Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-05

AT a large AMI highly respectable meeting of
the citizens of Frederick County, without dis
tinction of party, convened at the court house
in Winchester, on Monday the Si,t day of De
ccmber, 1882 to .'take into consideration the
proprie'y Of adopting resolutions approbatory Of
the course of the President Of the United States
in his recent proclamation relative to The pro-
cce,lin-s in SouIh Cardinal" Col. Aucus. me
G. SMITH Was called to the chair, and HuGn fl
McGuInE. appointed secretary.
aOa motion. a CON n,ltee-c0n,sting of Nessrs
Rnberi Y Cuurad. Jtmrs NJ. Mason. John Bruce,
William R,ndo ph. Obpd Wairc, Prnvnce Nc
Germ k aul J,seph II Sherrard, Gas appoint
ed to prepare aud report preamble and rcsolu.
tiuns for the consideration IT the meeting; who,
having retired for short time, returned and re-
ported the following:
UH ere0S, the attitude assumed bv South Ca
r0lna, ir relation to the general government Is
one of the deepest interest. vay affecting the We
nv existence of The Union: and whereas the pre-
sdent. by his late proclamation, has made an
eloquent and patrl"'ic appeal to the wisdom and
| energies Of the nation, for the maintenance of
the laws, and the preservation OF our common
country from Acknowledgement and dissolution:
! dItu puoiI ORih''us WV oo"'o w WY
fl ee gov eminent, should be ascertalDed IN ths
existing emergency, that the chief magistrate of
this republic NAV know an what and on whom 10
rely in the further prosecution Of his avowed po-
| licv, and that the offending state may not derive
encouragement from our silence:
BE it Merefare resoirei., as the opinion Of
this meeting, that no emergency has arisen in
the administration Of the affairs of the general
government, to justify the MULTIPLYING acts and
other ,ionary proceedings which the con.
yention and legislature Of the state OF South Caro-.
lima have lately adopted. and the executive and
judiciary departments Of that commonwealth
have pledged themselves to support; but that
such acts and proceedings are premature, mex
pedient. and unconstitutional
Resolced. That we will cooperate with the
general aud state governments IN all c0nstitu-
lional measures for the suppression OF nullIfica
ton and disuniOn, and Tor the reconciliation OF
Sou,h Carolina to the embraces of the confede-
racy.
Resoirea. That we cordially approve and re-
commend the appointment OF commissioners by
VirsiEia. and other states, to conciliatr aud pa.
CITY the wa,ring elements Of civil discard
Resolued, That if consiliati"n and pacific over
lures shall fail of their desired effect, the whole
energies of the patton should be concentrated to
coerce the allegiance of South Carolina to that
constitution which size has sworn to support, and
sealed with the blond Of her heroes.
Re ,oired, That we admire and aHprobate the
Wisdom, zeal, and patriotic devotion, so elo-
quen,Iy evinced BY the president in his recent
reclamation. and approving as we do his avOw-
ed poIicv, We will not al this time embarrass his
con .ttutional action bv imputations of unconsti-
tuticnal opinion. but will sustain him IN the I'M
pen,ling conflict with "our lives, our fortunes,
aud our sacred honor"
The preamble, aud LIST and I'd resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
Tie Sd resolution was adopted with but one
dissentient.
The 9TH and 5th resolutions were each carried
BY large majorties.
The following resolution. offered by Robert
Y. Conrad. and amended by Samuel H. DAVIS,
was also adopted by large majority:
Resolued. That the patriotic principles Of the
Union party of South Carolina, as avowed in
their protest adopted in convention, on the
inst. and their noble conduct throughout emit.