Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-06-24
Republican State Nominations.
National Convention.

this week, and next week most
Of our readers will have them from other
sources. We shall therefore content our
self by giving a brief synopsis:
The Convention was called to order about
noon on Tuesday last--Hon. Robert EN-.
NETT, Of New York, Temporary Chairman.
Committees on Credentials, Platform, and
Permanent Organization were appointed,
after which the Convention took recess.
At 4 o'clock, Convention re-assembled.
Com. on permanent organization reported
Henry S. Lane, Of Ia, President, with one
Vice President and Secretary from each
state represented.
The committee on credentials reported
the names of tile non n-contested delegates.
Also, rules for balloting.
Caleb B. Smith, of Cincinnati, then adj
dressed the Convention, on the Nationality
Of the Republican party.
The Committee on Platform reported the
following, which was adopted;
PLATFORM.
This Convention of delegates, assembled
in pursuance of call addressed to the peo-
pie Of the United States, without regard to
past political differences or divisions, who
are opposed to the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise; to the policy of the present
administration; to the extension Of slavery
into free territory; in favor Of the admission
of Kansas as free state; of restraining
the action of The federal government to the
principles Of Washington and Jefferson, and
for the purpose of presenting candidates for
the Offices Of President and Vice President
| do
Resolve, That the maintenance of the
principles promulgated in the Declarations of
| Independence and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, al essential to the preserva-
ton Of our Republican institutions, and that
of the Federal Constitution, the rights Of
the states, and the union of the states must
be preserved. -
Resolved, That with our Republican ia
theirs we hold it to be selfevident truth,
that all men are endowed with the inaliena-
BILE right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness, and that the primary object and
Interior design Of our federal government
were to secure these rights to all persons
within its exclusive jurisdiction. That as
our Republican fathers, when they had
abolished slavery in all our national terri
4 tory, ordained that no person shall be de-
: lrrived of life, liberty, or property without
} due ueprocess of law, it becomes our duty to,
, malnoain this provision of the Constitution
, against all attempts to violate it for the pur.
pose OF establishing slavery in the terrific
rles OF the Unnsd States by positive legisla-
, tion, prohibiting NS existence or extension
therein. That we deSy the authority of
! Congress. or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, or any
3 individual or association Ok;ndiyiduals, to
/ give legal assistance to slaveryiu any terri
J tory of the United States, while be present
e Constitution shall be maintained.
Resolved, That the Constitution COMICS
3 on Congress sovereign power over the tef>
ritories of the United States for their gov
ernr ent, and that in the exercise Of this
power, it is both the right and the duty Of
Congress to prohibit, in the territories, those
twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and
slavery. @
Resolued, That while the Constitution Of
the United States was ordained and estab-
. lished by the people in order to form a more
!. perfect union, establish justice, insure do
e mestic tranquility, provide for the common
y defense, promote the general welfare, and
Q secure the blessings of liberty, and contains
y ample provisions for the protection Of the
! life, liberty, and property of every citizen,
), the dearest constitutional rights of the peo-
IpB Of Kansas have been fraudulently and
i. violently taken from them; their territory
:. has been invaded by an armed force; spu-
y rious and pretended Legislative, judicial, and
}, executive officers have been set over them,
;. whose usurped authority has been sustained
70 by the military power of the government;
n tyrannical and unconstitutional laws have
% been enacted and enforced; the rights Of
's the people to keep and bear arms have been
J. infringed upon; test oaths Of an extraordi-
nary and entangling nature have been inn
s. posed as condition of exercising the right
d Of suffrage and holding Office; the right Of
i. an accused person to speedy and public
i, trial by an impartial jury has been denied
y the right of the people to be secure in their
ofI persons, houses. papers, and effects against
s. unreasonable searches and seizures has been
violated; they have been deprived Of lifo
,e liberty and property without due process o.
D, law; the freedom OF speech and Of the press
!. has been abridged; the right choose their
y representatives has been made Of no effect;
s, murders, robberies, and arson have been id.
|. stigated and encouraged, and the offenders
\. have been allowed to go unpunished. All
/. these things have been done with the kRowi-
+. edge, sanction, and procurement Of the
m present administration, and for this high
h crime against the Constitution, the Union,
IN and humanity, we arraign that administra.
y, ton, the President, his advisers, agents
10 supporters, apologists, and accessories, eli
IN ther before or after the facts, before tht
D. country and before the world; and that
n is our fixed purpose to bring the actual per
N petrators Of these atrocious outrages an
8. their acoomplices to a sure and condigl
a punishment hereafter.
or Rssolvsd, That Kansas should be imme
re diately admitted as state Of the Union
Ia tUith her t,roohfk Eraa. Can.i;fr V.Ar ,e, =,