The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-09-27
American Mass Meeting.

Oh pIiuay, VIC ~ASs iuso't PuAsoonS w
previous notice, large number of the
American party of Monroe County, held
a meeting in front of the Female Semina-
ry, in Stroudsburg The meeting was
organized by the appointment of the fol-
lowing officers -
President,
DR.. S. WALTON, Stroudsburg
Vice Presidents,
Peter Shaw, Hamilton,
Ferdinand Dutot, Stroudsburg,
Gen. Robert Brown, Stroud,
Daniel Titus, Jackson,
Secretary,
Jerome Shaw.
The following persons were then an
nounced as the committee on Resolutions,
viz -
Henry Albert Smithfeld; John Marsh,
Hamilton; John N Stokes, Stroudsburg;
Silas L. Drake, Esq, Stroud; Jos. Metz
gar, Hamilton, D j. Ostrander, NJ. B.
Postens, James Palmer, ST., Stroudsburg,
and Bernard Kresge, Jackson.
Hon. E.@Joy Morris and H. L. Smith,
of Philadelphia, addressed the meeting
at considerable length.
The Committee on Resolutions then
presented the following, which were read
and unanimously adopted.
Whereas, the Republic of the United
States owes its origin to the patriotism of
our ancestors, who took up arms to vindi-
cate their claim to National Independence,
and the right of Americans to rule Amer
lea; and whereas, the founder Of our liber-
ties in his farewell message to his fellow
countrymen solemnly warned them and
their descendants against the "insidious
wiles of foreign influence" as the worst
foe of our freedom. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we re-enunciate these
doctrines of our patriotic sires, and that
we hold that the institutions they achieved
by their blood and valor can be m maintain.
ed in their original purity and lustre,
only by entrusting their administration
to men born on the soil, who have been
reared up and nurtured under the benign
influence of American Republicanism.
ReSolred, That we make this declara-
ton out of no spirit of hostility to the ma.
turalized citizen, whose preference for
and attachment to his adopted country
we do not question, but on elevated and
patriotic grounds of equal Importance tc
his interests, and our own welfare, and
that of our mutual posterity.
Resolced, That the prescription o.
American citizens, by the present FEEDER
al administration, in diplomatic and 9th
er leading appointments, and in our Ma
Wy Yards and other public establishments
by the undue preference of foreigners, i:
unjust, illiberal and false to every feeling
of national pride and honor, and is calcu
lated to degrade us in the eyes of tht
world, as well as to kindle dangerous ami
mosities and hatreds between the native
and foreign born population.
| ReSolued, That the late attempt to de-
stroy the system of public education, BY
perverting it from its original, noble anc
beneficial objects, into an instrument o
sectarian bigotry and intolerance, con
Ijoined with the effort to drive the Bible
that corner stone of civil and religious
freedom-from the Common schools, war;
us that the Papal power is endeavoring t.
prevent the general enlightenment of th'
people, and to bring about in free Amer
lica, the same state of ignorance and NOR
al degradation, that prevails in those part
of Europe and South America, where i
is the State religion, and where it pro
, scribes all who dissent from its theologic
al creed, from the free worship of God
according to the dictates of their own con
sciences.
ReSolUed, That while we will faithful,
adhere to the compromises of the Consti
tuition, and religiously abstain from al
interference with the vested rights of tn,
South, we must at the same time denounc,
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise a
profigate breach of faith between tn,
: North and South, as an uncalled for dis
turbance of settled question, and as ia
tai alike to the present and future tran
guilty of the Nation.
Resolved, That the violation of the doc
trines of popular sovereignty by the ruff
fan invaders of Kansas, in their efforts t.
establish Slavery by force of arms on tha
free soil, and the tacit encouragement ex
tended to their iniquitous proceeding by tn,
Federal administration, in the removal O
Gov. Reeder, deserve the reprobation o
the Independent men of all parties, ant
the scorn and contempt of every lover O
, freedom.
, Resotred, That Gov Reeder, of Kan
sas, deserves the thanks of the Who'll,
country, for his refusal to recognise th,
illegal Legislature of Kansas, and BIZ
stern and unyielding resistance to th'
mandates of an Executive, lost to all jus
and honorable impulses.
.Resolued, That We cherish the name o
: Americans, as the highest and holiest o
political designations-that the banner
: under which We rally, is that of oul
t Country alone; that we owe no allegiance
to party, inconsistent with our duties a.
! Americans, and that our aspirations and
aims shall be earnestly and perseveringly
Hayofod fo he &c H.