Litchfield enquirer., 1838-02-15
SALISBURY.

At meeting of the Wings of the town of Salisbury held at the house of Moses Wells, Jany 3lst, agreea ble to previous notice, Eliphaet Whiulesey, Esq. was called to the Chair and Francis N. Holley was ap pointed Secretary. The meeting being organized it was on motion,
 IeooOsOsi, That Comrnittea nf 6ya he sppon,ed 10 present business for the action of the meeting; where upon Messrs. A. H. Kelley, R. N. Fuller, C. ColIing, H. Landon, and H. A. Ames were appointed.
 In accordance with the report of the committee the meeting proceeded to elect delegates for the State Convention to be holden at Hartford on the l4th day of February, 1888. Robert N. Fuller and Churchill Cofing were elected The committee then reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :-
 Resolced, That the present is crisis which calls upon every patriot to come boldly forward to rescue the Constitution and Laws from the hands of party whose object is apparently self aggrandzement at the expense of the institutions of the country.
 Resolred, That the condition of the country at the present tme compared with its condition from 1928 10 32 affords striking illustration of the wicked and pernicious experiments of the government upon the monetary system of the nation, since, instead of hay ing now, we had at the former perod the best cur rency in the world, have decidedly the worst, that a civilized people can be cursed with.
 Resolued, That in attempting to force upon these United States an exclusive metallic currency, the go. vernmen showed great ignorance of the wants of the business community, and evinced manifest disregard to the prosperity of the agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial interests of the American people.
 ResOlUcd, That we are firmly convinced of the utl- ity of the credit system, when properly regulated and restricted, and believe it to be absolutely indspensa- ble to the financial operations of the country.
 Resolced, That we utterly deny the doctrine ad- vanced in the Special Messagc-that the govern. ment is separate and distinct from the people-and that the Executive, by advancing such doctrine, has rendered himself no longer worthy the countenance of freemen, whose pride and glory arc that they gov ern themselves.
 Resolred, That the principles avowed by the loco OcOs are dangerous, revolutionary, and destructive i; adverse ahke to liberty and equality hostile to the n stltutIons ot the country; aiming a deadly blow at private property tending to the overthrow OfgoOd der and good morals; striking at the foundations Of society and that in cOntending against their further progress we but contend for the safety of our coun try, our liberty, and our property.
 kcsOiUed, That in the proceedings of the loco-foco party at the adjourned meeting of this town upon ihe velopement of their principles in their utter disregard of law and order in the spirit of malignant intoer ance that characterized .heir proceedings; n sub ectng the WH o the maj0rify openly aud publicly pressed through the baot bor, to Ghe tDisaes of te nciuated by partizan feeling inconsistent with the rights of Teemen, and incompatible with the genius of our desa0crafic installations.
 ResolUed, That the continual decrease of the loco. focos, and the continual increase of the whigs and conservatives show, that honest and intelligent men will not long be duped and should inspire confidence in the success of republican whig principles.
 RssOlued That having full confidence in the in,egr ty and capacity of the Hon. PETER PIERCE, of Cornwall, we do hereby recommend him to the cleo. tors of the l7h Senatorial District as suitable can. didaie for Senator at the ensuing election in April next.
 Rsselued, Tha, in tho coming contest we will exert ourselves tO UiRdieais e right of srGPS undsunied by the threats and calnmnics of party who, Hs we firmly believe, gre carrying on war against the una ianable rights of man; and that we will not co ase from our efforts unill the political atmosphere of our eounFs s purified from the presidential vapoFs ol loco ioeosm and we call upon al good men attached to Inc institutions Of their country. without regard to sect OF party, io aid To this Oap resolution. Resospsd, That tho pf0ooedlnp Of thls meeting, signed by the Chairman and aeTeiary, Do Forwarded lS he eht64 of hc Ltchheld EnqHlFes, lhe Connect. eui CouFani, and the PaFio, and Democrat for publ.
 ELIPHALET wHTTTLEsEY, CAoirman.
 FnAaots E, HoiiRY, Neo'v