Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-20
Great Repeal Meeting, for Racine Co,
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AT IA meeting of the friends of Repeal.
held in the City Hall in this village. on the
evening OF Friday the 9Th INST. tor the pIl-
pose of organizing Repeal Association.
Col. NJ. FRANK was called TO the Chair
'. FRENcH, Esq appointed Secretary, and
&. l.. Sholes, l.. p. Harvey and John b.
JilIson, Esqulrcs, appointed Assistant Secre-
taries. The meeting was numerouslv at
tended, the Hall being filled with enthusi
astic friends of Repeal. The Hall was ap
proprialely decorated with cmblcms of Irish
and American history. On the right of the
chair was suspended the Repeal Flag, rep
rcscnting golden Harp supported by the
American Eagle, entwined in wreaths of
Shamrock; on the Repeal fig were insert
bed the appropriate mottos Repeal Erin
Go Bragh,' 'Where liberty dwclls there is INV
county On the left was a beautiful trans
parent representation of Daniel O'Connell.
with view of Dcrrynane Abbey in the back
ground, and on either side the Harp, the
lone Star, and the wreaths of S!amrocs.--
Immediately behind the chair, were the por-
tIaiis of Washington and jackson
The objects Of the meeting having been
stated, an opportunity was given for all
those friendly to the cause of Repeal, TO
registe their names. A large number
gave in their names accordingly.
On motion, a committee was appointed
for the purpose of drafting a Constitution
for the Repeal Association, consisting of
the following gentlemen: M. Frank, L. p.
Harvey, K. II. Deming, Daniel Harkin.
J. P. B. MacCabe, Esquires.
On motion, the meeting proceeded tc
the election of officers for the Repeal As
soc:ation for the ensuing year: whereupon
the following officers were elected:
HON. NJ. FRANK. PRESIDENT.
r. II. DEMlNc, Esq,
ID. HARkIN, Esq, Y. Presidents.
/ Mr.. B. M'LAuGHLIN.
V. French, Esq. Secretary.
]. P. B. MAcCABE, Esq, Correspondence
Secretary.
Mr.. II. DUFF, Treasurer.
The meeting was bly, and eloqucntly
addressed by J. p. B. MacCabe, f. W.
Evans, r. II. Deming, and J. B. JIlson,
Esqurcs.
The following resolutions were intro
duced and adopted:
WHEREAS, the Repeal of the Union be-
tween England and Ireland, is an event
which millions of our fellow-beings ardent
| ly desile and for the contamination of
which, every friend of human liberty can but
send forth the warmest and most cnthusas-
tic aspirations: therefore
/ Resolved, That We, as American ctl~
zens both native and adopted, believing the
causes which he'd the patriots of the AmerI-
can Revolution TO resist the oppression OF
England, were jnstifable; also believe that
the Repeal movement by the friends OF LID
erty in Ireland, is justified by causes len
fold more aggravated, and that the happiness
and welfare Of the people of Ireland depends
upon the dissolution of the bonds which hoo
them uader British dominion.
Resolved, That we regard the struggle now
aona on in Ireland for the restoration Oh those
rights and privileges which have oceh "feS-
ted from the people, with anxious solicl'ude'
and that the cause of the oppressed in Ire
land calls for the generous aid and sympa-
,bv Of every friend TO human freedom.
I Resolved, That We believe in the doc
Urine set forth in the Declaration OF the
American Independence, that God has Gre
ated all men equal, and endowed them "l'h