The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-30

procecutiigs OF me ltepuhIican Con
greesional Convention, At Defiance
on Thursday Of last week: g.
The Convention was temporarily
org ganized by calling F. M. Gaze Il
the chair, and appointing w. C
Earl, f. M. Fuller, f. A. Higgins
s. d. Baker, and George Weimel
Secretaries.
| The Committee on Rules and Or.
eanfzation, made the following re.
port, which was adopted:
FoR PRESIDENT or TIE CONVENTION.
90. M. Godfrey, of Putnam.
FoR vioE PRESIDENTS. John Tay-
lor, Of Defiance; j. W. Ross Of
Wood.
FoR SEcRErARIEs.-W. C. Earl, oi
Lucas; f. A. Higgins, Of Wood; j.
u. Baker, Of Defiance; E. w. Full
Ter. OF Fulton; G. Weimcr. OF Henry;
Il. Russell, Of Paulding; I. r. Sher.
wood, Of Williams.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
The order of business shall he
1si: Repor: Of Committee on Gre
dcntials.
end: Report of the Committee on
Resolutions.
81: Nomination Of Representative
to Congress.
The Convention shall be governed
by the usual Parliamentary Rules.
In voting for candidate the conn
ties shall be called alphabetically
and each county will vote on @ sim
gle ballot, and, stating the number
Of votes for each candidate. Previ
ous to ballot the candidates may be
announced by their friends.
The delegates present from each
county, shall be authorized to cast
the votes Of absentees, who are no,
represented by proxy, and in case
the delegates present are not mani
nous, the votes Of the absentees
shall be aIportioned among those
present.
Each county shall be entitled IN
the number OF votes assigned to it BY
the call for this Convention.
A ma ajority Of all the votes cast
shall be requisite to constitute a
nomination.
MIR. henderson, from the Commit.
tee on Resolutions, presented the
following report which was adopted;
The Republicans Of the Fifth Con.
, gressional District, in Convention
assembled, coming together in u
spirit Of concord, OF devotion to the
doctrines Of freedom and true re.
preventative government, having an
abiding faith in the Justice of thcil
cause, and placing their trust in the
intelligence and patriotism of I'll,
people, again present for their con.
sidcration and Judgment, plat
form of principles and a candidate
for their suffrages to represent this
District in the Congress of the Uni
ted States.
Resolved, That We renew and re-
assert the declaration Of principle,
promulgated by the Republican par
Ity in the National Convention q
Philadelphia, in June 1856, togeth
cr with the platform adopted by the
Republican State Convention of JULY
18th, 1853. and cordially commend
the principles therein set forth, and
the candidates nominated by tn.
State Convention to the favorable
consideration OF the electors OF the
district.
Resolved. That we adhere to the
doctrine Of the Fathers OF the Re
public that the Netional Territories
are the common property Of all, ant
that their sovereignty is in the whole
people OF the United States. and sub
ject to the will OF the citizens of the
several states represented in Con
gress; that IN organizing territorial
governments Congress has the right,
under the Constitution, to prescribe
"all needful rules and regulations
for the government, and determin,
what the organic law OF g ch terrific
ry shall be, until they form a state
government and are admitted into
the Union.
Resolved. That the attempt OF the
administration of James Buchanan
to nationalize slavery by affirming
that it has legal existence in Kan
sas and all other territories, as in
Georgia and South Carolina, is y
violation of the principles upon
which this government was founded
and a clear violation Of the rights
and privileges solemnly guaranteed
to the people Of Kansas and all 9TH
er territories, when they were invi.
ted to make these territories their
homes with the assurance that they
should have the enac.ing Of all laws
for their own local government.
Resolved, That slavery can have
no legal existence in any of the Ma
tional territories; that 1t is a local
and q sectional institution, and can
have no existence under a correct in
depreciation OF the Constitution out.
si'le OF slave states; that we pledge
our uncompromising hostility TO its
further extension into free territories
Resolved, That :he repeal OF the
Missouri Compromise was = viola.
ton Of II solemn contract and an in
suit to the people Of the free states,
and Is the primary cause OF all our
present sectional difficulties.
Resolved, That the attempt OF the