Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-16
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Court Room, and 10 give those attending Court OPP
Portunty OF participating its proceedings the Court
was expressly adjourned. The Hon Daniel Moseley
Judge OF the seventh Circuit appointed President OF
the meeting; Daniel Kellogg Esq. President of the An
ourn BANK, and gentleman well known and respected
throughout the State, John Watson first Judge of the
Common Pleas, James Geddcs, formerly a Member of
Congress from this county, and Capt Hiram Putnam
OF Tins village, were selected 10 act Vice Pesidents
Reuben L. Hess former Clerk of the County and Elias
w; Leayenwortll, Esq, were appointed Secretaries.
adopted by the meeting as mere expressions of opnion
are pointed enough Resolutions Of stronger charac.
ter, recommending Legislative and Congressional action
We're rejected, by close They were htLsrd down
by men who refused TO sign the call for meeting but
who after had hsen got together had the modesty to 20
INTO ~ and labor as they did, successfully qualify and
neuraize the force and effect of its declaration star
as The resolutions adopted CO. they worry good Three
months since they would have been appropriate but al
present we consider them stoppnr short of villa, v,s
expected and what is in reality the sense of the Pcopl of
TINS county The difficulties experie cd al the meenr
=" procuring harmonious expression, coming firmly up
10 inc marx, undoubtedly originated i'm lofci c.eiings
and we LEFT the meeting fully convinced that will be ut
teriy useless hereafter, to attempt with the Whu
upon this subject. In private crsation with numbers
1i our Whig friends we coincide entirely but in pub
lie meeting their leaders lay aside their
and unite with cordially and sincerely The conec.
queaoe Is, that in making the attempt together
we ma ourselves divided and embarrassed the one
ration of the influences Friday has rendered the ro
suit IN our opinion, almost u nuity.
considering the proceedings Of the County meeting
IN enect iaiiure trust that the Republican Coun.
yConvenon to be held on the 18th inst will revive The
ana give such expression of their sc ntincnts
90 QllrnaQ ox
e voice OF County ranking in State third only in
population equal to any in the for its resour
ces and IN the intelligence of its citizens and having
what is quite essential majority of one thousand RsnI
Hcdns roes to sustain any necessary for The
welfare OF the country and the preservation of the
ANTiABoLITIoN MEETING.
At numerous meeting of the citizens of the county
OF Onondaga, convened pursuant TO previous notice ut
of October instant four o'clock in the afternoon for
the purpose of uniting in expression upon the sub
Ject OF the efforts now making in the Northern States
to agitae the question of the immediate emancipaor Of
the slave population at the South:
Daniel Kellogg, ESQ., of Skaneateles called the house
TO order on whose motion, John Watson ESQ., of Man
nus was chosen as temporary Chairman preparatory to
The regular organization of the meeting.
On motion of +. G.. Jewett, Esq, of Skaneatelcs
committee of FIVE, consisting of Messrs F. G. Jewett
James r: Lawrence, John G. Forbes, v w Smith and
Hicks Worden appointed by the Chair for the pur
pose OF nominating officers of the meeting
The committee after short recess repored the M mos
oil the Following persons
Hon. DANIEL MOSELEY, of onondoga. P,esr
DANIEI KELLOGG, Esq, of Skanea,eles, !
JOHN WATSON, Esq, of Manlius Iyce
HIRAM PUTSAM, Esq. of Syracuse 7 Pres;dcn,s
JAMES GEDprs, Esq, of Camillus,
E E.uskv I. LESS, OF Syracuse, Secretaries
GERS nominated took their seats 81 ~"
On motion of John Wilkinson ESQ committee oe
hse persons was appointed by the Chair for purpose
Oh reporting suitable resolutions expressive of the sense
ct the meeting on the subject which had brought lien
The Chair appointed Mcssrs John Wilkinson. F G.
Sewett, James r. Lawrence, d. ID. Hills and q Davis
The committee retired and after short recess 70
turned to the meeting and by Mr. Wilkinson their
Chairman, reported the following Preamble and Resolu
tons: ~ '"
Whereas the exertions of tho advocates for tIe poo
oate abolition OF Slavery in the United States have
caused great excitement and alarm in the States where
slavery exists and tend endanger not only The welfare
ana happiness OF the white population of those States
and the we'll being of the slaves themselves but threat
en- the subverson of the Union under which this coun
try has for more than half century enjoyed STATE Of
prosperity and happiness unparalleled in the annals of
history - ~ "
And whereas the immediate abolitionists manifest
to persist 10 their obnoxious efforts regardless
OF te anxious protestaons OF the Southern people
the dangerous effects ofther measures and in defiance
lation of the North: rr'
we, the citizens of the county of Onondaga here as
semoied attached to the Union of these States by the
common ties of interest love of country and the oroud
reflections springng from the Just ancipations of its m
lure destiny considering the people of every section of
ITS extended territory friends and brethren AJAX
ious to promote sentiments of mutual regard for the &C.
nera welfare and prosperity Of the whole and believing
II to be our duty TO express opinions upon this inn
portant question: publicly and decisively do therefore
Resof1e, That have observed with disapprobation
and regret that small number Of individuals residing
IN this and the adjacent States have manifested dispo
on 10 excite spirit OF ofhcious and intrusive inter
ference into the domestic relations of the Southern
Staes-whose existing connexions the people of those
states canne ne charged with originating, and which can
only be dissolved with due regard to the well being of
The Master and the Slave and the white population of
DOM the worm ana the Souh by the gradual progress
time, whenever it shall please those 10 whom the deter
mnation OF the subject exclusively belongs to commence
the work.
Rcsotrcd, That the letter and spirit of the instrument
Whlch unltes the members of this conicdcracy have adj
Justed this question far the people OF The North
were ever required TO act therein by recognising the in
sutution of Slavery strictly of domestic md internal
character subject only TO the action of the individual
States in which it may exist and free from any control
or dictaton whatever from the other States or the Cen
eral Government.
Resooed, That value the blessings of this Union
the bequcs OF our heroic and patriotic ancestors by
whose blood and sacrifices it gained ia war and by
whose mutual concessions il firmly established in
peace-ioo dearly 10 permit them eopardised by an
understandable nterpostion without denouncnr the at
tempt as raugh with evil presages ourselves and TO
posterity
Resoced, That condemn the formation of Abolition
Societies. and the publication of emancipation
pers, pamphlets, and tracts, ia the
STATES as calculated TO instgate the slaves of the Suul
10 Vioence outrage and nsurreciion produce the
minds oil the people OF that section, feelings of jealousy
dstrust, and disaiccon towards the North and 10 exc
alarms and approximations for their present situation and
future prospects, and that all such efforts eInanating
from this quarter Of the Union direfu and ohutna
cruelty 10 boh bond and free tending to mulplv M
restraints imposed upon The former and goad the latter
with anxious for the safety Of their lives the pre-
seryation Of their property aad Tie enjoyment Of human
happiness
Resotecd, That we look upon the Abolitionsts as mis-
guided men, and many Of them fanatics aud incendi
aries OF dangerous order, whose threaten to
invoive Ms ia state Of anarchy disorder dsunon ser
vile and cvi contention, having tendency result in
the destruction OF national compact and 10 sulsti
tutc all the evils experienced by nations dissovipR in
ruins, tor our present eminent prosperity the anticpa
tons of future greatness, and e influence of our
free government the Institutions Of the old world
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