Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-09-29
Proceedings of the 9th District
Congressional Convention.

Nebraska Congressional Convention for the J
9th Congressional District to assemble at
Upper Sandusky on Saturday the 10th
of September, a number of citizens of the
various counties met together at the time
and place designated, and proceeded to or
ganize and consider the business for which
they had assembled.
GEO. w. LEITn Of Wyandot county, was
called to the chair, and D. w. Swigart of
Crawford and G. A. Stewart of Hardin
were appointed Secretaries Of the Conven-
ton.
On motion Of G. X. Watson Of Seneca,
committee of one from each county in the
District was appointed to draf; resolutions
expressive Of the sense Of the Convention.
G. X. Watson Of Seneca, D. w. Swigart of
Crawford, R. P. Buckland of Sandusky, F.
F. Fowler of Wyandot, ]. E. James of Ma
rion and 9. H. Catch of Hardin, were ap-
pointed for the purpose specified. AS Of
tawa proved to have no representative in
the Convention that county was not repre-
sented on the committee.
On motion the Convention adjourned un-
til one O'Clock P. NJ.
AT the specified hour the Convention as
sembled but as the committee on resolutions
were not yet ready to report, Mr.. Copeland
Of Marion introduced the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That the volunteer Delegates
present from the several counties compos-
ing the 9th Congressional District of Ohio do
now proceed to nominate Candidate to be
voted for on the I'd Tuesday of October
next.
Before any decisive action could be had
upon the resolution Of Mr.. Copeland, the
committee appointed to draft resolutions
expressive of the sediments of the Conven-
ton gave notice that they were ready to
report whereupon Mr.. Copeland withdrew
bis resolution that the report might be re-
ceived.
Cooper X. Watson, chairman of the COM
mittee submitted the following report:
Resolved, That the Constitution of the
United States was framed and adopted by
the patriots Of the American Revolution to
establish Justice, promote the general well
fare and procure the blessings of liberty to
themselves and their posterity.
Resolved, That the act passed at the
last session Of the Congress Of the. United
States to organize the Territories of Kansas
and Nebraska, repeating. as it does, the
Missouri Compromise, opens to the curse
of slavery, territory heretofore consecrated
to freedom, and thereby violates the funda-
mental principles of the Union.
RESOLVED, That the President, in WELD
ing the influence Of his administration in
favor of that act, has violated the faith re-
posed in him by lis own party and COM
menced an agitation that may endanger the
Union-thereby forfeiting all claim to the
support of freemen.
Resolved, That the South, in violating
their faith plighted in the Act of 1920,
prove the fact that no compromise can be
relied on between freedom and slavery, and
that duty requires the friends of freedom
to lay aside all minor differences and unite
for the preservation of all our national ter
ritory from the curse of slavery.
Before any action was had upon the re-
port, it was on motion decided that the res
outions be acted upon separately.
The 1st and I'd resolutions we're adopted
without comment. The Sd resolution elic-
tied discussion between Mr.. Worth Of Wy
andot and Mr.. Watson of Seneca. After a
thorough investigation of the resolution it
was adopted The fourth resolution was
then read and before any action was taken
by the convention. Mr.. Watson, in a short
but eloquent address advocated its adop-
tioD, after which, on motion the 4th resolu-
ton was adopted.
The resolution of Mr. Copeland, which
was Withdrawn that the committee on reso-
lutions might report, was now offered for
the consideration ofthe convention. 1t esic-
tied considerable discussion in regard to
the powers of this convention, which discus
sion was ably and strenuously maintained
By number of members.
1t was urged against the resolution that
the notice for this convention had been too
short, and the convention was not, there
fore, as full as it should be, and that anoth-
convention be called. This proposition was
objected to by other members on account
oftbe limited time yet intervening before
the election, while others urged that the
people did not desire packed convention
All the people desired was an Anti-Ne-
braska candidate, Of known integrity and
competent ability. The question now agi-
tating the nation was Of character TOO mo-
mentous to allow of personal preference or
personal considerations to interfere. In
tegrity and ability were now demanded
and any undoubted AntiNebraska man
who was possessed of these requirements
would receive the support of the freeman
Of the 9th Congressional District. After
various amendments we're offered and vot.
ed down the resolution was adopted in its
original form.
On motion committee was appointed tc
decide upon the pro rata vote of each com
ty and Mr.. Pennington Of Seneca, chairman