Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-08-16
The PeorIa ResoIutiong.

Inc PeorIa RESOLUTIONS.
let. ResolUed. That the people are the
suprstne sOveTeigus, and the constitution
which they have ordained are the supreme
government, and that all assailants and
enemies, either of the people or their aot-
eminent, are TRAITORS alike, whether their
treason be manifested by kidnapping citi-
Gems aud removing them beyond the juris-
dIction ct the civil tribunals, and incarcer-
ating them IL basiiles. BY suppressiug free
elections, claiming the liberty Of the pfese.
or repudiatipg Constitutional restraints
Which they have sRcrn to maintain and
= Thatin the Interpretations Of the s1uz
stituuon We are guided by the deeiarafioii6
o. O Its Founders, BY the deliberations of the
FEDERAL convention, By the resolutions OF
it9o and lty9, prepared and expounded
oy Jefferson and Madison. Guided So
these lights. we declare that the coercion
ana subjugaiiep Of sofereien aiafs1 usa
never contemplated as possible or enfhofS
lied BY tie constitution, but was rropoone.
cd BY Its makers an act Of suicidal foIly.-
But whatever may be the IL cory Of co1sti-
tutional power. war az means Of restor-
ing the Unior has proved q failure and 4
delusioD, and il the psopls of the oob ;sSS
ceding states would restore and preserve
their shattered constitution, and avert from
themselves and their posterity the slavery
Of military despotism, aud a public debt.
the interest upon which can never be met.
they must bring this war to speedy
close.
B. That the repeal and revocation AZ an
unconditional ediets and pretended laws.
an immediate dTDstsftce, aud national con:
vention for the peaceful adjustment of our
toubles, are The only means of saving eur
nation from Unlimited calamity aid ruin;
a. That We enter our solemn trotest
against the usurpation and lawlesE despa.
tIsm OF the present administration, as sub.
VersITe OF the constitution and destruetiys
of the liberties Of the people. 80
1t has denied to sovereign states all coi1-
sttutionaf rights, and thereby absoIyed
them from all allegiance.
II has trampled down nation, that it
may install military despotism upon the
ruins of constitutional liberty.
1t has and is stih wsgIng bloody war
for the avowed pRTpose Of externinatine
eight millirrs of people from The home Of
then fathers. and blOtting from the Amer
ican constellation onenalf of the states Of
the Union
It bas sought to arouse and enlist the
most wicked and malignant passions. reek.
less of all ends, if it but subvert tbs ex=
isting government and immediate American
citizens.
Il has struck down freedom Of speech
aud of the press.
Ii has stripped from the American citi-
zen bis panoply and consigned him TO the
oastile without process. without charge;
aud without the opportunity of trial.
1t has by military violence suppressed
the bal1t, and dictated elections at the point
of the bayonet.
1t has annulled every constitutional eusr.
anty for the protection Of the citiEeus. atid
subjected bin to the irrepressibIe tyranoV
Of military violence.
B. ReSolred. To the cod that such wrooRa
may be redressed, and evil removed. and
the liberties oft people under the COM
stitutleD re established. that free canvass,
and free and unrestricted election il nor
only means OF preserving these essential
rights, bat Is tie very end for which gov
erDment itself is instituted and must bS
preserved at all hazards.
6, That We are uncc ppromisinelv ofs.
posed to the elevation Of the African racs
to citizenship. and their promotion into
standing armies to control the white frees
men OF our country
q, That the reply Of President Lincoln
to Messrs. Clay and Holoombe, that any
propositions boxing TO the establishment
OF peace on the basis Of the integrity Of the
whole U0ion, must as a condition precedent
be also accompanied by the entire aboIi:
IT, 0. slavery before they can he enter.
tanned. Is an Offcial ayowal that the obiees
OF the war is not restoration of the Union.
but the destruction Of slavery ia the south.
ern states, or permanent separation, and
furnishes upmistakable evidence that the
party now 10 power, bsvirg dtluded the
people into the granting of unlimited
men aud money for the pretended pars
pose of preserving the UDion. which thew
have used aud are still using for the base
end OF overthrowing state institutions. ad-
7aneiDg party interests and establishing
them in permanent despotic power.
&. That we look with alarm on the nfoe.
IauaIiOn OF ihe President declaring martial
Law and suppressiDg free election in our
DeighbOring state of Kentucky. as fore
sbedOwing the means which will be AZ.
tempted in the northwestern states, TO per.
pesgsts the rule of this corrupt adminiss
traIion.
o. That the kidnGpping and removing
beyond the Jurisdiction of the civil tribu.
nai OF the Coles county prisoners, without
trial ana without process Of Law, il an op-
warranted act Of despotic power, incomz
patloie with the spirit Of 9 free govern
ment; and 10 the name Of the people of the
state OF Illinois we demsud that they be
delivered to the civil Authorities Of the
state for trial or discharged.
III. Martial Law is the exercise Of a povs
Or that Substitutes the will Of the osm.
mauder in-chief of az tFmy for the viIfuf
the people and the laws Of The land. and
once recognized outside of the linesof
the army admits The power Of such CON.
mander 10 destroy our form Of ROsernmeae
that pleasure, and d legsses the an b1rity
OF bis own will alone, TO such Instruments
as be fnes select for the execution there's
of.
IL. That We warn this administration "a
esistirom its eDorOacbmsDfs upon The
rights and liberties of the citizens Of our
State, and resolve that we will not tolerate
The rul' Of marital law, of military inter-
Terence With elections, or any more arbi--
traTy arrests Of our citizens, to the main.
tensnce Of which we pledge our liyee. orr
fortunes, and our sacred honor.
An usFEEAskNT BEDFELLow.-A vo-
man named BristOr, living some four or
i've miles northwest Of Canton, on Thurs.
day, June 3Uth, went out of her house for
some fifteen or twenty minutes, leaving her
child. some ten months cid, asleep on .
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