The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-01-09
PROCEEDINGS IN MIR. DUERs DISTRICT,
NEW YORK.

At meeting Of the inhabitants of the town of
Palermo, 0swego county, n Y, held on Monday
evening, November 4, to take into consideration
the late Fugitive Act, all party distinctions were
forgotten in the strong and deep indignation felt
towards this infamous Law The following is an
outline of the proceedings
On motion, Gamaliel Perkins was chosen Presi-
dent, and Gsrrel Sales aud Ransford Loomis,
Vice Presidents
On motion, Willis Johnson and Bradley Joioe
we're appointed Secretaries Seth Johnson, Morris
Place, and David Andrews, were at former meet
ing chosen Committee TO report resolutions ex-
pressve of the views and feelings of the meeting
on the Fugitive Slave Bill Of 1850. The Com
mitttee then reported resolutions, which were
adopted-among them the following
6. Rssolued, That this superlatively infamous
and wicked act, (the Fugitive) should cover with
shame aDd 4pr----~h th~ -aAa who dnpS,S y ihn,
men VINO Advocated II, the men who voted foo it
and the men who basely abandoned their places of
trust in Congress to avoid their responsibility as
representatives of the people.
T. Resolved, That it is the duty Of every citizen
to make himself familiar with the names of those
who supported this bill, or who cowardly fled
from the House Of Representatives, to avoid the
responsibility of recording their names for or
against it, and see that, under no circumstances,
these men that have betrayed the highest interest
that pertains to man. shall ever hereafter receive
our aid, directly, or indirectly to elevate them to
place or power, however trivial. Especially will
we marx the man who has misrepresented our dis
trict in the House Of Representatives man who
has shamefully betrayed his constituents brOkal
his public and pirate piedges taiked his mruten and
pirate nord, and emblasoned his name for eternal
ages as traitor to freedom, and made himself q
mere tool to Southern despots.
e P,solred That we feel deem aud sincere graf
itude to those members of Congress who have
stood forth in the face of Southern despots aud
Northern doughfsces the unyielding friends and
ADVOCATES Of freedom especially do we regard
with unwaycring confidence and high esteem the
Hon WILLIAM II SEWARD, who amidst the bitter
sarcasm and reproachful epithets that have been
thrown upon him by Slavery's minions and North
ern doug faced allies, has stood the unyielding
friend Of the Union, of the slave, and of the dear
est rights of man. We tender him our hearty
thgnks, our varmest sympathes, and our undi-
yided support In his resistance to the encroach-
ments Of slavery
g. Resolued, That the hitherto distinguished
son Of the Empire State, who, by the death of the
Hero of Buena Vista, has been elected to the
highest magstracy Of this model Republic, has
in affi king his signature to the above Infamous
act, evnced a subservency to the Slave power,
which exhibits deficiency in the knowledge of
eqny,itgtional law, and betrays want of those
moral perceptions So nesessary in the head of
great nation.
10. Resolred, That the great questions of the
day are free soil, free speech, and free men, and
we pledge ourselves to withhold our suffrage from
any candidate for Congress, or the State Legis-
lature, who we have reason to believe is unwilling
to uphold in his place the principles embodied in
these resolutions.