The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-01-04
RESOLUTIONS


Your Committee appointed to draf
resolutions expressive of the sense
of this meeting, beg leave to z
port the following:
When those who control the n
chinery of our Government refuse t
respect the decision of the ballot
then the sovereignty of the people
overtbrowp. Wien fraud, force an
manipulation seek to reverse the vd
dict of the people, patriotic duty q
mands that evesy good citizen resi-
such deadly assault upon the fou
dation of our institutions A val
body of individuals, whose bread d}
pen1s upon :the issue, thorough!
subordinated to one authority, threat
en- that the contest through whicj
the country has just passed shall b
determined in one way. in defanc'
of the expressed will of the people
They threaten and are prepared t.
support measures of fraud and force
by which the end they seek may b
attained. Therefore be it
Resolved, 1st. That it is the dutj
of every true citizen to see that 4
feet be given to the will of the peo
pie, lawfully expressed.
81. That the people themselves
through their Representatives IL
Congress assembled, constitute ths
only rightful authority to determih<
the result of the late election ant
the choice of the people for the Office
of President.
Sd. That ''in the discharge of the
great trust with fidelity and impair
tiality, and according to the usage
established for the action of Con
gress, the people will acquiesce, and
accept the President so announced
and we do not hesitate to give it as ouI
deliberate judgment, that the only
wise and safe course is to follow the
old ways, established from the foun
dation of our Government for the &C
tion of Congress, rather than to in
vent new ways to meet party
emergency"
4th. That ours is Government
of law, not of force; a nation of citi
zens, not of soldiers; and that any in
reference of the military power in
the affairs of State, not clearly and
unquestionably warranted both by the
letter and the spirit of the Constitu
tion and the laws, is usurpation, is
tyranny.
5th. We dSmand that our Repre-
sentatives in Congress resist to the
last extremity, the first attempt at
usnrpation or force, come from
whatsoever quarter it may; and
we pledge them our support, to the
death, in the discharge of their law
full duties.
LIST OF DELEGATES.
Brushcreek-J. J. Hiatt, Jas
Gail, Abram Sans.
Clay-Wash Moberly, Henry Ru
bic, DR.. Charles Lea.
William Igo, John G
Miller, Ben Hudson.
Dodson-Thos. Scritchfeld, Josh
ua Shafer, Chas. Spilker.
Fairfeld-W. A. Cherry, r. Wea
yer, Ed. Wright, Sr.
Hamar-P. G. Llnders, John Ber-
ry, j. c. Sanderson.
Jackson-A. Hurst, Levi Williams,
Isaiah Roberts.
Liberty, North P.-Jno. D. W
Spargur, F. W. Armstrong, Jno
Phibbs.
Liberty, South Pc. NJ. DeBru-
in, A. 7. Cook, James CLANCY.
Marshall Hill, J. A. Barrett
J. Turnipseed, Jno. L. Hughes.
Madison - Robt. Worthington
John Hudson, Ed. Dives.
New Market. A. McClintock
o. McConnaughey, T. Mitchell, jr.
Paint, South PA. Davis, DR.
Mcbride, Geo. Fox.
Paint, North P.-Wm. Spence
Frank Pearce, Sam1 Worley.
Penn-Jos. Powell, Levi Stroup
J. Fl. Cochran.
Union-Theodore Shepherd, VIM.
Ridgeway, P. F. Jonte.
Whiteoak-H. N. Pulliam, Frank
lin Kay, Geo. Sehafner.
Washington - John. G. Kelley
Peter Sole, VIM. J. Stanforth.
DELEGATES AT LARGE.
Hon H. A. Shepherd, Hon. Nelson
Barrere, Gen. j. j. Mcdowell. Hon
Thos Baskin, Hon. FL. L. Dickey
Hon. Jno. L. Hughes, Charles Bell
Madison Tp., Joseph Morrow, H. A
Pavey, Cyrus Noble, John A. Trim
BILE, Esq, r. NJ. Dittey, R. T. Hough
Nicholas Blazer, Esq, Rob't, R
Waddell, c. c. Parks, and Emo
Holmes.
Here is the way it would stand j
an Electoral vote for President wal
taken by Congressional districts, ,eacl
State voting two at large, according
to Senator Mortons plan