The true Democrat., 1855-09-25

committee of our county may advise; but, in our opinion, democracy Is the banner under which to rally in defence of civil and religious liberty.
 Realved, That we recognize the right of every citizen of the United States to partici- pate in all the privileges, mmuI itie5 and bless. lngs conferre! by our uue,,uaied system ct 9o- veal ment upon her sons, tha. any attempt to discriminate against any class cf our citizens in colsequence of the accident of birth or reli- gious faith, will meet with our unqualified re- probation ant olpo' ition.
 ResOlUet, That auy ard all attempted iuno. vatiols upon the constitution as it is, (the eff cency of which has been tested by upwards of sixty years of unparalleled progress in all the elements of national greatness and prosperity) will be regarded by us moral treason to the country, and will be met by our determined and udying hostility.
 AND, WHEREAS: The doctrines here advo- cated have ever been held as cardinal prirci- pes, in the political creed of the two great la. tiona parties into which the country has been divided, therefore,
 Be it reso2vea, That all questions of policy that have hitherto divided the whg and demo- cratic parties, are of minor mportll.ce compar- ed with the issues now presented by the secret political orde known as know nothiuos; and that in uniting our forces to repel the assaults of this order upon the constitution, We are sac rihcing no principles involved in our ancient party relations, but performing solemn duty we owe to our country anu our God. ! Resolved, That in the approaching contest for political supremacy, we cordially invite the friends of civil and religious liberty, of all par ties to cOol crate with Us to teach the enemies of the constitution, that the true sons of the sires of '76, too deeply revere the memory of their dead fathers to permit the sacred charac- ter of liberty to be rudely mutilated by the marauding hand of those who impiously arro- gate to be the sons of those "sires," whilst en- gagged ill the unholy efforts to destroy the mo- blest monument of their fame.
 Resolved, That this meeting disapprove ut terly and entirely the introduction of religious tests into the politics of the country, and be- lieves such connection opposed to the consti- tuition of the United States, and anti -Ameri- can in spirit and policy.
 Resolued, That we of opinion that secret political societies are dangerous to the welfare and happiness of the American people and ought to be discouhtenanced by republican nation.
 ResOlUed, That we view the oaths taken and VOWS made by know nothings, as anti-republi- can and anti-chrstian, because those oaths and VOWS are founded upon religious prejudlces. l Res0iued, That we unh estatlngly and un- compromisngly reject the formation of secret affiliated political associations, possessed of pow CTS as novel and deSpotc as those of the order of know nothings, and we utterly repudiate the indScriminate condemnation and unqual fled exclusion from the privileges of citizen ship of all foreigners whatsoever, which is the practical results of the trumphs of the order as illiberal, unjust, unwlse, and peculiarly anti | American.
 ResoIvea, That in addition to these stringent objections, we opposed to the know noth- ing order. because by its secrecy and mystery, its oaths and rtuI, 1t Is calculated to promote lnsincerlty and duphclty, and to stlthe the bold, open, manly conduct ai.d conversation that charactcrlses the man of honor and the Tree mal, becauae its teudehcy is to organise band ot spies ill every commuiIly, to watch the con- duct and catch the words oI the ui,suspectug, to be reported to thelr secret cuurc,l, anu mate fnuudatlon of lohtlcal prooc.pg,oA and perSe- cuIon.
 Resolvei That it is due to the lraterual har- inony nlcn hI.heIto eXlsje, here, to the future vet certain periis, when as cilzets of the slave ] holding States, We nlnst meet, and to resist which, successfully, there >hoIlL exit unbGok- ell unoniinlty; that we should wIth the utmost eAheatnees, appeal to those wno have been ie.l into tna OrGer to come out from t and strip 1t of its power to do evil, and tn all, of what- soever political deslg lghaton they may have been. to unite lu opposition to an organization winch, II successful, must pros;rate the rights oI individuals and States, and III the ubel.ence it eXacts to the will oIt he majority eAtln. shes the hopes and he rights Oi Inc majority. /, Res0{Uel, That we invite those gallant pat roJs ot the old whlg party who have stoou by an uusuihel hdg to ral, wIth IL. and nail their flag to the same staff from which streams the democratic banIer-r here 10 float together, an emblem that hoLest democrats and | honest Wigs can unite for the sake their co stitutional rights, secured by revolutionary blood and bequeathed by our patriotic fathers, always bearing ill mind that true American H. berty Is priceless.
 | AMOS KUYkENDALL,
 D. B. CARGiLE,
 A. R. KUYhENDALL, J. T. hAMBILTON, 1 w. II. DENT, VIM. RAGSDALE.
 T. w. VENABLE, ALIEN GORDON. l