The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1841-04-10


Mar u for the purpose Of an expression off
opinion IN regar! 10 ,he political question:
wh,rh nov agila,e The eouuify whereupon,s
JOHN BRITAIN was unanimously cho- !
spn pFaadeo; THoMAs BENDER and Al
NoRRlsoN, Vrs Presidents; and X. j..
CheuM aud James a. Ramsey, Secreta
yiss. On motion. Rufus Bacon John Srons.
Leslie Travis, y. X. Williams, and y. Bcn-s
der, were appointed committee to draltt
resolutions expressive Of the sentiments of
tia meeting. who after retiring a short tine.
reported HE following which were iinan-
Mously adopted:
!, Whereas, il is an accorded tight uf the
A,sape to meet and express their views uponI
public man and their measures, few of .sj
are at this time assembled for the purposeI
Of celebrating upon the great questions
which arc about being settled by those 10;
whom the People and the Constitution have
delegated all the powers they eau claim to
exercise--,hose powers being, probably,
as clearly defined az they are we'll under.
stood. Assuming these truths, we claim to-
exerciee tho liberty Of laying before our
fellow citizens the views we enterain.-|
They aremportani in their character, not
complex in their nature, but should be well
understood by all.
Our G0vernniel Ii one of liMiled, though
delegated powers. The Congress Of the
Union have right to lay and collec, taxes
for certain specified purposes; but in levy
ing those taxes their powers are evidently
limied by the Constitution If they, in the
exercise of this power, transcend the limits
OF the rights of the people and the people,
have not only right to inqu ire as 10 the
reason of this cncroachment, but TO enter heir
protest against The advancem of principles
so prepeslor0us and alarming. Every
Government should pay its expenses, upon
resources Of its own creation or from funds
with its immediate control. Ii is not every
Government which has done 10. Perhaps
one Of the most powerful nations at present
known, has for ages acted from Different
views. Ths, Government or the people,
or portion of ihe people, have, from adj
veniltious clrcumstances over which they
have had no control, mbided an idea tha, a
"Natlonal Deb. is a National blessing; and
prominent Statesmen OF our own country
may. for purpose Of Inhibition, have imbid
cd the same views and spread among US
the same principles for our adoption we,
however, repudiato them as incorrect in
principal and dangerous in practice.
ne therefore reso3Oe-Tiiat any &C, of
feglslsion which tends to either the intro
doction or advancement ofsuch principles, !,
or the establishment of Monopoies, orI
companies based upon monopoising,
principles. meets our decided disspproba,ior
and will be resisted by US, only in legal
way, at The ballot boIes, but there to the
full extent Of cur capacity.
Further Resoiucd-lhat we have live d
TOO long under ihe inf teton of all the evil
which defective system of Banking has
inflicted upon Too confding people.
Further ReSoiUed-Thal knowing that
Bank paper 10 the amount of 5000 900, 600
10000, ,000,0 900 is now ahoat in the country.
without an effort on the part Of the pronl
iSors 10 redeem the sanis; we are, from the
soundes' principles Of policy, reason, and
finance, bound TO consider them valueless
ind 10 discounlenance its circulation.
ResolUc9-Tiiat believing our country
embraces within her own meiaiic resources
(Which is the only admitted safety for paper
Issues only the ability TO redeem $780,
100000 of the $500, 100000 of her Bank
responsibilities, this policy Of future issues
OF Bank paper is an unsafe, dangerous aud
fatal one TO the best interes, OF our country.
!. Resoired-rhat any further issues orI
Bank paper, either by assumed or legaised
authority, under the name of Small, or any
other Bills. without an attempt TO redeem
those already in circulation, is not only an
ialracion upon the tights of the people and
pn infringement upon theil interests, but al
tstd insub TO Meir intelligence.
Re$olUed-That we are opposed to the /
consolidating principles, embraced in the I
project of distributing ths proceeds of the
Public Lands.
Resoired d,--That we have full confidence
IN the purity Of those views which have
carried Out tie measures of the late Admins
,rallon OF the National Government, and
hope aud entertain an honest confidence tha,
ihe same purity of views may actIate the
measure OF The present Administration.
Resoivcd--That all present political ap.
perances indicates that every portion Of our 4
county should be placed in an " immediate B
altitude and armor for defence.
ResolDed- That we highly approve Of b
the course pursued by our United States
Senturs, The Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN
and DANIEL STURGEON, believing Z
lhPn a, ia Iva ,,,en nf mo-, s,,.I; -, *