The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-09-12
Copperhead Resolutions.
Adoptsd alta great Peace Nestiag N a Aaansos,
Jones County. E:'.. s's,.''.t -. z.

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& Resolved, That, as American citisasss
We owe allegiance to the Government j
the Limited States, as established by tis
Constitution thereof, and not to ans
fnnce, Fotentate, or Adraiaiskragsoa.
hssosaed, That the powers conferred by
the Constitution upon. the different ID
paTtments Of the Government are elearls
defined and expressiy limited in the Con
Fstitusion and are the same In times d
war as in peace, and that the Constitu.
ton knows no military necessity and con.
fers no authority upon any department
OF the Government to be exercised under
any such plea. .s4s.~. -..+~ ,.|
Resolred, That while it is the duty OF
| all good citizens to sustain or acauiesce
! in the acts Of their agents, the officers
of the Government, when within the
limits Of Constitutional authority, such
acquiescence, when such officers are act
ing in fragrant violation of the Constitu-
ton, involves want of patriotism and
fidelity to our Government.
Rfsotued, That the history of the pres
ent Administration is that of usurpation,
tyranny, oppression and corruption; that
the executive has usrrped the powers
conferred upon the legislative depart
ments Of the Government by inaugura-
| ting and in effect declaring war against
the seeding States by raising and sup
porting armies by augmenting the ma
val forces by borrowing money on the
credit of the United States by drawing
money from the Treasury of the United
States without any appropriations having
been made by law; by suspending the
writ of habea& corpus, all of said powers
belonging exclusively to Congress or pro-
hibited to the other departments That.
by the arbitrary arrest of citizens in fa-
grant violation of the most sacred laws
Of the land; by their incarceration in Bas-
tiles; there to remain during executive
pleasure. deprived of the right of counsel
and of trial and released without repara-,
ton or redress; by the like arbitrary ar
rest Of Judges upon the bench and of
representatives of the people to their
State legislatures; BY the gia.iag parti-
san spirit manifested in these arrests; By
prohibiting the free exercise of religious
opinion; by abridging the freedom of
speech and Of the press; by proclaiming
martial law over States not in rebellion;
by issuing the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rection proclamation; by attempting to
erect a new State within the limits of an
other State; by attempting to enforce up
on States an odious system of compensa-
ted emancipation; by the assumption and
exercise of power previously diselaimed;
by the violation of the most soleppn
pledges in reference TO the objects and
purposes of the present war; by vacilla-
ting policy at home and truculent poll
cy abroad; by the shameless defense of
public plunderers and the promotion OF
official assassins; by the notorious parti-
san spirit that. controls all appointments
to office and the hypocrisy Of professions
to the country; by a total disregard of the
will will and a distrust of the people; by
approving of the finance bill, the indem-
nifty and CONSUMPTION acts; by aiding and
abetting mob violence against political
opponel,ts, and secretly organizing and
arming its own pattisans to repress the
popular will and perpetuate reign of
terror over the people, the administration
of Abraham Lincoln has exhibited its to-
tai disregard for the Constitution and
Laws of our country and the rights and
liberties of the people, and its want of
moral and political integrity; that such a"
administration is unrortIty the support Of a
free people, and ttq eve-y person Who s"stdtns
Il In such acts Is n enemy to his country and
his race and a traitor in The moral and legal
sense Of the term.
RecoIued That while we sympathize
with the care-worn and oppressed soldier
in the field and will extend to him the
hand friendship, and welcome him to his
home with joy, we have the utmost con-
tempt for he shouLder-strapped officers who,
paid for their servility, attempt to intin-
idate freemen at home, taxed for support,
bv passing resolutions endorsing every
infamous act of this administration, and
threatening to turn their arms upon the
men that fed them That we will pre-
serve these resolutions as evidence of the
power Of ''greenbacks" upon the Itch
ING palms" of men who assume the ex-
elusive title of patriots.
R.ssolted, Tqat the principles of the
Connecticut Democracy as expoundcd by
Ex-Gov. Thomas H. Seymour, is our De-
mocracy, and that we are in favor OF
vigorous prosecution of peace as the only
means of saving the Union.
Resoieed, That the late consumption act
is fragrant outrage upon the States and
upon the people. the crowning act of the
despotism exhibited over u.s., that 1t c,L'-
not and shoatd ,pet &c crforcet that we have
already sacrificed too much life and treas
ure in this fruitless war, and will mol gt0e
orc psoa or one dollar to It's future proscc''ton'
E@The sale of Fairbanks Scales the
present year, particularly at the West,