The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-03-28
PNRLIC MEETING IN CHESTER CALMLY. pa
KENNETT SQUARE.

CHESTER Co, PA Fbrnayy %, 1880.
To he Editor 0Tthe National Era:
DEAR SIR | send you the proceedings Of
meeting which was held in this county yesterday
and hope you may find room for the same In the
Era. The meeting was quite large, considering
| the shortness of the notice. and the discussion
were marked by spirit of earnestness and una
nmiiy for the Wilmot Proviso, rarely equalleC
| in lS4S when the contest with all parties her,
was, vhich mas most 10 be relisd on for the mainte
nance Of that important measure. A majority Of
those present were Wings, although many Demo.
Gratis and Free-Soilers participated. 1t was really
a meeting of all parties
The resolutions adopted by the Democrats OF
Philadelphia are better calculated to split that
party 10 pieces, than anything which their un-
principled leaders have heretofore attempted in
this State. The cry of compromise" and the dis.
position to yield everything for the sake of the
Union is the result of panic, and must necessarily
be Of temporary duration here and then the ter
ribe, the overwhelming revulsion ia public senti-
ment which must ensuo in all the free States will
bear down and submerge the Doughfaces forever.
In haste, yours, &c, SUMNER STEBBINS.
A large and respectable meeting, without dis
tinction Of party of the citizens Of Chester county
Pennsylvania, was convened Mt ilamorton Hall,
February n, 1850, to take into consideration the
present crisis in our national affairs.
James Miles was called to the chair, and Joseph
b. Phillips appointed secretary.
The following resolutions were, after a lengthy
and animated discussion, unanimously adopted
/. Resolved, That, in view Of the fact that
Southern men are already moving into our lately
acquired territory with their slaves, in spite of
law to the contrary, we have no assurance that
Mr.. Clay Is correct in the opinion, which he 80
m m hat cd nj ha
Hilmot Pr0pDo Is not needed to prevent New
Mexico and Deseret from becoming slave States
2. Resolued, That the admission by Mr. Davis
Of Mississippi in the Senate, and Mr.. Clingman
of North Carolina in House, during the present
session Of Congress- that the mere agitation of
the Wilmot Proviso, and its passage heretofore
through the House Of Representatives, has pre-.
vented the extension of slavery into California is
a proud justification Of the stand we have taken,
and the course we have pursued and intend to
pursue in regard to this important measure, and
is, at the same time, sufficient answer to the as-
seriion 80 often made that the Proviso is unneces-
slry or injurious TO the cause IL Ia intended TO
| subserve
g. ReSoired, That we view with alarm and in
dignaiion the reorcanoy OF "A large number OF
Northern Representatives, including no less than
eight, (yiz Butler and Ptman, Wings Dimmick,
Gilmore, Mann, MeLanahan, Robbins, and Ross,
Dsmocrsts,) from our own State exhibited In the
recent vote OF the House OF Representatives, by
which the Wimot Proviso, a measure they were
pledged to support was laid on the table.
4. Resoiptd, That in our opinion, there is no
good authority for the declaration recently made
in the Senate Of the United States that the people
| OF the free States have changed their minds on
this subject, or have relinquished, In the smallest
degree their fixed determination to secure the
present and future Inhabitants OF our new Terri
tories against the introduction Of elavery; on the
contrary, the spirit manifested by the representa-
tives Of the slave States, during the present scs-
sion Of Congress has deepened and strengthened
our conviction Of the necessity Of using all our
constitutional power to arrest the further exten-
sion Of what vast majority Of the shareholders
themselves admit 10 be moral and political evil
Of the greatest magnitude.
Resoloed, That II the Government Of the
United States shall permit the establishment Of
slavery In any part Of our new territory, the M.
iion AS a nation, viii have made itself responsible
| for all the evils aud crimes that slavery eDgen-
ders; IL will have assumed, In the face Of an
estonished world the office Of guardian, nurse
and protector of human bondage, amidst the
SCOTS and jeers OF the tyrants Of the old world
md to the dismay, shame and modification, oil
the friends of Freedom everywhere. We will
never consent to be thus implicated and disgraced
in any contingency or under any pretence what
| ever.
O. ResOiued, That the assertion contained Ia
one Of the resolutions adopted at the late meeting
In Philadelphia, Of which Charles Brown wal
Chairman, that the principle Of the Wilmo,
Proviso Is "heresy ever repudiated and de-
nounced by the Democratic party,nis fAlsiHca.
tion Of history 30 gross and monstroas a. 10 de-
stroy all respect for the opinions and