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From the Ohio stdieJosrndg.
,ANTI-TEXAS CONVENTION.

f4NSeting was tdTBe ana leS proceedings WeT
imposing and effective in their spirit ant
character. Men from all sections Of tn,
county, forgetting all minor questions, AM
casting aside party tr1mmels, convened to
gether with a single purpose, single re
solve, to oppose the extension Of the sIav'
power and the spread of what haSa5 wsy'
been prOnouncedsa Riofaland political evil
Enrphatica!ly had they, most Of them, as
tcilizens of Ohio, already spoken at the bal
lot box their true sentiments. Theif@ish
esand commands had alike beentrhed with
AS good citizens and honest men, as friendt
of the Constitution, friends Of eUnion as
it is, citizens of free State, jealous of the
good name of acommoH country and des
rous to maintain peace and good faith with
all the world, as opponentsof system tha
bestows upon the STAKEHOLDER privileges
based OH his human ciiattels that are sub
'versive ofevefy principle of epublicanism,
that create an intVlerable aristocracy, and
an unjustiaable inequality, they felt con-
strained to put forth again a solemn decla-
ration against the-scheme for the Annexa-
ton of Texas.
The assemblage was organized by call
ing to the chair Gen. B. Randall. Col q.
w. St. John, Sparrow Snow, Vice Presi-
dents; B. B. Gaylord and B, B. Hunter,
Secretaries. A commtteeDof fvewa ap-
pointed to draft resolutions and acOmnlit-
tee of seven chosen to draw up an address
to the people Of Ashtabuls county. During
Ithe afternoon 'sessionrof the meeting, Hon.
j. R. Giddngs, Hon. R. Hitchcock and VIM.
l.. Perkins, ESQ., delivered addresses. The
addresses of these gentlemen are spoken
of by the Ashtebula journals, as eloquent,
convineingGnd patriotic The resolutions
which follow were reported and adopted
unanimously.
At the evening session of the Convention
the address to the people of the county was
reported. Itis'a pungent document 1t
'utters home truths in the language Of men
who loveprincipIe more than party, and
who have never bowed the knee 10 unscru-
}pulous demagogues, Two OF three ex-
tracts will show its spirit.
"Bred in the'unquaiiied beliefof mans
equality Of naturalsnd political rights, il is
proposed to compel US to unite our political
doctrines with those of Texas, upon the
principle Of giving to the shareholders Of
that Government a poircalpower over us
and our descendants, in proportion to the
number Of slaves they shall hold in bon
dage; estimating foe Terdn savesbs equa
IN moral and political worth to three of the
intelligent, VfTiHous trpemen Of Ohio; so that
seventy Texans, holding eighteen hundred
slaves, may elecra member to Congress,
while not less than tlOehty thousand of the
free population Of Ohio are entitled TO Re-
preventative in our National Legislature.
1.-THE manner iHwhich Senators and Re-
representatives. of Ohio violated their solemn
pledges often repeated set at defiance the
will of our people, apd heldn open con
tempt the instructions of our Legislature,
IS known to the country. To describe the
periidous acts in proper language, would
detract from the tone and style which we
wish 70 preserve in this address. Those
officers were placed in their several eeva-
ted stations by the popular will, and the
manner in which public indignation shall
hur them from the positions which they
have disgraCed, will best describe the esti-
mate which the people put upon their afro
ciUus conduct
1.-The plan Of Annexation is not yet con-
sumnated. We have not become dLtOgeth-
Ter subSidiary to the support Of Slavery
There s yet time to unite and arouse the
people of the north and to send forth at
the coming elections such an expression of
public Indignation as will cause those who
hold in contempt the rights of our free
States, to fear and tremble.
eve ask The peorEe Of our sister coun-
tesfaIso to express their views; and for the
purpose Of concentrating our efforts and
imparIing efficiency to future exerliOns,
IRA. a State Convention he held in Coum-
bus nj an early day, in order that the voice
Of Ohio may be heard in clear and distinct
tones at the assembling Qrthe npri Congress.
Among the resolutions will be found one /
corresponding with the recommendation of
the address, in iavorof State convention,
The convention also appointed the follow
ing delegates to the proposed convention:
B. F. Wade, Heman P. Castle, Sparrow
Snow, Lucretius Bssell,i p. w. Grant, c. |
C. Wick and G. W. ST, John,
R,sohed, That when our Fathers sol
emnly declared that they adopted our Fed
eral Constitution "fOr the United StStes OF
America, 'lto "secure the blessings Of lib
erty to themselves and their posterity," they
'yssdsrstood the. meaningOf the terms which
they employed, and intended all whch'le
communicated by them.
Resoiued, ,Thatby the phrase. "the United
Sta D." Ir'ttt cob neCtOn with the Const-
sutton, our Fathers meant only the then
States Of the Unior, and such as from its
then territories should afterwards be added
thstkto.
cResoivtd, 'l'hat every attempt to annex
to the United States any foreign govern
ment, is all attempt, deliberately, TO violate
Atae Constitution, and every violstion of
1hat sacred instrument tends to dissolu-
'tion Of the Union.
res luaa, ThatOll atten,ptsto bring into
Nt0e Union foreign slave holding people
to control the political destinies Of this ma
tibn; are nHshect so many efforts, to des-