True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-06-02
70 the People Of Ohio Republican
State f.onvention.

TUESDAY, tile l3fh 0f Jug rseIts AZ ~
o'clock A. M Nominations will then be
made for the following officers One
Supreme Court Judge, Attorney, General,
Member oE the Board Of Public Works,
and Controller. The basis Of represen-
tation in said Convention will be the vote
given fgr7Gov, CHASE at The last annual
election. Each county will be entitled
TO one delegate foreyery 500 votes SO
given, and each fraction above -halfzthzt
number win also bessnttled 10 a delegate.
BIZ lhis rulelthe following will belhe ap-
poriionment for this, the 2lst Congress
sionRl District:
CARROLL. .s......,..... .ssss,.s.-.-. -. ..3.
ColumbiaDa.... ................. g..
Harrison. .................. 3.
Jefferson.
The State Central Committee recon-
mend that the several County Conven.
tons for the selection Of delegates be held
at the county seats of each county, on
Saturday, the Sd Of July, at two o'clock,
.P, M--and follows itIup with an address
to the people Of Ohio irrespective of
party, as follows:
In the midst ofIhe great contest which
is now SO RerceIy waged BY the slave
power of the Nation, aided by the Presi-
dentyand his party, against free labor and
free institutions, Ii is perhaps needless TO
remin. the people of Ohio Of the vast
andWital character Of the issue,
and of the Overwhelming necessity ofcon-
certed and vigorous action on the part Of
all who prefer freedom TO slavery, and
free to slave laboEy The desperate and
persistent attempt Of the Administration
to force upon the people Of Kansas slave
constitution; the frauds, ,forgeries, murders,
and unconnled villaihies which have been
perpetrated, and upheld, and sustained in
that Territory byither present dominant
'pary;5the alarming euCroachments that
have been made upon the rights Of the
free states by the Dred Scott decision; the
monster error that Slavery, is nDtional,
and extends to all the territories Of the
Union, while freedom is sectional. and
can neUer exist in our territories, even If
every yifreeman therein shall demand it,and
every legislature enact it, and can only
be established by positive law, when they
shall emerge from the pupilage of Fed
eral Government and control. and the
support given to these heresies by the
President and his party, all conspire to
rouse the freemen Of the free north to a
sense Of The danger and degradation which
must follow a tame submission to these
entertainments. .gs1S sgo Eaac3
The base and cowardly desertion Of
our equal rights which is involved in the
passage Of the English Swindle, by which
Congress declares that 40, 900 inhabitants
may come into the Union as an equal
with Ohio,oif they will adopt Slave
Constitution; while if they persist in
preferring to be free State, they shall
wait outside, and be governed by the
appoihtees or the Slave Power, ill they
have more than double that population,
admits ofno excuse or apology, and
merit tho stern condemnation of every
patriot. and frisndof even Justice and
equal rights. The English Bill gives to
the aPpointees of the President the entire
controlof the ballot boxes and all the
machinery of the proposed vote in Kan.
sas, on the question Of the admission to
the Union under the Infamous Lecompton
Constitution. The bitter experience Of
the past has taught the world that no
fraud,is too monstrous; no villainy too
wicked; no corruption too daring for the
plant instrument Of despotsm. For pre-,
suming to be fair and honest. we have
seen Reedsr, and Geary, and Walker, and
Stanton, in rapid succession beheaded at
the imperious command of the Slave
Power That same power still controls
the, des.inies of the Republic, with pur-
poses and plans unchanged. Yet the
freemen Of Ohio are called upon to sc-
quiesce in "a measure Of this character and
to tamely submit 10 this new and bitter
insult and, disgrace. Added 10 all these
national evils. The legislation Of the past
winter in Ohio; the principles Of action
announced, and the acts performed. are
of such character as to demand, as they
will receive The condemnation ofthe voters
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