The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-08-17
Democratic Meeting in Green
7o'0"ship-FiOs Hundred People Pres
eat-Ctear Ringing ResolutiOns Adopted

A meeting of the Democracy Of Green
Township was held on Saturday, the 9th
day of August, near New Castle. No
bills had been posted, and not even a
newspaper notice Of the meeting had been
given; it was only made known by neigh
Dor to neighbor as they happened to meet,
yet there were over five hundred present.
A procession Of over two hundred
horsemen led the way to grove, where
the meeting was organized by appointing |
THOMAS CLARK, President, and JAMES
IRWIN and JACOB HUFFMAN, Vice Pres
idents.
The following were appointed COM
mittoe on Resolutions: DIR. r. NJ. An
prews. John Gillespie, Joseph Myers,
Frederic Habermehl, Alexander Dixon
and Harvey T. MITCHELL Esquires.
Stirring and effective speeches were
made by Thos FL. f. Passmore, Dr. S.
Grimshaw and Hon. JAS R. Morris, after
on Resolutions, made the following re-
port:
Whereas the people are everywhere
arousing from their slumber, aud discard
ing leaders who would trihe with their
intelligence for the sake of stealing into
office, we therefore subscriber to the fol-
! lowing sentiment:
Whereas the war now waging had its
immediate cause with the party in power
and its predecessors, the original Aboh
tienists; whereas but for the malignant
party spirit, and the unwarrantable sec
tienal hatred of said party toward the
institutions of the South the war might
have been prevented; whereas since the
war began the said party has at no time
evinced the least disposition to make any
advance to concord, to peace, or to happi
nesss but on the contrary has refused to
concur in any proposition to- that end
made by the Democratic party, or to re-
ceive Commissioners of Peace from the
Southern Confederacy; whereas the Presi-
dent and party in power raised an army
under pretense of defending and main
tanning the supremacy of the Constitu-
tien, and the dignity, rights and equality
Of the several States unimpaired. and
have since proved false TO their avowed
purposes and false to the Constitution;
false TO the rights OF humanity and false
to the people, and are waging a relentless
war of subiugation and e1tsrmination Of
the people of the South, striking down
i.al constitutional freedom Of the North
land involving anarchy aud confusion,
Now, therefore, in view of these facts,
and in view of outrases to which we, in
common with the people Of other States
have too long tamely ubmitted-outraees
which would have cost any King in Eu-
rope his crown-we are opposed to the
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favor Of a peace to be secsred by an ap-
peal to the people who are the source of
all power; and as men rho kno,o their
riqIlIs and haze counted the cost Of main
faiting then1, ace pledge ourselves by all the
!, po,cers schich the God Of nature has giren
as Rerer to surrender the constitutional
rights of our State; aad to maintain equal
!: as firmly, free speech, free press, free
courts aad the right Of a speedy and I'M
/: partial trial By jury, free elections. free
dom Of religious opinion and aoorshp;
freedom of public dssenablagc for The dis-
cussiion of public affairs, and to petition for
} the redress of grievances; freedom, from ar
} btrary arrests, searches and seizures; free
2 dom to keep and bear arms as necessary
means of security to free ,State; and s0e
i, riW stGnd by and defend eucry other right
guqranteed to as By the Constitution of the
United S.Gtes and the Constitution of the
E State Of Ohio:
r EcsoIucd, That these States when uni
ted became unit for federal purposes
only--that war against State by others
would be political suicide; consequently
while treason by the citizens of a State
! may and ought to be punished by the
federal laws, as provided in the Constitu-
:. ton of the United States, by civil prose
cution, aided, if need be, by the military
aim of the government; but any contro-
; versy between the sovereignty of State
and that of the Federal Government can
be determined only by convention of
the States, and not by the arbitrament of
the sword which san sever the States but
never unite them.
Rcsoloed. That the unconstitutional
acts OF the present administration in con-
fscating private property, in emancipating
slaves arrestiDg without due process of
law citizens Of our State, their trial by
court martial, confinement or banishmen
without law deserve the condemnation OF
all friends of liberty without distinction
!, of party; and that the Democratic party,
by the blessing of God, will, with the
right of the elective franchise, drive the
usurpers from their bad eminsnce, and
place in their stead men honest, capable
and faithful to the Constitution.
Resolved, That the several States in
? uniting retained all powers not expressly
delegated to the Federal Government,
, and that neither in peace or war can the
Federal Government, under the false plea
) of " necessity encroach on the reserved
: rights of the States, nor can any State by
! the action of its citizens forfeit its sover-
eighty, territorial integrity OF original
Independence.
Resolred, That in war as in peace the
military must be subordinate to the civil
, authority, or we cease to be a republican
government, and at once become Gas we
J now are by the acts of the PresidenDa nil
itary despotism.
) Resohed, That to the construction of
l the Constitution given by Jefferson and
Jackson as Presidents of the United
5 States, and the Resolutions of '9S and
J '99 by Jefferson and Madison, the De-