Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-10-06

On motion OF Col. Sam. w. Owens, it was
resolved that the proceedings be published in
the Maysville Eagle and Bulletin. The meet
| ing then adjourned.
CHAS. A MARSHALL, President
/ LUcIEN ;. LUTTRELL, Sec'ty.
On Monday, September Doth, 1864, large
meeting of the citizens Of Bracken county,
was held at Brooksviile, to ratify the nomina.
ton Of Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan.
/ On motion, THORNTON +. MARSHALL, ESQ.
was appointed Chairman, and JONI H. BoUUE
Secretary. The Chairman then appointed f.
l.. Cleveland DR.. j. Taylor Bradford, Henry
Fronk. ir., Geo. W. Hamilton and VIM )
Harrod, a Committee to draft resolutions for
the consideration Of the meeting, who present
ed the following:
Resolced That we, the people of Bracken
county, without respect to former party asso-
citation, in Convention assembled, do ratify and
endorse the nomination of Gen. Geo. T. Me
Clcllan for President. and Hon. Geo. II. Pen
dletOn for Njce-President Of the United States
and that We pledge to them the electoral vote
of our county.
ResoLUcd, That the patriotic principles dc
clared by tue National Democratic Convention
nObly and eloquenty expoundel bv its can
didate for the Presidency in his recent letter
of acceptance, embody line of public policy
upon winch alone, the American people can
restore the Union, re-establish constitutional
liberty, give security to individual rights, and
secure the return Of 4 permanent and honor
able peace.
ReS0lced, That we heartily respond to the
pledge OF our candidate, George H. Mcclellan,
that he will, when elected, exhaust all the re
sources OF craftsmanship 10 secure peace, re
establish the Union, and guarantee for the fu
ture the rights of every State that with this
pledge, and the Jacksonian declaration that
the Union must be maintained. we pledge to
him our hearty support.
ResOiced, That the Administration of Abra-
ham Lincoln, by its usurpations, its disregard
of the Constitution, its violations Of personal
liberty and State rights, its resort to military
power to suhvert the civil authority, its temper
izing and cowardly degradation Of the nation
III its foreign policy, its perverSiOn Of the wa T.
from It's object and its aVOwed determination |
to prOlOng 1t, In the language of Abraham Lin |
coin, TO compel the abandonment Of slavery" |
has become revolutionary in its character and !
that it Is the duty of conservative men of all |
parties to unite in substituting in its place an
which will seek, in the Consti
tuition of the United States and the laws pass
ed in accordance Herewith, the rule Of its duty
and the limitations of its power.
ReS0LCed, That we still approve and en-
lorse the resolutions known as the "Critten.
len resolutions" and regard any departure
here!rom by the party in power as subver
tive of the best interest of our country, and
~
existing civil war, forced upon the National
government, without cause, by the disunion
SITS, should not be wa@ed upon the part Of the
Government in any spirit of oppression, or for
my purpose of overthrOwing interfering
With the rights established institutions of
ny of the States, free or STARE, but TO defend
nd maintain the supremacy of the COnstitu-
ion, and preserve the Union with all the dig
ity, equality and rights, Of the several States
and that as soon az those objects |
re accomplished, the war ought to cease"
After the presentation of these resolutions .
Ion. w. c. Marshall, II. L. Marshall, and l
rancis L. Cleveland addressed the meet r
II in their usual able manner, and with all T
lie warmth and earnestness of one who a
,els the Importance of the present crisis, urg- t
lg their cOuntrymen to Il deep and un- b
yerving devotion to the Union, the Constitu- Y
on and the laws-in which was bound up the C
Dpes Of patriotism and the hopes of Liberty t
roughout the world. e
They presedted George 3. Mcclellan, whose Il
devotion to his country in the past "
as guarantee for his faithiuness in the e
ture, and whose election to the Presidential Il
lair would usher in that glorious day when n
e rebellion would be suppressed throughout ri
e land, and liberty and Union everywhere o
stored and established.
Durin-, the meeting whenever the name of v
gorge Il. Mcclellan was mentioned-the APP al
ause that followed showed Enthusiastically al
at Little Mac was the man for the people b,
Brackeu. n,
1t was further Resolved, that the proceed eI
IS of this meeting be forwarded to the al
lysville Eagle, Louisville Journal and Lou.
lille Democrat, that they be requested to tn
blish them So
The meeting then adjourned
H. +. MARSHALL, Chm'n.
JNO. II. BoUDE, Sec'y. in