The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-02-22

ADMINISTRATION MEETING.

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three appointed to draft Address to the Peo-
pie OF Franklin County.
| "hereupon, the Chair appointed Messrs' iho"tP-
son, OF Columbus Topping, Of Sharon Township, and
Beers, OF Clinton Township, said committee.
In the absence of the committee, NJ j. Gilbert
Esq, offered the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted
American citizen, to advocate right and rebuke
wrong, come from what source it may.
| That, in pursuance of the above principle
sustain the present Administration, because be-
lisve,
First. That under a republican government, ma
Jority ought to rule.
Secondly. That majority of the people Of the
United States opposed to the measures OF the Ill
ira Wings one hand, and to the destructive mea-
of the Locofocos the other, and in favor of
the existing Administration and its conservative mea-
sures.
Thirdly. That the fiscal scheme proposed by the
present Administration if carried out in the spirit in
which 1t was conceived and submitted to Congress-
will, so far constitutionally be effected, rene
dy the existing embarrassments OF the country and
etectuay prevent recurrence of these difcu tiles
In time to come. Therefore,
Resolved, That we cordially invite all good citizens
with whom the interests OF party are not paramount
to that of country, to enroll themselves under the
conservative Republican banner, which we have
heretofore unfurled with the motto, g Our country
first last and always"
The committee, having returned, reported the fol-
lowing
ADDRESS
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Again, fellow citizens, we address you-again
make solemn appeal-again invoke the patr-
oiic fire that burns in every beating bosom-every
feeling which animates the freeman-that inspires
true love OF country, to MARK WELL the actual condl-
ton of things around us. The times are filled with
ill., bodng omens. 1t is difficult task to ioreteil
our unhappy fate, unless aroused to activity and ex
ertion.
Can we fold our arms in security VIII lie desoIaion
and ruin threaten upon every slde} Where
We and on what great principle do rest our hopes
In what contending, and what the pros
pect before us? Our struggle friends and fellow
countrymen, will prove fruiless conflict, idle
waste of words and exertion without an immediate,
thorough, ehectual organization. The real friends
of the country, Irrespective of party cIeeds,
should rally together IT'S time to act, and that
lutely and efficiently. Look abroad and see the wide
spread havoc which party tactics, and party egsla-
ton, have spread over the land. On the one hand,
we behold the Radical Locofoco leading his troops
to unconditional prustration Of all the great
of public and private wealth and trade and on the
other Ultra Wings bound and teuered TO the Car of
that rotten exploded, dshonored and fallen HOBBY
the Bank of the United States-warring with the
desperation OF maumen the mastery. here Is tne
issue. No words need be employed to enforce it upon
the minds Of the people. IT ALREADY THERE. All
understand it, Each of these contending parties
upln ertremes. One cries, down with all the Banks
down with every thing but hard m,oney-while the
other is found weeping the ruins of the old
" Lepiathan" and plotting and planning to give 1t a
speedy resurrection. In the midst of this fight the
ler of the soil the honest follower of the plough, is
crying in the deep anguish of the tabled story of
the boys and the frogs, ohe it may be sport to you
il is death to u.s."
And shall these things longer continued When we
look the PROSTATE hopes of the plough fed-when
the scanty pittance of honest industry, the
Plvp aud support or tne uay Iaoorer, wasting upon
his hands-whcn we behold the deep gloom that set
ties upon his brow and the yet Borrowing agony
of his domestic freside-who will not feel and know,
that the wild spirit of pary-that the recklessness OF
political leaders, in their infinite scramble for party
ascendancy and power-that the raging conflict to
build the broken fortunes of some Presidential asp-
rant is dealing out certain, inevitable, irerievable
destruction to the best hopes Of the abo,ing people,
What is doing in Congress to relieve the country
from oppression' What is the conduct of your law
givers here at homer You will need no prompter to
tell you that step has yet been taken to better the
times, or to aay the distresses of the people. Look
into the Legislative Halls of Ohio-see there the ell
ements of nfuriate party strife, daily and almost
hourly, enkinded into flame that would put to blush
the mad orgies Of the mountain BRIGAND over their
plumber and their prey. Broils squabbles, threats
and encounters, have become the familiar greetings
of the belgents in that house of laws and legislation
How sad the retrospect--and is there remedy for
this melancholy condition of things Is all hope for
ever LOST Must the people yet suffer on' Shall no
effort be put forth-no strong of power be exert
ed, to raise hopes-to inspire new energy-to
animate the sumbering spirit of suffering freemen =
Has party corruption successfully and efectualy
closed all the avenues of relief, and scared and
blunted forever all the rational feelings of the peoples
Representatives, Are our suferngs beyond re-
lrac MInct fba eChe If nartIco isrule
still continue their rumphs the popular ndgna-
ton OF the country No. tellow-countrymen we adj
nit no such hopeless condition The sovereign
dy is in the body of the people. Party schemers and
wrangling President makers must bow to their will
Abuses must be corrected. Imposition can no longer
be tolerated lis time to arouse from slumber. Let
u.s. friends and feowctzens awake 10 real situa-
ton-et strike for country and for lis prospe-
rity. We have the power OF redress, and let II be
speedily put forth. Let eternal vigilance be watch
word-let union and harmony be our monitor-let us
come together and commune, often, freely, and frank
~ with each other, trusting to none but The honest
I'd the faithful and looking alone for reward to
The coming happiness and prosperity OF our beloved
and suffering country.
The address having been read
The chairman, Esq Saunders called General
Reynolds, of Truro township temporarily the
ckar and in an animated and patriotic speech of ht-
teen or twenty MIMI es, enforced and sustained the
address to the people of Franklin county.
The meeting also address ed during its proceed
ings by several other gentlemen
On the motion of Dr. R. Thompson, the following
resolution was adopted
Resolred That those politicians who require Mr..
Tyler to declare that he will not be candidate for
second term condition prec, dent giving his
Administration their support plainly proclaim their
indifference to the good of the country unless it
be promoted in conformity with their peculiar In
,crcstcd views.
That the selection of the next President belongs to
the independent people of lS44, and any attempt to
interfere wife their choice is mpolItic and improper
Dr. l.. J. MGer then offered the following, which
also unanimously adopted
Resolred That Governor Porter, of Pennsylvania