Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-12-09
AT A MEETING

OF the citizens of Milwaukee, held pursuant
to public notice, at the county Court House,
for the purpose of expressing their opinions
in regard to the recent excitement. growing
out Of sundry efforts to induce the Hon. vii.
liam {. Frazier, to resign his Judicial sta
ton, JOHN GALE, Jr. was called to the Chair,
and A. o. T. BREEL. appointed Secretary
The object of the meeting having been ex-
planned by the Chair, the following gentle
men were appointed by the Chair, committee
TO draft resolutions for the consideration of the
meeting, viz. William Payne, William Cor
ham, Sciota Evans, George F. Knapp, and l..
w. Ryckman.
The committee reported the following reso-
lutions, which were read and unanimously a.
dopted.
/. Resolued, Tha. this, meeting do totally
disapprove Of the efforts of any set of men to
intimidate by threats, TO PROSTATE by combina-
ton. or to render odious, by con,umely and
Misrepresentation, the highest functionary Of
our Court.
2. Resolccd. That the course pursued by
the Hen. H1ikiian c. Frazier, has been such
as to make ii the duty Of every independent
and honorable minded citizen in this commu-
nifty to step forth. and bear testimony to his up.
right and gentlemahy conduct as man---to
his integrity and capacity as Judge, and to
express publicly his reprobation of the course
pursued by his enemies, as being extremely
iliberal, nngenerous, and unjust.
3. Resolred, That this meeting view the
proceedings Of sundr, citizens. in signing pc
titions couched in language of insult and per-
senal roproach---in holding meetings to heap
insult and vituperation upon the head of a man,
respectable in his private character, honora-
BILE by his profession, and venerable for his
sge, as disgrace!ul to the persons engaged
Neutrality-suspicious. to the best interests of the
community, and totally upcallcd for by any
circumstances that have come to the knowl-
edge Of this meeting.
4. Resolccd, That this meeting regards with
alarm the efforts Of the gentlemen OF the bar in
this place, to enlist in their behalf the active
cooperation Of the citizens of this county in an
issue which is entirely personal between them
selves and Judge Frazier; and consider that
such endeayors to procure extra.judicial aid
must have had their origin in the conviction
of the weakness Of bad cause.
5. L2esoired, That the extreme bitterness,
intemperance, and violence, manifested by the
persons engaged in this warfare upon the
rights and character Of Judge Frazier are such
as to cause the members Of this meeting to feel
the greatest degree Of surprise and astonish-
ment, knowing as we do, all the facts on which
they pretend to predicate their opposition; be-
lieving as we do that there exists no just cause
for the same, we are therefore left to conclude
that there must be in some quarter DISPOSE
ton to consult private interest or crafty per-
,o,.al revenge.
& Resoiued, That the members Of this meet
No having read with indignation and alarm,
he proceedings Of meeting Of the members
e ne bar. and few others, their adherents,
n this place, can not, IN justice to themselves
efrain from prononnclng the resolutions then
passed. az a Issue Of exaggeration. mlsrepre,,
;entation, and fall ehood--calculated 70 misiead
he minds Of the people Of this tsrrlsory---sow
he seeds of dissensiLn in the community; ana
;oster spirit Of resistance to the due admins
ration of;as.iee by bringing tho courts Of Inc
country into disrepute.
Z. Resolved, That this meeting CONSIDER,
hat in the course pursued by the Hon. VIM.
9. Frazier, there is much cause toeXcite their
grateful regard for him as Judge. a gentle
nan and man; that he has, at a time o. unl-
,ersal and intense pressure, interposed me
shield Of the law between the rapacity of the
,varicious and the necessities Of an already
distressed but yirtuous population.
g.. Resolved, That the spirit Of tho laws
should always be protective Of the people, and
hat ifthe Hon. Judge Frazier had followed
he course indicated to-, and pressed upon him
" the members Of the Bar, the honest and in-
lustrious yeomanry and mechanics Of this
.ountry would have suffered, through the in.
Of the Court. calamities greater.
IN intensity, than have ever been inflicted up-
% any other section Of our beloved country.
q Rese!oed, Thai the people Of Milwaukee,
are MT prepared TO submit their nccksto yoke