Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-02-15
HORNBY CONVENTION.


The Portland transcript has long
letter from Ethan Spike, which describes
a recent pervisicnal convention Of the
moonisipal emporium of Hornby, Maine.
\ communication was received from the
Secretary of the town Treasury to the
effect that there was ''nota red in that
department. The Secretary Of War OF
the village reported as follows:
That eight of the sixteen members OF
the Hornby Phalanx he'd desarted--an
that nothin short of new supply OF
rum would save the loyalty Of the bal
ance-was referred to the Committee on
Lighthouses, with Instructions to get
the necessary supplies in Portland-en
credit-if they can. e
The Committee on Ways and Means
reported: ',Ihat ways is plenty, but
means contrary minded, and recommend
a voluntary tax on old maids, cats and
tea to fill up the public exigencies.
The Convention went into a commit
tee of the hull--and-
Resolrel, We are poor daown trod-
den, long-sufferin, despised, injured,
miserable, meek, mean, innocent, ire
pressable, ill-begotten, individooal peo-
pie.
Resolved, That the demand Of the
State, calm on us to tell Wot aour
grievances is, an what we want is insul-
tin to aour feelins
Jest as though anybody with one eye
put out an t'other bunged couldt see
that the election of Isril Washburn was
a premeditated insult to Hornby.
Resolued, That we are opposed to
Koertion- except when exercised by
yourselves.
Resolyed, Teat the okerpation of
Baldwin Lightus by State keeper is a
frritatin circumstance. An, onlesslheis
withdrawn aour army be instructed to
take possession of the same in the name
of the taoun.
Resolrod, That, eff aour reasonable de-
mands is not complied to, that we will
take possession of, an hold for aour own
use the State Prison and the Insane
Asylum
Resozved That aour Suyrin Sister,
South kareliny be invited to jine with
us in the stand we take agin oppression.
Resoz6ed, That if any man shall speak
agin secession-or be suspected of
thinking agin it, any good law abidln
citizen may knock him down an empty
his pockets-the proceeds to be appro-
priated-under the direction of the
Committee on Ways and Means, for
gineral treat. go
Resolued, That this ere Convention is
dry. An, that whereas the President
and Vice President OF this Orgust body
is both horse dew cbmbat-being hoored,
so to speak, an helpless, that a forced
loan to the suvrinty be now made from
their pockets of sufficient sum for
gineral "smile, on the principle of self
defense.
Resolred, That Horribly be and hereby
is Free Port of Entry for everything
but niggers, aberlishunists and Black
Republicans, which is counterband.
Resozred, That the haybius korpus
act, and the taxes and the Maine Law
be and is suspended.
Also an ordinance relation to weights
an measures used in the Ticker trade
Be it enacted, That henceforth and
forever in this 'ere realm-eyery quart
bot shall hold gallon
Ordered, That the forcgoin articles
shall be the Constitution Of this Suv-
rinty. An that an attested copy thereof
be posted on the taown pump for terror
to evil doers.
Done at the Council Chamber in the
I ear One SIS.
TREMENDOUS 7. TURTLE.
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