The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-24
TIE RESOLUTIONS.

Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Dukes
remarks, Hon. Isaac Caldwell, IS
chairman of the Committee on ResO
buttons, came forward at the head OF
the committee and read the following
resolutions as its report;
Rcsolred, That we reaflirm our an.
cient faith in republican Institution.
our devotion to the Union of the
States, the doctrines that the Federal
Government is strictly one Of dele.
gated powers, and that each State has
the right to regulate it. Oan domestic
concerns.
Resolved, That it is our firm con.
viction that Samuel J. Tilden and
Thomas A. Hendricks, at the late
election for President and Vice-Presi-
dent, received not only a large MAORI
ty Of the popular vote, but also
a large majority Of the electoral vote,
and the Constitution demands that
they shall be placed in the offices to
which the people has called them
ReSoluei, that a count of the cleo
toral votes by the president of the
Senate, without the concurrence and
direction of both houses of Congress,
would he in violation of the Contitu-
ton, contrary TO usage, revolutionary
in character, and an act of usurpation
to which the people will not submit.
RcSolred, That we will sustain our
senators and representatives in Con-
gress in the maintenance of their con-
stitutiOnal powers and the fearless dis
charge of their duties, unawed by at
tempted usurpation by the Senate or
menace of military power by the
President.
Resolrcd, That an appeal to arms is
the last desperate remedy of a free
people in danger of being enslaved,
but may become n necessary remedy
in resistance to destructive usurpation
and military dcspotism. We urge
upon our senators and representatives
the exhaustion of all peaceful means
consistent with honor and with the
Constitution for averting the perils
with which our institutions are threat
ened before leaving the people to the
dire alternative of submitting to
tyranny or fighting for freedom.
Resolrod, That every State in the
Union is the equal of every other
State, and Kentucky does now, rs
heretofore, protest against the claim
that certain States may be treated by
the Federal Government differently
from the treatment accorded other
States. She avows that this is a
Union of equal States, and that out
RACES committed upon any State are
outrages upon, and full of danger to,
all the States. She denOunces the
use of military force in unfolding H.
legal governments in Louisiana and
South Carolina with the same warmth
and Indignation with which she would
resent the seizure of her capitol rs
barracks and the inspection of the
certificates of her Legislators by cor
poral of the guard.
Resoiced, That We unite with the
Democracy of Ohio in the request
that the national committee call a ma
tiOnal convention; and, in response to
the action of the Democrats of Indiana,
the chm'n of this convention is directed
to appoint a committee on Federal re-
lations, to consist of nine 90 members,
to whom power is given to select del
cgates to represent Kentucky in any
that may be called, and
to take such other steps as the exigen-
cies of the times may require.
ResOLred, We look with apprehension
upon the resort to unusual tribunals
for the settlement of the questions now
in issue; and we believe that the firm
exercise of its constitutional powers by
he House of Representatives will re-
suit in the proper adjustment of the
troubles now threatening the country.
BEFORE the election the Republicans
,ried "solid South" but after the
election, when it was found that the |
South was solid, they said it was i'm
possible for the South to have gone