The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-29

AT an accidental meeting of few TippecaAoe
friends, at LemmoHade, Montgomery County,
Md, the following preamble and resolutions
were presented, duly considered, and adopted
Uithort opposition Mr. Frederick Duva1l, AIRED
rs years, being called to the Chair, and they
are forwarded with request that they be inser-
ted in the "Pilot."
WHEREAS, our people and our country are in q
much worse condition now, than they were in
previous to the great Jackson mania, and Tor this
single reason, the sovereign people oil the nation
should change their rulers, which would at once
produce a change of measuBes-a change OF man
agement, and a change iii the administration OF
our public alfairs-tighten and make last the
loose hoops of the treasury of our country, and
thereby stop all the great leaks thereof, and
cause better times and make the people OF our
country more cheerful, contented and prosperous,
we have nothing to do but to go onward, in sol
id phalanx and unbroken file and ranks, for the
auspices are as favorable we can desire, the
whole country being at this time aroused, and
animated with the most determined and indig-
nant enthusiasm.
And whereas, Martin Van Buren, and his pre-
decessor have been busily engaged, for the last
twelve years, in merciless warfare, against the
currency Of our country, and against Banks, un
til they have succeeded in breaking down those
useful institutions, and thereby deprived us and
our country of uniformly sound currency
which was as good as gold, from TIE centre to
the outlines of the Union; and, notwithstanding
their twelve YEARS hostility, they have monopo-
lized, and would lock up nearly all the gold and
silver for their own use, thereby working out the
complete rum of the people and country gener-
ally, for their own selfish ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and
advancement in wealth and power, and, IN the
language of an able, eloquent and fearless rep
resentative in Congress, "filled the land with
suffering, bankruptcy and distress| Therefore,
ReSolred, LIST. That Martin Van Buren, is the
e am hos
ularity he came into Office ''to follow in the
footsteps" of him, who, as we think, never was
pre-eminently qualified for the proper manage
ment of civil government.
I'd. That if the operation of the prominent
measures of Van Buren,, and his predecessor, af-
ter being well understood by the people, does
not hurl them from pGhlIc confidence and public
as we see nothing but ruin anu destruction In
those measures.
3d. That we view, with feelings of the Great
est alarm and Indignation, the accommodates
of the President to Congress to pass law, di-
viding the United States into eight Military dis
tricts and for each district to furnish H. 500 mi
litia men, making 100, 900 militia men, to be held
in active services, and 100000 more to be he'd
in reserve, and to be under the command of the
President. For, what does he want this great
army in time of peace ? Must it not be to over
awe and control the elections, and to be held in
active service against the free institutions ofour
country?
4th. That the political atmosphere of our
country oaght to be cleared of the clouds, which
have poured and continue to pour their destruc-
tive torrents on the heads of the people, and that
all the leaks in the Treasury should be stopped
tight by a change in our ruling men and meas
ures.
5th. That the people of our country ought to
change their rulers for the manifest want of
suitable qualifications to enable them to steer and
navigate with safety, the vessel of state.