Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-02-11

oraSle for rs tsrrors If not for It, success This s
idle saru We have seen the danger coming for year,
and warned the people of IL Now has come precisely
predicted. They take Indiana out Of the
Union. They have never meant anything else. BY this
Peace Convention, and Independent delegate plan they
think TO do Il without exciting the people by fears OF Sc
cesson But the Secession Is thsreplan, direct SEE
ceson You can all see il for yourselves Indiana once
acting with the Rebels in Convention independent of
the General Government (which this provides
she shall do there il longer Union for Indiana but
with those who have murdered her every field
| from Texas TO the Atlantic .-.-
SENATOR WOLVES JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Whereas the present civil war, into which the people
have been forced by the wicked and ianatca factions
North and South is detrimental TO the best interests of
the country and of mankind and a reproach upon the
civilization Of the age, filling the land with widows and
/ orphans and mourning households; bankrupting the
/ Government and expressing the people with taxation
beyond their ability TO bear destroying the productive
industry of the aborng man. aud filling the Golfers of
the wealthy; filling the Northern section of the Union
/ with q Yagabond and servile to compete with
prev upOn the industry of the white man; imposing
euua burdens and commercial restrictions upon the diff
ferent portions of the North, thereby increasing the
danger and the evil of further dsntegration; sappng
the Foundation of religion morality and public virtue
corrupng rulers by All increase Of political patron
age destroying personal liberty under the yrans plea Of
necessity; and obteratng from the hearts of the peo
pie the spirit of nationality and brotherhood which is
1 the onlg sure bond Of Unon; and,
Whereas Experience has taugbtthe costly and bloody
lesson that alone is the remedy for the evil of dis
unio but waged in the spirit OF sectional hatred for
an Unconstitutional purpose, in . manner not
toned by the laws of civilized warfare it is the strong
est ally of disunon and if persisted in will result not
only the bankruptcy of the nation and the impOyer
hment of the people but also in final separ itiOn of
the different sections and the destruction of admra-
| bic form of free government and,
Whcreds The people of Indiana are DESTROYS that no
effort which inspires a reasonable hope of success in
storing the Union it under the Constitution shall
be omitted and being s7emnly impressed with the
yictOn that alone under the recent and present
policy of the Cabinet at Washington will accomp-
sh that desirable object and invoking the prayers of
all good and the smiles of God of Peace in the
| fnrtherance of our patriotic purpose; therefore
BE IL Resolved by the General assembly Of tie State
| Of Indiana l. That while continue to obey every
constitutional requisiton which true patriotism shall de-
aud for the purpose of restoring the Union and pre-
serving our constitutional liberty, yet are opposed
TO war for the liberation of the slaves and while that
policy is maintained by the Administration the highest
dictates OF patriotism impe US TO withhold from it
support believing that for that purpose is uncon-
stituona and, if persisted in wileadio the inevitable
| aud lasting destruction Of the Union.
| . That no Union be maintained in this
country until fanaticism on the negro question,
North and South, is eradicated, and the doctrine
| OF Popular State Sovereignty il acknowledged
fundamental axiom of the Government The people
4
ism or else Weld up the blessings Of the Union Abo
| itionsm and the Uuion incompatible-the ope
| the other must triumph. war for Aboitidnsm il
war against the Union; for the Union is
| against Aboouism. Abolitionism is moral treason,
aud but for the forms of law with which is clothed by
the Administration is actual legal treason. No patriot
| can be AboitiOnist.
g. That the interest Of the white race as we'll the
black demands that the condition and locality of the
Latter should not be interfered with; and war, e
Il IN
the purpose of the negroes freedom and consequent
migration the North acts of aagraut violation of
the Constitution and in wicked disregard OF the peo-
pies voice and the best interests oil the country, and
all such acts ought TO be contutonay resisted by an
| outraged people.
j. That President Lincolns scheme of Compensated
Emancipation which proposes to tax the people OF In
diana 70 berate the slaves of the South is unconstu
i tonsl and monstrous niquity, which u tax-idden
and over-burdened people will not submit to, The
/ freemen of Indiana will not consent to impoyerish
themselves and tbsr families tO-cary out that insane
and wicked policy, but will resist It by every consti-
| tutionAl means IN their power.
s. That the system of arbitrary arrests and wanton
disregard of the great Writ of Liberty, commonly call!
ed the habeas corpus by the Cabinet of Washington
acts of tyranny and usurpaton justly alarming free
people against which the State of Indiana protests with
iHdgnaton and i'll the name OF constitutional liberty
she demands that the accused system shall cease within
her borders; and declare the unaerlbe determine
ton OF the people 10
liberty OF the press the right to the writ of habeas
pus and speedy trial by jury at every hazard ofblood
| andltFeasure.
t. That the State of Indiana account Of her devo-
ton to the Uniou and her geographical position and
commercial interest," never will consent TO any settle
ment upon u basis of disunion policy which shall
separate her from the States bordering upon the Mssi
spp River Her highest interest demands the perpetu-
alton OF the Unon and especially that the great Valley
of the Mississippi from its source TO its mouth, shall re
| main under government and one flag.
| :. That the in which we are engaged ought 10
cease AS soon as be brought to honorable and
satisfactory tennnatiou aud upon that subject the peo
pl who are bearing its burdens have right toSpeak-
Therefore, Senators in Congress are instructed and
our Representatives requested TO use all tue power aud
influence of their positions by bill resolution or otherwise
TO accomplish the following objects, viz: |. To procure
an arucc of at least six months between the Federal
and Confederate armies for the purpose o testing the
possibility of permanent peace OIL the basis OF the
Irnion . To pass a law calling Convention OF all the
States composed of delegates freely chosen by the peo
pc TO take into consideration the state Of the country
e TO devise some plan OF settlement TO be submitted to
vote OF the people North aud South By which the Union
shall he preserved and the country restored TO lasting
peace g. That the Governor be directed 10 transmit
certified COPY of the foregoing preamble and resolutions
to each of Senators and Representatives in Congress-
TO be laid before their respective bodies and to the Gov
crnur of each o. the States be by them laid before their
respective Legislatures.
BROWNS JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
lVIsreas, We believe that the following language:
Suppose you 90 to war, you cannot tight always,
when after much loss both sides and gain on
either, you cease lighting, the old identical questions as
10 te terms of intercourse again upon you, EN-
| bodies great truths and wisdom; therefore,
ResolpcdGy the General assembly Of lie State Of In
diana That 1t is the imperative duty of the Chief Tx
ecutiye Of the nation to proclaim, and we, therefore,
for aud in the name of the people of the State OF
Indiana demand the establishment, soon as prac-
cable of an armistice to the end that Convention
OF all the States may be held for the adjustment Of
| our national difficulties.
Resolced That we hereby instruct our Senator'S and
request our Representatives in Congress to labor TO
provide aud for, and in the name OF the people oil
| the State of Indiana we demand, that the present
| Congress shall provide for Convention OF all the
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