The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-04
PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITIZENS
OF WASHINGTON

Pursuant TO public CALL signed by a large
number of citizens, the People OF Washington
assembled together on Monday, the 9th instant,
in town meeting
On motion of Mr.. Joseph H. BRADLEY, VIM.
w SrAroN, Mayor of the city, called TO
the chair, and WALTER LENoX appointed Sc
cretary.
The Chairman having stated the objects of
the meeting
Mr. SAMI HARRISON SMITH submitted the
following resolutions, and moved their adop-
ton:
ReSoired, The sense Of This meeting, That the
pursued the late session of Congress towards
the District Of Columbia insulting character
derogatory TO rights, and subversive of pros
perty that in it we behold total disregard OF the
claims of justice and the calls OF humanity, connect
ed with the stern purpose to punish sixty thousand
ircemen for the exercise OF their undoubed cunsttu-
tional right to think and TO speak freely of public
| and public measures.
Resoired as the sense Of his meeting, That the
only honorable way in the present crisis of our affairs
Is to meet political oppression by moral resistance; and
that to this end it becomes the dignity of freemen
conscious of their rights, and determined to maintain
hem to appeal from the servants OF the People To the
People themselves
Resolred That this meeting will appoint five citi-
from each Ward as Delegates to Convention
to assemble in the city of Washington the second
Monday in August and that the citizens of Alexan-
point Delegates to attend said Convention for the pur
pose Of xpressng the sentiments of the inhabitants of
the District at this alarming crisis, and to adopt such
measures for the assertion of hits and the pro
motion of interests to them may seem expe-
dent.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
On motion of Mr.. STEWART the Chairman was EN-
powered to appoint committee of six, from each
Ward, to report list of Delegates to the meeting.
The following gentlemen were appointed by
the Chairman
First Ward -FIodoarlo Howard
Second Hard.-John A Blake.
Third Ward-Jobn ii. Goddard
Fourth Uard.-Daniel Romans.
Fifth Wdrd-Thomas r. Riley.
Sirh Ward.-Dr Alexander McWliams.
The committee recommended the following
citizens to be appointed Delegates to the Con-
venton:
First Ward Samuel Harrison Smith, Benjamin
O. Taoe William Easily, Alexander Mclnrire, Thos
Munroc.
Second Uard-Jno McCelland, Anthony Pres
ton, VIM ii. Gunnell, Wallace Kirkwood VIM M
McCauley.
Third Ward. Walter Jones, Joseph II Bradley,
John G. Hardness, Jacob A. Bender, John G.. Nc
keldcn
Fourth Hard.--Dr Frederick May, Henry j
Brent, George Watterston, John Kedgely, w Nc
Gii.
Fifth Udrd.-Daniel Carroll Of Dudding,on
Thomas Blagden, John w Martin, Griffith Coombc
Thomas r Riley
Sirh Ward.--Noble Young, James Marshall, DR.
Alex, McWi!!iams Robert Clarke, Robert Coombs
The gentlemen recommended by the nominal
ing committee were unanimously chosen Dele
gates to the Convention.
On motion of Mr.. SwEANy, the Chairman and
Secretary OF the meeting Were added to the list
Of Delegates.
On motion of Mr. SwEENY,
Resoired, That the grateful thanks of this meeting
are hereby rendered 10 the Hon WIN D. MERRlcK |
Chairman Of the District Committee in the Senate |
and the Hon. WIN. Cosr Johnson Chairman of the |
District Committee in the House of Representatives.
md THEIR JEALOUS FRIENDS IN BORN Houses or Con- |
iREss for their generous and manly resistance the
oppressive attempted to he adopted in our
egard and their interchangeable cndeavors 10 promote
he interests and defend the rights of the people of
he District OF Columbia.
On motion Of Mr. CoyLE, it was
Resoired, That the proceedings Of the meeting he
published in the papers Of the District
w w SEATON Chairman
WALTER LENox Secretary