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Dctnn ra• 1 c ruomtnatJ.on FOR PP..E::;I:D.eN., ]}!ARTIN VAN BUREN, OF NEW YORK Democratic Itcpubhcan State CJonven• tion-A I U I fCA o the l~th of SI!JP fEMBER at 12 M to oom na e p es d n a. F. ec o Gove uo L eu en ant Gove nor and sach S ate offi e s ail a e requ red by law to be elected n November next IJ:i\ I'he Free I\erritor-- Convention :v 11 be bed n til s c ty on t1 e 9tll of Au 0 ust for the nom na uon of cand dates for Pres den and V cc Pres dent n::r The State '-~r,cnltnral Fa..tr w l be held n tb s c ty on the FIFTH <::[X rn and SEVENTH 10\ Mr V tN BuREN s Letter and the Address ~f the State ConventiOn recently held at Ut ca are bemg published at thts office and WJIJ be fnrn1sbed to those who mn} des ro them at one dollar per ltunclnsd Our fr ends n he country Will p1ease forward thetr ordem •mmedtatel) Geu Cass and the WJ.intot. Pro' I!IO Senator MrLLER after d1scussmg a resolutiOn fixing a dav for the adjournment of Congre s gave the followmg bnef nnd truthful hmtory of the \Course of Gen C ss on the W lmot pr:ov o It w ll be found h ghly llertment at a lime 11 h~n the • nose and co1 fnswn aru so great as to prevent th Bal more nom nee from defin ng h s pos t.Jon The remarks of Senator MtLLER were drawn out by Senator FourE of M,.. s• pp ' ho declared that the opm1ons of Gen C ts were well knowH ()n the subject of the >V lrr ot p ovtso and were satisfactory to the advoca es of slaven extenSion Senator MtLLER sa1d But the Senator from M ss ss pp1 [Mr Foote] ms sts upon trvmg the ssue here I was at a Joss to know at first the prec se ssue mtended The Senator ho ever has \ th h s usual frankness told us what the ssue s I IS the W 1lmot prov so The post on of the two cand dates upon this question he rv ::;hes to nvestigatec He w shes to compel ns to show om h.and upon th s pomt- Now t ~sa rule plead ng hat he who tenders an 1ssuo to h1s opponents should be sure that the pleadm~ on h s own part are nll1 ght Is the l ouora'ble Senator sure that the OJ n ons of Gen Cass aro cer:trun and fi ed upon the quest on of tho W1Jmot proviso? Is he road~ to make a true Jsst e upon that pomt? 1 know that the last ex pressed opm ons of Gen Cass are aga nst the p o vtso but I also !now that WJthm two ) ears past he was the open a11d shenuons advocate of that mea 1; ue that he was so dunng the as t vo sess ons cf Congress 1s known to man) Senators here- There s eVIdence tten and unwntten upon th s po nt and as the Senator has provoked the tr al of this ssue I feel due to the occas on to culJ tho attentton of the country to celtam fuels wluch took place n the Scna e -at the first and second sess ons of the last Congress These facts are still w1thm the recollect on of mui \ Senators who now hear me Tho debate wl cl ca1Ied them forth was one of cons derablo exc tement and 1 have 10 doubt tl e sbte euts I am about to make will bo recol ec ed b) man who WPre nre en on that occas on Part of what I sl all state w II be found m tl e debates and pnbhe p nts of the day nnd part OWlng to the hurry nnd conf s on attend mg ths last da) s o\ Congress were not fully re ported 1 w II proceed w th the statement At the first sess on of the twenty n nth Con .ogres~ the t ;vo rn ll on b li as twas called came to the Sen11te from tho House w th the W lmot prov son t On tho last day of the sess on [lOth of August 1846 ] and abo t hnJ an hour before the time fixed fo the adjournment of Congress the b11l came up for cons1deratwn wh~n the i:iena tor from Alabazna [lVIr Lew s] moved to str ke o 11 the L ruv so Tl e Senator !rom iHassaclm sett.-: [ Mr Dav s J took the floo agrunst the amend .ment and 10 favor of the provrso and spot e unt I n few rn nu eo before the adjournment No vote was taken npon the quest on a d tl e b ll was lost for the ·want or t me to act upon t. As soon as Mr DaviS had taken his seat Gen 'Cass came over to his s1de of the Senate and w th much ea nestllt'Sr;; sa I ill the pre~::~~l ce of Sena tors that he regreftBd much that Mr Dav s had bv l1s speecl prevented the vote from be g taken ihat ho [Gen Cass] and eve v democrat c Sena tor from the free states would havo vot0d to sus -ta n the: provtso that lYir. Allen ;vould have lod off. and all the re•t vould have folio vecl he was very sorry th11t they had been deprtved of tho op 1'ortnn ty of vat ng upon It that It would ha~e settled the -question and Gov Dav s 'iYa3 respon Slble <or defeat ng that result. The next da) nn h s 'av home m tho ears Gen 'Cass spoke of the s bJect frequently a d pub] ely m the presence of se1 era! gentlemen to the samn ~ffect a1 d expressed mucl d sappo ntrnent at not haYing been able to record h !=t vote n favor of the prov1so He afterward. expressed ths same opm 1<tn\s n New J'il:rs~ a d also as I have been n 'lormed u Ne ;v Y'or t but of this I have no per sonal l\RO\\~edge of t.'le Wilmot proVISO ;I'o shoW wa.f t~ Sen a tor from MisSl\\'PP' call~ a c:L3an baUd ' on tb:e ~th of Decembel'\ last &eneral CaM makes th1s •how It w11I be fo:nnd ill what1s caiied tba\NJCh· olson Jetter I have t before me In that letter he Bays \The W1lmot provisO hllll been before the conn try ~orne ume It has been repeatedly discussed m Congress and by the public pre~s 1 am strong Jy 1m pressed w1th the opm1011 that & great change has been gomg on m the public mmd upon thJS subject- n my own as \ell as others and that doubts are resolvmg themselves mto conJVlctions that the pnnmple It mvolves should be kept out of the national kg-Jslature and left to the p:eople of the confedera<1 n the r respective local govern ments Thus 1t IS SOCil that the ISSUe wb ch the! Sana tor has tendered m the per!!o 1 of h1s candhdate IS somewhat of a confused character FirSt, we have the earnest fnend then tho <doubtful SUI porter and lastl) the out and out opponent of the W I mot proviso It 15 not for me to censure thJs <>hange of pos t on Ev,ery man has the r gl t to correct h s opmwns when new lights \re shed upon the sUbJect But It must be admi~ted that the change m th1s case has been verv rapid Pass g from one extreme to the other-from run anx ety for Congress to act at once upon the measure to a demal of an) power m Congress to act at nil Whether the democrat c candtdaJte Will !'O:tand by his last pos t on o-r return to h s furst love w ll depend upon subsequent events and cons de rat:ons ONEIDA CouNTY -An addre•s to the illldepen dent democratic wh gs of the count; of One da s gnod bv JoHN 8 PEcKHAM C C EVERTS p CLOGHER W D H,urLIN 0 RICHARDS and B P WHEELER as an executiVe comm ttee appears n the Ut ca Gazette whtch paper ncco npa.n es ts 1 ubhca!Ion w1th a long article condemnatory of tho stand taken by these gentlemen The address denounces the nomma!Ion of T.nLOR 111 strong terms and recommends the hold ng of a. county colt,ventwn 'We quot6' from Jt \Ve protest aga. nst the Ph Iaaeiph a nom nee because he w II not declare that he w1ll opJlose the further extensiOn of slnvecy mto temtoty now free We protest nga nst h m n the arne and n behalf of our free so I Wh•g brethren of th1s cit} and count) we mv1to ~ou to JOm m the pto test,. and we call upon van n the sacred 1 arne of I ben; of JUs! ce and hn nanty to pond or well upon the subJect nnd reflect ~er10usl} npon the a. vful espon!:! b ) resting upon each and every one of II> ~Ia) we not be found hereafter With a gmlty consc1e 1ce reproachmg us for a 1 abuse of ha pol cal po\\ er wh ch we nossess What cn.re we for the mandates of part\-wl at care we for the spo Is of office 1f the o e must be obe) ed and the other pa tic pated n at the abandomnent of pr nc pis? vY YOM:W G CouNTY -we learn from that I 1COr rupt ble paper the W om ng Nzn or that a call IS bemg Circulated Ill that con nt~ for a meet ng to be held at the co 1rt house n W nrsa 1 ext Th usda) of all those opposed to the nom nat ons of C ss and TaYLOR and m favor of free labor n all terr tory under the constitutJonal JUr sd cl!on of the general government The Mi 'or say~ - The call was \as got out on 'i'V ednosdiJ.~ after no<>n of last week. and before Thursda) rught moro than three ltuncb cd namiJS of legal voters of tklS town were attached to Jt Smce thai there have been more than fifcy names obta ned a 1d wo have no doubt thut 1t WJl! bo brought upton· s ng of jour h ndred if all ..-ho would like to s gn are favored w th a chance Cus and 'FAYLOR stock must be fallmg ill a tnwn where four !tun drcd out of a 1 ttle over floe hundred voters s gn such a call Tho call is now mrcnlatmg m other to :vns of the count} and we ant c pate :a long l $L of names and a b g meeting fi.IovEn ENTS IN M A.ss..a.cnosE'l Ts - \\V e noticed a daj or t vo smce the str king of the black flag of the slaves bv the Dedham DcmOC'J at and the Nor folk D6moerat The Br stol De.mocra:t l as fol lowed then example and tt 1s rumored that an othf'tr demoerat c paper n IVI ddlosex count; abo 1t to do tho same tlnng The ' AN BuREN men ve Ie~rn w th pleasure rue mo' ng 1n the natter of a convent on to nom nate an electoral t cket The P ttsfield Eagle states that a call was c rc latcd at Le ox on Thursdaj for a barn b rner ma•s meet ng n Berks] re It was s gnud bj mru} of the nfluent a! men of tl e par t Tl s t s Each dav adds to the strength of he fr ends of freedom The dough fa<>ed no m Me of the Bnlumore mob seelns !o have been forgotten by tho people 1n their recent move \AMES ij>. W-ORTH -In the }JOOhester .Lla:- r~ of the 20th nit. we find ~e addre•s o J.dQ:S S WAD&troRTH the delegate from the L v ngston d strict to the Baltimore Convention to :tb<> ilemocracy of LiVIUgSton county recently as sembled to bear his report. It Is one of the most lucid \\PoSitions of the course of the regular dele gates at Baltimore we have :yet seen and a noble and manly defence of the posmon and prmc ples of tho rad cal democracy of New York We re gret that We have not room for the entre address The followmg extracts however, will suffice to g ve an Idea of ts ments It has been charged upon tbe radiCal democ racv that m ra1smg th s quesUon the\ hav• at tempted to engraft a new l'iliue Uf on the C!ecd of their part\ It IS false We stand ' th Thomas J elferson Patnck Henl'\ George l\fason .l\lad1 son and Monroe We stand here the dernoc.ra C\ has alwa)S stood-where al01 e It cat stand- Ill the true sp nt of the Const1tut o 1 plt enlh cn dunnO\ an ev 1 wh ch can not be emov(\J but stemly opposed to 1ts extensiOn It IS those vho ywldmg to the allurement~ of office-to tlw se duct ons or the favors of po er have surrendered to he new and arrogant demands of the !';OU h that have changed the 1 creed and sacrificed tJ, et prmc1ples We a e not aboht omsl we are not fanatics to op1mon we do not profess to go for that wh ch lB abstractly r ght, w tl out refere ce to long ex stm\ pohtJCal and socml urrangemenlS- In the protegt on wh ch we extend to laver) where 1t s as ;veil as our oppo tion to U ex Pn on wo go so fur as goes tho Constltutlon and we go no fartl er We cannot adopt t1 at ne \ fru gled 1nterpretat on of the charter of o r I bert P~ wn cJ would malle 1t sound and protect slnvPr m an\ new terr. ton over vh ch L rna be e..xtended a mterprotatwn wh ch would be puer le 1 Jt were not mon,trous-a perverswn of the ]Ian 11ea 1 g of JangnafTe wh ch would b ]ud crous f t nut Ill arnou The plam tem s of that h gh strumc \-the well know• s nt 11enl!; of the n ,~ and 11 tr ous men who famed t-the co tew o ran 01, constr IC!IOn alfor led I) the act 1 rol b t ng s1a Cl) n the Nortl \V e! t r~r on all d k forb d t The S) mpathws of the abohtwn sts ute fat l Afr can race W thout d1 cia rn ng a J terest m that unfortunate people our s mpath cs are for the while man W r take onr gt onnd for the to l ng m ll ons of the wh te ace whose descenda ts musts uk to ab;ect povert) or find a. ho no that vnst regJOn the dasttn~ of winch wo ate now to settle We take our stand for tl o e coun Je s thousands who m constant!) mcrca~ ng currer t, me fhmg from the oppre••rons and m1,er) of the old world to seek among us hat plen v v. h ch s the reward of mdustrv a1 d tho,e sue al ant! pol t cal r ghts which are the JUst mhentance of all born m tho mage of theu: Maker \\ e cannot sh tt out from the t nhapp' cl !Uron of En opean despot sm the last rtt} of hope \I cl llw mes their hovel. and lightens the gloom upon the r hearts that they may at so ne t we f nd n1eans to reach our shores a 1d find \\hen the} get here the ground to sta d upon We cannot therefore go w th t1 e nom nee of the Bait nore Conven on n the declaration that t IS unconst tut onal to pre vent the exten• on of slave y n o the newt T to r es and we subm t 1t to the rep tl I cans of N York \ hether the\ can s tpport a man fo the Pres det c \ho s pledged by h s pub! c dcclara t o t of opn o to \ eto ( f elected) any b II 'h ch Cot <n\ess m:n pws to that eflect The pos non take 1 bv the south and b) tl e northern u struments has tho mout of 1emarl a ble s1mpl c t\ It s s mpl 0 that the flag of th s republ c carr QS v th t :vherever 1t ma.J be plan ted b an u mlternble 01gan c law human s]a;-en Neither the general government !hoy co11tend w-h ch d rects ts movement!: nor U e peopJ.e vho gather round 1t can exclud0 ttu~ r~t1tuuon Can an} doctrme be more re'i ol!mg to the friends of Amencan republican Stn ban tha which teaches ts that the ba mer under wh ch our fath01s through blood und unutterable suffi rmg cast off an od ous f'ore1ga tlom n on to h ch n a second contest for ndependence Jackson n tho south, and Scott m the north and om horotc nav1 on the ocean gavo Vlctor es vh ch are cher :shed as a precwus part of our 1nhentance that flag wh1ch no\ er enters a fore gn pol t that Jt does not ra1se u the hearts of tl ose :vho behold t a fresh asp ratio for 1 berty- s from the ruo uta ns of Oreg-on to the plams of Cahformu and the valle) of MeXICO to exclude f eedom and c•tabl sh slav ery1 Is th s the b tter fru t that s to r pen over tl e bones of tho•e gallant men who leav • g the r fam I e• and fires d s folio ved wherever t l~d tJ em the flag of our country -vaml) believ 1 g t to b~ the banner of freedon ? Whatever answer the south •educed bv the profits of slave labm and slave breed ng rna) g ve to this q esuon the orth can nal<e but one Iesponse That Will be 11 accordance w1th the recorded and rOitei ated declarat ons of the great father.s of tl e republ can fruth from the south as well as the north- t w Jl be n accordance w th the solemn dec]a ations of the people of netllly all the nerlher 1 stales leg slat ve and other pol t cal bod f!s convened t w Jl be m accordance \1th tho public sentiment of the whole C!V!l zed world and It Will be moreover, thern bre hren rest assured mperauvc .,.,. 1f .,. * * A SuGGESTION -A co..r;respondent of thiS New York Evcm >g Post afte1 allud ng to the dr.clma !ion of Gen DonGE makes the folio v ng st gges twn I vould suggest that our southern fellow c t zens such o them as are opposed to the exten s on of slavery to terr tor es now free be llnVJted to m tc w th the rad cal democrac) m a Nlilttonul Con\! eu t on to nonunate a cnnd date for. V:1ce Pres dent IV th Mr VAN BuREN Such a move wo tid be r ght a 1d prope and would br ng man !o the support o£ the t cket who wlll oppooe anv 1nove wl ch presents the appearance of a. sec-'\o.J.on al or aggressive character even though they rna; be opposed to the extensiOn of slavery ' Fello v de nocrats t IS not to be d0n ed that there IS much m tho poht cal honzon to cloud the heart:; h doubt and disroa) of those who ' ,j to 1 ve and d e n the support of o r pol tical fruth We have met with d saffectwn a 1d !reacher~ - W o have seen those \\ i o for long } ears buve 1 e ce ved your trust and confidence and who have gathered w th no s nted hand the honors and profits of ) our v1ctones de~ert ) ou standn d and shamefully soli themselves m tho market place of pol t cal venality Wo havo seen the N atJonal adm n stration ra sed to po-n.:er by vour self. sac r fie ng fidelity to part~ turn upon 'ou and w th all the overgrown patronage of the fede al gov ernme t st 1ve to d,a.feat your favor te canrl dates to debauch your p 1h1 c servants to subvert J om p ne1ples and to wither~ our ho1 es Dlck.inrHJD's LaDJ.ent , -tt.i!LI...- OR /Jr.. NORD,ERN SLAVE OB OJ E \ IRGIN~Y .J:ir- ..\The Float1n 0 ~CO?O o 0 e '\ 0 nny De nordem slave of Ola Y1rgmny, I \ e labored ebery day To plant her cu se ill Freedom • soil And Freemen drive awa) And now m north and east and west, I m marked like Cam of \ore I wu;h I been born n 01 \ rg nn\ Awal from Freedoms shore 0 could I bnt be bo 'll once more And shano m\ course for hfe \ rg !!) sboull be !11\ nat ve home And 1 d hab a \ ngi Ill) Wife Oh cruel fate to hold so t ght A 1d make n \ heart so sore Just let me go a Hl be bo1 1 anew On Ole \ rginnj o ohore 0 when I m dead and gone to res La} de hunker creed by InJ s de Let de dough faces all to de funeral go F01 de\ n as lll) onh pnde Den n soft repose 1 11 take n) •leep \nil Ill drean foreber t ore Dat m mudJer J d bor n e n Ole\ 1 g llll) thu annou Cc• the act on of the col vent on Gr OR!Ul' ]';E\\o- THE (,10 R:zrudutonqf I.e l~ ot P u .::;ubyt!tcwlug o re t on -The f t ds of t e o th as l\ eJI as of tbe U 1 on 11 ll lear h exp e \ ble •at fac to that the I eo tv o I ItO ~'I TL 1 :l-IE r THE QlE::>TIO:\ 0£ TilE \\IDIOT l'RO \ !80 A:>ID Rl PUDLATED \ R!.::50LIJ r!O:-i ADOPTI~G THAI DOCIRI~I AT O~CE BY AN 0\ER\HIELlVII:-IG :\I~JORlTl IT WOULD !'l'OT TOUCH 1 HE U :'<CLEAN THING ~ ~ ~ THEY Dc\RED TO STAND { P '\~D ~1EET TIIIS FIREBR 1~D OF l Nl RINCIPLED FACTil Nli:l rs bold! -to cast to toftnc reo renton nt e teet!. OJ t~c;:,e trt} unated fmutJJ's-a d to tlcclw c tl at it was no pa tarul /.o ld uc o 7u. t of !.hew IE c. ce.d H cong a late t/. c >Out!.- u cung atul t tf c •outh ~ln 11ln~s \\ho hav~ nr~r1 npJ eal d to the fidel t hono I a o sru and g ro ,} of t vh g urctl ron n va n VEmro!fT -Hou ;n E ERI TT one of tl ~ dele gates to tl e PI Ia le!J h a c vent o 1 audres es the fJIJo v g card through the Vi ndsor Journal to tl e 'I gs of \ ermont W mdso s tl e strong ost wh g conn!\ I 1 tf at tate a 1d ga' e Gene al H tRRISON joUJ thousand maJor! 1840 !\Ir EVERETT sa. s As ono of \out dclr gates at h ge to tl o mllonal co ve on I d d not g o n 1 (o o r) ad! es on to the 1 on nat on of Gel I lor fo1 the Pres de antl I sho Jd have ot d arra ::st t; coufirma o I ad not t c c ~ oman re:sol l.lu (of confhmauon) been Withdrawn On !ll\ tctmn or sooner f prnc cable l hall address to ou the wasons of ID\ comse as\ ou dclogute and fo In) uncompro1 ~!SL ~{! hostJI t\ to tl e ele t o ' of Gen Ta lor I requf\:-;t tbe wh g papers of ' c.rmon p tbl h th s card -------- o 1 he ng as! ed h:~ oR wh gs CJ.mty why t d d not have mQJe to sa} abont C 1ss replws f t s true as you and l e barn bu nC> s n (and e th nk there IS n ore trt tl tnan poctJ> JD t ) tl at tl s d sung ts! ed f end of the run awav French K ug and of slavery ndefi ely w II not get over tx vote Ill tht, town and not O\ er tl\ o hundred So I democracy of Chenango and Cor land conn ttos design cstabhshmg pape1s wh ch shall! ep1 ~ sent the true democratic !:lC timent of tho c ec twns The I tfle squad of bolters ha' e con troll d tho p1 ese thore_:t_oo_l_ol.!':lg __ -,-- At the next sess on of Congress March 1 1847 the tl ree m 11 on b lf came before the Senate but without tho WIlmot prov so ill 1t The Se mtor from Vermont [;)i[r t; pham] u oved to an end the b ]! by mserting the prov so vhen Mr Cass rose and m a speech of somo length oppo• d the amendment. Th s speech \ eporte d nd I refer Senators to t. Recollectmg what had tal en plac~ at the prev ous ses.;:. on I rose at onca and expressed -mv aston sbment at the course of the Senator from Miclngan so d1rectl at varmnce \' th h s son! ments. declared at the last session when the same meas: tro was before the Senate 1 also stated what had takon place on that occa sron and repented what I understood Gen Cass to ha.v,..,atd m the Senate as l have befo e stated and then called upon hllll to give to the Senate nnd to the country h1s reasons for th1s sudden change n h s opm1ons upon a .subject of so much 1mportance lt? The Troy B ulget savs - It IS supposed that tho propos t on of the hunkers to g.we up the r electoral t cket w !I be folio '>'ed by the w thdrawal or dec! nation of Gen CAss But th s WJI! not answer CAssIS up and he must let the people have a dtg at b1m-1f 1t IS only fo figh mg for Lams PHJLLIPE agrunst the French republ cans-and worse than all for turnmg doughfare at the b ddmg of tho so th The hunkers must not be nJ!owed to WJthdra v Cass- eve tho gh t s rendered ccrtu n I e cannon carry as ngle state ----- We have e con tered d so gan zauon and de. feat We hill e met m the great N a tiona! conn c I of o r pol ucnJ brethren a sect onal superc h• ous w d arrogant fact o \~ ho affect ng to con tPmn our pr nc1ples have trampled upon our r ghts The tlm d the hes tati1 g those who mea..c;u e t1 e v sdom of parlv leaders and the vn. !td1t) of poltt cal pr nc1ples by theu succes• have been read) to Cr) out t at al11s lost. B tIt s not so-we have sn.\red our honor V\ o have main ta ed the ntegr tv of our partv fruth an l above all we have planted ourselves upon a prmc1ple wh ch unless ve ca 1 bel e\ e that an overrulmg Prov denco has changed the hearts of tl1e Amer 1can people and turned tl}em .from fue love of that which IS lugh, dtsmterested a11d pnre to an affec ton for thaL whtcb JO low .mercenary and corrupt lS destined :to 1r &_gnal and not d !i'ltant tr umph ls be eby g ven t1 at the 3 i In stain t uf 10 per ceo pu the cap tnl sto of tl c B.uffh o Gas L g t Cu s requ red toLe pn d at tl c office uf tl o Treasurer on or before the ScORCHlti G -JoHN VAN BuREN 11 h s rrecent speecl1 at Geneseo while gwmg the h story olthe conspuac) agnmst SrLAS WnwnT made lllse of the follow ng scathmg s mile On the 27th August Mr Croswell declar~d the consp1rac1 sllffictenflv npe to btl annonncecl and the character stic- art cle- whJCb I hnve read tv you, gentlemen was h s mode of announc ng 1t. Yon \Vlll mark tbe data-the 27th of Aug 1s the ilay on whwl Mr Wr ght dwd [Great sensation n the crowd ] But the pub! cat on was made before h1s death was known at Allmn\ Tlo blow t!tat was thus rnatle at a lnnng statesman fell upon htS new grave tlte crMt:uro w/w soug!tt to be an assasstn was 611 an tascnttable diS]Je:nsatton convcrtetltnto a Jade alL MEETING AT ~IONTREA.I. -A great meeting was held at Montreal last week 10 favor of the repeal by the Bntish Parliament of the eXJstmg N aVlga uou Law~ The 11-Iayor pres ded and addresses were made by the Hon JoHN Yousa Mr GL..1. s etc Resolutions were also adopted urgmg the abrogation so far as concerns the colonv of Cana da of the restr clive poliC) of the Bnti•h NaVIga lion Laws and tbe removal of even obsta:cle to the free na¥JgaUon of the St. Lawrence by for e1gn vessels TRUE -An exchange paper says A I ve free .Kl:ll' IT ,lW'O;RE ~HE PxoPLE -The followmg resolUtion: was offered m the wh g nat o tal con 'Vention at Philadelphia and was DELlllEIIAT:ELY IULLJ1.D Resolved That whtle all power 1s demed to CongresS' under tho eo11~tution to control or m any manner mterfere With the mst tut10n of sla very mth n the several s~ates of this Umon 1t nevertheless has the power and 1t 1s the dnty of Congress to prohibit the eXIstence of slavery m any terr ton now possessed or ;vhlch may llereaf be acqUired by the people of the Un ted States J:EFFER ONIAN LE.AGUES -One of the resolu !ions adopted b) the Ut en convention recommends the formation of Je:ffersoman or Free So I As•o c ations m the vanous tow,ns of the state for the pnrpose of umting the fnends of free labor and dissemmnling mformatwn among the neople oiL the all engross1ng top c at ssue n this camprugn Th1s IS the r1ght Wa) ta proceed and we trust no t me will be lost m acting upon the sugges 15th J\uly nst Cert fi a es of stocl n II Lc ssued to the uLscr IJcrs on t!Jo pa)ment of •a d Ins1atmc t 0 G STEELE The undcrs gncJ n e ol er f the firm of '\ARREN & SKINNER ATTORNE\S AT L.\ V QUINCY I I noS D tending to rerun n rn tbc ~lly of Buffalo and v em ty for a fe :v days will be happy to take cha '.;:le of any bus ness hich may be comrn t ed o h m e at ng to ea estate n theM L TA.RY TRAer n tlJ l=ltate of Ill no\\ and also any c oiJect ng bus ness n tl e Western part of Ill no s or Eastern parts of l\1 ssour and lowr~. from St LoUis l\lo to Durl ngton Tl1wa n:r Refer for nfo mat on ouch n h s capac ty and respon b 1 ty zn the prwzucs to the De FALO REPUBLIC Da 1y nnd to i\l'r A EL \V RRE:i rr nrer nt the r office JYI 3t C A W 1\RR&'f The Ocean S:tca:m.en. Gen Case 10 reph to me commenced by say mg that he was surpn•ed at the extraordinary <:ourse of the Senator from New Jersey m call g h m to an account forb s op mons but sad l e was prepared for il and then took from the draw er of h s desk a manuscppt speech memoranda, which h,e :read to the Senate He d d not deny the statement made b1 me but sa1d m substance tb,at he h~d not changed lns optmons expressed the seSBion before npon the snb]ect of the proVISO but tllat that was not the oc= on nor th~ b11l m wh eh to apply the pro¥Jso That the obJect of the b Jl men before the Senate was to enable the £res1dent to conclude a treatv of peace wrth Mex reo That he did not Wish to do any th ng which m.1ght delay peace That t would be of no use to attach that provtso to th1s bill but that the ques !ton should be reserved until we acqu red the ter .r tory It was a question of time With h1m That thts was not the t me nor the occasiOn He also spOke of the resolut ous of Instruct ons from M ch 1gan wb1cii he had presented dunn~ the sess1on and to which I had referred him and srud that he had exammed them together With the resolutions :fi:om tbe other non slave holding states and that an :these resoluuons looked to some- permanent proVIsion or fundamental law he d1d not thmk they were mtended. to applv to the bill ihen under cons deration T.o s ~ the poSit on of General Cuss m March 1847 At that time he was s!ill 1 n favor of the Wilmot proVISo but doubting as to 1he time \vben and the natura and character of 1Jt~ Taw by wh1ch 1t should be enforced He con tinned to mamtam this po3Ition as far aa the pnb liC were informed until December laat,. wRen It liecame necessary for ce:rtam cand1dates for the Pre@ 1 dency to declare .thetr v1ews on the ..uJueet man stending erect on two legs and breathmg the free a1r of the free states who solemnh pledges himself to torture the const tut on of thls republic mto au mstrnment for the extensron of slavery mto free temtor1es IS It? We learn that the Sher flS who are \Dmmg m from lower V u g ma to s•ttle up the r taxe• represent that Gen 'ra) lor wt!l make almost a clean sweep'' m that part of the state -Richmond BPalU Insurance Co npany of No v cb $:100 oou ' --- a monster of snch hideous mten That, to be hated, needs but to be seen \ ![?The Bradford (Pa ) Rtp~ publiohed m Mr W JI.MoT's Village over whOBe anpposetil 'fP proval of General C..ue nom.tnation the. .AJ:rgus chuckled Immoderately, has .run up the name of M..i.RTU! V .A!< Bmuac fo~ Pre&Ident. T7:111eS Just so The south, nfter humbnggmg C~ss and getting htm to tum recreant to the free tern tory pnnClple will aba11don h m and go for theJr own man-Gen TllLOR JJ:T Father RITcHIE ~commg horrified at the pohtieal s1gns m the north exclaims ' Madness rules thr.lwur We adTJse the old Padr.. to be calm He'll ~ee a woree hour when the ballots come- to nlle tel Room No 113 on MoND..&.Y July 11th and reman mt,e lDetk where he may be consult.edfr.ee June 29th 1Bl8 Je3<Jd3w 07\' Plam and Fancy Boo.s: and JoB Pnn t rut neatly aDd exped t oueJy exreut.t'ri at the office of the Republ e Wubmgton street, Jirstdoor 110rt.IJ: of the POi! omee. .p!Br .roe W '\Vh te Da> d ~m th Jobn C Holland Warren LazeJJ Rufus L Fann ng w LLIA.:M I? E.t.TO D R C\TOP.S. \V 1 am M Gonve S(' Sanforrf B !Heecb G JcsM aton Cba Jea Thurber JOEL ~ \~ Hl1 E P es ilent D~viD S><ITH V ee Pre rl Joa:N G HO:STI!<G~N rrea:,; f' !:;t\CTC'taTV fo o Manufac u;red ts and Murr age Ce tlieates \' AM. In C E YOUNG )Uar.ned. 0 the 3J nstan by J G lJ ck o Esq Mr WU LTAIIt CO E of E. antford C '\V aru M.lSS FLORlLLA. IERRY On t e 4th by ]Je sune Mr HE.l~.RY HUSHEL of\ 1'1!\ a !!:ara 1 allo C V\ and MJEs MARGAREl' .&kl!;il*' ZIE 0 tJ 4 h by be rune Mr JOHN W CAltl'ltli'T:Elt; of !letha n a d M •• MARY CA MPBEI J.. On tbe th y U e .,me Mr ,'l!DNEY T WALDJtON ,_r b s y =d M= CHARLOTTE '\ OSBUJI.~ oct ll ack Rock
