Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-10-01
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 sideut of Columbia College wascalled to the chair' and Dr Samuel Abery and A. o. Dayton' were aP- pointed Secretaries. -.,; MT Fessenden made some pertinent observations and moved the reading of the Address oi our eoun, trymen in Paris to the American PeOpie 'n iaSY' VI the Poles It was accordingly read py me Ohu"- man. Whereupon 1t was ,,1 snre the Address of our Countrymen Tn Parls In pe- half or the ancient Republic of Poland .
 An Address presented by the Committee of cltl- gems who had called this meeting, was read by MT Hoxie whereupon 1t was .lL,, the committee be adopted ,,
 Mir Patterson addressed the Assemo'y' anu iio'eu the following resoutlons;- :, !;
 RcsoIned That in the opinion of this meeting, 1t IS tho duv as well as the privilege of ireemen, to sym pathize with their fellow men Of every cllme' who are struggling to resist oppression and 10 oplain e natural rights. .
 Resolre3 That we view with admiration the hero ;c sacrifices and exertons now making by the people of Poand and the gallant aid rendered to our Ia liners in our own war of Independence by brave men of that nation, gives them peculiar claims to our sym pathy, and to such aid it Is lawful and patriotic for us to yield in behalfofthe people of Poland be appointed for the City Of New-York and that the following persons
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 1ona1nan no' II Booraem; Saul Alley; PreseffS. Ou'II; Tsh. Cornelius W. Lawrence; John Harris GU e e Home. John Haggerty; Wm. l.. Stone; M. M1 Noah; Jos. Hoxe Stephen Allen; M. z. Pat terson; Jobn c. Halsey; Peter Sharpei Francis OlnsteadI M. D. Benjamin; Geo. Rogers; M. M. Onaskedbush; Hamilton Fish; Jeremiah Dodge; Chas H. Hall; Benj. NJ Brown; Wm. Edwards; wv. Chester; Geo Griswold; Zebedee Ring iiver M. Lownds Chas. Oakley; Samuel Clarke acob Acker; Wm. M. Benamin Jno. NJ. Brad hurst; Andrew Sitcher; George D. Strong; Wm. A. Duer; Sam'l Akery; Aaron O. Dayton; Elijah T. Pinckney; Richard Ray Ward; Mordecai My CTS; Alex'r M. Muir; Robert c. Sands; E. U. Der lyman.
 Resolued, That the said committee shall appoint their officers, and add to their numbers at discretion, and shall solicit subscriptions and donations to be transmitted by them to our fcllow-ctzen, General Lafayette, who has become the agent to transmit American contributions to, and for the use ofthe Po- fish people, that they be authorized to invite the o tzens of this State and othe other States of the Un ion to cooperate with them, and to remit their con tributions through the said committee, or directly through General Lafayette and to receive donations in goods or produce, to be converted, if expedent into cash at their discretion, with general powers to do al! things calculated to effect the objects of this meeting
 Resolued That the said Committee shall keep a record of their proceedings and report their dongs to public meeting, or cause report ofthe same to be published in one of the public newspapers.
 Resolred, That although we have great confidence that the brave Poles will succeed in ther unequal struggle, and establish themselves an independent people-yet, if nscrutable Providence shall per init them to be overcome, the said Committee, in that event. (which God forbid) are instructed to ap- ply the contributions and donations in their hands to the relief of the Polish sufferers.
 MT Christopher C. Rice addressed the meeting in feeling and pathetic manner, amidst the applause ofthe numerous assembly met on the occasion.
 MT Stone then offered the following preamble and resolutions
 Whereas, this meeting has been informed that Dr Samuel G. Howe, the distinguished friend of the Greeks in their recent struggle for freedom, who is now on his passage to France, is enthusiastically in favor the sacred which it is the object of this meeting to advances and whereas this patriotic gem teman has expressed his readiness to obey any re- quest that might be made by his fellow American citizens of New-York, Therefore,
 Resolued That Dr Samuel c. Howe be delegated by this meeting proceed to Warsaw, to present to the Constitutional Government of Poland, an engrav- ed copy of these proceedings, and of the Address duly authenticated by the presiding officers.
 Resolced, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in all the papers, signed by the Chairman and Secretaries. W. A. DUER, Chairman.
 & $. arfs1r; A paS3or Secretaries.
 The General Executive Committee appointed at the above meeting requested to meet at Clinton Hall on "Wednesday evening (7tli inst) at o'clock.
 By order ofthe Chairman.
 SAMUEL AKERLY Secretary.
 The following is a copy of the Address adopted by the meeting:-
 Fcllouo- Citizens At the moment when, in obedi- ence to the patriotic Resolutions of portion of our citizens the Committee appointed for the purpose were about to urge your attention the claims of great People, who have determined to be free, or perish from among the Nations of the earth the voice of our countrymen from beyond the Atlantic has call ed upon you in terms that we need only to echo, and invokes you by considerations irresistible in their force, whether appealing to your judgement or to your feelings as American citizens
 To this call each American bosom will respond In asserting the sacred rights for which our fathers fought of the just and wise protection of which the institutions founded by them furnish the only perfect ple-the Poles now in n crisis and agony from which they must come forth freemen, or in which they must expire. And ours is the Delphos from which they will catch the holy fire, that is to illuminate their broken hearts, and burn Tn its purity on their now desecraed atars. We now know that the assistance we canrender, may be efficiently ful, and it Is a-imporant that it should be forthwith yielded. Honor, patriotism, religion, forbids us to withhold it. Should we look cool upon the exigency until it is too late, would be stain on national character and our land would be unworthy of the graves of its heroes Our history would reproach our degeneracy. The Monument which gratitude has consecrated to Pulaski who fell in planting standard on the ramparts of Savannah, and the Me- morial on the heigbts of West Point which reminds our chivalrous youth that their Academic soil has been hallowed by the footsteps of Kosciusko would awaken blush on every generous check as they called np the glorious associations of the past in trast with the ignomnous apathy of the present. The opposers of civil liberty in Europe would sheer at the bollowness of our pretensions; and it would no longer be passport among the nations to excam ." l am an American Citizen"
 Felo,e- Citizcns-We will add no useless words to the glowing appeal of our friends and brethren who are near the scene of the great struggle which ex cites all our sympathies. The first principle you are