Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-09-08
NUMBER y.
The County Convention.

was held at buttons On SATURDAY, the
81 inst.
Apprehending larger attendance in
the afternoon, it was not organized at l
o'clock. 4, NJ. as called.
At O'clock, P. NJ, MT, C. L. SholeS
called the Convention to order and
moved that it be organized by choosing
DR., S. r. M'Clelland as President, which
motion prevailed.
DIR. McClclland, on taking the Chair.
remarked as follows
Gentlemen ot The Contention For
the honor YOU have conferred on me. in
calling me to preside over your delibera-
tiuns, ON an occasion as important rs
the present, | thank you.
In the words Of the Roman Patriot,
would say u came not here to talk, on
know too well the story Of our 'thral-
dom" | came from solemn sense of
luty, to absolve myself from all allie
glance to party. came to join hands
With my ielow-citizcns, who feel as
DO, that We are suffering under gric-
vous wrong, | came to unite my efforts
with yours, to wipe out the foul stain
that blackens our national escutcheon.
/ The old issues of parties are obsolete,
| md the parties have crumbled TO pieces
/ oy the fostering of their own iutcrnal
corruption.
! The new test of Democracy put forth
/ by Pierce, Douglass, x Co, from my IN
most soul abhor. consider it the
.rossest insult ever offered to iree-Feo-
pie.
But | do not propose to discuss the
Nebraska Bill at present. / Will not
,ccupy your time 50 unprot!tahly. The
time for discussion is past Now is the
time to act. Let us organize that we
may act efficiently. And If We are true
to ourselves and our principles, we shall
be able to restore our Government To
is original purity-tJ roll back the tide
# corruption that is seeking to over
whem us, and IL teach ambitious dem
tgogues lesson not easily forgotten.
We have cheering news from abroad.
Oar brethren are already iii the field.
The contest has already begun. The
ensign of our victory has ali cady perch
ed on our standard. Iowa has done no
DIV. Its triumphal shout has reached
our ears. Let us take mp and prolong
the sound Let it revcrberate from
State to State, until the last echo shall
lie away along the Atlantic coast.
Die away did say? Nay. Let it reach
back along the banks of the Potomac. un-
til its vibrations shall shake the pillars Of
the C.pitol, and ITS inmates shall in
scribe in letters of living light on those
walls once sacred to Liberty, the SEN
tence which made BelshaZZar'S knees
smite togcther,--4Nene, meme, tcket
uphdrSin
On motion PHILASDER JCDsoN was
chosen Secretary.
COL. Frank moved that a Committee
Of six lie appointed to report names Of
COMMITTEES for Town District and Coun-
ty organizations Carried. ,
The Chair appointed Col. Frank. ID.
f. Herrick, o. f. Dana, II. S. Thorp
Luman Marsh, and Hiram futile, said
Commute.
Judge JiIson moved that Commit
tee Of five on Resolutions be appointed.
Carried.
The Chair appointed Judge Jlsun,
Z. l.. Sholes, S. S. Schoff, II. i. Towslee,
and G. Gillctt said Committee.
During the absence of these Commit
tees. DIR. Mckinley was called on for re-
marks, who responded at some length
upon the aggressions Of the Slave Power
but saying that for himself he was glad
of the repeal of the Missouri ComIrom-
Use. as it absolved the North, and had
reused it to action.
Mr.. J. VI. Kellogg was then called on,
who replied that he had nothing to offer,
other than that he fully indorsed the
remarks Of DR.. Mckinley.
Several others were called on, who
declined speaking.
Judge Jilsun, from the Committee on
Resolutions reported the following
!. ReSoired, That the primary object
in the formation Of our American RepuO-
lie was, to establish justice, insure do
mestic tranquility. promote the general
welfare and secure the blessings ~ liber-
ty to ourselves and our posterity."
. Resoired. That it was manifcstly
the policy Of our forefathers in the esta-
bl.hment Of this government to conllne
the institution Of slavery within It's then
existing limits: which fact is evidenced
by the passage Of the Ordinance of 1877.
prohibiting the introduction Of slavery in
all the then territory of the United States;
and which is also evidenced by the de
bates and proceedings Of the Convention
which framed our American Constltu-
ton.
3. Resolred, That the recent act OF
Congress. repeating the Missouri Com
promise, thus removing the barrier to the
introduction Of slavery into territory OF
greater extent than the thirteen original
states of this Union. is a most fragrant
violation of national faith tbs. this az
erosion of the slave power hi- justly
aroused the friends Of freedom through
out the north in self-deftnce, and forced
upon the people the issue ot fTeectom or
siaUery, and that the question Of slavery
is now the paramount question before
the country; that every session OF Con
prcss evidences that all other subjects OF
public interest, however important, are
subservient to, and secondary t. the slave
| question.
tory testify that free labor and slave la
/ hor cannot exist on the same soil; that
wherever chateIized slavery is tolerated
bv law there free labor is degraded
therefore, the admission Of slavery into
| Nebraska and Kansas is destructive to in
dustrial progress and educational advance