Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-05-27
To THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
REPUBLICAN,
STATE CONVENTION

The delegates TO the kepnDllcan SIa te OOnVen-
tion for the nomination OF State Ticket md the
transaction OF such other business as may be pre-
septed Will assemble in the City OF Columbus.
Chic on TuEspAY, the l3M day Of JEty negt. al 10
O'Clock A. NJ Nominations Will then be made
Ior The following othcers: One Supreme Court
ludge. Attorney-G General. Member of the Board OF
PIrbIic Works and Controller The basis of rep
reseatation.i said Convention will be the vote
piyea for Gov. Chase at the last annual election.
Each county viii be entitled TO one delegate for
every FIVE hundred votes SO given, and each irac.
sion above hal / that number will also be entitled
TO a delegate.
TThe ralio of representation gives Belm ont
county three delegates Ed CRRoN
II is recommended that the several County Con-
yentions for lie selection OF delegates be he'd at
the county seals of each county, on Saturday, the
Sd of July al 2 O'Clock, P N. il Is hoped that
each county committee will Immediately Issue the
call for the county convention, and If the above
sugpest. on is not adopted. that they will make
such changes o. time and place as they see proper
In the midst OF the great contest which is now
e. fiercey waged by tie Slave Power OF the Ma
tion aided by the President and his party, against
Free Labor and Free Institutions, il is perhaps
needless 10 remind the people OF OHIO OF the vast
Importance and vital caI acler oil the issue. and O
tine overwhelming necessity oi concerted and vig
orous action on the pat OF all who prefer r ree-
dom 10 Slavery, and Free 10 Slave Labor. The
desperate and persistent attempt otthe Admins
tration 10 force upon the people OF Kansas Slave
Constitution; the frauds, tOrgerIes. murders, and
pncounted villainies which have been perpet
and upheld and sustained in that Territory by the
present dominant party: the Alarming encroach-
ments that have been made upon the rights OF the
Free States by the bred Scott decision; the mon
ser error that Slavery is national and exteuds TO
all the Territories oil :he Uuion. while Freedom is
secfional, and can exist in our Territories,
even if every freeman therein shall demand it,
and every Legislature enact 1t, and can only be
established by positive law, when they shall
emerge from the pupilage OF Federal Government
and control and the Jealous support given 10 these
keresies by the President and his party, all con-
spire TO rouse the Freemen OF the Free North to a
sense OF the danger and degradation which must
follow tame submission 10 these encroaChments.
The base and cowardly desertion OF our equal
rights which is involved in the passage OF the En-
glish swindle by which Congress declares thai
Iorty thousand inhabitlnts may come into the
Union as an equal with Ohio, il they will adopt
Slave Constitution; while il they persist in pre- ter
ring to be Free State, they shall wait outside
and be governed by the appointees of the Slave
Power, till they have more than double that popu
lation, admits of no excuse or apology, and mus
merit the stern condemna tin OF every pa triot anC
friend of even Justice and equal rights. The In
glIsh Bill gives TO the appointees of the Presiden
the entire control or The balot-boxes and all TIT
machinery OF the proposed vote IN Kansas, on th'
question o. The admiss ioE 10 the Union under tht
infamous LecompIou Constitution. The bitter ex
perience of the past has taught the world that NJ
fraud is too mOnsirous; no villa my too wicked; NJ
corruption too during tor the plant instruments 0
despotism. For pfesuming TO be fair and honest
we have seen lieeder, and Geary, and Walker
and Stanton in rapid succession beheaded al TN
imeerious command of The Slave Power Tha
same power i'll controls the destinies OF the Re
public, with purposes and plans unchanged He
the F.eemen OF Ohio are called upon 10 acquiesc
in a measure of this character, and to tamely sub
init to this new and bitter insult and Disgrace
Added to all these tional evils, the Legislation
ei the past winter IN Ohio; the principles o actl"
announced, and The acts performed, are OF such
character demand, as they will receive, tn
condemnation Of the voters and Taxpayers of tn
State.
In view of all these causes, we ask the Ere
Men of Ohio without regard 10 the ir former politi
cal associations. to unite with us in administering
such stern rebuke to the arrogant Slave Power
as the Empire State Of the Free and Great Yves
so Justly demands Let them select their wises
ablest, purest men, as delegates and lei the GRAN
COUNCIL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FREE La
BoR, on tie anniversary of the passage OF the gio
rious Ordinance OF 1887, which dedicated the so
OF Ohio. the North West, to Freedom and Ere
Institutions forever, be such demonstration q
the and the times demand.
Central ErecutiUe Com r. w. CLARKE,
WM. DENNlSON. Jr., II. W. SMITH,
LUCIAN DUTTLES, GEO II. FRY,
WM- L. BASCOM, JAS. S. ROBINSON,
R. N. BARR, SEi.DEN S. COOK,
N. IL. SWAYNE, Il. K STANLEY,
J. H. COULTER, W w. BIERCE,
GEO. N. PARSONS. JOHN F. DEWEY,
For the State at Large. J: ". SMITH,
]. e GIDDINGS, w. r. SAPP.
CALEB b SMITH. DANL APPLEGATE
For each COng. District VIM. NJ. FARRER,
ALBEkT LEWIS, l.. V BIERCE,
GEO. HOADLEY, VIM. SLAOE, Jr,
MOSES B. WALKER,CHAS. r. HUNT,
BARTON S. KYLE, f. K ECKLEY.
c. w. O'NEIL, State Central Com.
CoLUmpUs, o., May II, 1858.