Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1848-09-28
DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION.

The Democratic Association Of the Third
Election District of Charles County, held
August 12lh, 1S4S. The meeting being
called 10 order, RICHARD T. TUBMAN, Esq,
was appointed President, NATHANIEL HAL
LEY, Esq, Vice President, and THOMAS
HARRIS, Secretary.
On motion off. ]. BRUMMETT. Esq, the
Chair appointed Committee Of three to
draft resolutions for the meeting. Where
npon JAMES HARRIS, F. ]. BRuMMETT, and
IlEzEKiAH T. DEMENT,, Esqrs., were ap-
pointed said Committee.
The following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted by the meeting
To the People Of Charles County, Mary
land: The occasion which calls together
this assemblage Of the Democracy of Charles
County is to ra,ify the nomination of Gen.
LEWIS CAss, of Michigan, as the candidate
for the Presidency, and Col. WILLIAM o.
BUTLER, Of Kentucky, as the candidate for
the Vice Presidency, which nomination was
made by the National Democratic Conven-
.ion in the month of May last, in the city
of Baltimore. There is nothing remarkable
in our preference for man who possesses
in peculiar manner the hearts of the A.
merican people, whose love and admiration
he has won, not more by his glorious deeds
in the last war with England, being among
the first who invaded British shore, but
unfortunately under Gen. Hull, who so un-
expec,edly surrendered his forces, that the
brave Cass, sooner than deliver his sword,
broke it and threw it to the ground.
And we admire him for his wisdom, mo-
des.y, and moderation of his character as a
man; by all his inaexible integrity, the pu-
ri.y of his patriotic and invariable obedience
to the laws while in the council of the T.
nted States. large majority of our fel-
low-ci,izens would probably agree that a
better President, or one more suited to the
times, could not be selected within the limits
Of the Union.
The only remarkable thing that charac-
terizes this movement of ours, consists, we
may presume, in this, viz That we have
met together in our representative capacity
as citizens in the exercise of our rights as
citizens, and being of the opinion ahat Gen.
CAss is the only man before the people that
through which our institutions may have to
pass in the course of approaching events,
we unite on him as our great leader of De-
mocratic principles, and we invite our coun-
trymen who may, upon reflection, adop! the
same views, to act in conf junction with us.
r We believe that the time has come when
the existing Wing party no longer represent
actual issues. having politically buried their
great embodiment. All their principles of
a national character, like that of a United
States Bank, have become obsolete IDEAS
The reason for this belief is lwofod-frst,
because the Wing Convention, which was
held in The month of June last, never said
one word about any principles Of nation
al character, which appears to us an aban-
tionment Of al! their former professions
Secondly, because all the old questions a.
issue have become extact, either BY the
change nf circhmstances or by reason Of re-
peated decisions at the hands Of The people;
and we are satisfied that the Whig Conven-
ton dominated General Taylor as their lea
der on account of his supposed availability.
thereby expecting to defeat, the Democratic
ticket. These serious considerations de-
mand. al this time the attention of the entire
Democratic party throughout the Union.
|. Resolued, That we will support Gen.
LEWIS CAss, of The State of Michigan, as
the candidate for the Presidency, and do
hereby pledge ourselves to use all honorable
means sosecure his election. s-s