M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03

! the South: and that our ties of kindre,
+ OF interest, and of historic glory, wit
our Southern bretheln, should not
fampered with, much less broken, b.
cause oil the change of residence of
portion OF the enslaved, whether
Kansas or to Canada, and funht
whether Kansas or Canada shall frs
come into the Union cannot effect Ii
political or religious oppression of an
State or individual, while we cleave /
the Constitution and the Union.
ResoIued, That we deem an intelli
gent understanding of the principles o
the Government requisite to the sal
exercise OF the elective franchise, and
therefore, ignoring all religious pro
scrlptlOnS and granting 10 all foreig
emIgrants laws, the rights and priv
leges offered by existing we here sol
emnly declare ourselves the friends o
a general common school system, an,
OF a modification Of the present nat
urallzatlon laws, to the extent of re
quiring a longer residence in this coun
Try than is now required with evidenc,
Tof a full appreciation OF the right,
and duties ol. citizenship as essential L
the proper exercise of the right o.
suffrage.
RssOlued, That the people of the
State OF Ohio are at this time suffer,
ing under heavy grievances from the
existing laws OF taxation and banking,
and that the great object to be achieved
in the approaching October election is
an intelligent reform of those laws,
which can only be effected by the choice
OF good men to the General Assembly,
and to the Executive and Judicial Of
ices of the State.
Resolued, That we will support the
State ticket lately nominated at Co.
lumbus, with the exception of the
candidate for Governor Salmon p
Chase, whose political antecedents We
do not like and whom, therefore, w
are unwilling to elevate to the high po.
sition Of Governor of Ohio.
Resolred, That we hereby nominate
aid will support for the Office of Gov,
ernor, j. Scott Harrison, a true Amer
lean, an honest man, and an able poll
tician: firm ia his opposition to the
Kansas and Nebraska Bill and alike
firm in his devotion to the Union.
"Humble as | am" said the speak
er, 81 am tired of following the medi'
ocre leaders who are so prominently
thrust forward" The gallant and
learned Colonel then descanted upon
the miserable conglomeration of cle-
ments thrust forward in the convention
at Columbus, in which he said lwen-
ty-three millions of free white men
were to be sacrificed for two millions
Of slaves. The speaker concluded by
an earnest appeal to his hearers not to
compromise themselves by voting for
s. ?. Chase.
He was followed by DR.. Newton,
whose speech throughout was a Fourth
of July oration on a small scale. He
said that The American party is not the
Abolition party, and that most assur-
edly it would not support S. P. Chase
for Governor.
Mr.. Norton next took the stand, and
pitched in indiscriminately to the Alb
olitionists Of the South. He said that
the convention at Greenwood Hall was
an abortion. The American party
must look we'll to themselves or they
would be lost in the fRnatical whirl.
pool Of Abolitionism.
Here there was considerable rum,
pus, in the course of which the amend.
ment as offered by Col. Chambers was
put, but lost by decisive majority.
The original resolutions were then
put and carried, general determine
!ion being evinced by the speakers to
ignore Chase, one Of the orators ex-
pressing his determination in the fol-
lowing manner, namely: Il can't, shan't
in no way, shape, form or manner, go
tor Chase"
Three cheers were then given for
Marine Ruffner, after which the meet
ing adjourned.