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NEW JERSEY. 



disturbance also took place. (See RIOTS.) Tho 

 decision of the department was, however, ac- 

 quiesced in when the circumstances were fully 

 understood. 



NEW JERSEY. At the session of the Leg- 

 isLiture at the commencement of the year a 

 series of resolutions were passed which were 

 intended to express the views of the majority 

 of the voters on public affairs. The series 

 passed the Senate by a vote of 12 yeas to 8 

 nays, and the House by 38 yeas to 13 nays. 

 The resolutions declare that the State in 

 promptly answering all the calls for troops, 

 believed and confided in the declarations of the 

 President made in his inaugural address, and 

 in the resolutions of Congress passed July, 1861 ; 

 and that, having waited with patience and for- 

 bearance for the redemption of these pledges, 

 she conceives it to be her solemn duty to urge 

 upon the President and Congress in the most 

 respectful but decided manner the redemption 

 of the pledges under which the troops of the 

 State entered upon and have continued in the 

 contest ; and as the devotion of the State to 

 the sacred cause of perpetuating the Union and 

 maintaining the Constitution has been untaint- 

 ed, in any degree, by infidelity, bigotry, section- 

 alism, or partisanship, she now, in view of the 

 faith originally plighted, of the disasters and 

 disgrace that have marked the steps of a 

 changed and changing policy, and of the im- 

 minent dangers that threaten the national ex- 

 istence, urges upon the President and Congress 

 a return and adherence to the original policy 

 of the administration, as the only means by 

 which the Union can be restored, and the 

 nation saved. The other resolutions were thus 

 expressed : 



8. And be it resolved, That it is the deliberate sense 

 of the people of this State that the war power within 

 the limits of the Constitution is ample for any and all 

 emergencies, and that all assumptions of power, under 

 whatever plea, beyond that conferred by the Constitu- 

 tion, js without warrant or authority, and if permitted 

 to continue without remonstrance will finally encom- 

 pass the destruction of the liberties of the people and 

 the death of the republic ; and, therefore, to the end 

 that in any event the matured and deliberate sense of 

 the people of New Jersey may be known and declared, 

 we their representatives, in Senate and General As- 

 sembly convened, do, in their name and in their 

 behalf, make unto the Federal Government this our 

 solemn protest: 



Against a war waged with the insurgent States for 

 the accomplishment of unconstitutional or partisan 

 purposes; 



Against a war which has for its object the subjuga- 

 tion <>f any of tin- States, with a view to their reduction 

 to territorial condition ; 



Against proclamations from any source by which, 

 under the jplea of " military necessity," persons in 

 States and Territories, sustaining the Federal Govern- 

 ment, and beyond the necessary military lines, are held 

 liable to the rigor and severity of military law ; 



Againat the domination of the military over the civil 

 law in States, Territories, or districts not in a state of 

 insurrection : 



Against all arrests without warrant; against the 

 suspension of the writ of habea* corput in States and 

 TIM i itorkvs siistiiinini; tin- Federal Government, "where 

 the public safety does not require it," and against the 

 assumption of power by any person to suspend such 



writ, except under the express authority of Con- 

 gress ; 



Against the creation of new States by the division 

 of existing ones, or in any other manner not clearly 

 authorized by the Constitution, and against the right 

 of secession as practically admitted by the action of 

 Congress in admitting as a new State a portion of the 

 State of Virginia; 



Against the power assumed in the proclamation of 

 the President made January 1st, 1863, by which all 

 the slaves in certain States and parts of States are 

 forever set free ; and against the expenditure of the 

 public moneys for the emancipation of slaves or their 

 support at any time, under any pretence whatever ; 



Against any and every exercise of power upon the 

 part of the Federal Government that is not clearly 

 given and expressed in the Federal Constitution re- 

 asserting that " the powers not delegated to the United 

 States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the 

 States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to 

 the people." 



4. And be it resolved, That the unequalled prompt- 

 ness with which New Jersey has responded to every 

 call made by the President and Congress for men and 

 means, has been occasioned by no lurking animosity 

 to the States of the South or the rights of Tier people; 

 no disposition to wrest from them any of their rignts, 

 privileges, or property, but simply to assist in main- 

 taining, as she has ever believed and still believes it 

 to be her duty to do, the supremacy of the Federal 

 Constitution; and while abating naught in her devo- 

 tion to the Union of the States and the dignity and 

 power of the Federal Government, at no time since the 

 commencement of the present war has this State been 

 other than willing to terminate, peacefully and hon- 

 orably to all, a war unnecessary in its origin, fraught 

 with horror and suffering in its prosecution, and ne- 

 cessarily dangerous to the liberties of all in its con- 

 tinuance. 



5. And be it resolved, That the Legislature of the 

 State of New Jersey believes that the appointment of 

 commissioners upon the part of the Federal Govern- 

 ment to meet commissioners similarly appointed by 

 the insurgent States, to convene in some suitable 

 place for the purpose of considering whether any, and 

 if any what plan may be adopted, consistent with the 

 honor and dignity of the National Government, by 

 which the present civil war may be brought to a close, 

 is not inconsistent with the integrity, honor, and 

 dignity of the Federal Government, out, as an indica- 

 tion of the spirit which animates the adheringStates, 

 would in any event tend to strengthen us in the opin- 

 ion of other nations; and hoping, as we sincerely do, 

 that the Southern States would reciprocate the peace- 

 ful indications thus evinced ; and believing, as we do, 

 that under the blessing of God great benefits would 

 arise from such a conference, we most earnestly 

 recommend the subject to the consideration of the 

 Government of the United States and request its co- 

 operation therein. 



No draft took place in the State, The quota 

 at the time the draft was made was 8,783; 

 these were raised by volunteering. Up to the 

 1st of January, 1863, the number of troops 

 which the State had been called upon to fur- 

 nish was 27,199, and the number of men fur- 

 nished up to that time was 30,214. Liberal 

 bounties were paid by the counties and cities, 

 which were to be reimbursed by the State. 

 An enrolment of the citizens made in antici- 

 pation of a draft, returned the number in the 

 State liable to military duty 71,697. 



No election for State officers was held during 

 the year. County officers and members of the 

 Legislature were chosen, comprising one third 

 of the Senate and the Assembly. This body 

 was divided as follows: 



