the General Government, can not be made without stirring the hearts of the people. For years before there has been no such feeling. It will find utterance. It will make itself heard and felt. We take pleasure in announcing to the people of Ohio that the Commit tee appointed for that purpose has sent special invitations to the following eminent gentlemen, and it is expected that most, if not all, of them will be present to address the great meeting that will be gathered

here on March 22d, viz.: Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Lancaster, Hon. David K. Cartter, of Massillon; Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Lebanon; Hon. Bellamy Storer, of Cincinnati; Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff, of Mansfield; Hon Charles Reemelin, of Cincinnati; Hon. B. F. Wade and Hon. Salmon P. Chase, U. S. Senate; Hon. John P. Hale, of New York; Hon. Thomas H. Benton, of St. Louis; Hon. William H. Seward and Hon. Sam Houston, U. S. Senate. The people of the State can rest assured that the great question now before the pubic will be discussed on that occasion by the mas ter minds of the Nation. The masses will be present to hear, we have every assurance.

Citizens of Cincinnati held a well-attended anti-Nebraska convention on Tues

day evening. March 7th, at which Judge Hall presided. Speeches were made by Charles Reemelin, Judge Timothy Walker, Bellamy Storer and others, and a lengthy series of resolutions was adopted. They were drafted by the following committee: Bellamy Storer, Edwin D. Mansfield, John W. Ellis, Patrick Mallon, Henry B. Blackwell, Charles E. Cist and Stanley Matthews. Men of all parties participated in the meeting and it was considered as especially significant that the Germans of the city were well represented. Delegates were appointed to the anti-Nebraska State Convention at Columbus, on March 22d, as follows: Charles Reemelin, George Fries, Timothy C. Day, Andrew S. Sullivan, Alphonso Taft, Stephen Holitor, Peter Zinn, Edwin D. Mansfield, Rufus King, James McCullough, Henry B. Blackwell, Thomas Heaton, Dr. John J. Chapman, Anthony H. Ernst, David Van Metre, Charles E. Cist, Joseph Burgoyne,

Edward P. Morton, William Perry and Charles Stetson.

The Germans of Cleveland also held a meeting on Saturday evening, March 11th,

to elect delegates to represent them at the anti-Nebraska State Convention. They selected Jacob W. Pulte, Carl W. Schmidt and Jacob Mueller.

A meeting was held by the citizens of Columbus at the Mayor's office on Thursday, March 16th, the object of which was stated to be, to make suitable arrangements for the approaching anti-Nebraska meeting to be held in this city on the 22d of this month." Henry Miller acted as Chairman and Albert B. Buttles, Secretary. The following gentlemen were appointed as a general Committee of Arrangements, to wit: John W. Andrews, Alfred P. Stone, Joseph Sullivant, John P. Bruck, Samuel Galloway, John J. Janney, Otto Dressel, Henry B. Carrington, Albert B. Buttles and William K. Carr.

Notwithstanding most inclement weather the State Convention was very largely attended. It rained constantly throughout the State for two days preceding its first session, and during that day and night the weather was cold, wet and disagreeable. Yet under these adverse circumstances between 1,200 and 1,500 earnest men gathered in Columbus. This was the estimate of the Journal and State Democrat, though the Statesman placed the number of strangers at only 400 or 500.

The Convention met in the Town Street Methodist Episcopal church, the largest auditorium in the city, at eleven o'clock, Wednesday morning, March 22d, and was called to order by David K. Cartter, of Stark. Joseph R. Swan, of Franklin, was elected

Resolved, That we deplore all further agitation upon the subject of slavery, knowing it to be full of evil, but that it is forced upon us, and we do not hesitate to meet it; that if this deep and intolerable wrong toward the North and West, toward every free laborer in the United States and his children's children, is to be persisted in by those who have it in charge, we recommend to our fellow-citizens throughout the State to meet in their respective counties and express their views and determination on this subject; and, further, that a Convention of the People of Ohio be held to utter the voice of the State for or against the extension, under the sanction of the Government of the United States, of slavery over territory now free.

It

The meeting was ably addressed by John W. Andrews and Samuel Galloway. was agreed that all arrangements regarding the proposed State Convention should be made by the Committee on Resolutions acting in co-operation with friends in the Legislature (the Fifty-first General Assembly), a number of whose members were present. It followed, therefore, that the State Journal soon published the call for this Convention. It appeared at the head of its editorial page on Friday, March 3d, and read as follows:

GRAND MASS CONVENTION.

To the People of Ohio Opposed to the Introduction of Slavery into Nebraska:

At a meeting held by citizens of Columbus, of all parties, on the evening of February 4th, the opinion was expressed that a Convention of the People of Ohio should be held to make known their views upon the proposition now before the Senate to repeal the Missouri Compromise, and by act of Congress to open up to slavery the vast territory lying north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, and which is by law now free. In conversation with gentlemen from different parts of the State, the 22d day of March has been agreed upon as the time for holding the Convention. The undersigned desire to meet this call in the spirit in which it was made, and would therefore recommend to our fellow-citizens of all parties to unite in this Convention. The question to be presented for consideration is one in which every free citizen, to whatever political party he may belong, has a direct personal interest, and in which the right and honor of

every Northern and Western man is involved. We earnestly invite the people to come up en masse from every county, city, village and township in the State.

Clarke.

†EPHRAIM R. ECKLEY, Carroll.
†PORTER G. SOMERS, Summit.
*LABAN S. SHERMAN, Ashtabula.
*JOHN M. BARRERE, Highland.
*JOHN MCCLURE, Darke.
†JOHN R. KRAUTH, Hamilton.
†LESTER TAYLOR, Geauga.
†Edwin H. SIBLEY, Medina.
ERASMUS D. BURTON, Cuyahoga.
ALEXANDER LOGUE, Gallia.
†WILLIAM Goodfellow,
*WILLIAM LAWRENCE, Logan.
*HENRY W. SMITH, Madison.
*ISAAC S. WRIGHT, Clinton.
†REYNOLDS K. PRICE, Harrison.
†ELI V. CLEAVER, Belmont.
†WALTER F. HERRICK, Lorain.
ALFRED R. SEGER, Huron.
JAMES TOUSLEY, Cuyahoga.
†CHARLES C. JENNINGS, Lake.
†SAMUEL FINDLEY, Belmont.
*WILLIAM H. UPSON, Summit.
†WILLIAM J. EVANS, Jackson.
†THOMAS D. AUSTIN, Clinton.
†WILLIAM P. MORRIS, Columbiana.
†JOSHUA JUDY, Union.

*NORTON S. TOWNSHEND, Lorain.
*JOHN A. FOOTE, Cuyahoga.
*DAVID ALLEN, Belmont.

JESSE J. WORTHINGTON, Fayette. †JOHN J. GURLEY, Morrow.

Everything indicates that there will be a vast assemblage of all parties at the mass convention, in this city, on March 22d. The grave character of the proposed change in our system of Territorial government, and the new and startling theories that have been put forth by men holding eminent positions in the Nation, are attracting the attention of the people everywhere. So vital a change, and one so deeply affecting the interests of the masses in the free States, who neither seek nor expect office nor patronage from

The Senators are designated by an asterisk (*) and the Representatives by a dagger (1).

the General Government, can not be made without stirring the hearts of the people. For years before there has been no such feeling. It will find utterance. It will make itself heard and felt. We take pleasure in announcing to the people of Ohio that the Committee appointed for that purpose has sent special invitations to the following eminent gentlemen, and it is expected that most, if not all, of them will be present to address the great meeting that will be gathered here on March 22d, viz.: Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Lancaster; Hon. David K. Cartter, of Massillon; Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Lebanon; Hon. Bellamy Storer, of Cincinnati; Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff, of Mansfield; Hon. Charles Reemelin, of Cincinnati; Hon. B. F. Wade and Hon. Salmon P. Chase, U. S. Senate; Hon. John P. Hale, of New York; Hon. Thomas H. Benton, of St. Louis; Hon. William H. Seward and Hon. Sam Houston, U. S. Senate. The people of the State can rest assured that the great question now before the public will be discussed on that occasion by the master minds of the Nation. The masses will be present to hear, we have every assurance.

Citizens of Cincinnati held a well-attended anti-Nebraska convention on Tues

day evening, March 7th, at which Judge Hall presided. Speeches were made by Charles Reemelin, Judge Timothy Walker, Bellamy Storer and others, and a lengthy series of resolutions was adopted. They were drafted by the following committee: Bellamy Storer, Edwin D. Mansfield, John W. Ellis, Patrick Mallon, Henry B. Blackwell, Charles E. Cist and Stanley Matthews. Men of all parties participated in the meeting and it was considered as especially significant that the Germans of the city were well represented. Delegates were appointed

to the anti-Nebraska State Convention at Columbus, on March 22d, as follows: Charles Reemelin, George Fries, Timothy C. Day, Andrew S. Sullivan, Alphonso Taft, Stephen Holitor, Peter Zinn, Edwin D. Mansfield, Rufus King, James McCullough, Henry B. Blackwell, Thomas Heaton, Dr. John J. Chapman, Anthony H. Ernst, David Van Metre, Charles E. Cist, Joseph Burgoyne,

Edward P. Morton, William Perry and Charles Stetson.

The Germans of Cleveland also held a meeting on Saturday evening, March 11th, to elect delegates to represent them at the anti-Nebraska State Convention. They selected Jacob W. Pulte, Carl W. Schmidt and Jacob Mueller.

A meeting was held by the citizens of Columbus at the Mayor's office on Thursday, March 16th, the object of which was stated to be, to make suitable arrangements for the approaching anti-Nebraska meeting to be held in this city on the 22d of this month." Henry Miller acted as Chairman and Albert B. Buttles, Secretary. The following gentlemen were appointed as a general Committee of Arrangements, to wit: John W. Andrews, Alfred P. Stone, Joseph Sullivant, John P. Bruck, Samuel Galloway, John J. Janney, Otto Dressel, Henry B. Carrington, Albert B. Buttles and William K. Carr.

Notwithstanding most inclement weather the State Convention was very largely attended. It rained constantly throughout the State for two days preceding its first session, and during that day and night the weather was cold, wet and disagreeable. Yet under these adverse circumstances between 1,200 and 1,500 earnest men This was the estigathered in Columbus. mate of the Journal and State Democrat, though the Statesman placed the number of strangers at only 400 or 500.

The Convention met in the Town Street Methodist Episcopal church, the largest auditorium in the city, at eleven o'clock, Wednesday morning, March 22d, and was called to order by David K. Cartter, of Stark. Joseph R. Swan, of Franklin, was elected

Temporary Chairman and Thomas H. Ford, of Richland, Secretary. On motion the following committees were appointed:

Permanent Organization-William Lawrence, of Logan; David K. Cartter, of Stark; Laban S. Sherman, of Ashtabula; John P. Bruck, of Franklin, and Francis P, Kimball, of Medina.

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Resolutions-1. Charles E. Cist, Hamilton. 2. John B. Krauth, Hamilton. John Howard, Montgomery. 4. Dr. Judson Jaqua, Darke. 5. James M. Ashley, Lucas. 7. Richard A. Harrison, Madison. 12. John W. Andrews, Franklin. 13. John J. Gurley, Morrow. 14. Norton S. Townshend, Lorain. 15. Ephraim Welty, Tuscarawas. 17. Samuel Findley, Belmont. 18. Samuel Lahm, *Benjamin F. Leiter, Stark; William H. Upson, Summit. 19. Rufus P. Spalding, Cuyahoga." 21. Ephraim R. Eckley, Carroll, and William P. Morris, Columbiana.

David K. Cartter, of Stark, was urged to address the Convention. He came to the platform and spoke as follows:

You place me in a peculiar position. I am accustomed to speak as a Democrat to Democrats., (Voices"You're talking to them now.") Well, then, let me define my position. I did not come here as a Freesoiler, or as an Abolitionist; but, since I was born and bred among a people that were opposed to the desecration of free soil by human slavery, I am quite willing that the penny-a-liners shall report me as standing on that ground. So long as progress and development are inscribed upon the banner of the Democratic party, I will follow and defend it. I have no sympathy with the idiotic and despotic doctrine of finality. How it is possible that a body of men could get together and attempt to gag free men, I can not understand. I have kicked against it from the first, and I have not yet found a Democrat who dared defend it. I am here to act with free men to prevent an untold evil. The public mind has been shocked by the introduction in Congress of the bill to organize Nebraska and Kansas. It

*Mr. Leiter declined to serve.

has passed the Senate and is now in committee of the whole House, which will soon pass upon the measure. We are not opposed to a Territorial bill, but are decidedly opposed to the slavery feature of the pending bill. I have a plain, honest question to ask of those who defend this bill. If it is not designed to introduce slavery into the Territories, then why ask to repeal the clause forbidding slavery there? You can give any man a week to answer that question-it can't be done.

Again, look at those who insist upon the repeal of the prohibition. The South are invited-when did they do anything that had a tendency to weaken slavery? They tell us that the Missouri Compromise is uncon

stitutional; why, they don't believe a word of that stuff

themselves! The men who made the Constitution

surely knew as much about it as the boys of the pres

ent day. God made us all and He knows more about His works than those who have no part in them. We respect the old lights; we have confidence in Jefferson; the men of his day settled all of these questions, and the men who sat at the feet of the fathers, such men as Clay, Wright and Webster, are entitled to some weight, -rather more weight, I think, than the young upstarts who now pretend to know more about the Constitution than the makers of it. The boys of to-day are clever fellows; some of them are our personal friends; but they are small patterns when compared with the fathers! You all know the history of the Missouri Compromise. Monroe was President, Adams, Calhoun, Crawford and Wirt were in the Cabinet, and they all agreed that the law was constitutional. Are those names not worth something? Calhoun was the watchdog of slavery; he always slept with one eye open, yet he agreed that the law was constitutional; and who dares dispute it now? The pretence of "popular sovereignty" in the Territorial bill is a delusion and a snare. I go as far as any man in the direction of popular government; but this bill doesn't go in that direction at all; it doesn't even squint that way. The President is to appoint the governor, judges, etc.--is that popular sovereignty? The right of the people to vote for these officers was submitted by an amendment offered by Mr. Chase, but it was openly and expressly repudiated by the Senate. No, they never intended to do any such thing. To show there was no intention of allowing even the semblance of popular sovereignty, they gave a grand strike at the "Dutch," as they call them, by providing that all this class of respectable people, even when they have declared their intention of becoming citizens, shall not be voters. We must organize to meet these insidious and dangerous foes of free institutions. I have great veneration for old names and old parties, but when they do wrong we must not follow them. Let us unite together