The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-11


|dentsana eight Ssttetaryss s.
The President gave an exoslleaA addtsss,
rsplete with patriotic sentiments and stir
|irg appeals which was listened 10 with pro-
fooEd attention, and frequently applauded
with enthusiasm.
Letters from Hon. Daniel Webster and
Hon. D. s. Dickinson, were read. Y
The following sound resolutions were
then read and unanimously adopted:
/. Resolped, That we revere the wisdom
and patriotism Of our ancestors which franz
| ed the Union OF the States under the .feder-
Ial constitution; that we attribute our pow
ler, dignity and prosperity as nation, the
| full possession and enjoyment Of ciyis aud
religious liberty, the security of property,
and the means Of moral and intellectual ell
ovation which are the birlhright Of every
citizen, and all the magnificent results Of
or growth as people, TO the Union under
the Constitution; that the maintenance and
extension Of these great blessings during the
present generation, and :heir transmissionto to
posterity, are secured only BY a faithful ad-
herence to the Union, and implicit obedi.
ence to :he constitution.
/ 2. Re8olped, That the fabric of the Gen.
eral Government was the product Of recip-
rocal concession among the conflicting IN
terests of different sections OF the county;
Of mutual respect for the eiyersities Of opin-
ion which prevailed among citizens; and Of
sincere affection, begotten by their common
origin and The common perils, tolls and
sacrifices through which their common lib
critics had been won and that the General
Goyernment can be sustained and perpetu-
ated only upon the same basis of conces-
sion, respect and affection. Tfas
| 8. Re8oLpcd, That we cordially approved
Of the recent measures of Congress for the
adjustment of all the dangerous questions
arising out of the acquisition oftenitory un-
der the treaty with Mexico, and that in con-
sidemtion Of the various and discordant in
terests to be affected thereby, we hold that
the compromise is a fair one, and ought to
be sustained BY every patriot in every part
Of the land. r.-4.ot ar .ftf.f
4. Rcsolped, That the heartfelt thanks Of
this community, and of the whole nation
are due, and on our part are hereby rendered
to those eminent statesmen and patriots,
Clay, Cass, Webster, Fillmore, Dickinson,
Foote, Houston and others, who, when they
saw the Union in danger, threw themselves
into the breach, disregarding all personal
consequences, forgetting all party predilec-
tions, and willing to be sacrificed, if need
be, for the good Of the country. Rcsolpeds q
That by this patriotic devotion to their
country's good, on crisis so momentous,
they have achieved for themselves immortal
honor, and for the Union, we trust, an i'm
perishable existence,
5. Rcsolped, That those members Of
Congress from this State, who, against influ-
ences the most unfavorable TO the existence
of sound judgment, sustained the peace
measures by their votes, have conferred a.
lasting Obligation upon their constituents,
and upon the whole country. a
6. Rcsolued, That while we do not i'm
peach the motives Of the members who OPP
posed during their passage through Congress,
those measures, in our opinion SO indispen-
SADLY necessary to the peace Of the country,
we do especially condemn the conduct Of
those, who, after the happy settlement of
the dangerous questions by the passage of
the com mpromise bills, and while all were
congmtulating themselves and each othei
that the era Of good feeling had returned,
have sought, by again agitating the subject,
10 throw new fire. brands Of mischief into
Congress and the country.
Z. Resolued, That the fugitive slave bill
is in accordance with the express stipula-
tions Of the Constitution. OF the United
States, as carried out by the act Of Congress
of 1913, signed by Washington, and in force
at the time the present law was passed;
and that Congress, in passing law which
should be efficient for carrying out the stipu-
lations Of the constitution, acted in full ac-
cordance with the letter and spirit Of that
instrument, and that we will sustain this
law, and the execution Of the same, BY all
lawful means.
8. RcSolpcd, That, in the opinion Of this
meeting, further agitation of the slavery
question in Congress would be fraught with
incalculable danger to our Union, and that
we will support no candidate al the ensuing
or any other election for State officers or for
members of Congress or the Legislature,
who is known or believed to be hostile to
the peace measures recently adopted by
Congress, or any Of them, or in favor Of re-
opening the questions involved in them for
renewed agitation.
8. Rc8olued, That we regard our obliga-
tions to the constitution and the Union as
superior to the ties of any of the political
parties to which we may have hitherto be-
longed, and that on all future occasions, we
will range ourselves under the banner Of
that party, whose principles and practices
are most calculated to uphold the constisu-
ton and to perpeluate our glorious Union.
The meeting was addressed by several
other speakers, and Union Safety Com
mittes appointed consisting Of so members.
We bail this thunder-toned voice from
the commercial heart Of our country, as the
harbinger of peace and safety to the Union,
and trust twill be responded to by the patri-
otic and sober minded throughout the land.
We have faith to believe it will be. We
do not suffer ourselves, for a moment, to-
doubt that the great peace measures Of the
last session Of Congress will be sustained by
the great mass Of American citizens. The
ultra opinions Of the north and south we
hold to be absolutely irreconcilable. The
snimosity engendered by these adverse opin-
ions, like that in hundred other instances,
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