Large folio, folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [3], [1 blank] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, Very Good. Clark County, in farthest northeastern Missouri along the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers, borders Iowa to the north and Illinois to the east. The County, created in 1836, was named after William Clark [of Lewis & Clark fame], territorial governor from 1813-1820. The County's Democratic resolutions express orthodox Democratic doctrine in supporting his reelection. "The Federal Government is one of limited power derived solely from the constitution, and the grants of power shewn therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the Government. [T]he Constitution does not confer upon the General Government the power to commence and carry on a general system of internal improvements," "to charter a National Bank," or to "interfere with or control the domestic institution of the several states and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to interfere with the question of Slavery are calculated to lead to the most alarming & dangerous consequences, and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people & endanger the stability & permanency of the Union." The document ends with a resolve to appoint "the following persons" as a committee of vigilance, but those names are unlisted, evidently to be named later. The final page [4] is blank. Major William McDaniel [1801-1866], a Democratic Missouri State Senator, became a Congressman and was a member of the Missouri Volunteers during the Seminole War. Dr. Abraham Wayland [1792-1875], a physician, was a surgeon in the United States Army during the War of 1812. Seller Inventory # 36229

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Title: "CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT A ...

Publisher: [Waterloo, MO]

Publication Date: 1840

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