, 1859-06-06
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nEpUBGIcAHxeM IN OHIO.

nEPUBLIcANxeM III OHIO.
We priut to-day the Platform Of Principles
Laid down by the Republicans Of Ohio, ut their
Convention at Columbus on Thursday last Its
enunc!ations are clear, distinct and emphatic,
Tnero are no concealments-no subterfugcs-
no equivocahons- no hiding Of meaning under
words which are Il doubtful import, Of which
admit Of . different interprctation-no SUP
pressions for votes in the South-no enlar9e,
nents inviting the suHfages Of the North-no
.doagiag of-quesdons ~cf=Sfhtn "3mpo7t-no
thrustns Of obi4cr dtta into prominent place !
These arc the resolutions, affirming:
lst The former plador1ns Of the Republic
cans Of Ohio.
End. Tho necessity Tor reorganization ol
the Judicial Circuits Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States.
Sd. L repeal Of the atrociouss Fugitive Slave
Law.
4th. Liberty Of conscience and an equality
Of rights for native and adopted citizens.
9th Hostility to the corruption and extra
.*'vagsnoe of the National Administrations
9Th. Their hostility to the reopening Of the
African slave Trade, md
Sth. The policy Of granting one hundred
and sixty acres Of land to actual settlers on
the public domain.
Coupled with tue former action Of the. Re-
publicans Of Ohio, reference to which is made
in ths preamble, these aftrmafons are the
doctrines Of the Republican Party Of the West;
and each item Of the creed will be loudly aud
gladly ro-afirmed and endorsed in Illinois,
We 1hank' tue fteenen Of Ohio for the en-
phatic boldnoss With which, at time when
trimmers are at work for the lowering Of the
standard of Republican doctrine, they hare
Lid down the fundamental truths Of the Re-
publican organization. They will have their
reward. With that .PlaHorm setting forth
their determination 70 respect the rights Of the
South, willie demanding an observance Of the
rights Of the North, they viii sweep Ohio from
end to end; and will lay tho groundwork for
a long succession or victories which will cover
every inch Of ground above the Ohio and west
Of the Aleghanies- The gauntlet thrown
down by tue slave.drivipg Democracy in the
relentless prosecution Of the citizens Of Obcr-
lin aud Wellington, through the instrument
tality. OF a jury Of. Federal oface-holders
aud expectants, required it to be taken
up precisely as it las been. This
shameful Incarceration Of honorable and
useful citizens at tho behest Of protes.
siynal slave catcher-wIlose avowed mission
to Ohio was to get half the marketable value
OF another mans negro-demanded a: return
to first principles. It required an invcstiga-
ton Oh the part Of the whole people, whether
the principles enancatcd in the Declaration Of
Independence have still foothold in Ohio.
Tie issue required tt bs squarely met; the
premises Of the conflict soon to take place de-
maaded to be so adjusted, that the common
wealth might assert the freedom Of her
sons, and the iuvio}abilty Of her soil,
IN q way not to be Inexperienced.
Let no enc gabblo notification, treason.
and tl1e rest Of the plantation slang, II is not
pretended BY the slave drivers themselves that
American citizens cannot lawfully demand
and labor for the repeal Of the Fugitive Slave
Law. They leave all such mouthine and falsi-
fcaton to tho doughfaccs. The Republicans
Of Ohio have demanded the rcpeal Of this law
u2rooting tho haJcas corpus, the trial by jury,
and all tile bu1warks Of individual freedom, and
fixing pains and penalties upon tic exercise Of
the common impulses Of humanity-and have
called upon the people to sustain their just re-
quirencnt We beliere it will be sustained
BY minority Of ofthousands