Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-08-06
The Free Labor Moveniesss in
Virginia.
Hon. Eli Thayer Addressing the Land O,cn-
erS

Hon. Eli THayer Addressing the Land O,en-
We take the following from the Guyan-
dotte IVA } Unioaist of July 25th:
At a large and respectable meeting of the
citizens OF Guyandotte and vicinity, held at
the Town Hall, according TO previous no.
tice, on Tuesd y, July 2lSt, 1857, Mr.. Al.
keenan, was appointed President, and DR.. T.
c. Bufington. Secretary.
The President explained the object of
the meeting, and introduced Hon. Eli Thay-
or, of Massachusetts, President of the Holm
stead Aid Society, who, in a brief and emf
nently prac ical manner, exhibited the OBJ
ject of that Society.
Whereupon, on motion, the Chair ap-
poinIn ]. G. Wheeler, S. NJ. Russell. ESQ.,,
and DR.. 7. c. Burlington, a committee to
draft a preamble and resolutions, Expressing
the sens of the meeting discussed u Mr..
Thayer's speech.
The committee appointed to prepare a
preamble and resolutions expressing the
sense of the meeting on the subject discuss
ed in Thayer's speech submitted the follow
ing:
Whereas, The Legislature of New York
has chartered Company that design, as we
have been in ormed by Hon. Eli Thayer,
the President nf hat company, purchasing
! lend in Virginia, an settling lhe same
with inse Isgent, industrious and enterpris-
| in a-liCG turali.t>, Mechanics and miners;
| and. v heTeas. few leading men, Influenced
as w b. lieve by wrong conception of the
bject ri this enterprise, have sought to ar
ray The citizens OF this Safe against Mr..
| Thayer and his company, which we, as at
present advised, believe 10 be an injustice
towards hem, calculated 10 initiate against,
the interests OF Western Virginia, and give
to the citizens of other States an incorrect
impression OF the opinions of the people OF
this State on that subject; therefore
ReSolued, That we are in fav3r sf, and
will encourage, every well founded enter
prise that has for its object the cul iyatiun
of the wild and uncultivated portions of
Western Virginia, the developemenl of our
mineral resources, the establishment OF
OF manufactures, or anything else that
tends in any manner to make US an ndepe-
ndent, set-reliant people.
Resosped, that we will welcome tn our
State the gold, law w-abiding citizens Of any
and all the other States OF the Union, or the
world, who may chose to cast in their lot
with US to aid us in making Western Vir-
ginia one Of The wealthiest sections in the
Union, and raising the Old Dominion, the
mother of States and statesmen, to the dig
nifed and commanding commercial position
which size once occupied among the States
of the Union.
ReSolUed, that we will defend in the pos
session of equal rights with ourselves, the
peacabie, ,law-abiding citizens of other State
who may settle in our midst, and conform
to the laws of the State.
On motion OF L. Sedinger. Esq, the
above report OF the committee was unan j.
mously adopted. On motion Of j. w.
lIiIe, Esq. the Secretary was requested to
forward q copy of the proceedings ,oi this
meeting for insertion in the Unioaist, the
New York Herald, and Norfolk Argus.
Signed by the Oilicers.1