Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-09-17
REPUBLICAN, tLArR0nM.I,

REPUBLICAN, ApLAIe6RM.Sg !
kslyi"s upon ~ intSlligsnf9 petrots@
people, we. the Delegates, of the Republican
party in State CenXeptisn assembled, submit
t: ghtsned jad gmonts Of thesfree,acn. of
Minnesota. the following emphatic declaration
Of principles and resolutions
l We maintain the Union ofthe States, the
rights of the States, and the liberties of the
people.
poti1sE s!spssS S;sss %'is3 saa
the States IN which it already exists--thc re-
opening of the African Slave Trade-a Slave
Code for the Territories. ants while we disclaim
all interieranee with slavery whore it already
unconditional divorce st taa NJ, ionul, Govern
barbarism."
We prescribe no man-on account Of Iris
religion or place OF nativity; we oppose any
| Arrangement whatever OF the right Of natural
lied citizens, whether by an.ulrinent,of State
Constitution, rs in Massachusetts, Or by Lcgsla-
tive or Congressional action; and we resist
with Indignation, as our fathers did in 1912,
the monstrous doctrine oftles ;mpressmen: Of
American citizens by foreign dospotism, us re-
Gently proclaimed by the present Administra-
! ton.
j We are in favor of granting the public
luomain in limited quantities to be the free
homes OF trcemcn, Glands fer the landless
re'Sus myers for tho nj ger ,ess:'' ANA we hold
the present Notwithstanding q Strict account
ability for the idcteat, of the Homestead Bill in
the last Congress-
s We condemn the doctrine Of the bred
Scott decision as anti Constitutional, anti Re-
II publican, incom natiblc With State Rights, and
as destructive ofpersonal security, ~ lbs.
6 We are in favor of mncc iate and efficient
, National aid to the: Pacific Railroad by the
most practicable routc., -" VI si'h
!, 7 We hold that Congress ought to ,prptcct
the lives and property Of our citizens by judi
j, cioustapproprfation s for Rivers end lIarbors.
Il We arc resolved to maintain tho purity
t tie sn' Ss y s 81 ss5 ss
lmate means in our power the frauds which,
; it is the avowcl purpose Of Tie corrupt dynas:
ty now cntrcnchcd in the Stolen places of power
in this State, to perretrite, and for their past
| inqnitics rs we'll as tlloir proposed frauds, we
hold them mp for the rcproba ton Of all patriots
as conspirators against Liberty by their viola
ton Of its sacred rk-tllc ballot box. 81;
81! Il. Realized, THAT weIcondenin in ,unmeas-
| ured terms tho reckless extravaganza of the
t present corrupt and prohigater National .Ad-
ministration=-its nti-Dcmoeratic issue of shin
l. plasters-its yenality in the awrdment Of pub
lie co,ntraetszt{ proelivity to create moan
: Of Kansas--its repudiation Of "homes for tho
r homclo. SITS 'duplic;ty On the Pacific Rail
road, its gross violation Of the purity Of tho
ballot box, its cowardly abandonment Of the
IJtoctrine Of protection to adopted citizens, it.
i alliance with disunionists, it's universal spbver
! sion of Liberty, its opposition to the Declara-
= ton OF independence, and its gross pcrvcrs ioI
u ofgricvanccs which renders this administration
Ri cancer upon the Republic, and which we
pledge the vote of Minnesota to aid in rcmov-
ing in 1860. -......-...
IL, 3. Resolved; ,rhatths present. State organiza
n ton is one based upon frauds, and il therefore
2 bogus. that the Governor and Auditor Estate
IN receiving stocks us basis OF bank circulation
y without marketable value, have violated tn
: plain letter of tho law, forfeited public conf
dcnce, AMI eontrih nted largely to our pecIniar,
y embarrassment that The Democratic party ha
G create! contingent fund for the benefit OF Stat
s officers, thereby stealing the Peoples money
and that by their general mismanagemcnt of oul
= State affairs they have shown themselves no
: only unworthy ct confidence, but have mani
: tested their incapacity to administer the State
!: government. '<-''' . sat-''
i o 8: Resozre1, That the present Adninistra-
ton in ordering the sale Of public lands in thi:
y State, (as it is understood such is their avowed
purpose, iii this dark hour'of financial distress
Anl genera! embarrassment, is iniicting a
: fearful wrong upon the settlers of Minnesota
turning over to re Useless spectators the fruits
g Of their honest industry.
: I. Res0lred, That the gross abuses practiccd
by the Democratic party of this State, under
: that clause Of the Constitution which extends
9 the elective franchise to thc Indians who have
adopted the habits and customs ofcivilizcd life
demand the severest reprobation Of all friends
. ofthe purity of the lot-box, AMI this Con
vention pledges the Republi san party OF Min
. nesota to reform and correct such abuses, by
= such necd!ul legislation us shall contine the
= benefits intended to DO conferred by that pro-
- vision tc such Indians as have or may become
c civilized in tact. |-.l''
IS s. Res lced, That however men may have
- originally differed upon the adoption of tn.
81 five million loan policy, We ali unite in IL de
'e7 termination to preserve the plighted faith O.
10 the State from the stain of population by
: meeting all our obligations to the entire extent
>. OF our honest Indebtedness that in regard tt
) the question of the taxation of the people tt
y pay the interest on the State Railroad Bonds
=. we hold that the Constitutional Amendment
= ITSELF points out the mode by which that intcrcs
shall be met, that we will faithfully carry Oh
~ and abide by that amendment, and shall holt
~ the Railroad Companies to a strict compianc,
>, Herewith and that VIC shall oppose all furthe
~ ~ Legislation upon the subject. until default an<
- forfeiture shall have been made on the part o
,, the Companies. ''-%'
III q. Resolsd, That we shall expect the Re
J., Publican Legislature Of the coming winter t,
W boldly carry their investigations wherever Their
- are known or imputed frauds in tho manage
~ mentof our State affairs, regardless of thos
- that may be implicated. ~, ~.