The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-05-10
The state Conventions
The following are the resolutions
adopted at the State Convention, in
Detroit on Wednesday May 2.sos, 80;

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]. Resolced, That the Republicans
of Michigan, look. back at the begin
nings of our organization4the Conven-
tions of 1854 and 1s56-we have. oc-
casion to congratulate ourselves upon
the rapidly increased and increasing
strength, vigor,. vitality and perina-
nence7 of our party, and upon the tri-
umphz Of its principles, and we are
proud to show forth to the nation that
Repnblicanism has taken deepest root,
spread its widest branches, andis bear
ing its best matured and richest fruit
on the soil whence first it sprang.
2, rReso!ced, That in appointing del
egates to the Chicago Convention of
1860. we see equal cases of graduation
at the power and vigor Of a party
whose second national assembly is vet
to be lheld-a party that has already
the virtual control and supremacy in
one half of the States of the Union,
and is destined to rule the councils and
mould the policy Of our national af.
fairs an infant Hercules, which in its
very cradle, is stangling the twin-ser-
pents of po.ygmy and slavery.
8. ResolUed, That the course of the
existing National Administration, so
reckless in expenditures, so impotent
in financial ability, SO corrupt and ven
al lii all its departments, from the oc-
cupants of the White House to the
lowest tide waiter in thesCustoms- so
lavish in sustaining a partisan press
with the money of the people-so tickle
in its general policy-so faithless to its
own friends, adherents and. dependents
$50 sabservient to the behests of the
Islave powerAso treacherous in all its
actions and movements In regard to
the admission of Kansas--so craven in
its pretended hostility to, but actual
connivance with those who would le-
galize modern piracy under the name
of the slave trade, is due not alone to
the yena!ity and imbecility of individu-
ais now in Office, but indicates an adj
canced stage of political degeneracy
and corruption, which can be remedied
only by an indignant people rising in
their might and thrustng the dominant
party from the seats of power. ~
I 4. Resolced. That the past of the
Republican party, its moderation and
| Idignity in all respects, whenever it is
In power-thc depert,aent of its mem
bers and representative in Congress
and Quits cool, determined, manly
courage in two contests for the speak
ership, when the fanaticism and every
disgracefut appliance Of bad men, .un-
scrrpulous partisans, disunionists and
sectionalists, failed to oyerawe or pro-
woke to retaliation-its steady and
rapid growth in the hearts Of the peo-
pie from Maine to California, wherever
its doctrines and principles are fully
known, have demonstrated that it is
fully equal to, and deserves, the leader.
ship of the nation, and the absolute
control of national affairs. - -
5. Resolrea, That we recognize and
lre-affirm the principles avowed by the
National Convention at Philadelphia
in 1856, and are ready to do battle
again in their behalf; that the doc
trines therein promulgated in regard to
the power of Congress over the terrific
ries, the speedy admission of Kansas
as State, the immediate construction
of a railway 10 the Pacific, and the i'm
provement of our rivers and harbors
are now, as then, the cherished princi-
ples of the Republican party sl9
20. Resolced, That we heartily ap
prove the jealous efforts of our repre-
sentatives and Senators in Congress to
procure the passage of a Homestead
fllaw, believing that the permanent vel
fare of our country must rest upon free
white labor for its basis and support
We recognize the equality, and will
maintain the rights, of naturalized as
well as native-born citizens at home
and abroad, and hold that the execu
tive power of this Government, under
, every contingency, should be exer
ciscd in maintaining that equally and
preserving those rights. .
Z. Resolced, That the history of the
nation and of parties for the last foul
years steady and regular growth
, of the pretensions of the slave power
: Hooking forward even to renewal o
! all the horrors of. the middle passage
f and to the endless perpetuation of al
: the evils that slavery inflicts upon tht
1whole race-has demonstrated thatt th'
3 Republican doctrine Sof the power o
r Congress to maintain the rights of free
3 dom, free soil and free labor in the Ter
ritories of the Union, is the stron.
r hold and citadel that alone can resis
e the power of the slaveocracy,a and tha
$ the party which ignores or oppose
e such a doctrine, is not only false to th'
: constitutional the opinions and pre-
t cepts of Washington, Jefferson, an,
! all the fathers of the republican,
f false also to otheyery first principles o
:. American liberty. .rzn E7r4o7
$ s. Resolced, That the intense sec
e tional and disunion tendencies Of tn
Headers of the modern Democracy, a
Ievinced in their acts and speeches ii
: Congress, in. their State Conventions
: in their tumultuous and riotous gather
E ing at Charleston, where RACES an " ir
repressiJle conflict" should arous
!, every lover of the Union-every sup
: porter of the Constitution = ever,
friend of freedom, free thought, ant
free speech to a united, vigorous, mani,
e support cf the principles of the Re
e publican party-a party that hate
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