Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-08-14

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irJeAt meeting holden las! friday
evening. at the Court House, the following
! resolutions were reported discussed in part,
and postponed for further discussion 10 next
Friday evening Let the next meeting be full
" attended, and early; the resolutions ought
to be thoroughly discussed.
Resolved, That wo consider tho Conslitu-
ton and the free institutions guaranteed by it,
sacred and invaluable: that it is the duty Of
every freeman to maintain them against eycIv
oachmcnt that we hold 10 n constitution
! al government, honestly and faithfully admin
| stered and 10 q strict accountability of public
servants 10 the people that we abhor and will
oppose all combinations, secret or open, ana
all monopolics tending TO advance tho interests
Of the few at the expense OF the many.
Resolved, That-vewiug the political con-
test now waging in the nation, rs a contest on
! the one hand to increase Erecuiire poicer, and
elevate the few, and on the other hand to re-
strict the power Of the Executive, and preserve
the rights Of the many--a contest in which Tue
aristocratic principle is uriayed against The de-
mocratic principle-as freedmen, sworn 10 be
faithful 20 the ircoman's trust, and as citizens,
| interested in free republican government, we
| have enlisted under tho broad banner of the
| Constitution soldiers until glorious victory
| shall have crowned the cause Of Libcrty-or
for life.
! Resolved, That the charge Of a public print,
| that the opponents OF the administration are
for an exclusive paper currency, we, in our
own behalf, declare to be slanderous and false;
and q charge which can be brought, with the
! slightest propri'ty, only against the admins
trafion which has, by Encouragement, forced
the banks TO close their varlts-or against the
! five Van Buren, siates, New-York, Virginia,
Connecticut, Mississippi and Illinois, which
have none authorized the bank suspensions.
! Resolved That VIC arc utterly opposed to a
National Treasury Bank, and to n National
| Post Office Bdnk, az tending TO increase Exec
alive power, to PROSTATE the business Of the
! country at the control Of single manic con-
sodafo the puisc and the sword in the Exccn-
tive hand, to corrupt the purity Of ecciione,
and TO subvert the liberties of the propr.
Resolved. That we are Just as much in IA
vor Of banking corporations as they regard the
interests Of the people and 10 more.
Resolved, That we adhere TO principles, not
men, not names and that all who agree with
us in principle, by whatever party name they
may have been known, we gree! as 4" hale fell
lows, well met"
Resolved, That the system OF humbuggcry
of ra'slIied plcdges--oi henrtlsss pretenslons,
| and Of monstrons bug-bears, BY which the mcr
| IN power have acted upon the creduity and
the fears, and thus secured the support OF a
large portion OF the peopic--has been exceed
cd IN enornity only by the abuses which this
system was devised to conceal.
Eego'Yed, That the recent dlsavowal, by
me van Burcn presses, OF 'he 'cnimer.eal
scheme OF hard money currency" Is pa pa
bic evidence oil their hypocrisy, when they
promised long sl!kcn purses hIleI with Jack
son gold" aud Benton mint drops"-or oil
their hypocrisy now.
Resolved That the Executive claim OF the
heads oil Departments and subordinate officers
as h'S-the Tree use OF The veto pocfF IN late
years, aud the pledge to use IT hereafter, ayow,
Cd ovon in advance OF legislative aG'ion-3,l
attest to the truth uttered by Z. J. ingcrFoll,
that the late President mas exercised Land
the present President may eXerciseI GEEAI-
Err POW hR Than the most absolute MON-
AltEH OF hs day"
Resolved, That the importation from lorelSn
nations, or from one state To another, ol Aliens
manufactured lato modern democrats by The
magic charms oil the spirit OF gold, OF Mhskcy
or OF humbuS'J IN oruer 10 carry me elections
IN favor OF the administrations, IS IA vefIhcalion
OIL prophecy OF Xxx freslueht JACKSON mat
corruption 'cH 6scome the order o. me day
Resolved, lhat Tho increase oil Inc annunl