The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-11-28
Resohed, Thal the writ Of Habeas Corpus

| Resolved, That the writ of Habeas Corpus
that safeguard ofpersonal libery--has not,
nor was it intended to have any bearing
u[on legal arrest or confinement, and that
its privileges, unaffected by this Act, remain
alike TO all, bound or free, black or white
RESOLVED, That in the provision made by
this act for the summary trial of the question
of the identity of the Slave, we see nothing
in conflict with the right of trial BY Jury
that we look upon that right as the great
bulwark of Liberty, indefeasible in its nature,
and to be claimed at the proper place and time
as the birhright of every American, of
whatever creed or color.
Resolved, That only genuine liberty is
found in obedience TO righteous law, and we
hold the man who abets or encourages resist.
ance to law, traitor TO his country and an
enemy TO mankind.
| Resolved, That the President Of the United
States, by his promptness and decision in
carrying out the provisions and maintaining
the Supren acy of Law, merits the applause,
and will receive the support of his country
men, in the greeting, "Wel done, good and
faithful Servantw
Resolved, That the noble stand taken in the
late struggle between the spirit of Anarchy
and the spirit of Constitional Freedom by
Messrs. Cass, Clay, Webster, Dickinson,
Foo,e, Douglass, Cooper, and their noble
coadjuators upon the floor Of Congress, elicis
our warmest admralion-that we hail them
as living evidences of the devotion and hero
ism OF '76, and our present aspirations are
that they ever may be brethren, separated by
no dark Gulf of division, bu, interpreting the
laws of a common country, shielded by the
folds of the same glorious flag,
Reso'ved, That we wish neither lot nor
part with men who ir pursuit of their own
dogmas, hesitate not to malign the memory
of Washington, and defle the graves of his
compatriots-ihat we hold these to be the
legitimate fruits of Aboliuonism, and we
will Judge The tree by its fruits.
Resolrcd, That we know nothing of any
"higher la'v," paramount to the Constitution
of the United States, (save the law of God
which has no collision with that Constii tiiution)
that we look upon that instrument as the
greatest achievement of human intellect
combining all that wisdom could invent, or
the experience of ages elicit, and holding
out the only sure hope of man amidst the
dark waves of Legitimacy-by it we have
lived, and by il we wish 10 die, and we feel
assured that this "Dagon-twice fallen,
which the Phistines would again set up,
will be broken by The breath of the Amer-
can people.
After the adoption of the above resolu-
tons, the following letter was read
| GENTLEMEN 1T is with me subject of
unieigned regret that my engagements COM
pei me 10 be absent on the occasion of your
proposed meeting. feel faitered by your
! polite invitation 10 JOIN and assist in in your
proposed patriotic de monstration. Be assur-
ed my young friends that the times, the cir.
cumsiances, and the threatning auspices that
impend over our glorious Union, demand the
most disinterested devotion and the most
generous sacrifices on the altar of your coun-
try. Ii is high time when the cradle of lib.
euy becomes the nesting place of dark
faction that aims at the subversion of the
foundations of the Republic, and the over
throw of the Constitution ard laws of the
Union, for the noble youth of Pennsylvania
10 stand forth 10 vindicate the cause OF their
common country, and show themselves wor-
thy of their ancestry. And lei not the chiv-
alrv of Luzerne, those who carried the Star
spangled Banner triumphantly to the walls
of Mexico and planted them on their highest
turret, be behind in this most patriot ic race.
There was in the days of Revolutionary he.
roism "a time that tried mems souls" and
stamped lis impress upon their character,
which has lived down through the history OF
our Republic, and has been beacon light
in their descendants. Again that time has
occurred, and again an opportunity is pres
ented TO prove that patriotism in this country
does not in the main degenerate, and that
although there may be sad falling off In
some parts of the Union, that its fire We,
burns as pure in Pennsylvania as it did in
1776.
Go on young men, and set an example
worthy of yourselves, and Of your noble old
Stale.
With sincere respect,
Your friend,
A. BEAUMONT.
November 7, 1850.