Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-07-21
Tuesday, July Is, 1915.
Mass Convention of the Freemen of
Wisconsin.

In order to adopt measures to prevent
the enchroachments Of the slave power.
and to establish the principle of freedom
as the rule ofthe State and National Gov
ernments-The meeting was teInpOrar-
lily organized at 10 O'clock. \. NJ, by the
appointment of General WILLIAM BLAKE
of Dodge, President pro tenn. And c. S
FRIsBY, of Washington, Secretary.
A committee of ten was appointed to
report officers for the permanent Organi-
cation in the afternoon, consisting of tie
following persons:-N. VI. Donaldson OF
FCn du Lac, Samuel McCracken Of Mar
quette, Charles Rescr of Manitowoc. W
L. Smith of Dodge, r. A. Bird of Ozau-
kee, Lewis L. Peck Of Washington, George
S. Wright of Racine, p. NJ Covell Of
Waushara, j. c. Mills of Walworth. j
L. Mills of Grant, Horace Rublee of Dane
Books Dunwiddie of Green. d. F. Say
or If Rock, ID. f. Wyman of Jefferson
S. Wade of Sheboygan, G. Skidmorc Of
C&-umet, A Picket Of Winnebago, Ran
SON Dunn of La Fayctte. J: r. Flandcr,
OF Sank. John Q. Adams of Columbia Il.
u. Gillet Of Milwaukee, Asa Lewis OF
KenOsha:
After a number Of brief addresses the
Convention adjourned till , O'Clock p. NJ.
2 o'clock, p. VI.
The Convention met pursuant to the
adjournment, in the Park in front Of the
Capitol, and was called to order by the
President pro. tenn.
The committee on permanent organic
alton appeared and reported the follow
ing for officers Of the Convention:
For PI'esideHL-JoHE WALwOKTH of
Green.
For ice-Presidents.-S. Wal1eley of
Walworth, Albert Smith of Milwaukee,
William Blake of Dodge, Charles RHser
of Manitowoc, J. Il. Mills Of Grant, -
HALLS of Sank, w. w. Moves of Column
bia, j. o. Bartlett Of Racine, \. W. Dean
Of Dane.
For SecreiulieS.-ftJrace RuLlec of
Dane, l.. +. Frisby Of Washington.
The report Of the committee was adop-
ted and the Committee discharged.
The President. john WALwoRTH, was
escorted to the chair, and after reading
the published call for the Convert on,
made few pertinent remarks respecting
the objects for the furtherance Of which
the assemblagc had come together.
a committee Of seven was appointed
to draw up and report resolution: for the
consideration of the Convention, consist
ing of the following persons y. y. Slice
per, Wyman Spooncr, David Atwood. Il
a. Bird, b. Dunwiddic, Charles Holt, and
S. Baird.
The committee retired. and during their
absence anumbcr Of bricfand appropriate
addresses were made. The following res
olutionS were thcnrcported by their chair
man, j. A. Sleeper of Rock:
ReSOLred, That the repeated and long con-
tinucd encroachmcnts Of the .Si,tro Poorer,
eliminating at last in the repeal of the law
of freedom in all the hitherto unOrganizcd
territory of the Union, forces upon us the con-
viction that there is no escape from the alter
native of Freedom or S'dCoy as a political
issue which is to determine whether the flu
turc administration of the government shall
be devoted to the one or the other.
HeS0Iccd, That we accept this issu', forced
upon us by the slave power, and i'll the de-
fence offreedom will cooperate and be known
as Republicans, pledged to the accomplish
ment of the following purposes:
To bring the administration of the govern
mcnt back to the control of first principles.
To restore Nebraska and Kansas to the
position of free territories.
To the repeal and entire abrogatiOn of the
Fugitive Slave Act
TO restrict Slavery to the States in which
it exists.
70 prohibit the admission of any more
Slave States into the Union
re exclUde Slavery from all the Terrific
ries over which the General Government has
exclusive jurisdiction. And to- resist the ac-
QUESTION of any more Territory unless the
prohibition of Slavery thercp forever shall
have been first provided for.
ReSoiced, Thatm fartAerance of these pur-
poses, we will use such constitutional and
and lawful means as shall seem bost adapted
to their accomplishments; and that we will
support no man for office under the General
or State Governments, who is not positively
and fully committed to the support of these
principles, and whose personal character and
conductai aa guaranty that he is reliable
ReS6 nwc cordially invite all per
sons, whether nntivemoEafQEeign birth, who
are in favor of the objccS esscd in the
above resolutioHk toSsl bus in carry,
them into effect. ~
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two from each Congressional District of
the o'"tT T, ana :, thrce from me state at
i'rEe' Inc l"ilo"lnS state Central tom-
in't'ee was reported, ana thercport adop-
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