Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-10-27
Il Z s OIL IT TIONS
ADOPTED By THE "REPUBLICAN CON-
NENIlON, HE'LL SEPT. ?, K }, 1857,
II 4 ID Is O y.

Rs.eired, That the repeated long contianed en-
iaept. Of the Slave Power, eliminating at last in
cfsanILa ierriety of the Cuion forces upon US the
ephEetiea that there is escape alternative
determine whether the tue aargi,tratieu Of the gov
erRtnent sha4l De devoted TO the the other.
Resoarsd That Republieans accent this tss1e
forced upon BY the slave t0per ana 10 ne 5ef q,
Preston Viii eo-oPeraie and stand pledged to the Ac-
l. 10 bring tie administration oftae government back
70 tbs control o. iir-t PRINCIPLES
To restore Nebraska .II kansas TO the position ei
Free territories.
3 T. the repeal and entire abrosa,ion Of the Fugitive
4 TO restrict Slavery TO the stases In which it exists
D. 10 PFohat the admission OF any Slave States
g To e1siude slavery from, all the territories over
dtctlon Ani 70 resist tlie acquisition Of any more
territory hnless the prohibition OF Slavery therein
forever shall have been provided for.
Rssot1 d. That n fursherauce these purposes. We
will such constitutional lawful means as shalt
.G.pted 10 their and that We
viii support for under the generaI or tate
governments vino is not positively and fully committed
10 the support Of these principles srI whose personal
Character ant couiUet i not guaranty that he Is
reliable
Resolvsd fs-hc Taat trae advocates OF Free Labor.
must necessarily b true friends free and unols
Immigration that tire right Of citizenship and fulI
ENJOY .uent and exercise thereof makes American
patriots out OF foreigners that an detnent OF those
rights woau neecssifiiy tend divide the citizens Of
Republic into different classes ruling and governed
cass- that inequality OF rights among the inhabitants
Of Republic VIII always be Inconsistent with ana
serous 10 trUe democratic insti tiutcus- there
fore the Naturalization question i with the Republic
cans OF Wisconsin, not question of policy, but
Res Iced, That We cordially approve Of, and are de-
teFlliaed IN all cases = uphold those sections Of the
ton Of Wisconsin,, which provide for the naturalization
OF foreigners
ResgreS That are utterly hostile to the proscrp-
ton of any % 0i-th-p1ce. religion.
color, aud that opposed TO all public
organizations which i%vur such prescription.
Res0trea. That judicial power, ali other power. in
the Government derived from the people -it 10
be administered for their good ana lie nanper of it,
al zeal -a eL In tgIu
therefore, the tribunal o appeal the
decision the mg5rtv of the Supreme Court or
the United States. IN the case of Drcd Scott.
Res9teea That We assign for error IN that decision
For ghaJ il denies Congress a power which every
Congress has exercised every President hss sanctioned
ana the hote people have approved, since the form
alton Of the Government
For that, Justify the most venal Of our Congress
ses, and the unworthy Of our Presidents il st
m4tz-s as Unconstitutional the action of The uurs.t
of our Congresses ami the best OF our Presidents
For tl; II denies 10 the people OF the Union
eizn control over their own property.
For thar IL cOHcel=, that sovereign control 10 the
ETst band o treSsssers who may take possession OF
For tL-; denies the right Of citizenship all ho
do the Anglo-Saxon color and ii cquissced
may precedent for deuyiug all who
do notspeak the Angio-Saxon tongue.
For tht; i, ignores the greet political truth. which
here proclaim, that, absence Of positive en-
actments 10 the contrary. birth upon the American
soil constitutes the best OF titles American cit
izensAip
For that these manifold errors wer- committed in
defiance re1sous conclusive A. 10 make err in
excGable, and in defiance precedents so muItp led
~ make criminal
For that these manifold errors were committed in
Of which the Court had confessedly no juris3ic
tiou. in cause moved by political party, and
by private party cause instituted pOIit-
icGg luterosI not to redress private right;
in shich the plaintiff selected by the
an, and the prosecution of which controlled by
The defence.
For that this Judgment, which Is ejtbout precedent
Is defended hy argument without ogic: Is false
the dictates Of Human Right, the dictates @
Human Reason and is not the first, l. latest
and most shameful IlstanS OF a Court prosttutiu
authority - serve the interests OF party
ReSOkEed. That encUuri aged bF the reflection
that in years after partIzan Court had affirmed the
right OF Charles l. 7" levy shiPmpney, and IN years
after another partizau Court had 7 rTned the right
James H. 70 dispense win the laws both Kings and
Courts were eEiet by indignant people, from all
power, and will, Therefore. prosecute ths appeal
til the American people shall have indicated their
supremacy over their territories, bv hurting from
power the party which dared demand the betrayal
that supronlacg and whose Judges dared vi-Id it
RssOlCsd, That have fuI and entire confidence in
the ability hrmues and honesty Of each and all Of the
nominees OF this Convention conduct the several de-
parEnents Of the government cr-ditable
themselves and the State, and TO the people
ali the benefits Of Reform, Eetrenehment and Economy