The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-09

NIBLACK was the Chairman OF the
Committee of Ways and Means, and
leader of the House; our distin-
guished fellow citizen and patriot, A
T. WHITTLEsY, was the Clerk; THos
E. GARvIN and JOHN A. RIETz, Rep
resentatives, and GEORGE W. FINCH
Senator.
To show the loyalty of that body,
and It's devotion to the soldiers and
the war, we give some of its resolu-
tions:
Resolutions offered i'm the DislOyaI
Indiana Legislature Of 1868.
SECESSION coUcHANT.
January 29-Mr. Brown, of Wells,
offered joint resolutions No. 6:
a joint resolution proposing a
general convention of all the States in
the Federal Union, including the So
called Confederate States, with view
to the restoration of the Union, with
all the dignity, equality and rights of
the several States unimpaired:
WHEREAS, We believe the follow
ing language: Suppose you go to war,
you cannot fight always, and when,
after much loss on both sides, and no
gain on either, you cease fighting, the
old identical questions as to terms of
Intercourse are again upon you, en-
bodies great truths and wisdom !;
therefore,
RESOLVED By the General assembly
of the State of Indiana, /. That it is
the imperative duty of the Chief Ex-i
ecutive of the Nation to proclaim,
and we, therefore, for and in the name
of the people of the State of Indiana,
demand the establishment, as soon as
practicable, of an armistice, to the
end that convention of all the
States may be held for the adjustment
!. of our national difficulties.
2. That we hereby instruct our
Senators and request our Representa-
tives in Congress to labor to provide,
and for and in the name of the people
of the State of Indiana we demand
that the present Congress shall pro-
vide, fora convention of all the States.
to be held at some suitable point at
the earliest practicable period, with
view to the restoration of the Union,
with all the dignity, equality, and
rights of the several States unim-.
paired. 81
30 That, in the event of the pres
ent Congress falling to provide for
such convention, we hereby, in the
name of the people of the State of In
diana, invite each and every State in
the Federal Union, including the So
called Confederate States, to meet
delegates from the State of Indiana
in convention, at Nashville, Tennes-
see, on the first Monday, it being the /
first day, of June, 1868, each of said
States to send as many delegates to
said convention as shall equal the
number of Senators and Representa-
tives to which such State is entitled
in the Congress of the United States, .
according to the census of 1860. lB
That for carrying out, on the part
of the State of Indiana, the object
set forth In the last two foregoing
resolutions, there shall be elected, on
the first Monday of April, 1862, in the
usual manner, and at the usual places
of holding elections, thirteen dele
gates from the State at large, to repre-
sent them in said Convention at Nash
vile, Tennessee, unless the present
Congress shall provide for Conven-
ton, as In the second of these resolu-
tons designed, in which case said
delegates shall represent Indiana in
said Convention. And the election of
said delegates shall be certified to the
Governor of the State, and commits
sions shall issue to them in the man
ner, as near as the same may be prac
ticable, provided by sections A and
40 of the act regulating general cleo
tions. And further, in the event of
Congress failing to provide for Con-
Vention, as designed in the second of
these resolutions, said delegates shall
be entitled to per diem of five doll
lars during their attendance, and
mileage at the rate of FIVE cents per
mile for every mile travelled in going
to and returning from said Conven-
ton, which per diem and mileage shall
be drawn from the State Treasury
upon the warrant Of the Auditor Of
State, upon a certificate of service
from the presiding officer of said Con-
Vention.
January 15.-Mr. Ferris, an in
dorser of jesse d. Bright, introduced
q series of resolutions in favor of
National Convention and an armistice,
which Mr.. Noyes Republican) moved
to table. The majority, by test vote
on each resolution, refused to table.
and referred them to the Committee
on Federal Relations. This commit
ted the party to these PROPOSITIONS
2; and was SO understood by the Copper
mead press. The Cincinnati Enquirer
OF January Is, 1863, says, in publish
ing Mr.. Ferris resolutions: