Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-12-16
Democratic state central Committee.

A meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee was held in Balti-
more on Tuesday, the 9th inst. Brad
ley I. johnson, Esq, in the Chair, II.
S. Hunt, Secretary. We take the fol-
lowing report of the proceedings from
the Sun
On motion of j. A. Wickes, Esq,
committee OF seven were appointed to
prepare resolutions for the consideration
of the Central Committee. The chair
appointed the following gentlemen =
Joseph A. Wickes, Of Kent county; w.
Dallas, of Carroll; Nath Duke, Of Cal
vert; w. Veirs Bouic, of Montgomery
Col. Isaac NJ benson, of Baltimore city;
DR.. Cathel Humphrey. ofSomerset; and
DR., j. Fitzpatrick. of Allegany.
The committee then adjourned till 7
o'clock, 2. NJ, when the special COM
mittee reported the following resolutions,
which, after debate, we're adopted:
Resolced, That the first duty of the
democratic party of Maryland is to re-
store to her native born aud adopted cit
liens, those rights which, through vo-
lence and fraud, they have been deprived
of, to maintain, as the great and cardi-
nal principle of republican government.
the purity of the ballot-box, and to pro-
tect and sustain, by all constitutional and
legal means every voter in the free, I'M
controlled and safe expression of his
opinions On every question in reference
to which it is his right or his duty to
vote.
ResolOed, That the people of the city
of Baltimore are at this time, and have
been since the ascendency of the self
styled American party, stripped Of those
rights which are most dear to every
American citizen that life, liberty and
property are without protection from
either the State or city governments
that the right of suffrage has not only
been denied; and it is an imperative du-
ty which the democratic party Of Mary
land owe to the people of the State and
of the Union, to remedy these evils and
restore to every citizen these rights which
under the constitution and lawshe is en-
titled to enjoy.
Resotcei, That we have observed with
intense anxiety the invasion of Virginia,
our sister State by band of lawless and
fanatical men, whose object was by SER
vile insurrection, to strip US of our prop
erty, violate State sovereignty, and light
up fraternal war, by which the Union Of
the States must be dissolved and the
South be driven by every means in heI
power, to unite for the preservation OF
her property, the sanctity of her soil,
and the lives of her citizens.
Resolced, That the State of MARYLAND
is now as she has ever been, the stead
fast friend Of her Southern sisters; that
the democracy ofthe State, as represented
by this committee. feel pledged to assert
at this their earliest opportunity their de-
votion to the institution guaranteed to us
by the constitution and their reprobation
OF the fanatical demonstrations at the
North, so clearly pointing. as they do, ia
determined purpose to destroy our do
nestle institutions, ard with them the
constitution and the Union.
Resoloed That we have entire conf
dcnce that democratic members of the
Legislature will promptly take such &C.
ton as well sustain their obligation to the
people ~ protect the honor, secure the
peace, and promote the best interest Of
the State and maintain the confidence Of
the South aud p ,trotic men Of the North
The committee then adjourned TIL to-
morrow at 10 o'clock.
The business transacted at the ad.
jouraed meeting was mainly the discrs.
sion, revision and amendment of bills fol
the action of the Legislature. Thes,
bills related to Baltimore.
A motion was adopted that A. Lingar
Jarrett be requested to take the neccssa
ry steps to contest the election of VIM
II. Purnell
Among the most prominent gentlemen
whose names were mentioned in connec.
ton with the United States Senatorship
we're Hon. j. Alfred Pearcc, j. A.
Stewart and j. G. Groome.