Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-07-28
formal Union Of the Know Nothings and
" .ia AbOlitionists of Iudiana.sss-sa 8
The proceerlings Of. the Cmlx.

Efhdiana, htfu III Indianapolis, OIL The sam
|day that witnessed The fi,ptials betwpe
q the same consbinaiiops al Columbns OH.
i are more emphatic and Significant tna
Iahy event W., have heen called upon; {,
hoticesfor some. months. In order to she,
the completeness Of the fusion, W. civ
4 the following from Tire Cincinnafi Ctltlm
bran. The resolutions, ssi,icifl We l,av
mot 'fecrived sresofthe most ultra sboIi
.tion stamp:r, zzz5 ,s.fa =..-,,a al 81, a.
! tfrom the Cincinnati Columbjan.I
Il The Iong-ilesaleF4.d Indiana State Con
tsention assembled yesterday morning. n
/ Indianapolis. = Net. col,t.:nt with 5srldin.
their delegates, the people seemed to hav,
tuIned out en- musse. The greatest .h,hn
siasm prevailed, and banners With stirrih,
ffnottoes and deshes s'eIe apparent iaer
cry hand. x g3 = - ~ t5~Hs=a 3
S = FORENOON SESSION. z. u
The Convention assembled in the grove
in front OF the Stale.house, where the
speeches were made aud the resolutions
read and adopted. ssl,4''s SIS }o8lg !
% The seats were intended to accommodate
three thousand persons, but, though they
were TILED to their utmost ca pacity scarce
y respectable moiety Of the crowd was
act ommodatpds Two t,ie bands of music
were III attendance, and their stirring
strains were interspelsfd through the pro-
edings with fiue eff z=#.=s..Ts =.z,...,.
A Tremendous delegation numbering
no less than seventeen hundred, was pres
ent from Shelby county, The iadies
iHeaven bless their souls!) were around
III profession. aud By their swre: smiles
and snowy ,calieQ added much enlven-
ment to the scene. 80 - -
Among the more OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES dis.
played were the following: There is a
North; I.inerant Nagabonds, beware I;
Down with the Pope: aud America for
Amei leans. One. borne BY German,
was not naI-apiopos have Com. 10
Live but not 10 Rtit,..HV' $50 sias kzsf-ssa
9 he COMMITTEES then retired 10 prepare
tiie tesollilohs. Is szzs~st - q s8sz5s e .s7
There being loud calls for Judge. Nor.
!on, Of Wayne county, lie took the stand
aud proeeedtddin an earnest manner TO
express his ailments touching the mature
of the questions which had called Them
together. He .e.aafk ed that the enemies
OF the great American movement had
piophesied that the excitement would all
die away in a short time. Heal was glad
II vas. net sosg anil thought that the pres.
eilce OF 50 enthusiastic a host. rro1ed the
prophecy false one. 70, /. was mo tenn
porary excitement which prompted the
movement, but'a love Of liberty and de-
Site 10 have il pefFrfuated inio posierity.
Look at kansas Have not her minlons.
backed by Missouri rufiians, .trampled out
what little Of popular sovereignty there
was IN the Nebraska billl? 1905
Can it be- said that there IS no excuse
'or the eyis.eace OF the American party in
Indiana :-here where a;:oreisner, no mat
r how degtaded or ignofant, can vote
md participate in II The rights Of citizen
'hip after "a six months residence, only
having declared his intention to become a
citizen T. No, we OF Indiana have greater
rause OF complaint than the people of 9th.
er States, where five-y ears residence is
the shortest probation. |'-s'ySt'+A ~ -''
General Wilson, Of Massachusetts, then
took the stand amidst enthusiastic applause.
Adyeriing,o the OCCASION assone of great
~" 'sF, az tj"lsV"si'Ss>,e 1T NpOhCro o. tuc
beauty cf the day, the sun pouring down
his ihtepsesi rays full in our face, we
couldn't appreciate !, y mud said Nature
herself seemed to sympathize with the
occasion, He adverted toihe slavery ques-
ton, treating it in precisely the same man
uer and lahsnase nearly idenlical as in
his recent Lecture at the Mechanics Insti-
inte Hail. Alludiugtc arumorthat south
ern senators intend going 10 the Capital a,
the ut xt session If Congress EARNED to the
teeth, he said northern senaiora= would
not shrink from any issue. PERSONAL or
political. svis speeeh.hroughout was well
received. :. .rs.szs s1sA
AT ] O'Clock the convention took re-
cess until two. 4 speech from George f.
Damn, Eag., was 10 follow, after which tire
resolutions sweretof be submitted to the
OF the consentop. IS ksst
Snee che above was'written we have
obtained the resolutions of.the abolitionists
aud Know Noihings Of Indiana. They
were adapted without dissenting voice
By ,he great crowd assembled at the meet.
ing. We copy the most important OF the
series e. 49, fs5=7=s ~ -. ..,5 $780,.
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e Resolved, That we cordially e.afiirnl
all the principles set forth in the preamble
and resolutions a depted'b, the republican
or peoples convention held in thiscitv one
year ago this day, and, as appropriate to
this occasion, we rc-adopt the following
part thereof:a - i'8ssfs.i & 81 & az
"Nyhereas. We, the fseemen Of Indiana,
without respect to pafiT, and actuate! by
common devotion to our republic and a
eommon reverence for its founders. have
assembled ourselves together IN commemo.
ration of the passage of the ordinance OF
July 13, 1877, consecrat:ng the north xes,
territory to freedom and whereas. the
unanimons sdopton Of said ordinance b.
the representatives Of all, the States in .he
Union at that date clearly evinces that on.
position to the extension OF slavery, tn the
extent Of constitutional power, wa, the
fixed policy OF our fathers; and whereas
we regard the ret.ni appeal of the eighth
st,tlonso the Missouri Compromise as a
gross and wan,on violation. OF the faith OF
1.-THE Union plighted 10 a solemn compact
Restricting the extension ofslavery :there-
Ere, % 81 sssj-,.Q lasS IS 4als,s'
) Resolved, That we are uncomproms-
PinsI. opposed to he extension OF slavery
and farther, that weutterly rspudiate the
platlora,soi principle Adopted BY the self
styled Democratic convention, on the gath
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