The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-08-15
Number NC.
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VOICE OF GGEU 7TLLLEIRIho
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY MEETING.

At an unusually numerous and respecta-
able meeting of the Democratic Republicans
of Schuylkill County, convened at the court
house in the Borough of Orwigsburg, on
Monday, July 81, 1910, the following or
ganlzation was effected -
PREs1DENT.-Hon. STRANGE N.
PALMER.
VICE PREsIDENTs.-GeOrge Seitzinger,
George BOdey, sen. Nicholas ,Staller.
James CIeary, John Dreher, Gabriel
Matz, EdaOard CoHahan, H. ". Conrad
Henry Boyer, Peter Kutz, John Noon;
I'm. B. HILL, Frederick Bensinger, Jr.
and Isaac Dengler.
SEcRETARIEs.-John H.Downing, Chris
tain Berger, M. S. Gebler, B. McClena:
chan and Jacob Fcger.
On motion Of Col. G. M. Straub COM
mittee of 50 persons were apppinted to
draft premable and resolutions expressive
of the sense of the meeting. Where
upon the following gentlemen were appoin.
ted -.
G. M. Straub, Henry Voute, Samuel
Huntzinger, E. A. Kulzner, G. Boyer, Jr:
Gabriel Matz, Frederick Fried, Edward
O'Connor, Henry Lamer, N. ]. Mills, Ada
am Brown, George Dougherty, Frederick
Beck, John Marborger, VIM, G. Johnson,
Jacob Heir, Jesse Foster, Daniel Place;
Jacob Messcrsmith, Isaac Beiz, George
Hartlein, Daniel Hepler, Stephen Ringer,
J. E. Sorber, Charles Elet, Jacob Ziegen!
fuss, Hugh Kinsley, George Laurer, John
spOhn, Peter Aurand, Jr. Philip MerkeI,
Daniel Berto4st, John M. Bickel, John
strimpder, Francis Tarnell and Daniel
Dreher.
The committee after retiring about half
an hour, reported the following which were
unanimously adopted -
The signs of the times admonish us 10
cherish the maxim Of the immortal Jeffer-
son, that "the price of Liberty is eternal
vigilance" We have contest approach,
ing, in the result Of which we see involved
the principles of civil liberty. The Demo-
cratic party, ever true to the principles Of
the Revolution, recognizing TO their fullest
extent the rights of the people, and aiming
at "the greatest good Of the greatest num-
ber," have again TO repel powerful and
well concerted assault by their old enemies
who, ever opposed to popular. rights, would
seek, in carrying out their doctrines "tAat
the people are their own worst enemies
to efectually take from them the right of
self government. Often defeated, with
perseverance worthy Of better cause, they
have changed their name with chameleon
like facility, but under every disguise, their
odious principles are still the same.
Those who remember the "Reign Of
Terror" in the days of the elder Adams,
when the Alien and Sedition laws were
passed to keep what they insoently termed
turbulent Democracy" in order, and to
prevent the people from canvassing the
measures OF Government--when the author
of these odious laws prosecuted as enemies
Of their country those who erected Liberty
Poles or refused to mount the Black Cock
ade or those who remember the treason
able conspiracies to thwarl the operations
of Government during the Embargo and
non-intercourse laws, which preceded the
late war, and who it was that opposed that
war, and declared it "unbecoming moral
and religious people" to rejoice at the vic
tories achieved by American Arms--and
compare the men of the present day, and
their conduct, with the men and doings Of
those days, viii have no difficulty in recogs
nizing the same party distinctions, and the
same feelings still operating on the great
conflicting parties of the present day.
1t is in fact the Democracy Of the coun-
try battling for the rights of the people on
one hand, and the Aristocracy Of the coun-
try, the advocates of monopOlies and unnas
turaI distinctions and orders in society, at
tempting to tramplo the people under foot