Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-09-02
THE REPUBLICAN, PL47F0PM

This convention Of delegates, assembled in pursuance
of call addressed to the people Of the United States
without regard to past political differences or divisions
who are opposed to the repeal Of the Missouri Compro
mise to the policy Of the present Administration; to the
extension Of slavery into free territory; in the
admission Of Kauz4s Free State; of regtnrinc the 40
ton of the Federal Government to the principles of Wash
ngton and Jefferson; and for the purpose Of presenting
candidates for the offices Of President and Vice President
do
l. ResoiUe, That the maintenance of the principles
promulgated in the Declaration Of Independence and
embodied in the Federal Constitution essential to the
preservation Of our Republican instutions AMI that the
Federal Constitution, the rights of the states, and the
union Of the states, shall be preserved
?. Res0fUed That with Republican fathers, we
hold to be self evident truth that all men are enowed
with the inaicnablo right Of fe liberty and pursuit
of happiness and that the primary obeet and Interior
design of our federal government to those
rights to all parties within its exclusive jurisdictions that
as our Republican fathers when they had abolished slave
cry all national territory ordained that no person
shall be deprived Of life liberty property, without due
process of Law, becomes duty to maintain this pro-
vision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate
it for the purpose Of establishing slavery in the United
States by positive legislation prohibiting its existence
extension hereinj that deny the authority OF Con-
gress, Of territorial legislature, of any individual
ISOLATION of individuals, to give legal assistance to slavery
in any territory Of the United States while the present
Constitution shall be maintained.
g. ResOiUed, That the Constitution confers upon Con
gress sovereign power the territories of the United
States for their government and that in the exercise of
this it is boh the right and the duty of Congress
to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbars
polygsmy and slavery.
Resoueds That while the Constitution of the United
States ordained and established by 9 people in
der to Storm perfect union, establish justice nsure
domesti: tranquility provide for the common defence and
the blessings of bery and contains ample pro-
visions for the protection of the fe liberty and properly
of every CITIZEN the dearest constitutional rights Of the
people Of Kanzas have been frauduently and violently
taken from them:
Their territory has been invaded by an armed force;
Spurious and pretended legislative judicial and exec
utive officers have been them, by whose usurped
authority Sustained the military
ment tyrannica and unconstitutional laws have been
enacJ ed and enerced
The rights Of the people to keep and bear arms have
been mfr nged;
Test oaths Of an extraordinary aud enangng nature
have been imposed condition Of exercising the rights
of suffrage and holding Office;
The right of accused person to speedy and public
trial by impartial jarv has been denied;
The right Of the people to be in their persons,
hous papers and Effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures, has been violated;
They have been deprived of life, liberty, and property
without due process of law;
That the freedom Of speech and of the press has been
abridged;
The right to choose their Representatives has been made
Murders robberes, and arsous have been instigated
and encouraged and the offenders have been allowed to
go unpunshed
edge SANCTION and procurement of the present Admins
raon and that for this high crime against the Corstiu
ton, the Unon and humanity, we arraign that Admins
traon the President, his advisers, agents. supporters
apoogis and accessories either before or after the facts
before the country before The world and that it is
our fixed purpose to bring the actual ptreors of these
atrocious ourages and their accomplices, 2nd
condgn punishment hereafter.
s. Res0}Ued, That Kauzas should be Immediately
mitted as State of the Union, with hr present free
sttuon as the most eeoual way Of securing to
her citizens the enjoyment Of the rights and privileges to
which they entitled, and OF ending the civil strife
raging in her Territory.
6 Rsgofped That the hiphwayman's plea that might
makes right embodied in the 0send circular, was in
ry respect unworthy Of American diplomacy, and would
bring shame AMI dishonor upon any government that
gave it their sanction.
T. Resoi0ed, That railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by
the central and practical route is mperativey de-
manded by the interests of the whole country and that
the Federal Government ought TO render immediate and
efficient aid in its construction, and as an auxiliary there
to- the imm diate construction Of emgrant route on
the line of the railroad.
ResofUGd, That appropriations by Congress- for the
Improvement of rivers and h8rbors of national charac-
ter required the accommodation and security of our
existing commerce authorized by the Constitution aud
justified by the obligation Of government to protect the
lives and property Of its citizens.
g. RESOLVED, That we invite the utilization and cooper
alton of the of all parties however differing from us
in other respects in support Of the principles herein de
clared; aud believing that the spirit of our institutions
well the Constitution Of country, guarantees lib
ery of conscience and equality Of rights among citizens,
we oppose all legislation mpairing their security.