The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-08
Meeting at Horse Shoe Bar.

Meeting at Horse Shoe Bar.
At an adjourned meeting held at Horse
Shoe Bar, on Saturday evening, June LIST,
1861, by a Club known as the Washington
Union Club, the following preamble and re
solutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, In the Union of these States
we behold glorious tenn lie built by the
hands of patriots driven by tyranny from
their homes in the Old World, and erected
through the sufferings and sacrifices OF heroes
as refuge and n sanctuary for the oppressed
of every land, where man recognises no
superior but God, may enjoy the privileges
and blessings Of liberty, erected his affairs
and with conscience and judgment for his
guide, may worship according to the dictates
of his own heart, none to modest or make
him afraid, and
WHEREAS, In this mighty work directed
to control by divine wisdom we behold
fabric intended to be perpetual through all
time. Therefore be it
Resolved, That the Constitution upon which
protection Of the rights of every portion
of our common country. That the troubled
condition of our national affairs has not been
produced by any defect in our system Of
Government, but by the strife in both sec
tons of the country of greedy spolIsmen
and reckless politicians, who devoid Of patri
otism would root up the tree Of liberty and
sell it by the cord Therefore be it
Resolved That with The dissolution Of this
Union the last hope Of the struggling patriots
of other lands, for the regeneration Of their
countries and the REIMBURSEMENT of their
people would expire. That free America
years has lighted their pathway to the glori
Gus deeds and immortal fame, that by no
act of ours shall the illustrious example be
destroyed. But while we unqualItiedly con-
denim any attempt of one section Of the
union to interfere with the Constitutional
rights of another we find the true remedy
for evils in the enforcement of The Constitu
ton and laws not in the destruction of the
Government and that the Union must and
shall be preserved Therefore be it
Resolped. That it is the paramount duty
Of the President of the United States by
every Constitutional means to defend, pro.
iect and preserve this glorious Union against
all foes, that his action .hoald be Cove rned
BY prudence and tirmness, that dire neces
sity alone should draw the sword, but that
victory alone should sheath it, Therefore
be it
Resolped, That we recognise party pr,nci
pies as the theory by which the country is
to be governed, that Al the present time The
m"mentons question absorbing all others is
presented Are we to have a country? That
in this the hour of peril we devote ourselves
to the preservation of the Union and the
restoration of peace to our distracted land
May orr flag without stain and with its
stars un,liminished hold its place in the
heavens
May our Constitution, the magma charta
of the liberties of man be perpetual.
Resolred, Tha, these proceedings be pub
li>hed in the Placer Herald, and ! lacer
Courier.
After The adoption of preamble and re.
solutions the following officers were elected:
President, John Cronin; Vice President,
Mark Gooldy; Secretary, B. r. Sheridan;
Treasurer, Thomas Quirk.
The following preamble and resolutions were
prepared FOL presentation at theWashingtonUnion
last but as the Committee appointed to draft lie
solutions reported the above, these were not
pressed for adoption. They contain facts that
are incontrovertible, and being an expression OF
the views of many who were present at the
meeting, they desire their publication:
WHEREAS, Civil war is rife in section of the
on-brOthcrs shedding the blood of brothers.
And whereas. this cruel and unnational strife was
brought about 10y designing politicians, aided by
fanatics who proclaim the Constitution of the
United States as an emanuticn Of satan. There
fore be it
Resolved, LIST. That we look upon the Consti-
tuition the guardian of liberties, to he held
sacred by all who love and appreciate the bles-
sings of liberty.
Resolved, End. That we disclaim any utilization
with those leaders or followers who, when peace
and plenty reigned throug hout this wide, happy
and prosperous land would let the I" Union slide, ="
and who designated the Constitution as cove
nant with hell"
ResOlved. Sd. That those who ruthlessly vio-
lated it without cause or provocation, whether
North or South. East or West, have our unquali-
fed condemnation.
Resolved 4th That while we love and cherish
the Union. carried out according to the plain pro-
visions OF the Constitution, we cannot howl with |
those who a short time ago laid plans deep and
sure for its destruction.
Resolued, 9Th. That portion of the press of
the cities Of San Francisco and Sacramento have
prostituted their high calling by publishing in
cendiary and blood thirsty appeals; by fomenting
and fostering strife and discord in our midst,
under the hypocritical plea of love for the Union
and the Constitution, who in 1856, trampled
under foot every vestige of Constitutional law
and justice in the city of San Francisco, and
whose CORY pens not free from the stain of
the blood of their murdered victims
Rfs0lved, 9th. That the Sacramento Union and
sheets of that lk are the wrong sources for Union
loving. law-abiding, and patriotic American citi-
zens to draw their union and political inspira-