Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-06-25
WHOLE NUMBER 756

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inmate and forever prohibit the existerca
OF Slavery within the limits or the iurisdio.
ton of the United States, ,ia.as7 lssis
RssotUed, That the thanks of the A mari.
osn people are due to the soldiers and sailors
=. tne army army and the navy who have perilets
.neu nves IN defence of their country. and
~ s'naleaton Of the honor of the FLAG
eua. Tue natlon owes TO them some pcrma
uens recognition of their patriotism and
thelr valor, and ample aud permanent nro.
vision for those of their survivors who have
received disabling and honorable wounds Il,
the service OF the country; aud that IN
memories of-tbose who have fallen IN il
defense shall be held in grateful aud ever
ias'lng remembrance. 5a-f1 3, 'rrs1s .aa
hes0Ired, That we approve and applaud
Inc practical wisdom, the unseI6sb patries
ISM and unswerving fidelity to the Constitu.
'loa and the principles of American Idber-
!! WIN which Abraham Lincoln has dis
cual algeo, under circumstances of uuparallef;
en u.nlculty, the great duties and responsi,
oIIitieS Of the Presidential Office; that we
approve aud indorse, as demanded by the
emergency and essential to the preservation
Vi 'he natlon, and as within the Constitu-
''o"' 'he measures and acts which he bes
adopted to defend The nation against ita
open and secret foes; that we approve es-
peclally the Proclamation of Emancipation.
and tue employment as Union soldiers of
meu heretofore held in Slavery: and that we
nuYe 'uli conn lence in his determination so
carry 'hese and all other constitutional
measures essential to the salvation of the
country INTO full and complete effect. -,
heS0lred, That VIC deem it essential 10
The general welfare that harmony should
p'tVaii 10 the National councils, and we re.
gaFd as worthy Of public confidence and or
hciai trust, those ouly who cordially indorss
Tue principles proclaimed in these resolu.
uons, and which should characterize the ad.
mnlstration of the Government.
Resotred, That the Government owes TO
all men employed in its armies, without re-
gard TO distinction of color, the full pro-.
'ection OF The laws Of war; and that any vi.
oiatIons oi these laws or of the ussges of
clViI I'D nations in the time of war by the
heoels now in arms should be made the
SUBJECT of full and prompt redress sis.i
Resotred, That the foreign immigration
which in the past has added SO much to the
wealth and development OF resources and
increase of power TO this nation, the asylum
of the oppressed of all nations, should be
fostered and encouraged by liberal and
just policy. apa5 si oi lia lig0d'
Resolrel. That We are ia favor of the
speedy construction OF the railroad TO the
Psci6c
RcSolred, That The national faith pledged
for the redemption of the putlic debt mus
be kept inviolale and that for this purpose
we recommend enconomy and rigid respor
sloi siY in the public expenditures, and a
vigorous and just system of taxation; that
it is the duty Of any. loyal State to sustain,
the credit aud promote the use of the ne
tionsl currency. ~. ~
ReS0lced, That we approve the position
taken by the Government that the people
OF the United States can never regard with
indifference the attempt of any Europesn
Power to overthrow by force or to supplsn:
10y fraud the Institutions of any republican
government on the Western Continent, aud
that they will view with extreme Jealous
as nenaciug to the peace aud independence
Of this our country, the Efforts of any such
Power to obtain new footholdS or monarch.
ical governments, sustained by foreigu
military force in near proximity to the u al.
, ted States. gs