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thie manner, in q situation Of this kind

| m.i.;f 'tvsc I'll CONTROLLING, d.
InoIahzlng md breaking up the Repub1icu
party. tLeud cheeriugl Now, sir. i ,Lis
not stopped, there Is no he'p for a.. Ibs tr,
pohey o. tue Republican party is to allow y
~ members \ voice. but in nronortion !
tueaf numbers. Tbs COMMITTEES la,
reported hsste that so4 rotes shall be recessar
- sno'ce-a majority Of thu totes 'of ill II
I States, when large portion OF those Stat,
are not represented here. Wig hare the
done that5 Why have they broken down Il
plaln old Republican rule, thst the majority-
the rexl major1,r-saa1l controle Iseau
they know it le necessary fnr the accompiiol
nent Of aen'- object: That rule, il sdopte,
] would establish one precedent in the ndm
sion Of sncn hrre to ru'e vito are not represen
mischiseou4 rule for the purpose Of rectifyip
the hrxs- hatwe want ID, tLat the represent,
tlves Of the Republican party here should vct
for a candidate for President, and that 1nojor
r should contiol.. (Tremendous cheering
That is what wa desire. This rule that is pr
posed. would introduce upon upon us!so OF
yotes that do not represent my party whatevel
They are gentlemen Of cba' acter, gentlemen {
worth, gentlemen who syn,pathizc in this move
ment heartily: but they represent no organize
party-thty hasc no constituency ut home.-
You admit them here, and then 10 aroid th
consequences Of your first wrongful act, yo
require 3o4 rotes for the nomination Of "a cand
dAae. l therefore move that this question r.
specting Texas, embr8ced in the first motion
embrace also, MARYLAND, Virginia, Kentucky
the Territories Of Nebraska aud Kansas, au,
the District Of columbia, aud all be referre,
back To This Committee.
Nr. EWING. OF Pal Jcprecate the scnti
1nent OF my friend from rennsylyania (yoice
- That's The talk" Applause. We alf com,
here as Republicans, xud those men who cam,
hero from the Suites named deserve ten tine,
more credit than those who come here from thl
free States Why. sir, dsfranchise our friend.
lar as coucerns Western Virsinias Sir, slal
thcy be diafrauchised in this Convention Of Re-
publlcans voices, No, no:'} by pennsylva.
nia, New York, or New England, because they
have the courage to stand up in slave State
ior Repubcanism and fur free thought: Zap.
p!ause While. sir, ne may not bc willing IL
give fhoso states the full power Of the wHole
delegation Of the whole State, get in tbs name
OF God thall they not represent their immedi.
ate districts? 1t cannot be that @ convention Of
Republicans assembled here from these whole
United States will ever adopt such au outrage
| US 70 disfranclise our friends that
come from the Southern States. Why sir.
was mortified at such sentiment coming from
my distinguished friend from pennsy irania.
that these gentlemen who haye come here in de-
lance OF the sentiment which prevails in their
own States; that come here US bold and inde-
pendent Republicans, and who are Us good Re.
publlCans at home as here. should be voted out
They are representatives Of the p:rtv SO far Us
the party in these States extends. and we wisl,
to build up the party in those States. hope
TINT this Convention pever will ndopt the priu.
ci21e to exclude these gentlemen who come here
from the southern States, because We mar vet
tnke candidate from one OF those Southern
States. know not what may be the result.
man, l stand before this Convention and
this assembled host Of free,ncn, a rep
resentative from tho State Of MARYLAND
[Arplause. and three cheers for Mury-
land. claim 10 be IS true u Republican us
the distinguished member Of the Peoples party
from Pennsylvania. Laughter and much ap-
r'ause.] have dared more than be has ever
be hus ever reriled. lie lives in fee Sra,e;
he breathes the pure mir OF the grand old ker-
stone State, and ye t t!lex have not arrived j,
condition in which they are willing to ayow
themselves Republicans. {Great spplause.l
faced the mob in Baltimore; l faced the mob
nenial hire1ings Of this corrupt Administration
! went to my home and found that had been
burned in e1igy and suspended by the neck,
because dared avow myself the friend Of free.
dom. We met in Baltimore, in obedience to
the call Of the National Committee. Wa have
ararty in Maryland, aud we can poll from three
to four thousand votes, "a voice, good for
publican principles 10 prevail all over this land,
We must organize. aud you who live in the
nertlern Stntcs must f1aternize with us. and
not desplse the day Of our small things. Zap
p'ause.] There is the coat Of arms of my grand
lttls commonwealth, '' Grtsciss It 1Nuktiplicami-
NJ. And that shall be the motto of.ne Republi
cans OF Maryland. We will grow and re vii! in.
crease, until Massachusetts,, Pennsyisauia, and
all the States Of the Northwest, will welcome
our grand little commonwealth to the band Of
states which have ever been uoshrinking in their
devol'on and their loyalty tn the cause Of h,-
man freedom. ! scorn :he idea. Ian proud Il,
desplsc the sentiment which says that northern
influence hus been brought to bear upon us.
Me nre unpurchased, and uupurchuseable.
Loud applause. And we tell Iennsylyania t.,
put that in her pine and smokeit. Laughter
aud spplause.1 Exclude us from the Conven.
tion III you will-turn us out Of tlese doors;
cries Of tno," and 1--WE won't"l We will xo
home. Notwithstanding, and notnioate Ill elect.
oral ticket. und under the blessing Of Heaven
we will do all that We can to advance the cause
OF humanity. beg not for northern votes to
enstain ns here. ! am sure there will be spon-
taneous outbuEst tor freedom, OF The true SYM
patby 1T the people here. And it thi. couyeu-
tion attempts to exclude us, that large asscm-
bage ofpeople will frown il down. pplause. /
have vindicated myself. Ihave vi1dcated nv
60 delegates. ] have vindicated ny State
Your applause assures me Of that fact, and I
will give wav. Three cheers for MaryIund,1
Mr. JAMES WYSE (of D. C.)-Air, presi.
dent: come from the Capitol ot this great and
ruighty, Republic. and like my friend. y l am de-
scen5ed from old Maryland: [Applause. /
stand III this mighty Convention congreguted in
tie Queen City Ut the Great West, the represen.
tative from tue District OF Columbia Of the great
Republican party. Loud cheers.1 / stand
here the representative Of the pcrs=cu.e ed and
down'troaden, and disfranchiscd people, that
hAve no vote foE President; no voice in Con
gress, aud no ysbe auy where to legislate for US,
4nd ireenea; I cu1ne to this city as repre-
sentative q y Republican party for no sinister
purpose u for the people Of thut distran.
caised District We claim from the people Of
this country the right Of franchise; we claim
the right OF citizenship: We claim to bc heard
this Republic. We have no Legislature. We
ask Of Congress u Legislature, and we intend
that they shall give ns Territorial Legislators
and representation in Congrcss-tlat ws Shall
have our own ia~s, and that Congress. will con-
firm theu,-that We will be pcrple and have a
word in this great Republic. come here to
tel this people that they have trodden down
the Republican party with the iron heel Of des.
potism, worse and more tyrannicul thnu that of
Russia or the Austrian empire. What LAS the
buchanan Administration done? Why, Sir,
they have gone iuto the workshops of tile goy.
ernmens to seek out Republican aud then
turn him out to grass, taking the bread
from his family. if he did not bow down to the
tlaye power. But thanks be to God, nc come
here like the gentleman from Maryland. during
to be Republicans; and We will baptize thai
District Of Columbia over again aud. by the
help o.! God. VIC will exclude slavery from it in
less than two years.
Mr.. NLAkEY. of MISUNDERSTANDING lust
arrived from meeting Of the Committee on
T mr. h ~
been 1nnde that ,hia Convention shall exclude
the delegates from the State which in purt i re-.
| present. / should not have been more sur
| prised had been told that a proposition had
been gEayely made thut the ashes OF Washing
| ton should have been pl-ced without tue pale
bean more surprised had been told tbut pro
| position had been Ernvely made that the re.
| mains. the precious remains. now silently rest
| ing under the shade Of Ashland, should be re.
moved from the precious soil Of Kentucky: nor
should have been more surprised had / been
informed that it hos been erarely proposed that
Cassiua N. Clay {appfause] >hould ne buried,
Who dare propose, say, to institute proposi.
tion here that that the free born sous Of Ken
tuckv aud Of Virginia. and Of MARYLAND, and of
the District Of Columbin, or even Of Georgia. or
my Southern State, hare nut Just as good a
right to be Republicans aud breathe free air,
aud be free men upon American roll IN the old
have but one word more to say, and want it
to be head. aud ! wish it could be heard from
| one end Of tile continent to the other. bud
the nor Of situation, a prominent position,
1t was position Of which mr children and
| grandchildren will be proud, inthe Republican
Convention Of 1856. lApplause- When the vote
| OF Kentucky was cal.d for for candidute for the
Vice Presidency; had the honor then and there
to announce that Kentucky had been expcri
menting; that we had held up the Declaration
! Of Independence before the mirror, and 40 re.
hected the plstturrn Of the l7tn OF June, 1856