The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-10-17
CONVENTION OF THE CONSERVATIVES
OF ORLEANS COUNTY,
Held in the Village Of Albion onhte 2sh day Of Sept.

CONVENTION OF THE CONSERVATIVES
OF ORLEANS COUNTY,
Held in the village Of Albion onAe 2sM day Of Sept.
DR.. O. Nicholson Chairman of the Committee of
Resolutions, reported the following which were read
and adopted with loud acclamations:
Whereas-A portion Of the Republican family
have been induced TO ALLEVIATE themselves from the
true principles of Washinglonian and Jefersonian
democracy, by adopting and espousing doctrines de-
cidedy federal in their character and hostile to the
best interests OF this Republic introducing and aim
ing to enforce measures that must necessarily con-
centrate all the power belonging to the people in the
hands of the national Executive; measures cacula-
ted in their Legitimate tendency 10 derange the
rency OF the country; to cripple the energies Of the
people, and TO carry this free and prosperous nation
backward, to imbecil,y, ignorance and poverty.
Therefore,
Resolved, That in defiance Of all the anathemas
and curses heaped upon the noble band Of Conserva-
tive Democrats, who, by their bold and fearless
course during the pas! year. saved this nation from
political profgacy and ruin, we will stand by them
and the principles they maintained without fear,
favor or hope Of reward until Loco focoism, Agra
rianism, Fanny Wright-ism and Tory-ism shall lie
buried in one common grave, with not stone to tell
where they lie.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the prosperity and
grown oil our common country, until the age Ct
experiments commenced, has been, under the insti-
tutions OF our Republican fathers unparalleled in the
history Of nations, and inasmuch as nothing but
vexation and threatened ruin has resulted from the
late extraordinary experiments upon the institutions
oil our country we therefore place this resolution
our eternal irrevocable VETO upon any more ex.
periments, particularly the climax-capping Sub
treasury selfdeposite scheme.
Resolved, That that portion of the Conservative
republicans, who, notwithstanding they were loud
and long in denouncing the Sub-ireasury sefdepo-
site system last winter, but who through fear of
Globe and Argus denunciation have put their CALLED
necks TO the iron yoke, with their opinions unchang
ed, have our unmeasured pity and commiseraion
Resolved, That we have given the Sub-treasury
scheme our careful and candid consideration, in ali
its bearings, upon the financial and political charac-
ter OF our country and the result of our sober con-
victons are that since the formation of our govern
ment there has not BEEN from any respectable source
introduced for adoption, any measure SO obnoxious
to the first principles of Repubicanism-any mea-
sure SO fraught with evil to the finances of the coun
try-any measure SO well calculated to constitute
the Federal Government an odous aristocracy, and
the people sci of serfs and slaves.
Resolved, That we are not in favor Of making the
public funds bank capital for favorite banks to dis
count upon directed by the Secretary OF the Trea-
sury Of the United States
Resolved, That we are decidedly in favor of the
credit system under which our country has SO long
Resolved That we are not in favor of non specie
paying banks. 81
Resolved That we are opposed to governments
creating banks for the accommodation of the people,
and when the people have learned to rely upon them
for necessary exchanges in the transactions of bust
ness then to turn about and rend them for political
FREEMAN CLARKE, Chairman.
HARVEY RooT, Secretary