Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-03-26

the South, and that by thus psnderinl
to the insane Enaticisn OF the Aboli
ton faction, he has yentured upon |
system of public policy tending to dis
grace our country 10 the eyes Of thu
civilized world, and carry lust, rapin,
and murder. into every house in tn
slsveholding States.
Resolped, That the acts Of the Fede
raj Administration, in suspending tb,
writ Of kabeas corpus, the arrest of citi
zens not subject to military law withou
wsrrsnt or authority. transporting then
to distant States, incarcerating then
without charge or accusation. denying
them the right of trial by jury, of wit
nesses in their favor, and counsel fol
their defense; Withholding from then
all knowledge Of their accusers and tht
cause Of their arrest, answering theil
petition for redress by repeated injury
and insult, prescribing in many cases
as condition Of their release, test oaths
arbitrary and illegal;
In the abridgement OF the freedom
OF speech and of the press-in sup
pressing newspapers by military force
and establishing censorship wholly
incompatible with the freedom o
thou ght and expression of opinion;
Ia the establishment of a system o.
espionage by secret police TO invade
the sacred privacy of unsuspecting citi
zens:
In declaring martisl law over States
not in rebellion, and where the courts
are open and unobstructed for the pun
ishment of crime;
In attempting to strike out Of exist
ence the entire value Of property in
slaves throughout the country;
In the attempted enforcement Of COM
pensated emancipation;
In the proposed taxation of the Ia
boring white men to purchase the free
dom and secure the elevation Of the
negro;
In the dismemberment of the State
of Virginia, erecting within her boun-
daries new State, without the consent
Of her Legislature.
Are each and all arbitrary and un-
constitutional; subverging the Consti-
tutions, State and Federal, invading
the reserved rights of the people and
the sovereignty of the States. and, il
sanctioned, the destruction Of the Union,
establishing upon the common rules Of
the liberties Of the people and sover-
eighty of the States consolidated mil
itary despotism.
Resolved, That in deep reverence for
the Constitution, which it is our privi-
lege and sworn duty to uphold and
protect, we do hereby enter our most
solemn protest against these usurpations
Of power.
Now we undertake to say that had
Mr.. JEFF Davis been permitted to pre-.
sent the above resolutions, none more
hagrantly reasonable and disloyal,
would haye fallen from bis lips. Such
double distilled treason has never yei
been Haunted in the faces of loyal
Legislature. The copperheads of In.
diana have grown ashamed of their
reasonable vaporings, or else cowed
by seasonable fear of that storm oil
indignation coming back from the army
in the field. 1t remains for few de.
spicable villains in the Ohio Legisla-
ture, who deserve. to be torn in pieces
by wild horses, to go still lower down
in the dust, at the feet of JEFF Davis,
and his leProus crew. debasing them
selves even beneath the contempt of a
thorough paced secessionist. And for
what? That this Union may be per-
petuated? Who believes it? The lie
is too transparent for any man of COM
mon sense to credit, even for an in
stant.
The finger of Sunset Cox is plainly
perceptible in these infamous resolu-
tions. After spending the late session
at Washington in indefatigable efforts
to paralyze the war power of the Gov
ernment, he comes back to Columbus
TO work out the will Of his master, Jeff
Davis, and by casting firebrand into
the Legislature, show his patron saint,
that 200, 900 Democrats of Ohio, are
ready to- send greeting to the South,
and compel the North to do them JUS
tice by acknowledging the right of se-
cession. 1t is gratifying to know. how.
ever, that the scheme failed, and is ike
ly 10 result in the expulsion of the
creature Dressed from the House. On
the Dressed resolutions only ten COD.
perheads were found mean enough to
vote yea, against So nays. Mr.. Welch's
resolutions were then agreed to, yeas
81, nays II.
As to the resolution offered by Mr..
West for the expulsion OF Dressed, it
was taken up on the slst. when Mr..
BRADBURY offered the following substi-
tute:
"WHEREAs, Otto Dressed, member
OF this House, has introduced into this
body series Of resolutions, treason