The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-19


the courts should alwaybfbe open for the
redress of grievances Chat no er post ldcto
law should be made that the right of the
people TO peaceably assemble aud consult
upon public affairs Is lnviolable; that the
military should be held In due subjectioii
to thectvtl power. that while the ma lore
ity, As prescribed ny the PROSTITUTION, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
dsfcasible rights and that 3 frequent re-
ctirrence TO first principles Is essential to
the weliare.o of the state and the people.
2. Res0ieed, That the States lately In re-
belion are Stntes In the Union, and have
been recognized as such by every depart
mcnt OF the Government, and by Presi-
dent lincoln, who, in the midst of the war,
invited them TO electmembers Of Congress
by President johnson, in various procla-
nations and official acts; by Congress,
which permitted Andrew johnson to sit In
the senate as a Senator from Tennessee,
and members from Virginia, Tennessee
and louisiana 20 sit In the House Of Repre-
sentatives after these States had seeded, |
and while the war was being carried on,
and which further recognized them as |
States IN the Union by the Congressional |
appOrtl0nment act providing for their due !
representation In Congress; by various |
tax laws, and especially by the direct tax |
by the resolutions submitting amendments
to the Constitution for their approval, and
| Dy various OLneT HCuS anu I0SOlublOnS I'M
parting the same recognition; all of which
were passed since the attempted secession
of those States, by the Judiciary Of the
United States, which holds Federal Courts
in all those States, and especially by the
Supreme Court, which entertains jprisdic-
ton of eases coming from them, which IL
could not do were they not in the Union.
That being thus In the Union, they stand
OH an equal footing with their sister States
States with unequal rights being thing
unknown to the Constitution that by the
luxpress terms of the. Constitution, each
Estate Is entitled TO have two Senators and a
due proportion of Representatives In the
| Congress. and to vote In all elections OF
President and Vice president that, thougl
these rights are subject to interruption nv
n state Of civil war, they eanhot, IN u me ~
peace be suspended. much less des ,,,,,,1
without plain violation Of the ,,onsf,tn,
tion that Congress has no po yer To de-
prive State Of Its reserve 4 rights, and
reduce it to Terri9rial condition; that
Congress, of all reprs sanitation f,.,,,.,Ito-
4 States the PROPOSED ;. exclusion, oS ~ tho., te,
states, from all No' sc in the p,.xt presiIie,,s
i tia. election, the threatene,l oyerthro,y n
Jhelr StAle VoN ernInents znd the rnductIo,
OF their state ; to the condition Of terrjtor.
lrs, are eaS r4and yeYeriy one of them tlncon-
Isututloua revolutionary and dcspotit
lIieasur'ys, destru' 'ctive not merely of tn,
rlShtS OF thos9 states, hut also of the rights
of every ott ,er state In the Union. Tha
glose meas ures are,prts ofa plan to nullify
/ gi gne C"np itutiou, virtually overthrow th'
7C"te' governments, to erect consolidated
uee' ,,otism on their ruins; and to establish
I'D perpetuate Il tyrannical rule of minor
lty over a.nlajority of the American peo
Pile. That the people cannot, without
J., loss of their liberties, prosperity aud honor
d submit to such Il result; and we, therefore
l. in the hope that the warning will b,
needed, and the danger to our situations b,
peaceably aysrted do solcmnly warn til,
advocates of the plan, that 1t win no
II be submitted to. ,.t..s ....... ...t
al 5. ResolUed, That Congress Is not al
= omnipotent law-making power. That tn
d Constitution provides that no bill shall be
&c come n law without the approval of th'
e President, unless 1t be passed by two-third
Of each House Of Congress That one 0
e the objects of the present so-called Con
= gress IN excluding States from representa-.
rs tion, Is to pass bills by a two-thirds yot.
rt which, were all the States represented
could not so pass; and thus to virtually
e abolish the constitutional provision afore
said. That ii this precedent be acquiesce(
II in, there viii be nothing to prevent bar,
majority of Congress, at any time in til,
n future, from multiplying the constitutions
d veto of the President and usurping uncon
trolled Legislative power, by an exclusion
ID Of the minority from their seats. Tha
as the exclusion, of even In a singh
as State might give this control, and pre-
ID dltextfor such an exclusion would not b.
to an unscrupulous and revolu
SIS ttionary party. aY, -aIl ... ...
te 4. ResOlCed That the people, and especi
le ally those of the agricultural States, hav,
ID suffered too long the exactions of blgh pro
Ie tectlve tariffs, and as the representatives o
of an agricultural and laborlng population