. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . in Cumberland County. The committee on resolutions reported the followingwhich were adopted as the views of the meeting: \Miereas. tlie monster, slaverv. has e\er beenstealthily coiling its slimy folds around the dearest insti-tutions of our country, corrupting the verv fountain head,and rendering every stream tliat em;inates from it foul andimpure; and that we view the passage of the Nebraska bill,the consequent violation of a sacred compact—MissouriCompromise—the brutal, barbarian and cowardl
. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . in Cumberland County. The committee on resolutions reported the followingwhich were adopted as the views of the meeting: \Miereas. tlie monster, slaverv. has e\er beenstealthily coiling its slimy folds around the dearest insti-tutions of our country, corrupting the verv fountain head,and rendering every stream tliat em;inates from it foul andimpure; and that we view the passage of the Nebraska bill,the consequent violation of a sacred compact—MissouriCompromise—the brutal, barbarian and cowardly act ofknocking down a Senator in the Legislature; theborder ruffian outrages in Kansas, murdering of the citi-zens, violating their wi\es and daughters, burning their. CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT HOUSE Bridgeton. New Jersey—;-ls(;» (■) 8 HISTORIC DAYS homes and printing presses: tiie unlawful closing up of ahighway (Missouri) against the citizens of the UnitedStates; the present cruel confinement of Free State men nearLecompton. each so many aggressions of a slave oligarchy;therefore. Resolved, that it is the duty of every good citizen toresist by all just means the further extension of slavery. Resolved, that intriguing, unscrupulous demagogues,among- wliom we regard Stephen A. Douglass as the leader,have by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, involvedthe Union in difficulty, arrayed one section against theother, and thev thereby have rendered themselves unworthythe confidence of honest men. Resolved, that the affairs of our country are appmach-ing a crisis which has been hastened on by the repeal of theMissouri Compromise; that the fate of Kansas and millionsof unborn freemen must be decided by the next administra-tion it behooves every
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