The Empire State. (Griffin, Ga.) 1855-18??, September 17, 1856, Image 1
filing, Editor.
Vol. 2.
THE EMPIRE STATE
18 PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
By A A. G-auldLlns ■
terms: TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE, OR THREB DOL
LARS AFTER SIX MONTHS, PER ANNUM.
up-slairs over W. R. Phillips k Co.^f
Advertisements are inserted at One Dollar per square for
he first insertion, aud Fifty Cents per square for caeli in
ert ion thereafter.
A reasonable deduction will be made to those who adver
tise by the year.
11l Advertisement* not otherwise ordered u-ill be continu
ed till forbid.
Sales of Lands by Administrators, Executors or Guar
diaw, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday
la the month, between the hours of 10 in the forenoon and
I in the afternoon, at the Court House, in the county in
which the Land is situated. Notice of these sales must be
given ii a public Gazette forty days previous to the day of
•ale.
Sales of Negroes must be made at public auction on the
first Tuesday of the month, bet ween the usual hoius of sale,
at the place of public sales in the county where the Letters
Testamentary, or Administration, or Guardianship may
hare been granted—first giving forty days notice thereof in
wae of the public Gazettes of the State, and at the Court
blouse where such sale is to be held.
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must be given in
like manner, forty days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors'and Creditors of aii Estate, must be
published forty days.
Notice that application will he made to the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell Laud, must be published for two
month*.
Notice for leave to sell Negroes must be published two
mttba before any order absolute shall be made thereon by
be Court.
Citations for Letters of Administration must l e publish
ed thirty days ; for Dismission from Administration, month
Iv six mouths ; for Dismission from Guardianship, forty
Jays.
Notice for the foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish
ed monthly for four months ; for publishing Lost Pa
pers, for the full space of three months ; for compelling ti-
Im from Executors and Administrators, where a bond has
keen given by the deceased, for the space of three months
DANIEL & DISMUKE,
Attorneys at Law,
Will practice in the District Court of the United States
4k Marietta.
VetAn, Georgia*
t H. DANIEL, F. . DIBKITKE.
May 3,185 j. ts
W. POPE JORDAN,
All orn e y at Law,
Vebalon, Georgia.
WILL practice in ail the counties of the Flint Circuit.
May 3,1855. ts
J. If. MANGHAM,
Attorney At X*aw,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
May 3, 1855-ly I
WM. 11. F. IIALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ZEBULON GEORGIA.
Infer 4. 1555. 0-ts
3. A. B. WIIIIAMS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the Counties composing the Flint
Circuit. By permission, refers to Hon. Hiram War
ner, Greenville ; Levi M. Adams, Greenville ; Hon. G. J
Green, Griffin : Hon. James H. Stark, Griffin ; Rev. Will
iam Moseley, Griffin.
Jane 2nd. 1856 6 ly.
JOBKTH A. THRABBEK JAMES M. HAMBKICK
THRASHER k HAMBRICK,
ATTORNEYS A T L A W
MeDstiengh, Geargla.
April 30, 1856 1....1J
r. T. A. DOYLE, . *• BANBONK.
DOYLE k RANSONE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Griffin Georgia.
April 16, 1856 50....3m
tr T. DOTAL, 0. M. NOLAN.
DOYAL k NOLAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
RcDonoagh, Georgia.,
“IITILL practice in the counties of Henry, Fulton, Fay-
VY ette, Coweta. Spalding, Butts, Monroe and Newton
Reference—Themselves, “A a
April 2, 156 48....1y
Q . C . GRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA.
May 15,1856 3 ts.
JAMES H. STARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Grlßn. Georgia.^
■nwTILL practice in the Courts of the Flint Circuit, and
VV in the Supreme Court at Atlanta and Macon.
Feb. 13, 1856...-41....1y
J ARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office front Rooms, over John R. Wallace & Bros., corner
of White Hall and Alabama streets,
ATL.tYTA, GEORGIA.
Jannary 30,1856... .ts
W. L. GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAItIFFIX GEORGIA
Jannary 30, 1856 39 ly
HENRY HENDRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Jackson, Butt* County, Georgia
May *, 1855. ts
A. D. NUNNALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Jane, 27,1855. ly.
UNDERWOOD, HAMMOND & SON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
WILL give personal attention to all business entrusted
to their management, and attend the Sixth Circuit
Conrtof the United States, at Marietta, the Supreme Court
at Macon and Decatur, and the Superior Courts in Cobb,
Morgan, Newton, DcKalb, Fulton, Favctt*, Spalding, Pike,
Cam, Monroe, Upson, Bibb, Campbell, Coweta, Troup,
Whitfield and Gordon, in Georgia, and Hamilton county,
(Chattanooga,) in Tennessee. May 3,1855. ts
W. L. GRICE, WM. S. WALLACE.
GRICE & WALLACE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
QERSONS intrusting business to them may rely on their
X fidelity, promptness and care. Dec. to, ’65-33-iy.
GARTRELL& GLENN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
■awTILL attend the Courts in the Counties of Fulton, De-
W Kalb, Fayette, Campbell, Meriwether, Coweta, Car
tatl, Henry, Troup, Heard, Cobb, and Spalding.
LrcicsJ. Gartrell, I Luther J. Glenn,
Formerly of Washington, Ga. j Formerly of McDonough, Ga.
May 16, 1855. 3tf
WHITE LEAD!
KEGS No. 1, Extra and Pure White Lead, just re
MIU ceived and far sale by HILL & SMITH. 1
Griffin, 9qt ID, ? 65 ts
€mpr t §>latc.
Platform of the Democratic Party as
adopted by the Cincinnati
Convention.
Resolved, That the American Democracy
place their trust in the intelligence, the patri
otism and the discriminating justice of the
American people.
Resolved, That we regard this as a distinc
tive feature of our creed, which we are proud
to maintain before the world as a great elc
. ment in a form of Government springing from
and upheld by a populor will ; and we con
’ trast it with the creed and practice of Feder
alism, under whatever name or form, which
■ seeks to palsy the vote of the constituent, and
which conceives no imposture too monstrous
i for the popular credulity.
Resolved, therefore, that entertaining these
views, the Democratic Party of the Union,
through their delegates assembled in a gene
ral Convention of the States, convening to
gether in a spirit of concord, of devotion to
the doctrines and faith of a free representative
Government, and appealing to their fellow-cit
izens for the rectitude of their intentions, re
new and re-assert before the American people
the declarations of principles avowed by them,
when on former occasions, in general Conven
tion, they presented their candidates for the
popular suffrages.
1 That the Federal Government is one of
limited powers, derived solely from the Consti
tution, and the grants of powers made thereiu
ought to be strictly construed by all the de
partments and agents of the Government, and
that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exer
cise doubtful constitutional powers.
• 2. That the Constitution does not confer up
on the General Government the power to com
mence and carry on a general system of inter
nal improvements.
3. That the Constitution does not confer au
thority upon the Federal Government, directly
or indirectly, to assume the debts of the seve
ral States, contracted for local internal im
provements, or other State purposes, nor would
suh assumption be just or expedient.
4 That justice and sound policy forbid the
Federal Government to foster one branch of
industry to the detriment of any other, or to
cherish the interests of one portion to the inju
ry of another portion of our eommou country ;
that every citizen and every section of the
country has a right to demand and insist upon
an equality of rights and privileges, and a
complete and ample protection of persons and
property from domestic violence and foreign
aggression.
5 That it is the duty of every branch of
the Government to enforce and practice the
most rigid economy in conducting our public
affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be
raised than is required to defray the necessary
expenses of the Government, and for the gra
dual but certain extinction of the public debt.
6. That Congress has no power to charter a i
National Bank ; that we believe such an itisti- :
tution one of deadly hostility to the best inter
ests of our country, dangerous to our republican
institutions and the liberties of the people, and
calculated to place the business of the country
within the control of a concentrated money
power, and above the laws and will of the peo
ple ; and that the results of Democratic legis
lation in this and all other financial measures
upon which issues have been made between the
two political parties of the country, have de
mons rated to practical men of all parties their
soundness, safety and utility in all business
pursuits.
1. That the separation of the moneys of the
Government from all banking institutions, is
indispensable for the safety of the funds of the
Government and the rights of the people.
8. That the liberal principles embodied by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence,
and sanctioned in the Constitution, which
makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum
of the oppressed of every Nation, have ever
been cardinal principles in the Democratic
faith, and every attempt to abridge the privi
lege of becoming citizens and owners of soil
among us, ought to be resisted with the same
spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws
from our statute book.
9. That Congress has no power under the
Constitution to interfere with or control the
domestic institutions of the several States, and
that all such States are the sole and proper
judges of every thing appertaining to their own
affairs not prohibited by the Constitution ; that
all efforts of the Abolitionists or others, made
to induce Congress to interfere with questions
of slavery, or to take incipient steps iu relation
thereto, are calculated to lead to the most
alarming and dangerous consequences, and
that all such efforts have an inevitable tenden
cy to diminish the happiness of the people and
endanger the stability and permanency of the
Union, and ought not to be countenanced by
any friend of our political institutions.
Resolved, Thus the foregoing proposition
covers and was intended to embrace the whole
subject of slavery agitation in Congress, and
therefore the Democratic Party of the Union,
standing on this National Platform, will abide
by and adhere to a faithful execution of the
acts known as the compromise measures settled
by Congress, the act for reclaiming fugitives
from service or labor included, which act being
designed to carry out an express provision of
the Constitution, cannot, with fidelity thereto,
be repealed, or so changed as to destroy or im
pair its efficiency.
Resolved, That the Democratic Party will
resist all attempts at renewing in Congress or
out of it, the agitation of the slavery question,
under whatever shape or color the attempt
may be made.
Resolved, That the proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacredly applied to the na
tional objects specified in the Constitution,
and that we are opposed to any law for the
distribution of such proceeds among the States,
as alike inexpedient in policy and repugnant
to the Constitution.
Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed
to taking from the President the qualified veto
power, by which he is enabled, under restric
tions and responsibilities amply sufficient to
guard the public interests, to suspeud the pas
sage of a bill whose merits cannot secure the
approval of two-thirds of the Senate a>d
House of Representatives until the judgement
( of the people can be obtained thereon, and
‘ which hat saved the American people from the
“ $o oi|lr Jotoelrs —Jije tofeoie 6ot|rse&s Cotfineof fe Oijfg.”
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER i7, i856.
corrupt and tyranical dominion of the Bank of
the United States, and from a corrupting sys
tem of general internal improvements.
Resolved, That the democratic party will
faithfully abide by and uphold the principles
laid down in the Kentucky and Virginia reso
lutions of 1192 and 1198, and in the report of
Mr. Madison to the Virginia Legislature
in 1199; that it adopts those principles as
constituting one of the main foundations of its
political creed and is resolved to carry them
out on their obvious meaning and import.
Resolved, That in view of the condition of the
popular institutions in the Old World, a high
and sacred duty is involved with increased respon
sibility upon the Democracy of this country,
as the party of the people, to uphold and main
tain the rights of every State, and thereby
the union of the States—and to sustain and ad
vance among them constitutional liberty, by
continuing to resist all monopolies and exclu
sive legislation for the benefit of the few at the
expense of the many, and by a vigilant and
constant adherence to those principles and com
promises of the Constitution—which are broad
euougli to embrace and uphold the Union as it
is, and the Union as it should be—in the full
expansion of the energies and capacity of this
great and progressive people.
The first part of the report embraces the
general principles of the last convention, and
reaffirms the Baltimore platform of 1852. It
then proceeds as follows:
And whereas, since the foregoing declara
tion was unanimously adopted by our predeces
sors in National Conventions,and adverse poli
tical and religious test has been secretly or
ganized by a party claiming to be exclusively
Americans, and it is proper that the American
Democracy should clearly define its relations
thereto : Therefore—
Resolved, That the foundation of this union
of States having been laid in its prosperity,
expansion, and pre-eminent example in free
government, built upon entire freedom in mat
ters of religious concern, and no respect of
persons in regard to rank or place of birth, no
party can justly be deemed national, constitu
tional or in accordance with American princi
ples, which bases its exclusive organization up
on religious opinions and accidental birth
place.
That we reiterate with renewed energy of
purpose, the well-considered declarations of for
mer Conventions, upon the sectional issue of
domestic slavery, and concerning she reserved
rights of the States, and that we may more
distinctly meet the issue on which a sectional
party, subsisting exclusively of slavery agita
tion, now relies to test the fidelity of the peo
ple, North and South, to the Constitution and
the Union
Resolved, That claiming fellowship with,
and desiring the co-operation of all who regard
the preservation of the Union, under the Con
stitution, as the paramount issue, and repudi
ating all sectional parties and platforms con
cerning domestic slavery, which seek to embroil
the States and incite to treason and armed re
sistance to law in the Territories ; and whose
avowed purpose, if consummated, must end in
civil war and disunion, the American Democra
cy recognize and adopt the-principlcs contained
in the organic laws establishing the Territories
of Kansas and Nebraska as embodying the on
ly sound and safe solution of the slavery ques
tion upon which the great national idea of the
people of this whole country in its determinad
conservatism of the Union, non-interference by
Congress with slavery in States and Territories;
that this was the basis of the Compromise of
1850, confirmed by both the Democratic and
Whig parties in National Conventions; ratified
by the people in the election of 1852, and right
ly applied to the organization of Territories in
1854; that the uniform application of this Dem
ocratic principle to the organization of Territo
ries and the admission of new States, with or
without domestic slavery, as they may elect,
the equal rights of all the States will be pre
served intact, the original compacts of the Con
stitution maintained inviolate, and the perpetu
ation and expansion of this Union insured to its
utmost capacity of embracing, in peace and
harmony, every future American State that
may be constituted or annexed with a repub
lican form of government.
Resolved, That wc recognize the right of
the people of all the Territories, including Kan
sas and Nebraska, acting through the fairly
expressed will of the majority of actual residents
and whenever the number of their inhabitants
justifies it, to form a constitution, with or with
out domestic slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon terms of perfect equality with the
other States.
Resolved, That, in view of the condition of
the popular institutions of the Old World, and
the dangerous tendencies of sectional agitation,
combined with the attempt to enforce civil and
religious disabilities against the rights of acquir
ing citizenship in our own land, a high and sa
cred duty has devolved an increased responsi
bility upon the democratic party of this coun
try, as the party of the Union, to uphold and
maintain the rights of every State, and thereby
to sustain and advance among us constitutional
liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies
and exclusive legislation for the benefit of the
few at the expense of the many, and by vigi
lant adherence to those principles and the com
promises of the Constitution which are broad
and strong enough to embrace and uphold the
Union as it was, the Union as it is, and the
Union as it shall be in the full expansion of the
energies and capacity of this great progressive
people.
Resolved, That the questions connected
with the foreign policy of the country are infe
rior to no domestic question whatever; that
the time has come when the people of the Uni
ted States should declare themselves in favor
of free seas, of progressive free trade through
out the world, and by solemn manifestations
place their moral influence by the side of their
successful example.
Resolved, That our geograpical and political
position with reference to other States of this
continent, no less than the interest of onr com
merce and the development of our growing pow
er, requires that we hold sacred the principles
involved in the Monroe doctrine; that their
bearing and import should admit of no miscon
struction, and should be applied with unbend
ing rigidity.
Resolved, That a great highway of nature,
as well as the assent of those States most im
mediately interested in its maintenance; has
been marked out for a free communication be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and
constitutes one of the most important achieve
ments realized by the spirit of modern times
and the unconquerable energy of our people;
that this result should be secured by the timely
and effieient control which have a right to
claim over it; that no power on earth should be
suffered to impede or clog its progress; nor
should we allow any interference with the rela
tions which it may suit our policy to establish
with the government of States within whose
dominion it lies; that wc can, under no circum
stances, surrender our preponderence in the ad
justment of all questions arising out of it.
Resolved, That, in view of so com
manding an interest, the people of the United
States cannot but sympathise with the efforts
which are being made by the people of Central
America to regenerate that portion of the con
tinent covers the ‘passage across the
oceanic Isthmus.
Resolved, That the democratic party will
expect of the next Administration that every
proper effort will be made to insure our ascen
dency in the Gulf of Mexico, to maintain a
permanent protection of the great outlets thro’
which are emptied into its waters the products
raised upon the soil, and the commodities crea
ted by the industry of the people of our west
ern valleys, and the Union at lai’ge.
The Platform
Os the American Party of Georgia, adopted by
tht Stale Council of Macon, June 21, 1855.
Resolved Ist. That we ratify and approve of
the platform of principles adopted by the late
National Council of the American Party at
Philadelphia.
2. That the American Party unqualifiedly
condemns, and will ever endeavor to counteract
all efforts, by any sect or party, to bring about
a union of Church and State, and utterly dis
claims any intention to prescribe a religious test
as a qualification for office.
3. That as the naturalization laws have been
so long perverted to the basest purposes, by
corrupt political demagogues, as to cause the
foreign element to grow up to be a dangerous
power in our midst, deciding our political con
tests as it pleases, there exists an impressive ne
cessity for their radical modification, and strict
er enforcement.
4. That we re-affirm the Georgia Platform
of 1850, as indicating the right policy in the
event of the contingencies therein mentioned—
and we hereby pledge ourselves to stand by and
carry out its principles.
5. That we unqualifiedly condemn the ad
ministration of President Pierce, for the ap
pointment of foreigners to represent our coun
try abroad ; for appointing and retaining free
soilers in office ; and especially do we condemn
the President for not removing Gov. Reeder
from office, when it was first known that he
had used his official station both to enable him
to speculate in the Indian Reservations and to
sustain and carry out the views of the frecsoil
party of Kansas.
6. That the Council, (while repudiating the
policy of allowing, in the future legislation of
the country, unnaturalized foreigners to vote
in the territorial election,) regards all opposi
tion to the principles of the Nebraska Kansas
Act, in relation to slavery, as hostility to the
constitutional rights of the South ; and all
persons who partake in such opposition, unfit
to be recognized as members of the American
Party.
1. That w r e concur in the opinion expressed
in the meeting of our fellow-citizens of Colum
bus, held on the 26th day of May, 1854, that
the time has arrived when onr fellow-citizens
should cease from their dissensions, and forget
the differences which have separated them ;
and that a common danger and common enemy
should unite as for our common defence and
safety, and that we will co-operate with all
who may unite with us in the endeavor to ac
complish so noble aud patriotic an object.
8. That the Western & Atlantic Railroad
was projected and built for the general good of
the whole people of Georgia, and we utterly
condemn any policy which has sought, or which
may seek to make it subservient to the interest
or purpose of any political party whatever.
9. That we are in favor of the acquisition of
Cuba, whenever it can be accomplished upon
fair and honorable grounds, or whenever any
Europeanpporerw r er shall seek to make it a point
from which to assail the rights and institutions
of any portion of this country ; and that we
strongly condemn the vascilating policy of the
administration, as calculated, if not designed,
to defeat the acquisition of that Island.
WM. HONE, President of State Council.
Geo. Jones, Secretary, pro. tem.
American Platform,
Adopted at the Session of the National American
Council, February 21, 1856.
1. An humble acknowledgement to the Su
preme Being for His protecting care vouchsaf
ed to our fathers in their successful revolution
ary struggle, and hitherto manifested to us,
their descendants, in the preservation of their
liberties, the independence and the union of
these States.
2. The perpetuation of the Federal Union
as the palladium of our civil and religious liber
ties, and the only sure bulwark of American
Independence.
3. Americans must rule America ; and to
this end, native-born citizens should be selected
for all State, Federal and municipal offices or
government employment in preference to all
others ; nevertheless,
4. Persons born of American parents resid
ing temporarily abroad, should be entitled to
all the rights of native-born citizens ; but
5. No person should be selected for political
station (whether of native or foreign birth)
who recognizes any allegiance or obligation of
any description to any foreign prince, poten
tate* o t power* or who refuses to recognize the
Federal and State Constitutions (each within
its sphere) as paramount to all other laws, as
rules of political action.
6. The unqualified recognition and mainte
nance of the reserved rights of the several
States, and the cultivation of harmony and fra
ternal good will between the citizens of the
several States ; and to this end, noti-interfer-
ence by Congress with questions appertaining
solely to the individual States, and non-inter
vention by each State with the affairs of any
Other State.
I. The recognition of the right of tlife iiative
born and naturalized citizens of tliC United
States, permanently residing in any territory
thereof, to frame their constitution and laws,
and to regulate their domestic and sOcial af
fairs in their own mode, subject only to the
provisions of the Federal Constitution* with the
privilege of admission into the Union whenever
they have the requisite population for one re
presentative in Congress ; Provided, always,
that none but those who are citizens of the
United States, under the Constitution and laws
thereof, and who have a fixed residence in any
such territory, ought to participate in the for
mation of the Constitution, or in the enactment
of laws for said territory or State.
8. An enforcement of the principle that no
State or Territory ought to admit others than
citizens of jthe to the right, of
suffrage, or of nolding political office.
9. A change in the laws of naturalization,
making a continued residence of twenty-one
years of all not hereinbefore provided for, an
indispensible requisite for citizenship hereafter,
and excluding all paupers and persons convict
ed of crime, from landing upon our shores ;
but no interference with the vested rights of
foreigners.
10. Opposition to any union between Church
and State ; no interference with religious faith
or worship, and test oaths for office.
11. Free and thorough investigation into
any and all alleged abuses of public functiona
ries, and a strict economy in public expendi
tures.
12. The maintenance and enforcement of all
laws constitutionally enacted until said laws
shall be repealed, or shall be declared null and
void by competent judicial authority.
13. Opposition to the reckless and unwise
policy of the present administration in the gen
eral management of our natioaal affairs, and
more especially as shown in removing “Ameri
cans” (by designation) and conservatives in
principle from office, and placing foreigners and
ultraists in their places, as shown in a truckling
subserviency to the stronger, and insolent and
cowardly bravado towards the weaker powers,
as shown in re-opening sectional agitation by the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise; as shown
in granting to unnaturalized foreigners the right
of suffrage in Kansas and Nebraska ; as shown
in its vascilating course on the Kansas and Ne
braska question ; as shown in the corruptions
which pervade some of the departments of the
government ; as shown in disgracing meritori
ous naval officers through prejudice or ca
price ; and as shown in the blundering misman
agement of our foreign relations!
14. Therefore, to remedy existing evils, ahd
prevent the disastrous consequences otherwise
resulting therefrom, we would build up the
“American Party” upon the principles herein
before stated,
15. That each State Cdtiticil simil havfe au
thority to amend their several constitutions, SO
as to abolish the several degrees, ahd institute
a pledge of honor instead of other obligations
for fellowship and admission into the Party.
16. A free and open discussion of all politi
cal principles embraced in onr platform.
’Flie Black Republican Platform of
June 17th, 1856.
This Convention of Delegates assembled in
pursuance of a call addressed to the people of
the Unitea States, without regard to past po
litical differences or divisions, who are opposed
to the. repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the
policy of the present administration, to the ex
tension of slavery into free territory, in fator of
the admission Os Kansas as a free State* of re
storing the action of the Federal GroVernment
to the principles of Washington and Jefferson,
and for the purpose of presenting candidates
for the offices of President and Yice Prisident*
do
1. Resolve, That the maintenance of the
principles promulgated in the Declaration of
Independence, and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, are essential to the preservation
of our Republican Institutions, and that the
Federal Constitution, the rights of the States,
and the union of the States shall be preserved.
2. That with our republican fathers, we hold
it to be a self-evident truth that all men are
endowed with the inalienable right of life, li
berty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that
the primary object and ulterior design of our
Federal Government are to secure those rights
to all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction ;
that as our republican fathers, when they had
abolished slavery in all the national territory,
ordained that no person should be deprived of
life, liberty, or property, without due process
of law, it becomes our duty to maintain this
provision of the Constitution against all at
tempts to violate it for the purpose Os establish
ing slavery in the United States by positive
legislation, prohibiting its existence or exten
sion therein. That we deny the authority of
Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, or any
individual, or association of individuals, to give
legal assistance to slavery in any territory of
the United States while the present Constitu
tion shall be maintained:
3. That the Constitution confers tipon Con
gress sovereign power over tho territories of the
United States fbr thfeir government, and that
in the exercise of this power, it is both the
right and the duty of Congress, to prohibit iu
the territories those twin relics of barbarism —
polygamy and slavery.
4. That while the Constitution of the United
States was ordained and established by the
people in order to “form a moire perfect tinion,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defence, and secure the
blessings of liberty,” and contains ample provi
sions for the protection of life, liberty, and pro
perty of every citizen* the dearest constitution
al rights Os the people of Kansas have been
fraudulently and violently taken frotn them :
Their territory has been invaded by an arm
ed force ;
Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial
and executive officers have been set over thenri,
by whose usurped authority, sustained by the
military power of the Government, tyrannical
and unconstitutional laws have been enacted
and enforced ;
leirhis—s3,oo; fWbwce*
The rights of the people to keep and ben#
arms hare bCeti infringed ;
Test oaths of an extraordinary dhd entang
ling nature hate been imposed as a condition
of exercising the right Os suffrage add holding
office ;
The right of an accused peffedii to a speedy
and public trial iif an impartial jury has been
denied j
The fight Os the people to be secure ip their
persons, houses, paper's; and effects against un
reasonable searches and seizures has been vio*
lated ;
They have been deprived Os life; liberty and
property W ithout dtie process of law •
That the freedom Os speech and of the preaa
has been abridged ;
The right to choose theif representatives hafii
been made Os no effect ;
Murders, robberies, and arsons have been in
stigated and encouraged; ahd the Offenders have
been allowed to gd Unpunished.
That all these things hate been done with
thdknowledge,sanction’ and pr uehremeht of
the present administration; and that for this
high crime against the Constitution, the Union,
and humanity, we arraign the administration*
the President, his advisers, agents,- supporters;
apologists, and accessories, either before or af
ter the facts, before the country and before the
world * and that it is Our fixed purpose to
bring the actual perpetrators of these atrocious
outrages and their accomplices; to a sure and
condign punishment hereafter.
5. That Kansas should. be immediately ad
mitted as a State Os the Union; with her pre
sent free Coiistitution, as at once the most ef
fectual way of securing to her citizens the en
joyment of the rights and privileges to which
they are entitled; ahd of ending the civil strife
now raging in her territory.
6. That the highwayman’s plea that “might
makes right,” imbodied in the Ostend Circular;
was in every respect unworthy of American di
plomacy, and would bring shame and dishonor
upon any government of people that gave it
their sanction.
7. That a rail road to the Pacific Ocean by
the most central and practical route, is impera
tively demanded by the interests of the whole
country; and that the Federal Government
ought to render immediate and efficient aid in
its construction; and as an auxiliary thereto;
the immediate construction of an emigrant route
on the line of the fail rbad:
8. That appropriations by Congress for the
improvement of rivers and harbors of a nation
al character required for the accommodation
and security of our existing commerce, are au
thorized by the Constitution, and justified by
the obligation of government to protect the
lives and property of its citizens.
9. That ■we invite the affiliation and co-opo*
ration of the men Os till parties, however dif
fering frOin us in Other respects; in support of
the principles herein declared; arid believing
that the Spirit Os our institutions as well as the
Constitution of otir country; guarantees liberty
of conscience and equality of rights among cit
izens; we oppose all legislation impairing their
security:
The separate resolutions were read in perfect
and each was received with hearty ap
plause. That following the resolution con
demning polygamy and slavery was tremen
dous.
After sOme conversation in relation to the
last words of the last resolution, a delegate
from New Ybrk offered the following :
Resolved, That this Convention proceed im
mediately to take an informal vote for the can
didate for President of the United States, toi
be supported by the iteptibliCan Party of the
tlnited States* [Loud cheers.]
Numerous speeches were made for and
against the resolution, Which finally passed.
Judge Spalding then read a letter front
Judge McLean ; and by virtue of a trust Con
fided to him, Withdraw that gentleman’s name
from the list of candidates:
“Opposition to the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise,’* is a leading feature in both thd
foregoing platforms—the first occupied by Mr.
Fremont, and the latter by Mr. Fillmore.
One of the Polh Yes.— Among tbe many
anecdotes of the late gubernatorial canvass;
we heard one the other day which illustrates
the progress of intelligence iii certain portion s
of the State where a newspaper is as great a
Curiosity as a roll Os Egyptian papyrus. A
settler down in the swamp country, having
heard that Mr. Polk would pass along the road
near his house on a certain day, and that Hd
would be known by tile two fatildus white mules,
determined to get a look at the great hian of
whom he had heard so much. Seatiug himself
on a log, he waited patiently for several hours;
whittling a piece of red cedar, and whistling
the “Arkansas traveler.” At length the two
white moles came trotting down the road, and
the stfaihpite arose, and doffing his coOnskim
efied Out. ‘‘l say, stranger, your name is Polk;
ain’t it?”
Being answered iii the nmmativO; bfe faitipeq
Off the log, threw down his whittling stick, and
striding up to the buggy, grasped Mr. Polk by
the hand. , .. ,
“Well, darn yOur picture,’’.Said he, “iflaint
awful glad to see you I’m going to vote sos
you—you can bet your bottom dollar on that!
You made a furst rate President, and I kndvr
you’ll do for Governor !”
“Thank you,” said the candidate, biit. you
are laboring under a misapprehension—l am
Trusten—”
“Yes, I know you arc trustiti’ tothedimmy
crats to put you through; and they’ll dd it as
easy as rollin’ off a log. I gin you my ydtfewhen
you was rtinriin’ for President, arid I’m just A
goin* to plump it down for yoti tig ain.”
After several ineffectual attempts to explain
to the swamp man that he was not James K.
Polk, the canvasser whipped up his mules,
leaving his enthusiastic supporter wavin g hi*
coonskin, and shouting—"Hoora for Polk, tha
best President that ever wore harl”
\\ ho will say, after this, that there is noth
ing in a name? Ss. Louis JHerald.
A Curious iNctoENf.—Nine brothers, living
in different localities over a region of country
2,000 miles in extent, recently met in Chicago
to proceed to St Laurence county, N. Y:, to,
visit an aged mother.
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