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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-03-05

L.A1 Il ArSEs'i
NIB
81 DIE1Y sARDwAkSa
Tsnn ss..sis.sa, Ssasssson to the late -
A. p. THOMAS 4 CO.,
Keep constantly on hand complete stock Of
LIE HER
Of al kinds, for sROEGAxExss - sADLEss'
sADDLERY HARDWARE,
Comprising every thing In the las thas can - sais
ID for. All kiaas Of
sHoEAAKERs' AND sADDLRRs' TOOLS,
CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS
wAGONwARE,
Thampsons Machine STRETCHED, Oak -Tssaed
LEATHER BETTING,
INDIA RUBBER Betting.
IL IL our purpose 70 kssp - largs and se0plesss
stock Ut all these eoods q can 10 lOasa In any
Western Market, and 10 oGvr them 70 ssssoness %
the lowest rates and On the mast favorable terms.
An ssA~iaasso~ Of our aocs IL seAriseS.
EICASH PAID FOR HIDES, -
AZ the highest market prsss.
CLARK 4 vAENOsTRAND,
ITO Main Ct. between ath and 9Th. ksoksk.
febls-diaw4m-wSm
W. DE WOLF,
Dreksr Asa neal Essass Agens,
" Lisr ssa;i PROPERTY ron SxIs.
TwRHTY-Two fsss on Exchange. between First
70 feet on StA It,. bet. yohnsoa - 1zsAsass.
70 feet corner 5tA and RxchAags.
Lot on Bank-st. bet nth and l3tA.
80 By lac, corner yohssoa ssd sth, Mock lot.
70 BY 100, corner Aorgan cad 4th. block ~.
20 feet On "a st, bet. Johnsoa snd kxshange.
Very 1estrabls lots fovrssidencssin Asson's Up
per Addition, osiy half block iron 0rasd Ave
nss.
Iss fsss square In Reeves 1 P.rvy's AAAisso..
Lots II Hmvosd ed NJ. Auburn.
Lot on Casssli-sA, ~. l1th and 18th.
Lots In The new subsvb. 1ssslmoat.
A psss = ne etlnpsos fAso, nlles from The
1is.. .A.y Asrv.l.as'. s.sis.ss ls.s.
3 ID
M0aSeal DooKs.
lust rsssivsd st DOUBLEDAY wILs0MH.
- fsb3lA = stsest. Seer Nsia.
Seeon aArsAval - lpaanos.
WE have tsst rsesivsd, pr stsa0s oA0. 0ssy,
w tAs following iavstss q PiasWs
One 81 octave ,earvsd ldisss. tdast rsssvssd),
aosSi. rosad sus.srs, sssy.a..a.
a I Lou: ~ style. ..-.., ..,.s...
A. the money maskss b somewhat tight n Keo-
kak, for the tine being W shall s9ss 10y u The
above Piasos st manu4eet srsss Pstsss viseeat tie
PATRIcK ) GROUSE,
feb1s-d Second 81. bet. Aais . Jehsess.
RY ths Subscribers, tee god brick dvsiiises %
- Ralton st., between StA eth. Also two on
Exchange, between llth / 18th.
8. G. = 3. CARTER.
Kse1uk, Feb. &, 's7-dAf Cor. Jehsses stA Of.
WANrEDi
Two RENT, In the csarss Of Z or Q weeks froo
j date, double house, with rooms for two snail
families, aad stable With room for TIRES h0ssss
or tso housss Asar easA ether and stsbs IN the VI
cinity Of one Of then 3. o. KELLOGG,
At Lsnbsr Yard, corner Of sth and BleaAsaa.
fsb7o-dtf
DISnOLUTlON.
sNHE Arm Of Hitchcock, Mott ! &c. 10 this day
L dissolvsd by mutual eonssnt The basisess viii
be con tinusd 1t the old stand BY HitcAseek Co.,
who are authorised 70 settle the business II The late
6rm. CHAS. HITCHCOCK,
JIM. MOTT, Ja.,
Keokuk. FEB. - 81. II. 3. HITCHCOCK.
TO0 SALE.
- LOTS ON MAIN-sT.
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DRADEN r. LINDLy,
Successors to I. 1. AeKsaayJ
Wholesale end Retail DrN6I1ess.
HAVING purchased tbs entire Stock 4sag, nod
i L icines, Be-, and ssnstAntly Esssivia9 lasgs
snpplisa from the East, Ne o1sf 70 the city ssl
country trade one Of the most complete stocks In
tbs city. Cali end sss ct she old ssaaa Of r. ].
AeKsssy.
Prescriptions carefully compounded at ali houn,
day and nsght, BY practical psssctpstsaists.
mch4 dSm
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CT Boswell once asked johnson II there
was no possible circumstance under which
suicide would be justi6able.
s'No," was the reply.
SWELL" says Boswell, "suppose Q man
had been guilty Of some fraud that hs was
certain would be found out f''
"Why, then" says johnson, Sin that case
let him 20 to some country where he 10 not
known, and not to the devil whore he 10
known.0
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VVauton

W00tO0
Two rent, for months or . year, % any time BE-
i tween present date and ihs Ia Of Nay, fr.ns
dwelling house OF from three 70 SIX roons, In .
good neiyhborhood, on high ground bssvssn Main
and Cedar streets. Occupants will b al alalts.--
, t. an. standing aias,y on :. enclosed To-.
bat little object Il ~ all reasonable. ksnt will
be promptly paid. Good references given; also
security against damage, II desired:
Inquire ~ this Othce.
Regular Des Moines River Raekes.
rlsHE BADGER ETATR, D. Z. Sss-, - y
! BE, Master, will leave ferFort N,
Aoines and intermediate ports this day 6 oyo0ek
p. m. Fer freight or passage apply - boasa.
march2-d
store tosn On Msla.sg. Ter Rong.
THE store room now occupied By HiteAeoak
1 Co., on Msin-st Possession given On the lss
q May. As,o, tho three story ssiek baiidiag IN
Hardss'y . Block. Inquire Of
mrh2-det RlcKEY tsIxPsoN.
ROR SALE.
A BRICK Dwelling House, on corner lot ia n.
"A front. in block VI. Inquire on the premises
msreh2-d4te HHNRY sCAULKR.
" A. RICE, Architect, having rstarusd from
w the kast, can be seen By those Who nay re-
Sure his services, at bis ofcs in Eilhoarus's Block
Main ST., bet. - and 3D.. ffsh3e-Alv
LoOk 4eTOI
II oBERraoN LIVINGSTON, having cold out
IN their entire stock In tho Feed Store 70 NJ. Ssn
GsAham they would be very urgent on thoss indsbs-
ID TO them % call and settle their bills - seon -
PAsbs, ~ the parties wish to engage In other bss-
iness.
Those 10 whom We arc indebted need not 5. mr.
slenlar Absut calling Geo Rokertson will b st
es3ia ssana Tor 100 weeks 70 obtain ssstasnsnes.
xsoxo-d1w
DIRECT IMPORTATION.
HARWARE AND CUTLERY
~. W. & ~. TUC KRR.
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sNWo rooms suitable for families, with board.
! anbe bad corner Of Tih and johnson strsxts
Also, fsw young gentlemen can be accommodates
With board aud lodging.
mch a-dkI
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YOnEsTE1 Z KLEG00,
CARPENTERS and naildsRs. ehep q llth a.
~ bet. Exchange ssd Daak. tneA4-dets
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Hrxsrc.-The present system Of register
ing money letters is q great humbug. II is
stated that nine out Of ten Of the losses By
mail. 80 far, have been registered letters, and
10 no instance has one Of them been traced
up--and we do not see how different re-
suit coald have been anticipated, for, if the
object Of the arrangement hal been to IN ark
the valuable letters for the exclusive inform
alton Of the the thieves, no better plan could
h--e h-cr aev;-ea 4 mcncy letter ...;.ss...s !. !.
10 safer than when registered.
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cT Niawatha is tie mime OF u splendid
new steamer, built at Pittsburgh, and recent
N arrived at ST. Louis, for the New Orleans
trade. She is built in the best style for
freight and passengers; her cabin is bcspan-
gled with gold, aud the door panels in the
ladies' cabin are covered with paintings rep
resenting scenes in Longfellow's poem.
c. Geo. Kendall, formerly OF the New
Orleans Picayune, now lives on 90 estate in
Texas, and keeps horses. focks and herds,
end carries on the business 90 large scale.
Jsstsad Of buying slaves, he hires Germans
70 perform bis labor, aud makes money in the
operation.
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Q. ". L1AOu. .. q. DUnDosDoo. =. ,. Ao1ooa
l Dz1ifih ai Il sf1i fs aiid;''
e: IL S 8 HI 1e;s Il r s e, :: e.
pssssas. . naaSl ) tt pses 2 isilllsg, ssnssl
nsia ssA = ss..s1 :as.s a1slsaag os4s 60:
viu go 60 vsalias lasllislss 1ss - rs E
naal H4n1p, - tAay pastlsalasly invite ~ sae@-
ttso q ~ pssesae lnSiag neal 1steAe NJ soDe.
W vii1sls fvs en- spssisa ssts.sie. e re
is. .sss - !, % - > ~ .:
psops6 sskasRlsA osnsae thsesal = any - = ~
ely q eoaaly. lela911
Nosics - ContYaeseYs.
0DAI1D peep1sals win - Eeesive4 q yhe .e0ee
g q NJ City 1lglnses untll 5 e'slosk ?. II, =
xsa.sy Msssa 81. = 2 isS1. for psssise = sssas,
Ssy.sss = =. - j. Ivsasy Tear Ssais =
City q Ksok1k, hsariag percent. int1sssl
6pssiAsssioss for absvs work can y 49, - ~
49, q Cry sas's' af e "a sfSi . u.lxsoN
!. x.eLak. Feb Il. lss1-l1ss Ciay 1asl.eer
"A OR1ON WIvRS-A Narrasivse 81 10 ssseaess
w sAsa Hssion, By Victoria M:sss psiia. list
1ssas-i CITY 1sskstsee - Mals-st.
fresh A1rlval.
4 yREGH lot d Sugar enfed 1sns A. eAeat
,. ds = H'- '. 21sns e s IN
ToT 0ale.
s1sME Lsass ard Jssnitlrs q ~ Dsalsy Hssss.
j Tor paStieulAss inqslrs u tls pfopsietas, sss.
q neia ~ - sasssss, Kssksk, lows
D9E1 IoLl00, wasi.g b:sls. LA.ls.. els
~ lA11ps -, ~ sals - O0Dm1
80 1eesssese.
Al Xxx sSo1sasae q vsSnlSE r, 3sso q
n c!.a!asa1kaa1 - Ie.Isss..esssa
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Exocut0rss ApPolns0eas.
LUCK HAkKLNS ard Chas. r. M1Oune hsve
Ii bees appointed Rxscutors Of the estate Of n,
D. kmbise ,Aeesassd. All clains against ths -
tate must - pressntsd at ones, and all slaine q
the estate must b paid without delay.
FEB. - ~ HUGH HARKlNO,
fsb1l-d9u CHARLES +. AcCUNH.
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EOR SALE.
- LOTS ON MAIN-ST.
. LOTS ON PLANKROAD.
90 LOTS ADJACENT THERETO.

sale - groceries.
HAVE this day sold out ny entire stesk d
1 Groceries TO J. n Hiatt cad J. B. PAsl, and ~
business viii hereafter bs ooaductsd by Tabor I
Tisdale, whom rseeuusud 10 the psblie eosa
dsnss ~ PRECEDENT bssissss nsn.
rsb. ~, 'S7-fb3i-A CIV. PHRDUE.
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n Tobo S0lA,
= GALLOWAY, bsing aAess - ssnovs v oss'
N sxtsaeivs prsnisss, will cell his prDso
piass Of basipsn - test froat By lAe lssp - ~
ailsy, sxasGly opposite shs PostoGes, - Jshnsss
eerUot.
1itlsairsss frsa tbs Half-BsssS -iadispatsbs
anA uainenmbsseA.
A money Il no The oA3sss u ssiliaG. tssule wil
be sasy - regards time. Ifsb1D-1Io
". A. 0ACG,
A 1CHI1DC1. o. IN xilhsarns's D1sGk, q
- leleSt.. bse 3aaaa -, Kss&nk, IswA.
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TOhN DLUn having nAde N anispueAt 70 the
g-.:.-s-s1 (, - s..ss. ~ 80 AS ssssissrs.
notice - sssssg given 70 al pseSsos having claims
aSainst the saia blum 10 prsssnt than
and all psssons indebted requested % make In
mediate payment. r. MILLS,
Assignee Of John Blsm.
Ksokuk. Feb. 70, lS57-l27-d
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7 N the town Of Hamilton, Ills., he~,e Ara tvo
! lots; also, two aeres Of land near ~. Apply
soon, ~ Am bound for kansas In : lev days.
feb2a-i3w 4. CAR0fnn
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DISSOLUTION.
svNHE Arm Of Hitchcock, Mott ! Co. 10 this day
L dissolv ID by mutual consent. The busisess win
be continued 1t the old stand by HitcAseek Co.,
who authorised settle the basinsss II The late
6rm. CHAS. HITCHCOCK,
JIM. MOTT, ia,
Kcokuk. FEB. - ST. H.B. HITCHCOCK.
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RRxi.IsfAfI A0kNT
HofAHI YU1LIC.
l1Ouooo and Lets Tor o0ao cheap
An - - RnDmn,

ARD e. Uooo Sn1Uo.
YARMe m 1NB Nu10H1O110OD OF kIogCk
Bco oA1p 81 nuAoonADxA Sanoo.
ALL ROTARY DUolAx0D
ASY9uD1D - WIZ Doo1Afc0.
DnO0ee "a. Isl HAin stso4t. hstvsen elh al
rs etsss(s, u Wed 6eriblaS Drug otsss, lfsr-
nerly B. 01i1Dtseet.)
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Ssorc Nssn GA Msla.sg. Ter 8ens.
Co., on Main-st. Posssssion given On the 10,
Of May. Aiso, tho three story bsick buiidins Il
Hsrdes,y' Block. Inquire Of
mrha-d6t RlCKEY r SIMPSON
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STEAM 0UA0RO.
sNA0MPSON BRIDGES, 81 Maia-st., Aavs 81
i sAls Ashessktss sslshrsts1 6taam 0saDn, t.
otsa0boals, xsssootivss. asA oeaA3saasy x6xlDss
Il 10 ths most perfect 0ssge, aaa more exesnsiysl
ussd In ~ 8ass ana CanaAae, fAaa any stAs
gaags. 1agiAsNs aaA others ~ invited - 81
and sxanine.
We ~ aiss psspased - furnish etssn whsle
Of all sisss. % sAsst nosiee. UaA3A
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THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS!
GLORIOUS TICKET NOMTNA ted!
Union aud Harmony ThrOughOut!.!

The Republican State Convention adjourn
ed sine die last evening at seven o'clock, after
having adopted one of the best platforms ever
put forth in any State, and nominated the
ticket which we place at the head of our COL
umns The platform was reported yesterday
morning by Judge GooDRIcH Chairman of
The Committee. 1t was received with thun-
ders of applause, and adopted unanimously
amid the greatest enthusiasm. After the
nomination of Gov. RAMSEY, he was waited
upon by Committee at his residence and
upon being conducted to the II all where the
Convention was in session, he was received
with prolonged cheers, and with applause
which shook the building to its foundation.
He then proceeded to deliver the brief speech
which we give in our reports.
The whole proceedings were characterized
by the greatest harmony, and the Convention
adjourned with a full determination Oh the
part of its members to see the ticket elected
in October.
We have only space to add this morning
that the ticket is we'll digested one through
out, both as regards the character of the
men and their several localities. While we
write, rousing Ratification Meeting is going
on at the q Public Forum corner of St. An
thony and Wabashaw Streets which tells well
for the opening of the campaign.
The ball has commenced to roll
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SsSquatter SOverignty.o

The Nebraska act contains (say the De-
mocratic Orators and Press) the following
"grand and noble sentiment ut being the
true intent and meaning of this act not to
legslate slavery into any Territory or State,
nor to exclude it therefrom but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and reg
ulate their own domestic institutions in their
own way, subject only to the Constitution
of the United States"
The passage does, it is true, appear in the
Nebraska act; and that it is the "grandest"
piece of hunbugsery that ever appeared in
the legislative history of any respectable
State or Nation upon the face of the earth
may readily be admitted. But it is difficult
to perceive what there is "noble" in it.
1t settles nothing-means nothing. What is
meantiby the words subject only to the Con-
stitutiun q What does the Constitution
say on the subject embraced in the passage
quoted? This question is left by this "grand
and noble sentiment" for future agitation; for
Heterogeneous population from all parts of
the world-English, French, Irish, Scotch,
and Americans strangers to each other, with
out law or social sympathies to bind them
together, TO quarrel and fight about. A tr-
bunal made up of such elements is not the
proper one to expound the Constitution, nor
will an exposition by the proper authorities
after tue war restore the slain to life.
Why was it not said honestly and candid
ly, we settle nothing, but leave the people
Of Territories perfectly free to agitate the
question of slavery in all time to com, in
their own way, subject only to the Constitu-
ton of the United States. 1t might as well
be subject to the Koran or the Bible. The
Territories are settled by practical men
men who live by their labor, and wish to be-
stow that labor with some certainty as to
tenure. They want to know what footing
they are upon with respect to their rights.
Can the people of the Territories under
this "grand and noble" clause, legislate sla-
very into the Territory? Can they exclude it
therefrom Can one session of the Terrific
rial legislature legslate it into the Territory
and bring thousands in, and the next sess on
send them all back where they came from
Or liberate them? These questions are left
open, and palmed upon the country with as
much indifference to the consequences, as the
members of a debating society propose ques.
tons at their meetings
The truth is, the Nebraska bill is hum
bug, as whole, and all its parts are made
up of demagogueism. Members voted for il
for different reasons-some because they be
lieved the Legislature could abolish slavery
others, because they believed differently
But Democracy and Popular Sovereignty
harmonized these conflicting opinions. Will
one portion of the party, Democracy is ont
thing, while with another portion it is exact
ly the reverse
The act does virtually legislate Slavery int
the Territory. Itdoes not drive it in, though
it leaves the bars down that it may 90 in.-
But natural causes and public sentiment hav,
kept it out.
Barnum has gone down, and the Democra
cy must follow suit.
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The Public Forum.

Col. D. A. ROBERTSON, Democratic candi-
date for Member of Congress, on Tuesday
erected his "Public Forum" on Wsbashaw
street, opposite the old Post office, and on
that evening procee ded to enlighten the peo-
pie as to what he considered the principles
of Modern Democracy. His three hours
speech was principally taken up in abusing
tue people of England, and in labored argyll
mcnt (?) to prove that the Republican party
ofthis country was in league with the Eng
lish government to dissolve the Union!
Col. ROBERTSON, in his hand bills
solicited reply from any Republican speak
er. Judge GooDRIcn was selected for this
purpose, but when he appeared upon the
stand at the late hour at which the first
speaker concluded, he was showed into the
background by Mr.. IRWIN, late U. S. Mar:
shall, who gave up only after repeated and pro-
longed calls for GooDRICH. The Judge had
just cleverly gotten into spirited and scath-
ing reply to ROBERTSON, when the meeting
was broken up By "noise and-confusion."
This is what the Democrats call can open
field and fair fight !"
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ssDemOcratic', Stump Orators.

We see in the Pioneer d Democrat long
list of stump appointments in Southern Mimi
esota for Gov German and Col. d. A. ROB-
ERTsoN. The latter gentleman has been out
of politics some four years, but has now ia
ken to his old profession again, no doubt
very unexpectedly to himself. But the lure
ments of honorable Office are now held out to
him by his party, and, like the rest Of us,
being mortal-he yields. This, though, is
none of our business.
Had our Democratic neighbors called upon
us to make our choice as to which two of
their speakers should enter upon the canvass
in Southern Minnesota, we should most GER
tainly have selected these very men. GoRMAN
with his pompous egotsm and Oyerbcaring ar
rogance, even were he not known to the
people of that section, would soon make Re-
publican votes by the hundred. But as tits,
after deceiving them on the Capital question
after they have sounded his unmanly character
to its utmost depth; after even his own party
know all about his baseness by reading the
Pioneer and after his cowardly assault upon
WILSON, justly one of the favorite men of
Southern Minnesota, we are certainly greatly
indebted to his party for sending him on a
mission among the intelligent Eastern popu-
lation of Southern Minnesota, who are so
well acquainted with him.
As Col. ROBERTSON Colonel, we suppose,
because he once edited a Ecwspaper) is not
so we'll known as GoRMAN among our friends
in the region where he Is to labor for the
benefit of the Southern negro-mongers, we
will 90 more fully into detail in introducing
him.
Col. Robertson calls himself Radical
Democrat believing fully in all the dog
mas of the Southern wing of his party. We
have known him long, and at this time he is
our intimate personal friend and neighbour
We know he is sincere in what he processes
and if elevated to the Congressional honors
which we learn his friends are seeking for him
would labor to place Minnesota alongside
to the Slave Power Col r. believes in hi:
heart that the institution of negro Slavery i;
right in principle; and if he be opposed at al
to its existence in Minnesota, it is because he
thinks it would be Improbable here. He
believes with TooMBs and others of the South
that the Almighty created the black man to
be the bondman of the white man. and that
the Southern institution can be upheld and
sustained by the most sacred principles o
morality and religion.
These views, and Others of the same pur
port, have been expressed frequently by thi
gentleman in conversation with us and othe
citizens. We have endeavored not to mis-
represent him, and we think he will say w
do not misrepresent him. In fact when VI
come to think of it, his lecture before the
Historical Society, one year ago last winter
upou "The Dispersion and Conflicts Of tn
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st. Paul Water Company.

BY notice in our advertising columns, it
will be seen that the st. Paul Water Compa-
ny, chartered at the last session of the Legis-
lature, has organized, and that books for SUBJ
scrption to the capital stock will be opened
next Monday. The following gentlemen com.
prise the Board Of Directors N. Myrick,
G. B. Gallagher, J. M. WinsIow, Geo. L.
Becker, VIM. Diver, VIM. II. Leonard, Fl.
NJ Rice
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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1851.


The Convention was called to order at the
hour appointed by the Chairman, at whose
request the Rev. Mr.. MILLER addressed
the Throne of Grace.
The minutes of yesterdays proceedings
were read, and with some corrections ap.
proved.
Mr.. MANTOR from the committee on
Credentials reported the full delegation from
Fillmore county, as follows: w. j. Howell,
j. G. Easton, II. L. Edwards, G. NJ. Lowell,
II. W. Holley, S. B. Murrell, Chas. Hanson
and Ed. Picket.
Mr.. NORTH moved that Mr.. j. G. Able
be substituted for DIR. HOLSTER of the Rice
County Delegation, which was carried.
Judge GOODRICH Chairman of the
Committee appointed to prepare Platform,
then reported the following
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,
Adopted by the Republican State Convention
of Minnesota held at St. Paul On the 9th
and 10th of September, 1857, which Con.
vention of Delegates were elected and
assembled in pursuance of call addressed
to the Republicans of Minnesota by the
Republican Central Committee:
WHEREAS, We are are about to "be adj
mitted into the Union upon an equal footing
with the original States" in accordance with
the principles of the Federal Constitution
and to take upon ourselves the duties and
responsibilities of a sovereign State; there
fore,
Resolved, That we give to our fellow citi-
zens here and our brethren in the States of
this confederacy the following pledge for the
faith that is in us.
Resoired, That we adhere to the Platform
adopted by the Republican Convention as
sembled in Philadelphia on the 4th of July,
1776, and re-affirmed on the 18th of June,
1856, and solemnly consecrate our political
and moral energies to the maintenance of its
doctrines and that we are in favor of bring
ing back the action of the Federal Govern
ment to the doctrines and principles of
WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON and MADISON.
Resolred, That we maintain the Union of
the States, the rights of the States, and the
liberties of the people.
Resolued, That the Republican party is
National in its character, devoted to the
Union, and loyal to the Constitution; that
under these it will seek to establish and
maintain Justice, promote the general well
fare, and secure these blessings to the pres
ent and future generations.
Resoloed, That we deny the right Of fede-
federal authority, even under cover OF any
legislative act whatsoever, to suspend the
writ of Habeas Corpus, save in case OF In
surrection and Invasion"
Resolued, That while we maintain invio-
late the right of petition, and the right of
the people peaceably to assemble and me-
morialize Congress upon, rightful sub
iects of legislation, we repudiate the modern
doctrine Of Squatter Sovereignty as exem-
Gifted in the Kansas Nebraska Bill, and the
scenes of violence, usurpation and blood,
which have been its legitimate fruits.
Resolucd, That with WASHINGTON, and the
sages of his time, we believe Slavery TO- be q
social and moral evil; that in virtue Of the fol-