The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-08
THE REPUBLIC.


At Union meeting held in the town of
Clinton, Van Buren, county, Arkansas, on the
9Th day Of January, 1851
On motion, Colonel DANIEL GRIces was
called to the chair, and DR.. J. B. MoPHERsoN
was appointed secretary.
The Chairman appointed the following
named gentlemen as committee TO draft and
report resolutions to the meeting, viz: SMAs
e.. WALKER, esq.,, j.. j. SToBAUGH, 4. Will
LIAMs, JOSIAH AKIN, Major j. B. LEWIS, Col
onel III. w. Moss.
On motion, the chairman was added to said
committee.
A recess Of half an hour having been called,
when the meeting reassembled, the following
preamble and resolutions were reported by the
committee, and unanimously adopted, viz:
"Whereas, it has become common rumor that
certain portions of our country express deter
mined disafIection towards continuation of the
Union of the States and in favor Of immediate Sc
cession; and whereas, it is the paramount duty of
every good citizen, when he secs that his country is
in danger TO come boldly forward to her rescue, and
to warn his fellow-countrymen of such danger and
of the disastrous which must certainly
warded off, Therefore
81. Resolusd. That we are sincerely attached to
the Union, that we love il as our birthright, and
that We are ready to take up arms at any moment
in its defence.
"2. Resolved, That, should the Union be dissolved
in the place Of the liberty which we enjoy,
ruin, anarchy, and confusion would be the only boon
of which the now happy american could boast.
"3. Resolued, That we hold any individual as an
unsafe counsellor in affairs of State, and unworthy
to be trusted, who would recommend secession for
no other than imaginary causes, such as now exist
~. ResOlred, That, should the Government of the
United States be broken up, the American people,
instead of boasting of belonging to free Republic,
| would have to succumb to the cherished adage Of
the crowned heads of Europe, that man is inca
pable Of self government and would become re-
proach and by-word to all nations where the
name of America is now known.
"5. Rssolued, That the causes of oppression COM
planned of and held up as sufficient reason for
pulling down the fag- staff of the Republic, only
exist in the Imagination Of designing politicians,
and not in the breast of true patriot and statesman
sc. Resolved, That should South Carolina or any
other State send emssares to the State Of Arkansas
for the purpose of exciting her citizens to favor the
idea Of dividing the Union, it would be the duty Of
the Governor forthwith to have such emissares ar
rested traitors to the State, and held responsible
under the laws defining treason.
al. ResolUed, That we entirely disapprove of the
course Of the State Of Vermont and South Carolina
in their late movements in regard to the law of
Congress touching slavery, and that both move
ments ultra and unworthy of the sanction of a
| free people,"
| However the spirit of disunion may flourish
at the seat of Government, OF among the old
thirteen States, it would seem that some of the
younger members of the ''thirty-one" States
do not intend to be moved from their integrity.
Our Arkansas friends hold the balance even be-
tween multiplying South Carolina and multiplying
Vermont, and are disposed to waste no soft
| words on either of them.