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The Voice Of Freedom
Montpelier, Brandon, Washington County, Rutland County, Vermont
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Two hundred citizens in Coles County, Illinois, held a public meeting resolving to ignore a U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating the state's appraisement law, urging officers to resign if they comply, and threatening force if necessary to oppose enforcement.
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"Two hundred citizens of Coles county, Illinois, have resolved in public meeting, that no heed should be paid to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, setting aside the appraisement law of Illinois; that all officers be advised not to carry out such decision in the sale of property; that they be asked to resign their offices if they cannot comply with such recommendations; that they (the people) will oppose them by all fair and mild means, and if that will not do, they will oppose them by force of arms and all other means in their power; that committees be appointed to ascertain from such officers whether they will persist in such sales or resign their places; that the meeting appoint officers to carry out the resolutions; that the decision of the Supreme Court is regarded unjust, and not binding on the people of Illinois; and that they pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honors to sustain their resolutions."
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Coles County, Illinois
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Two hundred citizens resolved in a public meeting to disregard the U.S. Supreme Court decision setting aside Illinois' appraisement law, advised officers not to enforce it in property sales, urged resignations if they do, threatened opposition by fair means or force, appointed committees to check officers' compliance, appointed their own officers to implement resolutions, deemed the decision unjust and non-binding, and pledged lives, fortunes, and honors to sustain the resolutions.