies; and that all assumptions
Of power, under whatever plea beyond that con-
fcIred BY the Constitution, without warrant or
authority and, ii permitted to continue without re-
mN,Strance will finally encompass the destruction
of the liberties of the people :,d the death OF the
Republic; and, therefore, to the end that in any
event the matured and deliberate sense of the people
Of New Jersey may be known and declared, We,
their representatives Senate. and General Assem-
bly, convened, do in their name and IN their behalf,
make unto the Federal government this our solemn
PROTEST
Against war wagcd with the insurgent States
for the accomplishment Of unconstitutional or part
san purposes;
Against war which has for ts object the suLju-
CATION OF any Of the States. with view to their
Guction to a territorial condition;
Against proclamatiOns from any source by which
under the plea OF military necessity" persons in
States and Territories sustaining the Federal gov
ernment, and beyond necessary military lines, are
held liable to the rigor and severity Of military Law
Against the domination Of the military over the
civil law in States, Territories or districts not in
state Of instruction;
Against all arrests without warrant; against the
suspension Of the writ Of ha6eas corpus in States
and Territories sustaining the Federal government
"wbere the public safety does not require it," and
against the assumption Of power by any person to
suspend such writ, except under the express au-
against the Creation OF new States by the divis
ion OF existing ones, or in any other manner not
clearly authorized by the Constitution, and against
the right Of secession practically admitted by the
action of Congress in admitting new State por
ton Of the State Of Virginia.
Against the power assumed in the proclamation
of the President made January one. eighteen hun
dred and sixty three by which all the slaves in
and against the expenditure Of the public moneys
for the emancipation Of slaves or their support at
, any time, under any pretence whatever;
Against any and every exercise of power upon
the part of the Federal government that is not
clearly gwen and expressed in the Federal Consti-
tutlon-re asserting that "the powers not delega-
ted to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to the people"
4. ind be it ResolreG, That the unequaled
promptness with which New Jersey has responded
to every call made by the President and Congress
for men ard means has cen occasioned by no Turk
ing aniInosity to the States OF tho South or the
rights of her people; no disposition to wrest from
them any Of their rights, privileges or property |;
but simply to assist in Maintaining, IS she has ever
believed and believes it to he her duty to do,
the supremacy of the Federal Constitution and,
while abating naught in her devotion to the Union
Of the States and the dignity and power OF the Eed-
eral government at no time since the commence
ment Of the present war has this State been other
than willing to terminate peacefully and honorably
to all unnecessary in its origin, fraught with
horror and suffering in its prosecution and necessa-
ry dangerous to the liberties Of all in Its contlnu'
ance
5. And be IL Resolued That the Legislature of
the State of New Jersey believe that the appoint
ment of commissioners upon the part OF the fede-
eral government to meet commissioners similarly
appointed by the insnrgent States, to convene in
some suitable place. for the purpose Of considering
whether any, and if any, what plans may be adopt
ed consistent with the honor and dignity OF the
national government, by which tho present chi.
war may tie brought to close, is not inconsistent
with the integrity, honor and dignity Of the Federal
government but as an indication of the spirit which
animates the adhering States would, in any event,
-esre<ssss-.- iseorsssswof oser ma
tons; and hoping, as we sincerely do, that the
Southern States would recprocate the peaceful in.
dications thus evinced, and believing, as we do,
that under the blessing Of God, great benefits would
arise from such conference we most earnestly re.
commend the subject to the consideration Of the
government of the United States, and request its
cooperation therein
g. And BE- it Resolred, That his Excellency the