Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-01-22
MEETING.

OEVIOOAs'A -. lorrp
According to a previous no'lce sa -.
4 respectable meeting Of the democracy
.mhIed a the Council Chamber on
bnrsday evening January IA. iS4i.
~ ..ae,;oo was called to order by Ed
Iahns,on ESQ. Of Lee co. who nom
"a Col. VIM. Coop, Of Jefferson coun,
sor President, and Joseph I Faies OF
,,none county, for Secretary.
s.. Bailey, Of Van Buren, stated the 90.
|. &c The meeting in an able an pertinent
nner. and moved the appointment OF
ma ,t,ee Of len to prepare resolutions.
(rhe presiden. appointed Messrs. Bai-
Parker, Iset,. Langworthy. Van Ants
n Felkner, Whitaker, Spaine, Hagar
d Curtis.
nur;nc the abserce of the committee,
meeting was addressed in forcible
i eloquent manner by Edward Johns
n Esq.
The committee after having been alb
Int for short time returned the follow
preamble and resolutions, which were
Unanimously adopted.
Whereas in the late election for Pfesl'
ont of the United States, the democrats
ave been defeated partially through fraud,
artiallv through Misrepresentation, and
artialy by the minute organization OF our
psonent. =.
Z. Resolved, That in the result OF the
ale political contest " though ovcrthrown
20 are not dfeated." That il bears no evil
ence that the principles OF the democrat
c party have been repudia,ed by the ma
ori,y of the nation, while it will pl ICE our
political opponents in such position that
hey will be coerced to disclose their prin-
ipies and policy. If they haze any.
Q. Resolved, That in relation to the
koyerment we will not follow the raclice
Il the present wing party by opposition
without principle, but will cheerfully sup
port any measures of the new admlnlstra-
ZION which foster or favor the principles
bf the democratic party.
3. Resolved, however, 81 hat the price
of our liberties is eternal vigilance. >
|That it is our duty to conirive and promote
the organization. so happily and success
|fully begun, fthe democratic party in this
trerri,ory, and to act in concert for the
diffusion of democratic principles and for
The success which must ever, with brief
Intervals, attend the party which acts up
on them.
4. Resolved, That strength and power
are acquired by exercise, and weakness is
produced by inaction. That this truth
belongs to the body political as we'll as to
the body physical Therefore Resolved,
That duty forbids us to be idle or inert,
but requires Of US constant action upon
public matters for the public good /; and
that we will give all diligence to spread
and perpelua,e the principles most ia
vorable to the full Development of our
happy form of government and by action
and exercise nourish the Strength and pow
er Of the democratic party.
S. Resolved, That the leading measures
Of The present administration meet with
our hearty appreciation, especially the
INDEPENDENT TREASURY law,
providing for receiving and paying out the
public revenue in the CURRENCY OF
THE CONSTITUTION, and when re-
ceived tina, i, shall be kept uncontamina-
ted by the paper funds of specializing
banks and shaving shops.
6. Resolved, That president Van Buren,
is entitled to the highest respect, and
warmest esteem of the people of the west
for his undertaking friendship to the set
tiers on the public domain.
7. Resolved, That in the elevation of
General Harrison, to the h CHEST office in
his gift, of DANIEL WEBSTER, a
deeply dyed aris,ocrat. the feed advocate
of British bankers and brokers, upon thus
as well as the other side of the Atlantic,
the true and faithful representative of the
Hartford Convention Federalism, and IN
compromising opponent of our late war
with Great Brilain-an event now conf
IDENTIFY predicted, and hailed with Joy and
reclamation, by the wing party, from one
end of the union TO the other-we find at
the same time cause for serious alarm to
every man who is in truth and at heart
democrat. and ample evidence of the fede-
raj principles upon which the government
is TO be administered by the party which
has stolen into power by meanly and dis
honestly refusing to publish to the world
what Its true principles were.
8. Resolved, That we learn with equal
alarm and Indignation, that Gen. Harrison
mas declared on recent occasion, since
his election TO the presidency, that, were
It IN his power to do so, he would cheer
fully resign the high Office to which he
has been elevated by the people, into the
hands of HENRY CLAY, as the man
best qualified. in his opinion, Of any other
IN the union, to discharge its important
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