The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-11-09
Resolutions Of the Republicans
stale Convention.

Mr.. Partridge. from the Committee on
resolutions reported the following:
Resolved, That this convention re-
nffirms 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 Conyen-
ton, held at Philadelphia on the 18th
day of June, 1855; 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 integrity of
the Federal Union. .rs.s.
Resolved, That the repeated and con-
tinued aggrcssions of the Slave Power
upon the rights of free labor and the true
principles of the Constitution, as exhibit
ei in the atrocious doctrines of the bred
Scott decision-in the arrogant demand
for the re-opening ofthe African Slave
Irade-and in the cIamor for the enact
,neRt, by Congress, of a Slave Code for
.ho Territories, force upon us, in common
with the people of the Free States, the
necessity of renewed, united, and unre-
suitting efforts in behalf of Freedom, Free
Labor, and Free Soil.
Resolped, That the corruption and OK
tTavagance Of lie present National Ad-
Inin;strat;on, as evinced in the liberty of
members of Congress to vote for the
l.acoinpton Constitution, and to betray
the people, as shown in the contracts for
inc army and navy, and in the Willets
Point and Fort Smelling fraud; and as
pro.en by bankrupt treasury, demand
~ the hands Of the people a change Of
rulers; and the reform of the abuses
which pro slavery nisrule has inflicted up
on the people.
Resolyed, That the reckless disregard
ofthe rights Of naturahzed cit'z'ns by the
administration of James Buchanan, as
exhibited IN the letter of Gen. Cass to Mr..
LeClcre, calls for eur unqualified repro
baton; and that we claim for every citi-
zen, whetitr native or adopted, from
whom We exact allegiance protection
pfile abroad
Resolved, That the peculirr feature
now contained in the Constitutions OF
Massachusetts and South Carolina, which
requires, before the rieat Of suffrage chn
&c exercised Ivy the tnreign born, n resi-
,lcnce of two years after naturalization
meets our united condemnation.
Resolved, That the insofercnt and pro-
scriptive sl,ir:s .: sham Democracy, which
in some Of the So calIel Democratic,
STATS, makes property instead of man
hooo. the basis Of suffrage. and which IN
t.a iead,ng D mocratic State of South
carolina excludes every man who is not
'.ite owner Of zen negroes,7 from the
right OF hoil.ag ,.:iica, is q rcproach to
The age in which wo live; and is opposed
alike to the theory Of cur government,
tho split Of our institutions, and tie right
OF HAL.
5 Reso1psd. That We cordially approve
ofand endorse the course o: our Senators
and Representatives in Congress, in main
tuning the principles Of the Republican
Party, and generally promoting Sucf
measures as have for their objects the adj
sancement of human rights aud in oppos
ing the extravagance and prohigaey Of the
Democratic Administrations Of the FEEDER
al government rrsEE sI-sE