Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-03-12


bankruptcy, and unite all the State
upon terms of equality, as member
Of one Confederary.
4. That the Democracy Of Con
nectieul, sympathising with their con
servative brethren in The Middle
and Western States, pledge them
selves to unite with tGem in the d
doption Of all honorable measures
! having in view the cessation Of hos
,ilities between the North and th,
South; the reconstruction of tb,
Union on such terms 'as shall thor
oughIy d, fine the rights ofthe States
: the reproduction of those friendly
feelings which form the true foun'
dation of the Federation and the
erection upon more enduring basis
of the temple Of the Constitution.
5. That the militia Of Connect
cut are The natural guardians Of The
lib rites Of her people, subject 10 the
control of her chieI Executive officer,
factiug under and by authority of the
laws of the STATE; and any and all
acts Of the Congress Of the United
States violative Of the sovereignty
of the State in relation thereto, shall
receive the execration Of a people
justly jealous Of their Liberties, "sho
know their rights, and knowing dare
maintain.'
6. That the militia bill recently
introduced into the Senate Of the U.
States by Senator Wilson, of Massa-
chusetts. is subversive Of the sove-
reiguty and rights of the States, and
desigted TO make them mere depen-
dsncies upon the central government;
unconstitutional in lis provisions and
dangerous to the liberties of the peo-
pie, the authorities Of each State
should sternly resist the operation Of
scheme so f.tal to the just rela-
lions hicb should always exist be-
tween the Federal and State Gov.
ernments.
7. That the banking system re-
cont.y passed by Congress, based as
it is upon au Unconstitutional and
irredeemable paper currency, cannot
fail, il fo-ced upon the people OF the
Sta ,es, to prove destructive 10 the ex-
listing moneyed institutions of the
several States, and is coveltly de-
signed to establish a vast central
money power alike unknown to
the Constitution of The United States
and dangerous to the principles on
which the Government is founded.
s. That tie President of the Uni
ted States, by his emancipation proc
lamalion, has struck a serious blow
at the rights OF the States ; erected
an almost impossible barrier between
the North and South, in attacking
the people Of fifteen States through
an institution which is blended with
their social ftbric, and over which the
individual States possess exclusive
control and power; and, regardless
of the great lessons of the past, the
National Executive, 10 panderiDg
TO the insane fanaticism of the aboli-
ton faction, has yentured upon a sys'
ten Of public policy, which, if sue,
cessfally inaugurated, would disgrace
our country in the eyes Of the civil
Iized world, and carry lust, rapine, and
murder into every household of the
slaveholiing States.
9. That the act Of the Federal
Administration in suspending the
writ Of habeas corpus; the arrest of
citizens not subject to military law
| without warrant Or authority; trans.
porting them to distant States; incar-
cera!ipg them without charge or ac-
cusation; denying them the right of
trial by jury, of witnesses in their
favor, and counsel 10 their defence !;
Withholding from them all knoSleage
of their accuseIs, and the Cause OF
their arrest; answering their petition
for redress by repeated injury and
insult; prescribing in many case' as a
condition of their release, test oaths,
arbitrary and Illegal;
In the abriegement Of freedom OF
speech and of the press; fss
| I.suppressing newspapers by force
and in establishing censorship Who'll
Ily incompatible with the freedom OF
Thought and expression Of opinion ;
Ia the establishment Of espionage
by secret police to invade the sacred
precincts Of unsnspecting citizens
/ In declaring martial law over
States moi in rebellion, and where
1.-The courts are open and unobstruct.
| ed fol. The punishment OF crime;