The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-26
COEYMAN'S MASS MEETING.

AT Mass Meeting held at the house Of WIN. o
Lawton in the village Of Coeymans on the 10Th inst
composed of delegations from Coeymans, New Bal
timore, Bethlehem, Castleton and Schodack-Barent
Null. Esq unanimously appointed Chairman
Daniel Carhart, Henry b. Wadron, and Dwight
Bachelor Of Coeymsns, Michael Niver of Bethle
hem, and Peter Ten Eyck OF Schodack, assistants
and Fletcher Blasdell and Robert keefer, Score
taries.
After the meeting was thus organized, Mr. +. III.
Foster, of Rensselaerye, called upon, and ably
eloquenty and impressiyey addressed the meeting in
an animated speech, ecitng frequent applause. The
committee on resolutions, Andrew Van Antwerp
Henry Niles, Isaac Ten Eyck, James Trcgo, and
VIM. Weed reported the following;
Resolred, That we cordially approve Of the nomi-
nation Of James X. Polk for President, and George
M. Dallas for Vice President, and Individually and
collectively pledge 10 them firm, united, and Wig
orous support.
Resoired, That Silss Wright, for his fearless and
open defence Of equal rights and equal legislation IN
our national councils, while opposing the chatter
of the u. S. Bank the Distribution OF the Public
Land- the Assumption Of State Debts, Internal I'm .
provements for special and local objects and high
and onerous Tariff, to benefit the lew and plunder
the many, las, In the Language Of that Jc6ersonan
democrat, Thomas III. Benton, of Missouri, Justly
won the title "ihe Cato Of America - and that his
firm and unyieldng adherence TO the democratic pol
icy OF this State IN the Senate and Comptroller--
his uniform hostility to a State debt, beral Dol.
icy OF education and uniform opposition 10 the es-
Enlistment Of banks upon any other than sound
specie paying basis-mers for him the support OF
every well wisher of the Empire State.
Resolved That we regard that territory known as
Oregon, as ours, and that, in conjunction with
Texas, IL WILL in the language Of the immortal
Jackson, form strong iron hoop around our
Union, and bulwark against all foreign invasion or
aggression"
Resolved, That personally We have no objections
TO the annexation Of Texas provided II can be sc-
complished without dshonor and without war;
That while we admit to be anti Christian, i'm
moral anti-dcmocratic and unworthy people whose
reliance is on the ballot boxes, disclam all par
ticlpaton in that pretended dread Of with which
our opponents conceal their foreign sympsthies,
feeling which they have illustrated by burning blue.
lights on our coast TO invite foreign foe into our
harbors and by the reasonable designs Of the Hart
ford Convention. That we confess sympathy with
The oppressed Of all lands-the heroic sufferers for
Lber,y in Greece the martyred soldiers OF freedom
in Poland the down-trodden patriots OF Ireland and
that our hearts expand not less towards republic
can brethren Of Texas the "bone Of our bone the
flesh Of our flesh" the kindred Of q common blood
and common institutions. That we cannot cons,irr
the extension Of our FederatIye system eoun-
try in which slavery is recognised institution az
an extension Of the institution so long as il will ex-