Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-09-24
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A'optea by.,MsH Dem tpltl ~ ,akanesota
gates in Conventioh1assenBbd, do affirm and
resolve
FirstThat the States OF the Union arc sov-
delcgatca 10 Tie feaefh} fdovernn,ent afc r.
tainea BY the psop'o Of the sletes.
ar s'se ,:y oa s ssss.n
Of their loca! affairs. free from intervention by
the ~ Gnted sses t 8h%y On
attaining the number of inhabitants equal to
the ratio Of Representation in the lower house
Of Congfsst flcf PEOPLE hwe thf tishb to or.
mission into tho Federal Unions and that, in
tho organization OF such State Government, the
People, by the will OF the majority. fairly OK
right to adopt any constitution which docs not.
conflict with Republican form 0fRpvcrnment.
Third-rhc Democracy Of Minnesota rcitc-
rate, and fully endorse the NntaonIl Democrat
ic Convention at Cincisn.tl, IN 1885, and fur
thcr declare that tho Institution Of slavery I'M
only become a Pertinent, political question
within the State or Territory whore it il pro-
posed to establish, retain, or abolish it; chat
the citizens Of such State or Territory, respcc-
lively, have exclusive jurisdiction Of the sub
ject matter within its own limits; and that
therefore Congress has no power to establish
or protect slavery iin,i or to exclude slavery
from, any Of the Territories of tho United
States. a,rrT ..@.t5Gy,N
fourth-That my sttemipt 70 70 reopen the AZ
rican Slave Trade, is diserncoful to the ago and
country; 'Hnd that the advocates Of this inhu-
traffic tO ant nj
sor''id conSIifators against the peace, honor,
dignity. and existence ofthc' Union. . ~
Nfth-That American citizenship embraces
persons Of all crecds and nationalitics, who
under the laws, acknowledge and render allie
glance to the American government; and that
between such cit'zcns, wkethor native born or
natufalj5ed, Hnt gu6fS1tees to all Ghke, 'tAc
same political rights at home, and the same
governmental protection abroad. And we fur
ther decare that the amendment to the Con-
stitution OF Massachusetts,, placing. additional
restrictions Upon the admission Of toreiSH- born
adopted citizens to the right Of suffrage, is ~,
act OF the Republican party, and that we hold
theln responsible for it, as an, open avowal of
principles which are secretly and covertly held
by that party ip; Minnesota, and wherever that
sectional organization exists; which il mani.
iosted by the fact that they have placedin nom
ination for the suifragos of tho native and
adopted ci5izens Of Minnesota, James II. Baker,
for Secretary state, GoFdon E. Cole, for At
ttorrlcy; sti:nSrali ~ William Wtnlon,, Tot
Rsnscscnt:'ssve n Gbngrfss: -Jhree' open and
avowcd Know Nothng~.
Sixth--That all laws Of the United States.
duly enacted: should be obeyed and respected
unless declared unconstitutional by judicial
tribunals: and that the aid aud olicolira genent
given by the Republican patty in Ohio, Wis
''o'lsill. and elsewhere. to resist the laws CON-
Wet it of being sectional, troasonable and rev.
dictionary in its objects and aims.
Soycntll-'rhat the principles embraced In
the measure known IS Che Homestead sRill were
and are of Democratic origin: first Introduced
in to Congress by IL member of that party, and.
during the last session, voted for by our Sena-
tors and Representatives; and that the provis-
ions Of any future Homestead Bill should ami y
TO settlers thereafter to locate upon public
lands, and those now settled upon them as
we'll as to lands snhjcct to private entry, or to
prc-cmption; that the attempt Of the Republic
can party to claim it as heir measure is, pre-
postcrous and absurd, but that, on the consera-
and now is, the distribution Of the proceeds of
the public lands amongst all, the States, thus
dcspoilipg the public land States for the benefit
ofthe older States Of tho Union. Az witnessed
by it's advocating the passage of the. Agrieultu-
gross, in advance of the Homestead Bill-thus
taking fromthe State OF Minnesota over three
millions of acres of land ana donating the same
u the older States, thereby creating State Land
Monopolics IN our midst and dsposing OF the
public domain they protested by tie Homestead
Bill to be DESTROYS Of donating as ho'ncs for the
homeless.
Eghth-That all sales ofthe public laEls arc
contrary to the settled ipolicyof the Democracy
Of Minnesota, and this Convention pledges the
influence OF the party in oppsiHoh' to any dis.
position OF the public domain other than to &C
tuat settlers under the operation of a. liberal
homestead or presumption law: That The sale
at this time Of the lanas now advertised in this
State, would be .0pplossiye, TO pioneer settlers
upon the public domain. obnoxious to the ear
nest and frequent expressed sentiments Of the
Democracy Of the State, and rcpugnant to the
policy indicated by Andrew Jackson md en-
d1rsed by the Prcsidcntin bis inaugural address.
This Convention therefore most respectfully
and urgently solicit the President to postpone
those sales, as n means al preserving q 1iumo-
rous class from actual ruin, and contributing
to tho best interests, Of the State. -, l,f - -:
Ninth That the covert opposition of the
leaders Of the Republican party in this State to
the admission Of Minnesota, and the open opo-
sision Of The REPRESENTATIVES of that party. in
Congress, to the admission Of both Minnesota
and Oregon, demonstrate the hypocrisy Of Re-
Of FREQ States. gus -" T,il.- ~ = ~ .'I
Tonth--That the charges made by tho late
Republican Convention that tho officers of the
State and the Democratic party had tempered
Win tne purity OF thc OAllOt-DOx to secure their
ascendancy at the last State election, is dishon-
oring to the State, and still moro 50 to those
who made them, a. they know them Ia, b. false
and unfonndod ; and tho fact that their candi-
date tor Governor was repeatedly invited aud
challenged Is test the question bcfora the legal
tribunals Of the State, which he and his politi.
cal friends declined to do, affords the most con-
vincing proof that neither he nor they believed
what they 80 vehemcctly asserted. And in
thus Espslgg taei1 fpyl shs ,2 re :dfalare
patriotism Of the present State Administration.
Eleventh-That the present numerous rep
1osontation in the two houses of the Legisla-
ture is an unnecessary source Of expense to the
people Of the State, ap4 that thS,Sa as well as.
orpmontj 1hduh bd cl&ngcT land It'd pao 1lo'
relieved from tho oxorbitant taxation to which
they arc new subjected; and That this Con-
vsntion, therafofd, plod6osi tho Democratic
party Of the State to Use its power to change
the present system Of county government, to
roduco the TepfssSntsti pf5n hdIeyiiitufe to
the lowest number consistent with the interests
Of the State, and to provide for an economical
administration OF ttasoyernmeatin all its de-