Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-07
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.


MONDAY, March 6.
a. M SENATE.
MORNING SESSION. =
"a Mr.. Gunckel. In the absence of both the
President and President pro ten', was called
to the chair. ~
Mr.. Wickham presented a remonstrance
against increasing the salaries OF state OH
GERS.
Numerous bills were read the second time,
referred to the committee of the Whole, ana
made the order of the day for this day. he-
cess. l3N rfAgl hFF -
,QAfTERNooN SESSION. atL fff
On motion of Mr.. Converse, the Senate
went into committee of the Whole on sew
eral bills, and spent the greater part OF the
session therein.
Mr., Lang offered the following joint res
olntions: -
WHEREAS, Since the outbreak of the pres
ent war, the people have been told from the
pulpit and from the rostrum, and made TO
believe that God Is on our side, and that our
army and navy are fighting on the SIDE Oh
God; and
WHEREAS, President Lincoln, in his late
inaugural address to the people of the Uni
ted States, speaking Of the war between the
sections, uses the following language, VIZ:
"Both read the same Bible and pray to the
same God, and each invokes His aid against
the other" and again, .'The prayers Of both
should not be answered; that of neither
has been answered fully. The Almighty
has His own purposes" ETC.; and
WHEREAS, 1t Is, therefore, not very clear
on which side of this war God is; and in
order to avoid the great calamity that mlgnt
otherwise befall us as people, If 1t should
be found that we are fighting on the side OF
Gods enemies and against Him and. his
friends, thereby incurring the vengeance OF
His wrath upon US and our children; ana
that we might be enabled in His own good
time to know what the purposes OF the AL
mighty really are in this respect so that we
may not rush headlong against, and thwart
the plans and purposes OF God; therefore,
Resolced, by Me General Assembly o me
State of Ohio, That the President of the
United States be, and he is hereby requested,
without delay, to adopt such means, rules
and regulations, as will tend to an immedi-
ate cessation of hostilities, "by water and
by land" preventing further shedding OF
blood stop all further proceedings IN the
pending draft Except removing all frauds
in the assignments of quotas) and mean
while to press forward with all the powers
of the Government such measures as will
tend to secure peace to the country, the
Union OF the States, the maintenance OF
the Constitution, and the enforcement OF
the laws, as wise and enlightened states
manship and true patriotism may dictate;
until the will of God herein shall be truly
and fully ascertained at Washington; and
that thereupon the President shall issue his
proclamation in that behalf to the people Of
the United States, that they, having due
and timely notice thereof may govern
themselves accordingly. SO mote il be!
Resolred, That copy hereof be forward
ed by the Governor of Ohio to the Presi-
dent of the United States.
The question being upon the adoption OF
the resolutions, Mr.. Gunckel moved that
they be indefinitely postponed. On this
motion the vote stood:
YEAs-Messrs. Bates, Connell, Cranor,
Gunckel, Howells, JamisoD, Martin, Nc
Kenzie, Patton, Stanbery, Stanton, Steven
son, West, Wickham, Williamson, Wilson
l6.
NAYs-Messrs. Converse, Lang, O'Con-
nor, Willett-4.
So the resolutions were indefinitely post
poned, and the Senate adjourned. ..