The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-18
~ A mass convention of the opponents

~ A mass convention Of the opponents
of Lecomptonism, in the county OF Vigo,
was held at Terrc Haute on Saturday last,
at which a firm union of all the anti-Le-
compton elements was effected. 1t is said
to have been the largest-most intelligent
and harmonious convention ever held In
the county. Republicans, Americans and
anti-Lecompton Democrats, burying all past
differences, came together and mutually
pledged themselves to unite for the public
good; to strangle, TO eradicate for ever the
Lecompton policy of the present Admins
tration, and to arrest the downward tenden-
cy of the General and State governments.
An excellent county ticket was selected,
and the Hon. r. w. Thompson made one Of
his best addresses which was enthusiastical-
ly received. The annexed resolutions, con-
shutting a very sound and solid platform,
were adopted:
Resolred, That, in our opinion, the Cen
eral Government should be so reformed as
| ministration, the power Of the Exec
utive should be so restrained rs to keep II
| within its constitutional limits and prevent
its prostitution for party ends,-that the in
dependence of the legislative department
should be so maintained As to rebuke every
attempt to bring it into subsection to execu-
tive authority,-that the policy Of the gov
eminent should he so shaped as to give
proper encouragement to American labor
and industry, and to both our foreign and
domestic cemmerce,-that the public money
should be so expended as to provide for the
! Improvement of such rivers and harbors as
are national in their character that ourpoli-
cy towards other governments should be hrm,
dignifed, Just and moderate, that official in
tegrity should be preserved-that the elective
franchise should be kept free-thatthe bal
lot-bex should be purged of all fraud-that
the naturalization laws should be admins
tered without fraud or abuSe-that the
President should he made ineligible for re-
election-that 10 member Of Congress should
be eligible to any Office within the gift OF
the President-that all illegal and filibuster,
ing schemes for the enlargement OF our ter
ritory shall be put dowu--that the perfect
domestic affairs shall be preserved inviolat,
that sectional agitation shall cease an,
sectional discord be diScouraged-that fra
ternal kindness and good neighborhood be
tween the North and South, should be cul
tivated--that the governments of the terri
tories of the United States, should be admin
istered with a view to the just constitution
al rights of the whole Union--that the PEG
, pie of each territory, when forming a con
stitution for admission into the Union
should determine their institutions for them
selves, without the interference OF the citi
. zen of any of the States, or of the Fedora
Executive,-that the constitution and law
. should be faithfully and honestly admins
tered, and that the integrity Of the govern
> ment, in all its departments, should b
: strictly preserved.
. Rssolred, That, in our opision, the gov
eminent of this State should he so reforme
as to rid us of the effects of a Judiciary elect
ed upon party platforms, and pledged t
r party ohedience,-and that its Legislation
should respond to the will of the people an
not to the platforms and commands Of part
or of caucuses.
:. u Resolved. That in our oniniqn- the IA!
gI,sh BM Is far worse than the open ar-
direct form Of admitting Kansas into. tn
, Union, recommended by Mr.. Buchanan, an
f sustained by the Democratic party, because
Z besides all thu objections existing to the Inf
ter, the former gives the preference 10 a sla,
oUer free state, by proposing to admit Kan
e sas now as Stare state and refusing her nd
o mission as a free state, until her population
o shall more than double what it now Isl