The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-19


We learn from the Frederick Herald that. in pur.
| suance Of public notice, the people Of Frederick
county, (Md.) without distinction OF party, assem-
bled In convention at the court house in Fred
erick city, on Thursday the l4th day of November,
1885, for the purpose of taking into confederation the
present crisis OF the Uaion, aud having such action
as the present emergency Of the country might
seem TO call for. f
After a temporary organisation, FaEDERIcx
A. ScHLEV, Esq was chosen Presidentj b. A.
CuNNIsaHAM, GEoRGE SmprH, DIR. JAoos BAra,
CHRIsTIAS HAnMAN, PErER GRAniLL, JAcon LEA
THEaMAs Col. JoHs MosTooMEay, Isaac Baowxa,
RoDERIcK Dorsey, CHARLES WiLLlAR, EzRA CRA.
MER. HANSON MARLow, and WILLIAM LYNCH, as
Vice Presidents; and TaoMAs H. O'NEAL, LEWIS
+. CopPERsMiTH, JoHN w. BAuoHaAs, and WILL
LIAm P. AsDEnsss. as Secretaries.
The PRESIDENT having been conducted to tho
chair by the Hon. E.. Louis Lowe and WILLIAM M.
MERaIcK, Esq, addressed the convention in strain
of eloquent patriotsm, explanatory Of the object
and design of the meeting M a4t1
DR.. WILLIAM BRADLEY TYLER offered the follow.
ing preamble and resolutions for the consideration
| Of the meeting, viz:
"Whereas in all free governments the ,riH of the
people 10 the recognised source of political power
in the control and distribution of which occasions
must OF necessity occur OF popular agitations and
| discomfort, often threatening the tranquility and
safety Of communities; and whereas tho republican
| form of government established by revolution
airy fathers, and under the benign influence Of
which two generations Of freemen have lived and
prospered, was emphatically compromise of varied
and dstractng interests and principles, binding the
Judgments and consciences of all the parties TO the
contracts and whereas, in the exercise of the cgit
mate and inalienable right of freedom of discussion
upon Ger tain questions OF public policy in the
branches Of the National Legislature, the public
mind has become agitated to degree unparalleled
m " ia trio
and lovers of law and order, crisis has arisen de-
| handing at the hands of this meeting a calm but
decided expression Of opinion: 1t is therefore
"Rssolped, by the people OF Frederick county in
general meeting assembled $500
"That the laws passed at the last session of Con-
| grcss, known as the Compromise Bills are in
their judgment fully sanctioned and authorized by
| the Constitution.
"That this meeting accept them in the spirit in
which they were conceived and adopted, and now
| pledge themselves to observe the obligations i'm
| posed thereby, faithfully and firmly, as required
of them and all loyal citizens, honor of the Uion
and in vindicatipn If the spirit Of The Constitution.
| "That the thanks Of this meeting emnently
due, and are cordially offered, to the distinguished
| citizens (members Of the Senate and House of Re-
personal---very. who so largely contributed, by their
| devotion, patriotism, and talents, to secure the
passage of measures repetc with justice and Iiber-
atty calculated to assuage the painful anxices of
one class Of our fellow citizens, and to confirm the
faith of othersto the effect of promoting the dura-
bility of those blessings {socal and politically which
can alone be sought or found in the pcrpetuity of
institutions, stamped by the ioisdo,n and
ted by the sacrifices OF a patriotic and generated
ancestry. ,.e 4f.,t f. .r,sf.l
THAT while We, the people of a large and i'm
portant community of southern State feeling that
our interest and sympathies bind in natural al
lance to our brethren of the whole South freely ac
cept the great compromises which have been
Gently passed upon by the National Legislature, in
the spirit OF cheerful acQuiescence and perfect good
faith, We have to expect, and do expect. that
our northern brethren will manifest equal readi-
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altarof the Constitution; and will, on their part,
yield their full and just operation, in UNFOLDING
and carrying out to the full extent, every the
measures embraced by the compromise. I
THAT the prevailing and controlling sentiment
OF the South is one OF loyalty to the Union, which
cannot be brought under suspicion by the intcm
perate acts OF a few discontented orreckless men,
as Is abundanty proven by the concentrated efforts
now making in various Southern States, by tho
wisest, best, and most Influential of their citizens,
to rcsist the agtaons OF southern fanatics and dis
unionsts That nothing shake the faith, or
break down the hopes of the conservative patriotism
Of the South but refusal the part of the North
to fulfil the obligations ofthe Constitution, ~
THAT therefore we regard the future conduct of
the North as decisive Of the fate Of the Union.
THAT while as citizens, sincerely attached to the
institutions and laws under which we live, and as
freeman who have realized the countless blessings
ola just and equal Government, ernanating from
the tciH Of the people and depending for its port
upon their voluntary devotion, hold 1t to be moral
treason to calculate contingencies, in which tins
nounced or abandoned We yet aver that the vital
importance of the present crisis imposes upon the
Executive Governmental w ashington the necessity
OF giving some positive assurance to the nation of
an unswerving purpose to enforce the Fugitive
Slave Law with all it's moral power and all its
stitutional means, h. is bound to enforce all
other constitutional laws.
THAT it is our firm conviction that such a step
by the National Executive, cordially responded TO
by the action OF northern brethren will once
and for ever extingqish every spark Of discord be-
tween the North and the South, and cement in per-
petuity the bonds OF Union knowing no North,
no South, Easf, no Wesi.'"
MADIsoS NELsoN, Esq. moved that the preamble
and resolutions be adopted. Hon. RICHARD Porrs
seconded the motion, and addressed tho meeting in
a few pertinent remarks in support Of the princi-
Piles Of the resolutions.
Hon. F. LOUIS Lowe Governor elect of Mary
land; Col. JAcoB NJ. KuNKLE, Senator elect; Wa
LIAM NJ. MKaRrcK, Esq, States Attorney; MADr-
son NELSON, Esq., ColASTBoSy KImMrLL, and DR..
JoHS w. GEyER, ALEC addressed the convention in
favor Of the resolutions, expressing their devotion
TO the Union in patriotic and iorcible language
The remarks Of each Of these gentlemen were fire.
quently responded TO by the hearty applause of the
meeting.
The preamble and resolutions were then unani-
mously adopted.
Az HrsoIo wirE.--The Franfort (Ky.) CORE.
spondent Of the Louisville Journal, under date of
November II, says:
"The blue grass region was the scene, on We'd
ncsday last Of anomalous and tragical occur
renee. IL is the more tragiCal because the prnci-
pal actor Tor actrcss) 10 woman. BE il renem-
bered also that she moves in good society, and is,
or was, as much respected as any lady in Paris.
May her good name lose nothing by her chivalry
and coniugal alIectionl