Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-05-26
Adopted.

Adopted.
A delegate from Vermont then mov-
ed that Committee of one be appoint
ed from each State and Territory, to
be selected by the delegations, as a
committee on Credentials.
A motion was then made that COM
mlttee be selected to prepare the order
OF business for the Convention.
A motion was then made that the
rules Of the House of Representatives
be adopted for this Convention until
otherwise ordered.
Adopted.
Mr.. Greedy moved that the Secreta-
ry call the roll by States, and that the
chairman Of each delegation present
their credentials to the Chairman of
the Committee on Credentials.
Adopted.
. Mr.. Evarts, of n. Y. moved that
each delegation present its credentials
to the Committee selected by it on Gre
dentials,-thus removing the necessity
of calling the roll. Adopted.
AZ lEhNOON SESSION..
The Convention was called to Or
der at 5 o'clock and the committee on
permanent organization reported the
name of the Hon. Geo. AShmun Of Mas
sachusetts for President, and one Vice
President and Secretary from each
State. Mr.. AShmun was conducted to
his seat by Hon. Preston King. of n.
Y. and Hon. Carl Schurz of Wisconsin.
The Hon. n. 3. Judd, OF Ill.,, in be-
half Of mechanic of Chicago, present
ed to the President of the Convention.
Il gayel, accompanied with an appro-
pirate speech. The Gavel is made OF
oak taken from Commodore Perrv's
flag ship, the ''Lawrence Mr.. Judd
stated that the motto of the maker of
this gavcl was 'Don't give up the ship,''
to which he begS leave to add the 9th.
er motto, eve have met the enemy
and they are ours" The presentation
was received with thnnders of applause
Judge Jessup of Pa, Chairman OF
the Committee on resolutions and
platform, presented the following Re.
port:
TIE PLATFORM.
Resozyc>7, That we, the delegated
representatives Of the Republican clec
tors of the United States, in Convcn
ton assembled, III the discharge of the
| duty we owe to our constituents and
our country, unite III the following dec
larations:
lst. That the history of the nation
during the last four years, has fully cs
taIlished the propriety and necessit,
Of the organization and perpctuation o
the Republican Darty; and that TIL,
causes which called it into existence
are permanent III their nature, and
now, more than ever before, demand
its peaceful and constitutional triumph
2. That the maintenance ri the prin
ciple7 promulgated by the Declaration
Of Independence au'l embodied in tn.
Federal Constitution, the Rights ofth,
States, and the Union Of Tic State,
mast and shall be preserved
3. That to the Union of the States
this nation owes its unprecedented in
crease in population, its surprising de
vcloppmcnt Of material resources, it,
rapid augmentation of wealth, its hap
pincsS at home and it's honor abroad
and we hold in adherence al scheme.
for Dislnior, come from Whatevcl
source they may: And we congratu
late the country that no Republican
member Of Congress has uttered o.
countenanced the threats Of Disun;o,
so often made by Democratic mem
berS, without rebuke and with applause
from their political associates and We
denounce those threats of nisuninr. i,
case Of a popular overthrow of thei
ascendancy AS denying the vital prin
ciples Of a free government. ana as al
:Tuwai OF contemplated treason, which
it is the imperative duty Of an indi.
nant people sternly to rebuke and for
ever silence.
4. That the maintenance inviolats
of the Ri hts Of the States, and espec
tally the right Of each State to orie,
and control its own domestic institu
tons according to it's own iudgmen
exclusively, is essential to that balanc,
Of power on which the perfection ant
endurance Of our political fabric de
Ponds; and we denounce the lawles.
invasion by armed forces of the soil o
any State or Territory, no matter IN
de" what pretext, as among the graves
Of crimes.
5. That the present Democratic Ad
miilistration has far exceeded our worst
apprehcn>ions, in its mcasureless sub
serviency to the exactions Of section
al interest, as especially evinced in its
desperate excrtlons to force the infam