Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-09-17
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Alopte>lI 1y1itvsA. Deh.oc,.iw cJ's Nihnes9ta
gates in Convention assembled. do affirm and
resolve
'FirstA-ThatthoS States Of the Union are sov-
ereign and equal; and tho powers not expressly
delegated to tho Federal Government are re-
s"ssa S{ s PsGRs of SS s'.'s g.
are Justly entitled tothe na,idlsturbed regulation
Of their local affairs, free from intervention by
Congress or by any State and subject only to
the Constitutions Of the United States; that, on
Attaining the number ofinhabitants equal tot
tile ratio Of representation in the lower house
OF Congress, such people have the right to or
ganize State Governments. and demand ad-
mission into the Federal Union; and that in
tho organization Of such State Government, the
People, by the will Of the majority, fairly OK
right to adopt AMY constitution which does not
conflict with Republican form ofgovernmcnt.
Third-rhe Democracy of Minnesota reite-
rate, and fully endorse the Nationa! Democrat
ic Convention ut Cincinnati, in 1856, and fur
Their declare that the institution of slavery I'M
der the Constitution OF the United States, can
only become Il pertinent political question
within the State Territory where it is pro-
posed to establish, retain, or abolish it; that
the citizens oHs,,ch State or Territory, respec-
lively, have exclusive jurisdiction OF tie sub
jet matter; within its, own limits; and that,
therefore Congress has no power to establish
or protect slavery i'll, or to exclude slavery
from, any OF the Territories Of the United
States.
Fourtl-That any attempt to reopen the AZ
rican Slave Trade, is dfsgracctnl to the age and
country; and that the advocates Of this in,n-
frat
sordid consI traitors against the peace, honor,
dignity. and existence of the Union.gI
! Fifth-Thnt American citizenship embraces
persons OF all creeds and nntionhlitics, who,
under the laws, acknowledge and render allie
glance to the American yover,Nnent; and that
between such citizens, NV kcthor native born or
naturalizel, but guarantees to all alike, the
same political rights at home, and the same
governmental protection abroad. And VIC fur
thor declare that the amendment to the Con-
stitution Of Massachusetts, placing additional
restrictions upon the admission OF foreign born
adopted citizens to the right OF suffrage, is ~,
act Of the Republican party, and that we hold
), them responsible for it, as an open avowal OF
principles which arc secretly and covcrtly held
by that party in Minnesota. and wherever thai
sectional organization, exists; which is mani
tested by the fact that they have placcdinInont!
nation for the surfragcs of the native and
: adopted citizens of Minnesota, james II. Baker
! for Secretary Of State, Gordon f. Cole. for At
torney General, and William: Win ION, ..fol
Representative in Congress, three omen and
ayowod, Know Nothings!:'~ :" .-.'1 Ai1'.a,! 1"i
duly enacted, should be obcyed and respected
unless declared unconstitutional by the Judicia
tribunals: and that the aid and cncorrigemen
Y givcn by the Republican party III Ohio, Wis
consin. and hcre, to resist. tho laws, con
vict it Of bciilg SECTIONAL, trcasorable and rev
dictionary in its objects and aims.
Seventh That the principles embraced il
: and are of Democratic origin: first introduced
II in to Congress by member of that party, and
during the last session, voted for;by our Sena
I tors and Representatives; and that the provis-
to settlers. thereaf ter to locate upon 'publi
> lands, and those now settled upon them. al
we'll as to lands subject to private entry or tt
} pre- -cmption; that the attempt tic Rcpubli.
!, can party to claim it as their measure is, pre-
posterousand absurd, but that, on tile contera
!; and now is, the distribution Of the proceeds O
" the public lands amongst all the States thu
= despoiling the public land States for the hcncf
}, Of the older States of the Union al witnessed
? by its advocating the passage of the Agricultu
raj College Bill during the last session Of Con
: taking from the State of Minnesota over thrc.
!, millions. of acres of land and donating the SANE
{, the older States, thereby creating State Lane
: 'nlonoPoltes y our midst and disposing Of tn,
pubic domain they professed by the Homestead
,, homeless. -; =,
l Eishth-That allsales ofthe public l.r.ds arc
FcOntrary to; the settled policy Of the Democrnc,
u OF Minnesota. and this Convention pledges tn,
influence OF the party in opposition to any dis
2 position of the puslie!domain other than to ac
tual settlers under the operation Of u liberia
, homestead or presumption law. Tina. the sal
at this time Of the5an,ts!now advertised in thi
State. would be oppressive to pioneer settler
Z nRc ths public domain, obnoxious to the ear
J.. most, and Fe4*c Expressed sentiments of. tn
u policy, indicated by Andrew Jackson and en-
! d&rsed by the President in his ina,igura address
FMS Convention therefore most respectful
land urgently solicit the Frcsideht to- POSITION
I 1filose sales, as means Of preserving 4 nhinc
h -rous class from actual ruin, and contributin
n to the best interests of the State. = L II,
Ninth That tho covert opposition of til
Headers Of the Republican party in this State t
the admission ofMinnesota. and the opon opo
sitlonof the Representatives of that party il
=, Congress, to the admission Of both Minnesot
! and Oregon, demonstrate the hypocrisy of Re
j. publican prctcnsions as being tue peculiar frien
q Of Free States. ,,g,|D-r
Tenth--That the charges made by the lat
IL Republican Convention that the officers of tn
o State and the Democratic party had tampere
wlth the purity OF the ballot-box to secure thei
ascendancy at the last State election, is dishon
oring to the State, and still more so to thos
n who made the1, as they know them to be falls
;. and untounded and the fact that their candl
:, date tor Governor was repeatedly invited an
II challenged to test the question before the lcga
(, tribunalsof the State, which he and his politi
cal friends declined to do, affords the most con
!, vincing proof that neither he nor they believed
y what they. so yehemeftly as<erfed. And i,
8 thus repelling their foul charges, we declar
our'unlimited confidence, in the integrity an
patriotism of.tkc present State Administration
Ehventh+-T That the present nume.ou, rep
resentat1oh in the two houses Of. the Lcagislta
81 ture is an unnecessary source Of expense to tn
: people OF the State, and that this, as we'll a
= the present expensive system of county gov
); ernment, should be changed, and the 'peopl
relieved from the cxorbitant taxation to Who
J. they arc now subjected and that this Con
vention; therefore, pledges the Democrat
party. Of the State to- use its power to- chang
the present system of county governmcnt, +
reduce the representation in the Legislature t.
the lowest number consistent with the interest
OF the Stats, and to provide for an, economica
e administration Of the government in oil its IL
}, partments.