The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-10-26
aes0lutiOns of the Republican
- state Convention sTfa1

Mr.. Partridge, from the Committee on
resolutions reported the following:
Reso7ved, That this convention re-
affirms the principles embodied in the
resolutions adopted by the Republican
State Convention, held at Madison on
the 18th day July, 1854; and, also,
the principles promulgated by the rcsolu-
tons Of the Republican National Consen-
ton, held at Philadelphia on the nth
day of June, 1856; and that in the main
tenance of these principles is to be found
a sire guaranty for the preservation OF
the liberties Of the people the reserved
rights Of the States, and the integrity Of
the Federal Union. ~. ...,a
Resolped, That the repeated and con-
tinIed aogrcssions of tho Slave Power
upon the rights of free labor and the true
principles of the Constitution, as exhibit
cd in the atrocious doctrines Of tho bred
Scott decision--in the arrogant demand
for the re-opening Of the African Slave
Trade--and in the elamor for the enact
ment BY Congress, Of "A Save Code for
the Territories, force upon us, in common
with the people Of the Free States, the
necessity Of renewed, united, and pnref
hitting efforts in bchalf.of Freedom, Free
Labor, and Free. Sol. ~ 81, Eli ,aa.a
Resolped, That the corruption ana cx7
trayagance of the present National Adj
ministraton, rs cyinced in the liberty OF
members Of Congrass to vote for the
Lccompton Constitution, and to betray
the people, as shown in the contracts for
inc army and navy, and in the Willets
Point and Fort Smelling frapd and as
prosen by 3 bankrupt treasury. demand
ut the hands OF Inc people a change Of
rulers and tho reform of the abuses
which pro-slavery nisrule has inflicted up
on the people. Us 81
Resotved, That the reckless disregard
Of the rights of na.uralized citizens by the
administration of James Buchanan, as
exhibited in the letter OF Gen. Cass to Mr..
LeClcre, calls for our unqualified repro
baton; and that we. claim for every .eiti-
zen, whether nstiro or adopted, from
whom we exact allegiance protection
chile abroad t@
..Rssolped, That the peeulirr feature
now contained in the constitutions OF
Massachusetts and South Carolina, which
requires. before the right of suffrage can
De exercised by the foreign born, resi-
dence of two wears after naturalization
meets our united condemnation.
Resolyed, That tie Indifferent and pro-
scriptiye spiris Of sham Democracy, which
in Some of the 80 called Democratic,
States, makes property instead Of man
hood, the basis Of suffrage, anal which in
the leading Democratic State Of Sruth
Carolina excludes every man who is not
'.the owner of ten negroes" from the
right Of holding Office, is a reproacli to
the age in which we live ;and is opposed
alike to the theory of our government,
the spirit ofour institutions, and the ri ght
of MAI.
Resolpsd, That wo 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 suck
measures as have for their objects the adj
vancemont Of human rights and in oppos-
inc the extravaganza and proligacy of the
Democratic Administrations Of the FEEDER
al Government.