Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-05-02


stock" and upon their plant tools, broad
seal" of public reptobation, which no Secreta-
ry's certificate shaa ever annul
Resolved, That we leave il to impartial his
tory to afix a just value upon that chivalrous
devotion to State tights, which treads in the
dust the dearest rights of a sovereign member
of the Union. in its eager haste to cringe at the
footstool of Executive power.
Resolved, ThatIthe five legitimate Repre-
sentatives of New Jersey owe it to the insulted
dignity of the Stale and to themselves, not "a
gain TO appeal to a body which has added in
suit to injury, and has shown as little regard
for decency and good faith, as fol the Consti-
tuition and the laws
Resolved, ThatEwe tender our siucere and
hearty thanks to the minority of the Committee
on Elections, and b the other Representatives
who amid prevailing confusion and lawlessness,
have boldly and resoluiely maintained the cause
of right and Justice, unawed by the frowns and
unseduced by the temptations of Executive
power.
Resolved, That we proudly recognize WILL
LIAM PENNINGTON, our Governor, as one
of the Young Memo New Jersey: a just con-
sistent and exemplary citizen pure and IN
flexible patriot worthy son of an honored
sire; and that in his whole course, in relation
to the late Congressional election he nobly and
fully discharged the highest duty of citizen
and a magistrate, in acknowledging the supre-
macy of the laws, and yielding implicit obedI-
ence to their commands; and that by his firm
and manly assertion of the violated rights and
insulted honor of the State, he has secured a
hold upon our confidence, esteem and support.
which neither the SANDERS of demagogues nor
the calumnies of hireling press can ever
shake.
Resolved that the present situatian Of our be-
loved coun;ry--with its commerce crippled
its industry and energies paralyzed---its curren-
cy deranged--its products depreciated-its reve-
nue. unequal to its expenditures---ts credit inn
paired-its whole military power defed and
baflled by whole tribe of savages---its laws E.
vaded its. constitution disregarded and the spir-
it Of its free institutions trampled under foot
by their chosen guardians---while distrust and
doubt and fear and perplexity pervade all class
es of the community--demand of every patriot
anxious deliberatien and prompt, decided, and
energetic action.
Resolved, That the warfare which has been
waged by the party now in power against the cre-
dit system, while 1t has produced only injury
to all classes of soriety, except the wealthy
capitalist who has fattened upon the necessi-
ties of his fellow citizens, has been most op-
pressive and deadly in its influence upon the
young men, whose only capital was their integ-
ritv their skill and industry and enterprise and
so long it sSaIi be successfully continu-
ed, every young man not born to wealth mus
expect to live and die the drudge of those to
whom birth or accident have given the means
necessary for business
Resolved, That we have no faith in tht
Economy which has swollen the annual ex
penditures of the Government from thirteen Il
thirtg-Sepen millions Of dollars no desire fo
4" experiments" of which each is still more iniu
rious than Its " predecessor :" He fellowship fe
that love for the people which would reduc
the wages and the comforts of the laborer II
the level of Spanish-slaVe peasants--no res
pect for reforms which lead to still greater a
buses no sympathy with a governmen
which would +" take care Of itself and let tn
People take care of themselves" and no conf
dence in public servants whose pledges are bro
ken at will and whose constant and only eilor
| is to secure to themselves the honors and e
moluments of office, and TO rule those whom
they profess TO SerUe.
| Resolved That our interest in the Publi
Lands was purchased by our fathers at too dea
price for us to permit it TO be made the spo
of political adventurers, and that We wilireso
lutely defend it against all aggressions.
Tesoled- That amid the wrongs and suffer
ings which in competent and wicked ruler
have inflicted upon us; we heve strong and a
biding confidence in the virtues of the Peopl
and hail with joy the many and strong evider
ces which every section of the country prs
sents, that the artifces & delusions which hav
been so successfully practised, are passing ;
way, and that the reign of trickery and mis-
rule must speedily yield to the indignation
, confding and abused People.
], Resolved, That we hail with Joy the triun
phant success with which the Wings of Coz
necticut have resisted the power and artifice,
corruption and misrule, and pledge ourselve
to emulate the glorious example which the
, have set us.
Resolved, That we cordially respond to tn
nominations of WILLIAM HENRY HARR
SON, and JOHN TYLER, for President al
Vice President of the United States; and th
in the unsullied integrity the ardent patriotism
: the distinguished ability, the uniform respe