Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-05-10
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18th July Convention.

While we rejoice at the unanllnity WIN
which the Republican press OF Ohio have
settled down on the day to hold the next Con.
ven,ion, we cannot but regret that there
should be such an effort on the part the
same press to iorcs,al the action OF that Con.
n,iun by bringing forward number Of cor.
iidates for the various Offices. Gentlemen
o: tie press mus, no, fancy for single mo-
ment that they are the people, and push for.
ward their particular friends For our part
we have not the least fear but that a Con-
venton got up after the style of that of last
year will nominate the right kind OF men
men that no man need hesitate to vote ior--
men "honest, capable and fsithful" to dis
charge the Duties oftheir respective Offices.
The next Convention must be what the fast
one was--a gathering OF the people-.men
ac,uated by love of freedo M, and de,erm.
nation TO 'crush out' the last vestige Of serf-
dom ron Northern breasts. Our opponents
may meet us with the plea that there is now
no occasion for our action, for the Nebraska
Bill, which was the origin of our party is
law Of the land, and should not be resisted.
And was not the Missouri Compromise Act,
! SO called, law of the land! It was set uside
and so can the Nebraska Bill be repealed
ay, and it must be!
That Bill was not the sole cause OF the ORR
gin Of the new party. As it was the last
feather that broke the camel's back, so was
1t that crowning act Of the slavery propagaE-
dsts North and South which exhausted the
patience Of honest men of all parties and
caused them to fuse into one grand mass
which is destined to swallow up oil other
parties. Slavery is but another term for
greed, and since the erection of our Republic
it has been crying out continually" Giuc!
gire!" AT the framing o: the Federal Con.
sti,ution ii only prayed to be recognized, but
| since that time IL has grown more and more
impudent, and we are now told that il we
dare to interfere with i, the Union shall be
dissolved. One man,in the Legislative halls
Of our Republic tells us that he expects to
live TO sec the day wLen he can call the
roll Dr his slaves beneath Bunker Hill monu-
ment, and freedom is continually insulted in
her own home. Are these things no provo.
cation to the origin of an ani-sIa very party?
Cnn men--sons Of the sires of '76-humby
see our fair name traduccd--our flag dishon-
ored and remain mute! Never!
by our devotion to the Republican party
Of Ohio we deprecatc the spirit, too COM
mon among our brethren of the press, Of
bringing forward their fnvortcs. We too,
have our friends, men whom we think COM
pc,ent to fill any offices in the state, but we
arc willing toforego our own prefere noes, g.
become subservicnt in all things to the will
Of the peoples Convention Of July 18th. We
were led to make the foregoing remarks at
this time by observing in the Ohio Stale Jour-
nal of the 9th inst, seven names of ca andidates
for the Office OF Governor, nine for Lieuten.
ant Governor, three for Secretary of State,
four Tor Treasurer OF State, four for Auditor
of Stuie; eight for Board OF Public Works,
seven for Attorney General ard nine for Su.
premc Court Judge. The journal itself has
not been particularly favorable to this plan of
announcing. yet at the same time it counte-
nancds it. We claim thatit is prejudici al to
the best interests of,hc party, and we will
ever oppose it.