The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-09-04
Those hepubllcaa Resolutions.

Those hepubllcas Resolutions.
| We give below, from the late speech q
Judge LoUGLAs at Galena, his account o
the manner in which he obtained those reso
lu,ions which he read at the debate in this
city, and his reasons for believing them &C.
nuine The reader will judge, after reading
.is statement, Of the fairness and decency
Of charging Judge ID. with ''forgery!" oui
decided opinion still is tina, the resolutions
were passed just n originally stated by
Judge D., and that the only perversion and
forgery" in the case has be, n committed by
the Chicago Press anil Ti6uhe. which has
substituted another set Of resolutions fo'
those really passed by the republican con-
vention of October, 1854:
propose to call your attention to the
platform of principles upon which this new
| combination was gotten up by Lincoln,
Trumbull, Wentworth, Washburne, and
other men, to aboiitionizc the then two great
political parties of the country. L will read
the resolutions Of the Cong essional Con-
v.ntion held at Rockfo ford on the 20th Of Au-
suss,@ 1854, at which Mr. " asfBurng~fa
ceived the nomination for Congress in this
let. They are IS follows:
Reso,r>d Tha, the continued and Increasing aggres-
sion Of slavery in country destructive of the
o-st rights oi Tree peo le. and that such aggrsssns
cal action Of all good men.
Resoired That the citizens Of the United States hold
in their hands peaceful, constitutional and et lent
medy against The encroachments Of the slave power the
ballot box, and il tina, remedy is boldly and wisely
established
Rescc.d That aceep; this issue forced upon US by
the slave power and in defense freedom, will ops
rate and be known Republicans, pledged to the &C
complishment OF the following purposes:
To bring the Administration OF the Government back
the Of principles restore Kansas and
Nebraska to the position OF free Territories; TO repeal
and entirely ahrogat- the fugitive slave law to restrict
slavery those in which exists TO prohibit the
admission of any slave States into the Union to
exclude slavery from all the Territories which the
general government has exclusive Jurisdiction aud 70
acquisition OF Territories unless the
Introduction Of slavery therein forever sh. have been
Resoieeo, Tha, in furtherance Of these principle.
e will such constitutional aud Law ful means
shall seem best adapted TO their Accomplishment, and
that will support for oce, under the general
State government who is no, positively and fully COM
m.ite the support OF these principles aud whose
sonsI character and condac, not guaranty that he i,
reliable and who Sa! not have abured old party aile
sso,e~d Tina. We cordially in i,e person. OF al former
political parties whatever in favor OF the o9-c, express
ed in the above resolutions to unite with ia carrying
them into eject
Rssoiped That the proceedings OF this Convention be
signed by he CT arman and Secretaries and pot in all
the paper. OF . Congressional District, and that the
parers in the State be requested 20 copy the same.
There you find the Black Republican plat
form as announced in the first Congressional
Convention held in this district by that par
ty. According to NV recollection Of the
IA Is, Mr. Washburne was . candidate be-
fore the Convention, and being present. took
the stand Immediately after the adoption Of
the resolutions and endorsed them. This
presume he will admit and | also under
stand that he now endorses every PROPOSE
ton and word .oa,aned in them. He was
mad the nominee Of that Convention by ac-
clamation. Uaughter.)
The propositions contained in these reso-
lutions cited in 4 debate with NJ Lincein
on Saturday last at Ottawa, and attrib.ted
them 70 4 Convention held at Springfield on
the 5th Of October, 1854 For doing this I
find tha. am charged by the Abolition or
Back Republican newspapers with forgery
no, with an error. but with forgery
tina. charge is made because the resolutions
read we're not adopted At that particular
place. They seem tn think that the place
where the resoiutionS were adopted is q
matter Of vast importance, but they pot
sly . word about IN ir t. QLau ;hter
Whom put the direct questions 10 Mr..
Lincoln to ascertain whether he now stands
pledged 10 that cresd-to the unconditional
repea! Of the fugitive slave law, refusa, TO
admit any more slave States into the Union
even if the people want them, a determine
tion TO apply the Wilmot PrOviso not only
| to all the territory We now have but all that
we may hereafter acquire, he refused to an
swer, and his followers say in excuse that
the resolutions upon which based my in
ttrrosatorirs were not adopted at the ''rigAt
| spot" Shouts OF laughter and applau- )
Lincoln and his political friends are great on
"spet." (Rcnewed iaughter) In Con-
g,ess, as a representative OF this State, he
could not support the Mexican wcr or ac-
knowledge his own country to be right in
the contest because he said that American
b'ood was not sled on American soil in the
"ri1ht spot" (That's SO and laughter. y
Ahd now he canpot answer the questions
put to him At O,tawa because the resolu
tons read were not adopted at the right
| spot More laughter) 1t may be possible
tnat was led into an error AS TO the spot on
| which the resolutions then read were
| proclaimed, but was not, and am not in er.
| ror rs to the fact Of their forming the basis
| of the creed Of the Republican party when
| that party first organized. (Cheers)
will state to you the evidence had. and up
| on which relied for my statement that the
! resolutions IN question were adopted Al
| Springfield on the 9th of October, 1854
Although was aware that such resolutions
| had been passed in this district, and nearly
! all the northern Congressional districts and
| county conventions, had not noticed whe
ther or not they had peen adopted by any
| State convention. In 1856, q debate arose
in Congress between MAJOR THOMAS l.
HARRIS, of the Springfield district, and Mr.
Norton, of the Joliet district, on poliica
matters connected with our State, in the
course of which Major Harris quoted those
resolutions as having been passed hy th'
| first Republican State convention that ever
assemb ed in Illinois,. | knew that Majol
| Harris was remark able for his accuracy, tha
he was . very conscientious and SINGER,
/ man, and l also noticed that Norton did no
question the accuracy of this statement.
therefore took it for granted that it was so
and the other day when concluded to NJ,
the resolutions al Ottawa, wrote to CksR
/ Lanphier, ed tor of the State Register, .
Springfield, callirg his attention to then,
telling him that l had been informed tha
Major Harris WAS lying sick at Sprine6 6ell
and desiriI z him to call upon him ard az
certain all the facts concerning the resolu
tions, the time and the place where the,
were adopted. In reply, Mr.. Lanphier sen
me two copies of his paper. which hay
here The first is the copy Of the State Re
gister, published At Springfield, Mr.. Lin
coins own town, OF the 10th Of October
1864. only eleven davs after the adjourn
ment of the convention, from which desir
{ read the following:
.During the late discussions in this city, Lincpi
made speech, to vi ich Judge Douglas replied. In Iir
speech he took the broad ground that accordn
to the Declaration Of Independence, the whites On
blacks are equal From this he drew the conclusion
which he times repeated The white ha
right pass laws for the government Of the blac
man without the nggers consent. This speech Of Lin