Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-04
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS.
NICHOLAS COUNTY.

\, ma.,;nr Of a portion of the Democracy OF NJ
cbolas county, on Tuesday, the llth day OF August
1910 pursuant notice, beng Tue hFst Jay =, ~ "
ms, Conrt-On the notion OF john w. Nelly, ESD
r., Ib, G. Stephenson was unanimously calico !"
the Char and john Duffy and Robert Hamilton were
appointed Secretaries ,:a l
'rhe object of the meeting was fully explained ny
Iobn w keuy Esa who fully sustained the Den"cfa-
80 ~ rho n s. and fully defined The difference between
6bol ton,sm aud the true doctrine "i our county
He also ably defended the true doctrines oil our fe'
institutions; and was followed by johnson hc!h""s'
ESQ whose remarks were entirely pertinent, :" sur
port of Democracy defining the difference pcl" Z"
the administrations of the Adamses aud that oil the u
ustrous Jackson and showing that the pressure OF '
times is not attributable to the administration OF W
b. and fully explained the hunhugsery oil tie 10y "a.
bin and hard cider canddatc and further shewhg hat
The Bank Of the L. : has been national ciIal'ly'-
What did the WINGS say through MIR. Henry LAY,
their organ, at the time Gen Andrew Jackson wa:
candidate for the Presidency of tins great k"puae
he pronounced hrs elevation as beng worse ''ah SM""'
pestrlencc and famine. A Military Chrettin was then
dangerous to the liberties OF the people but now Tue
Military Chlealn Hero of Trppecanoe IS by our OPP
ponents not considered the Ugh, as the hero OF
New Orleans.
2eso,red That Mark Anthony, John Duffy, David
Barr John AIcCluug and Franklin Stephenson be ap.
pointed committee draft resolutions expressive OF
the sense Of this meeting; wiz" after snort uic re-
turned and reported as follows:
Res0ired, That crisis has arisen IN the aiaifs
of our country which well calculated TO rouse the
fears the patriot nasmuch as the dearest interests OF
the Republican party put in jeopardy by the dtspe
rate efrs of TIN, masked Heterogeneous party that arc
now strugT l,ng Tor p 'wsr.
Rcsolred That as Gen. Vim. Henry Harrison, who
asp,res the Presidency of tins great Republic, tue
hphpst office the gift of the American People" and
indeed the honorable station and mos, honorable
amongst the nations nf the Elh-why we say 50, II IS
not reached bv the right Of inheritance but by the pon-
taneous gift Of free Peope-and the appears to con-
cea all his public opinions when called on by the very
people who he must calculate on beng elected by:
RcSOircd Merrt1rc, That IN the opinion OF thus Com
m,tcc the said Wan. n Fl Irrtson IL entirely unwor-
thy of the exalted station t" which he aspres ana that
it the sacred duty OF every Republican throughout
this great Republic t. ID, aad do hereby pledge our
selves use every honorable means III our power to
defeat the election of Gen. Wan ii. HARRISON 10 the
Presidency believing we do, that Il would prove a
national calamity.
Rcsoired, That our confidence in the zeal, wisdom
and patriotism Of Martin Van Buren,, tn" present IN
10Y the passage or inc independent Treasury bill
We therefore pledge ourselves TO use every honorable
means in our power to promote the reelection of Mar
tin Van Buren, TO the Presidency Of these States
Resoired That John NcClunG, Col. Robert tiaml
ton, John Duffy, Moses Hi Samuel Given, David
BAR and Vim Given be appointed Delegates 10 attend
Convention 10 be held IN Charlottesville, Ahemarl'
county, Virginia, the 9TH September, l-1O and i'll
the said delegates fail attend, that Thomas
Randolph, Thomas Richie, and Robert T. Thompson
be appointed alternatcs.
Resoired, That John Duffy, Alexander Spinks and
Robert Hamilton, be appointed Delegates to represent
this meeting III the Convention to be held at Ripley,
the 25th day of September $40; and Of tteir
tai,nre, then Robert A. Thompson, Matthew Dunbar
and Thomas Matthews, he requested to act al SAID Con
rcntinn as their altcrnacs
RrSoired That the following gentlemen be appointed
Committee Of Vigilance, for this county, 10 wit John
G. Stephenson, Mark Anthony, Isaac Gregory, John
w. Jones, Joshua Stephenson, John Duffy, John Nc
Chung, Alexander Sptnks, David Bar, jeremiah Ode
John W. Ode, Samuel Dorsey, Adam q. Gregory
WIN. Miller, Sami. Given, VIM. Given, WIN Hamruck
Benjamin Hamruck, Jacob Chapman, James Hamruck
VIM Groves, John Groves, sr John Groves, ir., Peter
Duffy and Robert Hamilton
Resored, That the proceedings Of this meeting he
signed BY the Chairman and Secretaries and that copies
be forwarded for publication in the Richmond Enquirer
printed IN Richmond, and the Jcftrson,an Republican
published in Charleston, kanawha.
JOHN G.. STEPHENSON, Cha mn.
no no H h,., Secretaries.