Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-06-24
TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
REPUBLICAN,
STATE CONVENTION

The delegates 10 the Republican Sta ie Conven-
tion for the nomination OF a State Ticket nd the
transaction of such other business may be pre-
scented Will assemble in the City OF Columbus
Ohio, on TUESDAY, The l3H day Of July Rcrt al o
O'Clock, A. Nominations will then be made
lor the following officers: One Supreme Court
Judge, Attorney General. Member OF the Board OF
Public Works. and Controller The basis OF rep
resentation n said ConventiOD viii be the voIe
given for Gov. Chase at the last annual election
Each county will be entitec 10 one delegate for
every five hundred votes 50 given, and each irac-
sion above hal that number viii also be entitled
TO delegate.
THE ralio of representation gives Belm ont
county three delegates -ED. CHEoY
In IS recommended that the several County Com
yentions for the selection OF delegates be held al
the county seats of each county, on Saturday, the
Sd of July, al O'Clock, P. N. IL Is hoped that
euch county commitloe will Immediately ssue the
cal for the county convention, and If the above
suggest on is not adopted that they will make
such changes OF lime and place as they see proper.
In the midst OF the great contest which is now
so tiercely waged by tie Slave Power of the Ma
tion aided by the President and his party, against
kyee Labor and Free Institutions, il is perhaps
needless TO remind the people OF Ohio OF the vast
importance and vital character OF the issue. and OF
the overwhelming necessity OF concerted and Wig
orous action on the pa OF all who prefer Free
dom TO Slavery, and Free TO Slave Labor. The
desperate and persistent attempt OF the Admins
tration TO force upon the people OF Kansas Slave
Constitution; the frauds, tOTgerIes- murders. and
uncounted villainies which have been perpetra ed
and upheld and sustained in that Territory by the
uresent dominant party: the alarming encTo3ch-
nenis that have been made upon the rights of the
Free States by the Dred Scott decision; the mcn-
ster error that Slavery Is national, and exeuds 10
all the Territories OF :he UuiOn. while Freedom is
sectional and can 1euer exist in our Te :riIories
even if every freeman therein shall demand it.
and every Legislature en4ct 1t, and can only he
established by poSit i've law, when they shall
emerge from the pupilage OF Federal Government
and control and the jealous support given to these
keresies by the President and his party, all con-
Ssre 10 rouse the Freemen OF the Free North to
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 swiEdle by which Congress declares that
forty thousand inhabitants may come into the
Union al an equal with Ohio, il they will adopt
Slave CONSTITUTIONS while ii they persist in pre- fer
ring to be a Free State, they shall wait outside,
and be governed by the appolntees OF the Slave
Power ull they have more than double that popu-
lation, admits OF no excuse or apology, and mus
merit the stern condemna ticr OF every pa triot and
tliend OF even justice and equal rights. The In
gIsh Bill, gives to the appolntees of the President
the entire control OF the ba ot-boXes and all the
machinery of the proposed vote in Kansas, on the
question OF the admission 10 the Union under the
infamous EecoHlpton Constitution. The bitter ex-
perience of the past has taught the world that no
fraud is too monsIrous; no villa my too wicked;
corrupiIcn too daring tor the plant instruments OF
despotiSm. For pTcsuming TO be iair and honest,
we have seen Reeder, and Geary, and Walker,
and Stanton, in rapid succession beheaded the
ilnperious command OF Tie Slave Power. That
same power I'LL controls the desiinies of the Re-
public, with purposes an1 plans unchanged. Yet
the fteemen OF Ohio are called upon TO acquiesce
in measure of this character, and TO tamely sub
nit to this new and bitter insult and disgrace
Added to all these na tona evils, the Legislation
the past winter in OHIO; tie principles oI action
announced, and the acIs performed are oi such
character as TO demand, as they will receive, the
condemnation oi the voters and taxpayers of The
State.
In view Of all these causes, we ask the Free
Nen of Ohio, without regard TO the ir former poti-
cal associations. TO unite with us in administering
such q stern re6uke to the arrogant ) lave Power
as the Empire State cf the Free and Great West
so Justly demands. Let them select their wisest,
ablest pureet men, as delegates; 9nd let the GRAND
COUNCIL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES, OF tREE La
BoR, on the anniversary OF the passage OF the glo-
Tious Ordinance OF 1851, which dedicated the Soil
OF Ohio. the North West, to Freedom and Free
Institutions forever, be such demonstration as
the cause and the times demand.
Central Erecgtire ComB. w. CLARKE,
WM. DENNlSON, Jr., Il. w. SMITH,
IUCIAN BuT"TLES, GEO h. FRY,
WIN. T. BASCOM, jas. s. ROBINSON,
Z. N. BARR, SELDEN 5. COOK,
NH. SWAYNE, 4. K SrANLEi,
J. II. COULTER, w w. blEkCE,
GEO. NJ. PARSONS. JOHN +. DEWEY,
For the STATE at Large. J. W. SMITH,
]. r GIDDINGS, w. r. SAPP.
CALEB B. SMITH DAN'L APPLEGATE
For each Corg District WM. VI. FARRER,
ALBERT LEWIS, L. v BIERCE,
GEO. .HOADLEY, WM. SLAOE, Jr,
MOSES B. WALKER, ,CHAS. Il. HUNT,
BARTON S. KYLE, Z. k ECKLEY.
L. w. U'NElL, State Central Com.
CoLUmBgs O., May II, 1853.