The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-02-25
Democratic Meeting Ina Athens
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Pursuant to public notice, svery larg'
number Of ihs Democracy Of Athens tOwn
ship met at Stumptown, on Saturday, Feb.
81, 1868, at l o'clock, P. NJ, and organized
by calling JAMES CRossAS, E,q.. to the
Chair, and appointing n. H. PHIbL IFS, Esq
Secretary:
/ The following preamble and resolution.
were submitted to the meeting, and after
being read aud discussed. were unanimously
adopted ... s-t
WHEREAS. The present administration
have, by st udIed effort, pursued a course
and is yet pursuing it, that implies desire
TO effect radical change in our form Of gov
ernmsnt and institutions centralizing all the
Sovereign powers oil the States, thereby
making them mere dependencies Of the gen
eral government, and
WHEREAS, All the leading measures OF
this administration only tend to engend er
bad seeiings between different sections OF the
country and will inevitably, il carried out,
end in dividing this once united aud prosper
Gus nation and cause new alliances to be
formed, and '' '' -
WHEREAS, We believe the New England
States to be designedly, instrumental in de-
| ing all this, to be constantly endeayoring to
bring about the adoption Of MEASURES pre-
| lud,Gial TO the interests of the Northwest, to
have succeeded in forcing upon the country,
through Abraham Lincoln, the President, a
policy which will necessarily end in disun
ion; therefore
Reso'ved, That, II this conspiracy against
| free government should result in the separa
ton of the Southern from the Northern
States, an eUent ,0}lirh zoe UouM GH grenfll,
| deplOre, 1t will become our duty to think
over anG be prepared TO decide our actions
in that event, and we believe the natural
consequence of this would be to drive those
States bordering upon the Mississippi to-
gether, since their nterests-political-
mercial and pecuniary--are so naturally
blended; and that the New England States
SO largely the cause OF our present trou
bes--wIll have to change their manner OF
action or be left to themselves
ResolUel, That we consider civil war the
greatest calamity that could have bsfallen
his nation; and that we now believe it would
have been wiser at the beginning OF our pre-.
sent troubles to have submitted TO pea ca
ble separation as a necessity, not az choice.
| than to have entered into war for the pur
pose OF keeping the States together by force,
and hence any pc saelble means OF settling
our present difficulties would be preferable
to continuance Of This war.
| Resofued, That the allegiance Of the ci izen
! is dus alone to the constitution and the lato,
made IN pursuance Hieraof--not to any man
or otfi3er--or adminiStratip and whatever
support is due to any officer is due by virtue
of the cons itution and the laws enacted in
conformity Herewith, and we believe it &c
be the duty OF the citizens ot every town
ship in the State, during these revolutionary
times, to organize and be in readiness to de-
6end and uphold the same.
ResOlved, That we earnestly condemn the
nculcatiDg otpolitlcal dog mas in our church
es and educational institutions, and we be
lieve it to be the duty OF the members Of The
one and those having supervision Of the 9th
er, to repress every attempt to purvert ou
religious and educational systems into insti
tutions for the spreading Of REVOLUTIONARY
principles. whose only tendency is to disturb
aud upheave society. -r
On motion, P. Donshue. Esq, was invited
to address the meeting, 10 which he respond
cd in few excellent and well termed re
marks
On motion it was
Reso7vei, That the entire Democracy o
Athens township meet at llilton's Black
smith Shop on Saturday, March 7, at $50
A. NJ, to attend the Democratic Mass
Meeting in Csdiz on that day.
On motion, the editors o! tho Caliz Sens
dael, St. Carsville Gazette aud Columbus
CRISIS, were requested to publish the pro
ceedings Of this meeting in their respective
papers.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
| JAMES CR0SSAN, President.
| M. Fl. PHILLIPS, SecretajY,