Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01

The following are the resolutions unani-
mously adopted by the conservative men Of
| Connecticut:
| Resolped, That the principles heretofore
enunciated by the Democracy of this State.
In conventions assembled, faithfully dis
criminate between the respeet Give powers Of
the State Governments ndthose conferred
upon the Federal Government; and we do
solemnly reaffirm the same, confidently re-
lying upon their supremacy for the safety
and prosperity Of the country, and the per-
petuity of its institutions. ,.-...s,e.
Resolued, That as the Constitution has
been the only guide and light to the Demo-
cratic party in all times past, wenow recog
nize in war, as In peace, no other standard
by which to judge Of measures, and no
other guide. and light for our political ac-
ton. '-~J
!, Resolued, That 1t is the grand mission of
the Democracy to restore the country to its
former condition-the Constitution to Its
rightful supremacy-the equality of the
States underit-their right of supreme local
Legislation in their domestic concerns--the
freedom of thought-the freedom Of speech
-the,freedoIn Of the press-the freedom of
popular suffrage-religious freedom-the
right of private judgment--the right of per-
sonal liberty, with its necessary concomit-
ant, the writ of habeds corpus-the inviolable
rights Of private property under State laws
the independence Of the judiciary-the
right of trial by jury-the right of the civil
authority to hold the military in strict SUBJ
ordination--rights which have been wan
tonly violated by the present Administra-
tion, and the Intelligence Of the people
thereby insulted and their judgment out
ragged.
Resolued, AS the deliberate opinion Of this
convention, that the party in power does
not intend to preserve the Constitution
which we received from our Fathers, and
is not conducting the present war for that
purpose, but for the purpose of revolution
izing the domestic institutions of the South
ern States, and Of establishing new Gov
ernment, with despotic power, on the ruins
of the old Union.q' ~ s'S
Resolred, That the entire perversion by
the Abolition Republican party of the OBJ
ject of the present war, as declared by Con-
gress, ''to defend and maintain the suprema-
cy of the Constitution and preserve the
Union with all the dignity and rights of the
several States unimpaired," to pestilent
Abolition crusade for the total destruction
of all State equality, is an infamous waste
of the nations blood and>treasure. ,ru
:, Resolsed, That the grand scheme Of the
present Administration to fill the country
plant the banks of the several states--to
monopolize the whole paper currency-to
draw the whole banking capital of the
States and the people under the supervision
and control of the Treasury Department
and to concentrate the whole m0neyed pow
er of the country in the hands of the Pres
ident-is bold and daring encroachment
on the well-known and universally ac-
knowledged rights of the States; more dan
gerous even than that great enemy of lib
erty, alarge standing army. q r-.t
Resolued, That the gross mismanagement
of the war and the needless expenditure of
vast sums of money make the Administra-
ton morally responsible for thousands OF
lives useless1y sacrificed, and the addition Of
millions of fdollars 10 the burdens0f the peo-
pie; and while 1t Is made the interest of the
multitude of fetainersi which the Admin
istration has gathered around it, tocontinue
the war and the present ruinous expendi-
ture of the public money, no sincere effort
will be made BY those in power tosbring
this unhappy conflict to close; and we
agree with a high Republican authority,
that, should Mr.. Lincoln be reelected, not
only will ssthe dignity and honor of the
country suffer- but .'the war may continue
to languish during his whole Administra-
tion,I until the public. debt shall become q
burden too great to be iborne.y '1 KS
Resolued, That the cause Of free institu-
| tions and self-goyernment must never be
abandoned, whatever may be the cost of
Constitution of the United States gives
power, sufficient even for the present terri
BILE exigency, yet in its letter and spirit 1t
deprecates conflscation of property, politi-
cal execution Of persons, territorial organ
ization Of States and fOrcible abolition Of