Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-19

of Indiana declares that ''The powers of the
government are divided into three separate
departments: the legislative, the executive,
including the administrative, and the judi
cial; and no person charged with official
duties, under one of these departments,
shall exercise any Of the functions of an
other, except as in the Constitutions ex-
pressly provided;" and, ,gI.e
WHEREAS, The maintenance Of cur pres
ent form of governments, the rights and
liberties of the people and the safety and
economical expenditure of the peoples
money, depend upon q strict and right ad-
herence to and enforcement Of the foregoing
provision of our Constitution; therefore,
Resolved, 1. That we utterly condemn M
revolutionary and subversive of the Con-
stitution of our State, the action of Gov. D.
p. Morton in counseling the faetious and
lawless conduct of the Republican mem
bers of the last General Assembly. and wa
wholly condemn their conduct In seeding
from the House of Representatives, in vio-
lation or their official oaths and solemn
duty, as representatives of the people,
thereby defeating all necessary legislation,
either in the making of appropriations to
carry on the government of the State. or
for the support and assistance of our sick
and wounded soldiers, and we denounce as
worthy of especial condemnation the con-
duct Of Gov. Morton in usurping, for per-
sonal and partisan purposes, the powers and
functions of the coordinate departments Of
the government
2. That we disapprove of, and condemn
the action of Gov. Morton in establishing a
Financial bureau" an institution unknown
to the Constitution, the laws, and the
usages of the State of Indiana; In
securing, disbursing and squandering
the funds ofthe State; and borrowing mcn-
ey on the faith of the State; and pledging
the property and the energies of the peo-
pie to pay such loans, and interest thereon.
and in paying out such money in open and
fragrant disregard of the Constitution and
laws of the State, without any appropria-
tion directing the payment thereof, and
WITHOUT any Of the checks and safeguards
that the wisdom and experience of the past
have demonstrated were necessary for tho
safety, preservation and economical expen-
diture of the money of the people of the
State.
3. That the suppression of the right Of
the writ of habeds corpus in States or places
not in actual rebellion, and the suppression
of the freedom of speech and of the press
by the Administration, are alike crimes
against civilization and the highest hopes
and interests of mankind.
4. That the profiigate and reckless ex-
penditure of the public treasure by the adj
mnistratiOn, and its criminal inefficiency
in the management Of the general business
and finances of the country, always either
leading to or directly toleratng public i'm
morality, or the shamelessly dishonest
waste of the peoples money, have brought
the nation to the verge of bankruptcy and
general ruin.
5. That the suppression of newspapers;
the arrest of citizens without warrant, and
their confinement in prisons without exam
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asylum, and forcihle seizure of subjects of
foreign powers and their delivery to agents
of such Governments, without law or treaty,
are criminal violations of civil liberty and
the rights and privileges secured to the cit
izen and alien under the American Consti-
tuition.
6. That the failure of the administration
to promtly pay disabled or discharged SOL
diers, and pensions to widows and children
whose husbands and fathers have fallen in
battle or died in camp or by the wayside,
and the readiness with which the powers at
| Washington audit and pay shoddy contrac-
| tors, officers and placemen of the govern
| ment, are cruel wrongs to the destitute and
| deserving, and merit the whitening scorn Of
| the American people.
z. That the noble and patriotic sons Of
| Indiana, who, for the love of country and a
| restoration of the Union as established by
| our fathers, have sacrificed the endear-
| ments ofhome for the hardships and perils
| OF war, merit the thanks of the people ofIn-
! diana; that we will ever hold in grateful
recollection the memory of those who have
fallen in battle, and that it is the duty, and
should be the highest pleasure of the peo-
pie to make ample provision for the sup
! port of those who have received disabilities
in the service of the country, and the thou
sands of widows and tens of thousands Of
orphan children, whose husbands and fathers
have sacrificed their lives in defence oftheir
country and the honor of the American
! flag.
s. That faithful adherence to the con-
stitution of the United States, to which the
Democracy are pledged, necessarily implies
the restoration of liberty, and the rights Of
the States under the constitution unim-
paired and will lead to an early and hon
orable peace, o
0. That we cordially sympathize with the
Democracy of Kentucky in their present
subjugated condition, deprived of the rights
of free men and we will stand by them in
manly and lawful struggle to recover con-
stitutional liberty.
10. That we pledge ourselves to cordially
support the nominations made by this con-
vention.
Hon. Lafe Develin, of Wayne, and Hon.
DdyliSs w = I1diHh, VI NiSO, OnciSu auuL-
tional resolutions. ..o
After an animated debate on questions Of
order, which was participated In by Messrs.
Develin, Hanna, Petit and others, the fol-
lowing was unanimously adopted: s,.i.s
Resolred, That we, the Democracy of In
diana in State Convention assembled, arein
favor of maintaining personal and consti-
tutional liberty, and we pledge ourselves
to sustain our rights as citizens to the bitter
end. -