The Placer herald., 1866-01-06

so construed as to give unlimited powers, nor
part OF them to be taken, as TO destroy the whole
residue OF the instrument. That the proceeding
Of the general government under cOltr of those
articles will be fit and necessary subject for re.
visal and correction at time OF great trapuuiii.
ty. while those specified in the preceding resolu.
tops call for immediate redress.
Resolved, That the preceding resolutions he
transmitted 10 the senators and Representatives
in Congress from the commonwealth, who are en-.
joined to present the same to their respective
houses and to use their best endeavors to procnre
at the next session OF congress repeal of the
aforesaid unconstitutional and obnoxious acts.
Resolved, lastly, That the Governor of this
commonwealth be, and is authorized and reuuest.
ed to commun cate the preceding resolutions n
the legislatures OF the several states to nsspro
them that this commonwealth considers union Ior
specified national purposes and particularly for
those specified in their late federal compacf to
be friendly TO the peace, happiness, and prosper-
ity Of all the States-that faithful TO thai com.
pact according to the plain intent and meaning
in which ii was understood and accedtd TO bv
the several parties. it is sincerely anxious fur ~,
preservation; that it does also believe that IN
take from the states all the pow ers of sell yov.
ernment. and transfer them to general and con.
solidated government, without regard TO IN.
special delegations and reservations. solemnly
greed to in that compact, is not for the peace
happiness and prosperity Of these states And
that. therefore, this commonwe; lth is determined.
as il doubts not il co-sates are TO submit 10 nm
deleg gated and consequently to unlimited powers
in no man. body OF men, on earth that if the
acts before specified should stand, these concln
sions would grow from them, that the general
government may place any act they think proper
on the list OF crimes and punish it themselves
whether enumerated or not enumerated by the
constitution cognizablc by them. that they nav
transfer its cognizance to the President or any
ther person. who may himself be the accuser.
al linda iurv yvh nc;o
the evidence. his order the sentence, his cficer
the executioner, and his breast the somjrccold of
the transaction. that very numerous and valu-
able description OF the Inhabitants OF these states
being by these precedents reduced Us outlaws to
the absolute dominion OF one MN, and the bar
rels OF the constitution thus swept from us ALL
no rampant now remains against the passions and
the power OF a majority OF Congress to protect
from like expectation or other gricyons punish
ment the minority of the same body, the legsla-
lures. Judges. q, venOrs and counselOrs Of the
states nor their other peaceablc inhabitants " no
may venture to reclaim the Institutional rights
and liberties OF the states and people or who for
other causes good or bad. may be obnoxious to
the views or marked by the suspicious OF the
President. or to be thought dangerous to his or
their election OF other interest, public or person.
al: that the friendcss alien has been selected rs
tn safest subject Of a first experiment, but the
citizen will soon follow. or rather has already
ful lowed; for, already has a sedi,iOn act marked
him as its prey. That these and successive acts
of the same CHARACTER unless arrest; ed at the hres
hold NAV tend to drive these states into rcvou-
lion and blood, and will furnish new calumnes
against republican government. and new prettxis
Tor those who wish it TO he believed that man
cannot be governed but by rod of ron that it
would be dan gel Gus delusion were Il confidence
i'm the men OF our choice to silence our fears for
the safety OF our rights; that confidence is every
where the parent OF despotism; free government
is founded in jealousy and not in confidence; it is
,lc, ami cOnhupucp irh
limited constitutions TO bind down those whom
We are obliged to trust with power. that our con
stitution has fixed the limits to which, and no fur
her our confidence may go; aud let the honest
I'd ocate OF confidence read the alien and sedion
acts and say if the constitution has not been wise
in fixing limits to the government it crested and
whrther We should be wise in destroying those
limits? Let him say what the government is il
it be not tyranny. which the men OF our choice
have conferred upOn the President. and the Pres
dent of our choice has asscDted to and accepted
over the friendly strangers. TO whom the mild
spirit Of onr country and its laws have pleugcd
hospitality and protection; that the men OF our
choice have more respected the bare suspicious OF
he President han the solid ri ehts OF innocence,
the claims of justification. the sacred force OF
truth and the form and substance of law and JUS
tice In qu' stions OF power. then let no more he
heard of confidence in man. but bind him down
from mischief by the chains Of the constitution.
hat this commonwealth does therefore call on
cO-StatpS i0f an PNUlPSsioH VI 'Hcli
on the acts concerning aliens, and Tor punishment
of certain crimes hcreinbelore specified, plainly
declaring whether these are or are not authorized
bv the Federal compact. And it doubts not that
their sense will be announced as to prove their
attachment unaltercd to limited government
whether general or particular, and that the rights
and Liberties of their co.sates will he exposed to
no dangers by remaining embarked on acommon
bot ON with their own. But they will concur with
this commonwealth in considering the said acts
rs so palpabc against the constitution ms TO
amount to an undiseuised declaration that the
compact is not meant to he the measure OF me
power of the general government but that II VIII
proceed in the exercise over these states OF all
pow ers whatsoever. That they will view this as
seizing the rights Of the states and consolidating
them in the hands Of the general government,
with the power assumed to bind the states no'
merely in cases made Federal. but in all cases
whatsoever by laws made not with their consent,
but by others against their consent; tha' 'h's
would be TO surrender the form OF government
we have chosen and living under one deriving
its power from its own will. and not from our au
thority; and that the costates recurring TO theif
natural rights il cases not made Federal wilIc con-
cur in declaring these void and of no force ara
will each unite with this commonwealth IN re-
questing their repeal at the next session oil Con-
0reSS.