Weekly Minnesotian and times. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1859-1860, 1860-05-26

one of tNn would have drawn his sword in
such Il cade. (Applausc.)
No, citizcns, this Republic was established
for the purpose of securing the guarantees OF
liberty, justice and righteousness to the peo
pie and their posterity. applause Thai
was the great object for which the Revolution
was fought. These were the principles, main
Mr. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, moye,! tt
lay the motion on the table. Adopted
1t was moved that the motion to lay the
appointment of Committee of Resolutions on
the table, be reconsidered. Lost.
Mr.. Giddings moved to reconsider the vot,
accepting the invitation to the excursion at i
0 clock. Carried.
Moved that Il committee of five be appoint
cd TO consult with the Board Of Trade relative
to the excursion. Carried.
The Chair announced the following Com
mittee Lowry, Kansas; Goodrich, Minnie
sofa ; Giddmgs, Ohio ; Blair, Maryland ;
Cleveland, Connecticut.
The Convention then adjourned until five
o'clock, p NJ.
y, for Which the Union and the Constitution
wcre fOunued. Slavery is sectional, Freedom
is national. cloud chcerS.)
Fellow citizens, need | remind this intelli-
gent and vast audience, need | call to mind
To the intelligent gentlemen who repre-
sem the various States that are represented
on this floor, of the manifestations of liwleS$
violence and tyranny, such as the world new
er saw before in civilized and christian land,
by this spirit of Slavery. Whose rights are
secure when Slavery has power to tramplc
them under foot? Who to day is not more
free to utter his opinions within the Empire OF
Russia, or under the shadow of the de>potism
of Austria, than he is within the limits Of The
Slave States of this Republic: Applause.
Will their tyranny be confined to those States
when they have the power TO force that tyr
amy upon us?
Voices" NO-no."i
Never! We owe the liberties which. we to-
day enjoy to the Free States, to the absence
of Slavery; and, fellow citizens, shall we, in
building up this great empire OF ours, in full
filling that high and sacred trust imposed upon
us by our fathcrs-siiall we spread this blight
lug, this demoralzing, this iEhumanizng in
stitution, throughout the vast extent OF our
borders y-j Voices" No" Or shall we
preserve this land as a free land to our pos
terity forever: Applause.
These are the principles for which the Re-
publican party are struggling; and, fellow
citizens, the safety of cur liberties, the safety
Of all that we hold valuable, demands that we
should take possession of this government,
and administer it upon those broad constitu-
tional doctrines that were recognized for the
first sixty years of the existence Of our Coz
ernment-that were recognized by Washing
ton, by jefferson, 10y Adams, by Madison, by
Monroe, by Adams the younger, by jackson,
by Van Buren,, even down to the time Of
Polk, when those new dogmas were started,
that the Constitution was established to guar
antee to Slavery perpetual existence and
unlimited empire.
Invoking, fellow citizens, a spirit of patri-
otism and harmony, and trusting that that
spirit will guide us to a fortunate result in
our deliberations. l will now enter upon the
duties which have been assigned me. APP
plausc.
The chair then announced Hon. Fred Has
saurek, of Ohio; Hon. Theodore NJ Pome-
roy, of New York; Hon. IL. 4. Blow, of Mis-
souri,, temporary Secretaries of the Conven-
ton.
After taking their seats, Rev. Il. NJ. Hum
phrey, of the LIST Presbyterian church, of this
city, delivered the following prayer amid the
profound silence of the vast audience
TIE PRAYER.
Oh Lord, our God thou art great and
greatly to he praised and we come before thy
throne to worship and also to learn thy will
We invoke thy presence and blessing as we
gather beneath this roof to-day We praise
thee for what thou art, and for what thou
hast done for us. "Verly the lines have
fallen to us in pleasant places, and we have a
goodly hcr tagc. Thou has! strengthened the
bars Of our gates, and placed our children
within them. Thou hast made peace in our
borders and filled us with the finest of the
wheat. Thou hast not dealt so with any ma
ton. AS for thy judgments, we have not
known them" But yet, we confess that we
have deserved to suffer; that we have sinned
against thee We entrcat thy forgiveness
for our transgressions and thy protection from
the consequences of our sin. We pray for
our common country; we ask that thou wilt
deliver us from the evils to which we are en-
posed; and thou wilt help us to check and
put away all those evils which we are so apt
to cherish. Wilt thou bless our rulers, and
teach them to govern in the fear of God and
in the love of man? Let them deliver us
from corruption, from oppression, from VIC.
lence, and selfish ambition. Show us thy
way of rescuing the oppressed from the house
of bondage, and of making this country truly
and consistently free.
We crave thy blessing upon this Conven-
ton and pray that thou wilt enable all those
who arc here gathered to act, amid the excite
ments of the hour, as feeling their response.
bilities to their fellow-mcn, and as knowing
that they will one day stand before thee Wilt
thou bless us in all that we do; wilt thou rule
amid all the conflicts of opinion and strifcs of
parties, and may the issue be for thy glory
and for our good? May there be no strife
but that of brethren, loving while in opinion
disaSrecing. 1 ct not the ploughshare of d.
vision be permanently drawn through our
fair land bus may we live in harmony, as
one great country, and, although we put not
our trust in princes, may ours be that happy
land whose God is the Lord which we ask
through Jesus Christ our Saviour-Amen.
Hon. n. B. JUDD, of Iowa, then offered the
following resolution:
Resolced, That Committee of one from
each State and Territory be appointed, to be
selected by the delegates from those States
and Territories, to report permanent officers
for the Convention.
Adopted.
SIMEON SMITH of the Minnesota delegation
was one Of this Committee
A delegate from Vermont then moved that
Committee of one be appointed from each
State and Territory, to be selected by the
delegations, as Committee on Credentials.
john MCkusICK, was the Minnesota dele
gate appointed on this Committee.
a motion was then made that Committee
be selected to prepare the order of business
for the Convention.
The Minnesota member of this Committee
was S. p. JONES.
A motion was then made that the rules OF
the House of Representatives be adopted for
this Convention, until otherwise ordered.
Adopted
Mr.. Greeley moved that the Secretary call
the roll Of the States, and that the Chairman
Of each delegation present their credentials to
the Chairman of the Committee on Credentials
Adopted.
Mr.. Evarts, of ~ Y, moved that each
delegation present its credentials to the Com
v,iffao colootoI hv ~ nm croIo,t;ol,