The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-27
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ed States.
! The following call appeared during tn
: week IN both the Daily Democratic Presses
DEMOCRATIC CELEBaArIoN! Cru ANNlvER
sARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CoNsrITUrio.
IT OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Democrats Of Dubuque and the sur
rounding country, are invited to meet Il
q Globe Hail, on Saturday next. at ! o'clocl
y P. NJ, for the purpose of commemoratins
!, the anniversary Of the adoption Of the Con
stitutiou of tho United States.
: An Address will be delivered, and suitabl;
: Resolutions submitted.
. 1t is to be hoped that there will be a gen
eral attendance ofthc Democrats of the City,
. to the end that such action may be had as
T will place the Democracy of this County
Z above the reach of the popular isms Of the
day.
Speeches from distinguished individuals
MAJ be expected.
, By ORDER OF rRE DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION.
Dubuque, Sept. 18th, 1854.
A large concourse Of the Old Line Demo-
cracy assembled in the Globe Hall at the
appointed hour, and the room became fill
ed to its utmost capacity before the meeting
was fairly organised. D. A. Mahony ESQ.,,
Editor of the Herald, called the meeting to
order, and proposed Governor STEPHEN
HEMPSTEAp as chairman.
The announcement Of the Governors
name was received with cheers, and his
Excellency on taking the chair, stated the
object of the messirg. He dwelt at some
length on the veneratlon due to the Consti-
tuition of the United States, the efforts of
fanaticism to abrogate it, and congratula.
ted the meeting on the oppcrtu, ity afforded
this evening to the Democracy of Dubuque
of testifying their attachment and regard
for that sacred instrument.
Gen. Lewis and Gen. Shields were then
chosen as Vice Presidents, and on motion
of B. Rupert ESQ.,, Charles Corkery was
appointed Secretary.
Mr.. Mahony then moved that committee
of fire be appointed by the chair to draft
resolutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting, and D. A. Mahony, W. H. Merritt,
J. II. Emerson. T. Rogers and B. Rupert,
were appointed that committee.
P. Quigley ESQ.,, then moved for the ap-
poinsment Of committee Of three to report
an address to the Democrats of this County
and Of the State generally, and recommen
ded j. NJ. Griffith ESQ, as chairman. =
Messrs. Griffith, Quigley and Evans were
appointed that committee.
The committee retired and Hon. Geo. w.
Jones, U. s. s., was loudly called for from
all parts of the room. The Senator prompt
ly responded, and although his voice was
hoarse and he was evidently sick of a severe
cold, he continued to interest the meeting
for an hour and half, with Information on
the history Of the passage Of the Nebraska
and Kansas bill, Of the conmittee for the
preparation Of which he was a member.
lie told several interesting incidents and
anecdotes of the ssGiant' intellect and
eloquence Of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas,
and Of the treatment which that Senator
recently received at public meeting in
Chicago, the City Of his home which he bad
done so much to build up to her present
proud position. The Hon. speaker was
present at the Chicago meeting where the
freedom of speech Was stifed, and towards
feared the .ighs of Truth. He said that all
the animals Of Van Amburgh's menagerie
could not make more hideous noises than
the Chicago mob, ins,igated and led on By
Preachers, made ut every sentence which
Senator Douglas attempted to utter, and he
named respectable wings of the old school
who were present and who declared that
hcnceforth they we're Democrats in the
ranks Of Douglas command.
The Hon. gentleman concluded on the re-
turn of the committees, and Mr.. Thomas
Hardie offered the following resolution
which passed unanimously.
Whereas number Of our Democratic
citizens have invited the Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas to visit this CitS. 4 -.
Resolved, That this meeting cordially
approve of, and repeat this invitation, and
that the Secretary of this meeting be
instructed to forward him copy of this
resolution. a esss a1a
Mr.. Mahony then reported the following
Preamble and Resolutions from the commit
tee appointed for that purpose, and they
we're unanimously adopted.
WHEREAs, 1t became evident to the peo-
pie os the United States, that, under the
Articles of confederation, by which the
thirteen original States agreed TO be gov
erned, the conflicting claims Of the respect.
i've States and Of the Congress of the Con
federation to exercise the rights of Sover-
eighty, could not be. .reconciled, nor the lib
critics acquired by the re. oluticn preserved,
And Whereas, 1t became essential, for the
preservation Of the political rights acquired
by the United States in the Revolutionary
war, to establish system of government, in
which State Sovereignty should be recog-
nixed as consistent with National Independ.
encc in the fundamental compact, and by
which the inalienable rights of man to the
enjoyment of civil and religious liberty
should be recognized, established and guar
anteed:
And Whereas, A Convention, elected for
that purpose, adopted Constitution 67
years ago, which was subsequent ratified
and agreed to by the original thirteen
States, and by all the States which have
since become members of the Federation.
which Constitution recognized the Sover-
eighty Of the States and the right. of the
people to self-goverumept, and to the exer
else of civil and religious liberty, as ele-
ments of the fundamental compact:
And Whereas, Organizations of citizen.
exiet at tho present day, whose avowed Oh
ject it is to nullifv and subvert, it not total.
" abrogate. those provisions of the Consri.
tuition which recognize the sovereignty of
the States as being consistent with National
independence, the right Of the people, as
political community, to self government, and
which recognized the equality of individu-
al right to the enjoyment Of political, civil,
and relipiou lihertv.