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Republican Convention.

The Republicans of Ohio met in Stale
Convention at Columbus, on the 9th ult.
and adopted the following platform and
ticket for the ensuing State election:
The Committee on Resolutions made
the following report, which was adopted:
Resoloed, That the Constitutional Gov
ernmenI Of the United States was formed
by our fathers, to promote the general
welfare and secure the blessings Of liber-
ty TO themselves and their posierity.
ReSOloed, That the people of Ohio are
determined to uphold the National Gov
eminent, so that the blessings ofsliberty
may be, perpetnated.
Resolued, That the Constitution Of the
United States guarantees tn Senators and
Representatives in Congress freedom of
speech ; that any violation Of this sacred
guaranty should receive the emphatic de-
nuncialion of every American citizen.
ReS0lUed, That the recent outrage on
the Aoor of the U. S. Senate upon the
Hon. Charles Sumner staunch and ne
bic defender of the principles Of freedom,
by Preston $. Brooks representative
from South Carolina, is. an tof atroc-
iy which we unqualiiedly condemn
ReSOlucd, That Kansas is entitled to
Freedom from Slavery as her birhright,
and that Congress ought TO recognize her
free Cons tuition, and admit her inIo the
conffderacy as a Free State, without de-
lay
ReSOlred, That we can only expect to
stay the hand Of the Ruflian and exinguish
the torch Of the incendlary in the border
land by making radical change in the
administrators of the General Govern.
ment and to this great end we will d.
rect our whole. energies in the coming
contest. ......t
RESOLVED, That Congress has power
under the Constitution to prohibit S'a
very in the territories, and that such pow
er ought 10 be exercised in regard to all
territory now belonging to, or hereafter TO
be acquired BY lhr United States.
ReSolUed, That we commend the fore
going principles to the cordial support of
all good citizens, whether of native or for
eign birth, and hereby declare that the
great and only issue TO be determined by
the ensuing Presidential contest is VI heth-
er Freedom be national and Slavery sec
tionol, or Slavery be national and Free
dom sectional, -.
THE TICKET.
The following nominations were made
after considerable ballotng:
Judges Supreme Court--Short Term
%. Bowen Long term Josiah Scott, of
Butler County.
School CommissOner-Anson Smith.
Board of Public Works--John WaddIe,
of Ross County.
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o. Frank Blair having been denounced
as Stakeholder, the National. Era takes
occasion to explain that 'sthere is not a
slave on his farm, who has not been pur-
chased at his own solicitation, or at the
request of benevolent persons, to save him
from being sent to the Southern market, or
to prevent family from being broken up.
The money is advanced--the man or wo-
man has the privilege Of working it out
and, to prevent all risk, the freedom Of
every one of them is secured by will, in
any contingency, and not only freedom, but
provision for homestead" Now what
ever may be thought by anti-slayery men,
as to the abstract question concerning this
course of action on the part Of Mr.. Blair,
no man with the flesh in his heart, what
ever his theory of morals, may be will deem
him aft subject of den unciation.
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Platforms---The National Democratic
of 1853.

Under ordinary circumstances, when
there is no sentiment in activity operating
to work changes in the materials Of which
political parlies are composed, there is
very little significance in that tbing-the
manufacture of Conventions, and offspring
Of the caucus system-which, in modern
political parlance, is called u PLATFORM.
Usually made of common places and tru-
isms capable of great latitude of interpre-
tation, intermingled with tumid patriotism,
wholesale laudation Of the party and its
metnbers, and promises of coming victo-
ry and an ultimate triumph Of its princi-
pais-Whig, Democrat, Republican or
Nothing, as the case may bet, in
almost every case, constitutes whole,
from which--while it may call forth a
transitory burst of shallow enthusiasm from
the ignorant--sensible men turn away with
feeling of ppointment that amounts
to disgust, doubtful whether to wonder
most at the impudence and charlatanism of
those who make, or the stupidity of those
who consent to swallow, and profess to
relish the "villainous compound"
The makers of the Platform of the pres
ent National Democratic Convention huvo
performed their duty with thetskill and
ability usual on such occasions, and have
presented to the admiral of their fellow
citizens and the world form of doctrine,
the principal part Of which, as it makes
Its appearance by authority, only once in
four years, doubtless to great numbers,
possesses all the charms of novelty. They
are kind enough to inform the American
people, that the AMERICAN DEMocRAcY
phces its trust in their intelligence, patri-
otism and discriminating justice, for which
we'll deserved testimonial and compliment,
we doubt not the American people feel
greatly obliged to the American Democra-
cy aforesaid, and are distressed that they
cannot suitably reciprocate. This trust,
the American Democracy proceeds to claim
as c distinctive feature of its own charac-
ter--a piecedf information, the evidence
of which. will be discovered in the resolu-
tlons Of public meetings, the speeches Of
orators upon the stump, and other records
Of the like authentic character. The
American Democracy thus defines its po-
sition on certain questions which, we be-
lieve, sometime within the memory Of the
oldest inhabitsnt, were party issues, and
which, it desires it to be considered, are
still to be included in that category; 1t
is opposed to general system of internal
imptoyement--Ato assuming the debts Of the
States--to the protection of the industry
oil the American people--to the distribution
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For the True American,
Public Meeting.

At public meeting of the Citizens o
Richmond, the following resolutions
were UNANIMOUSLY adopted and copy di
rected to be sent to Charles Sumner, B
F. Wade and John A. Bingham.
WHEREAS, The right of free speecl
secured to every citizen in this country
is a sacred priveledge and is the very ba
sis of civil liberty. The citizen who
dlsregarGs, or fails to respect it. is al
enemy to his country and the right;
secured to us by the revolution, and the
sacrifice of our patriotic fathers. But thi:
right struck down, in the person of {
Senator of the United States in the very
sanctum of The nations liberty the senate
chamber, is blow struck at the entire
State he represents, and she is thereby
gagged, and robbed of rights as sovreign
State of this Union, The covenant ex-
isting between her and the federal centre
is broken, and the only act by which the
union can be restored, is an act of Con-
gress condeming unqualified the South
Carolina assassin, and all the ruflian abet-
tors of this Infamous ACT therefore,
ReSolUed, That we have heard OF the
brutal and cowardly assault upon The per-
son of Charles Sumner, for words spO-
ken in debate in the Uniled States Senate,
with mingled emotions of regret and in
dignation. and we are most of all,
shocked and panied, TO find portion
of the Southern press warring against
rights guaranteed to them and us by the
Constitution, and making themselves par.
ticipanls in the foul crime Of giving sym
pathy and encouragement TO The bare pro-
position.
Resoived, That Charles Sumner, be-
ing attacked and nearly murdered, in his
seat on the floor of the United States
Senate, shows that Slavery is the same
every where, in Kansas as in Washing
ton, developing violence and blood, the
natural progeny of so monslrous and anti
republican institution; aud further shows
the impropriety of a republican govern
ment having its Capital on soil contami.
mated with slavery.
ResoiUed, That we tender to Charles
Sumner, the warmest sympathy of our
hearts, and our anxious desire that he may
live to stand upon the Senate floor to re-
buke oppression and defend freedom and
free speech, aud inculcaie the doctrine
that freedom is national, aud Slavery sec
lional unless the people in their wisdom
should elevate him to a more responsible
position.
Re8dUed, That we expect the House
Of Representatives 10 expell Brooks, the
assassin, and if they fail to do so, they
fail to represent the community and we
believe the entire north.
Resolved. TIlatin our opinion the only
course for the wrongs of individual States
or Territories, suffered through the
Slave oligarchy. is to rid the federal Gov
ernmenl from all responsibility for slavery
it 10 the limits of the present
slave States.
DAVID ANDREWS, Pres't.
JAMES CREW. Secretary.
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The Cincinnati Convention and the
Presidency.

Our readers are aware OF the fact that
on the 18th ballot of this Convention, on
Friday, the 9Th inst, Hon. James Bu-
chanan, Of Pennsylvania, was placed in
nomination for the Presidency of the Uni
ted States, and that Hon. ]. c. Bracken-
ridge, of Kentucky, was, on the 9TH inst,
nominated for Vice President. That Mr..
Buchanan is the most available standard
bearer which could have been selected from
the Pro-Slavery ranks, we have no doubt.
Having been absent from the country dur.
ing the great excitement which has shook
the very foundations of our institutions, he
does not stand committed-by any overt
actin the Kansas-Nebraska fraud. I'm
fortunately, however, for Mr.. Buchanan,
in this contest, the platform upon which he
Is placed does, in the most unmistakable
manner, recognize this labored deed of
hard earned infamy. We are mistaken in
our views of the INTELLIGENCE and INTEG-
RITy Of the Anti-Slavery extension por-
tion of the citizens of these United States,
if they do not--in November next-set
their seal Of condemnation upon this whole
scheme of iniquity. That the very same
line of policy, upon this question, would be
pursued by Mr.. Buchnnan-in the event of
his election-which has for the last four
years been eating like the cancer at the
very vitals Of our free institutions and
spreading like the gangrene over our ONCE
happy land, is fact which no sane man
will for a moment doubt. How then, we
would ask, can any man who has conscien-
ciously been opposed to the National Ad-
ministration upon this question Of Slavery
extension, give his support to Mr.. Bu-
chanan!
We are free to say, that to this hour we
have no candidate in the field to whom we
can give hearty support. We want an
AMERICAN candidate, standing straight
upon an ANTI-SLAyERY EXTENSION Plat
form, and then we can 60 into the contest
with a good conscience. Whether the
New York Convention of the 18th, or the
Philadelphia Convention of the 18th will
present such candidate, or not, is yet a
nroblem of uncertain solution. |
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Further Particulars from Kansas
indignation Meeting in Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 2S.-Thre was ar
immense gathering OF all PARTIES here las
evening. in the public IRE. to cunside
the deslruciOn of Lawrence and The
! attack on Sumner. .,s ...
Speeches were made bv ]. N. Arnold
f. G. Larued.J c. Vaughn. and Others
Resolutions were adop'ed expressive O
sympathy with Sumner, and a dl,ermin
alton to resist lhe INVASION of Kansas.
The meeting. then adjourned ldl Safnf
day evening, when plan Of immediate
org anizaion 10 rescue Kansas will be
considered.
w. B. Archer publishes letter in the
Illinois Chronicle, declining the uomna-
lion for Governor, rendered him by the
American Convention
The morning mail from 81. Louis
brings liIlIenews. i'fhe Weslport Times,
of The 23d, says the Investigating Com
miltee were still in Leavenwor,h. The
letters received are chiefly cohfrmatory
pf previous, accounts. =.
Judge Schuyler writes, under dale oI
the 20th, that himself and Conway were
set at liberty. G.. w, Brown was sill
a prisoner iulhe hands of The mob at lie.
compton, and Gov. Robinsonin in similar
situation al Wesport, Governor Shan:
non refuses all interference with the posse
Judge Schuyler called upon. Mr.. Oliver
10 use his influence with Shannon, Mr..
Sherman also made the request of Mr..
| Oliver. The latter promised an answer
in fifteen minutes, but neglected to do so
until it was too late, and then said Gov
Shannon was an effete sotard, and that
nothing las possible. < M
The mob fred 6pon an Indian few
miles from Lawrence, who has since died
The Delaware tribe are determined dupor
vengeance. >f.,.,T &
Reports are rife of fresh murders com.
mitted on the route of the posse from
Lecompton 10 Lawrence. previous 70 the
| Cd 1 III
enhance of the mob into Lawrence.
Gov. Shannon agreed, in writing, lha
if the aims were delivered up to Col
Sumner, there wonId enter the town:only
a sufficient number to make arrests. Az
Ter compliance will this BY the inhabl
tanis he decIared The arms must be deliy
cred to The posses and The destructior
allowed of The hotel, printing offices ant
breastworks Much Indignation SILL a
lhe action Of the Safety Committee.
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CIIPpINNs FROM OUR ExCHANaEs

What king is most disliked by the Ia
dies Smoking. What tuner Spit
tOon.
There is said to he already about doz
en- Sunday Schools in Kansas, with 500
scholars.
The love of Christ is unparalleled in
lis nature--intense in its ardor-immense
in its exlent--and glorious in its purpose
and issue.
On Tuesday 35 German families here
tofore residing at Columbus Ohio left fol
Nebraska territory.
An active discussion is being carried on
among English scientific men as to
whether or not the moon rotates.
A company is being established at Mu-
mich, with the object of insuring farmers
against loss by hail storms, or, as the
Germans express it in single word, a
&" interchangeable
In Monroe, Mich, as the fruits Of re-
vival more than 200 have joined the
Methodists, and about fifty have joined,
or are expected tojoin the Presbyterians,
in population of between four and five
thousand.
Accounts from all parts of New jersey
agree in stating that the prospects of a
large yield of peaches were never better
than at present.
The value of the properly left by the
late Mrs. Garrett to the Garrett Biblical
Institute, Chicago, Illinois, is not less
than 100000.
The Rev. S. Hanson Cox, ID, LID,
will be inaugurated in office as president
of the Ingham collegiate institute, at lie
Roy, Gennessee Co., N. Y, on the 25th
of June next.
DR.. 0rville Dewey has donated the
earnings of his last winters lectures to
his native village, 10 be expended in
planting shade trees along its streets.
The State of Ohio has 3,400 miles of
canals, railroad, and river navigation,
and raised in 1855, thirty million bushels
Of wheat, and eighty millions bushels of
Corn.
The treasury of the Baptist Missionary
Union has been this month replenished
beyond expectation. The amount Of re-
ceipts vii not be mncI less than $35, 900;
thus reducing the debt about $25, 900.
Hon. John G. Miller, member of Con-
gress from the fifth district of Missouri,
died at his residence on Sunday May 10Th.
If you desire to be certain that your
eggs are good and fresh put them IN cold
waller, if the butts turn up, they are no,
fresh. This is an infaible rule to distin-
guisii good egg from bad one.
Santa Anna the ex-DictatOr of Mexico
is living in great style at Tabaco, four
miles from Car,hsgenia, in New Granada,
South America. He is said 10 be worth
"a 100000.
Mrs. Lucy Ann Howe, of New York,
has obtained S7,50O damages from that
city and 5000 fromM A, GrappIe. for
injuries sustained by her minor son by
The falling of The walls of 4 building nj
81. Charles street.
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How the Border Ruffians Treated the
Women Of Lawrence.

The Kansas correspondent of lhe New
York Tribune gives an incident of the
pilage of Lawrence, which we have not
seen before. He says:
When l wrote of the outrages on
lhe people of Lawrence. spoke of ii ru-
NOR of women being rav,shed, but dis.
credited il, as could not believe it.
learn from the person of whom have
spoken, that there was such viIiauy-
one case at least, a,teSted by "persou
who was of the party. although he dep
riraled the act. Il could have shot him. :
he said. Alas he did not | know that
large number If those wish the posse
will Indignantly repcl any thing of the
kiud; but they weul up TO Cypress free
people because they loved freedom, and
would mol reIinquish their political rights
and if they took with them a set Of wick
ed tools 10 do The wurk Of violence, on
their heads The vii ainv and meanness nI
all the oulrages. And not them alone.
FrankIi in Pcrre. the wall oi al least one
helpless aud abused woman las gone mp
to heaven against you! Ynmr proclima-
tons, yonr corrupt tools here. and yonr
neglect to protect The people who have so
often Appealed to you, and who have
been 50 oflen abused, bring home the
guilt to your door, and give tongue 10
every pariniic American--North or
South. East or West. :" What hast thou
done with our brothers and sisters - 70 ~
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-06-11

PRoTEcTIoN AGAINST INsEcrs.--The
Imperial Horticultural Society of Paris,
has justreceived a communication from
M. Tessler, one of its members, stating
the ammopiacal waters Of gas have the
property Of destroying the insects which
commit such ravages on the fruit trees.
The amoniacal waieris mixed with three
fourths its quantity of common water,
and is then sprinkled over lheIeaves and
branches of the trees. A small trench
is due around each tree TO receive the
water which falls, and this kills the des-
troctve insects which harbor about the
roots.
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GeItgrapBit
Kansas Outrage At west Chester.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, June 9.--A
large aud enthusiastic meeting was held
here Saturday night, to hear narration
of the events in relation to The late out,
rage in Kansas, from John S. Bowen, az
lached to the Congressional Committee Of
Investigation as clerk. Strong resolu.
lions were passed against the repeal of
that part Of the Missouri Compromise,
prohibiting slavery in Kansas, and ex-
pressing sympathy with Free State men
in their trials and priyarions, in The cause
OF ireedom--and denouncipg the attempt
to murder Sumner on the floor of the
Senate. .t
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From Kansas.

81. Louis, June T. Later intelligence
from Kansas, fully confirms an accoun
telegraphed yesterday. Instead of bat
tie between so pro-slavery and 150 free
State men. there was onlya small Ggh
between the parties, resulting in the death
oftwo or lhree--Capt. Pat M'Ghee ant
b. Q. Gapill.
Pat M'Ghee and Remin, reported dead
are alive.
Pats company was captured by su-
perlor force of free. Slate men.
Gen, Whiicomb, with 100 men had
left Westporl TO rescue them.
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From HaYti.

BosToN, June 9,-Dales are received
from Hayti, to the 26Ih uh. They con-
firm the previous reports of an insurrec-
tion at Aux Cages. The Government
had, however, succeeded in putting down
the movement.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-06-11

A MoTHER's Love. The intensity of
maternal affection was well ILLUSTRATED in
the observation Of sweet little boy, who
after reading Pilgrims Progress asked
his mother which of the characters she
liked best. She replied. 'Chrisliana of
course; he isthe hero Of tile story. He
He responded i like Christian best,
because when Christian set out on his Tii-
grmage, he went alone; but when
Chrisliana started, she took her children
with her. +
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SAD AND FATAL AeoIDENT.-A young
man named Geo. Norris, in company with
two young. ladies, daughters Of Mr.. Jchn
Spauding, Of Townsend, procured boat
and embarked on the Squancook river.
Mr.. Norris rowed the boat towards dam
near Powers Mills, and was cautioned by
the ladies not 20 venture too near the wat
er fall. 1t seems, however, that he brought
the bnw of the boat directly under the dam,
and the water. which came over the dam
with great force, striking the boat. filled
and eapsized it almost instantly, precipi-
tlting the three occupants into the river.
One Of tile ladies swan directly to the
shore, while her sister, who was betrothed
to Mr.. Norris, clnng to him for safety, and
both sank under the surface twice, the sec
ond time becoming separated.
The ac cideht was witnessed by persons
who were at work near by, and who hast
ened to their relief, and succeeded in reach
ing Miss Spaulding just as she was sinking
the third time. She was taken ashore
senseless, and it was doubtful for n time
whether she would be brought to conscious
ness, bht the unremitting efforts of those
in attendance finally succeeded in restoring
her. [rG
Mr.. Norris was drowned. His body was
recovered at 8 o'clocklast evening, and has
been forwarded to-day to his.home in Lemp-
ster, N. -[Boston Journal.
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or Congress has been asked tn appro-
pirate money TO test the pructicability Of
the AtmoSpberic Express, by which pack
ages are to be forced through tube at an
almost incredible speed. Bitorqffty years
passengers viii be conveyed in the same
manner, at the rate Of one or tow hundred
niles an hour, and much more safely than
they are at the present day by railroads.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-06-11

EP The Indiana papers claim that
Slate for The Democratic nominees next
fall, by a amsjority ofat least 10000.
Louisville Democrat. sA
! It's afemafkablefact and singular co.
incidence, that two years ago the Demo,
Gratis clalged this State by precisely
10000 pajoti,y The election however,
proved ihey we're mistaken in lheir calcu,
ladous a iaie over S5. 900 votes. Their
claims at this lime are, therefore pa rtcu-
larly worthy Of respect.-Eus. Journal,
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P Mother said young urchin of
ten years, the day before the show, Fyou
must give me quarter to get in the cir.
cus.' I'll set you up. giving you mon
ey to go 10 that show said she. Well,
If you don't, I'll hook in and get kicked
out, SO will ...s
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WORcEsrBR, Mass, May,SO. the Amer
ican Council here have resolved, in case Of
further outrage upon Massachusetts men
in Congress, to hold themselves prepared
to leave at an hours notice for Washington
if necessary, to defend them against per-
sonal assault, itfts 81 H-cH
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-06-11

TIMELY NoTIoEs. The New School
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church met in the new church of DR..
Adams, on Madison Square, New York.
May 18th. After the opening discourse the
Doctor gave the necessary notices about
entertainment for delegates &c. He then
stated that intelligence had already reach
ed him that one of the delegates was that
morning feeced out of some forty dollars
at an auction store-a circumstance which
would justify him in saying, by way of
caution, that oil the people whom the
brethren would meet in this metropolis are
not quite so good as the families who en-
tertain them.p He thought, also, that it
might not be amiss to caution i" those who
were not yet altogether accustomed to cit
les, not to pick up any pocket-book which
they might happen tosee on the pavement,
and that If they saw anybody pick up a
pocket-book they should have nothing what
ever to dowith it," Finally, "there was
still another notice, which he felt it to be
his duty to give in behalf Of the Trustees
Of the Church. He did not chew tobacco,
But if any brother felt q necessity for the
use Of that article, and would be kind
enough TO inform the Junitor of the fact,
the necessary implements would be provi-
ded. He desired to make this remark in
the kindest spirit, but with wish to pro-
tect the private property and furniture Of
the pews."'