Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-21

johnson Delegates from Indiana.
The johnson State Mass Convention that
assembled in indianapolis on the 10th, APP
pointed the following delegates to the Phil
adelphla Convention;
State at Large-Wm. s. Smith, Of Allen ;
David KtIgore, of Delaware; D.. 5. Good
ling, Of Hancock; d. Garland Rose, OF Ma
rion.
First Distrlct--L. @. Debruler and w. @.
Preston, of Vanderburg.
Second District-John s. Davis, Of Floyd ;
Col. Sigler, of Clark. ~, .
Third DistrictTJoseph G. McPheters, Of
Monroe. sUsCll 49, A1ktb y FL
Fourth District-James Gavin, of Deca-
tur; John Ferris, Of Dearborn. ~
Fifth District-Solomon Meredith and L.
Z! Williamson, of Wayne. Wv iyuQIo. I. s'
Sixth Distriet--John NJ. Finn, Of Shelby,
anu VIM. Mitchell, OF Hancock. 10. g
Seventh District--C @. Matson, of Put
nam, and Ezra Reed, of Yigo. 90 .ga.
Eighth District-W. Q. Wilson, OF Tip
pecanoe, and w. @. Kise, OF Boone: .ggfr
. Ninth District---Henry Crawford, OF
White, and R. III. Rose, OF Laporte. u.s.
o Tenth District--John B. Howe, Of La
grange, and Marshall w. Wines, OF Allen.
7 Eleventh Decentralization r. Lindsay,
of Howard, and Edward Wilson, Of Wells.
The following res buttons were adopted
unanimously: IusaeJ tfaN i tu l.
b 1. lResoIUed, That we are now, as here.
tofore, ardently attached to the Union Oh
the States under the Constitution OF the
United States that we deny the right OF
any State to secede, and hold that all at
tempts at secessionare null and void that
all the States are now States of this Union,
as before the rebellion, and we deny the
power Of the General Government, under
the Constitution, to exclude State from
the Union, or to govern 1t as Territory.
2. That our confidence in the ability, in-
tegrity, patriotism and craftsmanship OIL
President johnson Is undiminished, and we
cordially approve the general policy VI nus
administration. That we cordially lndorse
the restoration policy of President john
son as wise, patriotic, constitutional and
in harmony with the loyal sentiment
and purpose of the people in the suppress
sion of the rebellion, with the platform upon
which he was elected, and with the declar-
ed policy of the late President. q a. .ue
z 8. That under the Constitution OF the
United States, there Is reserved to the sew
eral States the right to prescribe the quail
fications of the electors therein, and that II
would be subversiye of the principles OF
our Government for Congress TO force uni
yersal suffrage upon any portion OF the
country in opposition to the. known wishes
of the citizens thereof HfOo l..i.r'frv .r
A. That all the States in the Union are en-
titled by the Constitution of the United
States to representation in the councils of
the nation, and that all loyal members, duly
elected and returned, having the qualifica-
tions as prescribed by law, should be. ad-
mitted to their seats in Congress without
unnecessary delay by their respective
Houses; each House being the judge of the
election returns, and qualifications of its
own members. t.Iarf. r.s-. u. .mmL
s. That the payment of the National debt
is a sacred obligation, never to be repudi-
ated and that no debt or obligation incur
red, in any manneFwhatever, in aid of trea-
son or rebellion, should ever be assumed
or paid. v.a..ri,4, .Igsr1 -. .ia.'
6. That the nation owes a lasting debt of
gratitude to the soldiers and sailors of the
late war for the suppression of the rebel
lion, and that the families OF the fallen he
roes, who died that tine country might live,
are the wards of the people, and should be
cared for by the Government; and we in-
dorse the President of the United States in
his dissemination to give the offices of the
country TO the soldiers who, during the
late war, defended the county, Lmg- @.
z. That our delegates to the Philadelphia
National Union Convention are expected
to cooperate only with loyal Union men.
ResolUed, That we most emphatically dis
approve the course of the United States
Senate in refusing to confirm the nomina-
tions of loyal and patriotic soldiers appoint
ed to Office by the President.