The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

Jefferson county abolitionists knew no
bounds. A special meeting of the Niers
Creek Society was called and the follow
ing resolutions were adopted after a
stirring debate:
whereas, There has been a disgraeeful
mob in the city of Cincinnati a few days
since which trampled under foot the Con-
sttution. law and order, outraging all the
rights Of their fellow-citizens, engaging in
the most revolving scenes of violence,
bloodshed and murder, and
Whereas, Said mob excited to and
led on by citizens OF Kentucky ana tnelr
pro-slavery associates from other parts,
and
Whereas. One principal object of the
mob was the destruction OF the printing
press of the Philanthropist. which they ef-
fected, thus aiming death blow at the
freedom Of the press and the liberty of
our country; therefore.
scenes OF Cincinnati have more than ever
convinced us that there is settled league
between the shareholders of the South and
their aristocratic brethren of the North
TO cruelty the freedom of the free in order
TO secure and perpetuate the slavery of the
Resolved, second, That two principles
as antagonistic as those of liberty and
slavery cannot long exist in the same gov
eminent.
Resolved third That American freedom
is no longer a question of geography or
color; that the principles of abolition must
prevail or the great body of the American
people must be slaves.
RESOLVED, fourth, That there is no pos
sible alternative between the emancipation
of the slave and the subjugation OF the
never intended the liberties Of portion or
His equal children should long be preserved
while they neglected TO claim the equal
liberties of their brethren.
Resolved, fifth, That all the violence,
outrage confusion. bloodshed and murder
in the city of Cincinnati during the late
riots are no more than a fair exhibition Of
the true spirit of slavery proving TO dem
| onstration that 1T cannot stand unless it be
on the ruins of liberty and that this hydra
headed monster of iniquity cannot be
touched without rousing all the bitterness
| and rage of the pit
Resolved, sixth, That, notwithstanding
the great excitement which now prevails,
the unparalleled malevolence of our enc
mics, the destruction of our printing press,
the outrage and murders committed in the
city of Cincinnati by our opposers, we have
the utmost confidence in the success of the
anti-slavery enterprise, relying on Him who
maketh the wrath of man to praise Him
and the remainder He will restrain, We feel
encouraged to redouble our diligence, re-
| newed assurance that the day of deliver
ance to the captive is fast approaching.
Resolved, seventh, That We appoint a
committee of three to take subscriptions
| and receive donations to aid in the re-es-
Enlistment of the printing press Of the
PhilanthropiSt.
.'Whereupon E. T. Tibbets. Isaiah Walton
committee.
MEETINGS IN OLD SCHOOLHOUSE.
And so for over six years the slave-hating,
| liberty-loving patriots of the Niels creek
neighborhood, in Jefferson county, held their
| meetings month after month in the old
| schoolhouse, and debated and resolved"
upon the great question that was to be
| fought out twenty years later in the most
momentcus conflict of all history. Doubt
| less the society flourished until the very
time of war, but the record kept by Ben
| jamin Hoyt closes with May 8. 1S45.
Aside from the historical value attaching
| to this unique volume, it is interesting in
| the manner in which 1t reflects the customs
and primitive ways of those early days in
| Indiana. For instance, when the society
| adjourned to meet at night the next time.
| the minutes never gave the hour to which
| adjournment was taken, but invariably
| read, THE society then adjourned TO meet
at early candelight," on such and such a
| date. In numerous ways the record is in
| teresting and instructive, and when it
passes into the possession of the State Lii
| brary a visit to the second floor of the
| Statehouse will be well repaid by perusal
of it's time-stained pages and faded chirog-
| raphy.