The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-26
OBJ 5lailg yonrnat
Republican National convention.

. O'clock. Avery large number Of persons wer
present. ..-... r......... l..-..r
+ Brainard, Of Vermont, called the Convention
. to order, and moved John A. King be chosel
4 temporary President. 9V-. p gQs.
8 Dir. Stone, of Massachusetts, and WA. P
: Clark, Of Iowa. were chosen temporary Secrc
: taries.
? Mr. King made a brief address, thanking
the Convention for the honor conferred.
i A committee Of one from each State wa,
then appointed for the permanent organization
; of the Convention. x . as.
Judge Spauldipg announced that he had
just received a dispatch from Altoona stating
that a large. number of delegates were on the
cars from New York, New Jersey and Penn
isylvana, who would be here at two O'Clock
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a motion was made to adjourn to that time
and pending that motion, Allison, of Pennsyl-
Ivania, moved the COMMITTEES on d permanent
Organization meet in an adjoining room to ar
range the preliminaries and designate the seats
LOT members. During the absence of the COM
Imittee several gentlemen were called upon TO
Iaddress the meeting, among them Gibson, of
Ohio, and Greeley, of n. a
The latter was most enthusiastically called
for. lie came forward and said he was glad to
IhaYe the opportunity to address the meeting.
HE hal been at Washington for several weeks.
l'Our friends there,'' he said, ''counsclled eau
Iton, but l am not myself a a.cautious man.
I(Laughter.) [ think we are bound to, act IN
Isuch q manner as to show the South that al
though the earnest opponents Of slavery we
are not governed by hostility to the South 1t
was the interest Of Missouri that Kansas be
free State. fs1
He believed the honest majority of the peo-.
ple were iIffayor Of freedom. Friends in Wash
ington wished lan to counsel extreme caution.
The federal forces are in the hands of our i'm
Ipapable enemies Jefferson Davis, whatev-
Ter his good qualities, Is. no friend to our.
Joseph prayed to the LSas.thus: aOh! Lord
we have begun good woiE:a We pray thee
to carry it on thus;'' but Johrnakayed: aOh!1
Lord, we have begun a good sF5sksss.C Carry it
on as you think best; don't minf what, Joe
says" GAughter.) IN ~ =,
Giddings introduced Rev. Mr. Bovej'55%,, Of
ILL.,; not Joe, but John, Qaughter) who made ad
moss intiammatory speech.
lie said the places Of those patriots in Kan
sas, who were about to be shot down, would bel
supplied by other ireemen. He was willing to
so either as captain or private. He would rath-
eer e,f be sweltering in blood than see set Of
ernhent into thfeq7fp hfeq7fpe there and take the Gov
mended SharPs rifles, and said, lie recon- |
war to the knife" 20 be |
Gibson of Ohio, followed, denouncing X
Nothings and the politicians of Washington
and Philadelphia. He condemned the encroach-
lleles of the Executive power. He had heard
that the Americans had nominated Geo. Law,
bur did not care.
The Commander Of the federal forces is no
Iiend either. Let US therefore be cautious,
Keep within bounds The American organi-
Izati3n are not friendly to us. .,.
For his part, he could only sympathise with
those in favor Of making every Territory free
fIe cared not what the policy on the tariff or
10 her questions sgas. He concluded by detail
ing the wrongs 60 free State citizens of
Kansas.
himself
Giddings, of Ohio congratulated the Conven-
tion upon seeing the son of his old friend Rufus
King, in the chair
Washington was tho last place to look for
advice. He was an earN settler in the West.
lie related an anecdote ofFwo pious indivdr-
ais named Joseph and John who had begun
settlement there. >s..I
Let US act independently gailiz3 an II n
dependent Republican party. G i
Mr.. Carding, of Ill, made a sseSahssi sssane
length in which he advocated prudenGesfn the /
Kansas controversy. ss.st
Simeon Draper, of New York, from the c6ssssrrSl
mittee on permanent organization, reporteS Ss
the nomination of Francis p Blair, of Marry
land, as President. The nomination was re-
ceived with great applause and unanimously |
accepted Blair was scondHcted to his seat by |
Preston King and Jacob Brinkerholf He said
he was no orator 1t was a remarkable fact
that this was the first speech he was ever called
upon to make. He felt much affected by the
kindness Of his friends il calling him to the
chair He had ben connected with men whom
the north and south had delighted to honor. :
The people of the South had been made to /
believe that the sole-oHect Of the Republican
party was the abolition of Slavery, but when
it is understood that it is to prevent ullifica-
ton at thasNorth, different feeling will prevail
at the South He had read call to repre- SCAT
the Baltimore Republican Association, .mefS fSof
characterand extensive wealth. They desiresh
him to come here and lay before the meetiQAR
paper which was tobe considered by the C3FgsF
vention as the Southern platform which be In-&
tended to present as member on the floor. Il
Cries of 'read it, read it"-"No no. wsrst
until the organization is completed. Blair
thanked the meeting and took his seat. Drfs t
per announced as Vice Presidents, Horatlo u
Bales, Of New Haxens s. Brainard, of Vermont;
Geo Bliss of Massachusetts,; James M. Bunce I
of Connecticut: L. g. Hessard of Rhode Island;
E. d. Morgan, of New York; w. i. Sherman,
of New Jersey: Jos. r. Farley, of Virginia.
Gen. Markle, of Pennsylvania; w j Bailey,l
of Kentuckys W P Clark, of Iowa; r. W.
Spaulding Of Chic; G. w. Julian, Of Indiana;
J ohm H. McMilen, of Illinois; Gov Bingham,
OF Michigan; David Jones, of Wisconsin; j. NJ
Mason, of Minnesota; and Lewis Chapman, of