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m ailu lttpnblir. BUFFALO, N. Y, _,.....lliOlYDAY EVEl'il.l'iG JULY 24, 1848 Democratic Nontl.l1atton FOR lRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN, OF NEWYDRK Denu>crat•c RepublJcan State Conven• tlon-AT uTICA on tbe 13tb of SEPrEMDER at 12 M to non mate Pres dent a E PCto s Governor L euten ant Governor and -suclt S ate officers a!!l a e requ red by Ia...-: \tt be elected n November noxt. ~.]\The Free Territory Convention IHII be he d n t'h s city on t1 e 9th of\ Amrust for the nom ua tlon of ca'nd da es for Pres dent and V cc Prce: dent.. 10\ The State A;n-tcnltul'Rl Fn.r w 11 he held n tb 1 e ty on the. FIFTH SIXTH and SEVENTH d a.y! of September FroJn Ne·w leork. ( CQRRESPOND:ENCE OF Tli:K REPUDLIC ) N>:w YoRK July 20th 1848 But I ttle more than a month has elapsed smce the untrarnmelled democracy of this c ty assern bled to rece ve the report of theu: lelegates CA>I l!RJ:L:ENG lliYEMEYER and other& whom the~ had prevtonsl) selected w th the expectat on that there was tp be a nat onal democrat c convent on It proved however that a large portion of men who were to eompose sm.d convent on were opposed to actmg w1th any men who snsta ned tho great ordinance of TiioNAS JEFJ:ERSON wl ose doctr. nes we supposed were cons dered d~mocrat c As a national conseqqence our delegates ret 1rned h~me and the 6th o~ J ne was de• guated bv the democracy of th1s cJt} for rece vmg back mto therr own hands thelr delegates' credent als and io they had not been exam ned for the seals were unbroken Thus left Without a cand1dato, the -democracy of New York assembled 11 pnman meet mrs, and delegated a In ge and cnthus ast c bod} of mtelhgent a1 d consClent ous melt to meet 1n Utica on the 22d of June a d agree upon some competent democrat of the Jefferson an school as a candidate for. the pres den C) You I now tl e startl ng acclamat on w th wh ch that convent on nommated the bosom f end of old H ckorv th~ qu et and ret red C nc nnah: ~ of th('t Hud~on the greatest si:.a:lesman. or the ago 1\.t.a.n.TL\'l t ~ Bu REN' Men or ud v d wls call ng thamselves me 1 laughe.d at the Hlaa that a s ngle state or st !I less a pnrty of a smgle •tate should th nk of 8npport ng 1ts <JWn caud date n oppos t on to what was gravely asserled to be the cho ce of twenty llllle nwependent sovere~gnt iJs But there was a great pnnc plo at stake And J would ask what-evllnt sav1l onl} tho death of SILAS Wma11T whmlt .. tartled the natio I l ke the trumpet of an mchangel what event was ever so qmckly an nounced at the remotest I r ts of the republ c or caused tho blood of earnest f1eemon to c rcnlate so warmlv? What documont stato or nat onal hM ever so complete!) as that l.i t en address on grossed the attent on of nd v duals fam1l cs and publ c functwnar es? The people have called mmense meet ngs to J>onsult for the pub! c weal The)' have deter mmed to meet bv represe tat on m } our mtv and net n concert w th N ~::;. v 'York Tl :::; I: 8$ been done too m states where no mSI!t had been offered to the sovere gn people e tl er b'\' mzsrepresenta ton or hy no represe tat o 1 at all The case s w thou! a parallel n ou histo ' and for the vel'} good reason that the canse s felt by ho 1est men to be VItal to the mterests of freedom And even the grnv ty of o 1r Senate s d l rbed '.I'HJ: Mlmrll'IG AT THE CAPITOL I!< Al.B.!.NT- The free I!Oil demoCTaC} of Albany held a meet mg 1)1 the Cap tol on Wednesday everung; for the purpose of ratif) mg tho nommatwn of MARTI!f \ ~~ BuREN wh ch the neontrol papers of that c ty charactem:e il.'l large and enthus a;;tJc The Atlas sa s t would have been more ove!rV helm ng zn numbers but for the Insuffictency of notice &c ThJS was the onl} raufication meeting that has et been held nA!ban::; 10 wh ch the nomma lion of the part' candidate was ratified At the CAss meet ng C.A.Ss was overwhehmngly voted do~ n savs the A:tlas and the T...a.YLOR meet ng be gan and ended tn cheers for CLAY At th s meet 1ng the T{l~S}'onse was cordial and unanunoos Dr PETER P STAATS was appomted chmrman of the meeting one V ce Pres dent was appo nted from each ward with a nom ber of secre tanes- !\. comm ttce on resolutiOns was appo nUed and dur ng thetr absence Mr GROVER addreosed the meet ng n a graph c account of the action of the democratic party north and south sjnce the Bait more convention-on two of the g:r,eat sub Jects presented by that bod)-the mmed1nte an nexat on of Texas and the occupat on of Oregon He explamed With what prompt tude the north ern democrats had f dfilled theu pledge and voted for tne admissJon of Texas and how the natwn had sent Jts comm!SsJOners to bu) a boundary ~ arm es and fleet to enfo ce 1t at the nsk s nee made the certa nn of war a-.;d how on tho other hand the south had sacnficed free Ore gon s 1rrendered half of her to Great Bntam and had left the rest even unto thts dav \\Jthont a government proposmg to u•e her pos uon not for the or gmal com prom se of 1844 Texas and 0 egon but for a new ono of 1848 Oregon and Callforn a After the adoptiOn of some excellent reso]ubonR wh ch we are compelled to om t BENJA-\\N BAt LE~ of Putnam addressed the meetmg m some eloquent remarks and was followed by BeNrAMIN F BuTLER who recalled the fact that he had firs\ made a publ c speech m these walls m June 1821 n rP~=~ponse to a .sentiment of MARTIN VAN BonE\ - The Extrmswn of Suffrage -a 1 ght then confined to freeholders And 'et ruler pur su DO' that and kir.dxcd measures of de1nocratic refor~ he found htmself at the age of 52 not a lemorrat- f the A -gus nnd Wash ngton Unwn were taken as author t) After showmg whv ho sl ould not desert tne gu dance of hFl'ERSON G:Eo C l\'Tor> ana Ton- PK t\!'l for that of CALHOUN Ca s and DICKINSON Mr B proceeded to speak of the camp om se proJoded n the Un ted States Senate the acco nt of wh ch had JUSt reached the p bl c here He a nul; sed and exposed that part of t relat ng to New MeXIco and Cal forn a He pw ed that J urns K PoLK might be spared the c 1rno of ;: 1g such a law-he above t~ll men had a r ght earuestlv to put forth tbat pra~er\ As to the compromise he denounced t m at] vance as the greatest atromty ever proposed 1n th1s CO\Illtl'\ (To tho reporters-w11to 11 down Let 1t go to WMh ngton ) tho greut~~~ BCiJemo of cnmmallt• over bronght forw!lrd by u ~tntQ$mUn TI e meet ng adJourned Qfter order ng the p b I cat on of the proceed ngs M INE -A letter from Hallowell n Mama !a t~d Julv 17th savs The free so I movement finds advocates here and the r n 1mber IS stead I) ncreas ug Of comse m t1 s strong whig <:onnt) C \SS ranttal u0ver could have been very h gh m the market an I Ta) lot zeal Js certamly on the wane Tho Portland free so 1 com euuon Vi 11! p oduce ~ po\ erful effect upon th s part of the state Manv nen wl o have horotoforo been pro m nent :vh gs are b t wn ting for so1ne s 1ch mo vement to come out bold von tho free soil q 1e twn leaVUl!( th par!) that has already loft ts pr nc p !es \\ERn. o~T -Tho '\V nJl am County Dc.71J..ocrat has abandoned C.1.ss and hosted the 1 ame of :HARTZN VA~ BuRE~ The \ e mont Ga ate wh ch d d the same th ng the week before SU)S -We reJOice to see that tlus steadfast au d con s ,tent de uocratic JO rna! \ rang ng ltsolf upo the s de of free so 1 free Bpecch free labor and lThe lagt n mber 'l:onta ns Mr VAN Bunz s adero.rable letter and n:n e cellent art de from the Sprmgfiold Sontmcl np6n tho Uttra nommat ons nud tho pos1t on of tho bamb ners of .N e ~ Y orlt wl ch ;ve :v 11 endeavor to findl roon1 >V e have no doubt that Ilil a few bnef months a maJor ty of the democrat c 1 ress of Vermont wtll be fo md ran god on the s de of freo dom The folio\ ng sa>s the same pape s an extract of a letter tom a fr end rn :Middlebmry un der date of J lv 17 EpifaJ?h Spade handle deep Beneath thiS heap, The gentle Edwm dozes Mourners, scrrotmd His little mound, And w pe ~our weepmg no~e\ Each one who scorns When Couse once warn• Ana deems her an mtruder Come drop a tear For Edmn here Who but a humbug VIewed her Do any here Hold truth so dear Like gold rhey use t sparel~ ? A sob theJ owe Their friend below For Edwm used t rareh Stop here and s gh All \ho deer} That frn I encumbrance Honor For Ed here dead N e er spent tJs srud A moment s thought upon her All you \ho fla) The lambs 'ou slay For peltr> pelf at d dinner Some gnef drops sh•d 0 er b other dead For Edw n was a sl nner Come butchers nll, At fr enash p s call Your I a nentat ons utter One of )our l!ado Deatl here has !a d Fo> Edw n was a g ttte1 • \ Let all wear veeds Whose plu nd r ng deeds To consc1ence J rove no canker And howl a stave Around th1s grave For Edw n was a banker White slaves who nurse Your countrJ s curse In shame who ve deoper sunk her D aw near and 'ell A bru her s knell For Ed1111 was a hunker *'Th s fac wns v ry c ear y Ue nons atcd n the e nbow el ng of t1 e 0 nnl J:Jank ----- MR Yt rsE s Orm £ON OF GEN CAss -In ordm to show how CJrci n stances sometimes change men s op ons we are nduced to e~tract the fol low ng frnm document No 194 of the hou~c of representatives 2d sess on XXIVth Congre~s n vh ch the reader\ 11 see what was then the opm o 1 of Mr HENRY A WxsE respect ng Gen L:&\ rs Cass now the nom nee of a port on of the de mocratlc partv for the h1gh office of P1es dent of the l_Tn ted States The doc ment relate::5 to an mquuy nto the adllllll.lStratton of he execu ve depa!tment.o 1\!I WISE bCl.ng ndcr oatl. tes li•d as fallo vs I bcheve that Lew s Cass Sec1etary of War was engag~d n spee lnt ng In tho l ubl c lands wh le Secretary of War that he made exorb ta 1t allowances to favo1 los patd ono for serviCes 1 ev or 1 erfo rr ed anotl1er after he had full know! edge thv.t the favor te forged h s signature pN nittcd commtsswns under htm to be ante datea and has o dered a Treasury varrant to be pad to the ass g eo of a d shu -s ng officer vho had gam bled It a vay after Il had boen protested b1 a do pos t bank a 1d was counte manded by the Sec e tary of the Treas m and to bavo been gu lty of so vera! otl er \\~ of v oint o 1 of dnt) THE Ar;ousr ELECTZONS -On Monda) the 7th of August elect ons w 11 bo held m five states of ou U mon as follows Ke;nt u:J.:y-Govcrnor Lwut Gov and Leg1s latu.r:e lndutna-Leg slature onlJ lllinots-Go e or lYiembers. of Coagre:::;s and Legslature Mzssou t-Governor Members of Congross and Leg slature lou !-Members of Congress and Leg slnture llub • ''I olds her election on the same day b 1t bwnmall; -none th1s year fi01 th Ca olma elects Goverr or and Leg1slature on the first Thursdav (3d) pf At gust A SH.AJHlY ACT OP PsoscRl.PTioN -The New York Eventng Poid. relates the followmg act of pro scr1ptJon by the hunker Po•trnaster m New York everv way worth} of the conservative tool '<ho pres ded over and ass1sted n the frauds of the Syracuse Co ventiou last fall What do our Ger man electors sa3 to such acts? drags 1ts slow length along- I ke a overgorged snake sunrung h\ the 1oads de when suddm I} rapped on the head Tl ey have concluded to let Owgon have a government w thont bondage aud ~et Congress cannot leg1slate f01 the tern tortes But the Senate s st lt1fied-the snake has swal towed too b1g a frog-the gate for the entrance of the dev I mto Eden must be left open th s lime No, no The very hour that th s fraud pon freedom IS be ng consumn ated 15 000 free men are gathered n the park and pledg ng them I have but a moment to Th'r te Evefiryth g go 1g gh~ Ch !tendon county 1s on re-94 oelves to repel the msult. The mense mul out of 150 voters n Shelburne have s gneol a call titude wrth one response s :vear forever that the for a free so I convent on a week f orn to da at free sod of ourwesteru worll ahead) co1 oecrated I W11l ston ~verv d~morrat m town but one- U nt1l tht1 other da1 the German dmly paper m th c ty ent tlod the Ne :v Yorker Democrat W!Ul emplo ed to pub] sh the 1 st of Gorman letters m tho New Yo k Poet Office by the Postmaster here Rob! H i\1orr s That prmt declared Itself favor of Mr Van B uen and 1mmed ately after \a tis the postmaoter I ad tl e maguan m tv to pnn sh ts German readers b) w thdraw ng from t he p lbltc~twn of the German hst of lettets Thts sho 1ld have operated as u warnmg to the Tam many Soc et) but t seems tl at Jt d d not fr 1 b b th. un ed decre~s of God and There s sad to 1 e 10() an tl e •a ne col! n Char to ee a or Y 6 lotte 50 to !00 lll H esb 1rg-h St ong wh1go are man shall never be bhghted b) then asu a breath com ng out all round We shall have a move nor scathed by the w tber nq footsteps of human men! n th , cau ty \ * • • slavery Nos r the people are perfectly cornpe Omo -Free sol meet gs have been held tent to dectde a quest on of fact They t nder Par! man Geat ga cot nty L ttle Mountatn Lake stand the illl~S on of our government to be pro cou t Ham !ton Butler county Hanove-r Co bono pubbco- t w 11 be hanl to conv nee nen lnmbuma count) Bell Grove Mudtson count) that an ol garchy of slave holdmg a Jstocrats Canfield Mahon ng county Chester C 1yahoga sho ld reap the first fru ts of a fertile co ntry for countv W arron Trumbull conn ty Chardon the benefit of a lordly few who have concluded Geanrra count\ Mount Vernon Knox county Wlth Mr CALHOUN that the declarat on of mde- &.c o ~us run Ufl' tne Buffa1o convent on and a pendence Js a huge falsehood prom ligated b> the s1m lar meet n; has been held n Xou a Groene (oohsh JEFFERSON Bo assured that such au 011 count) Seventeen wh g papets mOho says the garchy JS not the democracy of JEFFEILSON JacK Cmc111 at Szgnal have d rectly or md rectly re sox, VAN BOREN and i-VRIGRT nor such a one as J8Cted the nommation of TaYLon v z Cleve we tl.'Ust m God w 11 be It 1 mphantl) vmd cated land True Democrat, Western Reserve Chroru m :!Sovember If our new canst tution was es cle Lebanon Star Loratn Conner Medina Wh g tabhshed by 100 000 1 should like to know what !\.shtabt !a Sentinel Oh o Star Hamilton Jntelli Will prevent New York from ~rv ng her voce m gencer .Mount Vernon Times P1qua R&gister eupport of the doctr nes of JEFFERSO:\< Mar etta Intel! gencer Greenfield Patnot Clin [J'Tnow.• ALLEN Eso formerlJ of the Mad 1 on Republican T1ffin Standard Metgs county Isol)xan and now a cs dent of St Lo IS has con r me::J Massillon Gazet e and Pa nsv lle Tele a en ted to run as a candulale for State Senator on graph To to th s hst must be added the Ports the whig ticket The St Lou s NI!I.D Era con tams mouth Cl pper--:-::c------- the correspondence of the wh g central commlltee l!lrcHIGAN -We learn thaltbe Allegan Reco1 d JUVIting Mr Allen to r m os a cand date for Sena a leading democratic paper 111 the wester 1 Jilai t of tor and his reply to th& •nmo \'lr A repud ntes Mich gan has come out for \ .u BUREN The the noimnation of Gen CA.« He says When Roco!d Is edited d) Mos:Es fuwxs one of the I saw t'le pl tform npon which Gen C\ss was most nfiucntial democrats m the state .Mr placed bv the Baltimore Convention I snw With. H\ WKS was formerly an advocate of Gen c.._ s unaffected regret. the I ttle light of hope n that and favored his nommation but afte£ the latter' quarter for the west wholh extingmshed * ~ repudiation of the J effersoman ordmance and bar I {elt that thf're was no secunty or shelter agamst bor appropn!l.lions the democracy of Allegan the unpending storm but to laj hold of the 1m County repudiated Wm The Ann Arbor True m.oveabla rock of Buena \ sta. General C ASS Democrat has followed the example of the Record 1-VISCONSI~ -A mnssconventwn of the fr-ee so1! electors of all parties was held at Par s Rae ne County on the 4th 1nst CHAUNCY KELLOGG Chrurmau CIIJ.s DururF.J: anol WM H WATER MAN V ce Pres dents and E G DYER and 0 A STAFFORD Secretanes Mr STAFJ\ORD gave some mfo mation concern ng the Utzca conventiOn J C Bo ER then nt oduced an elaborate address and a senes of resolnt ons takmg strong free so1l ground wl ch were unan mously adopted Elo q 1ent speeches were given by Messrs P .Hb7. SANDERS HARCHF.TT and TowsLJ:JI. A F arTHFUL DoG -We Jearn from the ;I'itl$ burg papers that the Duquesne Gre)s brought bad With them a dog the\ took to J\1eXJco He accompan ed them m all tlie r seJges battles and marches, and was wounded by a shqt from the.eno my at Puebla. He fared thro11_ghout tho cam pa1gn just as the volunteers d d and appears proud of h1s achievements as any of them SNAGS A.!iD TllEIR EFF.ECTS IN FIVE y J:ARS - The fV estern Boatman sa) s from 1835 to 1840 there were bu It 552 steamboats for nav gatiOn of the VI e•tern nvers mostly on the Ohw The .average age of these boats IS five years Of these 552 boats the manner of lo•s was thus 2!i6worn om., 21.a snagged 42 burnt, 22 lost by collis on 7 lost bv explos on ------ IJJ' The custom house organ of th1s mormng de s tf.-t t.s edi or sung :for HA..KRLSON n 1840 W c giVe h1m the b•nefit of th s demal untll \e have an opportun tv to consult our author:~tes But how abou the rot ng9 W ll the editor deny that he VOTED for HARRISON m 1840? • Tell us that 1\bster B ooke ----- N1:w Onuaxs u 1T IS -TheN ew Orlelll!B COl\' :'IT M FFIT IS now I an•a where I e • preach g h elfoc(, ton sh ng as to be a rnatte1 of wonder TI e In pers 1 that reg on sav that the whole populat on wluto and black slaves and fee have JO ned the chmch unde Ius preach ng-and that the 1 lie 1 n um had actuall) come m that secllon of Arkau sus What ts there deemed Ins pcrsecutwn b) the northern Method sts has made hm veT} pop 1lor at the Sa tl Joel \I'> WI te Dav d Sm th JQI n C' Holland 'Warren L zell Rufus L Fann ng i17\ DRAFTS ON THE RO \ AL BANK lJl evidently to be abandoned m M1•sonn, und an and drawn upon nsolf the anger of that weak and efFort made to ~ecure the state for Taylor We venal nstrnrnen of tbo slave power the Detroit have been mformed from rn8pectable anthor1ty Free .fre~• The Grund Raptda En![U<I t:r, edite 1 that d•legates from MISsour w 11 be pre•ent at by the LEGGETT of Michigan publishes cillls for the Nat onal Convention to assemble at. B rlfulu on free soll meet g:s and will soon ho st the mlme of the 9th of August. V ._,. BUREs The Battle Creek Press conta ns h::NNSJ:LV.A.~-r.• -A largo meeting ofthemtizens of Ken net Square Chester County was held on the 12th >nst. An address was Jll~ b~ Dr S Sn.B:auu, and n number ofresolutionl{adopted de t:larlng tha.t 1hey woUld :ro.pport no man for Pres1 clento Con~ or the Stat!~ LegJ•Iature, who Is not openh: and av-owedly n. favor of the pnnc p!es of the Wilmot proviso and reconunendmg the holding or a general~ meetmg for the choice .t lkleptea to the BuJ!hlo CQnvention calls f<>r free soil meetmgs n vanous parts of the state The people of MJCh gan are mov ng m .g:ood earnest V The Cleveland '&ue Dt:mOcrat IS full to overfloWing with the :resolutions of free soil meetings m all parts of the reserve The editor well adds This IS tbe d'lv of resolut on of get tmg rend> But tho day of ads and energetic acts wUI soon ~c:::o:::m:::e:::.__' ---::---~ OF IRELAND n m m1 to •uu,. and money rem ued to the old country fo Em urant;l: on -my rupor....rib l ty N B Uncurrent money Con GEORGI.\ -At Augusta on the 4th msl the ceremony oldeposifing n \tsrestingplace he cor ner stone of a monument to the memory of Ly man Hall and Geo Walton two of the s gners ot the declaration of mdependence was duly perfar med, m the presence of a lar£e asoemblag_e of ci BoA.TME.'< W a•--rED -Boatmen are wanted on tbe Delaware and Hudson canal and are assured good pay and plentv of work. The large nnm bor of boatmen on our canals who are now ulle will ..,.e think oeue up<>n the OJ!P<>rttmit)' B Is of' Exchange and Drafts on Toronto 41bany and New York &:.c bought and .old on fa.vorahieterrn• ROilERT conn rnh!Ot Canada }lank .Agenc] 162 Ma n st DAGUE:URU.!V GALLERY. McDONNELL & CO, 192 Mnm street oppw~ te thP Fa mer s .Hote~ B LlYn o Daguerreotype Appa.rat.UI and all the mate al nserl n he bno neM forsale wholesale or reta 1 AIIO a line aJI!Ort ~nt o( Loeke-t• Orden enelo• ng money by ma 1 w 1f meet Wlth mmediate attent on Cameru: Plates 0~-e• .e \Cor.wa.rdcdtoanTpnt. -febl2 !I for the bet er In FLO[;\& we ha e no sa. es o no c wh cb wouJd nd ca e the market ~ na I lot» good brands b\'echanged ban iss nee our lasl at pr ces rang ngfrom 8! 1.2! to 4 '2..:1 Ohio wheat s offered a SSae---nc :v thou sales On satu day there wa.s a sa e of -8000 bu Rae ne afloat at 82c CoRN continues n good de-mand Sale of JSOO l.m aftodt th s mo n n!! at 39c ~nd UU do at 3 !c 0 1 old to the extt:nt of 3DOU bu tl s norn ng at 3 k CANAL Fu anT CA~ 1.1 EXPORT;:; arc 1 e t.XJ o s pe ca a fron tl 4 IJ,N Lad Ls 11 C eesc- 1 Vloo 2• sl ')0 4 5 18 07 3 8G6 ~ 5!G ceo 51 .4dvocatc PORT OF Mr JO!lN' both of thia. Hon WIL-
