Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-05-21

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81 which tits the eF5 .t % al exclusive p.atec-
tor ana defender. On the other hand. the
tie co., :erSe of the policy should hold god in
reter,nce to the Republican party. ;hc
70" States, amonss. irCc ,abo" and laL,.ers,
re,',e' >... ..'-:l ~ of tpuh;ica,i.asu. And
aS Democracy Ices to Stu e.lV ioi refuge AID
comfort so let the Republican par.y, while
conceding that the place Of the Convention
II be in the West, not seek, as has been
pron,,.c = h-ri--. ~ = tn,,, Slave
St;!a =. wllicn - h",l L., !Ie,dcntiqI u,,, -,
ton but rather amongst tie free, lei "a, na,,c
the candidates who are to be elevated by the
votes Of .freemen, exclusively to the Executive
mansion of the nation.
Wheeling, Louisville and st. Louis have
been named as proper places for holding the
Convention, and the main argument in their
favor has been that it is policy 10 hold the Con-
vention in Slave State, to devest our move
ment as much as possible of all apparently
sectional character
Well, suppose We are sectional? Is it not
the sectionlf character of Slavery that Com
pels Freedom to be sectional too. Will hold
ing our National Convention in a slave state,
help us to single sectional vote from those
states? Does not everybody see that Virgin
IA, Kentucky and Missouri are too fondly
welded to their slavery idols, to make an ira-
preston upon them by any Republican Ma
rional Convention meeting in their mdst-at
least any impression that would be available
in the next Presidential election? We do
not believe this policy is policy We know
that it is on the united Gordon of the free
states of the Mississippi Valley, and of the
Atlantic seaboard, that We most alone de pend
for the redemption of the Presidential chair
from the hands Of the pro-slavery corruption
lists. We argue therefore, that whatever iu-
huence the Convention may possibly have up
on the surrounding country in which it is
immediately held, should be brought to bear
ON some one Of the more doubtful! of the Free
States |!
lhs Is more practical policy, than spend
ing Its force in some city on the rim of
slave state whose whole body and heart are
welded fast and firm to Slavery, ard. there
'"Ge' TO the Democratic Party
In this view Of policy, we take the liberty |
OF suggesting place to the National Commit |
Tee which, while it vii! answer the end Of
throwing the weight of the Conventions rres-
ence and influence just where it is most nco5e,,
will also crafty the just claim Of III. e,ro,+
and growing West t, additional consider ,.;o,,
E'n N''i'ra parties AMI the National Gov.
eminent, w'f-i con'cyiaG :a>urS e.. b;.,r;,,.,-
an: aiii aoHof,. ~ 'sa!ae j>u!ANar.,,r. ,,
Cap.;a of t.,e State OF lnl.iIn., as the p;ac
a city-in the heat ofth. West-reple,e will,
all the necessary hotel accommodations
and remarkable for its accessibility from evo.
~ direction, though the number of ,eadn,
ines of Railroads that converge to or dverss
from it, at all points Of the compass.
In our opinion, the selection of knd;aaapo.
lis as the point for holding the next Repubh.
can National Convention, would give univer.
sal satisfaction to the party, in every section
of fhe TIp;np