Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-02-24
Further from the Freedom Con,
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Further from the Freedom Con.
vention.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 23.-There was an ad-
journed meeting of the Freedom conven-
tion this morning at 10 o'clock at Beck's
hall. Pending the report of the committee
OH Resolutions the convention was ad-
dressed by Hon. Caspar Bates, of Chicago,
who made very radical speech as the rep
resentative of the German Convention,
which met at Cleveland last fall. He said
some of the Germans had gone over to the
copperheads, but they had four hundred
thousand left and should attain universal
freedom throughout the United States, and
asked: Where can we find better terrific
ry for furnishing to the slaves than that we
are now conquering?
Mr.. Anderson of Mo-. said the speech of
j. j. Crittenden hangs like nightmare
over Kentucky and prevents her from ex-
pressing her true principles.
The Convention was also addressed by
Messrs. Dunham, Baird, Presten and Need
ham of KY, and Gen. Mcneil and Mr.. Ker-
kel and others, of Mo. sr ..r
At the afternoon session the following
resolutions were presented by the commit
tee on resolutions, excepting the 9TH, which
was offered by Mr.. Kerkel. They were
acted on singly and afterwards made unan-
imous:
Resolred, first, That the unity of this
country with the present Republican form
of government State and National, must be
preserved and rebellion suppressed.
Second, That slavery was the cause and
now constitutes the strength of the rebel
lion, and that we see no hope of permanent
peace until the principles of freedom an
nounced in the Declaration of Independence
and the Federal Constitution are carried
into practice. The question whether sla-
very is to be perpetuated or not is no longer
exclusively State, but a national one. 1t
is therefore proper that the Constitution Of
the United States should be so amended as
to secure freedom to every human being
within its Jurisdiction. Such a guarantee
of individual freedom is as necessary in the
Constitution of the United States as that of
Republican form of government to each
State.
Third. The Government has the Consti-
tutional right to command the services of
every man, no matter what his color or
condition, whether bond or free. The mas
ter cannot interpose his right between the
man and the Government, and we are in fa-
vor of enlisting and enrolling all alike.
Fourth, That during a rebellion the Pres
ident in the exigency of the war power has
full and ample authority to free all the
are hereby invested irrevocably with all
the rights of freemen, and In the present re-
bellion he ought to exercise this power to
its full extent. usse III
Fifth, That with the effects of the Presi-
dents amnesty proclamation before us we
declare that In our opinion the same has
been injurious to the Union cause, and its
operations within the district to which It
especially applies humiliating and unjust
to loyal men, by placing them upon the
same footing with rebels and we would
urge its recall or suppression until armed
rebellion Is wholly crushed.
Sixth, That the slave State Freedom Con-
vention be permanently instituted by the
formation of an executive committee of one
member and one alternate from each of the
slave StaGes for the purpose OF carrying out
its principles, and that the delegates for
each State represented in this Convention
appoint the members of the committee.
Seventh, That we declare ourselves fa-
vorable to such an amendment of the Con-
stitution of the United States as shall make
the President elective for one term only.
A resolution was offered and lost after
considerable discussion, providing for a
National Radical Convention at st. Louis
May 1873 in favor and ga against the ma
Ijority preferring to act with the Republic
can party in their National Convention.
The proceedings Of the Convention were
generally harmonious, but towards the close
o. the afternoon session considerable con-
fusion prevailed, principally upon minor
points, and the Convention adjourned sine
die. gf Z