The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-01-24

Jas. A. Mason, of the Vincennes Gazette, and
Add. Fl. Sanders, of the Evansville Journal,
were appointed Secretaries.
On motion, the President appointed the fol-
lowing gentlemen to recommend rules for the
&c.
Jas. II. Mcconnell of Daviess; j. M. Lock-
wood, of Posey; Henry D. Allis, of Wander
burg; DIR. Lewis, of Gibson; Mr.. Bowers, Of
Warrick; NJ. P. Gee, of Knox.
On motion, the plan of voting for Delegate,
was referred to said Committee, with instruc-
tons to report at l q o'clock.
The Convention then adjourned till after
noon.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The Convention assembled at IL o'clock.
On motion, Mr. Jas. Stello, of the Wash
ington Telegraph, was also appointed Secre-
tary.
Mr.. Mcconnell, from the Committee APP
pointed in the morning, reported as follows:
The Committee appointed by this Conven-
ton to recommend rules for the government
of the same, also to report plan for the Sc
lection of Delegate to the National Conyen-
ton, would report as follows:
ResolUed, That this Convention adopt for
it's government the rules of the Legislature of
the State of Indiana.
Resolued, That each county in the first
Congressional District be entitled to two votes
in this Convention in the election for Delegate
to the National Convention.
ResolUed, That the President Of this meet
ing appoint two Delegates from each county
represented to cast said vote.
The report was accepted.
On motion, the following resolution was
inserted in place of the last of the Report:
Resozved, That the several Delegates agree
among themselves, as to the persons who shall
cast the votes ofeach county represented, for
Delegate to the National Convention.
The following gentlemen were appointed
Committee on Resolution. Jas. A. Mason, OF
Knox; E. Embree, of Gibson; Henry D. Allis,
of Vanderburg.
The Convention then proceeded to vote by
counties for Delegate, and on the third ballot,
Mr.. A NJ. PHELPS, of Warrick county, was
elected Delegate, and Mr.. Jas. A. Mason of
Knox, alternate Delegate, and on motion the
election was declared unanimous.
The Convention was addressed by Messrs
Hines, Mcconnell and others while waiting for
the report of the Committee on Resolutions.
The Committee entered and made the fol-
lowing:
WHEREAS, The growth and prosperity of
our country have created an urgent necessity
for additional State and national legislation:
and
WHEREAS, The party mandates of both the
Democratic and Wing parties have long been
so imperious and party fealty so imperative
as wholly to forbid good men of either party,
from acting according to the dictates of honest
views OF State and national policy: and
| WHEREAS, The early and pure principles of
these parties, have become either absolute by
the rapid advancement of the nation in agri-
cultural, mechanical and commercial pursuits,
or contaminated by the selfish scheming OF
artful demagogues, we revert with afectionate
regard to the precepts of Washington upon our
federal relations, domestic institutions, and
especially upon the wiles of foreign influence,
and proclaim the obviouSand imperative neces-
sity for the formation and expression Of prin-
PIES independent of these parties; these prin-
|
resolutions.
l. Resolved That the highest civil duty of an
American citizen is to promote the prosperity
of his own country; that to do this, he should
maintain, strengthen and defend the principles
of American Republicanism, as they were pro-
mulgated in the resolution Of 1776, and incor-
porated in the constitution of the United
States; we hold that the true spirit of these
principles can be appreciated only by such
familiar intercourse with the country and its
institutions as is necessary to Undue the mind
with distinctive American perception of the
nature of free Government, and with that
sentiment of attachment to it, which shall
render him its effective friend and supporter,
and which shall impel him to cordially ex-
claim america should be governed By those 1g7a0
are in spirit and in thought Americans.
i 2 Resolued, That while we have full conf
dence in the strength of our own Nationality
as it is cherished and defended by our National
citizens, and with scarcely less attachment
maintained by large number of citizens OF
foreign birth who have become Americanized
and Unidentified with US, yet the same cannot
be said ofthe extraordinary concourse of aliens
whom recent inducements have brought to
this country; for they have neither knowledge
of our government nor of its Institutions; and
from their numbers and the facility with which
they may be misled, they offer dangerous
means of power to ambitious demagogues who
do not scruple to make use of them as allies
to secure selfish ends. This is fully evinced
by the frequent evidence they have afforded
of their incapacity to appreciate the right Of
suffrage, when they have obtained it by the
operation of our present system of Naturali-
cation; and to the manifold abuses to which
this right is subject in their lands; and that the
time has come when it is essential to the purity
of our government and its wholesome admin