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GREAT STATE
ANTI.NEBRAsKA CONVENTION,
Held NJ CoIqmbas, Jelly IN,
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1857. Prot5aiso SIausry .FortG-ssa



The Convention assembled in The C,,v Han
At ; O'clock A. NJ. and was opened with pray.
ei by Rev. E. SIXTH. of Morrow.
On motion, Col. B. +. LKlrEA. Of Stark. wa.
appointed Chairman protein. and J. IT, Baker
o. The Seloto Gazette, and j. S. HERRIck Of the
Portage Democrat. appointed Secretaries.
hr. ROoT moved that the delegates Of each
Congressional district be prepared. al II o'clock
70 report The name Of one delegate to eonsti-
taie committee on permanent officers. Car.
RED
Hon. J. N. Root. Of Huron, being called for
proceeded to address the Convention. He
said he did not know that be was authorized 70
speak for any body brl himself. but in his par,
Of the State, manv agreed with him. He Hish.
ed 10 see aucket presented for Judge ofthe Su.
preme Court and member of the Boa d Of Pub.
lie Works. II they did not do this, the people
in his section would not know what they came
together for. lie didn't want to do nothing
for no use lie was pleased TO see around
him old-lashtoned Democrats and old fashioned
Wings. He was himself Free SOier, but he
vas willing to lei bY.gones be by.gones, by
which the party with which be acted would
profit as much as any other. As to platform,
be wished to see one formed that would not Q We
offense 70 any one who was willing to denounee
the last iniquisy as well as the next He saw
assembled here, those who had turned their
backs on victorious party for the sake of the
holy cause Of freedom. He enyied them their
position. Ii was an easy matter to be yirluous
when there was no temptation to be otherwise
The Wings found il easy enough The Free
Soilers found no trouble on that score to keep
within the straight and narrow path. But with
Democrats il vas different. He would ask, il
il did not become Free Sellers TO stand by those
men--to dare TO follow, wGerever they dared TO
lsads
You have got to be practical. There we're
Ihngs TO be iorgotted. as well as things hoped
for. You have go TO forget obsolete issues. Il
wasno time to drive pigs out vi the garden
when the house was on tire. daughter The
slayehoding power demand that We should de.
scend to things that they would not descend to
themselves In the South, no gentleman would
call upon another TO catch his runaway negro
For that business they kept hounds, and some
who were the human form, who were beneath
the hounds,
As TO the Fugitive Slave Law, Mr. II. said he
was not as greatly exercised on that subject rs
some Wings or scme Democrats. Perhaps the
reason was, that The law had never taken etfec
on his soil, and il nev,r would. IL behooyed
Boston and Cincinnati to he excited ON thai
subj o.. Another reason I they had decent
law, they would recover ten slaves where they
recover one now. In his opinion, Congress had
no power TO legis ate upon the subject. lfil
were TO come up as an entirely new question,
the supreme Court would deny any such power
The clause in the Constitution upon which il is
pretended that lis based, was addressed to the
States, as States. But wherever the power was
lodged, it should be exercised with decency
and humanity.
II was not enough for Wings to say that they
were restoring the AndS avery clause to Kan,
sas and Nebraska. circumstances might soon
make il mere abstraction. He wished to in.
clade the declaration that they resist and
repel every aggression of the slave power when
ever and wherever made. Ifbut one progress.
sive step was TO be taken, he wished hat step
to be well taken.
| Mr.. r. referred to some Of the proceedings
In Congress, relative TO New Mexico, &c
Much Of the talk OF the South was mere gas
conade. The Southemers have no particular
love OF fire, The nearest they come TO it is
love Of fire water.
Mr. r. proceeded at considerable length. in
his pecuIar numerous style. He was frequent
ly applaudsd.
After some preliminary business, the Con.
vention adjourned TO meet at Neil's New Hall
at II o'clock.
II lo'ctocK, A. N
The several Congressional Districts were
called for the appointments Of a Committee on
permanent organization, The following was