Maryland free press., 1866-06-07
Resolutions sAdop.ed.

At meeting ofthe johnson Cub Of Dis
10. ., held in Williamsport ON Saturday
night, last, Dune 2,) at Taylor's Hotel,
the Committee on Resolutions appointed
at the previous meeting, made through
their Chairman, Isaac Gruber, Gsq., the
following report, which was unanimously
adopted by the organization - n.rr4 srr
Whereas, the assumption Of power and
arrogance of the Radical majority in Con-
gress, the ofIshoot ofiPuritanic intolerance
and bigotry, leads us to believe that the
prophetic wisdom of Daniel Webster is
about to be verified, as foreshadowed in the
memorable language of that profound and
patriotic statesman, ''that if ever that par
ty obtained political power they would SUBJ
vert the judiciary, assume the functions of
the Executive, and finally overthrow the
Federal Constitution" a... ....
And Whereas, to avoid a consumma-
ton so fraught with destruction to ii e
dearest rights ofthe American people, it be-
hoovcs every lover of Constitutional liner
ty, :. to take his stand in the breach and
alongside Of our noble President, who is
battling manfully against this tide of fanat-
icism and moral treason against the Gov
ernment, TO establish which, our forcfath-
ers heroically endorsed the tolls and dan
gers of the Revolution therefore be it
Resolved, That this political organiza-
tion-acting in concert with other similar
organizations throughout the country for the
special purpose of sustaining the President
does her. by pledge itself to stand by the
time -honored principles of national faith,
justice and honor, as laid down and en-
bodied in the message and speeches of
Andrew johnson and, that it will employ
all honorable means to sustain the Execu-
tive in the prosecution of his patriotic pur-
poses to administer the Government accor-
ding to the Constitution, to restore the
unity of the States, and to preserve the
Government in all its primitive purity and
prestige. 10 '-."'.'' ..'' .... a.. .
Resolved, That the Constitution of the
United States, as it came from the hands
of its illustrious trainers, with tfre amend
mcnts thereto appended, was the wisest
and best system of Government ever devi-
sed by human intellect-and amply sufIi-
cient to meet the exigencics of the nation,
either in time of peace or war, as the ex-
perience of the past has fully demonstrated
and therefore, the repeated attempts of
demagogues in and out of Congress, to mar
its consistency and beauty, to tear from its
emblazoned pages the very quintessence of
all that is dear to American freemen, the
sovereign rights of the States and the re-
served rights of the people, by means of
incondiary amendments thereto, which if
ever adopted must lead to Capitalization
and despotism should meet with the un-
qualified disapprobation of all patriotic and
men. ... ... ..
Resolved, That we forget all mems an
tecedcnts-havc no question to ask of any
politician or of any citizen, except, whether
he is for or against the Presidents consti-
tutional policy of construction-with all
such we cheerfully cooperate for the res
toration of the Union *ona sound constitu-
tional basis as bcqucathed to us by our
forcfathers. "it ~ .a .'r. +. r
Resolved, That the unfolding of the
Federal Constitution by Andrew johnson,
wisely discriminating between State and
Federal power, is stern rebuke to the
Radical disunion faction in Congress, and
TO the honest patriot the liarbinger of a
brighter period, when opposition to the Con-
stituton, not party, shall be regarded as
treason. -
Resolved, That had it been intended by
the trainers of the Constitution and tie
people of the several States ratifying the
same, TINT the negro should be an equal
element of social and political power in
the body polite, it would most likely have
been inserted i'll the Federal compact, but
no such clause being found therein, the
presumption is, that this was to BIZ u white
mans Government, and SO we construe il
to be, and, therefore, oppose all the fanati-
cal doctrines of Abolitionsm in endeavor.
ing to place the negro on equality with
white men either at the ballot-box, or in
any other position of trust or power
Resolved, That in the language of An
drew johnson, the principal is unalterably
fixed in the minds of the American people
that there shall be no taxation without re.
presentation ;'and, consequently, the South
ern States should at once be restored tc
their proper, relative positions under til,
Constitution, and their representatives al
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