Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-09
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PROBATIONARY GricCanecs-P Proceedings Q
tas hogtacly House Of Representatives.
From lie Frankfort Czentussy) Yeoman, 15ihl
Mr.. Grever offered the following presmbl
and resolutions, and said be offered them af
ter consideration and adviHement with various
members of the General Assembly, whose opin
ions thay embraced, as well IS his own, upor
the momantous issues involved
he moved that they be printed, and referred
10 the committee on Federal relations, whict
motion wss adopted
The resolutions ere rs follows:
IN iimes of war, as lie peace, the Constitution
Of Ice United States is the supreme law Of the
! land II pyescribes ihepaFeTs Of theg0Yerameni
IN Its executive no less .han in It's other depart
ments, and It is the only legal bond Of Union
between the States
The Federal government, as defined by the
/ Constitution. VIXEN exercising the powers grant
% tois Is entitled 70 the allegiance Of the people;
but loyalty 70 the government does not impose
/ upon the citizen any obligation to support an
I administration IN tho Enforcement of 9 policy
I unauthorized by the Constitution or forbidden
by lis provisions; but it is the duty of all good
/ citizens 70 resist encruaehments upon their
I rights. and to defend the Constitution of their
country from violence. He who upholds the
Executive. OF any other department Of the gov
1 ernment in the violation Of its provisions, is
disl0yal 70 the Constitution, and an enemy to
tie freedom Of his country.
The Federal government, deriving al its
| legitipats powers from the Constitution, is,
! therefore, the creature of the Consultation, and
/ has no power in any department to suspend any
/ cf its provisions, or throw of lis restrictions
under any pretense whatever.
! The maxim that governments derive their
] iast powers from the consent of the governed, .
] is one whieh we ought never TO forget. 1t in
/ wolves q fundamental principle of freedom--0ne
| Gsser. cd by cur ancestors and for which they
I fought AID won our Independence of the British
crown, and which we never can surrender. Il
should also be borae in mind that governments
were inst usd for the projection of life, liberty
sad proptrsy. and that s1eh IS fail to perform
this dusy viii, sooner or later be OVerthF0wn
by al Intelligent, virtuous, and courageous peo-
pie.
The history Of the present administration Of
the Federal Government is g history of repeated
Injuries and usurpsiOns, tending directly to the
overthrow of State authority aud State insti.u-
tons, aud a consolidation in the tederal Govern
ment Of all political power, and the erection
upon their ruins Of a great military despatism
as tyrsuucal and despotic IS ths worst govern
ments Of Europe, to prove which we refer to the
following facts:
The President has, without authority of Con-
gress, suspended the writ ofhabess corpus, thus
striking a deadly blow at she liberties of the
people
He has caused citizens to be arrested trans
ported 70 distant States, and incsTeerated IN
losthsome prisons, without charge Of accusation
agsIlst them
He has denied TO citizsns thus arrested and
imprisoned a trial by jury or indeed any trial.
and has withheld from them any knowledge or
information as to their Gccusar5 or the cause of
their arrest.
He has subjected bis prisoners thus held to
barbaraus and inhEman treatment, oudanrering
both life and health, and has required hundreds
of them so held, as condition upon which they
might be released, TO take illegal Osths aTbitTa-
rilT prescribed BY himself or his agents
He has attempted 20 destroy the freedom Of
papers, beeauss they saw proper to critieise the
measures Of his Administrations and such as
have escaped suppression have been subjected
10 censorship wholly Incompatible with tree-
dom Of ihought, or expression Of opinion.
he has attempted to destroy the freedom Of /
speech, By arTessing citizens who animadverted !
upon the measures of bis Administration.
Hs hss caused to be arrested persons engaged |
in circulating petitions for the signatures Of the
plt t-n Aa-s-'s----e1 st--1 go "a ESs
ton
He bassuholly disregarded the right Of tbe
people t3 be secure in their persons, houses /
papers, aud effects, against unreasonable |
searches and seizures -
he has interfered with the administration of
justice in the State courts by violently forcing
the judges TO adjourn, and dispensing their 1
grand iuries, and by breaking open iails and /
releasing prisoners confined under regular Judi |
cial process for felonies and ether crimes.
He has in some of Che States (smong which is |
Kentucky forcibly wrested from the citizen his
right TO he a candidate for Office within the gift I
of the pe3ple-thus striking down the elective |
franchise; and eminent citizens Of this State /
are now ia confinement beyond its borders for /
no other known reason than that they presented 1
themselves rs candidates for Office before tbs |
people.
He has quartsred soldiers in ths houses Of
citizens against their viii, and not in the manner
prescribed by law.
he has permitted his troops to overrun this
State, DESTROYING houses, and fencing Of farms
and lots They have sacked the houses Of
pescefal citizens, destroying their furniture,
family pictures, carpets, clothing and other arti
oles of household goods aad robbed them of
their silverware, stock and provisions
He has permitted his WagonTasteTs and Others,
with armed soldiers, to seize the cern, oats and
lsy etc of cur citizens for the use of the armies,
without their consent, and without Just discrimi-
nation as 70 whether the farmer could spare the
articles or not-6xi1g their own price upon them,
and making their own estimate as to the value
and quantity taken, and giving no receipt or
aane whereby the owner could success fully i
seek his pay; and often, wien vouchers were
given, they were so informal that no money
could be drawn upon them.
He has permitted bis officers and soldiers to 4
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masters and owners and to take them within
their camps, aud there, with bayonets, to pro-
test them from reclamation; and when civil /
suits bars been brought for their recovery, IN
many instances the process of the court has /
been resisted By ermed forcB and the owner Of i
ihe slaves maltrsated and imprisoned, for no
known cause other than his attslnpt thus TO re-
cover and protect his property.
8e has permitted his officers aud soldiers, /
without authority Of law, to levy large consTi-
buttons Of money upon unoffending citizens,
under tho pretense Of Teimbursiag other citizens
for losses sustained by the casualties of war
He has permitted his ofieers and soldiers
lgila impanity TO murder peaceabls c.tizsns.
He has given bis assent and approval to eebs
Of Congress appropriaiiag and proposing to Rp-
prcpTists enormous sums of the public money /
to purchase the freedom Of slaves and thcig de-
portation TO some foreign country, and has IN
vitsd tho border slave States (Inciudlng Ken
t1cky) to liosgats their slaves, with promises OF
from the Federal treasury.
He has set aside the Constitution OF the Uni
ted states by giving his official sanction 70 an
Get Of Congress creating new State within the /
territory OF Virginia without her consent
He has wiEhout constitutional authority, 1
aided il freeing the slaves Of the District Of Co
lumbia.
Hs has, in violation Of the Constitutoa by /
proclamation, declared free all the slaves in I
many Of the S.stes-inyised them 70 vindieate /
their freedom BY force, and sought an alliance
with them ia a waT waged against their mas
EeIs-z monslEols sna INFECTIOUS act. saac- /
toned by nc law human Or divine, finding no /
parallel in atfocity ia Che history OF barbar0us |
natisns
III Is spending large sums of money, sppro- |
brialed - coulTess for tha support of tho sray,
in fssd iug and eloshing slaves stolen from their
masters,
Ia view Of tie foregoing facis, fhe ruth of
scrlat hlf rc7liai firmly heiipva and