Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-06-17
BALLOTS FOR AUDITOR GENERAL.

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| 1871
Hon. Lemuel Todd reported the follow
ing expressions of sentiments, which were
unanimously and enthusiastically adopted
RESOLUTIONS.
Rcsolred, 1sL That Executive inter
vention to PROSTATE the will of the people,
cOnstitutionally expressed, either in the
States or Territories, is a dangerous els-
ment of Federal power, and that its exor-
else by the present Chief Magistrate Of
the Republic, as we'll in Elections as upon
the Representatives of the people, meet,
our decided disapprobation.
2. That We protest against the Sec
tional and pro-slavsry policy of the Ma
tional Administration, as at war with the
rights Of the people, and subversive Of the
principles Of our government
8. That we denounce aud will unitedly
oppose all attempts to enact a Congress.
sional Slave Code for the Territories, be-
lieviDg the same to be utterly at war with
the true purposes Of our government, and
repugnaut to the moral sense Of the ma
ton; aud that we re-afiirm our continued
hostility to the extension of Slavery over
the Territories of the Union.
4. That We regard all suggestions and
propositions of every kind, by whomsoever
made, for a revival Of the African slave
trade, as shocking to the moral sentiments
Of the enlightened portion Of mankind
that any action on the part of the govern
ment or people conniving at or lsgalizing
that horrid and inhuman traffic, would
Justly subj ent tho s.vsrnmens and citizens
of the United States to the reproach and
execration of oil civilized and christian
people, and that the inaction of the Ma
tional Administration in bringing the
slave. traders to justice, and its course in
sending such as have been arrested to trial
iu places where acquittal was certain, sub
ject it fairly to the charge Of conuiving At
the practical re-opsniDg Of that traffic.
8. That We hold the encouragement
and protection of home production and
American industry to be one of the first
duties Of our government; that the fail
ure to obtain such encouragement and pro-
lection from the last Congress, notwith-
standing the professions Of the President,
conviuces US that the laboring masses Of
the Free States will look in vain for tar
if for the protection Of free labor while the
administration Of the government is in the
hands Of the party now in power; and that
we believe the ad valorem system wholly
inadequate to the protection We demand,
and in lieu of it We are in favor of specific
duties upon iron, coal, salt, and all such
other products wholly the growth and
manufacture Of the United States.
G. That the reckless and profigate ex-
travagancs of the National Administration,
causing a necessity for continued loans
without any means provided for their pay
ment, give evidence of want of that abil-
ity and integrity which should character
ize tho government Of q free people, and
unless checked will lead to q dishonor Of
the national credit.
7. That the passage Of q just home.
stead bill, giving one hundred and sixty
acres Of land to every citizen who will set
tle upon and improve the samo, would be
a measure fair in principle, sound in policy,
and productive of great good to the people
of the nation. That We regard the defeat
of Mr.. Grows bill in the Senate of the
United States, by the party in power, as
direct blow at the laboriug classes Of the
country, and as unworthy of the libcrality
Of a great government. And that kindred
to this was the defeat, by the same party,
of the pre-emption bill which gave prefer
encc to actual settlers over land specula-
tors.
s. That the purity aud safety of the
ballot-box must be preserved, and that all
frauds upon the naturalization laws, which
have been SO much resortod to to promote
the success Of the party We oppose, ought
to be counteracted by wholesome aud pro-
per legislation.
Q. That we approve Of the enactment
Of proper laws to protect US from the H.
reduction Of foreign criminals in our
midst, by returning them at once to the
places whence they have been shipped to
,ur shores.
TO- We cordially invite all men Of ell
PARTIES to join with US, in earnest endea-
tors to restore the government to its ORR
,iual purity, and to preserve the proud
Ieritags OF American Institutions, trans
nitted to US by our fathers, complete and
to those who may como after I
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