Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-05-09
RESOLUTIONS, ''..'
If the lemncratie Sfafn rnnrnntion

| WHEREAS, il is alike the privilege and
duty offreemen. when lawfully assembled,
| to give to all those subjects which materi.
ally concern their safety or happiness.
whether of state, national or individual
character, free, full and impartial inves.
tigation and whereas, upon the issue of
the presidential struggle, and in connec.
ton Herewith of our state campaign, are
pending interests of no ordinary magni.
tude and importance-interests which
deeply concern and ought thoroughly to
arouse every American citize !; and con.
WINGED as we are from candid and i'm.
partial survey Of the history of our govern.
ment, that our best and only assurance of
a wholesome administration Of public af.
fairs. and Of permanent national and indi.
vidual prosperity, is based upon The ascen.
dency ofdemocratic principles therefore,
Resolved, that we urge upon all who
revere the name and profess the principles
of the democratic party discarding all
minor, sectional or personal differences,
earnestly or vigorously to combine their
efforts in the support of the cause aud the
candidates, recommended by this conven-
ton; that while we pledge our best per-
sonal endeavors to the more perfect or.
ganiZation of the democratic party, We
respectfully exhort our friends throughout
the state and nation TO the same zeal and
diligence, that we may march together
as one man, to a glorious triumph, under
the broad banner of democracy, bearing
the noble inscription. "Unioa, harmony.
concession-everything for the cause
nothing for men,"
Resolved, that our confidence in the
present democratic administration of the
general government is undated that the
President ofthe United States, meeting as
he has from the very outset of his eventful
administration up to the present moment
the most malign and bitter opposition from
! that party which in the language of John
Quincy Adams, "has no cement of union,
except hatred to better men than them
Selves" that has been known since the
the first term of President Jefferson-has
nevertheless exhibited devotion to re
publican principles. love Of country.
trankness, talent and statesmanlike indie.
pendence that have gained for him the Sc.
cret respect of his enemies, and entitle him
TO the gratitude and confidence of the A.
merican people.
Resolved, that the signal ability, integ.
rity and firmness evinced by the several
heads Of the departments at Washington
in the discharge of their peculiarly ardu-
Gus and responsible trusts. entitle and
will secure to them the enthusiastic graft
tu1e of the democratic party and the ma
ton at large.
Resolved, that we recur with pride and
pleasure to the honorable position obtain.
ed for themselves and their state by our
Senators in Congress. and the majority of
our delegation in the House Of Represen.
natives; and we hereby tender them our
cordial thanks for their efficient end Wig
orOus support of measures demanded by
the exigencies and conducive 10 the well
fare of their state and country, and their
unfinching adherence to the well-known
doctrines of the democratic party n
Resolved, that the independent treasu-
~ which was originally founded by Wash
ington; which Martin Van Buren, so ear.
nestly and self'sacriicing ely labored to re-
establish, and which was tinallyre adopted
by the present administration-surpa
the expectations Of its most sanguine de-
| tenders. While il secures to the people
constitutional and reliable currency in
all their transactions with the government
preserves the public funds fro n the use
! of gamblers end spectators and the de.
f predations of defaulters-is has a most
sanitary effect in correcting the evils with
which over banking and over-trading have
afflicted the country. We believe that The
democracy throughout the Union will
struggle manfully before they will see this
great republican measure sacrificed to a
mammoth monied ollgarchy. #.t -.
Resolved. that we hail with triumph
the glorious success of the Tariff of '46, 4"
whieh success has established beyond cav
:, il the soundness of the democratic policy
and silenced effectually the vain croakings
and scattered to the winds the false ard
fearful predictions, of these panic struck
wing prophets, who without faith in the
efficacy of the laws oftrade, or the ability
of the people to take care Of themselves
have always looked to a high tariff as the
only specific which would preserve the
vigor and keep the body polite in health.
full state. ........
: Resolved, that we here renewedly de-
4 clare our hostility to United States Bank,
2 and all kindred institutions. whether Of a
D state OF national character. authorized
e by either general or speciallaws. Their
e history since the organization Of our gov
e eminent has been,little else than tale of
knavery and treaohery-of wild and be.
bewildering expansions followed by ruin.
Gus coutractions and disastrous failures