Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-07
pIfRT,IC MEETING

PUBLIC MEETING.
AT meeting of between two and three hundred
of the citizens Of Washington county, held at their
court house ON Docomber the 9th 1882 IN p,lrsn-
ance Of previous notice on notion, Capt Francis
SIN III was called To the Char, and John w c.
Watson appointed Secretary.
Whercupon, Mr. John n. llumcs IN an eloquent
and iorcible manner, explained the object OF the
meeting, and then the committee which nj pr
vlous meeting of the citizens Of Abnedon had been
appointed for that purpose CONSISTING of John \
Humcs, Peter j. Branch, Peter Mayo, David
Campbell, and john II Fulton, submitted H.
following report, which, on mo'iou was adopted :
The citizens of w Washington county, Virginia
ever alive to the true honor, prosperity and happi-
ness OF our common country, have not failed on all
former occasions of being duly impressed 10y the
state of National prosperity exhibited IN the annunl
communist ions Of TIE state of the nation 10 It's
representatives by the Chief Ma iSrates " ho have
been successfully chaser In al those official
communications, we have found much 10 warm the
heart and animate the gratitude ofcverV Anne, ican
patriot and on occasions less important aud less
interesting than the present, have not deemed II
public demonstration of feeling and expression oi
opinion necessary or proper,--We could not how
ever have failed To know that the recent dstur
bancc of our federal relations had already reached
ond do d,,o,io, Of ,ho Ir,,on H. ,o, d. i,..,,
stances we b,iled the Presidents Messnrc Of De
ccnh,. tho dtb 1929 ne con,r,lorino ,e,, s,,,,.,b
10 III, cnuxo and cm,ne,,lv eao,,,ive tn m, nj.
mate tr;,,n,nh or civil lila r,v ard constitutional
union nvcr tho comI;,cj MIN, neo ,f lo,it,,ii,,r n,
doctrines and revolutionary re,laoi,q
II INNS, hc !, ncc,l,,, s,,,co l,;,.,;a, IA .,,,
friend ofrepnbcan institutions, that, he who s.,lu
8 the Union mus, he pr.4,rvcd and ,ef,qcd IN ,c
con, no,ver o,d ,,,,o,,ooo l,,n,, ,,,i.,,;,,d ,,d
nut them back 70 the pnople still liyes-.to oi,e
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influence IN b3r,,nniyi,, tho roroic,t,., ,,o,es,.
of this vas, renublic md ~, bri l,el the f.,
nj goyernm ent To its lcoi,imo,e and coasiru,ion,
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