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Caucus Resolutions

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
May
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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The animal iown meeting, 1 eld in tile township oí" CWuemo, on Monday, AprH .")!h, 1847, Jiil, n rxl.lit ion to its other duties, resalvo iis;-If uto a cotnmittee of the v lióle, on tlio state and con, ilion oí" the people; when Abraham Caiiili., a farmer of Grand Prairie, ihIroduced the follouir.g preamble and resoluiions for the considerution of the eaid Gneeüng : Wherea, certa in city nnd village polilical diques were formeJ while Michigan was yet a terrilory, with a view to erowd her into tlie Union as a state, in order (o sei'2e apon tho offices and to plunge their hands deep inlo the trea3Ury; and, w!iere:i?. by a vile and corrupt eaucus system they did aïcómplish their ohpet, and met n co nvention and established a consütuti-on in inany rospects ver}' aristocrática], and, whereaS, shortly aftèiward?, they and their tools did aasemble asa legislalüre, and in these iwo pagocitias did créate a ho-t of o.Tue=, a!tached tolhem high an i etiivig:int salaries, wagea and Te?s, s nm:h tint our state expenses liae ever been q'iite doublé tlnse of many olher states in the Union, with a far grentdf population; and, whoroTs t'irsj ;aniD wireworkers did borrow large sumsof money, and did pocket n large porlion of it lo compénsate them f"ir their valuable services in obtaining it, and did nearly squander the whole of the remainder; and, whereas, they have eversince, by adding now and then, a new city or villaga hunker to their number, so managed by the aid of the caucus drill system as to keep our laws in a state of continual changa and confusión, and made them a rich source of litigation and, wherea-, ever since the money barrowed as aforeeaid, became ex'nausted whicli wol% very soon aftsr it was re ceived, tliey hava taxed the peoplo so highly to uphold and support their mis rul;; and e.xtravignnce tliat they have pre vontcd cmigration into the state; anc wheiens, they have finally driveñ the oeoplo into a stats of repudiation, or to tamely submit to additional direct taxa tion to pay the interest on tho money which ihey borrowed, ani expended as before mentioned; and whereas, the grea b )!y of thepeople have bsen aware of ali Ihis raisrule & extravagince,and have cal led aloud fror: all parts of the state for re trenchinent and reform, but ccu'd no oblain-them; and, whereas, we do be lieve that there is no system practiced among men, but this corrupt and vile caucus system, that could for such a lenglh of time have thryvn the wliolo power o the slate into ths hands of those office seeking, non-producing city and village cJifuès, ftild which couki havo produced such disastróüs conse'iuonce-! to the prosperity of our state: Therefore. Resolved, That we do repudia'e the whole cnucu syslern, and that we do believe it the grenlest politica! scourge that evei' befel the producing classes,and that we will not give our sulIVages [o any man for office who comes before the peoplo through this medium, and we mos! earneally recommend to all men who arp l.irousnfwiv.sting the power f rom thesi' aristocratie diques, and of placing it in the hands of the people, nm] who believe Uiemselves capable and well qmliftedforthe task, tnv:jnt boldly the stamp and give their sentimónts nnd pledges definiteiy to t!:e people, óialljr, and through the press, that they may have the liberty ofcisting thcir votes for those whose sentiments best accord with their own, an 1 in ihis way we belicvo we can bringahouta retrenchment and reform that will teil wcll for the interest of the lahoring men. Resolved, Thnt we do believe it the dutyofihe producing classes to riss in rnass ngainst old King Caucus, and eithrr to vanquish him or perish in the efTjrt People may lalk of wrongs we e.xperenced from Great Britain before the Revolution, and llie robberifta and insults we liave received iïom Mexico, but n both of ihese casss the p eople, the woïking men, oould mct ihem brnvcly in the field of glory and enforce their rights ; butoU KingCaucus, subi!y and stealthily sle;Isupon us, andliken coward strikes at us wlnie at work and unssoncious of his purpose. Ai-ise tlien, ye sons of Treedüm! Mount ihe stump, and we will soon Jay the old Monster low, and bringaboul a state of things that wil! do njustice to none,but help all. The abnvo prenmblo and resolutions were taken up by the meeting, and fully ;md ably discusscd, nnd on motion, the demócrata, vvhigs and liborty men, all, to a man, voled to adopt them, nnd to have themsignedbythe Supervisor nnd Tovvn Clerk, and pablihed in the three p,ere publishfdiit Knlamnzoo, and in the Signal of Liberty and True Democrat, Ann Arbor. Wii. PRICE, Supervisor.

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