Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-27
National Republican Convention

SdllZdlioH, tIdI the ulHefenI interests were
compromised, and recommended:
First-The appointment of National Ex-
| ecutve Committee.
Second-To authorize the National Execu-
tive Committee to add to its number.
Third-To holda Convention at Harrisburg
on Tuesday, June II. This was afterwards
changed to Philadelphia on the same day.
The report was accepted, and after debate,
Philadelphia acaS unanimously substituted.
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The following National Executive Commit
tee was appointed unanimously, in accordance
with the recommendations of the Organiza-
ton Committee
New York. Hon Edwin D. Morgan Chairman
Maine. .Abrer K. Halowell, Bangor.
New Hampshire. George G. Fogg Concord.
Massachusetts. Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr.
Connecticut John NJ. Niles.
Rhode Island VIM Chase, Jr., Providence.
New Jersey. g. M. X. Paullison, Passaic
Delaware. To be filled hereafter
Pennsylvania. David Wlrnot, Towanda.
Missouri. f. p Blair, Jr., St. Louis
Kentucky. Rev Jno. G. Fee.
Iowa. "A. j. Stevens, Desmoines.
Ohio. "A. ?. Stone, Columbus.
Indiana. VIM Gross. New Castle.
Illinois. e. T. LELAND, Ottawa
Michigan. Charles Dickey, Marshall.
Wisconsin. Wyman Spooner, Elkhorn.
Virginia. To be filled hereafter.
District of Columbia. Lewis Clephane,
Maryland. Francis P. Blair.
On motion of Mr.. Wood, of Kanzas, Kan
zas was added, and Gen. Robinson was elect
ed.
The report further recommended that the
National Executive Committee be authorized
to add to their number one member from each
State, not represented. and to fill vacancies;
also, the holding of TIE National Convention
for the nomination of President and Vice
President at Philadelphia, on the 18th OF June,
to consist of delegates from each State, dou-
BILE the number Of their representation in Con-
gress, and that the Republicans in each State
be recommended to complete their organiza-
ton at the earliest moment, by the appoint
ment of State and County Committees, and
the formation of clubs in every town and
township throughout the land.
The president announced the arrival of the
committee from the Monongahela House, with
an address and resolutions. ...s ....1.o, ..lco
| ment.
Hon. A6ijah Mann, Jr. of New York,
! chairman of the committee, appeared and an
nounced that the committee had closed lis la
bors, and an address had been adopted, which
he was to present to the Convention. He de-
sired to say that it was carefully prepared and
took broad, enlarged, and comprehensive
view Of the subjects confded to the commit.
tee. Its great fault, he said, was, perhaps, its
length; but yet gentlemen would say when
1t came to be real, that it contains matter in
every point of view, important to the Ameri-
can people.
Mr. Mann desired to say, as citizen of the
Republic, that if the Administration at Wash.
lngton, IN attempting to assume and exercise
the authority declared by the Presidents proc
lamation, should spill one drop of human
blood, it was his deliberate conviction tLat
that act would end human slavery, not only
IN this country, but in every country on
earth. Immense applause-cries Of " Read,
read"
The address was then read by Mr. Dennis
ton, of Ohio. 1t occupied an hour and half
IN the reading, and was devoted to discus
sion of the relations of slavery to the general
Government. 1t declares. in the first place,
the fixed and unalterable devotion of the Re-
| publican party to the Constitution of the
United States, and in the next place its deter
mination to protect and defend the American
Union against all its enemies 1t disavows
all sectional feeling and all local or personal
| preJudlces. After these declarations it pro-
claims the conviction that the Government of
the United States is not administered in nc
cordance with the Constitution, nor for the
good OF the Union, but that its powers ale
systematically welded fo1 the promotion and
extension of slavery, in fragrant disregard of
the welfare of the country and the sentiments
OF the American people. Such course of
| policy, If not arrested, must subvert the
Union IN the affections of the country and
lead to the most direful results. While the
shareholders do not number ne-fftieth of the
white population OF the United States, they
already WELD all the powers and functions of
the Government for their own benefit.
The address proceeds to rehearse the history
of Federal legislation for the last twenty-five
years, for the purpose of tracing the steady
progress of slavery toward the ascendancy It
has now achieved 1t notes especially the
declaration made on behalf of the Federal
Government, in its diplomatic correspondence
during the negotiations for the annexation of
Texas, that slavery was a political Institution
essential to the well being of the States in
which it exists, and as such to be protected by
the Federal Government.
1t narrates the circumstances attending the
enactment of the Missouri Compromise, The
admission Of California, the organization of
governments for New Mexico and Utah, the
| passage of the Nebraska bill, and the outrages
which have been perpetrated upon the people
OF kanzas, by invaders armed for the purpose
OF establishing slavery there against the will
OF the people, and sustained in that endeavor
by the Federal Government. II discusses
somewhat fully the constitutional questions
connected with the subject, asserting the full
power of Congress to prohibit slavery from the
Territories, and exposing the various sophis-
tries by which these violations of good faith
and Of the constitution have been justified.
II declares that the solemn recognition by the
President and his Cabinet, of the usurping
Legislature of Kansas, and their determine
ton to enforce its edicts by the Federal troops,
IS far grosser outrage upon popular rights
than were the alien and sedition laws, and in
yokes the action of the people, under pro-
found conviction Of impending danger. 1t
asks them to send delegates to a Convention
to meet at Philadelphia on the 18th of June,
TO nominate candidates for President and Vice
President--to surrender all personal prefer
ences, and to come resolved to take such ac-
ton as will advance the sentiments herein
ayowed, and thus secure the blessings of lib
erty to ourselves and our posterity.
Tie reading Of the address was frequently
interrupted with loud applause. II 10 under
stood that II will not be published until Tho
proof sheets can DO submitted to the author,
as It was read from the original draft, which
was hastily written, and abounds in erasuros
and interlineations. II will probably first
appear in Now York or Albany.