The daily Butte record., 1858-04-27

The following account Of the proceedings
were furnished us. by the gentlemanly and
courteous officers Of the meeting - .1rgus.
In accordance with notice previously Civ.
en-, q large and respectable meeting of the
Democracy and citizens generally. convened
at the Court House ia the Town Of Quincy,
Plumas county on the evening of the 10th
inst.
At the appointed hour, the meeting was
called to order by A.A Cummings Esq who
nominated Judge L 7. Hogan as chairman
Of the meeting, who was unanimously elect.
ed
James IT, McNabb ESQ, nominated Mr.. A
T. Moore as Secretary which on being Sec
onded, MIR Moore was unanimously elected.
t&The Chairman, Judge Hogan, made f. W
remarks expressive of the obligation under
which he felt himself. for the honor confer.
red upon him by the meeting.
MIR. Z. w. WestmOreland, on request, ex-
planned the object of the meeting to be, for
the purpose of taking the sense of the meet.
ing in relation to the Lecompton Constitu.
tion, which was being urged on Congress as
the work and will Of the people of that Ter.
ritory.
j. 8. Ward Esq. offered the following res.
olutions;
Resoiued, LIST. That the Democracy of Plu.
mas county endorse again the declaration of
their principles contained in the Cincinatti
Platform, and particularly. and especially,
the clause regarding POPULAR SOVER-
ElGNTf, which we regard rs the bulwark
and foundation stone of all free government.
Resolved, I'd That the Democracy of this
section OF the State, most heartily endorse
the Inaugural of President Buchanan, and
his instructions to Gov Walker at the time
he was sent to Kansas as Governor Of that
Territory. and also his letter of date the 10Th
OF August 1867 TO Professor Silliman and
others.
Resoived, Sd. That the Lecompton Consti.
tuition should not be accepted by Congress
for the following among other reasons.
LIST. That said instru ment was not sub.
mitted TO vote or the people, as by law aud
precedent required
I'd, That there is no reason to believe that
It em6odics the wish and will Of the people
Of said Territory
the wishes Of the people Of said Territory. as
expressed in the election Of Marcus ]. Par.
rott, as delegate to Co gress, as expressed
in the election legally iled and held ON the
ath Of January 1858 EFE iNfl5 w
4th, That it is not republican in its proyi-
siops.
Resolred. 4th, That the true intent and
meaning Of the Kansas act. is to be found in
the instr uc,ions Of Mr.. Buchanan to Gov.
walker, IN his Inaugural, and in the letter
OF Mr.. Buchanan to the Connectticutt Cler-
gymen, which declared; "the right of the
people TO vote for the whole, or agaiuet the
whole Of said instrument" should remain in.
tact. and. in the words Of the President in
his Instructions to Gov. Walker, "shall be
preserved at ell hazards"
Resoired. 9th. That policy and expedien.
~ are always secondary to principle, and il
s never expedient TO be governed by mere
questions Of party policy in paramount ques.
ions, where principles vital to the happiness
md freedom Of our citizens are in issue.
Resoired. 9th. That as Denocrats, we de-
~ the legitimacy of the rule which would
make an endorsement of an Administration
he test Of Democratic orthodoxy, but insist,
hat the only rule on the subject, to which