Proceedings of the ... Republican National ConventionsCharles W. Johnson, 1860 |
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... duty to take the preliminary step toward organizing the Convention - a Convention upon the proceedings of which , permit me to say , the most momentous results are depending . No body of men of equal number was ever clothed with greater ...
... duty to take the preliminary step toward organizing the Convention - a Convention upon the proceedings of which , permit me to say , the most momentous results are depending . No body of men of equal number was ever clothed with greater ...
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... duty to perform to this country . I move to lay this ( Mr. Carter's ) resolution on the table . The motion of Gov. Boutwell to lay on the table was carried . [ Loud cheers . ] Mr. SWEETZER , of Massachusetts : I move that when this ...
... duty to perform to this country . I move to lay this ( Mr. Carter's ) resolution on the table . The motion of Gov. Boutwell to lay on the table was carried . [ Loud cheers . ] Mr. SWEETZER , of Massachusetts : I move that when this ...
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... duty is to express to you the deep sense which I feel of this distinguished mark of your confidence . In the spirit in which it has been offered I accept it , sensible of the diffi- culties which surround the position , but cheered and ...
... duty is to express to you the deep sense which I feel of this distinguished mark of your confidence . In the spirit in which it has been offered I accept it , sensible of the diffi- culties which surround the position , but cheered and ...
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... duty , and report that the officers shall consist of a Pre- sident , twenty - seven Vice - Presidents and twenty - six Secre- taries ; and the following gentlemen are recommended to fill the offices respectively named : Maine , New ...
... duty , and report that the officers shall consist of a Pre- sident , twenty - seven Vice - Presidents and twenty - six Secre- taries ; and the following gentlemen are recommended to fill the offices respectively named : Maine , New ...
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... duty of considering the report . The PRESIDENT : It will be much more convenient for the gentleman to present his amendment when it comes up . Mr. JAMES : It is a minority report . The PRESIDENT : Then it is in order . Mr. JAMES : The ...
... duty of considering the report . The PRESIDENT : It will be much more convenient for the gentleman to present his amendment when it comes up . Mr. JAMES : It is a minority report . The PRESIDENT : Then it is in order . Mr. JAMES : The ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 88 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...