Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-12

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PREaDrEr.---IIon. o. p. Morton.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Jno. ID. Bruler Of Spencer
Alfred Hays, Of Scott;
VIM. NJ Dunn, Of Jeffcrson;
George Holland, Of Franklin;
William Rffner of Henry;
Nathan Earlwinc, Of Shelby;
Geo. X Steele, Of Park;
John Beard Of Montgomery;
Thos. $, Stanncld, ofSt. Joseph;
VIM. Mitchell, of Noble:
Robert Cissna, of Wabash;
srcRETARiIs--pR PRINCIPAL.
ID. II Sulgrove, OF indianapolis.
ASSISTANTS
G. w. Brown, OF Putnam;
Judge Metcalf Of Elkhnrt;
Mr.. Andrews, Of Posoy
Lconidas Sexton, Of Rush.
non. o. r. MoRToN's SPEECH.
On taking the chair Mr.. Morton
said
II thank you for tho honor you have
done me in calling mo to preside over
you, and assure you that IL / shall dis.
charge my duties well II must be with
your help ! ask OF you that your pro.
ceedings shall be conducted In spirit
OF harmony. II IL idle 20 expect that
what we do shnll be exactly what every.
body wants. Such Convention as
that novef was held. fhaeare' dsscrsi.
ties of opinion Us 10 the platform, and
as TO the candidates But whatever
these differences wero we hoped that
whom candidate was nominated, every
man in the Convention would consider
that nomination his own act IAN
plause,) lie then spoke at some length
Of the changing phases oil politics pro.
duecd by the gradual aggression of sla.
very which has swallowed up one ques.
ton after another till ht last there IN no
other issue before tho country. The
Republicans had predicted this whom
the Kansas bill passed That measure
took the power over slavery from Con.
grcss, aud now tho ruiIians with the
President had taken the power from the
people, (Applause.) Amer dwelling
upon tho effects Of that bill b icny, he
said that now the pro-slavery party had
taken every foot OF territory from the
North. Mr.. Buchanan had said that
Kansas was MS much q slave State as
Georgia. Ii IL were 80, Nebraska and
Washington were equally surrendered
TO slavery, and there was no free terri
tory In the Union. Kansas was now n
slave Staae, and IL admitted undor the
Lecompton fraud she would continue a
slave State, and nothing could change i'll
but bloody revolution. lie then dis.
cussed briefly but iorcibly some of the
prominent features OF the gigantic in.
fanny, and urged that Mr.. Buchanan in
forcing il upon tho people OF Kansas
was doing what Louis Napoleon did in
France, and Francis Joseph in IIunga.
ry. He then spoke with some illusions
TO the sectional character of the Su-
preme Court Of the United States, and
the necessity for an organization of IL
would allow fair representation Of the
people, intelligence, and power of the
north in il. 1t had been made the tool
of the slave power, and for years IL had
been operated on with the purpose of
securing just such action from il us was
taken in the bred Scott case. He con-
Guided by urging the importance of
harmony, and assuring the meeting of
success in the coming struggle. Wei
have not space 10 give anything like q
sketch of his speech, which was, like
all his efforts, strong, massive and con.
vincing. On the conclusion of it the
regular business Of the Convention was
begun.
PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Hudson, of Vigo, moved that n
committee Of two from each Congress
sional District disappointed by the chair
to prepare platform for the meeting,
which was adopted.
Mr. Farquhar offered a resolution re-
curing "all resolutions offered tothc
Convention to be referred 10 the Con-
vention without debate" which was
amended so as 10 require than to. be
read before reference, and adopted.
Mr. Moreau moved that committee
of one from each Congressional District
be appointed TO select State Central
Committee, which was amended so rs To
require that committee to select three
from each District to compose the State
Central Committee, and was, thus
adopted.
MIR. III. ID. Scott Of Vigo, moved that
a committee Of one from each district
be appointed to select candidates to be
10 the Convention.
Mr.. Farquhar, of Franklin, moved TO