Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-12-30
PUBLIC MEETING.

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liable number of the citizens Of Medley's
District, convened at Poolesville, on Sat.
urday, the oath ultimo, for the purpose
of taking into consideration such mea.
sures as seem TO be required by the ext
gencics of the times for the promotion Of
the public veal. Accordingly, themcet.
ling was organized by calling Dr. WIL-
LIAM BREWER to the chair, and appoint
ing A X. SoPER secretary.
| The venerable chairman, in a very
Impressive manner, stated the object d
the meeting being to give expression to
public sentiment with regard to the re-
cent invasion of our sister State, Virgin
ia, and other aggressive acts and en-
croachments upon the Constitutional
rights Of the slaveholding States by
Northern abolitionists, and to recommend
to the legislature Of Maryland the pas
sage of such laws as might be considered
necessary and important in view of ex-
listing circumstances.
A committee having been appointed
to draft resolutions to be submitted to
and acted upon by the meeting, the COM
mittec presented long preamble, set
ting forth the grievances under which
the South has been laboring for series
of years--the causes Of the same-the
dangerous tendency and evil results en-
suing MISUNDERSTANDING the disso-
luton Of the American Union, calami-
ty to be deprecated, and which can only
be sanctioned as measure Of unavoida-
BILE necessity.
The subjoined resolutions, in ccnnex-
ion with the preamble, were unanimous
y and enthusiastically adopted:
Resolocd That the signs of the
times are such as to require the express
sion Of our opinion on the late outrages
committed on the soil of our sister State,
Virginia. by men from the Free States.
End. That in view of the warlike at
titude taken by the North against the
South, We pledge our allegiance to the
South in support of our constitutional
rights, and that all we have of force and
means shall be devoted, when required.
to protect and defend Southern rights
against the aggressions Of the North.
3rd. That we regard the attack made
upon the citizens of Harper's Ferry as a
reasonable assailment Of one of our sis
ter Southern States. by John Browa and
his confedcrates, true representatives Of
treason notoriety and abolition fame, and
if not properly condemned by the citi-
zens of the Free States, sufficient
cause to break up all connection with
them.
18th. That We heartily approve of the
prompt and energetic manner in which
Gov. WISE, of Virginia, has acted, from
first to last, in the Harper's Ferry af-
fair, and tho decided stand he took 10 re-
fusing to reprieve or commute the pun
ishment Of those criminals who ruthless
" invaded the territory of Virginia and
brutality murdered her peaceable citizens,
thereby showing that he was the right
man, with the right nerve, to deal with
traitors, and to see that the laws Of Vir-
gina we're faitiiifaiiiiy; fully executed and their
supremacy fully vindicated, which will
stand as an enduring monument Of his
fidelity to his duty as the Executive Of
Virginia, and evipcing an unwavering de-
termination to punish. to the full extent
comm;t treason and murder neacrsbls
citizens.
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