Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-03-26

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General Assembly { House of Represen.
tativss Tuesday, March II, by a vote Of
SO yeas to 10 nays:
l. BE IL Rcsol0ed By Me Scnote ana
General AssemJlV Of Ne,c Jersey, That
this State, in promptly answering the
calls made by the President Of the Uni.
ted States, at and since the Inauguration
of the war, for troops and means to as
sist in maintaining the power and digni-
ty Of the Federal Cove nmont, believed
and confded in the professions and de-
carations Of the President Of tho United
States, in his inaugural address, and in
the resolutions passed by Congress on the
25th day of July, 1861, in which, among
other things, it was declared that the
war is not waged for conquest or subiuga
ton, or interfering with the rights or es-
ta6lishel, l,institutions Of the States, but to
maintain and defend the supremacy Of
the Constitution, with the rights and
equality under it unimpairod, and that
as soon as these objects shall be accom-
plished the war ought to cease" and
that, relying on these assurances, given
under the sancity Of official oaths, this
State freely, fully, and without delay or
conditions, contributed to the assistance
of the Federal Government her sons and
her means.
2. ind be Il fm1her Resolpel, That
this State having. waitel for the tredomp.
ton of the pledges of the President
and Congress with patience and for
bearanac only elualed in degree by the
unIaltering and answering bravery
anu fidelity of her sons, conceives it to
be her solemn duty, as it is her unques
toned right to urge upon the President
and Congress, in the most respectful but
decided manner, the redemption Of the
pledges under which the troops Of this
State entered upon and to this moment
have continued in the contest; and mas
much as no conditions have delayed ror
hcsi,a'ion marked her zeal in behalf Of the
Federal Government, even at times when
party dogmGs were dangerously usurping
the place Of broad national principles
and Executive and congressional faith;
and as The devotion Of this State to tho
sacred cause Of pcrpctuating the Union
end maintaining the Constitution has
Lcon untaiutod in any degree by infdelity,
bjgotry, sectionalsm, or paltisanship,
she now, in view Of the faith originally
plighted, Of the disaster and disgrace
that have marked the steps Of o changed
and changing policy, and of the imminent
dangers that threaten our national eXis-
tcuce, urges upon the President and Gov
Iglcss Il rotuIn and adherence 10 the orig
NAL policy Of the Administration as the
only means under the blessings of God,
! by which the adhering States can be re-
united in action, tho Union restored, and
and tho nation saved.
3. And be IL ReSolDed, 7 hat it is the de-
liberate sense OF tine 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 plca beyond that
conferred by the Constitution, is without
warrant or authority, and if permitted to
continue without rem monstranco, II final
! ly enc ompass the destruction Of the libor.
ties of tho people, and the death OF the
republic; aId therefore, to the end Of
that III any event tho matured and deIib-
erat sense If the people Of New Jerse
may Le known and declared, we & cir
Representatives in Senate and General
Assembly convened, do, in their name
and in their behalf, make unto the Fed
| al Government this our sOlmn
PROTEST
Against war waged with he iusur.
gent States for the accomplishment of
unconstitutional, or partisan purposes.
Against a war which has for its object
the subiugation OF any of the States, with
view to their reduction to territorial
condition;
Against proclamations from any source
by which, under tho plea of military ne
cessity," persons in States and territories
sustaining the Federal Government, and
beyond necessary military lines, are held
liable to the rigor and severity Of military
law;
Against the domination Of tho military
over the civil law in States, territories,
or districts no. in u state of insurrection;
Against all arrests without warrant
against the suspension of the writ Of ha-
GeaS corpus in States and Territories sus.
tanning the Federal Government. "where
the public safety does not require it,
and against tie assumption of power by
any person to suspend such writ, ex-
oept under tho express authority Of Con
gress.
Against the creation of new States by
the division Of existing ones, or in any
other manner not clearly authorized by
the Constitution, and against the right
of secession as practically admitted by tho
action of Congress in admitting as a
new State portion OF the Stale of Nir
ginia
Against tho power assumed in the proc
lamation OF the President made January
one, eighteen hundred and sixty.three, by
which all the slaves in certain States and
parts of States are forever set free; and
against the expenditures of the public
moneys for the emancipation of slaves or
their support at any time. under any pre-
1 tense whatever.
\ Against any and every exercise of pow
or upon the part of tho Federal Govern
f neat that is not clearly given aud ex-
pressed in tho Federal Oonstitution--re-
asserting that "tho powers not delegat-
TO tho United States by the Constitution
nog prohibited by it to the States, are re-
scrycdto the States respectfully, or to the
Deople