Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-10-14

tul result-and therefore do recon-
mend ;,a.. ~. ,r. IS.
That this committee appoint Coun-
tyr canvassing committee of three active
faithful Republicans in each County
whose duty it viii be to appoint Com
mittees, with authority and instructions
to appoint one or more Sub committees
OF vigilance Of Working Men in each
district in the several tewns-that these
Subcommittee Individually pledge
themselves at least ten days prior to
the election, to ascertain, by personal
investigation, who are the Republican
voters in their several districts.
That they will personally visit each
Republican voter on the day previous
to the election and urge upou each of
them the necessity Of promptly attend
ing at the polls-and that these Sub
committees will make It their special
duty to ascertain, at an early hour Of
the afternoon of the day of election, who
of the Republican, voters of their town
or wards; are absent or have not voted
and that they also see to it, that their
absentees are brought to the polls and
vote. eaa -a -a54. ss
81 The Committee on Resolutions.
through Hon. Carl Schurz, chairman re-
ported the following: - 1rla i5a
Resotced, that we endorse the Re
publican Platform adopted at the Ma
tional Convention at Philadelphia in
1855, 'and the principles laid down in the
resolutions prepared by the Republican
Convention of this State in 1857. aa.r a
Resol0ed, That if the population of
Kansas is sufficient for forming Slave
State, it must certainly be sufficient for
forming Free-State, and that the efforts
of the National Administration to keep
her out Of the Union, by imposing con
ditions never before imposed upon a
Territory, possessing as she does, pop
|dlation much greater than that of many
States, at the time of their admission, is
an act Of gross injustice, prompted by
the basest subserViency to the slave pow
er, and supported by the most sophisti-
calpretexts, insulting the common sense
of the people. EgIIt.a
Reso1oed, That in the language Of
Daniel Webster, "we. will continue to
use all constitutional andproper means
to restrain the already preponderating
influence of the slayeholding interest in
the national Legislature, and to sus-
tain all measures for it's overthrow.
and will oppose at all times, with un-
compromising zeal and firmness, any adj
dition to this slaveholding territory as
such, and will oppose all further extern
sion Of the African race upon this con-
.tinent. If, under the government OF
Providence,i 1T shall happen that portions
of this continent, not belonging to the
United States, shall be settled by the
Saxon race, let these settlers carry with
them wherever they go, together with
their own free blood, the blessings OF
free government and free institutions to
all, and chains and letters for none !;
and wherever our language is here
after to be spoken, our history remem-
bered our, example quoted or our kin
dred acknowledged, let universal free
dom and equal laws be proclaimed to
man"
"Reso1vcd, That the corruption and
abuses in National and State Govern
ments, and municipal and other corpor-
ations, have been the chief causes Of the
destruction ofpublic and private credit;
that while we recognize the vast benefits
flowing from railroads, and would be
the first to extend all proper aid and
encouragement to every enterprise Of
internal Improvements, we hold it to be
the right and duty of the Legislature, in
protecting the public, to investigate into
all frauds and mismanagement of rail
road and other corporations which in
volve the character of our Legislature,
and the credit of the State, and to guard
against the recurrence of like abuses by
the most stringent laws NIL
Aftee the discussion by Hon. Carl
Schurz, ]. Ii. Tweedy, S. N. Booth, and
Judge A. j. Collins, Hon. j. III. Knowl-
ton moved to amend tie report by ad-
ding the following resolution
Ltesotve0 FURTHER, That we are unqual-
ifiedly opposed to the acquisition OF any
more Territory, except upon the condi-
ton, and1express stipulation, that there
shall never be therein slavery OF invol-
untary servitude except for the punish
ment of crime, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted. a4
The report as thus amended, was
adopted unanimously. sa aaa las.a vr3y
D. Mcbride Of Monroe, moved that
the delegation of the different counties
report to this Convention the names of
suitable persons to be appointed on the
County Canvassing Committees contem-
plated in the report on plan Of organiza-
ton. Adopted.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning. e
Wednesday morning s o'clock.
p President called the convention to or
der at o'clock, and the minutes of the
preceding sessions were read and ap-
proved. @ joe
Names of counties were called, and
delegates proposed the names of substi.
tute individuals to act as the "canvass-
ing committees contemplated in the
''plan of organization" 80 .t sais
N. Eastman, of La Crosse, offered the
following resolution which was adep-
ted. ss .e'e baaaa8sr
Resozoed, That our potatoes shall all
be dug at least one week before election
day, and that we pledge ourselves, each
to the other, to devote the whole of that
week to the digging Of the grave of our
political opponents-by stirring up and
bringing out every Republican voter in
our respective localities.
E. McGraw of Dodge, moved that
every Republican paper in the state be
requested to publish the official proceed
ings of this Convention. Adopted.
J. H. Tweedy of Milwaukee, moved
that the Secretary be instructed to draw