Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-08-27
From the Cevelsnd True Democrat.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.

The official proceedings of the National Con
vention, held at Pittsburgh, Aug. ilth and / 9th
will be found in another column.
i Of that body-its spirit, action, character and
principle, we may we'll be proud.
Thousands upon thousands os our friends
from far and near, from the east and the west, the
north and the south, met at Pittsburgh with the
solemn purpose Of doing something for human
ity, and this purpose was seen and felt by ALL
The hurrah, so exciting at Buffalo inl S48, was
forgotten in the deeper earnestness at Pittsburgh
in 1852.
Never yet was the spirit OF any political body
in our day, so commanding II won the respect
of the press of Pittsburgh, and of the people OF
Pittsburgh, as it will win the respect of the press
and the people of the land Two large halls
were crowded-"packed" by day and night the
large area in front of the American looked like
a very sea of human beings, every evening dur
ing the session of the convention. Yet neither
among the delegates, nor outside the delegates,
was q word spoken or an act done, TO mar the
harmony and oneness of the spirit of the occa-
sion. That was forgetful of self, and made all
others respect it, That was full of self sacri-
| flee, and all honored and loved it,
And the action Of the convention itseltis con-
elusive proof OF what we say There was
members of that body differed, and differed wide
ly, too, in opinion. Yet they were held together
by the beauty, and the power, and the cohesive
love of freedom. That made them forget all
minor difficulties. That made them eager to
sacrifice non-essentals, and to stand up, and to
stand together, for essentials. And they did it
men and like brethren. This unity of spirit we
cherish-not merely because it exposes, by q
glorious demonstration, the error of all who
| charge us with ultraism, or narrowness, or poor
vanity, but because it establishes the greatness
of the canse which combines US, and the utter
impossibility of any 'leaner action rending US.
We know hou to be liberal, and phen!to be I'M
yielding; and with the intuitive logic of holy
conviction, will have in essentials, unity; in non
essentials, liberation; in all things, charity.
Our political foes have kindly, yet fully, de-
clared the character of the men assembled at
Pittsburgh, and have admitted '',heir snperiori-
ty" and ''their power" They were "models."
For intelligence, for ability to maintain a right
eous conviction, or TO expose wrong one for
temperance and all the virtues which grace life
or adorn manhood, certainly they merit this high
praise. In no heated debate, OF exciting contro-
versy, in the Committee room, Delegate Conven-
ton, or in mass meeting, was there scene wit
messed, or a word spoken, or an act done, by any
member or members of the Convention, which
could raise doubt of the integrity of the actor
or actors, or start fear as to the right decision
of the jury. We felt safe, aud were safe, in
the character of the men who composed that
Convention.
And the Platform established, proclaims the
principles OF the Free Democracy II is baZ-
oned over with simple truth, and it speaks its
language with the directness Of plain honesty.
Whatever is vital to humanity, s there upheld
Whatever promises 10 destroy, or may destroy
Serfdom in Europe, or Slavery in America, is
there made prominent NothiAg is eyaded, moth
ing hid nothing half told or half protested, where.
in The Progress of man is concerned. 1t is a
document Kindred with the documents of our
fathers in the hours of their peril and their trial
in all that solemn dignity, manliness, and very
atmos There, which are created by, and which
surround holy resolve and high purpose .
and al Free Sellers will say, as all good men
should say, th' we will stand upon it, and in de-
fence of its principles, will do glorious battle for
the heroic HALE and JULIAN, who shall hence
forth lead u.s.
Friend of the Union. IIatcrs of tyranny
Lovers of Free Speech! Defenders of Liberty,
let us tell you, and bid you remember, that we
have in these United States only one real source
Of weakness and Of danger and that is our oun
unfaithfuLness. Any day, any hour Of any day,
Slavery may be grappled with, and crushed, and
the whole land, and all in it enriched, hereby.
We can, and when the Free decree il, We uiH
cooperate with the South and by common eff
fort, rid ourselves of common evil. But sub
mission, servility, the crawling in the dirt, be-
fore selfish Slave power the passage of Com
promises and Fugitives acts blurred over and all
black with foulest inhum anity the denial of free
speech, where God and our fathers have made the
RICH, undisputed, indisputable-and all to upbuild
this Slave Power and to let it rule in this Repub-
lie, in wild and fiery lust alike hated and dam
gerous--infdelity like this, on the part of Free
men, does, and will peril the Republic, and it is
the only peril to the Union, we dread. Agains,
this infdelity to principle, we protest. Against
it, and any policy which leads to it, we will strug
gle, and we call upon oil good and true men, TO
struggle now and ever, until ours shall be land
of Frecmcn, and of Frecmen only.
SLAVE DECISION IN TExAs.-A case has been
decided in the District Court, for the county of
Bexar, in Texas, which, if confirmed in the Su-
prcme Court, will operate it is said, to declare
several thousands oF hacks free who have henn