Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-08-02

tors and request our Representatives 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 Con
greSs shall provide for convention of all
the States. to be held at some suitable point,
at the earliest practicable period, with a
view to the restoration of the Union, with
all the dignity, equality, and rights of the
several States unimpaired.
''S. That, in the event of the present
Congress failing to provide for such con-
vention, we hereby. in the name OF the pe0-
pie of the State of Indiana, invite each and
every State i'm the Federal Union, including
the so-caled Confederate States, to meet
delegates from the State of Indiana, in con-
vention, at Nashville, Tennessee, on the
first Monday. ii being the first day of June,
SG3, 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.
-. That for the purpose Of carrying out
on the part Ofthe State of Indiana, the OBJ
iect set forth in the last two foregoing reSo-
buttons. there shall be elected, on the first
Monday of April, 1862. in the usual man
ner, and at the usual places of holding cleo
tiOnS, thirteen delegates from the State at
large. 10 represent them in said Convention
in Nashville. Tennessee; unless the present
Congress Shall provide for convention. a
i'm the second of these resolutions designed
in which case said delegates shall represent
Indiana i'm said convention. And the election
of said delegates shall be certified to the
Governor of the State. and commissions
shall issue to them in the manner. a. near
as the same may he practicable, provided
10y sections ~ and Il of the act regulating
general elections. And further. in the event
of the present Congress failing to provide
for convention, as designed in the second
of these resolutions. said delegates shall be
entitled to a per diem of five dollars during
their attendance on said Convention AT
Nashville. and mileage at the rate of five
cents per mile for every mile necessarily
travelled in going to and returning from said
convention, which per diem and mileage
shall he drawn from the State Treasury up
on the warrant ofthc Auditor of State. up
on a certificate of service from the presid-
ing officer of said convention
These resolutions were received with de-
light by the Confederate leaders, who at
once perceived their purpOrt and design to
distract the councils of the nation, prevent
the Reinforcement of our armies. and. as Il
last and desperate measure, to ally the For
tunes Of Indiana and the Northwest with
those of the South. The Richmond WIir
Spoll" of the efforts of the majority of The
infamous legislature of lss2-, to place In
diana in a hostile attitude towards the Fed
eral Government. as follows:
We copy elcwherc an article from an
indianapolis paper, with two sets of rcsolu
tions which have been laid before the In
diana Legislature. The paper from which
we copy is violently Republican. 1t pro-
nounces the resolutions an ordinance of Sc
ccS>ion. They have very much that flavor
They are intensely bitter against the war.
and the objects fcy which it is wagcd. and
urge an arniisticc of six months and IA ma
tiOnal convention IL settle all difficulties
In one set il is proposed. ii the convention
is not held. that Indiana shall act for her
self. The furious pronunciation of the res
olutions by the Republican paper constitutes
their best recommendation. and argues
rc1ccming spirit among the people of the
Northwest. We of the Confederate States
should do what is possible to encourage the
growth and ascentlancy of that spirit
Trities should not be di>regarlcd. Speedy
peace or long and disastrous war is the
alternative issue. There never was such
an opportunity for wise men"