Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-10-04

MASS MEETING IN WASHINGTON.

the following proceeding Of Mass Meeting
held 10 Washington, on Wednesday night
last
10 pursuance Of public notice Mass Meet
ine assembled last evening, in front OF the
CITY Hall, Of Citizens of Washington favor
able to the protection Of civil and religious
liberty. and opposed to the principles and OBJ
iects promulgated IN the resolutions said to
have been adopted last week at the meeting
Of friends Of the Administration at Carusi' 8
saloon"
The meeting Of last night was very numor-
ously attended, and was called to order about
half past ssysn o'clock by Mr.. Noble D. Lar
ner
The names oethe following gentlemen were
then submitted as officers, and unanimously
confrmed:.
President.-Capt i. A. Tucker Vice
Presidents: WIN. Wilson. b O. Tayloe, DR..
f. Howard, Henry Nourse, j. G. Harkncss,
Sidney DeCamp, Gen. John M. McCalla,
Samuel Bacon, James B. Philips, Jeremiah
Hepburn, John McCsuley, DR. G. W. Davis.
B S. Kinsey, ?. ". Pearson, and S. S. Briggs
Secretaries: John P Dickinson, Henry Hay,
J. " Barker, and edward Hart
The President. on taking the chair. briefly
expressed his thanks to bis fellow citizens for
the honor conferred upon him.
A Committee on Resolutions was then APP
pointed, consisting of DR.. r. Finley Hunt,
Gen. J. NJ. McCalla, j. p. Hilton, James
Owner, VIM. Dixon, John L. Smith, and j.
II. McBlair; who, after brief interval, ie-
ported the following preamble and resolu-
tions:
WHEREAS Public Meeting of Citizens of
Washington was held at Carusi's Saloon Oh
the 10Th instant, upon a caR made in and
approved by the Executive organ, the pro
ceedings of which, in the resolutions said to
have been adopted at that meeting and 10 the
speeches Of certain selected orators at sub
sequent adjournod meeting, are now spread
before the public eye in the columns of said
organ and its kindred presses with approbs-
ton; aud whereas said resolutions, however
dressed up in abstract professions OF patriot
ism, assai principles dear to the American
heart aud necessary to the safety Of the Con-
stitution and to the peace aDd prosperity Of
our country and whereas the Executive is
invoked therein to remove from public en-
poyment such office holders as entertain
those principles, thereby to perpetuate
ruthless prescription of both Wings and DEM
ocrats fer az honest difference of opinion
Therefore,
|. Resolred, That mere professions of love
to the Constitution and to civil and religious
freedom, when eontradicted by actions, cannot
deceive the sensible aud vigilant guardians of
American liberty. whose approbensioDs have
been excited at beholdiug the strides that
have been made towards a complete control
of our Government by the subjects of For
eign Pcteg.ate we'll known as the avowed en-
envy of our whole American system, to whose
overthfow Say airs solemnly devoted
.. AeSolped, That. as vigilant custodians
of that benefcent system of civil and religious
freedom bequeathed ,e us by the Fathers Of
the Republic it is our duty to meet and re-
pei all insidious attacks upon our liberties as
we'll as ali open assaults; and that we view
with indignation and alarm the assertion of
principles and purposes.on the part Of the re
cognised opponents OF the Koman Catholic
Church ia the United States, spbversive Of
our Republican institutions, which constitute
aggressions Of such character that if not
now resisted will lead at no distant day to the
overthrow Of the American Constitution and
the complete establishment of despotlsm.
3. ResoIued, That while, in the last polit-
zeal divisions of the country. as Wigs and
Democrats, we have struggled in honest con
flict over contested principles and measures,
all of which are settled, yet in the present
crisis of danger to all that both parties hold
dear we will bury every Remembrance of past
opposition, and pledge to each other our lives,
our fortunes, and our seored honor" not to
cease our exertlons uutill our country cbail be
freed from tine dangers that now menace it.
A. Resolued, That we proclaim, as the
cardinal principles OF our political and moral
creed, a sacred regard for the Constitution in
all its provision, upon which are based our
glorious American principles freedom OF
speech, freedom of opinion, freedom of con-
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school system Cor TIE diffusion Of intelligence,
sancti6ed by an open Bible as tie rule OF faith
and practice, holding as an established prlnei,
pie that intelligence AM virtue are essential
to the success Of free Government.
s. Resolued, That while we welcome to
our country the victims Of tyranny from for
cisn lands and offer them place by our side
nnder the shield of our Constitution, we claim
for Americans the bt 20 govern their own
country; and those who do not like our Gov
ernment have our hearty consent to 60 else
where in the pursuit of happiness
6 Resolped, That the fourth resolution
ofthe meeting at Caruss Saloon, recommend
inc n the President of the United States
prescription of all officers OF the Federal Gov
eminent who may have thought fit to become
members Of the association of Know Notbiugs
"a recommendation which, before its adop
ton, had oeen recognised aud acted upon by
the Executive Of the United sta:es-rro-
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