The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-11-04

liSSO1ulionSoI the OfSunion ConVentIo,
! At the openinggf5the afternoon session
the following resolutions were offerd b,
the business Committee, viz:
] Sd. Resolred, Tlat Slavery and Liber
ty are eternal antagenisms, and can n ve
be peacefully united in the same govern
-fmeHs. Fire and water, Christ and Belize
are not more ,irreeoncilable; and of thi
Ifundamenlaltiath theshistofy of.the Unitea
States is sad yet clear and unmistake.
able illustration.
4th. Resolved, That in the. formation
OF the mercan Union, the Jesuitical doc
trine that the end sauctifes the means
was adopted and followed, and the eternal
law of right repudiated and set at naught
--s5th.- Resolced, That-resistance to-tyran-
is both sacred right and, an inn
perl0ous duty, and revolutions rim Govern
meent elatt are no less SO when, they fail to se-
cure all the. the. rights Of the humblest of the
people. .aa - -. s.
9th. yResotved, That the whole, history
OF the United States Government is a con-
tlnued conspiracy. against Liberty, until
not only the slaves of the plantation, but
the entire people Of the nominal free States
are subjected to a despotism wholly un-
known tothe American Colonies before
the revolution. .l ~ f,..,a, -
81 7th. Resolped, That however needful
the American Union might have been at
ITS formation lin as a projection against Brit
ish and other foreign despotisms it now
exists only to protect and prolong a. desc
potism far more terrible than the old world.
ever knew; and consequently the vers rea-
son for its foundation is now even more
powerful for its destruction = ge.s
9Th, Resolred, That waiying all ques-
llons of expediency and policy, and carry.
ing the whole subject upward in the region
OF coneicnce and The Higher Law, we de-
clare this Union crime, curse and should
not e4lstia single hour. and come to, us
what may we hereby proclaim our settled
purposeiIn the name. of freedom and of
God to seek its, destruction as the only.
means OF acquitting ourselves from all par.
ticipailon IN the guilt of Slavery and of
giving The, Slaves a fair field to achieve
their ede,iyerance from bondage.
9Th Respfeed. That it is the duty of
the 54 Slaves to strike down their tyrant mas
terS by force and arms whenever the biow
however bloody, Gan be madereffectfyes tor
T that end, unless Washingtono wasaa MUIR
iderer and the Ametican Revolution crime
against God and man, zf.Gas7a3 autian
10th. Resotyed. That whenever we be-
hold them in battle field sof Freedom we
Will give them every aid and comfort mi
our power .il1 the same spirit which
Drought La Fayette and tKoseiusko 10 the
stIip9rttef our rRevolutionary ancestors iii
III Their Struggle TO achieve their RIGHTS. Il
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Victory Of the American Mare Prloress.
We give N another, column a detailed
account ,pPlt Of the victory Of the Americau
mare jHsPrioressn in England against a
tield Of thirty four horses, smany-of which,
nave the reputation of being among the
best hor ess ever Great Britain produced.
The race in which the American mare ae-
Quilted herself SO, handsomely, was estat-
lished ned IN l845, thelyear when the late
Emperor Nicholas l visited England. 5eHe
gave an annual donation of $500. in the
form OF a work of art, TO be run for yearly.
at Ascot, and the race for this prize, until
the ne breaking out of the. Russian VI ar; was
always regarded as one of the most i'm
l,ortant at Regal Ascot The Cesare-
witch and the Grand Duke Michael Stakes.
were Instituted at Newmarket, in honor oil
thegylsits of the two royat scions of Rus
sla to the races held at that.metropolis of
the English turf The stake is reported
to have been worth from 81 0,000. 10 sl4
$50; and it is said Mr.. Ten gBroeck has
woniin bets nearly quarter of a million
Of dollars. :, "Priorcss,"1 since the event
occupies the proud position Of. irst, favor. /
te for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, a prize
worth about $4,000. In4his match with /
Babylon, against Mr.. Jackson 81. Sauu-
.sTer,s" he paid forfeit to the owrer of the
after. , 5f.,s -. .is
Fhe Meeting of the Enperors of France I
3t's and Russia 7
The Stuttgard fGermany) correspon-
lent of the st. Louis Repubiican gives I
he following interesting description Of the
Emperors of France and Russia. Hcf
'ays: 1 50 a.a 5eA -
During the stay of the Emperor Napo
con and the Car, | had good opportu-
'ity of seeing them on more than one .oc-
.asion, and the first thing that struck me