Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-08
THE ISSUE.

| pidin Iudt eNen u culu Gull understand III. -
The Peace party in Butler county, Ohio,
called convention to meet on the 18th ult
and at that convention adopted a series of
resolutions, which were out and out Seces-
sion in every line and word. The same kind
OF resolutions are being adopted in every
section of the North. We give below, not
all Of these resolutions, but enough to show
the drift of the whole, and we ask the free
and loyal people of Belmont County to read
them carefully, and understandngly, and
they VIII not fail to see that their aim is,
beyond doubt, civil war in our midst-the
destruction of our homes and tho murder of
our families:
ResoLred, That war for tho integrity of
the. Union, in fact, is justiablo and consti-
tutional, only when the States comprising
the Union are threatened with invasion, or
actually invaded by foreign power.
Resotred, That the President of tho Uni
tod States cannot constrain the allegiance of
the sovereign people in any State or Con-
federacy.
Resolved, That the Constitution Of the
United States is a compact of the States. TO
which each State acceded as party, agree.
ing to vest in the Federal Government Ger
tain delegated powers which cannot be en-.
larged by Federal Presidents judges or
Legislators, and that assumption of undel-
egated powers makes any act of the Con-
gress or Supreme Court of the United
States or the President, void and of no
force; and to that class belong both the
acts furnishing the sinews Of war, to wit I
tho Bank Law and Conscription Law, which
arc utterly void, TO say nothing of the mass
Of other worthless legislation.
ReSoiUed, That the State Judiciary hav-
ing entirely failed to declare the Conscrip-
ton Law unconstitutional, or even to issue
a ha6eos corpus to try the question, and
there being no hope in that quarter, nor in
our Goyerpor nor Legislature the evils of
the draft arc so monstreus that THE PEOPLE
ARE COMPELLED TO INTERFERE, and de-
clare that they WILL NOT SUBMIT TO If,
and WE CALL ON EVERY COUNTY TO MOVE
IN CONCERT, as an e6ectual Peace am partv
to PIT an ead to the ,ohoiesaie destruction of
our institutions and our families.
Resolred, THAT STATES HAVE THE
RIGHT TO WITHDRAW THEIR CON
SENTTO THE UNION, AND RESUME
THEIR INDEPENDENCE BY RE
PEALlNG THEIR ORDINANCES OF
ACCESS!ON AND PASSING ORDI-
NANCES OF SECESSION.
ResoLced, That a State having been with
drawn from the Federation with the con.
sent, and by formal act of the people, can
nos oe mcdded ioih a purpose to compel its
return.
Resolved, That the Federal Government
cannot rightfully interfere with or modify
or abolish the system of labor of any State
either in or out of the Union, under any
pretense, or in pursuance Of any authority |
whatever
fesotce!f, That in the application of these
ideas, which in our Judgment are constitu.
tlonaily reasonable, evident and just, to the
conflict between the Union and the Confsd- !
crate States, we but perform natural and
social duty in declaring ito all whom it NAV
concern, THAT NO CITIZEN an
OHIO, RESIDENT OF BUTLER COJjN- !
IY. SHALL BE COMPELLED TO
JOIN THE FEDERAL ARMY no
THE AVOWED DE.
SIGNS OF THE ENEMIES OF STATE
k!GHTS, EVEN SHOULD 1T PROVE
NEEESSARY TO GIVE EFFECT TO
rHIS ~ DECISION BY FORCE AND
WITH ARMS.
,itesotped, That the citizens of this county
VINO are opposed tc further prosecution Of
lhe lhe war SHOULD PREPARE FOR
SUCH A CONTINGENCY.
1t IS entirely unnecessary to comment
upon the above platform Of the peace
IN any terms" party, as it speaks plain
enghsh for itself. Instead of meaning
PEACE" it means OWL WAR in our
midst, with all its necessary horrors It is
ime the people were looking into this mat
er. This is no time for triAing.