Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-06-26
National Execntire Committee.

igan, z. Chandler Wisconsin, John IL. Greely;
Kansas. Martin M. Conway; District Columbia.
Lewis Clephane New Hampshire Geo Z. Fogg;
Vermont, Lawrence Brainerd Connecticut, Gil
son Welles New Jersey, JAS. ID. Shermait;
Delaware E. D Williams; Virginia, George
Rye; Ohio. Thomas Spoonel /; Indiana Jas.
Richie Iowa, A ]. Steveans California, Cor
nens Cole; Minnesota, NJ. 5. Wilkinson;
Nebraska, Jas Ii. SHE DIS.
The Committee on Resolutions linen reported
as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
This Convention of Delegates, assembled in
pursuance of call to the people of the United
States, without regard to past political differences
or divisions, who are oppressed to the repeal Of
the Mssouran Compromlse--to the policy OF
slavery into free territory; in favor Of the adj
mission of Kansas as free Stale--of restoring
the action of tho Federal Government 10 the
of Washington and Jefferson, and
for the purpose of presenting candidates for the
Offices of President and Vica President, do
Resolved, That the main enance of the prn-
ciple promulgated in the Declaration Of hide
pendence aud embodied in the Fedora CuRslitu
tion are essential to the preservation of our
Republican Institutions, and that the Federal
touStituiiui, ihC fSuto Va INV > u%So, anu blO
union of the States must and shall be preserved.
Resoired, That with our Republicans fathers,
we hold it to be a sefevident ruth, that all
men ace endowed with the inaenable right of
life! Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and
that the primary object and Interior design of our
federal government, is 10 grant these rights 10
all persons under its exclusive jurisdiction. That,
as our Republican fathers, when they had abo-
lshed avery in all our national terriiery ordain-
ed thai no person shall be deprived Of life, lib
erty or property, without due process Of law, it
becomes eur duty to maintain this provision of
the Constitution against all attempts o violate it,
for the purpose of estab ishing slavery in die ter
ritories Of the Unilel States by positive legisla-
ton, prohibiting its existence or extension there
in. hat We deny The authority of Congress,
of Territorial Legislature, of any individual or
association of individuals, to give legal exist
ence to slavery in any territory of III. United
States, while the present institution shall be
maintained.
Resoiped, That the Constitution confers upon
Congress sovereign power over the territories of
the United States foi their government, and that
in the exercise of this power it is both the right
aud the imperative duty Of Congress to prohibit
10 the territories those twin relics of barbarism,
polygamy and slavery.
Resoired, That while the Constitution of the
United States was ordained and established by
the people " in order to form a more perfect
union, established Justice, insure domestic tran
guilty aud contains ample provisions for the
protection o. the liberty and property Of every
citz n the dearest constitutional rights of the
people of Kansas have been frauduently and
violently taken tren them;
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force;
Spurious and pretended leg islatve. judicial and
executive officers have been set over them by
whose nsurped authority, sustained by the militia
ry power of the government, tyrannical and I'M
constitutional laws have been enacted and entor-
ced
The right of the people to keep and bear arms
has been intrnged test 0aths of an extraordinary
and entangled nature have been imposed as
condition of exercising right of suffrage and
holding office;
The right of an accused person to speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury has been
denied;
The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects against I'M
retsanab searches and seizures, has been violat-
ed
They have been deprived of life, liberty and
property, withaut due process Of law;
That the freedom of speech and of the press
has been abridged;
The righ. To choose their representatives. has
been made of no effect
Murders, robberies and arsons have been in
sti9aied aud encouraged, and the offenders have
been allowed to go unpublished;
That a these things have been done with the
knowledge. sanction and procurement Of the
present national administration and that for this
high crime against the Constitution, the Union
and humanity, we arraign that admlstrali ion,
the President, his advisers, against supporters,
apo oglsts and accessories, either bef0re or after
the fact before the country and before the world;
and that it is our fixed purpose TO bring the
actui perpetrators of these atrucious oatrages,
and then accomplices, to Il sure and condlgn
punishment hereafter.
Resolved, That Kansas should immediately
admitted as a State of this Union, with her pres
ent free Constitution US at once the most effect.
ual way of securing 10 her citizens the enjoy
ment OF the rights and priv eges to which thew
are entitled, and of ending the civil strife now
raging in her territory.
Resolved, That the highwayman's plea that
might makes right embodied in the Ostsnd Cir
cular, vas in every respect unworthy of Amer
lean Diplomacy, and would bring shame and
dishonor upon any government or peape that
gave it their sanction.
ResOlccd, That railroad to the Pacific Ocean,
by the most central practical route, is Imperative
thy demanded by the interests of the whole coun
try, and that the Federal government ought 10
render immediate and sufficient aid in the con-
structlon, and as an auxiliary thereto, TO the
immediate construction of an emigrant road
on the line of railroad
Resolved That apPropiatieas by Congrss
for the improvement of rivers and ha'bors OF a
national character required for the accommoda-
lion and security OF an existing commerce are
authorized by the constitutions and jusIlied by
the obligation Of government to protect the
lives and property Of its citizens.
ReSoiutd, That we invite the utilization and
CO operation Of men all parties-howeVer differ
ing from us in other respects-in support OF
the principles herein declared, and believing
that the spirit Of our institutions as vel the
Constitution of our country, guarantees liberty
of conscience aud equality of rights among cit
liens, we oppose all Legislation impaiIing their
security.
Mr. Marsh Of Mass, on behalf Of MIR. Banks,
ana ny MS request, stated that VT, BANKS, de-
sired tina, his friends should not use his name in
connection with either of the officers of Presi-
den, or Vice President.
Some discussion were here held relative to
the Americans at New York and the matter
was laid upon the table.
The withdrawal of McLeans name was with.
drawn and the Convention presented to the frs,
informal ballot which resulted $50 for Fremont,
1876 for Mclean, with lew scattering. All the
New England States except par, of the del.
eeates form Maine voting for Fremont, New
York cast 90 votes for Fremont, 3 for Mclean
2 for Sumner and one for Seward
The announcement Of the ballot was received
with deafening cheers.
motion to declare the nomination. unanimous
m hv lto Can I'LL.