The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-11
Mass Meeting in cinclnnatil

The people of Cincinnati, irrespective
of party, assembled in Mass Meeting on
Monday to consider tie condition of the
country. Hon Geo. L. PuGu, U. S. Sen
ator from Ohio, made a conservative
speech, and the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted unanimously
They indicate that the conservative senti-
ment of the country is coming to the sur
face, and will vindicateftsclf:
We, citizens of Cincinnati, without dis
tlnction OF party, now assembled for the
purpose OF devising ways and means TO ar
rest the fearful advanceof disunion and
anarchy, looking upon the preservation
of the Union of these states as paramount
to all other considerations of political
nature; holding with the great Webster
Liberty and Union, are and insepara-
bic, now and forever"-z.lnd with the he.
roic Jackson, that "theTnion must be
preserved;" and filledf3lt, apprehen-
sons Of alarm at the ny NJ e,isss of our
national affairs, and the sEscttled and un.
satisfactory condition of our hitherto hap
py country, hereby declare that we are
now willing to sacrifice our peculiar clash.
ing and conflictingpartisan opinions upon
the alter of the Union, and to render up
our hearts and our minds to the good of
our country-our whole country. We be-
lieye that the time has come for the peo-
pie to speak out and demand of our Ma
tional Legislators that something must be
done to save the Union, and they in Con-
gress must do it. The time for action is
upon us! Party spirit and rancor must
surrender and dsuccumb to sincere and true
patriotism in the Halls of Congress, and
it Is the duty of men of all parties to yield
up something for the common good of all.
Therefore,
Resoteed, That it is the deliberate judg-
ment of this meeting of citizens of Cincin-
natl, of all political complexions, that the
principles announced in The preamble and
resolutions offered in the Senate of the
United State by the Hon John j. Crit
tenden OF Kentuky, on the 18th day Of
December, A. ID. 1860, meetwith our most
cordial response and approval; and we
hereby respectfully request Of our Con-
gressmcn in our National Legislature, to
adopt them at once as tllel principles of
their action in settlement Of the unhappy
and distressing difierenences which now
disturb and distract the sister States of
this Republic, believing that if accepted
by Congfess and adopted by the several
States as amendments to the Constitution
of the United States, they will not only
preserve the Union, but will cement the
walls of this glorious Temple of Liberty
more strongly, and perpctuate it, as it
ougt to be, forever.
Reso'ccd, That in event that the princ-
pies in the preamble and resolutions of
the Hon. John j, Crit&nden cannot be
made the basis of the settlement of the
differences of the sister States of the I'M
ion, we hereby, in the name of our coutry,
in the name of our sacred Union, call
upon Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware,
Virginia, Kentucky, tennessee. Arkan-
sas, Ohio, Indiana, lllnois and Missouri,
the border sisters, to intervene as medi-
atoFs iathis great ceisis ,nf. .o,,r affairs; md
by their combined wisdom and devotion
to the Union, devise some method by
which the country and her institutions
can>be preserved aud'protected."