Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-14
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To the American Party of the Union

To the American Party of the Union.
Declaration of the Northern Delegates aOko
Repudiate the action ofthe american Ma
tional Congentton.
The undersigned, delegates to the Ma
tional Convention now in session at Phila-
delphia, find themselves compelled to dis
sent from the principles avowed by that
body. And holding the opinion as they do,
that the restoration of the Missouri Compro-
mise, demanded by majority of the whole
people, is redress of undeniable wrong, and
the execution of il, in spirit at least, indis-
pensable to the repose of the country, they
have regarded the refusal of that Conven-
ton to recognize the well-defined opinion of
the country, and particularly of the Ameri-
cans of the Free States, as denial of their
rights and an unwamantable rebuke of their
sentiments. They hold, further, that the
admission into the National Council and
Nominating Convention of the delegates
from Louisiana, representing Roman Cath
ole constituency, absolved every true Amer
lean from all obligations TO sustain the ac-
ton of either of said bodies. They have
therefore withdrawn from the Nominating
Convention, refusing to participate in the
proposed nominations, and now address
themselves to the Americans of the country,
especially to those of the States they repre-
sent, to justify and approve their action.
And to the end that nominations, con-
forming to the overruling sentiment of the
people touching the great issue, may be reg
ularly and auspicionsly made, the under
signed propose to the Americans of all the
States to assemble in their several State Or
ganizations and elect delegates to Con
vention to meet in the city of New York on
Thursday, the 18th day of June next, for
purpose of nominating candidates for Pres
ident and Vice President of the United
States. Signed
New HAMPsHIRE-Anthony Colby.
G. Peck, Heze-
kiah Griswold, Edmund Perkins, James E.
Dunham, Austin Baldwin, David B. Booth.
RHODE IsLAND,-E. J. Nightengale.
MAssACHUsETTs.-W S. Thurston,
L. K. Pangborn,
ILLNo1s.-Henry s. Jennings.
M1cmeAN.-S. T. Lyon, W. Fuller, ].
Hamilton.
Iowa.. H. Webster.
WIsCoNsN.-David A. Gilles, Robert
Chandler, John Lockwood, E. Burdick, c.
W. Cook.
OHo.-Thomas H. Ford, J. H. Baker,
O. I. Fishback, VIM. B. Allison, L. H. Olds,
Charles Nichols, B. S. Kyle, w. H. c. Mitch
ell, E. I. Sturtevant, Jacob Egbert, II. c.
Hedges, W. B. Chapman, John Johnston,
Thomas McLecs.
PENNsYLyANIt.-W. F. johnson, S. P.
Kase, John Williamson, Robt. NJ Riddle,
I. J. Cofey, J. Harrison Sewell, Lloyd Jones'
Philadelphia, Feb. 25, 1856.
NoTE.-This is the precise form in which
the declaration was adopted and signed, and
in no instance as yet has it been correctly
published.
Having adopted and signed this declara-
ton, the delegates resolved on the appoint
ment of an Executive Committee Of one
from each State represented, and one from
New York, with express authority to call
the Convention at an earlier or later day, in
their discretion, than the 18th of June, as
fixed in the declaration.
In these two acts You have tine whole
PROCEEDINGS Of the dissenting body.
ROBT. NJ. RIDDLE.