Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-09-21
Resolutions,


Adoptedby The Greenwood Literary Society.
AT a regular and full meeting of the
Greenwood Literary Society, held on the
evening of Sept. 7th, the following resolu
tions were offered by William Burgess,
and adopted without dissenting voice;
WHEREAS, Our country is involved in
war for the purpose of quelling an armed
rebellion among confederate band Of
traitors and their allies, who have openly
avowed their suicidal determination to rule
or ruin and whereas, certain demonstra-
tions have been made in this region of
Pennsylvania, as we'll as in other portions
of the Northern States, which unmistaka
bly, evince an active sympathy with the
traitors cause therefore
Resolved, That while we disclaim all
desire or intention of mingling in the par.
tisan contests Of the day, of identifying
ourselves with any political party, or other
clique or clan, or of diverting the actions
of our society from the laudable pursuit of
literature and science, we do most unquali-
fedly assert and maintain that every loyal
citizen is in duty bound to aid the govern
ment as far as possible by words and deeds,
in maintaining the supremacy of constitu-
tional law, in defending our lives, our
property, our homes, and our nationality
from the ruthless grasp of desperadoes,
who set God at defiance and tramplc hu
manity in the dust.
Resolved, That we deprecatc the hor-
rors and many evil consequences of civil
war, and ardently desire the consumma-
ton of an honorable peace, on terms not
detrimental to our moral, social and po
litical intercourse and development, but
we will by no means counsel measures to
precipitate our country into the vortex Of
worse calamity, by making trucking
CONCESSIONS of principle, or any compro-
mise with armed rebels, calculated to fix
the stigma Of dishonor and disgrace upon
our national character, without ridding us
of the vile curse which is the prime cause
of these complicated evils.
/ RtSolved, That the preaching of cons-
promise and peace with the avowed or i'm
piled intent of crippling the administra-
ton of the government in the present
crisis, evinces a willingness to strike arms
with secessionists and traitors, and those
who extend such aid and sympathy either
openly or covertly, if prompted by such
motives, should be considered as aiders
and abettors of treason, and as such should
meet the indignant frowns of freemen, and
be visited by the sautary restraints Of the
law.
Resoiocd, That the papers of Columbia
and Montour counties, not unfrlendly TO
the expression and circulation of such SEN
timcnts, be respectfully invited to publish
these resolutions.
MILLvILLE, Pa, Sept. 9, 1851.
NoTEs BY TIE EDITOR
Fortunately there is no law against
people making fools of themselves, and the
Greenwood Literary Society has as good
right to perform that feat as any other.
The resolutions and preamble are exceed
ingly muddled, what little meaning there
is, is covered with words. So far as we
can get at the idea, we have no fault to
find with the resolutions except the last
two lines of the second one; to wit Il:
Without Kidding US of the vile curse
which is the prime cause of these compli'
Gated evils
That is pure, genuine, unblushing abo
litionism-It is the doctrine of Greeley and
Giddings and Lovejoy and Fred Douglas
1t is the echo of the yell of the Rife Ware
Beecher party, for the emancipation of the
negroes-It is the spirit of the proclama
ton of Fremont, which the Government
has been obliged to disavow-It is of thu
teachings of those fanatics whose folly ha
: ruined the country-It is at the bottom O.
all our troubles, and is the cause of thu
) "causc of these complicated evils"
Such being our opinion of William Bur
CESS abolitionism, we boldly avow over
selves " unfriendly to the expression and
circulation of such sentiments" Not tina
5 we would shut Mr.. Burgess mouth, or teal
l down his School House-those are the ar
, guments of towards and fools-let Mr.
Burgess preach, let the good sense Of thu
people answer,
In connection with our own dissent, w
beg leave to refer the reader to Letter
from Mr. Clay upon the subject, which i
would be well for William Burgess tc
study. Let the white men of the Nortl
read and ponder its teachings.
SOUND VIEws.-The Louisville Demo