The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-10-05
Resolutions of the Republican
state Conventions.

DIR. Partridge, from the Committee on
resolutions reported the followng: ,~a
Resolved That this convention re-
affirns the principles embodied in the
resolutions adopted by the Republican
State Convention, held at Madison on
the 18th day of July, 1854; and, also,
the principles promulgated by the resolu-
tons of the Republican National Conven-
ton, held at Philadelphia on the 18th
day of June, 1856; and that in the main
tenance of these principles is to be found
q sure guaranty for the preservation Of
the liberties of the people the reserved
rights Of the States, and the intes ritv of
the Federal Union.
Resolved, That the repeated and con-
tinued aggressions Of tho Slave Power
upon the rights of free labor and the true
principles of the Constitution, as exhibit
ed in the atrocious doctrines of the bred
Scott decs;on-in the arrogant demand
for the re-opening of the African Slave
Trade-and in the clanor for the enact
ment, by Congress, of Save Code for
the Territories, force upon us, in common
with the people of the Free States, the
necessity Of renewed, united, and unre.
hitting efforts in behalf Of Freedom, Free
Labor, and Free Soil. a
Resoleed, That the corruption and OK
travagance of the present National Adj
ministration, as eyinced in the liberty of
members OF Congress to vote for the
Lecompton Constitution, and to betray
the people, rs shown in the contracts for
the army and navy, and in the Willet's
Point and Fort Smelling fraud; and as
proven by q bankrupt treasury, demand
at the hands of the people a change Of
rulers; and the reform of the abuses
which pro-slavery misruIe has inflicted up
on the people.
Resolued, That the reckless disregard
Of the rights of naturalized citizens by the
administration of James Buchanan, as
exhibited in the letter of Gen. Cass to Mr.
LeCIere, calls for our unqualified repro
baton and that we claim for every citi-
zen, whether native or adopted, from
whom we exact allegiance protection
vhile abroad
Resolred, That the peculisr feature
now contained in the Constitutions of
Massachusetts and South Carolina, which
requires, before the right of suffrage can
be exercised by the foreign born, resi-
dence of two years after naturalization
meets our united condemnation. a
RESOLVED, That tic Indifferent aud pro-
scriptive spirit Of sham Democracy, which
in some of the so called Democratic,
| States, makes property instead of man
hood, the basis of suffrage, and which in
the Leading Democratic State of South
Carolina excludes every man who is not
"the o0ner Of len negroes" from the
right. of holding office, is a reproach to
the age in which we live; and is opposed
alike to the theory of our government,
the spirit Of our institutions, and the right
| of maj. ....tf ~
Resolued, That we cordially approve
of and endorse the course OF our Senators
and Representatives in Congress, in main
tanning the principles Of the Republican
Party, and generally promoting such
measures as have for their objects the adj
yancement of human rights and in oppos-
ing the extravaganza and prohig of the
Democratic Administration OF the FEEDER
al Government.