The mountain Democrat., 1864-09-24
The MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
indictment Of Abraham Lincoln

AT SANG ueoetu6 W hS peUpIou OISW'
ford county, at Bucyrus Ohio on the
8oth Of July, the following resolutions
we're adopted:
WnRREAs, Il is the privilege Of the peo'
pie pOaeeably to assemble and PETITION the
GOxernmsnt for q redress Of grievances,
aad
Whereas, The President of the United
States has Just issued call for 0OUot'0
- ~-.-3 Ss ga dfs .liss thinRtd ranks
Of the army, and has Proclaimed that un
less the Quota h filed BY volunteers ny
the 6th Of September next, he will oil 1t
BY eonHeriptiOR; end
Whereas, The quota Of the State Of
Ohio is about 30, 600, . number equal to
one half of the able bOdied men of the
State
Therefore, We the people Of Crawford
county, In Convention assembled, respect
fully make the following representations,
and adopt ~ an expression Of our opinion
the following resolutions:
All the difficulties between the two sec
tons Of country might have been settled
Withc uI shedding single drop Of hl'""l.
The war was commenced with $4,000
men, under the most a0lemn assurances
that She rebellion should be put wn and
the Union restored in ninrty davs. When
volunteers we're demanded for three years
service. they were promised by the Pres
ident and by resolutions passed by Con
gress, that the laws should he faithfully
executed, and that the institutions Of
slavery should not be interferrd with.
This sacred pledge to the soldiers, to
the people of both SectiUns of the country
and 60 the world, has heen grossly vitrlnt-
ed by tho President in his Emancipation
Proclamation, and by Congress in the
Con1scation Act
The war has been carried on fnr more
than three years with disaster and defeat
to our arms and humiliation to dur coun-
try, deluging the land with fraternal
blood. turning every household fr"m joy
to mourning, bnr,lening the citizens With
the most oppressive iaxati"n,nnd bringing
ankFUptcy and ruin a. the people. Dur
ing all the time the contest has been wng-
cd by the authOritirs at Washington, and
By their officers in the field. in spirit "f
malignity amounting almost 10 harbali in.
Persons whO have differed in npininn y ith
the President. Ur who have criticised his
acts, he has hunted down aud persccut ted
with the most mrrrilesS 'igor.
He has denied to sovereign States their
Constitutional rights.
He has destroyed the nation in order
70 establish military des. s.'Olism upon the
ruins Of Constitutional liberty.
He has stricken down the freedom Of
speech and OF the preSs.
He has denied the people the right t"
bear arms for their own drfrnSe.
He has surrounded himself with hordr
Of officers who have plnnhrred thu Trra~'
urY and burdcned the people with taxes
He has destroyed the fierdoIn Of reis
lon.
He has annuIlcd every Constitutional
guarantee for the protection Of the citi
xens. and subjected them to the iIrepresS
ible tyranny Of military whence.
He has rendered the military superior
TO the civil power.
The people, trained to submission &"
the authorities, have patiently submitted
to these repeated wrongs. But with all
these outrageS uIrOn the rights OF th' p""'
pie. cnMGinrd with the assaults Ol 2,5oO.
900 men, who have at different times ci'
tered the service, the rebellion has not
been put down. and Ihr So tn stands to-
day rs determined and d,tiant as ever.
Thu experience Of the last three years
proves most ronclu>ively that war cannot
rrAtore the Union.
We believe that the people OF the SOnth
would to-day consent tn q restoration Of
the Union under the Constitution. and
that the only obstacle in the way "f a
peaceable settlement "f all difficulties Is
the determination Of the President I" dc
stroy slavery and to elevate the nrgro {"
. position in society Which the G"d al
nature never intended him To occupy.
We consider that every life hereafter
lost in this most atrm'inuS War will he N
deliberate murder, and every dollar wrun=
from the pocket Oi the tax payer To fur
ther it's prosecutions dow nrIght robbery.
In view of these Gacts, We, therefore.
resolve:
l. That Justice and humanity demand
the immediate crSEa,i"n Ot ho>tiIl'eS.an
the adoption Il peace measures as the OIL
ly hope 0f the people.
q That We demonstrate against any
draft upon the able hndied men Of the
country to asSiS, in prol"nging war that
we believe uncalIed for and Superlatively
wicked.
8. That the people should not he required
to take up arms in defense Of a Govern
ment that refuses to protect them in their
right&
4. Tha; We pray the President Of the
United States to revoke his order for
conscriptiOn, and We call upon the peo-
pie throughout the State to hold meetings
and petition for peace and redress Of
their grievances