Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-04-28
THE VOICE OF NEW JERSEY.

to 10; has passed the following resolutions and
protest.
81 Be 10 further resolped by the Senate and
Generut Isse16Iy Of tie State Of Neto Jersey That
this State in promptly answering the calls maue
by the President Of the United States, at and since
the inauguration of the war, for troops and means
10 assist in maintaining the power and dignity OF
the Federal government, believed and conhded In
the professions and declarations of the President OF
the United States in his inaugural address, ana In
the resolutions passed by Congress on the 2oth gay
of July, 1861, in which, among other things 1t was
declared that the war is not wOged Tor conquest
or subjugation or interfering with the rights or es-
tabshed institutions of the States but to maintain
and defend the supremacy of the Constitution, with
the rights and equality under 1t unlmpalreu ana
that, these objects shall be accomplished,
the war ought to cease;" and that relying upon
these assurances given under the sanctty OF otii-
cal oaths, this State freely fully, and without de-
lay or conditions contributed to the assistance of
the Federal government her sons and her means
9. And be IL ReS0lred That this State, having
waited for the redemption of the sacred pledges OF
the President and Congress with patience and for
bearance only equaled in degree by the unfatering
and answering bravery and fidelity Of her sons,
conceives it to be her solemn duty it is her I'M
questioned right, to urge upon the President and
Congress, in the most respectful but decided man.
ner, the redemption Of the pledges under which the
troops of this State entered upon and to this mo-
ment have continued in the contest; and inasmuch
as conditions have delayed nor hesitation marked
her zeal in behalf of the Federal government even
at times when party dogmas were dangerously usurp-
ing the place of broad national principles and EX-
ecutive and Congressional faith and as the devo-
ton of this State to the sacred cause Of perpetuatng
the Union and maintaining the Constitution has
been untanted in any degree by inidelity, bgotry,
sectionalism, or partisanshp, she now, in view Of
the faith originally plghted, Of the disasters and
disgrace that have marked the steps of changed
and changing policy, and Of the imminent dangers
that threaten national existence urges upon the
President and Congress return and adherence to
the original policy of the administration, as the only
means, under the blessing Of God, by which the
adhering States can be reunited in action, the
Union restored, and the nation saved.
3. Ind be IL RsSOired, That it is the deliberate
of the people OF this State that the power
within the limits Of the Constitution is ample for
any and all emergencies and that all assumptions
of power, under whatever plea, beyond that con-
tcrred 10y the Constitution, without warrant or
authority, and, il permitted 10 continue without
monStrance, will finally encompass the destruction
OF the liberties Of the people and the deAth of the
Republic; and, therefore, TO the end that in any
the matured and deliberate sense of the people
of New Jersey may be known and declared, we,
their representatives IN Senate ana General Assem-
bly, convened, do in their and IN their behalf
make unto the Federal government this our solemn
PROTEST
Against waged with the insurgent States
for the accomplishment of unconstitutional parti-
san purposes;
Against which has for its object the subju-
CATION of any of the States, with view to their re.
GuctlOn to a territorial condition;
Against procamations from any source by which
under the plea of military necessity" persons in
States and Territories sustaining the Federal gov
ernment, and beyond necessary military Ines are
held liable to the rgor and severity of military law
Against the domination of the military over the
civil law in States, Territories or districts not in
state of instruction;
Against all arrests without warrant against the
suspension of the writ of haJeds corpus in States
and Territories sustaining the Federal government
"where the public safety does not require it ;; and
against the assumption of power by any person to
suspend such writ, except under the express
thority OF Congress.
Against the creation of new States by the divis-
ion OF existing ones, or in any other manner not
clearly authorized by the Constitution, and against
the right Of secession practically admitted by the
action Of Congress in admitting as 4 State por-
ton of the State of Virginia;
Against the power assumed in the proclamation
of the President made January one eighteen hun
dred and sxtythree by which all the slaves in
tain States and parts of States forever free
and against the expenditure Of the public moneys
for the emancipation of slaves their support at
any time, under any pretence whatever;
Against any and every exercise of power upon
the part of the Federal government that is not
clearly given and expressed in the Federal ConSti-
tution-rc asserting that the powers not delegas
ted to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States reserved to the
States respectively, or to the people"
t. Ana be 10 ReSOlcsd That the unequaed
promptness with which New jersey has responded
to every call made by the President and Congress
for men ard means has cen ocCasioned by no Turk
ing luminosity to the States of tho South or the
riuhtS Of hpr npOnla. dicDOSfinn IN from
them any Of their rights, privileges or property
bot simply to assist in maintaining, as she has
believed aud now believes it to be her duty to do,
the supremacy OF the Federal Constitution and,
while abating naught in her devotion to the Union
of the States and the dignity and power of the Fed
eral government at no time since the commence
mcnt of the present war has this State been other
than willing to terminate peacefully and honorably
to all war unnecessary in its origin fraught with
horror and suffering in its prosecution and necessa-
rly dangerous to the liberties Of all in its continu-
ance.
g. And he 10 Resoloed That the Legislature of
the State Of New Jersey believe that the appoint
ment of commissioners upon the part of the Fede-
eral government to meet commissioners similarly
appointed by the insurgent States to conveue in
suitable place, for the purpose Of considering
whether any, and if any, what plans may be adopt
ed, consistent with the honor and dignity of the
national government by which the present civil
war may be brought to close, is not inconsistent
with the integrity honor and dignity of the Federal
government but, indication of the spirit which
animates the adhering States, would, in any event,
tend to strengthen us In the opinion of other ma
tons; and hoping, sincerely do that the
Southern States would reciprocate the peaceful in
dications thus evinced, and, believing, as we do,
that under the blessing of God great benefits would
arise from such conference, most earnestly re-
commend the subject to the consideration of the
government of the United States, and request its
cooperation therein.
G. ARd 6s 1t ResolUed, That his Excellency the
Governor he requested to forward copies of these
resolutions to the government of the United States,
our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and
to the Governors aud Legislatures of our sister
States, with the request that they give the subject