The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-07
THE MEETING IN RICHMOND.

The last Enquirer contains the Preamble and
Resolutions adopted by the Republicans OF
Richmond at public meeting on Saturday last.
The Preamble is lengthy, but there is stream
| OF patriotic fire running through every line OF II
it is true declaration of Democratic Repub-
llcan principles, which we are proud TO concur
inland we shall embrace the first opportunity
to lay il before our readers.
The meeting was organised by Thomas
Richie, Esq, editor Of the Enquirer, Mr.. VIM.
ID. Wren was called 10 the Chair. and the fol-
lowing gentlemen composed the committee that
reported the Preamble and Resolulions
Robert G. Scott, Thomas Richie, George w. Mum
ford, Thomas Il. Giles Philip Mayo, Samuel D. De-
noon, William F. Watson, William Wallace, James
Bosher Charles Ellis, John B. Young, Robert q.
Scott, Jr., and Daniel Trueheart.
We append the Resolutions
With these views and principles, we reiterae the
sentiments expressed in report made to our fellow
citizens and unanimously adopted in $780, and in the
words which they appropriated, we Resolpe,
" That the greatest degree of happiness is commu-
nlcated to the greatest extent of population, by grow
ing what the territory of country grow most
ny Receiving from countries, WHat
| it cannot produce but at too great an expense.
ResoIped, That to interfere with any of the differ
ent branches of human industry by protecting one
more at the expense of the rest, will be productive of
evil and that such interference the part of Re-
| publican Government Ike ours, which guarantees to
every man the liberty of pursuing such occupation
to him may BEST provided he does no injury to
the rights of others, must be fraught with manifest in
| justice"
Resolped, That we discountenance any violation Of
III n
sure restoring peace and harmony To the country
because one party having regiously observed its pro-
visions, honesty and good faith require that they
should be observed by the other party because to dis
lurb this act would be o disturb the Treaty of Peace
and Amity," and endanger the Union.
| Resoued, That the cordial thanks of this meeting
are due to John Tyler the Chief Magistrate of the u
s., for the irmness manifested in his late Veto Mes
sage in adhefng to the spirit and principles of the
Compromise act of 1888, and in arrestng the Distr
button oflhe proceeds the Public Lands so long
he considers them to be- wanting to keep down the
duties and to follow out the design of the Compro-
| mise act.
solped That the proceeds of the sales of the pub
lie lands ought not to be distributed to the State Go
vernments, but should remain in the Treasury of the
nation, to aid in supplying its wants and to preserve
the credit and the faith of the Government without
resorting to loans and heavy taxes augmenting the
field of obbing, specializing, and plundering and OPP
pressing the people.
Resolved That the tendency of the Protective sys-
tenn is to produce the desire to drain the Treasury
that necessity may be created for increased duties
that this must inevitably lead to squanderng the pub
lie money, to unlimited encroachments upon the Con-
stitution to find the for induging this extrava
gance to assumption of the debts of the States,
and finally to the assumption of every other power
violating the maxim that every power not granted
retained;' - ga maxim, on the truth and sacred
ness of which the Federal Government depended for
its adoption in this Commonwealth
| On motion of Mr. Robert G.. Scott the following
resolution, amended motion of Mr.. Denoon, was
adopted:
Resolred, That copy of the preamble and resolu-
tions adopted by this meeting Be transmitted by the
Chairman and Secretary to William c. Rives, one of
our Senators in Congress- and to John w. Jones, of
the House of Representatives, with request that
the same may be presented to the Senate and House
| of Representatives Of the United States.
On request, Mr.. Robert G. Scott addressed the
meeting on the subject before them.
| On MIR Denoon's motion, thanks were given to the
Chairman and Secretary; and on MIR. Giles motion,
the papers generally requested to publish these
proceedings.
And then the meeting adjourned
| VIM. d. WREN, Chairman.
THOMAS Fl. ELLIS, Secretary.