liraWortThjiortcr. E. (J. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOW A NT ) A : Catnrbaii fßornmn, September 13, 1833. REPUBLIC A X CAXDIDA PES. FOR CANAI, COMMTSHFOXKR, PASSMORS WILLIAMSON, of Philad'a. FOR REPUF.SESTATI V E-=, BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, of Dureil, JUDSON HOLCOMB, of Rome. FOR COCNTY COMMISSIONER. PERLEY H. BUCK, of Pike. FOR TKKASI KKH, EZRA C. KELLOGG, of Monroe township. FOR Arnrrott, r CHRISTOPHER CHILD, of Smithfield. ELECTION TUESDAY. OCTOBER !). THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, We raise to our mast-head the names of the candidates presented by the Republican Coun ty Mass Convention, for the suffrages of the Freemen of Bradford. In doing so, we take occasion to express our gratification that they should be so deserving of the support of our voters. It should be a source of congratula tion to the Republicans of Bradford that they have candidates whose reputation for ability to discharge the duties of the several stations in connexion with which they have been named, is of the highest order, and whose character for honesty, affability and integrity is unquestioned. In selecting a ticket, the Convention, being on assemblage of the voters en masse, through their chairman appointed a committee for that purpose, representing nearly every election dis trict in the County, who reported to the meet ing the names composing the present ticket.— Their action was then unanimously approved of by the Convention, with every appearance of enthusiasm and satisfaction. Thus, for once, we have candidates emanating directly from the people, without the interference of politi cians, and uucontamiuated by bargains and promises and log-rolling. IN e need hardly say, that for Representa tives the Convention re-nominated BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, of Dure/1, JUDSOX IIOLCOMB, of Rome. Ihe Republicans of Bradford have never, for a moment, considered the names of any other persons as candidates for this important post. Xo other candidate lias ever been sug gested. The propriety and necessity for their re-nomination was too evident. It was due to the fidelity with which they discharged their duties during the last session, and the uniform consistency with which they maintained their principles upon all occasions. Messrs. LAPORTE and lIOIXOMH, in their Legislative career, have uniformly acted together upon all the impor tant questions which were agitated. We point to their action with satisfaction, and challenge for their legislative career the closest scrutiny. For County Commissioner, is presented for the suffrages of the voters of Bradford, the name of FLRLK\ 11. BUCK, of Pike. It has been our privilege to be associated with Mr. B. in the contests for Freedom in this county, and we speak from an intimate know ledge of his character and qualifications for the important office he is selected to fill. He is a gentleman well qualified by education, and his business habits are of the very first order. The growing interests of this large County de mand that the Commissioner should be a first rate business man, of inflexible honesty, of good judgment, and a high degree of firmness. All these are combined in an eminent manner in Mr. BCCE, as the universal testimony of his acquaintances will witness. EZRA C. KELLOGG, of ATonroe, selected as the candidate for County Treasurer, is better known to the voters of the county, having on a former occasion, been before them for their suffrages. Perhaps the flattering vote given him bv his neighbors, at that time, is a better endorsement of his character and stand ing than anything we could say. His reputa tion for honesty and integrity is unquestioned, and his qualifications for the office of Treasur er, of the highest order. That the financial affairs of the Couuty will bo efficiently manag ed by him, we have no doubt, and we earnest ly recommend him to the support of those with whom we have always acted, as a candidate worthy of their best exertions. CHIUfcIOPHEII CHILI), of Smtf/ificltl, was selected as a candidate for fhe office of County Auditor. Politically speaking this post is not of the slightest importance, but to the tax-payers of the ( ouuty it is of immense mag nitude. It requires for its proper discharge, a ready and intelligent business-man, conversant with the County business, ready to detect ex travagance or imposition, and willing and de termined to prevent ail abuses. Such we believe we can recommend in the person of Mr. CHILD, than whom no man sustains a better reputation for ability and probity. Such is the ticket presented by the Republi cans of Bradford. N\ e have, on many occas ions, taken pride in our candidates, but never have we been able to urge the merits of a tick et with such unqualified sincerity and unalloyed pleasure. Fresh from the people, these candi dates are distinguished by their eminent fitness for the stations they have been selected to fill. Each voter as he goes to the polls on the second Tuesday of October, and deposites his ballot for the Republican candidates, can do so with the proud consciousness that heisnotoulv advancing his principles, but that he is voting for men who will carefully g„an( all the interests confided to their hands. THE REPUBLICAN MASS CONVENTION. Let the friends of Freedom in Bradford be of good cheer ! The principle of justice and right for which we arc contending, is neither " crushed out'' by the power and patronage and denunciation of the General Administration, nor is it to be hereafter bound down and crip i pled by the shackles of party. The pure flame upon the altar of Liberty burns clearer and brigher and loftier than ever, proclaiming the great and undying truth, that "resistance to j tyrants is obedience to God." The Freemen ot Bradford have arisen in their iudcpcudeuce j and their strength, and declared that they will present an united and unbroken front in the great struggle which is now going on between Slavery and Freedom. They have spontaneous ly and solemnly declared that the issues and contentions of the past, have no longer vitality —that the continuation of past party associa tions can only have the effect to divide and weaken those who are struggling heart and mind for a common purpose—and they have, with singular unanimity, resolved to break the fetters of party, and under the glorious banner | of their common principles, do battle in uuison against the usurping and lawless power which threatens to subvert the principles for which our forefathers poured out their blood. In another column, will be found the pro ceedings of the Republican Mass Convention held at this place, on Monday evening last.— The record will show the character and stand ing of those who. participated in.it. It was a gathering which by its enthusiastic and deter mined action, and by the outspoken and man ly expression of its principles, may well cheer and invigorate to active exertions the friends of the good cause. It is gratifying indeed, to see active partizans, arrayed for years past in antagonism, at the call of principle lay by the prejudices and recollections of old conflicts,and | eoiue up shoulder to shoulder, in a common i cause. Such a spectacle will give new courage |to the friends ot Freedom everywhere. It j shows that the people are honest and indepen , dent—that they have conscientiously differed [ on questions of principle, but that now when reason for differences no longer exist, thev are ready to unite in defence of the liberties they hold so dear. The meeting of Monday night shows how strong a hold the principle of Freedom has in the hearts of the Freemen of Bradford—that it has a lodgment there, which the arts of po litical demagogues and the wiles of selfish and ambitious men can never shake. The timid may hesitate, the corrupt may oppose, the as pirant may doubt and cavil, but the course of our true yeomanry is onward and upward, guided by the polar star of Freedom, and ac tuated by a determination to oppose on all oc casions, and in every form, the extension of slavery. lo the proceedings of this meeting we invite the attention of our readers. Look at the names of those participating in it. Arc they not those who, belonging to both the late po litical parties, have always been the determin ed opponents of slavery-extension ? Has there ever been the shadow of a variation upon this question, in the course of those w ho now erect the Republican banner, and under its broad folds, emblazoned with the glorious principles of Freedom, are determined to fight on, fight ever, as long as slavery shall have desigys up on the Free Soil of the Republic ? To the principles enunciated, we proudly direct the scrutiny of all those who have at heart the cause of equal rights. There will be fouud no attempt at deception or double-dealing ; no evasion of the great questions crowding them selves upon us for settlement; no trifling, nor truckling, nor fawning to party or the slave in terest ; no attempt to cover ulterior designs by false pretences but in the platform as laid down by the Republican Convention, there speaks out the sentiments of the people ; the throbbings of the popular heart have utterance, in manly, honest, significant, emphatic tones, which there can be no mistaking. There can be no misconstruing the sentiments of that par ty—they are an undying, uuceasing, uncompro mising hostility to the aggrandizing and aggres sive spirit of slavery. lo that standard, all holding similar views have been cordially invited. It will always be found in coming contests in the thickest of the fray, and rallying around it will be a baud of devoted defenders, whom patronage cannot corrupt, nor denunciations awe ; but who will endeavor to effect the purpose for which it was erected, and which should be the highest de sire of every patriot, to separate the Govern ment from all connexion with slavery— to keep its baleful and prostituting influence from iu \ading the halls of Congress—and from influ encing the Federal Judiciary to acts of tvrau ny and oppression worthy of the days of JEFF REYS—to bring back the Government to the original and simple design of its founders, and make it the instrument for carrying out the purposes f>r which it was instituted, instead of becoming a mighty engine to forward the plans of the slavery-propagandists. In a word, the design is, to make Freedom Xational, and Sla very sectional. All who may sincerely desire to effect these great objects, are invited to join ' the Republican banner, and in conjunction with the Republicans of the other free States en deavor to place in the Presidential chair in 185(1 a President who will not humble himself in the dust before the slave power, and become the mere tool and instrument of that interest, lending his influence to forward their purposes and throwing the whole weight of the Govern ment into the scale in favor of the usurpations ' of slavery-propagandism. f®-Tlie Republicans of Tioga county have nominated T. L. BALDWIN, for re-election, as Representative, will see that it is done. THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION. It was hardly to be expected that a body composed of such discordant elements as Yvas the late Democratic County Convention, should speak out in unambiguous language upon any question. Those who have looked over its pro ceedings will not fail to recognize amongst its most active and leading members, the names qf those Yvho have been for years opposed to the action of the true democracy of this Omuty; who have been consistent in nothing but uni form opposition to the sentiments of Freedom held by our citizens, who have endeavored in every way to defeat and embarrass the utter ance of those principles, and have been ojieu and constant friends and advocates of pro-sla very doctrines. This YVC may add, is not the case with all Yvho participated in the Convention. There were, YVC knoYv, those amongst its members, who are true to the cause of Freedom, and would not willingly do anything to retard it. That such are dissatisfied Yvitli the action of the Convention, Yve also know, and will give to the success of the Republican cause their best energies. We arraign that Convention, for placing in nomination for Representative VICTOR E. PIOL- I.ET ; because he has been for years the sup porter of pro-slavery sentiments, the advocate of pro-slavery men ; the opponent of the Free men of Bradford County. The position for which he is named, is one which bears directly upon the question at issue. The next Legis lature has the election of an U. S. Senator to represent this Commonwealth for the next six years. It is important that a true friend of , Freedom should be chosen. Do the Freemen j of Bradford county desire to have another Biton lIKAD to misrepresent them for six years to come ? In that time this great and momen tous question will probably lie settled. HOYV 1 important then, that a tried and true friend of j Freedom should be in the Senate. We arraign that Convention, for an evasion i of the great questions of the day—for a relue ; taut aud sneaking notice of those matters which i are now engaging most earnestly the attention of our people. For failing to denounce in pro per terms the outrages in Kansas ; for omit ting to mention in any manner, the unjustifia ble removal of Gov. KEEPER ; for failing to reprobate the of slavery, and for silently passing over the Administration of PIERCE without rebuke ; for failing to notice the late outrageous decision of Judge KANE, whereby Pennsylvania becomes virtually a slave State ; and for failing to point out any reme dy for these outrages and usurpations by the slave power. h reemen of Bradford, are yon afraid to speak your sentiments in regard to these matters?— Are you Yvilling to have it go abroad that you dure not express yoar opposition to the Repeal of the Alissouri Compromise ; your detestation of an Administration which has forgotten its pledges and its duty to the country ? Arc you willing to have your voice silenced in regard to the removal of Gov. REEDER ; and your de termination to oppose the aggressions of slave ry stifled by a so-called Democratic Conven tion ? If you are not Yvilliug to become stulti fied or to be thus misrepresented, you cannot give your sanction or support to that Conven tion. If you have been consistent in your past ac tion—if you have been honest in your previous ly expressed sentiments—how can you give up all by voting for nominees of this Convention, thus endorsing its proceedings, and particular ly how can you support VICTOR E. PIOI.LET, whom you all knoYv as the opponent of every principle of freedom you have ever held most dear. It is an insult to your honesty, an imputation upon your intelligence, to suppose you capable \ of doing any such thing. The meu YVIIO have so often rallied in defence of their principles,! cannot be cheated nor brow-beat into the siqv port of a candidate Yvho has been opposing their principles and their champions for years. Such a reproach will never attach to the freemen ! of Bradford. Local questions may be pander- 1 cd with,every township interest he appealed to, but the yeomanry of Bradford Yvill rise above such narrow considerations, and proudly and independently assert their principles, and re buke those who would seek to lead them astray. THE PROSPECT. A\ c wish to convey to our Republican friends ! throughout the county, the nnmislakeable j evidence of the success of this ticket, which j reaches us from every part of the County. 1 The importance of the movement has been so long manifest to the public mind that the mass of the voters are hailing it with the utmost enthusiasm. Before its sweeping progress, the ' feeble barrier of party ties are broken down, — i the narrow designs of interested politicians in-' terpose iu vain, to prevent the sspontaneous ex pression" of the popular Yvill. The people arc always ahead of politicians in all great move- j ments, and crush beneath the wheel of their progression, the selfish, the calculating aud the hesitating. But it is not enough that our ticket shall be successful. The best energies of every Free men should be devoted to the cause of Freedom, from this time until election. Our object is not merely to elect onr candidates, but to give them such a majority as shall demonstrate the hold our principles have in our hearts. To this end every vote cast contribuces. Let the Re publican ticket be triumphant by 2000 majority, and Yve shall be ready iu 1850 to give the Re-, publican candidate for President a majority in this County, of nearly or qnite 5000. •6?* Ihe proceedings of Court are unavoida bly eroYvded out of this week's paper. i The County Superintendent. TOYYANDA, Sept. 11, 1855. B. Lafortf. ovd J. llvlovmb, ESIJS : GENT: —-The object of this communication is to ascertain your views in regard to the of fice of County Superintendent of Common Schools. If elected to the Legislature would you be in favor of repealing the law erecting said office ? Very respectfully, J A MKS 11. WE HIJ, ASH Kit HUNTINGTON, ULYSSES MOODY, lIENKY (JAYLORI), JAMES HODGE, H. W. TRACY. TOWAXDA, Sept. 12, 1855. j (i EXTREME v :—Your letter in relation to the i office of County Superintendent is before us, j and we cheerfully reply to your enquiry. The ! law of last winter in regard to common schools contains thirteen sections, and is general in its character. It was projected by the committee on Education, and advocated by the School i Department as necessary to perfect our Com mon school system. Some counties ia the state had manifested a disposition to increase ther salary of their County Superintendent, and the Sth section was framed and inserted to give such as desired it an opportunity to do so, on petition of a majority of the boards of School, Directors to the State Superintendent. This section did not give us any uneasiness, as we supposed the matter would be safe in the hands of the School Directors, coming directly from i the people. We did not look upon"this section as of any practical importance to our county, in one way or the other ; and to prevent misapprehension, I we will here state that the Superintendent of this county never approached us in any way upon the subject of this section, i It appears that a majority of the boards of school directors of this county has made the | section of importance to the people, by a peti tion to the State Superintendent for another school director's convention, and a very small minority—less than one-eighth of the whole number of directors in the county—have, by their action, trebled the salary of our County Superintendent. On a re-examination of the provisions of said section, we see no better way , to get rid of this burden than to repeal the law creating the office of County Superintendent ; and if honored with seats in the next Legisla ture, we shall be entirely willing to vote for such repeal. I We believe the usefulness ami efficiency of the officer in this county, whatever may be the capacity of the present incumbent, is effectual ly destroyed ; and we doubt whether in any case one man can be of any practical benefit as Superintendent of the 344 schools of Bradford. Neither the eye nor mind of one man can reach over such an extensive field with any satisfac tory result, and the practical management of our schools must necessarily be left in the hands of tlnise immediately interested, viz :—the fa thers of the children composing those schools, and the directors of the several school districts. We may with propriety call your attention to another section of the act of last session, authorizing the payment of the public monies to such school districts as had not been able to keep up four month's school during the last year, as required by the law of the previous I session. Many of the school districts in this county had only kept school open three months according to the old law, and consequently they could not legally receive their quota of the state appropriation. We took some pains | to have this section incorporated in the act, and it was the only section in it that we then thought of any practical importance to our county. Verv Trulv, Yours, B. LAPORTE, J. HOLCOMB. To Messrs. WEBB, HCNTINOTOX, and others. THE FOREIGX NEWS by the last two arrivals is unimportant. The papers are principally filled with the details of Queen Victoria's visit to Paris. No change had taken place in the Crimea. At the late annual commencement of Madison University, the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon Dr. S. E. SHEPARD of New York city, formerly of this county. This houorary distinction could not have been more appropriately eonfered. The Supreme Court of this state have denied PASSMOKE WIJ.T.IAMSOX the writ of habeas corpus, upon the ground that one Court has not the right to interfere with another in such cases. Judge Kxox dissented, and pub lishes an elaborate opinion in favor of granting i the writ. Death of the Hon. H. Williston. On Monday, the 3d inst. the death of the Hon HORACE WILMSTON was announced to the Court by Edward Overton Esq., in a most eloquent manner. Mess. Bullock, Watkins, El well and Patrick passed high but well de ' served ecomimus upon the legal ability and high moral worth of the deceased. These gentle men were followed by the Hon David Wilmot who spoke of the virtues of Judge Williston in an impressive manner, whereupon the Court adjourned, and a meeting of the members of the Bar was called for the purpose of giving suitable expressions to their feelings,—Edward Overton Esq., was called to the chair. 1). A. Overton and F. Smith, appointed Secretaries. Mr. Patrick made some very feeling and appropriate remarks on the early life and character of tiie deceased. Mr. Patrick, moved that a Committee be appointed to prepare resolutions ; whereupon the Chairman appointed the following gentle men : H. W. Patrick, A\ in. Elwell and Darius Bullock, Esq., who reported the following re solutions, which were read by Air. Patrick and adopted by the meeting. Rcsolved , That in the death of the Hon. HORACE WII.I.ISTOX, late President Judge of this district, this Bar has lost one of its up right, intelligent, and most valuable members ; and the community a kind, open hearted and benevolent Christian. Resolved, That we most deeply sympathize with his family in this bereavement by which Yve lose a companion and friend YVIIO for many years has been associated Yvitli us in his pro fession and attached to us by the most friendly intercourse. Resolved, That the members of this Bar, wear a crajic on the left arm for 30 days as a mark of resject for the deceased. Resolved, that a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be forwarded to the family of Judge \\ lu.isro.x by the chairman and be pub lished in the papers of this district. REPUBLICAN MASS CONVENTION. Pursuant to a published cull, signed by & large number of persons, the Freemen of Brad ford County, without regard to former party associations, assembled iu the Court House, ill this Boro', on MONDAY EVENING, Sept. 10, 185f>, for the purpose of organizing a RE PUBLICAN PARTY, and placing iu nomination A Republican County Ticket. The Convention was called to order by AI.I.FN ! McK BAN, upon whose motion the following I named persons were elected officers : PRESIDENT : AARON CIIUBBUCK, ESQ., OF ORWELL. | VICE PRESIDENTS T | M. H. COBBING, HECTOR OWENS, ; PKTKR STKRIOF.RE, J. G. TOWNER, N. C. HARRIS, JOHN A. MOODY, L. S. KKKI.KR, WILLIAM TITTLE, T S. W. PARK, C. H. AMES, HANSON SPALDING, DAVID FARNSWORTH, F GEORGE TERRY, DARILS BCLLOCK, I GEO. F. lIOHTON, DAVID B. SMITH, • JOHN F. LONG, O. A. VINCENT, X. T. DICKF.RSON, W. Y. G LINES, J EARL NICHOLS, I). F. HILDRETH, JosEpnrs CAMPPF.LL, GEO. A STEPHENS, JKHIAI. MCKEAN, GEO. VAXNESS, PERRY B. PRATT, PETER MONROE, WM. 11. VANDYKE, BELA COGSWELL, S. H. NEWMAN, HARRY ACKLF.Y, j STEPHEN BCLLOCK, N. N. BKTTS, I ULYSSES MOODY, M. C. MF.RCCR, ROBERT BCI.L, JAMES ELLIOTT, \\ M. BLAKE, W. W. EAST A BROOKS, ! J- M. MARTIN, 11. LAWRENCE SCOTT, BENJ. SAXTON, K. W. HALE, HARRISON ROSS, AI.YIN W. THOMAS, GEO. W. ELLIOTT, EZRA LOOMIS, EZEKIF-L CARII, B. S. l)ARrr, j A. I>. Foss, E. NEWBERRY, C. T. BLISS, S. C. HOVF.V, J CYRCS BLOODGOOD, J. L. GORSF.LINE, I). B. COOPER, CALEB ABEL, JERF.MIAH HOLLON, I MILES PRINCE, DANIEL DECKER, LORENZO GRIXNEI.L, j ZEBUI.ON FRISBIK, lICMPIIREY MOSHIER, I HENRY GIBBS, J. B. G. BABCOCK, E. B. COOLBACGH, WM. SIBLEY, : J. B. M. lIINMAN, JUSTUS LEWIS, I JAMES HAVERI.Y, CHARLES lIOMET, WM. WALTMAN, J. M. REED, JAMF.S HODGE, SAM'I. COOI.BAUGII, DANIEL BAILEY, J. L. JONES, I WILLIAM SEEI.Y, J. L. TCKRELL. SECRETARIES : . E. A. Parsons, J. R. Ingham, I E. O. Goodrich, Samuel Reynolds, j O. 11. P. Kinney, S. R. Crane, !E. C. Wells, ' B. F. Pouell. The object of the meeting having been stat ed, on motion of HENRY W. TRACY, the Chair appointed a Committee to draft resolutions ex pressive of the sense of the Convention, con- J sisting of the following named persons : COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS : ; Henry W. Tracy, Gordon F. Mason, Ulysses Mercur, Guy 11. Watkius, Henry Booth, Sturges Squires, John B. Hines, J. M Martin, E. R Myer, Truman M. Beach, ! Edward Crandal, Griswold Mathews, Allen McKean, Paul D. Morrow, Isaac X. Evans. On motion of JAMES 11. WEBB, the Chair appointed the following named persons a Com ! mittee to report the Convention the names of candidates for a Republican County Ticket : COMMITTKF: TO Hi:rosT CANDIDATES : James 11.- \\ ebb, J. 11. Marsh, John B. Stcrigere, George W. Brink, C. Moshier, I). Chaffee, j I). B. Cotton, E. W. Towner, Isaac N. Evans, Wm. Stevens, ! J°hn F. Dodge, C. T. Covel, j Charles Knapp, j 1). B. Culver, Hiram McKean, Win. Tripp, Win. McKean, ! C. A. Lyman, Frederick Whitehead, S. R. Crane, UEL C. Porter, O. A. Vincent, Mial P. Slade, H. W. Root, Stephen Bullock, H. L. Scott, I lyases Moody, W. 11. Decker, Edward Hornet, Stephen Powell, Ahira Gay, W. W. Eastabrooks, Ezra Spalding, Wm. C. Bogart, Ezekiel Carr, Jerc Culp, J. S. Crawford, W. Barrowcliff, Jacob Campbell, Edward Kemp, Stephen Evans, E. 11. Forrest, A. D. loss, Manson Elsbree, Ezra Holcomb, Hiram Taylor, I rccinan Sweet, Henry Gaylord, Daniel Decker, C. K. lugham, Hiram Sweet, John B. Hines, Dennis Darling, I. p. Spalding, Julius Gorham, C. S. White, James Haverley, Hiram Stone, Jacob Strcby, Ilcnry Noble, Joel Tattle. During the absence of the Committees, Hon. DAVID WILMOT, being called for, addressed tiie C on vent ion with his usual ability and eloquence —depicting the growing arrogance and multi plied usurpations of the Slave-power, and illus trating the necessity for united action on the part of the North. At the conclusion of his remarks, the Committee on Resolutions, thro' their Chairman, 11. W. TRACY, made the fol lowing report: M HERE AS, The true object of party organi zation is to settle the principles and policy up on which the government should be administer ed ; and parties are of no value in our politi cal system, except as they represent the real issues by which the people are divided ; ami when they cease so to do, and tend to distract the efforts of those who are united iu sentiment the public welfare imperatively demauds that they be rc-constructed upon the real, vital is sues which affect the interests and enlist the feelings ot the people : And whereas, the ques tions of public policy which iu times past have divided the two great parties of the country, have become of minor iinjFortance, and another question has arisen, so absorbing in its charac ter and so momentous in its consequences to the present and future welfare of the nation, that our political differences uj>on other matters seem trivial in comparison, and no longer justi fy the separate political action of those who arc united upon this great question. There fore, Resolved, That the question which now over whelms all others by its magnitude, is one of freedom or slavery—whether this government shall hereafter fulfil the design of its founders as set forth in tire Constitution, " to establ's! "justice, to ensure domestic tranquility, to nice " vide for the common defence, promote th " general welfare and secure the blessings of "liberty to ourselves and our posterity" 0 ' whether the chief end of its existence lierea/ ter shall be to extend and pcr]>etiiate in f n " territory the area and the curse of human bo,! dage. Resolved, That while we claim no power to interfere with slavery iu States where it n w exists, we believe that the National Govern luent should be relieved from all connection with, or accountability for it. JUsUced, That the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was a violation of the National faith, and a wanton outrage upon the rights of the Free States ; and that it was the first ste of the conspiracy against freedom, which ha,' found its appropriate and intended sequel iu the lawless attempts of a Missouri mob, instigated bv a conspicuous friend of the National Admin istration, and connived at and sanctioned li the same, to force the curse of slavery up!', the free soil of Kansas ; and we not onlv oppose the extension of slavery over our national territories, but also the admission of any new Slave states in the Union, believing that, as our national domain is free front slave rv, in the absence of auy positive law establish ing it, we are justified in making freedom a con dition of their admission into the sisterhood of States. Resolved, That we are in favor of the repeal of the present Fugitive Slave law, because it virtually suspends the sacred writ of habeas corpus, und takes away the right of trial by jury. Resolved, That the recent attempt on the part of the Federal Judiciary to authorize, by judicial construction, the holding of Slaves in this Commonwealth, and the imprisonment without trial, of citizens of the free Slates, by Federal Judiciary, is a bold invasion of personal liberty, a violation of the guaranteed rights of States, and an assumption of federal power that should he resisted determinedly by every friend of personal and civil freedom, and we call upon our National Representatives soon to assemble, to prefer articles of impeachment against the federal Judge w ho has thus offended. Hesolred, That the gross neglect of the Na tional Administration to extend its protecting care over the law-abiding citizens of Kansas and its having removed Gov. REEDER at the request of the slave power, evinces not onlv a disregard of the personal safety and lives' of the inhabitants thereof, but a settled purpose to connive at the lawless invasion of her terri tory by bands of Missouri ruffians ; and calls loudly upon Northern Freemen to uuite togeth er for the purpose of placing in the Presiden tial chair a man who recognizes the rights of the North, and who will so administer the go vernment as to protect our citizens in the en joyment of their rights, and restore our govern ment to the policy of its founders. ResdceA, That while we disclaim all connex ion with other political organizations, vet we cordially invite all who approve of the priuci- j pies set forth in these resolutions, without re gard to their former political associations, to unite and co-operate with us for the purpose of restoring the administration of this government to its original purity, and directing its energies to the accomplishment of its true object, asset forth in the Constitution. Resolved, That we hail the nomination of PASSMORE WILLIAMSON asCanalCom missioner, by the Republican State Convention, recently assembled, as indicative of public sun pathv lor his unjust imprisonment; awl of de testation towards the representative of the : slave power which placed him there; and in | asmuch as every vote cast for Pa-more Wil liamson is a withering rebuke to that official, and a manly assertion of state rights, be shall receive our united and cordial support. On motion, the resolutions were unanimously and enthusiastically adopted. JAMES H. WEBB, Chairman of the Commit tee to nominate Candidates, then reported that the following ticket had unanimously been re commended to the Convention : FOK REPRESENTATIVES : BARTHOLOMEW LAPOKTE. of Durtll, JUDSOX HOLCOMB, of Home. FOR CorXTV COMMISSIONER : PERLEY 11. BUCK, of Ph. FOR TREASCRER : EZRA C. KELLOGG, of Mvnm. FOR AUDITOR : CHRISTOPHER CHILD, of SmithfiM. I lie report of the Committee was confirms! Bp by the Convention without a dissenting vo;it | The Convention was then addressed bj H I W. TRACY, UI.YSSES MERCIR, HENRY Bo ~ I and B. LAPORTE, in able and spirited remark- I eliciting the frequent aud hearty applause w I their large auditory. I On motion of AI.I.EN MCKEAN, the fo'Jo'- 1 ing resolution was unanimously adopted: B| Resolved, That the President be hi-rt ri -"l thorized to appoint a Stauding County OBj mittee consisting of thirteen, to serve for f B ensuing year, whose duty it shall be lien 1 '- Hj to appoint Committees of Vigilance in ' " B | veral election districts of the County, andm* I effectually to perfect a permanent organize B. of the Republican party. 1 W hereupon, the Chair appointed tiiofj-'B ing named persons as a Republican I STANDING COUNTY COMMITTEE- I ALLEN M KEAN, I E. O. GOODRICH, I WM. C. BOG ART, I G. P. MASON, 1 J. B. G. BABCOCK. I EUGENE KEELEB, I JOHN A. CODDING, i WM. 11. VANDYKE, I V. S. VINCENT. 1 SAMUEL DAVIDSON, 1 L. C. KELLOGG, 5 C. F. NICHOLS, 1 IRA C. BULLOCK. | On motiou of ULYSSES MERCI R, the fil ing resolutions were unanimously adopts• I Resolved , That the ticket this night nated meets our cordial approbation, *" pledge ourselves to use our most actm- * ■ energetic efforts to secure its election. ■ Hesolred, That the proceedings of tu-y ■ vention be published in all the papers County, and in other papers through l " R| State favorable to the Republican I Bj On motion, the Convention then a 1 I [ Signed In the llf vers 1
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