Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1859 — Repunlican National Committee. [ARTICLE]

Repunlican National C ommi ttee.

Ttie Republican National Committee have , issued the following circular: “In the judgment of the undersigned members of the Republican National Committee, the time has arrived for consultation and preliminary action in regard to the approaching struggle lor the Presidency, and they beg. I thereiore, to call your attentio i to the suggestions which follow. The Republican pcyt.y had its origin in the obvious necessityfur resistance to the aggressions ol the slave power and .“‘aintaioitig for the States re sportively, their ."eserved rights and sovereignties. In the c0n.*931 °* 1556, by the preservation and advocacy of the true science of government, it laid the sod ,u - a, i° n ol a permanent political organization, altoM' 11 -” jit did not posses the power to enforce its principles. When the result, adverse to ! its efforts and its hopes, was declared, it un- | affectedly acquiesced giving the victor lor ; the sake of'he country, its best wishes for j an honest and fair administration of the government. “H ow Mr. Buchanan’s administration lias realized these w ishes, is now patent to the world. With the executive power of the Government in his hands, his administration has failed in every respect to meet the expectations of the people, and has presented j the most humiliating spectacle of corruption. I extravagance, imbecility, recklessness and I broken faith. So apparent is this, even to ■ our opponents, that the so-cal e<! Democrat ic I organization, always distinguished for itr- : discipline and party fidelity, is utterly demoralized and distracted, without any recog nized or accented party principle, and threatened with disruption by the rival aspirations and struggles 01, its leading partisans. White the Administration ha? been thus faithless to the interests of the country, and has thus i disorganized the party which placed it n power, the Republican party has been 'on 'stuntly mindful ot the great public necessity which called it into existence, and faithiul to the fundamental principles upon which it was erected. Experience has only served to ; strengthen the conviction of its absolute necessity, in the reformation ot the National i ; Government, and of the wisdom and j slice j of its purposes and aims. some of the exciting incidents! Sos .the election ot' WO have -cen partially disposed of by the energy, r glut-prise and j valor of a free people, the duty of RepuhliI cans to adhere to their principles, as enacted j at Philadelphia, and to labor lor their estabi lislmient, was never more pressing than at thi - moment. The attitude ol the slave I power is persistent ly insolent and aggressive. ! It demands of the cou.it y much more than iit Ims demanded hitherto. It is not content I with the absolute control of the Northern Government; nor content, with the dispensuj than oi the honors and emoluments oi the 'National Administration; nor content with its well known influence-—always pernicious j over the legislation at the National Capitol—hut it demands fresh concessions from a free , people, tor the purpose of extending and strengthening an institution local in its character, the creature of State legislation, which the Federal Government is not authorized to establish or e- tend by any grant of delegated powers. It demands by an au thorized assumption of power, after having, as occasion required, adopted and repudiated ail the crude theories tor the extension o! Slavery, of the ambitious politicians who sought, its favor—the establisment. and prot> ction of slavery in the Territories by act, ' of Congress, ui.d the revival of the Alrican ! slave trade. ! “Upon no organization except that of the Republican party caTfi the country rely for successful resistance to these monstrous propositions, and lor the correction of the | gross abuses which have characterized the present National Administration. It is the duty, then, of ail patriotic men, who wish lor t e establishment of Republican principles and measures in the administration oi I the National Government, to aid in perfectling and strengthening this organization for the Coming struggle. There is much to be | done, involving earnest labor and the expenditure of time and money. There should be: “Ist. A thorough understanding and interI change of sentiments and views between ihe ; Republicans of every section of country. “2d. An effective organization ot the Republican voters of each . State, county and town, so that our party may know itstrength before we engage in the Presidential str ggle. “3d. The circulation of well considered documents, making clear the position of tinRepublican party, and exposing the dangerpus character of the principles and policy oi the administration. “ith. Public addresses in localities where ] they are desired and needed, by able ebampi- \ oils of the Republican cause. “sth. A large and general increase of the circulation ot Republican journals throughout the country. “To give practical effect to these suggestions, an adequate amount ol money will be required, lor the legal and faithful expenditure of which the undersigned will hold themselves responsible. The vast patronage ol the Federal Government will he wielded against us, to which we can oppose nothing but earnest and efficient devotion to the Rej publican cause, and the voluntary pecuniary j offerings of our Republican friends. “In conclusion, the undersigned may be 1 permitted to express their opinion that the i sign? ol the times are atlspicions for the Rej publican party, and Ih;,t. in their judgment.

discreet and patriotic action throughout the Confederacy, promises to secure a Republican victory in 1860. Unwilling, however, to encourage hopes which may be disappointed, and to place their appeals for aid and co-operation unon the assurance of success intfie contest that is approaching, the undersigned are constrained to say that they rely most confidently upon the patriotism and zeal of their Republican brethren for such aid and co-operation; meamvhi le, we have the honor to be very respectfullv your obedient servants. (Signed.) E. D. Morgan. New York, O. N. Schoolfield, Tennessee, Win. M. Chase, Rhode Island, Thomas Spooner, Ohio, Joseph Bartlett, Maine, Norman B. Judd, Illinois, George G. Fogg, New York, James Ritchie. Indiana, John C. Goodrich, Massachusetts, Zachariah Chandler, Miciigan, Lawrpnce Brainard, Vermont, Andrew J. Stevens, lowa, Gideon Wells, Connecticut, John N. Tweeds, Wisconsin, James N. Sherman, New Jersey, Cornelius Cole, California, Thomas Williams. Pennsylvania, M. F. Conway, Kansas, E. D. Williams, Delaware, Lew is Clephane. District of Columbia, George Harris, Maryland, Asa S. Jones, Missouri, ABred Caldwell, Virginia, Alexander Ramsay. Minnesota, Cas ins M. Clay, Kentucky. Republican National Committee.”