Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-15
NiLhiiM BASsrrr, of Lynn.

WIriitM BA<SETr, Of LINN.
CHARLES Lsxox REMoHp. of Salem.
HExRy W. WILLIAMS, Of Boston
The Chairman said he would beg leave present Is
the Alcaring for their consideration. TIE too~n. Res
buttons which expressed tie feelings .! ms o"l l3N!H
and the spirit of which, he though; >ii2ld aGina'r -
bosom Of every friend OF Liberty
L. Resoired, That nasinuch as the pi>iict ~ oiM-
ba /, neither a part noi under c control ~ anE
STATE hu, belongs tir PEOPLE u the ;. and 4 an II
te exclusive jurisdiction q C"n2l">> III ali ',s', "a
>Orcr follows that tor tc cNi>eire ~ >lNeti ~ nat
District Congress and the people 81 the l. : 80 iIc.
Is responsible ami Ill any moment hcy can c9i>,!;""
ally abolish il.
) Resoired That il The awful name of the Goioi III.
lions and BY every consideration Of justice human!l i
religion we call upon Congress Immediately IL treai.
t.t,rrS and To undo the heavy burdens which thai Log
has made and 10 ct the oppressed 90 free, IN Tie ."'4
District: and 10 give cuunenance OF protection ,
slavery in any part Of he republic.
3 Rtsorcd That Il. refusal Of Congress - receive
the pett,ons Of the people in relation 10 tbs s-elt
,iona niquy and curse, act Of high han;rd u,"s
ua,;ou hagraniy unconstitutional, and not 10 II
dured by free people, audi II persisted III much long
er, must necessarily lead 10 The most drpotahe con
sequences.
uress of the resolutions oi the Legislatures 81 lcI.
mont and Massachusetts, relation 10 slavery ~ tic
District of Columbia, bold denial OF The sovereignty
of those States most alarming precedent IN The legs
ation of the country and PLAN demonstration Of tie
fact that Northern liberty IS bot Tue ioo'-oa!! Q! !c
savrioldng power.
!. R,solrTd, That the legislatures Of Vernon, ~
Massachusetts cannot tamely submit 10 such nds0
ti.s without great criminalty, and tie exhibition ~
cowady and ucnling spirit: and that b. :her alrr
the principles Of the Constitution, BY due e
gard 10 their character, and lie respect "hi'h
they entertain for their constituents, they &c
bound Ia enter Il solemn protest asainS, tins drsPoa
procedure and warn Congress /" pause before again
perprtra:ing IL in The manner aforesaid
g. Essoirtd, That the thanks oiihe friends o! liberty,
universally and especially in Massachusetts,, are due T.
john q Adams, tor his bold faithful anu 'naeialsA-
BILE advocacy Of the right Of petition under circcm.
stances Of great difficulty and peril and that The Se':r
tares of tins meeting requested 10 forward copy 81
this resolution Mr. Adams, IN The name Of tiiS ne
ing as slight token OF its high appreciation OF his con
duct in such emergency, anh oil s determination
sustain him IN every constitutional effort that II" M.
make in favor Of the rights Of man. irrespective o:rom
pie xional differences.
: R,solred, That when the Senators and RePresen-
ta,iycs Of this Common wealth, III Congress- hnd t".
selves deprived Of the liberty ospeech on It's floor ad
prohibited from defending the ght Of their constituents
to petition that body constitutional manner, iat
ou,rht nj once TO withdraw, and return TO their several
homes leaving the people OF Massachusetts 10 desm"
such ways and for redress OF their grievances
as they shall deem necessary.
: Rey0irfd, That the union OF Liberty ana slavery,
in one inst and equal compact is that winch 1t IS hot
IN the power Of God men TO achieve because Il "a
moral impos sibl;y much as the peaceful amnlga
nation Of fire and gunpowder; and, therefore, the Amr
rican Union is such only form, but not IN snbSshe-
"A hollow mockrry instead OF glorious reality
a. Rcsoircd That if the South be mady ben, upon
perpetuaiing her slave system, and thereby
destroying the liberty OF speech and OF the press anu
striking down the rights Of Northern citizens, the tim"
is rapidly approaching when the American mon Wi
be dissolved IN form as II Is now IN fact
10 Resoiced, That until Massachusetts ceases 70
give her countenancc aud support 10 the Southern slave
SYSTEM by allowing the slave hunter 10 seize his p'rs
on her soil, and BY conceding that 4 man may be =
thing an article OF merchandise she - to he regarded
recreant TO the cause OF freedom and humanity aud
her people organized tody of conspators ag'in.
the rights Of man.
II. Rcsoired That Massachusetts must wash her
hands of all partic patton III the cnslavement 81 ans
portion of the human race, this any other country
j.. Resoirsd, That the people Of this Communicate.
should flood both houses OF the State Legislature 81
It's next session, with petitions calling them 10 pass
declaratory Lave that slave breathe on Tie col
Of Massachusetts, aud that every bondman shall te
come free arriving within her jurisdiction
The adoption Of the above Resolutions moved
and advocated by Edmund Quincy, who was tollo"'"
by Col. J. 7. Miller, Of Vermont George BraGbnfu,
Of Nantucket, Frederick Douglas, fugitive s!1yr
James Cannings Fuller, Of Western New York, VIZ
Emmons, Wendell Phillips, Of Boston, and ChaFIss
Lenox Remond, of Salem, whose eloquent and thrill
ing speeches constantly interrupted by load an
enthusiastic bursts Of applause.
The resolutions adopted by an almost imam
nous vote, and in the most impressive manner
The Irish Address, signed by Daniel y Council, -
Their NlatEe ~ and sixty thousand other shmen 70 IT,
Irish residents in the United States calling upon them
unedly 10 espouse the Anti Slavery Cause and TO cea
iiiy the mselves with the American Abnonlsts, was
then read by the Chairman, and was received 10y Tie m
mensc assemLlage with cheers and loud acciana"h-
Of applause. large number OF the Irish Inhainanl'
Of Boston and vicinity present, who responded /"
the sentiments Of the Address, and 10 those when
were uttered by the various speakers, thu most ~
thusiastic manner.
Wendell Phillips offered the following rcsolu',"o,,
which he very eoguent'y advocated and which wfi-
adopted by reclamation:
Rrsoirsd, That we rejoice that the voice Of . COY
NELL, which now shakes the three Kingdoms, la
poured the waters thunder peal for he cause
Of Liberty in own land; and that Father Mathew,
having lifted, with hand, five millions oi his own
countrymen into moral life, has stretched forth The other
which may Heaven make equally poient-to smie ~
the letters Of the American slave.
RfSoired, That receive, with the deepest grataGc,
the names Of The sixty thousand rishmen, who - H.
tral-homr of their struggle for liberty, have notice
gotten the slave THIS side the water; that accept
with triumphant rxuaton, the Address they hsve io
watdcd to US and pledge ourselves ,hrcGsH
the length and breadth Of cur land, ill the pue oicrrs
man, and specially every man who claims IRISH parent
age, beats true TO the claims Of patriotism and run-
niiv.
The following resolution offered ~ GeoIe" 6:s.
burn, ana adopted with great enthusiasm:
Resoirsd, Thai this Meeting mos; cordially w,
Old Ireland success, III III her righteous c!lors - Z
deem the Emerald Isl" from every species Of Byi'is'
preston. and especially III tho grand movement: - ~
TEL OCoNNEI.L for the repeal Of The Fraudulent ~
Of Union between his country and England
On motion Of Edmund Quincy
Ioted, That the proceeding OF this ncciias e f.''i
ed, and signed ~ The oiiccr> -! lhi> meeting
pies transmitted 10 Daniel OCouGei. and The d, y
thew, and to our Senators and Representative, - -
greSS. with request thai ihcy H. laid lcio" 'i1i
also, that ihcy bepubshcd il The papef> o. this 1
Charles LcnoX Remond moved that The thank, Il
assembly he presented 10 he Mayor AMI Aldermen.
the of this Hall OH this orcaS;on. The motion
ADOPTED and ihe meeting was thrn disSolyed-at:cf
nine cheer, given III he ca'tsc 81 icl aai 'i.
cipaiion. ..,
Itisc>timarcd thainot les Than FOUR 1Ho'>tN
persons wcrc present the occa>ion
WM. LLOYD GARRI>ON ="
WN. Bsssa1T
c. l.. REMoxD Secretaries.
". W. WILLIAMS \