Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-03-11
AFTERN IN SESSION.


9TH Dishict--Wm m. Conner, of Hamilton.
TN Distrct-John A. Matson, OF Putnam
oth District-Dr j. Mcfarland, of Tippeclnoc
9th DIstrict-Jas Tyner, of Miami.
10Th Distriet--John Weston, of Dekalb.
llth District-Thos. Harrison, OF Howard.
The committee for making nominations was an
nounced rs follows:
LIST District. F. DeBruler, of Spencer; ]. An
drews, of Poscy, and Il. H. DeBruler, of Spencer
ID District-W. O. Gresham, of Harrison; J. B.
kelto, of Floyd; and John W. Ray, of Clark
I'd District--R Hill, of Bartholomew, d: c.
Brs'nham, Of Jefferson, DR.. J. McPheters, OF Mon
4th Dstrict-J F. Farquhar, of Franklin. Leon
idas Sexton, of Rush; and John 5. Scobey, OF De
catur.
9Th Dstrict-silas Colgrovc, of Randolph; Ben
ton and Grose, of Henry.
9th Distinctly legates names not reported.
9Th District--Col. Thos. III. Nelson, OF Vigo;
William G. Coffin, of Parke; Martin Wines, OF
Greene.
sth District--L. b. Sims, of Clinton; G.. o. Benin,
Of Tippecanoe; Potter, of Boone.
9th District-D. Il. Bearss, of Miami; Thos- ,.
Stanfcli, of st. Joseph !. Mattingly, of Marshall
10th District-Judge Metcalf, of Elkhart; Viii
liam Mitchell, of Noble; George Moon, OF kosci-
usco. +. feraI .t sass ~ eH t.
lth Distriet-W. ]. Holman, of Hamilton; ]. d.
Conner, OF Wabash; J. F. Hsines, OF Jay.
While Mr.. Murray was speaking the committee
on the Platform returned, and Mr.. NJ gave way to
their report, which read by Hudson as follows:
The Republicans of Indiana, in Mass Convention
assembled, proclaim the following
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
l. Th,t our National Government ought to be
so administered as to promote harmony between the
different sections our country, secure the alice
tons of all the people of the United State and COM
ov,I al. Of he N,fione of tho M rth
2. That the people ofa Territory when thei come
to form a constitution preparatory to their admis
sion into the Union State have the right to
adopt such constitution. being RepublcAnin form,
as may be acceptable unto themselves, and that
State ought to be received into the Union before
the constitution thereof has been fully and fairly
submitted to thier people for their adoption re-
lection and received the approval ofthe majority of
its legal voters.
>. That the attempt now being pcrslstcntly made
by the present administration TO impose upon Kan
sas the Lccompton Constitution, VIGOROUSLY OBJ
noxious to the great majority of her citizens, and
with no other object than to force upon them inst
buttons against which they have repeatedly and
most earnestly protested, is gross outrage upon
the rights Of the people of that Territory, and cal
culatcd to disturb the peace and harmony of the
country. W
A. That Freedom is National and Slavery Sec
tiona and that DO most earnestly protest against
and denounce the dangerous and alarming doctrine
first promulgated 10y the disunionists and hullihcrs
ofthe South, that the Constitution of the United
States Of itself carries slavery into, and protects it
in all the territories Of the United States and this
doctrine and all its supporters maintaners and de-
Tenders, whether in out of authority, we here
pledge ourselves to resist and oppose, as enemies
to the peace and welfare of the country.
5. That RET affirm the doctrine that Congress
has the constitutional to exclude slavery fvm
the national territories, notwithstanding the extra
judicial opinion of the Supreme Court of the United
States to the contrary.
g. That we disclain any right to interfere with
slavery in the States where it exists under the shield
of State Sovereignty, but we oppose now, as here
toore its extension into of the territories, and
will use all proper and constitutional means to pre-
vent such extension.
7. That we do not struggle for nero party tri-
umph, but for the right, and the good OF whole
country and that We honor those political oppo-
ncnts who have had the manliness to place them
selves in opposition to the administration in its as
saut upon the fundamental principles Of American
liberty. nos rr
8. That Jesse d. Bright and Graham N. F'itcl,
not Of right the representatives OF this State in
the Senate of the United States, and ought to be
Immediately ousted therefrom. ~ sou
Q. That we will always resist the scheme Of selfish
and INSCRIPTIONS persons, high in power. having
for its object the re transfer othc Wabash and Erie
Canal from the bondholders to the State.
10. That We are in favor of granting to actual
settlers on the public lands homestead OF at least
lG0 acres.
DEBATE on TIE PLATFORM. s.s
On the conclusion of the reading, Mr.. Hudson
sud that the committee, coming from all parts OF the
State. after long and careful consideration, had
agreed unanimously on this report, and they urged
its adoption by the convention. .rn
Mr.. Ortiz put the question, "Shal the resolutions
as reported by the committee be alopted!' The
vote in the Affirmative was a tremendous shout
Some one said that it was not worth while to put
the other side. But Mr.. Orthput the negative and
some FIVE or six voices responded ''no. 80 NE
platform adopted. almost unanimously This
result was greeted wi h long and hearty cheering.
kept up for several minutes. lsi l.f.l 9.
~.r se BUSINESS AGAIN dis. -
When order was restored Mr.. Hielschcr offered
the following resolutions:
Resolced, That as long as the Bank of the State
Of Indiana refuses to pay municipal that
long its promises to pay ought not to be received
for State taxes. .s.r
Resolced, That all Bank issues under the demon
nation of ten dollars should be prohibited IN Ind
ana. nifnl 1911 re tNi'
A motion TO lay them on the table was lost. The
question then taken on the first and It was car
ried. a motion to lay the second one on the table
was then made and carried and the resolutions were
disposed Of itg afssalg "a i'!iea
q ~ gai l., THE TICKET. ~ -4Hitfi tI
| Mr.. StanGeld, ofSt Joseph, from the committee
TO nor innate candidates came forward and made the
following report ofthe ticket selected By them for
the action of the Convention. 9at e '#
| neisi FOR SUPREME JUDGES.
LIST Dist--IIO3ACE p. BIDDLE, of Cas-;
2nd Dist---iBRAM W. HENDRICKS, of Jefferson;
Ord Dist.-SIMON YiNDES, of Marion;
18th Dist-WM. ID. CRlSWOLD, Of Vig,.
| ATTORNEY GENERAL. i-s
-eH'a WILLIAM T. OTTO, Of Floyd.
TREASURER OF STATE.
JOHN II. HARPER, OF St. Joseph
| AUDITOR OF STATE. .t. -,t,4
ALBERT LANCE, of viso .t.o....
~ SECRETARY OF sTAAE.
WILLIAM 4. PEELE, of Randolph.
| SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC OBSTRUCTION.
ieili .uiiJOHN Y0CNG, Of Marion ,',' Z.
! 1t was moved that the ticket be unan-
imously accepted by the Convention. which
carried, and the ticket was approved with
three tremendous cheers
i Mr. Ray then moved that the committee
on the selection Of State Central Commit