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FEBRUARY 81, lS4S.

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FEBRUARY 81, IS4s.
Mr. MURRAY- -
Dear SIR: The following Resolution
were adopted 1t q, meeting CT .as Town
ship Committee Of Calumet, eeuyesed o:
the 29th nlt., and according to a resolutions
of said meeting, ! herewith send you a cop,
for publication. ""s "a"
-. 99,Pr HENDERSON. sse'y.
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l. ResOIved, That the ADMINISTRATION d
Jsmes K. Polk is entstl-d to Vie decided
appreciation Of the COUNTRY. The abandon.
nent of the unequal and unjust tariff poll
Icy of 1912, and the. adoption in its stead Of
the present fair sdvalorem rate Of duty, by
which the prosperity Of our own country
is, evidently enhanced, and another advance
made towards the entire abolition of ell re-
Istrictions IN trade by the Nations of the
world, the establishment Of the Iadepemd-
ent Treasury and the separation of our
Government entirely from the dangsron,
operation Of Banks, are measures worthy
of the approval of n enlightened people,
and which are destined TO- constitute eras
of iinportance'in oul. National history.
2. ResIhed, That We are in favor Of the
improventint@ Of 'spn.cchhi halrbors, lakes and
rivers within our limits, as will affect, in
some degree, the people Of the whole I'm
|ion' or confer some great and general ad-
vantage to the commerce Of PUT country a.
large. But that we consider al unqualified
'power.in CongressIto sguaader the ',eve-
nues of the Government, upon objects des-
National Importance, a, unwsr-
Iranted BY the language or meaning Of the
Constitution, an unjust tax upon one por-
our people for the benefit Of snosh-
'er, and sure in the end to bankrupt the Ma
ton.
8. Pes,hrsa, That war is, at all times, a
great National calamity, and should be al
ways avoided by the people Of America,
50 long as it can be done with the preserva-
ton Of their interest, their rights and hon
or. That from stern necessity we have
been compelled to wage three great wars,
one for liberty and independence against a
Toe who was endeavoring to bind us forev.
er in the letters Of oppression and slavery;
the second, in the language of Mr.. Clay,
war Of National defence, required.
for the 'vindication of National rights and
honoI;nf. the. tlrird 10 drive back a reckless
who had imprisoned our citizens,
plundered our commerce., violated solemn
treaties, disregarded plighted faith and
entered our territory and crimsoned
our soil with the blood Of our citizens. If
the heroes of independence had listened to-
the cry of opposition and been deferred
rom resolute actpn by ba Sc Denim
America would now be, grooming
colonial tyranny; if The brave spirits
Of 1912 had shruRk back appalled, by the
rage Of faction and obeyad the mandates
Of Hartford Cqnvsntiopists, still cur free
dom would have been q raiD and idle boast
and NOW if the patriots, of the country do
not again come up to the help of their Gov
eminent and fearlcssly discharge their duty,
the violence Of base partizan zeal will not
only infict upon US, lasting injury, but al
stain Of National disgrace and humiliation.
"A. ResOired, That we sincerely depre-I
cate the i~nprudept and .qnpssriotic course
pursued by a great. party, in our country,
in their reckless attampts to clog the exer-t
of our GoretnmeAt in the prosecution!
Of the present war. We beiieve'it a war
Of self defence, forced on us by the wick
ed i~nfatuation. of the Mexican Natiop.-l
Texas was, free and Independents, and its
incorporation into, .pur Union of States,
i'was no just cause of complaint on the
part of Mexico" We further contend
that history and undeniable facts will prove
to every mind, unstained by, base po,iticsl
and unperverted by instructive
hate of country, that the only alternative
to this war, was a tacit submission to insult