Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-07-23
Harrison County in the Field
Large aud Enthusiastic Demo
cratic Meeting.


of the Democracy of Harrison County
met in the Court House in Cadiz, on
Saturday, July 4, 1857, at 2:3O P. NJ.
The meeting was called to order, and
on motion, WALTER JAMESON was call
ed to the Chair, and A. P. M'NUrT ap-
pointed Secretary.
On motion a committee of five were
appointed to report the names of Dele
gates to the 9th of August State Con-
vention. The committee consisted of
c. N. Allen, NJ. H. Phillips, J. C. Love,
VIM. Croskey and John Lauthers.
J. NJ. Estep, Esq, offered the follow
ing resolution, and prefaced the same
with a few appropriate remarks, which
on motion was unanimously agreed to :
Resolved, That our delegates to the
9th of August Democratic State Conven-
ton, be instructed to cast their votes for
and to give their influence and support
to CHARLES n. ALLEN, Editor of the
"Cddis Democratic Sentinel" for the Of
fee of Secretary of State.
a. On motion, a committee of three were
appointed to draft resolutions express
i've of the sense of the meeting. Com
mittee consisted of J. NJ. Estep, John
S. Pearce and Jas. s. Jamison.
; John S. Pearce, Esq, then addressed
the meeting in a very able and interest
ing speech, which was listened to with
marked attention.
c. N. Allen from the committee to
appoint Delegates to the 9th of August
Convention, reported the names of the
following gentlemen, which report was
unanimously adopted:
LIST OF DELEGATEs-J. NJ. Estep,
Asa Holmes, Samuel Shepler, Smith
Watson, NJ. n. Phillips, John McCon-
nell, Harrison Miller, G. Patterson, Jno.
S. Pearce, James Robinson, James Ro-
berts, James G. Love, A. Jul. Schroeder,
Jacob Lafferty, T. S. Love, Geo. Vert,
George. Allen, F. Vanguard, A. Coma
way, c. N. Allen, W. Laport, A. w.
Hunt, A. P. McNutt, NJ. Riley, r. West,
D.. S. Conltrap, H. B. Heller, Samuel
Mack, T. D. Grimes, VIM. Reed, Geo.
Cook.
The committee on resolutions report
ed the following, which after an able ar
gument in their support by j. M. Els
tep, Esq, chairman of the committe,
were unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That the policy of the pre-
sent National Administration, as thus
far exhibited, meets our hearty appro-
val and vindicates the wisdom of the
peoples choice; and that President Blu
chanan deserves the earnest support of
all national democrats in his efforts to
carry out the principles proclaimed by
the Cincinnati Convention; and to IKE
cute all the avs of the United States.
Resolved, That, in the language of
Webster, Either the laws of the Union
are beyond the control of the States, or
else we nave no constitution of general
government, and are thrust back again
& VIC regard the Constitution of the Uni
ted States and the laws made in pursu-
ance thereof as the Supreme lao of the
land, and as such they should be faith
fully observed aud obeyed by the citi-
zens of every section and by the author
titles of every State.
Resolved, That the proper tribunal
to decide, Ia I'll cases of doubt whether
the laws are made '1n pursuance there
Of" is the Supreme Court of the UnI,e~
States, and chat by its decisions We, in
common with all good citizens, will
abide.
Resolved, That the Black Republican
Legislature of Ohio by its reasonable
nkkon,rk, - Ioo.k.ol1 ~
resistance to the laws of the United
deserves the severest. condemnation of
all good citizens.
Resolved, That the exposition con-
tanned in the recent decision of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, in
the bred Scott case, in regard to the
political rights of the negro race, is COM
mended to the judgments of the people
of the United States by the force of
truth and patriotism and binding upon
them by the highest sanctions of Flaw.
Resolved, That an experience of two.
years has shown that the boosted prom
ises of retrenchment and reform so loud
ly made by the present State admins
%tration, like most of the promises of
Black Republicanism, were all ''sound
and fury signifying nothing;"-and that
we will use our best energies to elect a
Democratic State ticket and Legislature
this fall, which though it may not pro
mise SO much, or have so much regard
for the interests of other parts of the
world as the present Black Republicans
pretend to have, will yet do something
towards securing and protecting tie inte-
rests Of the people of the State Of Ohio.
Resolved, That the success of the In
dependent Treasury system, Inaugural
ted by the Government of the United
States, has fully vindicated the wisdom
of its adoption; and that the past histo-
ry of the Treasury department in the
State of Ohio, as we'll as the enormous
losses lately sustained through it, as
fully show the inexpediency and fatal
policy of permitting any connection of
its funds with Banks or Bankers; we
are therefore in favor of the entire di-
vorcement of the same from all monied
corporations or institutions, and of the
establishment, in the State of Ohio, of