Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-05-22
Union County Whig Meeting.

ting assembled in the Court House al Na,
Berlin, on Tuesday, May IA, 1850. II.
meeting was organized by appointing h,
following officers:
JACOB McCURLEY, President; Wm.Es
ley, James Barbin, and Solomon Enys
Vice Presidents; NJ. II. Tuggar,, and job,
Haas, Secretaries.
ID. W. Woods. Esq, stated the objec. Of
the meeting, and on his motion the Pre-.
dent appointed Committee of seven /,
draft resolutions, VIZ:
ID. w. Woods, Michael Peters, Jot.
Da,esman, w. F. Wsgenseller, Ner NJ.
dleswarih, John llaines, John A. Vanya.
zah.
The Committee, after short atsencc.
returned and made the following report.
Where0s,we are on the eve OF polilice.
campaign in which are to be decided issue.
pregnant with important results to the be-.
interests Of our common country There.
fore,
/. Resolved. That the attachment Of ihs
Whig party to the great cardinal principle.
of republIcanism, remains firm aud u.
changed.
2. That the recommendation Of Pes
Taylor, in his annual message, in favor c!
protecting all the various branches Of Amer.
ican Industry, and the able aud mastery
report of Mr.. Meredith, Secretary Of III.
Treasury. sustaining the same views, nee:
with our cordial and hearty approval.
;. Tha, we are in favor Of the nuei
ate admission of California into The unioa
as State, as q separate and distinct nes.
sure, aud unconnecled with any other ma.
ter.
4. Tha, We. as Wings, while we respes;
and will sustain the compromises Of re
Constitution, are utterly opposed 10 The t..
tension oi Slavery 10 territory now free.
5. That we are opposed 10 Congres pas.
sing any law for the recaprure ol iugar.
slaves, which shall not guarantee to The a.
legged fugitive Trial by jury in The State
which he may be captured.
q. That we have increased confdeD--
in the purity. ability land patriotism Of Gen
Tay Ior. and That the maligni,y and persecu.
! ton of his enemies will utterly fail to il.
jure the old soldier with the people, vh5
raised him to the first Office in The naIjoD',
gift.
q. That Gov. Johnston has evincei Is.
'Iuguished ability and patriotism in the a.
minlslration OF our Stale government, AMI
'ha. his veto Of the unjust and inlqui.o.,
Appor;ionment bill, passed by The "broke.
down old s.agers" Of the Locofoco party,
will be sustained by the honest and uprlgl;
Of all parties.
s. That We have unabated confidence IA
our distinguished Representative in Co1.
gIess. Hon. Joseph Casey our Senator
Jonathan J. Cunningham and our Rep
rcsenlalives, Ell Sh!er and Joha NIL .csn.
lin.
.. Tha, the conduc, OF The Locoolcos Il
the Legislature. in prolcngIng the session,
and squlnderng the public money, BY yo.
ling for themselves So per day during the
session, deserves the severest censure Of au
indignant people, and we call upon Gov.
Johnston 10 veto II.
10. That tie investigation OF the olficial
conduct Of Gideon J. Ball, our late admir-
able State Treasurer, Ly the Legislative
committee, has resulted, as we anticipated,
in his course being UNANIMOUSLY sus,aineo
IN The implied censure OF his unscrupu,ous
enemies.
IL. That Union county concurs in Tie
election Of A. X. Mcclure. of Junia,a, as
our Senatorial Delegate TO the State Con-
ven'ion to NEE, al Philadelphia on The I9,h
of June next.
IL. That Robert V. Glover is hereby
appointed our Representative Delegate to
the Philadelphia Stale Convention.
l3. That we request the Wing Standing
Committee of Union county 10 call Con-
veniion at an eally date TO nominate q car-
dida,e for Congress, and for other officers
On motion Of II. W. Snyder ESQ.,, Re.
solved that our Senatorial and Representa-
tive Delegates be, and they are hereby
instructed TO present the name of Gideon
). Ball to the State Convention, and support
him as the Wing candidate for Auditor
General.
On motion Of NJ. H. Taggart, Resolved
that the only grounds of compromise wc
will sustain in regard to the question OF
Slavery in the Territories. is ,he course
marked out by the President in his commu.
nlca,lon to Congress on tha, subject.
On motion Of John Wilt, ESQ.,, Resolved
that Committee be appointed to reques,
Mr.. Casey to Reconsider his de,ermina,ion
expressed in hislet,sr no, to bs again can.
dida,e for Congress.
The committee consists Of Jno. Wilt, Esq,
Hon. Ner Mlddleswarih, and Geo. F. Nil.
Ter. Esq.
Resolved ,ha, the proceedings Of ihi,
meeting be signed by the officers, and pub
llshed in the Wing papers of the county.
lSigned by The officers.1
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