Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1850-12-24
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We bape eenlreclntg Y aie ~
s1aptreTs pten passeos L
Union Meeting ii Boson On the duty 81 sane
10 fact, ffsnot tlles heglslatlye
snactmenis made by tH Legislature 81 the Tsfg
patriotic State d & Vermont Tie Union reaolrs
ions appear iii Thai sosthsfn PapsT without ds
SEMI, without rsaaInentl Ne mayb be toossnsl
subjects CONNECTED Observation-Disclosures
rights, but we take hoe resolatonsS whether
passed with kpowieda q tAaf iegislatloaAoH
with an understanding eetsaeh Womb 81 uls
legislation of that State being similar N ieetz
ing, breaaiiag The same pr and clainaingE1n
same paternity! NJ fpk il useless fors the
North, or ase friends tbehofatth the South o 4elset
where, To- proFesstth that ills but a faction az the
North which makes SUD noise onthe get OF
slavesg@hat tits meFsb the 1olittonlsts-tn
r4b6e-hatt the Betbsr s are tie nendsgoi The
South, and determined tdcarfy outline provisions
Of Decentralization. Not wswonld respectfully
ask the North itself, ait those friends OF the
North in the South, Wheterthey CONCEIVE tnat
Francis ]. Adams, Wend Philips and otlars OF
like stamp, the favorers the fugitive the foun;
sellers, the aiders and abtors IN their abolition
meetings, are the mob Of hatsie2 or arethey
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ihe tesoia'sons ol.ls apssoa pessIas
composed, tcohlsesoit if pssesl hNeoise'
That (after several resolutions about the. eHpedt-
ency, patriotism. &c. of artying out the enact
ments of the last sessionPf Congress. The Com-
premise) ''eyery sPeciesInd form of resistance
to the execution ola regularly enacted law, ea-
cept by peace1bLe appeal { the regular action OF
the judicial tribunals upoithe question Of its con-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT which ought nerer to be
opposed or impeded. Tlese opinions of the Bos.
ton harmony meeting ar sufficient to ~conyiace
US that there.i is error, IL bot ~unsoundnese, in the
feelings and opinions oTthe mass-the majority
of the people thereof. We must have something
more than such resolutions to re-inspire our con.
fdence, which, if not eitirely destroyed by the
incessant attacks upon BUR rights and personal
character, by what the term "fanatics,' but
who we can only know Is citizens of States, uni
ted. to us in. bonds that ought to be 6rotberly, but
which by their acts. arehostiIe as He'll is to Hea-
ven. our confdence3fn the integrity of the
North was part of die Inheritance bequeathed to
us by our fathers. They, in eight years. conflict
with a foreign Toe tsfIninating in. the gIories. of
Yorktown, became, sofn the afdor and apparent
devotion Of Tho northern men. with whom they
acted and by fbe sport which the people ofthe
North a1fardedz con 5asa. y 4heit inteati.y, and
in the fullness of S5atherp confidence, formed.
with thern,t the present Union and Constitution
under which our country has grownsto unbound
ed prosperity. This confidence, thus formed by
our fathers after years of suffering and close OBJ
sefvation, has, under the. hands oil the descendants
ofthe heroes and statesmen ofthe North, (of769
been abused t9 our d]etfinept, and we tell them
that this conttence,if moi destroyed, is very much
impaired-that II Is attenpated to the gossamer
thread-tbat the least furthffr move may, will
snap it. They al,tR retraee their steps, and enact
such laws asswilI facilitate the recovery of our
slaves-repeal alEiaws enscted by tl,eir Legis-
Iatures adyefse2to r~eroyeint oarpfoperty when.
- sa,,ad 6 go sias, j Tlat ~ .a,,st !.
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these incessant attatks,E by what they call