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- IDaily Rtpublit. BUF:FA,.LO, N. y, DeiUocra 'c l•~aJUJ.natton. l! OR. :PR.ES!DEtiT nURTIN VAN BUREN, OF 1\EW YORK.. Demo rahc llc[Htbllcan State Conven• \t.un::a.-~T UTICA on t:he 13 h of SEPTE~ffiER, at t<> M to no 1 nate Pres lent a! E ectoro Governor L cutcn aut. Co eruut antl sll h SLate officers as are re11,u ed by Jaw to be cted n ::>;;ovemher next: lET' The Free .!'erri.'tory Conveut.1on w 11 be l d tn thiS c ty oo tl e Q h of Au ~st for tl c nom na: tlon of candidates lor P1eml nt and V1cc Pres dent tJ:::r' 'rh.e S ... a.tc A~a:.~-eu:l..,.u.ral Fa.:1.r VI. be. held nth s c1ty on tl e l?IFTll SIX fH anti SEVEN1 H days of SeptPJt ber Earl} m December last Gen. Cass addressed a let er to l\-Ir: ~~CHOLso;:;; of T{;llllesRee repudwt mg the r1gb.t o£ Congress to prolubJt slavery 111 the free temtoncs of the U n on and vtrtualh p'ledgmg h1mself. m the event of h1s electiOn to the o:ffi.c.o of Pre::. dent, to VETO any b ll contaz.n. ln.g such prola{ntwn 111 the followmg words I do not see tn the con>lttutton any grant of tho requu.-L.le pou:er to cm.graft t/; e pnnCAples of the 'Wilmot promso upon tlte lcgtslatwn of thzs govm n m.cnt ad a.pply ilum'l. to ne:w t.ernlon.;-an. authorzty •nlttchwould gtrelo Cong ess despoltc power un controlled lnJ the cons!tt ttwn OVC7 most trnportant •ectwns of 011> common country stituttgn and state government, an.l •lavery \as prohlbtted m all that- part of the territOrv of Lou• OlM&e north of 36<> 30 north latitude In this eJC• erctse of leg1olattve pow~ the greatest latitude IS g:tve-n to- the authontv\ danned. under the clauQe of the constitulllln respecting the temtory of the U m- wd States It aholtslwd slavery and slave Juris ilwt on above 36\ 3()/ tn the LouiSiana ]YUTchase up to 54° 40' accordmg to Mr C..!.Ss' \\fleWs of our tertllor al bunts 12 On the 20th of March 182\2 an act was passed for the establ shment of a temtonal gov ernrnent m Flonda contauung provisions making Jt unlawful ' to tmport or bnng mto the said ter ntof) from any place mthout the hmits: of the Umted States, anv slave or slaves These tmee acts wero p<1Ssed under Mr l>Io• ROE s administratiOn 13 On thd 20th April 1836 an act was pMsed establ shmg the temtonal government of W ts constn securmg to the mhab1tants th:e nghts prJVJleges and advantages secured to tho people of the nortli we.stern temtory b' the ordinance of 1787 subjeotwg thorn to the condmons 1 rcstrl\ !tons and prohlhiUona\ contamed tn smd ordi nance and extendmg the laws of the Un1ted States over them This \\as signed by General JA.CKSO 14 On the 12th June 1838 a temtonal gov ernrnent for Iowa was establ shed and the Jaws of tho U Stutes extended over It ThiS net was s gned h} Mr VAN BuREN 15 In 1845 Texas was annexed to the Umted States and the btU whmh passed Congress pro h b ted a d actual y abolished slavery above 36° 30 1 nnd all the sonthern members With a few ex cept ons voted for t and JoHN TYLER the per sonificatlon of a '\ ug n a abstraction:, Signed 1t. But Texas hns disregarded lbe law and by her state consutuuon admitted slavery mto all her do mnnons It will be seen,. by the above references that even I'tcs1dcnt smce the fonnatton of the gov ernment, BJ<:Cept JoHN Qumcy An..!.MS and Gen IIA.RR.ISON (and the) would have s1gned such htlls had the' passed Congress) huvo signed hill• :vh ch 1.n some form ex.crctsed authont) over ter rttor1ea rn reference to slaver) and u kind of au thontv whiCh no one pretends Congress cun ex erc1se over states It 1s qmte modest m Mr CA.ss to chargo the great men who have Qccupwd the Presidential chmr with bavmg s gned hdls for wh ch he could sec no grant In the const tution ---~ Ilree 'l'errttory Move•eDt•• We can IIC;m;e1v 1magme what the friends of the Baltimor.e and Philadelphla nomrnees hope to gam b> false!) representmg that there IS no hosl!• Itt) ont of the Stale of New York to thatr cand1 dates, and espeCially when rt JB evtdent to 8.11J' person \Vh\l teada the newspapers of the da\~ that III every free state there are strong and dectded movements, on the part of masses agrunst both Of thes<> movements we have endeavored to keep our readers appnsed but the) are becommg so general that we fear we shall not be able to find room for notices of one half of them The Cmcmnatt fiqald g~ves us au account of a large- and enthu~Iasl c meet ng held 1n Butler county Ohio on Saturda> last It san The free soil meeting was a bumper Nothing hke 1t smce 184Q It did not adJoiirn until eleven u clock All was life and onthusmsm All \ ere resolved to stand by f co soli free labor and free speech ThiS meetmg 15 an Important one uot less from It~ position than the character of the m div duals e-ngaged In zt The officE>!'!': are among- lhe oldest ana bert t tjzen< the partie paters n the debates dectdedly popular and mfluentml- They are tal en too from all pa:rt!es aod s! o v a determmutlon to stand b1 the ught, a dotormt na. on full of\ hope and prom se o the land. On thB 4th wst there was n free tewtOI v ma\s meetmg at L tile ufo 1 <a n, Oh o The Pames Vtllc 1clcgmph sa\S Tho people were there ready to arra) themsolves on tho s de of tmth and bumamt\ and to rebu l \\ that sp r t of d ctat on as sumed bv those who are dotermmed to •usta1n the two sou hern nom nation.:; made n accordanc-f\ \Jth tho behests of >he so them o1 garch) As an ttd cauo 1 of the feel ng of thooe ptesent we refer t:o the vote taken dunng on~ of the -=::peeche- !\.11 11 ho Intended to sullpOI t T A VLOR or C \Ss 11 ere 1 o quested to speal The<re were four fo the for:m er and five for the latter But when the vote up on the man who shou1d be nom nated to Carl'} out thf\ rr nc ples of the north 'Was calh:·d for th(> 11 hole \\ elkmmng With the enthustastlc shouts of the RSS(>U bled thou<:ands There WP e n an ~ ho for the first tnne appeared to comprehend o U' true position to .see that we- have been too long controlled b\ tha slave power and w Ito lPft w1lh a fiun and a detmmmed resoluuon to battle Jfo1 the truth ' The democracy of tho Ke1stonc m c ul o tt tbeJr post• On the 4th mst the free so l demo cral!:l of He 1osdale \Va) le c-o 1nt a!\:!\:embled li counCil A coues1 ondent of the New Yorl Globe thy, and htghly approve the noble stand taken b) the democracy of New York and the Conventtons of J'>lnssachnsetts and Oh10 m opposition to the extens10n of slavery alld the aggressiOns of •lave poWer that all honor and praise are due to the pat nots who first bared their bosoms to the conliJCt. and thm come weal corne woe ~ e w1ll stand bv them m this second revolutiOn and great strug gle for ltbertv In all the free states the spmt md1cated m the mo'i ements W1l have noticed pre> atl• and 1s dmh acqumng strength and volume Never was tho north so completely aroused to the aggre=ons of the ,Jove powM and never •o deferru md to re !'l.t and rebuke them In truth the work goes bra, ely on The Albam Atllls of Thursday has t1Jo fpl low ng arucle 1n relatlon to the failure of tlus 1n .stitution • The exmtement m the pubhc mmd mtegard to the frulure of the Canal Bru k, wbtch had some what sub:s ded ba.s been re nflamed bv the facts wluch ha~e transptred dunng the mvesugat1on Arnong the n a 1 d sgraceful banl ruptC:les 1 1 th s Sta e the e h::u: 1 robu.bl nev c oc urreu o c worse than tbJ• The cornm1s to JerE appomted to t'xamme l1l o th!S c-oncem have -Found t lS srud less than a thou$and dollaro Ill specie and not one b ll of a •ol~ nt bank anti this and the a cumuhtwn of h ok.Pn no E\..<; on. hand co~ rtn e he assets of the bank On the other I and the cucnlat on 1s found to be double the a nount first reported bv the offi. cer It'\ al eadv ru;certruned to be $190 000 and the tnl e'Ugnt on has not iCt termmated- The amount due to 11 d v d11al depo•ttors and to c-ou tr\ ba.R'ks s veorv gro t for the ns tuUol patd a large aud unaccustomed rate of tntetc t foJ tl e 11se of depostts 'I he hope that was at firot e t ~ t.l that tl Io s would be confined 1o thP stock! old rs a d that tl e b II hold~rs and depo tot'S 11ou\d l e •afe has •eu\iblv dmumshtd befoie th s re ela o 1 of he eTnpllle s of the bank vault: a.I d tl e dc:cu en of ti: 8 u xpec d au uuut of mdebtedness The follow ng 1 Pr ons con~t tutet he Board of D ~ctors of the Baul;: Tha !dens Jo> Edwm Cwswell Ch rles \an B..:-othu se Ed u.rd A cher Tl t:oJu \' 01 colt II T }fee tel• Robert C Rus.,ell I I 'I a >1 P all A1ch bald McClure C 1 tu• llutdel J l1. PruE:O Shaler Cad H W Hoa~ Wm J l n er Dumcl 11 Fold J K Pa ge 1 '&-idcnt Theodore Olcott Ca.ftw 1 u 1 ::; 1 bt our ns w 11 recogntz the 1 :1me!!: of man csumnhlo a1 d upnght 10en who far flom bcmg till} heated m the m1•managemen havo me eel 1aU a no n nal a thor ty and ate the pr nc pal v1ct rns of the exploswn They w1ll rc cog uze the name\ of othrr• also \ to sta 1 l m the oppos to categon and who If th ) have not Pnped tl e ben etits of the 10 s er ous s s e 1 of FUNERAL CEREJrolfiES..-The ceremomss ~ honqr of the lamented officers of the first Yegt ment of New York volunteers Col B~XTER Captruns B.ARCL.A.'f and P:m.R.Sos and L eutenants G..!.LL..!.GHER and CJHNDL.ER t~ ho fell m MeXICO took place '-'c v >: o k 011 \\ ducsda The EunmJ l oot after descnb 1 g tl e processiOn, sa\s 11 e ~cc e \'the I ark, when the Rev Dr FERRIS opt:u J. the ceremo e~ t tad g a pra) er wr tte 1 fo1 the orcas o 1 , as one of mu t mourn fu) sple dor t ~ as sole 1 n ...._ 1d 1wp cs \ e more splend1J < t 1 pcd tro<.p& \\'\ d um 1( e\ er congreoal J fort uf th lL l u u,c 1 nu I hers The Park ecru u one d Jl I1-\ uf and even t ca 1 a, filled \ tl 1J \ , tlHl bal com the \mdo\s of the Jail t1e 1 n u s of all the b uld g a!fu dt g a Ia o~d le pro peel of tho scene uud ct.cn tbf\ to.!\ of' au 1ouses ~c e cro:.. ded \: th spectators The variOus con1 pames of l!oops never presented a llloJe 1mposmg aspect as w h stead;: and mour 1ful tread the__y took the I statiO liS m front of the remams of these s x departed heroes on whose coffins were placed Corn L s the r swurd::; some of thell\ equ page 't'\Q'Ca h::> of Ua!..S black and while of ovorgre ns, and fJuuqueto of I Outer > !lowe ;s tlw tr bnte of aflhcuon ' The orauon prepar~<l at the rrquest of the co tt e of a angements \1 as tltll amid pro fot nd :;,\. Ilne~::; a d he u mo;n ~ cnuou del ve ''as dt~l ve.red \\ 1th calm antl1rr 1 rcs.\i e eloquence a 1d Jll a subdlled tone 1\ htch tdJCatetl the deep 1patl eUc feel ngs of the or tor 111 h s subject wt! often dm 1 g 1U del \ rn \h1ch orcupted fort\ s x m nutes the frequ~nt t ru t us seen ll cklmg do \ n rna. ) a check a lli JU!:i as the orator ubOllt to ulludo to the btU\ G Col Di\XTJ R 1 !.II COMMERCIAL 4 153 I ard lLs .. //{ Ollecse s Wool 14 ~eed:s !U loJ Staves 8 ;J Lu nher feet 1 mH 3')630 ccs J3 32,6.10 7171 108 llU 307 D32 000 230 a14 10 16'.1 :; 11'@5k OM' a l.l When Gun c.~,, 1 urncd tlus letter, he knew that Congress from tbe fo JJdatton of the govern n ent to the pre.:;ent t ne had nd :sputablv exer cJsed thts despot c power' m behalf of human freedorrt yet. so aiL...: ous was 1 e to seeure the fa vot of the sluve hollot'S of the south and th;Is ob tan a nommat on for the Pres1dency tmough the r 1n~ru.mental ty tl at he gave tterauce t() the pal pablo falsehood quoted above Lest ~orne north -err. dough fare rna) deny that Congress has n for:rn1\ exe1c sed th s de~;~:pohc. po\\ e.r we refer to the follow Ig au tho be, which must be re gardetl as enttrelv condus ve of the reqmstte power ' 16 No new state shaH be formed or erected w th n the JIUJSdlction of auy other state w1tlrout the consent of the leg slature of the state concern ed -U S ConstJtuUon Art. 4 Sec 3 In sa'\s- !Junk opemtlo I' have be en Its con troll ng d rec tors al u are reoj ons lle to the con r JUlllt) a 1d to the r a:s:;uc at s for tl s catru trophe (dJO 37 $10 !'7{@$11 1 Cong1ess m 17tl9 Je enacted the ordmance of l7r;7 Laws Cnapter 4 1st sesston 1st Con grc:;s The ant slaven clause of tlus ordmauce 0 tgtnal/y pmncd n 1784 by raoMAS JF.FFF.RSON p ol b ted slave!') m tho northwest terntory and the law of Congress ro euactmg 1t recerved the votn o£ Ja ES Th'li..orso1'f and wa.s s gned h'i: GEORGE~~ •sHINOTON 2 In 1 $ Congress auf.honzed the Pros d~nt to form a ternt~rra! government for li'ltsstsmppt ter tor} It prohtbited the mtroductlon of slaves from \\ thou! the l n ted State• aud dedared the slave eo mtrod teed free though 1t would be ten 'ear• before Congre s had power f om the constt t;tt on to prob1b1t the nnportatJon of sial es mto Su,teo then o' :;t 1 g l'hts act was signed bJ JoHN Ao\.l\IS. 3 In ltjOQ a terr tor al go:ocornment ' as formed b Congr~s for Indiana tcrr to~ which proh b t ed sl'averr v.nd th :s b II was E! gt ed b~ J oH:-. A.:o::aurs 4 In ~80 1 a terr: tonal go e-ru.ment was estab l shed for the f<>r to 'Y of 0 leans and the act of Co gress pro 1 b ted d f' 1 or a. wn of slaves Into tho terr tory [ oru \ thou! the Cn ted States and -also prQh blted the 1mpo 'tat on from any place \ thm the Uu ted St\'te of sla1 es 1mporteu smco the lst of Ma, rui3 'T'he 1mpo tat on of slaves ~rom an' States as an ar le of marchand ze \\as p oh lllt J Tlw m )_Jorla an of slaves wlo the t rr 01) f 0 \tato \a~ proh bJted except b\ ctt ;;.o., uf I~ l u d Stat s and aclt:_d .and bona fide 011 ucrs of ~u~h slaHs WaS Signed by 1 HOiiiAS JY.>F>:RSON ~ u 180:) a- con'\ ent!on at V neeuncs Ind a a Wrua 1 HL\RV H 1~11 Pro• de \l asked C.ongre:ss tiJ ::. ::>1 ~ d tht} Gtll soct on of tho ord no,.nce of 1 v rvl c pru.u b ttd ;Slu.vol) lnldO..., the leg slntu e of lnd ana t Is sru l ve e fraudu J.entlv r.epu .t.ed to Co 1gr~ss a.~ hav g pas ed reso lutwno wh ch a,sked a s m Jar SU>ponsion of that 0 diuance and m v~o the legtsla;l:ure. of lndtana !Jy .a, tote of more th\''\ two to one ,..) ed of Con gress the po v r to establtsh slaverv but Congress refused to grau the po c r I tl e Ho 1.se of Rep rase Llu\Ivc• 1n 1<:>02 ;\lr R.~cNDuLPH of ' rg rna Teper ed agnilliit tbo grant of s ch po ever and n 1807 1\Ir FRA-NKLYN of N urth Caxolina reported n the Senate ag::u st t In tha caoes above allude 1 to n Indiana ter; t!o ey and m the organJZa\ton of Orlemts temtory Congress acted m oppoSJtton to tho common \ill of the neople of these temlones rn prohtbtting slavcr1 111 \hole or m part bel evmg It was not the duty of Congre s to g vo to the people of ter r tones the power to commit a palpaole ummg nn less there was s mo momentous pol tlcal necesSity requmng 1L 1 ~0 North Ca ol na ceded to the U S tho tern ton ofth.e present state of Tennessee on cond tlon that Congress would not p ohtb t slavery there - In 1798 Georgia ceded to the U S the emton of the present state of M1ss ss pp1 and Alabama on cond1t on that ths 6th arltcle of the 01 dt um ce of 1187 should not be enacted m the tern tor) h> Congress and \\hen Congress orgumzed the temtor\ the •arne ) ear the ordmance of 1787 was enacted except so far as 1t conflicted w1th the deed of cesswn from Georgta There \HIS five present whete there was one at the Cru;s ratlficauon meet ng The president V ce pres dents aT d !':ecretar es are men who have fought tho buttles of denwcwr) for 'cars and ever \\ill w th f eeso 1 to stat do 1 It wasa!arg~ a noble meeung_.,. alike '\orthv of the co llt\C that gave b rth to IJav d WJlmot and the pnnc1ples !hat called 1t together 1 understand that m other port 01 s of noril ern Penosy]va.o. a the democracv md mdependent whtgs are tal ng a stand and pre panng to come out f1om the banks of tho Delu ware 1 ver to La! e Er10 for Van Buren and fwe so 1 Massachusetts as we have befoJ e 1 emarked IS ma fullj re;ect ng the d1ctat on of the south A great free sod meet ng was held n Boston on F11. ola> evemng ]not l\1r R H D4N \ tho author 17 Slaven n all the terr tor es where t has been perm tted to eXIst, though mtrodnced before pres1dlcd Sprrdtedd speeches were made and warm) resppn e to The Boston JVh1g re :~e .~::d~~::to~~o;g::~; h: :·~:a::,:n:~ I roar~hllS i'l'< it;m]J:l be set down as corta o that Lou s ana nnd Flor1da or bl' deeds of ce•ston as the peoj))e d M-chusetts show not the smalle•t m the dtstrtet of Columh1a and m the temtor) of mclmatjol;,l to ~u the nommutwns of mthei Tennessee Mtsstsstpp and Alabama Mr MAD! Conventi9J) 'l'he general sentiment 1s d •gust \0\ thought we had entire control over slaven liJ A large maJonty stand aloof. disposed to watch £ut :tre daveJope.ments .N nm hers have qu etlv do terrrtones, and full powc:r to abohsh It, Lf deemed termmed t1Je1r course Without sa 1 mg much exped1ent as the followmg !angu~ge w 11 show, about 1t From what we can gather of puiJhc expressed as 1t was befo1e Georg1a had annexed a opm on 'o feel ven confident that a good tiel et conditwn to her deed of cess on Ho adverted nornmatcd h) the Buffalo Conventton on the free soli 1ssue would cmry the electoral vote <>f th9 to thtl we~tern country and the cession of Georg\'• 'tate m WhiCh Congress ha\ e certa nl) the power to re The people of th~ mtenor of Ill no s are also gt late the ~ubJect of Blavery -Ellwt s Debates com n~ to tbe rescue of tl e f'ree pnnc ples of the V oJ 4 213 north In Kendall Du Page and W 11 count e But Mr CAsS can see no grant t 1 the canst tu meetings have been called and h~ld of th~ mo t tton of the requ s e po :vor to keep slave_f) out of re::spcctnblo and enthm; astic character The !i>:plr torr tory no\ free though the government m Its and determmat ou w1th wluch the) are ammatcd var ot s acts has dec1ded otherw so and though and guided ma be mferred from the follow ng ro the statestnen of repute both. north and sonth m solut ons ttdopted at a largo and enthus astJC meet au early peuod of the repnbhc decrded otherw1se mg of the c1t1zons of Kendall county and thougn the Supreme Court of the U S and Resolved That the south With the ass stauce the courts of var ous southern states have decided of northern doughfaces have so controlled the other 1.'1se Under the c reumstances when a act ons of the gOlleral government and of the two N allonal Con.vo tioos held at Balt I ure and r dol ocrat lS as! ed to advocate the cause of LEW ladelpl a as to fo ce UJ 01 the free north aud th~ IS CAss the most pertment reply he cun make IS fr ends of frerrlom throughout the 'Unwn the 1ssue to sa) I can see no gra!lt m the constrtutton of -Freedom or Slaven the reqr s te po ;ver. Resolved That wl le we accept th s 1ssue taus forced upon us we cam ot be long 1n detern m u to rail; round the standard of fr~edom and that we here to da, la} as d'l all part) pteferences and u.rutc o the plntform ol free so l f1 ee labor and Important from n aslungton .A .. n 1mportnnt moveme t took place n the Um ted States Sen~to on W ednesdUJ llon J ot!N M CLaYTON of Delaware moved a comm ttee of e1ght to be chosen by the Senate by ballot-two of each: partv from the north and the same from the. sonth-to whom the Oregon bill should be refer 1ed and bJ whom some comp10rn se should be te commE'nded by wZ ch the q-ucstwn of slavery 1n the te J it<n c.s 1mgl t be put a;t 7/JIJI whteh passed by a Jruge maJor ts 31 to 14 The next dav the followmg cornmtttee was cho sen SAMUEL PHELPS of Vermont E D BmGHT of IndJana D S DrcKINSON of New Y ark J M CLAYTON of Delaware J R UNDERwooD of Keutucl..-y DAviD R ATcHINsON of .i\1.issoun CLARKE of Rhode Island and J C CALHOUN of South Ca10l na freo mon oqual rep! eseutatwn a11d coustltutwnttl oppos t on to slLLvery The people of \-Y11l cot nt> n the r call for a muss mcctmg sa) - A cnsts has arnved whtch demands a dec ded mdependent and un ted movement Qf the people Without d1stmction of part\ It ts no<O too mndont to ad ntt of do11bt THAT THE RIGHT~:> ANIJ INTEREI:>Ti::l OF THE FREE ).'IORTH HAVE BB.EN SOLD TO THE SLAVE POWER It only renm ns to be seen ·whether we the sovermgn people w llratijytlw liarga n Sha11 Orego 1 thfl tw1n s1ster of Texas be refused even a terntor 1al government and I. er cduens he lejt to be massa cred by the $a'l)agllS becai!Se they u:1U not admtt slavery f! Are we who charge upon the cu p!dtt} of G eat BCltam the mtrodnct on of tlus \ unmlttgated evll ' mto our comlti'J so hvpocnt cal as tamely to acqu ese n rts extension over the )et free sOJl of New Mex co and Cahforn a? No mdeed 1 We are prepared to take our stand wtth the thousands of all parties throughout the 11orth npon the ground of the 'V1lmot proVloO and all peaceful and constitutional opposll on to slave!) The ch1ef am on r ther 1 tlo real mao to \l • tt oj the conccn zs Ev IN CnoswELL He wus ua 1 ed the cl at ter of tl1e ba 1k as one of the or ~p 1u.l cor m s t.m to d titr b te the ::.tock.- Thl \\a< n l><~CJ He s the o h one of the fit t d rectors tl at l a.< ema nod m tr e Boatd tluo rgh the 19 J ears smcc l1 lts-!U a co test ruosc (j 5pecu 1g the adrn n strat on of the l>ru k and a attet pt \as rn:.td b1 a pvliJOll of the d tee tors to 1vest gate some o1 the secret pract ce of the management Th1s resulted m a rr omorable oo te't fm the conhol of tl e msutut on n wluch b g ~at eflort.c; a d adro t n age me t tl e C'noo;; \\ llLf 1 at t) ti 1mphod and tho d sorgan z ng gentlemen who lurd ought u 1 u ve•t gat10n ve c co 1prlled to aba do 1 tho hoard AftC\r th s tl e po'\'\er of the ba k ce te e.d c 1 e-fl n h.:;; person Ho \!IS ternporunh chosen 1ts P rsHle1 t but l1• pol t cul f ends ron o tstmted \ th lu n on the 1 n pohcv of occup\ mg that pos1twn \\hen f csh from an ant bani war and h~ w\\ contcl}t \I h the ac tu;;~.l cui trul o r 1 t: us tut on Lhout tl c name of P1os drnt He struggled to ave t the expo tre md the da> before the ba1 I r 1ptc\ mad a de•poratc atten 1 t to borrow $1UU lJUU to calT t e co ce no a\ h lc Ion~ r Whether at .tlrs umo the vatlL' of the ba. ii \\Cte a:; empt) a• the) were when the State co nil ::;:s oners reacbf\ll tl em we ca 1 o even guess It Jssrud too that he sa debtor to the J J stJtnuou to the am aunt of $50 000 W o l a\C ' u ted for the 1 p.us to tell the l nbhc ho\ the $300 000 capital ofth\ bat k $200 000 c rc lat o a d tho h ndl'eds of tl ousa d lt>pos ted b the Stale b\ Uldtndunla and b) distant b tnll~ huve been b 1uandcrtd uml \\I ' tt 11 no no t nal on of the fac It has b en !t:\\nt. Tl e s t> h ch t ob e ed \I 1 the\ o1thl~so papm f th bank \\as bemg fmced on tho cornm\JnitV down to the moment of the exploo on 1t ot II co o J r to co e up the dark a d n ' o opC' atwus of the d sconnt 1oom B t 1t \ 11 have to speak out The pub! c have a r ght to know the mpten of th s n qUit) and tl e, Will req rc tl at the actual chwf I Ia.uaget of tl :; concer shall g1ve an account of Ius adu tmstratwn for the I st ten ) ears ~tate ~ tl ti e u Jorstat d ug that t e State wo ld complew \he Jmprovemenu- out of the app o[ at ons alrcadv offi.clalh made for that purpose a~ soon as pracucable The Stute has had the fi c of the Ia td some fifll da) • and as ) et, the Ca 1al Corum ss1oners ha-..: e not advert sed the lett ng of tho contracts for Ull) part of the worl Tha dela) on the part of the officers of the State IS nnex planed and Jt IS rumv.red that the Ca al lluanl I or Comro ~Sloners deem11g then seh cs '\'\ cr t than tl e Legtslature have some new proJect l\or Canal Improvements and think of postpm ng those adoptet.l by the State fur the- purpo~C' of car n ng o 1t the r own plans \Ve had snppo.ed Ca nal Comm sstoners we e elected h) the people for the pmpose of cxccuttng the laws of tho peo 6 In 1805 Congress reogamzed Michlgan ter rttory and prohibited slavery by onactmg the prm c1plos of tho ordmaJJce of 1787 The leg.s1a ttva power was temporanly left w'th the Go><ernor and judges of the temtory, sttbJOCt to the dJsap proval of Congress Gov Cass and the Judges 1n 1806 establ hed b:v law th-u Bank of Detro t \h1ch law Cougres d1oapproved and Pres1dent JEFF~RsaN Slgncd the bill of d sapproval and also tlie bill orgamzmg the territory Mr CAss tn the chartenng of the bank of Detrott, commenc ed e<arl) m hunker1sm It 1s natural that now he should thmk the local government of temto A maJOrity of tlus cornm1ttee are m favor ofthe extensiOn of slaver) and Will recommend the compromise wh1ch gives up New l)leXJco and Cahforma to that Jnstitutwn Shou1dl Congress adop such an mfamous recommendation the free men of the north will raJse the banner of RE· PEAL and fight under It until the d sgrnceful act IS blotted from the <tatute book a( the nation- There can. be no doubt of thto The aggressions of the slave power Wlll bo resisted The free ter ntones of the Umon must no-t be devoted \to the uses of slavery and thes, who hope to put nt rest the agttauon of this quesUon by snch a com promise-a compromiSe <Ohtelt plants a moral, so CUll and pol1~cal curse uponjreesoil-must under stand that such a dtsposrtion of the matter will but serve to arouse the 1nd gnat on of the north &Jll On the 5th a free so l\n:leenng was held at Nor wich, ConnectiCut composed of tho most respect able and mtelligent cmzens of that cttv Amon\' the J:e~olutwns adopted we find the follomng = pie and not of 'whng laws for them If the present Cornmi•SJOllers thmk otherWise the peo ple wtll take the matter mto th!ltr own hands and see that persons hereafter arc elected who know the r duty and are content to do It We were told last J ear by our opponents that Mr FLAGG and assoCiates were nots ncere 1n adVIsmgthe m provernents m our Cit} we begm to suspect the ms ncer l' rests With those who mad~ the charge and our susp c on grows out of the unaccountable delav on the part of ths present State officers n proceeding With these tmprovements after the cit'\ has furniShed tl em the land and the State the fnnds reqUistte for the>r completion tel F.ou No 113 on Mmm.AY Ju1y lltl 1ue~k wl ere he mu) be consultedjree rtes (the Governor und JUdges or thirteen mem bers of a leg slatun\') ~honld have supreme autho r tv to dioregard thew ill of the people of the Unr ted Stnlos and tho mil of the people of the tern ton 1f they see fit.. 7 In 1809 a gove.rnment .wns giVen Ilhno1s terntory which proh b!ted shvruv-h n s gned bv Taoi.Ll.S JEFFERSON 8 On the 4th of J nne 1812 an act was passed prov1<ling for the government of the tamtory of MissoUri ' and the ln.ws and regulations m force 1 n the dmtr1ct of Lows1ana were continued 1n op~ratloll 9 On the 3rd of March 1817 a govermnent w~s formed {Qr the temtory of Alabama, and tire Jaws then m force w1thm It us a patt of MIS s 1 ssipp1 \Vere contrnned Ill operation were passed u)lder Mr !rL\DtsoN 1 {f On tb.e ;M of' M'arcb. 1819 the- temtory of ArknJ1,111l:i Wa,!; font~ed from thil territory of MiB ~oun, :md a governtoent establ shed for lt.. 11 On the 6th of l'\liU'ch, 1820, th& mhabit- llll~ gf MJ~~<ntn were authortzed to form a con. more, and to awakm, perh.aps, tM danger11us spmt cif utalr.at:Wn Let the propagandists of slavery be warned They are treadmg upon pertlous gro\llld IIJ\ The E:qrress of th!s mornmg announces that il-h JoHN III C.>.Ml\BELr receutlJ from Liv 1ngston county, mil he>;eafter )>e cqnnected With the pubhcatton of that pape~ as one of rts propne etors M.r CA.:MPBELL has been a restdent of our c1ty for a few months past, and has dmmg that hme won the respect. and esteem of' tho\\ who have enJoyed the pleasure of h1s acqnamtance.- We welcome hun mto the fraterrut), lllld for hts sake not less than for the sake of h111 assoCiates, Wish the Exnus, whtch w ll soon ~.tppear m new habiltments an abundance of success c~l{..!.L Bux -We see, smce tho rottenness of this bank has becom.e known that. a Recexver ~ to be appomted A frJend at oUI' s1de, suggests that Governor MARcY should, m all f'a.trnet~s, ba.Te the p1clring of tho bonO& of thio bank, the ~~Jillllt tution o( the eon.ervalive• ol Alba1ly t Whereas, the Umted States have recently ac quued an Immense terntory over wh ch and Or egan the south contra 'Y to the long established OTHELLo s Occul\ATION GoNE -The Canal system of the government are seclnng to plant Ban! of Alban) has gone the wa) of all flesh - slaverv on free soil !llld Whereas we abhor Its \Ign reads not bank open or bank shu.t slavecy as IID.pol tic and unJust and VVhereas the present seems a favorable <>pportumty to V!n but • ban!. broken.. The gentle En><\'N lt IS dtcate the r1ght pf ft~e 11?d, !tee !ll.bQr and free reported IS tts debtor $u0 000 In v1ew of h1s Men therefore succes•ful finanCJermg as demonstrated m h1s &solved, 'l'hatm.cur Jl!dgement It IS not only connection w1th the Canal Bmok would 1t not be the r ght. b~>ltbe.duty.o£ i.'!ougress b. leg>sla11on to excludo slaverv from the temtones well to make h m i::lec etary of the Treasury un Resolved, That we will snhm 1 t to no com pro der the CA.ss adrnlmstratJOn ? W ALtrl::R IS a tole lll1S68, and will hold any representative from a free rably skilful man, but the State Pnnter excels state whO .eh~oks from the full support of th1s even him It IS to be expected that the Argu.s pnnap1e 1111 bel;llnd the free llj>lnt of the age and dtrelict to bll duty lllid false to hts constJluentli linwn anc! Free Press w 11 w thont dela add to a.-Ive!l. That the thrulks of grateful free thetr list of candidates the follow ng men !IX~ jlue to the Immortal Jefferson the author For Sw-et.aryof tl.o Treasu:ry o! the ordinance of 1786 It was meet and pron EDWI1N CROSWEL ex tbat he who mote the Declamtion of Amen can L lndepende \Ce should consecrate the North west Nous r;err011S as Father RrrCHtY. SMS The ~rntoryto freedom bank now bemg m the hands of ihe law the New :Resolved, That the great t••ne m the commg York member of the Nattonal comnnttee \dl Prestdential election IS between freedom and slav ery that Whatever ISSues m ,. be ad b lh have more le sure to a tend to h1s duties. as such a 0 m e y e artifices of partv we w 1 1l constder them all subor and wnte treatises on finanCJermg based upon hJS d nate nnd nothtng worth 1n companson With the own e:tpenencl vmd catton of free soil, free labor, and free men -----...,..--- Reoolved That 1f Congr~ contrary to thll SITTL'IG UP WITH TliE Srcx -In Oluo It IS Wishes of the people of Oregon whleh ha.ve been £a.ld that when a whig or CAss man IS heard of solemnly 6.'(jlr6SSed should have that temtory t9 l!I')Jo Jl! diSposed to bolt on TAYLOR and CASs, an L9 epo1led and devastnted by the bhght of J1lur•l.dl!all''•holder l!! sent to attend to him, and \the~ call erv 1t wonld be an outrage wlrich would 40t .PI> o subnntted to bv the free stAtes ~~·,fttlng np wtth the srck \' The \stdm-.\ ll.e110lved, That we ngard With warm ~· tl ll! IRUd. .lS !ipreaqtng June 2Uth le<l>< Je lfld3 v L. O. ~11\.fTllJH\':S & co., Produce Commission ~lercl!ants 1 .... Lr AGJ:~TS FOR THE DIQDIOnd L1nc StPatn and ~atl '\ essels, FOOT WAdU :OiGl:ON STREET IJ:IOIIice t.;p l:lta r• BUFFALO BE•lENT & :RUDEN, PRODt:c£ CO.M\1IS\ION ~II RCHAN'l'S ap3 6 til No 12 CENTRA:r: 'V(a:\.RF BuFFAL DR. F EHRMAN, Homrepathic Physfcxan, NO 2 WEST .EA-GLE STRUT feb16 BUFFA:J:O OOM ftlumbe' 50hL11\ ~~ah lJ:TDRAFTSONTHEROYALB.ANK H 0 8 E ()F IRELAND n sums to silt and nonc-y reuuf. ed to _. • ;be old -eo- ntry io E utgrant!l on nuJ ri!Spa7tSibi!it.y J F f\> he< o on Vater: For F rP En.,. ne~ Stc-amLaats &:.t: N B Uncurrr.nt money Co P Manufa.e u (;{ lldl•of hohar ge and 1 fRml TilE BEST OAK 1 1\.NNEO LF.ATilER lJraftson 1 oro w Albany a d ~ew York &.c l \\ tl w ou hl copper t\eL• 1lways on hand and for sal bougllt an~ 1!0 d on _styor:atJ e termiJ.. at t.he Z.o~&t;,.,-t pn.«-8s by JlOll!\RT CODD JOHN H ROWIE & f'O rnhlOt Canada Bank ~gene} 1il\lllfatn •t a12111o o No 30 f'~r~Strett, ~·w YOI'II
