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Portage Sentinel
Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio
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The Free Soil-Ohio State Convention met in Columbus on Feb. 11th, electing officers, adopting resolutions for intervention for freedom, equality, free suffrage against monopoly, appointing delegates and electors, and nominating candidates for judge and public works. Legislative updates on tax bill and Pacific Railroad included a disturbance over taxing colleges.
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Columbus, Feb. 11th.
The Free Soil Convention met to-day. Paris of Sandusky was elected Chairman, and Asper of Geauga, Secretary.
Resolutions were adopted taking the ground of intervention for freedom as to the affairs of nations as well as individuals—going for principles of equality, or free suffrage, and against monopoly—appointing Samuel Lewis and Joshua R. Giddings Senatorial Delegates to the National Convention nominating Leicester King and A. A. Guthrie, Senatorial Electors recommending District to appoint Delegates and Electors.
Edward Wade was nominated for Supreme Judge and G. W. Ellis for Board of Public Works.
The Senate was in Committee of the Whole on the tax bill. A resolution for a Pacific Railroad was adopted.
The House was in Committee of the Whole on the tax law, when a general row took place about taxing colleges, &c.
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Columbus, Ohio
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Feb. 11th
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Free Soil Convention elects chairman and secretary, adopts resolutions supporting freedom, equality, free suffrage, and anti-monopoly; appoints delegates and electors to national convention; nominates candidates for Supreme Judge and Board of Public Works; reports on Senate and House proceedings including tax bill, Pacific Railroad resolution, and disturbance over taxing colleges.