The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-05-23

minor considerations of much weight confirmed
tbair action. Kansas Nebraska and the pistrlct
of Columbia were 70 be admitted as though they
were States with electoral votes oehinu thein
The committee knew that there were some gen
tlemen here from States honored wherever cour-
age is honored. But though there were ie" ne
pubEcans theS were men VINO would so iot'n
with their lives in their hands and unite Win
others in restoring the government TO the policy
Of the fathers, but they did not come with par
~ and organization at their backs. When the
committee considered that these delegates would
be admitted with full electoral vote they Tear.
ed that. unless this rule was adopted, the nomi-
nees of the party might be such as would not
have majority of votes representing States sc'
tuaIlv having electoral votes 10 offer to the par
~. These were motives which influenced the
committees acting. =.
Judge James. of New York, on the part OF
the minority, said rule had already been
adopted by the Convention, which gave 400
as the full vote OF the Convention. \ majority
was. Therefore, substantially two-thirds vote
three hundred and tour being only seven votes
short of two-thirds. This was the rule OF Dem
ocratc Conventions and had been suggested 10
order to carry out the Democratic policy OF al
lowing the minority to rule the majority. Great
applause.) IF the majority report, giving mega.
tiyes votes to absent Southern States, should be
adopted. the same policy would be initiated
here but to this he was opposed Loud ap-
plause.
Mr.. W. b. Mann, of Pa, said he came from
n State where the majority rules. He knew no
reason why it should be otherwise here. If the
majority rule should prevail, it would seem like
a secret blow at candidate who had done no
wrong. Loud and prolonged applause. This
act neither he nor any of the gallant hearts from
PENNSYLVANIA around him would ever allow.
Cheers.
Loud .,iv, Of question, question, aud n vote
by States was demanded. When Pennsylvania
| was called she asked for time.
Mr.. Goodrich, of Minnesota, asked that the
representatives of the Peoples party in Penn
, sylvania, be excused from voting. Cries OF or
: der, order, and Kisses.
Mr.. Reeder of Pennsylvania, said that the
delegates from Pennsylvania had found it neces
sary to retire to consult, and he understood
some person to say that the peoples party Of
his State had no right TO vote. Tie desired to
know the name of that gentleman. Cheers and
cries of order.
Mr.. Goodrich said he had not questioned the
!. right OF the Peoples party 10 vote, but finding
the name of that State called for the fourth time
!. and the delegates unable to vote on their owl
!, proposition, lie had asked that they be excused
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vote was then announced, and the minority ruiz
i reported by Judge James, requiring majority
n of the votes cast only to nominate, was adopte,
:. by 33l ayes to 1870 nays Loud prolonged ap
!, plause. The rules a. amended, were then adop
= judge J-ssup, OF pennsylvania, from tn
/. committee on Resolutions, reported the follow
ing:
n ReSolred, That We, the delegated representa-
= tives of the Republican electors of the Unite'
:. States, in Convention assembled, in the dis
Q charge of the duty We owe to our constituent
and oul country, unite in the following declara
Y tiOns
! Ist That the history of the Nation during tn
. last four wears, has fully established the pro
!. priety and necessity of the organization an,
, perpetuaton of the Republican party, and tn
causes which called it into existence are permar
, ent in their nature, and now, more than eve
!. before, demand its peaceful, constitutional tri
n umph.
2. That the maintenance of the principle
a promulgated in the Declaration of Independ
ence, and embodied in the Federal Constitution
is essential TO the preservation Of our Republi
= can Institutions, and that the Federal COnstitu
ton. the rights Of the State and the union o
:. the States must and shall be preserved.
q g. That to the Union Of the States this nation
Il
y its surprising developments of natural resources
its rapid augmentation of wealth, its happines
, | at home, and its honor abroad; and we hold il
;, adherence all schemes for disuaiOn, come from
% whatever source they may and we congratulate
!. the country that no Republican Member OF Con
n gress has uttered or countenanced the threat
Of disunion SO often made by Members Of Con
n sress without rebuke and with applause from
:, their political associates. And we denounc
those threats of disunon in case of q popula
!. overthrow of their ascendency, as denying tn
q vital principles OF free government and as a
!, avowal of contemplated treason which it is tn
!. imperative duty of an indignant people sternl
q to rebuke and forever silence.
: 4. That the maintenance inyioate Of tn
;, rights Of the States, and especially the right
A of each State, TO order and control its own do
nestle institutions according to its own judg
= ment exclusively, is essential TO that balance O
!. power on which the perfection and enduranc,
of our political faith depends, and We denounc
Y the lawless invasion by armed force of the sol
of any State or Territory, no matter under vha
. pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
5. That the present Democratic admnistra
= ton has far exceeded our worst apprehension
!, in its measureess subseryiency to the exac
tons of a sectional interest, as especially evin
;. ced in It's desperate exertons TO force the in
q famous Lecompton Constitution upon the pro
: testing people Of Kansas; in constituting the per
sonal relation between master and servant 4
q involve an unqualified property in persons; il
!. its attempted enforcement everywhere, on Lane
and sea, through the Intervention Of Congress
, and of the Federal courts, of the extreme pre-
tensions OF purey local interest, and in its gen
! eral and unvarying abuse Of the power entrusted
to it by confding people.
y T.. That the people Justly view with alarm
the reckless extravaganza which peryades ever,
department of the Federal Government. Tha
return to rigid economy and accountability
is indispensable to arrest the systematic plum
L der of the public treasury by favored partisans
while the recent startling developments OF frauds
and corruptions at the Federal metropolis, show
g that an entire change OF administration is i'm
f leratively demanded.
L :. That the new dogma that the Cons,itu
5 ton Of its Cwr force carries slavery into any
J. or all OF the Territories OF the United States
{ il dangerous political heresy, at vsrisnce ~.tt
: the explicit provisions Of that instrument itself
: with contemporaneous exposition, and with le
gislative and Judicial precedent-is revolutiona.
~ in its tendency, and subversiYe of the peace
: and harmony of the country.
e S. That the nominal condition of all the terri
3 tory of the United States is that of freedom
that as our Republican fathers, when they abol.
2 ished saverv from all our national territory Or
dained tina. no person shali Ne deprived Of life,
! liberty or property, without due process of law,
{ it becomes our duty by legislation, whenever
; such legislation is necessary, to maintain this
provision OF the Constitution against all attempts