Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-01
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RErunLIc 4 lbTArk CONVENTION.

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T6eSdelrgates 10 De sphblcns sIaf,
Cdhfpeii6h fol iIle ndi irl4t|bn u siat,
Ticket ahl the tlaps6dklJppf such othe
businsssas issy Be plsssnSa. %ilI Assem-
eAusthel City Of Columbus. Ohio. 0,
TUesD1Y.ths i3th dan Of July nert, at Il
1o'cl0ek AZ AZ ESIMiB6ii6ns will then b,
made f0ra the following ofIicers& On.
ltSpprenleE Cont Judgec Attorney General;
MembsF Of the DVaEd.pf Public w orks
and Controller. The basis of representa-.
tionin said Conyenlion win be the vote
given for Gov. CnAsE al tie last annual
lelection. Each county will be entitled Il
one delegate for every 500 votes 50 given,
and each fraction above half that number
will also BE-, entitled 70 a. delegate. By
this rule, thesthe Convention will be en-.
titled to $50 delegates. 80 - 81.
II is recommended that the several
County Conventions for. the selection Of
delegates be held at the county seats Of
each county. On Saturday the Sd Of July,
at two e'clooks Pm. tits hoped that
each county committee will Immediately
issue the call for the county convention.
Eepe if thesabQys sssug estisn is not adopted,
that they viii make such changes Of time
and place as they see proper. @saa
In the midst of the great contest which
is now 80 fereely waged'by the slave
power Of the Nation. aided by the Presi-
dent and his'party, against free labor and
free institutions. it is perhaps needless to
remind the people of Ohio Of the vast i'm
portance and vital character of the. issue.
and of the overwhelming necessity Of con. IN
certed and vigorous action on the part of
all who prefer freedom to slavery, and free,
to slave labor. The desperate and per-
sistent attempt of the Administration 10
force upon the people of Kansas slave
Constitution; the frauds. forgeries, muir
ae'S' anu ""coun'ed v'ilalnles which have
been perpetrated, and upheld, and sus-
tained in that Territory by the present
dominant party; the alarming encroach-
' 'na' na'e oeeh made upon the rights
of the free States by the Dred Scott deci.
''on' '''e inons'er error tfat Slavery is
: -, au .'. e'snuS 10 al the territories
" ' "'0'' "'''ie freedom IS sectional,
= 80 ' ,''o'' 'A'o. ~ OUT .eii''o[ies' ores even
,s.an lne'e.h snaii demand 1t,
80, ,ese,".uf" elacs ~ ana can only
= - !, as"'u " positive 'aw' when they
e s 'fo,a '"e pupilsge Of Federal
o'e'nnens any cohsroi' ana the Jealous
= Isppo1 si'sa 70 'hese heresles by the
's'as"s anu ma party, al eonspire 70
ou'e 'iie ireeheli " inc Tree North to I
'so " ''e u"''ge' hna degladatlonwhlch
o" { u'iiio SUBMISSION to these
'"''o"o' ''.ieh's. Nm nus Ssf
Inc base and coward!y descrtion Of our
qual rights which is involved in the pas
age oil the English Swindle, by which
congress declares that 40, 900 inhabitants
nay come into the Union as an equal with
mo- II they will adopt a Slave Constitu-
ION; while IT they persist in preferring to
e free State, they shall wait outside,
nd be governed by the appointees Of the
lave Power, till they have more than
ouble that population, admits of no .ex- !
use or apology, and must merit the stern
'ndemnation of every patriot. and friend
even justice and equal rights. The
nglish Bill gives to the appointess of the
resident the entire control of the ballot
oxes and all the machinery of the pro- !
1sed vote in Kansas, on the question Of ?
le admission to the Union under the nfa- :
ous Lecompton Constitution. The bit
experience OF the past. has taught the y
or'o Inat no irand is too monstrous; no
ilAiny 100 wicked; no corruption too dnr s.
q Tor the plant ln6trIlnanic of Jaono- -,