The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-02-10


designs of their enemies. and sacrediy to
pledge themselves to the CONSTITUTED
rHoRITIEs, to support them in the free
exercise of their legitimate powers-that
the benefits of the federal eomhGct may be
extended to generations yet unborn, and the
privileges, civil and religious now enjoyed
by the nation, transmitted 10 the latest pos
teritv with undiminished lustre.
Influenced by such considerations. 6, with
such objects in view, the REPUBLICAN cI-
TIzENs of hennebec, at a respectable meet
ing from various parts of the COUNTY, holden
January 10th, at the house of MIR. Robinson,
IN Halioweii, upon mature deliberatIon, do
pass the following Resolutions:
Rescued, In the spirit and in the words
OF the FATHER of this country the Husfri-
ous WASHINGTON, whose memory VT
revcre-whose ma1iD,s are engraven on
the tablets of our hearts, and whose
language we are proud to Quote
That the civil constitution Of our country,
" the offspring of our choice, uninfinenced
and unawed, adopted upon full investigation
and mature deliberatinn, completely free in
its principles, in the distribution of it's pow
ers uniting security with energy, and con-
tanning within itself provision for its own a :
mendment, has just claim to OR conf
dence and our support. ReSfeCt for its
authority, compliance with as laws, Gcgui-
essence in IFS measures, are duties enjoined
by the fundamental maxims of true Iiber-
ty."
Resolved That the Federal Government
is predicatcd on the principle that all of its
constituent members are bound to Weld an
unreseryed obedience to us zViH constitu-
ftonaHy expressed; aud that refusal on
the part of any particular states to carry
into effect its lawful DEGREES, is high mis-
demeanor tinctured with treason, inasmuch
as it strikes at\the roo, of the most essen
tial principles Of the sucred contact en-
tered into by the several states Of the un-
ion.
ResoiUea, That, as the sovereignty of the
United States is in the quAole heUhIe, and
cannot be exercised bat by their proper or
gan, the CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES, all
claims III minor PORTIONS of the commuaity
10 call In question the. consttutionality of
the laws or the UNION, NTH The pieZU 20 be
Furnished ryith slheciops tiretert 10 resist
them, are not founded in any rights guaran
,eed To individuals on retained by the states :;
but are uagvarrantdbLc aS8umhtion8 of pow
er, savouring of sedition and insurrection,
tending to anarchy and confusion, and to a
series OF the most depjoIable evils.
,RcSofOed, That at the adoption of the Fee
derai Constitution. and during the whole
term the government was administered by
FederaisiS, their doctrine uniformly was
- That the real danger which threaten
ed the republic was to be looked for in the
undue dScendancy IT the SfGtcs----that the
substantial powers and extensive means of
influence retained by the local sovereign
ties, furnished them with gye0jaons Of az
SreS8Eon which were not easily to be ress
ted--and that it beloved those who were
anxious fer the happiness of their country
to guard the equilibrium established in the
constitution. by preserving ttnimhaired, all
tie legitimate f,ozueTs Of The union"
l8ee IbarshaHs Life IF UaShingtonl
! ResofUed That subsequent proceedings of
this sane political party--their ineidiou8
lrehorGs, their nigh toned renionstrances,
fheir ifilfiaDln!atory ,e8oiue s-ther elabo
rate attempts to call forth AID em5ody the
]eclousies of individual states and to set
| the whole hosts OF NEW ENC LAND hr,jMdice
IN battle array against the UNIoN-toge
Their with their JOINT EFFORTS to create a
NORTHERN C0NFEDERACY as lord faTa-
mount e:racfing fsaIty Jroni the nation, and
| TO render the general government, like a
polish king, mere pageant of state, haUing
| u form, our 7piihouf The fozoer Of SoUe -.
ireig7s----are in direct opposition to al! the
ideas which they heretofore professed to en-
terrain, plainly contradict all the sentiments
which they formerly aVowed, involve gross
liHcoHSlStcHCg OF character marked with IN
| common tUJbiLHde ard furnish proof more
substantial than presumptive, that they al e
HnhTincihted, at war III their hearts with
the civil institutions Of their Country, and
secretly striving to level with the ground
that very FEDERAL EDIFICE, which, for
years, they .Jeigaed an anxiety to establish,
by detaching from ii the very pillars on
which 1T is supported.
RcS0fVed, That, among the circumstances
which have a tendency to create attach
ments and to!faciHlate aninGuence ale to be
included literary associations and CORES
pondencies, an easy tfQnSMi8Si0noft h0nght
ny means Of identity u tanguagc-sinni
larty OF institutions and oflaws, mercantile
dcfendenCieS and WcratiUe agencies, CON
sanguinity. ha6ifHGt .JondneS8 far tie lana
Tohtch contains the SchHichres of FA7HERS,
aud To which ii present generation may be
indebted for their 7oeaiGA, their education
or their birth.
ReSOfOed, That as the above clrcumstan
ces can have but a feeble effect in favor of a
NY nation except Britain, the reRk danger
OF an undue asccudaucy is 70 be apprehend-
ed from this quarycr.-----and that the eIaree,
so often repeated, that the American 90
vernment ana large portions of the people
are mcved BY Frcnch influence, is ground
less, Contrary 10 reason and probability
IafSe, tHberGt and c'.lumHfoES.
Re8otOed That pridu.gal cause which
serves to prolong the embarsassments un.
Ter which trade labors. and to Geiay that
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