Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-16
1bONs EfSIEC.
SrrIorsr N Y, Oct.

Tho n,r,ose Of allowing the ,nce,nc assemble in The
Court iorn and give those attending Court an OPP
portuny of participating in its proceedings, 'f osrIcy
was expressly adjourned. The Hon Daniel Nt1s.i,o
Judge of the seventh Circuit was appointed ' rt A.
the m-etng; Daniel Kellogg Esq., President o. ."s
burn Bank and gentleman well known anu Ip r tho
throughout the State, John watson, rs' Member of
Common Pleas, James Geddes, formerly rie r",n,,u
CONGRESS- from this county, and Capt: Hiran ut'"''
Of this village, selected to act as r.ce EI,s
Reuben L. Hess former Clerk OF inc S"u''y an. A""'
W. Leavenworth, ESQ, we've appointed Secfet.
The Resolutions. reported by the c onamtcc, and
ndoned bv The meeting mere expressions OF opnon
pre pontcd enough. Resolutions OF stronger charac-
ter recommending Legislative and Congressman action,
Won r,sced by close vote. They talkcd down.
bv men who refused sign the call for the meeting but
who after it had been got togcthcr had the modcsy TO go
into IT, and labor they did, successfully, to qualify and
ncutraze the force and effect Of its dcclaracn hsiar
as the resolutions adopted CO. they very coed Three
months since they would have been appropriate but al
present consider them as stopping short OF Wha "H
expected and what is in reality the OF the feope Oh
this county. The difficulties experienced at the mcrhg'
in procuring harmonious expression, coming hrmy up
TO the mark undoubtedly originated III po''ftca ehgs'
and left the meeting fully convinced that II wi o. Ut
tery useless hereafter to attempt to act with inc wings
upon this subject In private conversation With numues
of our Wing friends we coincide entirely. but III pub
lie meeting their leaders cno lay aside their suspicious
and unite with US cordially and sincerely he c"nse
oucncc is that in making the armpt to novc together
we find ourselves divided and embarrassed and the opc
suit in OUT opnlon almost nullity.
Considering the proceedings OF the County meeting,
in effect failure, trust that the Republican CoN;'-
ty Convention 10 be held on the 10Th inst will revive c
subject and give such expression OF their sentiments
that we shall be ashamed TO have Them go ABROAD as
tile voice of County ranking in the Stale third only ia
population, equal to any one III the interior LOT us
ccs and in the intelligence of its citizens and having
what is quite essential, majority Of one thousand RcpH
leans to sustain any measures necessary Tor ifc
welfare Of the country and the preservation Of t'e
Union.-StaRdGra
oAMrlApoLirl5N MEETING.
At numerous meeting of the citisens OF thc county
Of Onondaga, convened pursuant 10 previous "ouee nj
the Court House. in Syracuse on Friday INC sccon Gay
Of October instant at Tour CLOCK IN ne ,o
the purpose of uniting in expression upon INC sue
iect of the efforts making IN .he Norleih STARS
to aeate the question OF the immediate einahcaHoH"
the Slave population at the South:
IN oIsr OIL whose motion, John Watson, Esq., Of Man
lius was chosen temporary Chairman preparatory to
the regular organization Of the meeting.
On motion Of F. G. Jewett, Esq, of Skancateics
committee of five, consisting of Messrs T. G. Jcwe,t
Jn,nes r. Lawrence, John &. Forbes V. w. Smith, and
Hicks Wordcn, appointed b. the Chair for The per
nose Of nominating officers of the meeting.
The committee, after short recess, reported the names
" Hon. DANIEL MosELEY, of onondnga, rrcst.
DANIEL KELLOGG, Esq. Of Skancateles,
JouS WATSON, Esq, Of Nautilus, Tcc
HIRAM PurSAM, Esq. Of Syracuse, Presidents.
JAMES GEppEs, Esq, of Camilus,
REUBEN L. Hess, of Syracuse, scc,c,or;,s
ELIAS w. LEArESwoRTH, of do )
Which report adopted by the meeting, and the oii
GERS nominated took their seats.
On motion Of John Wilkinson, Esq, committee Of
five persons appointed ny the Chair for the purpose
of reporting suitable resolutions expressive Of the
of the meeting the subject which had brought them
together.
The Chair appointed Nlessrs. John Wilkinson, F. G.
Jewett, James Il. Lawrence, u. ID. Hills and B. Davis
Noxon.
Tho com,n;tieo rstred and ,f,or , clo-, ,,,coss Va
turned TO the meeting, and by MIR. Wilkinson their
Chairman, reported the following Preamble aud Rcsou
tons:
Whereas the excrons of the advocates for the mmc-
date abolition of Slavery in the United States have
caused great excitement and alarm in the States where
slavery exists and tend to endangcr only the welfare
and happiness of the white population Of those States
and the well being Of the slaves themselves bu, urc,t-
en- The subysrsion Of the uniSen HRc Mbsh this coan
prosperity and h"rPn9co uhpaEalclcd III lhc Annals Of
history
And whereas the immediate abolitions,s manifest Z
resolution persist in their obnoxious efforts regardless
Of the anxious pro,estaons of the Southern people to
the dangerous effects Of their measures and in defiance
Of the well known sentiments of almost the entire pop-
laton Of the North:
We the citizens Of the county Of Ononaga, here
semblcd attached the Union Of these States by the
common ties of interest, love of country and the proud
reflections spngng from the just anticpaons of lis fu.
ture destiny considering the people OF every section of
its extended territory friends and BRETHREN anX-
ious to promote sentiments of mutual regard for the
neral welfare and prosperity of the whole, and believing
l. to be duty 10 express our opinions upon this I'M
portant question: publicly and dccsivcly, d. therefore,
Resolrc, That have observed with disapprobation
and regret, that small number of individuals residing
in this and the adjacent States, have manifested dspO
sition excite spirit of oicous and intrusive inter
ference into the domestic relations of the Southern
StaeS-whose existing the people OF those
States cannot be charged with orig mating, and which
only be dissolved with due regard to the well being Of
the Master and the Slave and the white population Of
bot by he of
time, whenever it shall please those to whom the deter
naton Of the subject exclusively belongs, to
the work
Resorcd That the letter and spirit of the instrument
which uncs the members of this confrdcracy, have adj
Iusted this question far the people of the North
required to act thcrein BY recognising the in
sttution Of Slavery strictly of domestic and internal
character subject only to the action of the individual
States in which it may exist and free from any control
or dication whatever from the other States the Cen
eral Government.
Res0rcd, That value the blessings of this Union
the beQucst Of heroic aud patriotic ancestors by
whose blood and sacrifices it gained in war and by
whose mutual concessions it firmly established in
peacc-too dearly 10 permit the be eopardised by
unwarrsnabe interpoSition, without dcncuncng the at
tempt as Taught with evil presagcs to ourscv, and
postcrity.
Reso,ced, That we condemn tic formation of Abolition
Societies, and the publication Of patton ncwsa
pcrs, pamphlets, and tracts, i'll the Sarc-hoding
States calculated to instigac the slaves of the Soutn
to violence outrage, and instruction; produce in the
minds of the people of that section feelings Of jealousy
dstrust and disafecton towards the North aud to excite
alarms and approximations for their present situation and
future prospects, and that all such efforts enana,ng
from this quarter Of the Union, drul and inhuman
cruelty TO both bond and free, tending multiply the
restraints imposed upon the former and to goad the latter
with anxious for The safety Of their lives the pre-
servation of their property. and the enoymcn, Of human
happiness.
Resoired, That we'look upon the Aboitionsts mis-
guided men, and many Of them fanatics and incendi-
aries Of dangerous order, whose cXetons threaten to
vile and civil contention having tendency to result in
the destruction of national compact and subst
tute all the evils expericnced by nations dssoyinr In