, 1860-05-18

thas she votes you gat by trucking to the pref
udices Of people will nerer b. safe; while those
7o.e. which you &c. by recognizing eonsti-
gentlemen. the German Republicans Of
the Northern States havs been nct only among
the most faithful, but wa hare been among the
most unseldsh members Of the Republican psr-
ty. We never coula to you asking for my t.
vor; wa never come to Yuu with any pres:en-
sions; the only thing We ask Of you ID this
that We shall BE- permitted to light for our COM
mon cause; that ws shall be permitted to light
in your ranka with confidence in your
principles and with honor to on1selvea [Great
Nr, Ha5sAURECk, Of Ohio-[spplausel-
CcutIemen of the Convention: 4ni not gong
It, t.ctain you for any length Of time in support
. / the motion now before The Convention, but
n'a in favor, gentlemen. Of the adoption Of this
z.p, but because claim to 10 q true American.
Cheers. Gentlemen, claim to be m Ameri-
cam, although happened to be born on tho 9th.
er side Of the Atlantic Oce>n. Renewed ap-
plause. hailed true Amesicao'sn oeioFc'mT
foot had ever stepped on Americas SOIL lap
bad ~ eTer bebeld iss itospitable sail. hao sworn
al'eglaaco To the spirit Of its Tres institutions
Years before | n,ads the formal declaration Ut
1o{ans Enthusiastic cheers. Gentlemeu.
! Ie1. me spirit Ut true 4Ausercsuism ahrlll nv
~ h; "aeh; a. boy IN srhoo', irss read OF
1ns aesotc 0eeaa oi The 'hineftal Washington.
luseat ana pfoEuogeA anplaure] hailed true
Mtaeslsansm "a "hsn hrsr heard ef tbs Rtsat
1n9uas 1suessou, Nho. upon th. .!t4r Of Ged..
naa sworn eternal hostility !, tyranny in every
who bts .tsse asSplaass 1sp Gsns'emsn. As one
despot1sm. claim to be duutlv c.;,.blp Of ap.
preciatug the blessings oi i,.r:y. {I.,.iI
cheers-l Gentlemen, hare s,sa tus nations
Of Europe smartiog under the arbitrary r,;'e Of
despots, and know what IN iurs,imshl,. ,rtos.
ure, what an incasculahle boon frrednm =, to
man. Il is, therefore, one OF the p.oud.s, mo-
ments Of my life. TO asail my self OF this onpor-
tunity IS one OF the liberty. lnsing t;ermana Of
the free West. before this vast u.s cwbIy uf 20
n'any Of the best and true men o: the nation,
loudly to prnc'ain my unay'ns aud nafalte.ing
love sna adherence 10 the principles .: trus
Americanism. Great appE.use.l Grntten "a,
It II Is Americausm to believe, retis;ously to
believe in those eternal truths ANNOUNCED III
The Declaration Of Independence, that all men
arc born equal and free, sud endowed by Il cir
Creator with cersain ,nalitnaale rights, .mory
which are life, liberty, and the rurs uit Of harp,.
ness, ! Am proud to be- un .AmeEicun. {Applauss!
| lit IS Amtricauism firmly to believe and warm.
| " 10 cherish the memory IT ths tnshcrs Ut the
Republic, to maintain the faith aud perpeluale
the glorious inheritaace WHICH ,ley have lett 70
IN admrinx postsrity. shaN ever be an Amer
ican. Loud cheers. Ii it is Amsr.cansu,
gentlemen. to believe that governments are in.
siisuted fur the benefit of the governed. und no.
for the benefit Of the privileged iew-if it is
Amer icanism to believe that this xlurious Fed
erasion Of sovereign States has a higher object
aud nobler purpose than to ia II . nlese means
OF fortifying, protecting and prt.paxatiuy tho
institution OF humun servitude-iI It is Anaeri-
canism to believe that these yast fe:tile Terri
tories Of the West A1e toreyerto cn1aip Sacyad.
to remain as FREQ homes f,r flee |, sbor and free
| men. shal! live and die a1 A1ue.eacan Tu.
| mnltuous cheering! Gentlemen, il iii, Amer.
icanism to believe that the !Au,er ,an Const.ir,.
tson as framed by the eat!e,s ". designed ~
| hul~ark uf freedom, A,d intens led l., ,rrurc
tho blessings Of liberty 10 ourse, IA aud 10 our
posterlsy, and that it does not Of ita own Iurce
ca1ry slavery into the Territories. Of the Cn,leJ
States, but, on tie contrary, lreuns free,iop,
and justice wherever It goe*. | shall over ctaut
to % an - American. tG:sa' app i.aus.l
favor Of the adoption of the rt- .oiu,iun-not bo.
CAUSE claim to be IN adopse.l c,. zen but BE-
Cause clalnl, aud shall clap. to 7ne end ,f,st
| IN IN An,=rican-an Amer ,cuu y cboice. mt
an = mercan By birth. it "a true. hut a, Amsri.
can fro. sentiment ana from pr:A,c,ple. aisn-
ttsmrn h.. 'ne this resolution ali n..s g;,hout
objection iron, my side. There aro ,nors ,han
.o,uuv Republican German vo,es III ii State Vi
Ohio alone aal they shalt ever hs s'A+t in d
solid pflalanx for ths candidate WIN ~ to b.,
aomina.ed by this Convention. Renee. ed an
piause.!
Mr. CURTIS of New Yo,k--wlat is the
question before the Ifnuse:
The CHA1R-l. Ii upon tho adoption Of t: ::'
report
r. Mr- CCRTIS-E then o!Ie- ~ nh au,sn :nent q.
to the report A. presented by TIE c.,1.,,n,,tec,
the following: That the second cau>e 81 the IT.
port shall Eeud, " hat the maintenance vi tue
principles prums3lnse,a II the Declaration VI
Independence and embodied in sts Federal
tonstltusion":-and then. sir. | propose s-
amend By atidinS these verbs. Tint Alt rn.o
are created equal; that they ar. endowed t,s
| their Creator with certain ,nAtrnabis r,:,hts
that among these are hte, liberty In.t thu pnr.
suit Of happiness: that to secure ths*c rights.
| governments are instituted uul"nE men, aeriv.
| ing their Just powers from thu cuusent of The
| gnverned'-tben proccch-'' is essential to tho
| preservation ot our Republican institutions;
| und that the Federal CONSTITUTIONS, the kt.hts
Of the States, and the Union vi ttt. States must
and shall be preserved" [Grrat ..putause, mud
many gentlemen struggling Tor tbs 1,ar.,
| once vUsed dawn!
Mr. AKIfEK-l rise to 'lnes.tau nf ur,lcr-
The CHAIR. There il rIe 'islesti ou Of order
already. The gentleman from New io.k, Mr.
| Curtis, moves to amend Til. SECOND 1e>.1lst1un
| in the words which he has Rad. rh: ycu.la.
man FROM Oregon. Mr.: Thaycr, raisrs thc .,uvs,
tlan Of oEaer that this in >ossaul:allv ,llr su.~
..ro3oSiton slrea'ay yustd upon; std the l'hair
su,, aims the question uf order, mud tho .,nes: on
rrcurs on the s'topsiou q. the Rsport
Mr. H. Alk, ot Missouri. /; it in ,reccssnry
| sha! nupe. :! from she deci.inn IT tk,- THAR.
The ampnt}me, which wnn tiyst olfert Il vi. to
the frat clu.s ar secticn. and the III ,rt,s,n,rt
offered now by the !. sHtssnsau fruu. i .w YvrA
in To the SECOND srci,op, a,''! It il au nmaly
different question. t!linN II 1t IL cseSs4ry,
am reaLy to take au appv:f IEena iat 'i:rt>'"n
Of the char
The CHAIR. tuok it fs":s tho statement
Of the gentleman frrm .Nex G"1k. tl':t he
offered the game amendment uEerr%st bclvse
By Mr.. fittings, and votetfL"n.
NIX HLAlK-lt 10 offered nuy au amend
u'ent TO the second; then it WAS 10 IDS hrs:
resolution.
The CuAlK-Then TIN amendment is i'll
order.
Mr CURT1S-lIave the floor:
TheCHAfK-iea, Sir.
Mt. CURTIS lssoln hia c!Iair}-Mr. President.
I have wosL 10 sav On 'hat a".;lislnlrnt cries
OF ".ake the st,ud."I can sl,eak us well. Srn-
.en,ion--she secoud kat,u.:.. Convention tn.
Republican, party has er"r hc'd--i have ~ ask
This Convention VIII tner ihsy are prepared III
70 upon the r-cord and b~to-s .:'e c"nn.ry II,
vutln,. duwn the of The u. cl..n',ut, ILL.,
,+renderccs [Cr!es If NO, "h"." us,d A,'-
ttA;t*c1 have, sir. III Il =. n4neEd,,ant which
huye introduced, quite: SIMPLY a..s uly trnl'i
the Usclarut,ou vi l.dt, ,'t:":e"tc- H.:lr IN ln.
t..at in t'nlatelphiA III 1s:i tho tiny. uli"n Of
,hla s4t,,e great patty were VT at'sii - ua.
nuunce those by which atunr 's. EapubIlcnn
rartr lives ah,l upon "',ic!: ulunc the luture Of
tn;s country in liz: hAna ii tho H. publican
party IL passing. iTrcM.L L'soha :tec1lrE.t
Nov. eir, | usk gentlemen .tasety to cunsitftr
that in the ainratltnt,t whirl, have proposed,
have doue uu,h,n>. t:As tn. "nl:.,!rst aud
safest man in alt til: atsi MI :ht '''' ID" and
rise sstnply-:or :in nos s,.> '"3 G"":-i r,ss
AiFnnfv thh lk I ! thtA L we'll 0F3bFt
upon The free prasrics OF :lia Wee t. III the sum-
n,er Of lsG0, they dare to vince ac, quail before
The men Who in PhilsdrlphHl N $50 In rhit.-
tte|rhla, in tn Arch keJ sfaEc State, 40 amply,
nob'y Represented upnn thl. p.aaf%'rm To-
day-beiore they dare to shrink frtua rep> atlng
.4s words that these great men snune:a'ed'
Terrific applause.
Mr.. 0YLER, of lndiana-f presume that al
the Republicans here are in t-r.r ut tho Dectara-
tl"n II In. erenilcnce. DORIS it necessarily fol.
low tha. we must publish it in uar PLATFORM
The crowd" Ye*."l want tn ta!S 10 the
delegates here ~" tic question. il il Is n--
ess.ary to Put 1t in: They answer n's it ~
Read for yourselves the sccoa', resolution. ii
Putt in tTico."} I w:l read it 10
yeu:
" Tint the maintenance Of the rincipies ryo-
mulgased in the Declaration of Independence
and emboditd in the Federal Constitution e.-
sential to the preservation Ut cur Republican
Institutions, aud that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights Of the states, md the Onion Of .he
States must and shul1 be preserved
Does not that endorse 1t? We b.Iieve in the
Dible; shall we put it in from the first chapter
ol Genesis 10 ths Int chapter Of Revelations:
We believe in the Constitution uf Tn: United
STATES; shall We put it in from first to last?
sav no: say it is enough frr us 10 as.c:t n
belief in, and our eonideu-s in, and firm re-
lance in, the Declaration of Iuden.utieoce aud