Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-10-31

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Wing 40 Madison county. convened
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lsl tasmuG motion. Co.. lien.
rs Phillips. Vaa appointed President
VI ,ae y. W. u .ry ana ~. Il VI,
Harper, Vice Presidents. and G. a,
Nbocbe..o.j, Secretary II The meet
ing.
The ob.ecs ot fbe meeting having
heen briefly explained by the Presi.
dent, eH motion Of J. G. Topper.
Esqn i. was
Re8oiea5, That committee Of
three persons be appointed 90 draft
and report resolutions expressive Of
the sense of the meeting.
Whereupon i. G. Upper, John
Montgomery and 7. J. Catchings
were appointed said committee.
The committee having retired a
short time, returned and reported
the following preamble and resolu-
tons, viz, which were unanimously
adopted.
Whereas, the course pursued by
the present officers Of the General
Government, and the recent conduct
of their partisans in different portions
of the United States, have manifest
ed deliberate design to perpetuate
power in the hands of a minority.
against the known wishes of the
great mass of the American people:
and, whereas, we believe that the
doctrines and principles avowed by
the party in power, as the basis of
their future conduct, are subversive
OF our best interests, and that they
should be strenuousIy opposed by
every lover Of his country, There
fore.
1st. Reso'ce3, That it is our duty,
as Wings Of Mississippi-as the I'M
compromising opponents of execu-
tive patronage and power-as the
advocates Of the rights Of the States
and of the people, to express our de-
cided disapprobatjon OF the course
pursued by the general government,
and TO unite in our endeayors to pro.
cure a speedy and thorough reform
2d. ReS0ice3, That it is the duty
of Congress under the authority of
the constitution, "to regulate com.
MERGE among the States to establish
a uniform currency andlo adopt some
efficient remedy for the present de-
ranged state Of the domestic ex-
changes throughout the Union.
Sd. RcsoiUcd, That the Sub. Trea-
sury system as proposed by the Pre-
sident, and detailed in Congress bv
those in his confidence, is measure
which, instead of tending to regulate
the currency and equaIize the OK
changes, must inevitably tend to a |
contrary result; extend TO an alarm
ing degree the power and patronage
Of abe executive, and detract from
The reserved rights of the states. by /
reconsideration Of power in the hands |
OF the federal government.
4th, Resoiucd, That no effectual
means have as yet been devised for
out the provisions of the
Constitution, and of securing q sound
and uniform currency, except Ma
,londl Bank, chartered by Congress
under proper restrictions and repu-
ations; and regarding the constitu-
tlonal questions relative to such an
as fully settled, we will give
i our decided support in preference
to any alternative, as yet proposed by
the administration.
5. Rcsolrcd, That a committee of
len persons be appointed delegates to
attend the convention in Jackson.
to be holden on the 4th
Monday of January next, and that we
recommend to each county of this
State, to send delegates to said con-
to nominate candidates for
tate offices and for Congress, and
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