Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-09
Circular of The Repsbiitas National
Committee.

LII 'hS Oi uiet
IL bers of the Republican National Committe
oh the time has arrived for consultation and Or
liminary action in regard to the approacht
Oh struggle for the Presidency, and they be-
SC therefore, to call your attention to the sugge
tons which follsw. The Republican party ha
its origin in the obvious necessity for resistanc
Id to the aggressions of the slave power and mali
tanning for the States respectively their reser,
4 ed rights and sovereignties. In the contest {
% 1856, by the presentation and advocacy of tn
e true science of Government, it laid the founda
e ton of a permanent political organization, al
though it did not get possession of the powe
i to enforce its principles. When the result ad
5 verse to it's efforts and its hopes was declared
it unatfectedly aequiesced, giving to the victor
for the sake of the country, its best wishes fo
+ an honest and fair administration of the gov
ernment.
How far Mr.. Buchanan's administration
has realized these wishes is now patent to the
world. With the executive power of the gov
ernment in his hands, his administration has
failed in every respect to Meet the expectations
of the people and has presented the most hu-
initiating spectacle of corruption extravaganza
lmbecillty, recklesSness and broken faith So
apparent is this, even to our opponents, that
the so-called Democratic organization, always
distinguished for its discipline and party fidelity,
is utterly demoidlized and distracted, without
any recognized or accepted party principles,
and threatened with disruption by the rival as
pirations and struggles of its leading partisans.
While the administration has been thus faith
less to the interests of the country and has thus
dlsorganzed the party which placed it in pow
er, the Republican party has been constantly
mindful Of the great necessity which called it
into existence, and faithful to the Fundamental
principle upon which it was erected Expert
ence has only served to strengthen the conyic-
tion of its absolute necessity in the reforma-
tion of the national government, and Of the Wis
dom and justice of its purpose and aims.
Although sore of tbe exciting incidents Of
the elections of 1856 have been partially. dis
| posed Of by the energy, enterprise md valor of
a free people, the duty of Republicans to I'D
here to their principles as enumerated at Phila-
delphia, and to labor for their establishment,
was never more pressing than at this moment
The altitude of the slave power is persistently
insolefit and aggressive. It demands of the
country much more than itlhas demanded hith-
erte 1T is not content with the absolute con-
troll of the National Government not con-
tent with the national administration not
content with its well known infuence-always
pernici3us over the legislation at the national
capital--but it demands fresh concessions from
free people for the purpose Of extending and
strengthening an institution local in its char
acter. the creature of State legislgtion, which
the federal government is not authorized to es-
tablish or extend by ary grant of delegated
powers. Ii demands by on unauthorized as
sumption of power-after having as occasion
required adopted and repudiated all the crude
theories for the extension of slavery of the am
bilious politicians who sought its favor-the
establishment and protection of slavery in the
territories by act of Congress, and the revival
of the African slave trade.
Upon no organization except that of the
Republican party can the country rely for sue
cessful resistance to these monstrous PROPOSE
tions and for the correction of the gross abuses
which have characterized the present national
administration. 1t is the duty, then, of all
patriotic men who wish for the establishment
of Republican principles and measures in the
administration of the national government, to
aid in perfecting and Strengthening this organ
ization for the coming struggle. There is much /
to be done involving earnest labor and the ex-
penditures of time and money. There should
be:
/" First-A thorough understanding and in
terchange Of sentiments and views between the
Republicans Of every section of the country.
Second-An effective organization of the
Republican voters of each State, county and
town, so that our party may know its strength
and its Deficiencies its power and its needs be-
fore engage in the Presidential struggle
Third-Tfe circulation of welconsidered
documents, making clear the position Of the I
Republican party and exposing the dangerous
character of tha principles and policy OF the
administration.
Fourth-Public addresses in localities |
where they are desired and needed by able |
champions of the Republican cause,
Fifth-A large and generous increase in
the circulation of Republican journals through !
out the country.
ITO give practical effect to these sugges-
tions, an adequate amount of money will be re-
qured, for the legal and faithful expenditures
of which the undersigned VII hold themselves /
responsible. The vast patronage Of the FEEDER /
al Government will be welded against us, to |
which we cain oppose nothing but earnest ana I
efficient devotion to the Republican cause and
the voluntary pccunia;y offerings Of our Re
publican friends.
In conclusion, the undersigned may be per-
mitted to express their opinion that the signs
of the times are auspicious for the Republican
party, and that, in their judgment, discreet and
patriotic action throughout the contederacv |
promises to secure a Republican victory in |
1860. Unwilling however, to encourage hopes
which may be disappointed, and to place the
appeal for and cooperation upon the assurance
of success in the contest that is approaching,
the undersigned are constrained to say that
they RELY most confidently upon the patriotism
and zeal of their Republican brethren for such
aid and cooperation; meanwhile we have the
honor to be, very respectfully, your obcdient
servants
f. D. MORGAN, New York
WIND. CHASE Rhode Island;
JOS. BARTLETT, Maine;
GEO. 6. FOGG, New Hampshire
j. G. GOODRICH, Massachusetts,;
L. BRAINARD, Vermont;
GIDEON WELLS, Connecticut;
jim. SHERMAN, New Jersey;
THOS. WILLIAMS, Pennsylvania;
Ed. WILLIAMS, Delaware
GEO. HARRIS, Maryland
ALFRED CALDWELL, Virginia;
CASSIUS NJ. CLAY, Kentucky;
ON. SOHOOLFIELD, Tennessee
THOMAS SPOONER, Ohio;
NORMAN B. JUDD, Illinois;
JAMES RTTCUlE indiana;
ZACH. CHANDLER, Michigan
ANDREW j. S1ENEUS. Iowa;
JOHN N. TWEEDY, Wisconsin;
CORNELIUS COLE IAiEarnia: