Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-03-18
Pennsylvanians in Council.
From the Lawrence Republican,


pursuant to notice, a meeting of Pennsylva-
.,ac was held at the johnson House on
Tbnrsday evening last, to consider the fight
= Congress in which our eountryman, G.. A.
Grow asserted his rights, in such a striking
nonner. The meeting was called to order, and
" Eddy chosen chairman, and B. L. Kings
bnrv Secretary. The object of the meeting was
,bon stated by the chair, after which com
rnittee on resolutions were chosen by the meet
;nr n consisting of the following persons @. W.
neitzIer B. johnson, ID. H. Haywood, II
Sbanklin, W. j. Boyer, j. L Speer, and E.
I Jones. The committee retired, and after a
short absence returned and throhgh their
chairman reported the following preamble and
resolutions
Whereas, On the morning of the 9th of
January, the House of Representatives of the
United States was a scene of most disgrace
f row, in consequence of a violent assault
made bv kett of South Carolina on the
Hon G. A Grow of PENNSYLVANIA and
whereas we regard the conduct of Mr.. Grow
on that occasion, in summarily knocking
down his rutianly assailant, as eminently prop.
or manly and judiCiouS and are also deeply
IMPRESSED with the conviction that the highest
interests of this Republic require that the ag-
cressiyp and domineering spirit of the slave
holding faction in the Government should be
decsiYelV met whenever manifested, and re-
buked, if need be, by the strong arm and
that public opinion throughout the country
should be directed in any suitable way to
that end therefore,
Resolved, That we admire the prompt and
intrepid action of Hon Galusha A Grow,
in his striking disposal of keitt, when attacked
by that individual on the morning of the sixth
inst
Resolved, That as American citizens, as
former citizens of Pennsylvania, and as present
citizens of oppressed Kansas, we extend our
hearty thanks to Mr.. Grow for thus Justly and
courageously asserting the rights of Northern
freemen against the staggering rufianism of
Southern bullieS.
Resolved, That we commend the conduct of
Mr. Grow to all Northern men, as an example
worthy of imitation.
Resolved, That while paying the tribute
Of respect TO Mr Grow we cannot withhold
the expression of our opinion as to the debase-
ment of that weaker child of tie old keystone
State, now occupying the Executive chair of
the nation-that, would he but cultivate
manly spirit of resistance to Southern assump-
ton, instead of complaccntly yielding to its
dctaton, the little squad Of nigger driving
d>uni0ns's would soon sink into merited in
significance, and he might commend to the re-
sect of his cOuntrymen and Of posterity an
Administration which now promises to become
amore complete failure than the one which
preceded it.
Resolved, That the PennsylYanians in X an
sas will be the first to tuke up arms against
the Lecompton Constitution, and the last to
lay them aside.
Resolved, That committee Of five be ap-
pointed by this meeting, to procure q suitable
medal, to be presented to Mr. Grow as tes-
tmonial from his former fellow citizens, of their
appreciation of his conduct in the matter above
referred to.
The resolutions were received and adopted
The following resolutions were also offered and
adopted
Resolved, That copies of the proceedings of
this meeting be forwarded to Hon. Gausha A.
Grow and James Buchanan, as evidence of
comparative degrees of respect entertained for
each, by the sons of the old Keystone State in
Kansas
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the LAWRENCE RErUB-
ucAN and Herald Of Freedom.
The chair then appointed the following per-
sons to procure a suitable medal : II. Camp
bell II. ShankIin, D. II. Haywood, p w.
Woodward, and s C. Russell
After appropriate speeches from Judge
Speer and others, the meeting adjourned sine
die r. W. EDDY, Chm'n.
b. L. kINGsBrRr, Sec'y.
And $50 others.
Lawrence February "a 1853