Proceedings of the ... Republican National ConventionsCharles W. Johnson, 1860 - United States |
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... party , to resist the majority principle as established in this government even at the expense of its existence , are invited to send from each state two delegates from every congressional district , and four delegates at large , to the ...
... party , to resist the majority principle as established in this government even at the expense of its existence , are invited to send from each state two delegates from every congressional district , and four delegates at large , to the ...
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... party platform , another portion exhibits its readiness to accomplish the same result through . the action of the Supreme Court of the United States [ ap- plause ] ; willing by indirection to do that which , if done . directly , would ...
... party platform , another portion exhibits its readiness to accomplish the same result through . the action of the Supreme Court of the United States [ ap- plause ] ; willing by indirection to do that which , if done . directly , would ...
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strengthen them in the faith that yours is the constitutional party of the country , and the only constitutional party ; that you are actuated by principle , and that you will be guided by the light and by the example of the fathers of ...
strengthen them in the faith that yours is the constitutional party of the country , and the only constitutional party ; that you are actuated by principle , and that you will be guided by the light and by the example of the fathers of ...
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... Republican party and the basis of its organization , to resist this policy of a sectional interest . It is our mission to restore this government to its original policy , and place it again in that rank upon which our fathers organized ...
... Republican party and the basis of its organization , to resist this policy of a sectional interest . It is our mission to restore this government to its original policy , and place it again in that rank upon which our fathers organized ...
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... Republican party is struggling . Fellow citizens , the safety of our liberty , the security of all we hold valuable , demands that we should take possession of this government and administer it upon those broad constitu- tional ...
... Republican party is struggling . Fellow citizens , the safety of our liberty , the security of all we hold valuable , demands that we should take possession of this government and administer it upon those broad constitu- tional ...
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Abraham Lincoln adjourn adopted Alfred Caldwell American announced applause appointed Austin Blair ballot BENTON Blair Board of Trade California called candidate CARL SCHURZ CARTER cast Chair Chairman Chicago citizens Committee on Credentials Committee on Platform Connecticut Constitution Corwin Declaration Delaware delegates desire District of Columbia electoral Eli Thayer entitled EVARTS excursion floor gentlemen GEORGE ASHMUN GIDDINGS GOODRICH Hamlin Hampshire Hannibal Hamlin Hans Crocker Illinois Indiana Iowa James Jersey John JUDD Kansas Kentucky Laughter Loud cheers majority Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri mittee motion move to amend National Nebraska nomination number of votes o'clock Ohio Order of Business Oregon Pennsylvania Permanent Organization Platform and Resolutions plause present PRESIDENT previous question principles proposed purpose REEDER represent Republican party Rhode Island rule Seward slave slavery territory Texas Thee Thou tion to-day TRACY unanimous Union United vention Vermont Vice-President Virginia voice WILMOT Wisconsin York
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Page 90 - ... the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 81 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States.
Page 89 - House. 14. That the Republican party is opposed to any change in our naturalization laws, or any State legislation by which the rights of citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants from foreign lands shall be abridged or impaired; and in favor of giving a full and efficient protection to the rights of all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized, both at home and abroad.
Page 88 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Page 82 - That, while providing revenue for the support of the general government by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imposts as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country...
Page 81 - That the new dogma, that the Constitution of its own force carries slavery into any or all of the territories of the United States, is a dangerous^ political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with cotemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country.
Page 80 - That to the Union of the states this .nation owes its unprecedented increase in population ; its surprising development of material resources; its rapid augmentation of wealth; its happiness at home and its honor abroad, and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may...
Page 97 - I rise simply to ask gentlemen to think well before, upon the free prairies of the West, in the summer of 1860, they dare to wince and quail before the men...
Page 82 - That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country; that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction; and that, as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established.
Page 81 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...