The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-04-19
!. BAILEY
PRESCRIBED.

WAUEESHA, WAUKEsHA Co, WIS,
1prU i, 1855.
The new party is rampant here and the mass
OF Antl-Slayery men are now in its secret con,
clayes. For some years have been sustained
in an office which afforded me a fair support
but now my Anti-Slavery friends, in the shape
OF Know Nothimgs, have combined against me,
because | have withstood all their attempts to
induce me to JOIN them, and have dared to be
just TO some Irish citizens, in some criminal
prosecutions. | am now just thrown back upon
the world, without business, to work my way
on, as best / can.
! THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT AND KNOW MOTH
INGISM CONDEMNED
A report of the proceedings of /" a large and
respectable portion" of the citizens of Wash
ington county, Pennsylvania, held March 18th,
at Cross Roads Meeting House, has been for.
warded to us for publication. Esquire Fergus
presided, assisted by Messrs. Welsh aud Stew
art, as Vice Presidents, and Thomas Miller, as
Secretary. A committee, consisting of Messrs.
Dorman, Reed, and McNary, reported a series
of strong resolutions, and the meeting was adj,
dressed by MeSsrs. Farley, Andrews, and Thorn
son, ministers of the Gospel. The spirit and
purposes of the Convention may be understood
by the following resolutions, portion of the
series adopted:
ReSotred, That we repudiate, and despise,
apdsspit upon, the Fugitive Slave Act That
ne hold 1t tosbcsunconstitutiOnal, an insult TO
free people, asdsgrace to the statute book
and tostlie age in which we live; that we will
agitate, and continue TO agiiate, until it be re-
pealed.
ResOlued, That the Executive patronage is
enormous, and ought to be curtailed; that it is
a prolific source of corruption, and appears to
be sufficient, when exercised upon q venal Con-
gress, to carry through that body any measure,
however Ubiquitous.
ResOlred, That we will oppose, henceforth
and forever, the admission Of new slave States
into the Union, and rather than submit to a
further extension of Slavery, we will acquiesce
in dissolution of the Union.
Resolred, That we will insist upon the re-
moval Of Slavery from the District of Column
bia, or the removal of the seat of Government
from the District.
ResOIced, That we stand opposed to all clan
destine, oath-bound associations, not excepting
the Know Nothing organization, which has
lately sprung into existence; that we consider
all such associations as unnecessary in free
Government, and dangerous that they are
calculated and intended to exercise a control
over the free action of their members, and in
this respect are deSpotic, and adverse to Free
dom.
ResolUed: That we are opposed to the Know
Nothing organization; because, for good rea-
sons, we are induced to believe that it will have
a Pro-Slavery tendency, and will be made use
of by the South as an engine to carry out their
views of Slavery-propagandi in spite Of all
the opposition that the friends Of Freedom can
call forth.
ResOlUed, That we do advise all those who
have joined the Know Nothing Order, without
duly considering or knowing its object and ten
dency, to leave the association as soon as pos
sible, in order that they may act and vote at all
times freely and independently for the best in
terests of the country, without control or extra
neous influence.
q ReSOIced, That we consider all old party is
sues as utterly extinct; and do hereby invite
all honest citizens, who are the friends of Lib
erty, who are opposed to Slavery, to its extern
sion and perpetuation, and also who are OPP
posed to clandestine associations, whether
Wings, Democrats, Free-Soilers, or Know Moth
ings who arc disposed to abandon the Order,
to meet in general convention, and adopt such
measures as shall be deemed necessary to Sc
cure their united action in support of Justice,
and Right and Liberty.