Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-21
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Opposition Meeting In Stafford

\ meeting OF Wings and those opposed -
the present Administration, was held ~.
Stafford Court House, On "Wednesday H.
10th Of November, 1859. lcourt ,at +
III. Skinker, esq, was called to the cb,,.
and +. I. Rose, esq, appointed >ctrrt,ry
The object OF the meeting having been az
planned, the following preamble and ,,.I,
tons were offered by Col! Wm. J. ,,,a~
and after debate, were unanimously aIp,,I
Whereas, The cxtrayaSauce and c,-r,.',,>,
of the Democratic Admins traitor now IN r.,'l
have reached such point a. ha> been 4, r,t,'
unknown III the administration 81 the FeIc-,f,:
yernment, and have AT length become - iuto,.,.
BILE as TO excite alarm for the future pro,p.r,tv
our beloved country: Therefore be IL
Resolved, That we, the conservative r.o,1.
Stafford county, are opposed a. vel u rl' M
chicvous, double construction, kan,a, Ncbr,.l,
bill and squatter sovereignty doctrines 81 >,,rr.
A. Douglas, az 10 the monStrous cuurnlit,r, i, ii,
administration and that VI hail with ,Lo ~,
cordial appreciation every honorable attemr, ),
unite all the conservative elements 81 the ,,,,r,
into one great patriotic band, whose ini,,ist, Li
be the restoration oi ouf government h n. r,i,,
purity. and the hurting from power, aud cnp,,,r
Ing 10 well meri,ed iutamy and oblivion, the II,
pies who have 50 long tattened upon lie pubIi.
crib, and kept together by the cohesive ror.
or of public plumber" and that This me.tiu; -.
point fifty delegates 10 meet our brethren II X,
Opposition, in the Convention, to hc held IN Gi,r.
moud, on the 18th day OF December, 1919.
Resolved, That w earnestly warn All al -.
friends, in every section of the country, not 10 l.
taken in, and carried again TO the support Il a,
dominant party, by the ingenious aud .p,riou,
sectional arguments used against Mr. Fillmore n
the last Presidential campaign. That the aoul,.
dealing Of james Buchanan in H.. Pacific R,p
road letter, which was withheld in the ailsn,,,
States, but published in California prlor d m,
election, n well n in many othcrmlttcrs since li
, election ought 10 convince every cunserya,n.
patriot in the land that the administration p,ry
is unworthy Of support; nor is the other wing II
the Democratic party worthy Of il. That w. COZ.
slider Stephen A. Douglas while he holds on, tie
word of promise in his Kansas Nebraska bul !,
the people of the South and strikes them ,i,,p
and deadly blow in his Squattcr Sovereignty IN
depreciation Of the act, the worst enemy l. tie
true interests of the South even worse than L,r
avowed enemies, and that We will give our cotdisl
and earnest support 10 any conservative man who
opposes those doctrines. And that the Hon John
Minor Bolts has a title 10 our esteem aud con-
idence, by the bold and manly stand lie In. al.
ways taken against sach hercsics."
In pursuance OF the foregoing resolutions
the following gentlemen were appointed del
egates:
II. Skinker, DR.. j. Il. Cooke, James Briggs,
James Monroe, Jack Graves, Lyman Kellogg,
James Robertson, Thomas l.. Schroeder, John
Schoolcr, Abner Randolph. Henry HILL George Il.
Blackburn, A. Kellogg, Vim. q. Pollock, W J.
Green, Jas. I. Forbes, ". ID. Morgan, D.. l.. b.
Rose, Duff Green, DIR. Jas. Ball, Dr. A. ). Mason,
John Pollock, DIR. Hugh Morson, q. H. Cooper
A. NJ. Green, VIM. Perkins. W. ;. Masters, Ruht
q. Hickerson, VIM. Barbour, W. ). Patton. >u.-
Their Harding, Il. L. Rose, Jas. French, Marshall
Payne, Francis Curtis, George W. Conway, L. 4.
W. Horc, Jas. h. Waller, Edward Z. Waller. ThoS.
G. Waller, W. Waller, n. W. Ford. Dr. Z. J.. Ford,
J. K. Smith, Raleigh Cooper, Seth Cooper, T. +.
Davis, Ii. b. Barnes, Y. y. Conway, john t. Coop.
or.
On motion. it was
Resolved. That the Alexandria Gazette. Rich
mond Wing, Fredericksburg News, and Nirgni.
Herald be requested to publish these proceedings.
J. ii. SKINNER, Chairman.
L. T. Rose, Secretary.