Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-01-07
NEW H1UPSHiRE / OLI7JCS

The Republicans inaugurated the great polit.
ical contest of 1860, in their State Convention
which was held at Concord on Tuesday. The
attendance of noble representation of the in.
telligence and integrity of the Granite State
was gratifying, and the action of the Conven.
ton, as an indication of the temper of the nor
thern people at this crisis was of no small i'm
portance. The key note of the canvass was
struck and its resonance rings out clear and UNI
mistakable like herald of triumph The res
olutions manfully meet the great issues of the
day, and sufficiently indicate a disposition on
the part of the Republicans of New Hampshire
to keep their standard on its present proud po-
sition.
lchabod Goodwin, the present able and pop
ular chief magistrate of the State was re-nom-
mated by reclamation and without a dissenting
voice. His administration thus far has given
full satisfaction to his friends and has disormed
all opposition from his opponents; his re cleo
ton by largely increased majority is conceded
on all sides. There is no truer nor more relia-
bic exponent of the principles of the party of
which he is one Of the representatives, and
whose standard-bearer he is in New Hampshire
than this same Governor Goodwin. jeremiah
c. Tilton was nominated for Railroad Commits
soner. He is an active and intelligent Repub-
lican and will make good officer
The resolutions are so good and so Just an
exposition of the Republican creed that we cam
not refrain from giving the most important of
them in full:
Resolred, That the Territories OF the United States
are the property of all the people Of the United States
that the Constitution has expressly conferred on Con-
gress the power to make all needful rules and renla-
tons respecting said Territories and that il is there
fore, the right and duty of Congress to protect them
against all political and social nusanccs and particu
larry against the dcbasing and unchrstian institution
of domestic savnrv
Resoired That, subject to the limitations Of the
Constitution, of just morality, and of the equal
rights of all men under the law, we hold uncquivoca-
~ TO the doctrine Of genuine popular sovereignty and
the right of the people in every State and Territory
TO form and regulate their institutions in their
own way But that popular sovereignty with which
modern Democracy seeks to prolong its hold on pow
err, and whose sole triumphs written in the bloody
annals Of Kansas, and the poygamous pollutions Of
Ota we denounce rs destructive OF all morality and
al war with the whole genius Of our government.
Resdlred That in the recent dictn of the Fclrrnl
supreme Court, and the more recent pronuncianento
OF democratic President the effect that the Con-
stltutlon protects slavery in all the National Terrific
RES beyond 1.-THE power of Congress- the Territorial
Legislature or any human power to impair" we see
new evidence of the fearful departure our ration has
already made, from the policy of It's Republican loun-
ders
Resotred, That the repeated and continued ngrrcs-
sions OF the slave power upon the rights of free labor
aud free men, evnced IN the repeal OF the Missouri
Compromise, and the attempt to force slavery into
Kansas by the sword, and slave Constitution luou
Tree peODe uulpr pf in
demand for the rc-openng Of the African slave trade
in the clamor for the enactment Of laws by Congress
for the protection OF slavery in the Territories; in the
nsoent threats to ''rend the Union from turret to
foundation" unless allowed to direct its dcsines and
enjoy its emoluments iorcver-iorce upon us in com
mon with the people of all the free States the ncces-
sity OF renewed and united efforts ia behalf Of free
dom, free labor, and tue Union our fathers framed
it,
Reso'red, That the corruption and extravaganza Of
the present National Administrations exhibited in its
frequent attempts to bride members Of Congress to
betray the interests Of their constituents; in its ruth
less prescription Of lectum OF opnlon; in its iraudu-
liant purchases Of public property for the enrichment
of partizan favoritcs, at the expense Of bankrupt
reasury-demand at the hands OF the people change
of rulers, and the reform of abuses which years Of
misrule have rendered intolerabe.
Resoiued, That the Republican party Is pre-cmincut-
~ champion Of the rights of the States, the principles
of the Constitution, and the integrity of the Union;
that while IT seeks to vnGicae the rights and uphold
the interests Of the North, il will neither encourage
nor permit the smallest encroachment upon the rights
of the South; that while it regards slavery rs wrong
to the enslaved and inmica to the hest interests Of
our whole country and will by all peaceful and con.
stitutionu means oppose its extension, it proposes no
war upon it in the States where it exists but will de-
cnd those States in the enjoyment Of every privilege
guaranteed by common Constitution.
A State Committee of fifty-six persons was
appointed, including those foi Cheshire County,
as follows: Calvin MAY, Jr., Keene; Marshall
Kingman, Winchester; Philip S. Batchelder,
Fitzwilliam; Lawrence Knight, Henry A. Hitch
cock, +. A. Faulkner, Keene
The following resolution relative to the Sc
lection of delegates to the Chicago Convention
was adopted:
Resoired, That the State Committee be requested
to call delegate convention at some time after the
March election for the purpose of choosing four dele
gates at large to the National Republican Convention
at Chicago, and that tho o"id State
TIC Same ti'.sv suGdi;iv i,,,v ti,.ss ~aesona
Conventions and choose two delegates to the National
Convention from each Congressional District.