throughout Europe and America; and whereas, it
would illy comport with those humane and Christian efforts to
be silent spectators when this great cause of humanity is about
to be agitated in Congress, by fixing the destiny of the new
domains of the United States: therefore,

"_Resolved_, That the representatives in Congress from this
district be and they are hereby most earnestly requested to use
their utmost endeavors, as members of the National Legislature,
to prevent the existence of slavery in any of the Territories
or new States which may be created by Congress.

"_Resolved_, As the opinion of this meeting, that as the
Legislature of this State will shortly be in session, it will
be highly deserving of their wisdom and patriotism to take into
their early and most serious consideration the propriety of
instructing our representatives in the National Legislature to
use the most zealous and strenuous exertions to inhibit the
existence of slavery in any of the Territories or States which
may hereafter be created by Congress; and that the members of
Assembly from this county be requested to embrace the earliest
opportunity of bringing this subject before both Houses of the
Legislature.

"_Resolved_, That, in the opinion of this meeting, the members
of Congress who at the last session sustained the cause of
justice, humanity, and patriotism, in opposing the introduction
of slavery into the State then endeavored to be formed out of
the Missouri Territory, are entitled to the warmest thanks of
every friend of humanity.

"_Resolved_, That the proceedings of this meeting be published
in the newspapers in this city.

"JAMES HOPKINS,
WM. JENKINS,
JAMES BUCHANAN."

"The foregoing resolutions being read were unanimously adopted,
after which the meeting adjourned. (Signed)

WALTER FRANKLIN, Ch'n.

"Attest--WM. JENKINS, Sec'y."

The "Perry County Democratic Press," for April 9th, 1856, an able paper
published at Bloomfield in Pennsylvania, shows up the _Federal
anti-slavery, anti-Democratic, turn-coat character_ of Mr. Buchanan,
after this fashion:

JAMES BUCHANAN'S SOMERSETS.

"No man in the United States has