Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-01

ing due IN January leb6, require additional leg
islatioD. and justify the assembling Of an extra
or called session Of the General Assembly
Resolutions OF the Pennsylvania De
60 nocxasie sSAse Cons easAen.
Whereas. II is the imperative duty and should
be the EXCLUSIVES desire Of evssJ American eiti-
rem intrusted with the power Of controlling public
Affairs by his vote OF otherwise. 20 zee that they
are administered with Q single eye TO the great
| objects shieh forsfathers had IN view when
| they laid the foundations Of this Republic, VIZ
To form . more perfect union; establish Justice;
insure domestic tranquility; provide tor the com.
mon defense; promote The general welfare, ana
secure the blessing. Of liberty to ourselves and
| our posterity
| where's, The men and the party administer
| ing the Federal Government since 1851 have be
/ rayed their trust, violated their sacred ooiiga-
tons. disrsgsrdsd The con msnds Of the fadanen-
! tai law. corruptfy squandersd the public money.
des ied justice 20 the people, perverted the whole
| Government from rs original purpose, and
thereby have brought untold calamites upon
| The country; therefore, be IL 600 E.
Resolved, That We. the Democracy Of Penn
| svlvania are now. and we always have been.
faithful 20 the union OF the States, opposing the
| secession of the South with ell our influence,
and having no sympathy OF association whatever
| with that party in the North which plotted
az ainst the L Rion and pronounced the Constitu
ton ga covenant with death and at agreement
/ with hell -
| Second-That if the counsels Of the Demo
cratic party had prev allied the Union would have
been saved in ali IFS integrity and honor, with
| on. the slaughter, debt and disgrace OF civil
war Bot when the formation Of sectional par
| ties in the North and in the South, and the al
/ ven. Of one Of these parties into the seats OF
power made war fact which we could not
counteract, we sustained the Federal authorities
| in good faith, asking nothing at their hands ex
| cept q decent respect for our legal rights and
/ some show Of common honesty in the manage
| mont Of our financial affairs, but in both
these particulars We were disappointed and be
/ trayed.
/ Third-Thal the Constitution established by
our revolutionary fathers is entitled 20 our I'M
qualified respect and obedience; the oath 10
support it Is binding, religionsly. morally and
| legally, at all times, under all circumstances,
and in every part of the country; upon all public
officers, from the highest to the lowest, as well
as upon private citizens il is only by strict OBJ
seryaRce OF its provisions, and rigid enforce
ment of its obligations in all the States, that we
can hope for Union, liberty or peace. He who
willially violates il, or counsels violation by
others, is q public enemy aud dishonest man.
Fourth-That ameng the rights guaranteed to
US by the plainest words or the Constitution are
these: Free press, freedom from arbitrary arrest
and illegal imprisonment, trial by jury, the writ
Of habeas corpus, the perfect immunity OF all
persons not in the army or navy from any species
OF punishment for crime or pretended crime whiet
is not the legal consequence of legal cow IctioI
by an impartial jury, the absolute subordnaton
OF all military power to the civil authority, and
the privilege OF white persons tovote at the State
elections, according to the laws of the State.
Ffth-That We fully cencur with President
| johnson in the conviction expressed by hum il
1860, and repeated overall times since. that the
Federal Government is sovereign within 1t:
proper sphere; that il acts not through or upor
the States, but directly upons individuals; that
the States could not absolve the people from the
Federal obligations; that the State ordinances o
secession utilities. and, therefore, when thu
| attempted revolution came to an end by the sub
mission OF the insurgents, the states were M
much a part of the Union they had been be
fore. Their people were bound to the same
duties and clothed with the same rights, excep,
ing. OF course, such rights as individuals among
; them nad legally forfeited by their own acts IL
the meantime. and we hereby declare that. so fsI
ss We can prev emit it, the resumption ofthe proper
places in the Union by those States, some o.
whose citizens were lately in rebellion, shall no
, be mpeded or leayedby the unlawful inter
ference of that faction at the North which was al
, ways hostile TO the Union, which now pronounce!
il legally desolated, and which is still nalig
) nantly laboring to prevent its restoration.
! Sixth.--Thas the effort now making by certain
persons to use the power of the General Govern
ment with view to force negro suffrage thu
States against the will of the people, AID con
trary to existing lave, it is not only high crm
: agains. the Constitution, but deliberate AM
, wicked attempt to put the States of this q Moi
(sll Of them more or less, and some OF them en-
tireiy,) under the domination of negroes, TO At
- e h. nd q
D grade the white race, morally and socially, q
well as politically, to the low level OF the black
We will not ackuewledge the ncspacity of on
own race to govern itself. nor surrender the des
:. TIMES of the country into the hands of negroes
nor put themselves under their guardianship, no
. give up to them the political privileges which vi
inherited from our fathers, and we exhort on
brethren in other States to take up the same at
ttude and maintain il firmly.
Seventh-That we will support Prcsiden
johnson in every just effort be may make Il
place all the States in their proper position, t.
give to them fair representation IN Congress
10 save them from the curse CT negro equality
he shall have our hearty approval when he in
hcts legal punishment 10y means Of legal tribu
: mails upon offenders against the United States
and will be with him in every means which
looks 10 the maintenance of the public credit
But our full approval of his administration Cal
be founded only 10 tue belief that he viii! exc
cute the law, the whole law, and nothing bu
the law, in al parts OF the couptry; that be vii
not allow the military to interfere with STAT,
! elections; that be vii. punish kidnapping anC
. robbery through the legal authorities whethe
, committed by Federal officers or private cit
zsns, and that lie will suffer no person 10 b,
murdered by Military Commission, and upor
these measures there be 10 compro mise; BIZ
that is not for US is against vs.
Eighth-That in view of our enormous ma
tional debt, the great weight Of our State taxes
and the local burdens imposed upon in diver.
ways, economy and retrenchmsnt becomes al
important duty of all our Representatives, and
{ TO this end the vast standing army now on foot
ought to be disbanded. the navy should be re
duced. and the corrupt and exsrayagani practices
lately introduced into the Government, should bt
. totally abolished. s@n n
, Ninth-That our revenue laws need TO be care
fully revised in such manner that while the pub
lie credit will be maintained, and the nationa
honor preserved. taxation will be equal and
just.
Tenth-That the gallant soldiers of the Re
public, who SO nobly rsked their lives in defens,
Of the Union and the Constitution, merit and
; will receive the uadying gratitude of the Amer
can people Living. they shall live In GU
wsrmest affections, and dying, their memories
will be cherished for all time to come. To say
as our political opponents do, that they Tough
and bled and died mainly for the freedom Of Ia,
negro, is gross insult on their patriotism, and
an outrage which will be Indignantly resented