True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-10-01
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.

AIelodean Hall in The city 0l Wheeling
on Thursday The lslbsday Of September
1866, for he purpose Of forming an Elecs
toral Ticket favorable to the election Of
]. q. FremOhl, President, aud William l..
Dayton, Vice President Of the United
States. i
The Convention was ofgahiseG by ap-
pointing E, NJ. NoRToN, Esq, of Wheel
ing. Chairman, and JOHN H. ATKINSON,
Of Hancock Secretary. +
On motion, committee consisting OF
John Atkinson, Esq. A. r. Cunningham,
Jesse Evans, Joseph Applegale, Isaiah
Cooper, and p Whitten, were appointed
to nominate permanent officers: The
committee after retiriIg short time, re-
ported as follows:
President-JoHN H. ATKINSON, ESQ.,,
Of Hancock Co., Vice Presidents-=JoHN
BELL, of Marshall, JOHN ATKINSON Esq.
of Brooke, S. NJ. BELL, Of Ohio Co,
Thos. HoRNBRooK, Of Wheeling
Secrataries-JAMEs CAMBELL, of Han
cock, ]. A. SMITH Of Brooke
On motion Committee composed Of
DR.. ]. Thoburn, S. Woodward, Jno.
Atkinson, Jno. Bell and Sam'l. Buchan.
an, were appointed to draft Preamble and
Resolutions, expressive of the views Of
the Convention. After a brief absence
the Committee submitted the following
Preamble and Resolutions. which were
read and adopted unanimously.
Whereas, The political parties Of the
nation have nominated their capdidates
for the President and Vice President, to-
gether with platform of principles by
which they severally aspire to control the
general government it becomes our duty
in the exercise of our inalenabIe rights 10
determine which of them are entitled TO
our suffrages.
find Whereas, The Democratic party
has made the extenton of Slavery the
paramount object of government, and de-
ny the right of Congress to prevent the
extention into the territories +; and in do
ing this they have departed from the pin
ciples and practice of George Washing
.ou who signed bill 10 prevent the ex-
tention of slavery into the north western
territory they have departed from The
principles and practice of Thomas Jefer-
son who fralndd the above bill, and as
President signed several similar ones. p
They have departed from the princi-
pies and practice of Jmes Monroe, An
drew Jackson, and James X. Polk, who
in their executive capacity signed bills to
prevent the exlention of slavery;
They have departed from the estab-
lished practice of the general government
during the first sixty years of lis exls-
tence. .5.-
And they and James Buchanan Of 1856
have departed from The princi ipes OF
James Buchanan Of 1919. who then de-
cIared that those members of Congress
who opposed the extention, of slavery,
were entitled 10 the warnest thanks Of
every friend Of humanity
And in making these departures they
have undone the work of the greatest
statesmen Of the past generation, in The
repeal of the Missouri Compromise. and
have brought the nation into sectional
strife and civil war - ...
.qnd Whereas, The American party re.
fused TO take issue on This question,
which is being forced upon the nation,
and thus by failing to interfere they lacil.
ly acquiesce in the extenllon Of SIa,
very;
-", And Whereas, the principles announ.
ced by the Philadelphia Conven ion
which nominated John G. Fiemont and
VIM. L. Dayton, accord with the princi.
pies Of the founders Of our Government.
and if adopted, will tend to reatore the
whole ualion to llIat state of peace ant
prosperity from which we have fallen
therefore we declare,
/. Thai we will give our hearty sup
port to the nominee of The Republican
party. ...r.. .-...-..;... .....
2 That Slavery is a local institution
and can only exist within tie limits
Of those States whuse laws legallze it.
3 That in accordance with The cstab
lished practice Of our government from
its first organization unril the year ls4s
Congress has the power to prohibit lh'
extension Of slavery.
4. That in the language Of DAME
Webster, we will under no circumstan
ces consent to the further extension o
the area Of Slavery in the United States
or to the further Increase Of Slave rep
resentation in the House Of Representa-
lives.
s. That the ci,izcns Of the Who'll
Union should be admitted into the terr
tories upon all equal footing. and that n
citizen when in territory should excl
else any rights derived from The Slate frol
which he came, that are at variance wit
the rights common to all. t. .... t.
IS. That we deny the right Of Congress
to interfere with any Of the States in re
gard 10 The peculiar institutions of III
State, and that the rights of the States
and the Union Of the States, must an
shall be preserved. ..,.
Z. That we recognize no geographic
divisions, no local interests, no mario
sectional Prejudices, that the rights pri'
ileges and liberties that we demand ;
our inheritance, we concede to be II
inheritance Of all the citizens Of this II
public. .a. s -F .,..r
8. That we will maintain those gre'
rights which the constitution declare
inviolabe, freedom Of speech, and Of til