Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-01

forth, on the part OF "a few OF the DCmocTulic
e itors IN this STATE 20 misreprcs.nt the con.
dltlOn aud circumstances ot those employed in
the manufacturing tablishmcutsa and michin,
shops of New En-lGnl; to iClsiiy and blachen
their character and that OF ihcir EMPLOYERS; 10
brand the first a. slaves ant TO stNm1tile the
last as "tyrants. "~tasi-mlsters, and .'slayc
drivers. AMI to hold up The system which I'M
ties both III a relation mutually advantageous
as asystem oi grinding oppression; soul and
body destroying un the onc part. aud OF abicct
sordid. vcual vcssalage on the other. without
a parallel even in that peculiarin>titution. ne
gro slavery, and worse in kindanid degree than
KusSian scridom; anil
Whereas these attacks. harmless hCrr, as
well from their gllTiug ana utterly absurl
falsehood as from tha character and object of
their authors, have vet found admission into
journals of standing abroad; have been copied
an thereby TO some extent endorsed. as en-
boiying truth fit Tor ,he consideration of those
high in authority. aud have been circulated as
aiiording ground Tor charges against the manu-
iIcturlng system as understood and practised
RI New England. Therefore
Rosolred, That we most solcmnly protest,
ia the sight of heaven and earth. against the
putting any ia!th in the representations. above
alluded 20. We protest that they are false in
- ~ ~ lhA NANA AiiAN AiANii dEllfAuAO
i, a most vile calumny. We protest that they
have not even the .scmblance of truth. that
they are on their very face wickedly libcllous.
We protest that the man who wrote down
such charges knew most fully III he knew any
thing about ~ that he was guilty of deliberate
and wiltul falschood. We b 'iave his consci-
ence bore him witness that ever charge was
a most base and deliberate lie. set down in
malice, or from cool calculation of profit. We
protest that in no possible sense oi the word
is slavery or servitude our condition, nor can
any circumstances of life be described more
remote than ours from deserving that descrip-
ton. We protest that we are morally, religi-
ously. politically, physically iree-as free as
walks man or woman on the wide earth. We
know no restraints but our own wills and the
laws which bind all.
ResolVsd. That the denial contained in the
foregoing resolutions is vouchsafed to the res
probability OF the Cndorsers or copiers of the
~caliunnics, and Is by no means To- be taken as
given because of the original publication.
The meeting was addressed at length in dc
fence of the resolutions h. Messr5. Means,
Merrill, Smith Abram Brigham, Kelly, Sage,
Frederick, andGeo. Il. Wallace. There were
unanimously adopted.
On motion, Voted, that the proceedings OF
this meeting be signed by the officers and pre-.
s'nted TO The editors OF the following Journal,
with a request that they will give them an in.
sertion in their columns, viz: The American
at Manchester; the Statesman Hills Patriot
and the NV Hampshire Patriot at Concord,
the Courier at Lowell; the Atlas and Courier
at Boston; the Trisune al Nv York; the I'm.
ION and INT lhscncor al Washington; aud the
Wing at Richmond.
Voted, That this meeting do now adjourn
Siae die.
EZEKIEL BLAKE. Chairman.
CHARLES French. S,crtu,rv