Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-14

vital interests Of our country, the members OF .ms meet
mo are incapable of helng influenced oy "sua, ~, w. ~
o;,ber ne the great beiligerents OF EuroPes M 'pa. :,
iii with eouol zeal and fidelity support tne go'ei aE
e" =. -. ,r,inst the aggressions OF France Q ="
gland. of this meeting, enter.
"hesott'"' : ~ nnd;min;shed regard for the constr.
.a.n.ns ns.;es Of our country, and warmly ana ier-
81, devoted 70 it's honor and interests, 40 soeh".
80 ~ support the Government IN Inc measures
80 ,hev have adopted or may adopt, 10 OBTAIN e
W. Cav our pational injuries and protection 10 our
nat;onal rights; that they never will be driven from"
Car and manly support of this resolution oy NV po".
of our enemies or the threats OF faction; ana . s n""
Cousrnmep, be forced to abandon the pac.fc Poiicy y
W.. anrsned. and unsheath the sword, they VIII DC
fonnd AT their posts, ready and wiling 10 acf'noe ''A
lives and fortunes in their country 5 cause.
"'e SAMUEL Ten Brock, Chairman.
JONI KING, Secretary. o,.e ware
uAfter the proceedings in the meeting -"Ous -,
6n;shsa the assembly which had been increased oy
Numbers who arrived after the procession ma e'
nprsn,nt 10 a resolution to that euect, iePa"eo : ~
elevated situation in the rear OF Ch'oh -, as,lIal o.
~ - &c ,.b;ch The French DEGREES and BRUSH ORDERS,
.are,ber with Pickering's letter, the resolutions o na'h'
G7oncester and Newburyport, and a numoer Q. o,hei
sedit;ous and i%ncendiary publications. were amaeuI
Tic noIs was surrounded by the patriotic multitude,
and he obnoxious edicts and papers set fire to ana burnt,
amidst the a~cclamations of the spectators, who then ds-
persed and retired. c-,.
"A nrOu0 UlN U lHC ltHShaS ~
ror,ars nj law and order. The triumph OF principle was
great. and the display Of patriotism honorable 10 inc
country, and consoliDg to government. II was sfa'eiui =
the Republican and cheering to the real american near.
70 witness the noble and auimating scene. Inc greatest
srer,;op< of Federalism, with its commanding inhu-
ence over an abcct tcnantry, aided by pleasahtness OF
weather and the best Of ~sieighing, hau mus'eIsu ~
whole force from every part OF the county on he pre-,
cedinr week. The number was couhleu aha
10 The most improbable stretch Of exaggeratIon. De
tween twice and three times the number OF hePuo4'r
cans, in a most inclement day, assembled = ,ne Can u
p,triotism, and exhibited 10 the citizens OF fiuasoh an
Unexpected and unparalleled display oil slrenguh ana
zeal in the cause of our country. hao 'ie weather
been favorable. the a~sianshment OF Federalism wouid
have been augmented TO an lncaicuiaoie aegiee' Du'
ms il was, a procession OF twelve hundred wh'ch enter
cd the meetiaG-h house, besides the hundreds VINO went
in separately before and after as well as with the line OF
march. and this body composed OF the Respectable
known and efficient characters and yeomanIy OF inc
country, must have convinced the iactious and diSaftect-
ed among US, that the friends of government are too nn'
meron, 10 be discomftted and too firm to be d'shearl-
ened, in a righteous cause. The advocates OF Federal
;s,, ne torvism. of Britain, can derive nothing but NOR
tifcation and regret from ther ehoe''oFs q y"
enlightened people to acton.
These animated roceedings-indicative of the high
tone and true spirit that prompted the energies OF the
Democracy of those times, took place, it will DC recol-
lected. at the close Of Mr.. Jeffersons administration.
In 1910, April "a, a general meeting OF the kcPuo-
lean electors of the city of Hudson, was held, at
which The Democratic nomination Of Daniel d.. Temp
kins for Governor and John Broome for Lieut.. Go,
vernon, was cordially responded 10. Al that meeting
u committee of five of which Mr.. Van Buren, was
one, was appointed TO draft resolutions, who reported
the following among others, and they were uaani-
mously adopted by the meeting. Mr.. Van Bu-en-"as
also appointed chairman of the committee OF the citI-
zens 10 meet the committee of the several towns.
sResoIred. unanimously, That we have viewed with
sentiments of regret and Indignation the fragrant and
unius,ifable violation of our neutral rights, by the two
principal bclligercnts of Europe. That we applaud the
- o"J tha M which Ia ye
been evinced by the American Government IN resist
ing and repclling those violations. That while We
observe on our part, an Administration 'mPelled to
action by principles of the purest patriotism; recog-
nizing in their intercourse with other nations, the
Fundamental rules Of national Justice, and reposing
their claims not merely on their power to enforce
them, but on the justice and right IN which they are
founded, demanding nothing wrong, but firm and I'M
movable in the attainment OF our rights. Ana whiie
on the part Of the enemies of our national prosperity
and welfare we witness a system Of !awless aggression,
a total abandonment of principles which among civil
lied nations have ever been revercd, and a barbarous
and settled determination 10 eXicrmlnate every vestlge
of national law, national Justice, private security and
individual liberty, we feel ourselves bound by every
tie which connects US TO our country, thus publicly to
express our firm and una,terahlc determination, TO sup
port the Government OF our choice against The proud
Monarchs of Europe, aud ut every hazard 10 slaha "l
GGav Tni,br euE aai t0qalh q9e 81 qasp Geo,4..,.y, wmcn zen,
ders it the duty Of every good citizen, who feels an IN.
terest in her prosperity, to afford her his individual sup.
port. That we would witness with the livelicst plea.
sure, that unanimity among our citizens which the oc.
casion so imperiously calls for, but that however much
we are averse to censure the conduct Of any of our
citizens at this interesting period, the paramount duty
we owe cur country constants Us to say, that the
conduct Of The tcaderS Of that portion of citizens who
style themselves Federali.ts, has been productive of in
calculable mischief TO our country. That by their total
prostitution of principle, and utter disregard of the first
duties which they owe to their country, they are sowing
the seeds of future and permanent distresscs. And that
when we-behold them eSerting every faculty, and
straiDing every nerve TO justify or 10 pallate (as the
occasion may requlre) the unheard-ot perfdy, the dis
gushing duplIcity and the tyrannisal oppression of the
British government; at the same time attributing to the
government Of their own country, the injurious effects
of that perfdy, that hypocrisy and that oppression,
we feel ourselves justified in declaring that they are
either the AFFECT slaves OF the most inveterate lust for
office and porer, or that they indulge u criminal predi-
lection for that nation, at the expense of their own
country, its honor and its best interests
In 1oll, April :, the Democratic citizens of Hudson,
convened for the purpose OF taking into consideration
the nomination ola candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
A committee was appointed to draft resolutions, and
report at a subsequent meeting. Mr.. Van Buren, was
named as the chairman Of the committee, and on the
next evening, reported n series of resolutions, of which
the following was the first:
"ReSotred, That we still entertain undiminishcd con-
fdence in the integrity, wisdom and patriotism OF JAS.
MApIsoS, President Of the L. S., that we have fully
realized in his adninish aiion what we fondlv antici-
pa,ed before his election, and that he is em;nently emit
tied to the esteem and veneration Of every consistent
Republican"
1t IS thus we present Mr.. Van Buren, from the public
rccord-the undertaking Republican from his earliest
years-the disciple of Jefferson, The political friend of
Madison, of George Clinton, and of De Witt Clinton,
so long as he remained true TO the Democratic party
the intimate and approved friend of one of The purest
and clearest minded Republicans that the world has
ever known, Nathaniel Macon-tle compcer and ASA.
ciate OF Tompkins, and of that band of brave and true
sons of the Democracy, who gave to the country their
best energies, in its hours of peril and d.prcssion, and
under the fercest assaults and harshesl obloQuv Of the
same Federal partisans that traduce and assault him
now-fnally, the eloquent and intrepid champion, not
only of the war, but of all the measures of the Demo
cratic Administrations that precede it.
In this manner docs the Albany Argus bring TO the
attention Of the public some Of Mr.. Van Eurcn's acts,
on his First appearance upon the theatre Of public life.
Do they afford any evidence that he is not 'isound at
heart"
In 1909, he is found reporting and supporting strong