Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-07-03
SELECTTOMS.
JACKsoN pEMoCR ATIC MEErINc
Of TIE First Congressional Dist,;e ~


OF The First Congressional, District
AT very numerous meeting of the democrats
Citizens of the Frst Congressional District, friepI
TO The election of the Hero of New Orleans held
atihe Commissioners Hall, Southwark, on Mon
day evening, % h inst.
Judge Morton, appointed chairman. and
Major Robert Cooper and John Recfe, secre-
tsFes.
The chairman having stated the object of the
rneeiing, the following preamble and resoln,;ons
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The agents of the general govern.
ment. by striving 10 appear the champions of
domestic manufactures actively engaged in
psrsuadng Pennsyt vania 10 reiain1he New.EoeIand
dynasty In power tor four years longer, and in
their course of duplic,y, resort to the .hame,ess
artifice Of dsparsgng General Jackson, one of The
earIiest friends of the tariff, by representine him
and bis advocates in This commonw ealth as hostile
TO the protection of American industry.
And whereas, it is both Just and necess,rv ,b.,
tbepe should be no MISUNDERSTANDING anon mi.
Interesting subject, and with the view of exnosin,
The hypocrisy of The recent and sudden conve,sion
St the Hartford conventionists upon the suh;sc,
81 the tariff, and also, TO expose the neeIjSen,
manner IN which the affairs of the nation have
been conducted eincs Mr. Adams's elevation 10
the Presidency.
Therefore, resolved, That the sincere anil
hearty thanks of this meeting be rendered 10 Gen
Andrew Jackson for his disinierested and nagna.
HImous support of the tariff when a senator in
YHongress from the state of Tennessee, in 1921
while j. Q. Adams, The President of the JTni,e5
States, then candidate for the Presidency refused
40 entsnsle himself with the question, and while
Nlr. Webster and The grea, body of the Immediate
friends of Mr. Adams from The East artentIv an5
nsr,inaciously opposed the BILL
Resolved, That this meeting also tender their
sincere and hearty thanks 10 the Peunsxlvapia
delegation, who with Tie exception of single
member, Fl lend Of Mr.. Adams, in the wear 1884
voted for and by their talents and Industry carried
Tho tarNH uAt ia, .yr@
delegation.
Resolved, That although the late woolens bill
was limited 10 single article, and therefore not
OF so comprehensive character as many nersons
wfshed, nasmuch as it emitted other articles in
which the people of this state are largely
yet this meeting is pleased 10 find, that the Penn
syIysnia delegation, steady supporters of manu-
pictures, with the exception Of only seven mer-
,hers osrt of twenty six, voted in favour of and
bn their rotes carried the bill through the House
oil Representatives, and that the seven who dis
sented have always been considered tariff men .
end gave as reason for voting against the bill
that in their Judgement, it would prove partial
and oppressive in its operations, If il should be
enacted iato law.
Resolved, That as The vote in favour of the
vsooliens bill, was los yeas and % nays, and as
Messrs Finday, Forward, M'Kesn, Miller, Orr.
Hummer, krebs, Vanhorn, j. Mitchell Harris
and Wolf, eleven Jack,onmen from Pennsylyanis
voted for 1t; II is evident, that if they had opposed
sne DhI u would nave been lost. For, the eleven
tssen from IO5, would reduce the yeas To Or
and by adding the eleven Jackson votes To o.
s1e number IN oPPoi,ion 10 the bill on its passage
the vote " ould have stood as follows: yeas OK
nays iu0- consequently The woollens bill, could
have been rcjecied,but was carried by the Jackson
Numbers of congress from this state
Resolved, That the loss of The yvoollens bill in
fhe Senate, isjus'ly 10 be attributed to The friends
'oi the administration, because on the question that
OsPosed OF IT Tor the session in that house the
note was even, and as three administration enators
VIZ: B1tensn Of New Jersey, Chase OF Vermont.
wiley OF Connecticut, were in the city of Wash
slnsoD at the time, ard two of them from the Eas
TERN states which are represented be SO deYotedly
attached TO domestic industry and who could have
osen IN lhsr seats II the administration had wanted
lnfn' as witness the Panama mission when the
administration kept the Senate in session all ntoh,
yet by he absence Of Chase and Wiley, members
iIbn New Englsni, strong friends of Mr. Atars
ard Dr. Batenan another friend of the sdninistta-
lIon, and wooen manufacturer, the bill was lost
hesolyed, That Pennsylvania stands devoted TO
tae i"Iih, that her iron, her salt, her s. COL her
glass, &c are certain pledges of her fidelity to
manufactures, and hat she never has been reniss
N maniissDg her zeal upon The suffice of domestic
iGdusry, and therefore, It is unnecessary ss il il
unosroniSg for the recent and doubtful converts
q the East TO the PeunsvlU0nfa policD TO visit o,
sest OF government TO read US lessons up n a sub
isei, they have at last, by their own confession,
" sincere, admitted the representatives OF the
people Of our state TO Re their instructors.
Resolved, That as the fr,emen Of Pennsylvania
- wen as their representatives in her national nd
safe legislatures have shown BY their conduct end
their votes IN 1872 upon the tsriff, and upon the
woollens bill, at the last session. thatthe siate stands
fnsna9ged az to her old policy Of encouraging
manufactures, and therefore that Mesgs Sp,se9e h
Everett, cannot attend our convention a. delegates
f0m Massachusetts with the view Of enlistine ne in
favor OF manufactures generally, or the ,yoo,Iens
bill IN particular IN much a. both have been rsss
ed BY This slate, bat mus, have some her obisct 10
erect and that m The opinion Of this meeting il IS
20 secure by an empty show AMI parade aboui do
este Industry tha fee,ecion oi rhfr s~s-sfn Pre-.
rSss.