Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-08-25

IsRed the means wherewith the war had
been carried on.
Mr.. Todd, in explanation of the motive
which induced him TO offer the resolution,
said that he had offered it to carry out what
soldier.
After some further discussion, ]. w
Guernsey, Of Potter, moved TO amend the
motion to refer, so as to instruct the Com
mittee ON Resolutions to report imrnefl; ately
after the re-assemblng of the Convention
this afternoon. '''''''
The amendment was accented as a mart of
the original motion.
The motion was then adopted.
Mr.. Wayne McVeigh, of Chester. moved
the appointment of Committee on Reso-
iutlons, to consist of thirteen.
An amendment increasing the number tn
tnirty-three was agreed to, when the motion
as amended was adopted.
Un motion of Mr.. Stevens, of Lancaster,
It was directed that all resolutions coming
before the Convention should be referred
to the Committee on Resolutions without
debate.
The Chair announced the following as the
Committee on Permanent Organization
Messrs Ketchum, of Luzerne King. Of
Philadelphia; Montgomery, of Lycorning
Todd, OF Cumberland, and Fiske of North
cumberland.
The body then took recess of Two hours
RE-AssEMBLING OF THE CONVENTION.
" The Convention reassembled at four o.
clock
The Committee on Contested Seats made
a report In the cases of the Berks, and the
Union, Lycoming, and Snyder delegations
settling the disputes In those cases. The re-
port was adopted
The Committee on Permanent Organiza-
ton reported for President, Henry johnson,
of Crawford, and a list of vice presidents
and secretaries
Mr.. johnson was escorted to the chair,
and briefly returned thanks for the honor
conferred
The next business in order being the re-
port of the Committee on Resolutions, the
chairman, Mr.. Wayne McV eigh, of Ches-
ter, read the following series of resolutions:
THE RESOLUTIONS
The Union party of Pennsylvania, in State
Convention assembled, declare
lst, That as representatives of the loyal
people of the Commonwealth, we reYerent-
ly desire to offer gratitude to Almighty God,
whose favor has Vouchsafed victory to the
national arms and enabled us to eradicate
the crime of slavery from our land, and to
render treason against the Republic impos-
slble forevermore; and next to Him our
thanks are due and hereby rendered to our
brave soldiers and sailors, who, by their en-
durance, sacrifices, and illustirious heroism,
have secured to their country peace, and to
the down trodden everywhere an asylum of
liberty; who have shown that war for the re-
storatlon of the Union is not a failure,
and whose banner has proven for all time the
hats A. Al. l.
the people, for the people, is as invincible in
its strength as it is benefcent in its opera
tions
I'd. Resoluea, That revering the memory
of Abraham Lincoln, the great martyr to lib
erty,. we cannot show greater honor to his
name than ny a generous support to bis fel-
low patriot and successor, Andrew Johnson,
the President of the United States, who has
been called to complete a task which was
left unfinished. His unbending patriotism
In the past is guarantee that in the moment
Gus future the authority of the Government
will be upheld and the rights and liberties
OF all the citizens of the Republic secured.
I'd S~sstss41, That tha mid and sso4aoro,is
method OF reconstruction offered by the Pre-
sldent to the people lately in rebellion in
the Judgment of this Convention, has not
been accepted in a spirit Of honest LOYALTY
defiance and hostility as impel us to the con-
viction that they cannot be safely entrusted
with the political rights which they rejected
bytheir treason, until they have proven their
acceptance of the results of the war, and in
corporated them in constitutional provisions,
securing to all men within their borders their
inalienable rights of life, liberty, and pur
suit of happiness. s5i
4th Resolued That, having conquered the
rebelious States, they should be held in
subjugation, and the treatment they are TO
receive, and the laws which are to govern
them, should be referred to the law-making
power of the nation, to which they legiti-
mately belong.
5th. ResoIUed, That as the late rebellion
was wantenly precipitated by the property
holders of the South, it is but Just that they
should pay the expenses of the war, and
Congress should declare as forfeited and
vested in the Government the property of
all rebels whose estates exceed the sum of
ten thousand dollars; and that the proceeds of
the property so confiscated should be an
Piled to increase the pensions of those enti- |
tied thereto by the casualties of the war to
pay the damages done by the enemy to loval
citizens, and TO reduce the burden of the |
national debt.
9th. ResoLved, That it is the duty of Con-
gress SO to revise the revenue laws as to af- |
ford increased protection to American indus |
try to secure the development of industri- |
al wealth of the people; to render labor |
profitable and remunerative; to build up |
home markets for our agriculturists; to at
tract capital to the mineral fields of the |
countrys and to provide revenue for the |
maintenance of the public credit And this |
Convention recognizes the chief enemy to a |
policy of protection in that European power |
which for four years has furnished piratical |
vessels of war to rebels, and thus endeav-
ored to drive our commerce from the seas |
7th. ResoIUed, That any attempt by for !
eign nations to establish Monarchial Govern |
ments on this continent is evidence of de-
sign to destroy Republican institutions Re- |
gard for our own safety, and for the future |
security of the Republic, demand that no |
such attempt should succeed
8th. ResolUed, That it is the duty of Con- |
gress to secure the full Federal bounty to all |
honorably discharged soldiers, irrespective |
of date of their enlistment.
9th. Res0lUed, That we recognize in Edwin |
Nj. Stanton, the present honest and able |
head of the Department of war, public SER
want who has deserved well of his country, |
and has borne himself SO clear in his great
Office as to merit the earnest gratitude of all |
loyal men; aud we tender to him, and to his |
distinguished colleagues in the Cabinet, our |
thanks for their valuable services in the |
use of liberty and law
10th. ResoIred That the constant devotion
of Governor Curtin to the best interests OF
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