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- iiDailn liqtnblic. Detnocratic Nom:anation FOR PRESIDENT MARTIN Y AN BUREN, OF NEW YORK FO:R VICE P:RESIDl!l!T CHARLES F. ADAMS, OF MASSACHUSETTS Dcn.a.ocrat.Ie Republican Stat:e Cou-ven• t1on-AT UTICA on the 13th of SEPTEMBER at 1~ ?rl fo nom nate Pres dentJal E ectors Governor L euten ant 69vemor and l!llch Slate officers ~· arc requ red by law: 'to be ele ted n November next UTh-e State ~ltural Fair wn be held In th s city on the FIFTH SIXTH and SEVENTH days o' September :UocouDlcnts \Lor Sale a.t tbiiJ Ol':fice :PatN:hlets contamtng the Address of the Utwll Convent on and Mr VAN BuREN s Letter to the aame PrJCe om dollar ptt' hundred or two cents nnglecopy Ext.\'l Rqniblu contam ng the Ut ca Address Mr VAN E REN s letters to the Utica Conven t on and to the Industrial Congress at Philadel phia letters from Gen TAYLOR letters from Gen CABS to Mr Nrcnor soN and to Chicago Con vention Op nons of SILAS WRIGHT THO>IAS JmERSON &c &c Pr ce on6 dollo.r per lun drtd or two cents mngle opy Weekly Ke].1nbllc The Weekly Republzc conta mng the official account of the proceed ngs of the free so I con vention togetner With the speeches of GRoVER C:ru.s£ BuTLER and GIDDINGS and other valuable and mteresting 1natter mll be for sale at our Conntmg Room on Monday afternoon The OlliCial Proceeding•, We publish to da~ the proceed ngs of the great convennon as furn shed ns by ts officers aud to them we call the attent on of our readers In the sketches furmshed by our reporters errors have un avo dab!y stolen n We refer all therefore to our paper to day for the only relable account of the dotngs of th s m ghty gathe tng of f eemen H K S~IITII - Thts gentleman has become so nolent n h s pub] c speeches and pnvate conver satlon aga nst all who advocate pure democrat c pnnc ples and usages that we deem t necessa.T'\ to gtve a short htstory of h s treason to the demo CJratic party and ts prtnc pies In 1837 when Mr \AN BUREN recommended the establ shmen of the s b treasUI) ha denoun ced the measure and ts autho s and n a publ c meeting n tl s c t) took strong ground against until a crowd of democrats h ssed h m down He and h ~ assoc a es were actiVe n gxv ng c rculat on to the Mad!i!Oman a paper started at Wash ngton under the ausp ces of such men as N P TAL MADGE and JoHN C CLARK After makm~ a m,ock confess o fo th s treaso to the part) he was rece ed af er s and ng a proper timo on ihe con£ ss o l stool but J.:ke CaosWELL MARCY and othe s he had h s foot n the gratmg of a bnuk to the amo nt of $50 000 whtch tmme diately nd cad h m to play hunker aga n In 1844 he was a delegate to the Baltimore Convent on and boasted that he made efforts to get the floor to use a stra n of nd gnat on aga nst the slave power \'f the conve tion wh ch would result m a d ssolut on of the convent on w thout a nonunat ou He came home from Bait more and all who heard n m talk ackno ;vledged there was some hard swear ng n Flanders but noth ng equal to h s abuse and denunctal on of those who had been mstrumenW m the overthrow of Mr V.ur Buru:> In 1846 he was among those who conspired and conmved at the defeat of SILAS WRIGHT and n 1847 he battled the pany nommat ons at the JUd Cial electisms Yet this vase Hating pol tic an a mere >~old1er of fortune whose dupltcate ts m the ;vsr department at Wash ngton assumes to st gma 1:te the men who w 11 vote the regular electo al ticket m. thiS State as bolters * We )earn from the Rocbes er A.dvflrliser of th s mommg tba the largest gathenng ever held IU that c ty assembled n the court house ~ard ves terdaji afternoon to respond to the nommations of the free democracy made u th s c ty on Thursda..- and to d scnss the quest on of free so I N otw tb standing the- masses had JUSt re urned from 1he great gathenng here thev assembled n great numbers and stood for hours to 1 s en to the able and eloquent addresses which were delivered JosEPH FIELD the Mayor pres ded LAPHA.'f of Ontano N YE of Madtson, nnd B F BUTLER, of New Yol;k were present nnd addressed tha meeting L•TER FROM LA.aUA.YRA.- The schooner Susan L:ulwog Cook arr ved at New York on Monday m four days from Laguayra We Jearn that Gen Paez, the favonte of the people ha$ once more the ascendancy At the last accounts he had gone to St. Thomas to purchase vessels to form a fleet wtth wh ..,b he mtendS to sail for Maraca bo and thence to Carraccas Bus ness was extreme!) diill at Lagunn-a the merd ants were clostllll: tbe r stores on account of the un•ettled stare of the country LA.n: A~D lMPoRu~r FROM BRAZIL -PHILA D;EEPHll August 7th -By the arr val of the br g !\urora. at Balo nore we have news from Petnam buco to the 28th J ul At that date a senous con fl ct had taken plac b tween th~> Portng11ese and :Brazilians '\1any of the former were killed the stores were all clo ed and a general suspensron of bn\fneSl! for a ttme was the result, the streets be rng crowded With the rml tary Worse results were apprehended ---=---- .ALE.EGlLUY AND PtTTSBGRGH FACTORIES - Prt'rs:BURGH August 9 h -The A.llegany Factory heTesumed opera! ons No excitement. It was uupposed others followed ~----;;,--~.,.- u There are now five terr tones n the U n ted States awatting tire act rm of Congress for the r go ernment and protection vtz N ebraskn. Mi nesota Oregon Cal forn a and New Me:nco jJ:? A. per•on n Dub! n has lSBned placards, of fertng tfr 'Wl: te and funush seditiotu II!IP8!' IICCOld JJ!i to o~der OFJ'IOLU. Pueeetllqa of the ~atlo.-1 Free IJ4Jfl ConT-~. •-bled. at B..-10. ba New Yorll:, oa '&Jae L•Ua111. ef .a....-~ 1U8. TheConnnuon ~ '\ •l>e P-• &en<ltl the clly Park at 12 o clock The Han STllPHJ:If C STllVJ:n oflnd•ana cal[ ed the vo.al a .. emblage Ia Ofder and propaoed NATHANIEL SAWYER of Ohio u PAll dent pro tam Wh1eh wu ngreed lo unammoatly Mr Sawyer appeared and took the cheu CHAllLJ:s P W.ELL5 of flbnoJS and C>.LVIliW PHILL£o or Conn were appomted Secreta!':!~ Han Preston King came forward atllld g..,..t eheennr and offered lhe fo!lowmg mollon He omd that 11 wu ouggeoled yesterday thu :> c.>mmtt Me cons oling of one third ao many members frnm each Illite n1 they have electoral volea mhould be appomted to draft reooluuons and recommend cer ta1n propo•tt ons for the con• derauon of the con venhon The tir~t th ng for Ul to do 111 to umte - [Cheero ] He would read a reoolution whtch the commtllee unan mouoly agreed upon There • nothmg bmding m the resolullona Tboy are for the constderat on of the convent on Rtlolftd That tt ts the duty of the fei!ernl gov ernment to rei e~ e nself of all respons b l ty for the extens on or contmuance of slavery !Nhenever that government possesses constJtD onal author ty and • respons ble for 1:a ex slence R~!!ol\td That the atate• w1thm WhJCh slavery ex siS ore alone responsible for the cont nuance or ex stence of sJavery wnh n 1uch states o.nd the federlll go.ernment hns netther responstbtl ty nor canst tut onal author ty to eatabltsh or regulate aln very wnhm tl e states Ruol!Jtd, That the true and m the Jmlgment of th s convent on the only safe means of p evenung the extenston of slavery nto terrnory now free Io to prohtbtt !Is cmtence tn all•uch temtory by an act of Congress L P Noble was admitted to 11 seat as n member from the D1strtcl o£ Columbia On mot on Rcsolvtd That a commtttee of one from each state and one from the jD1s1r ct of Columbia be oe lee ted co draft a pan for I he permanent org;amzauon of the convent on 11nd that each delegatton appotnt tis repreoentattve fhe sltltes were called und !he followmg gentle men were appointed such comm ttee 11-fa ne-Jabez C Woodman New Hamp•h •-George T Fogg Yermon -E D Borber l'tfassacl w;ett•- W II am Jackson Rhodt Island-Wm G Hammond Conn• t cut- Thaddeuo Wella New York-Pre•ton K ng Ne1t1 Jersey-H M Conger P<nnsylvama-Jooeph Ne de 0/w-Jol n C !Vaughan Mich gan-lsnnc P Chr •nancy lVi scon., -Hnn• Crocker Ill ou-Isnnc N Arnold Iowa-\V1lham l.\1 ller Ji dUlna-Joseph L Jemeg:m Delawart-Jacob Pusey l'llaryla d- WJII nm Rob nson Ti rg<n a-George Grn g D stmt of Columb1a-L P Noble Tl e comm ttee ret red lo the cou t bou1e A comm ttee of five conststmg of Jol n R St Jo1 n W I or mer Jr Dyre T 11 nghn•t R a) ph Farns worth ond John P Hogeboom was appo nted to select and appropr ate sents for the several State delegat ons The conventiOn then took n recess unit! 3 o clocl> FTERZ'fOON SEISlO!'f A vast assemblage filled tho streets and almost the cnt re park Mr K ng from the comm [tee on o gan Z.:l on reported tl e name of CHA!<LltS FRANCIS Ao•Ms of Musachuset s as Pres dent of the r.on\~ on C B Sede ck N Y Charles V Dyre Ill '1 hos Bolton Olh o Ralph Butler Jr l'tle J E S nodg russ llfd A lU Johnson N J F Tayler Penn ns Secretartes wl ch nom nat ons were unammous Iy agreed to Mr K ng from the same commttte also reported the followmg resolut on Resolved That there be one V ce Pres dent from each State represented m th s convention and one from the D st ct of Colomb a to be selectod by the delegates from the several states Geo Rathbun of New York ond S P Cl ase of Oh o were appo nted ll comm tee to va I upon Mr ADu s and anno nee to h m b s ppo ntment Mr ADAMI tookh s oeat qm d the repeated cheer• of the mult tude The regu Jar proceedmgs of the convemuon were then opened w th p n er by the Rev Mr Tucker The follow ng V ce Pres dents were then nomi nated by thetr respectn e rtate delegallonf Ma ne-W Il am Bradbury New Hamps! re-Moses A Cartland Vermont-Lawrence Bra nard Manachuntts-John l\hlls 1\<W J.rsty-Davtd L Rogers Pmasylvan a-E D Gazznm Oh•o-N1cholns Spmdler Ill no •-S J Lowe Ind ana-John W Wr ght Wisconsm-Byron Ktlboum Iowa-Will am MIter Michigan-Robert S Wtl•on Maryland-Robert Gardel).er Virgm a-George Cratg Rhode Island-Walter R Danforth Delawa t-A H Duoon Dutr ct of Columllia-L P Noble The delegatton from New Yorknothnv ng agreed upon n nom no.t o for V ee Pres dent 1t wns agreed lo meet nt 8 11 clock thlf enmng for th&t purpoie The comm ttee on organ zn.t on subm tted the folio~ mg fi u1her repo.rt which was uno.n mons]y adopted Th s convent on IS assembled ln purs 11ance of :a. recommendntton of the slate of Oh1o held at Co lumbus o tthe 20th and 21st dn} s of June last- Th[l.l: convenl on recommended the nppomtment of s x delegn es at. large for each state that .should choose to be represented and tl ree delegates from ead con(l'ress onal d stt at Se ern! •totes h11ve foH ed that recomm•nda t on ns to then mber of delegntes vh le m other states county and d •tr ctmeet ngs ha e appomte I a much larger number thnn that propos\'d and n some a smaller numbe~ Tl e commtttea appomt ed by the rlelegnt uns of the Beveral slates to con fer upon the s hJect ot organ zat on nod represen ta on ha e hac.l the sub~ect under coos derot on nnd beg leave to sobm t to tbe convent ~n the ful lo\ ng rnles to remedy as far ns prnct cable tl e Jne qual ty that would anse from votmg 1n mass per cap ta or by otntes I Each state !ihnll be entttled to stx conferees to be composed of ts dele~tes at large f t imve them m suffic en numbe s f DQ they sba.ll be nppo n ted by tl e delegates m attendance from an1d otate 'Jnd Eo.ch. congress onal d str et of a stnte rep resented shall be entttled to three confe•ee Tl e reg tlnr dele,511es of the d stNct sball be sue! con ferees f e ougl are n attendance 1f not the number may be sup pi ed by the delegate\ fmm sa d ~ltlle from uny persons attend ng from sn1d state 3d The srud confereea shnll const tutea comm t- tee of conference and shall ha.ve full power to 11t d rmg the sttt ngs of the conYent on and to enter tam nnd dec1de finall) any q uestton refe<red b~ the \Convent on or any quest on that i:hall be onginfl ted n sa d comm ttee of con fetence and shall ba,vo full po\\er on the subject of representation 4 l Any quest on n the ~on\\entton shall be re ferred to sa d comm ttee for Jts finn! ac:uon upon tl e lemnnd of one hundred members On malton ofB F Butlent was Resoh·ed Thai n. comm tee or three £am ench state and the ssme from the D str ct o( Columbm to report t«!solutiona for tl e COUll dernuon of tho conventiOE 'Wh ch eommlltee wa1appomted u follow• '!>lno York-B F Butler Jooeph L White,H B Stanton ll:l'W e must beg the mdulgeno:'ll! of eorretpon dentl for not msertmg ihetr f&v- lfy alld by ,.h~W~~~ Mam,_D Fam•worth Alfred JQhnoon June• C Woodman /ifto HA/Itphir-1 G Boll W 4. Mama•, G JJ'ou ._MM:lrv.utts-S C Pbill p1 Charle• B Sedg WJelt lotbua Lea11tt. Vnmo~~~-1 PoJaqd Athbel Peek Dante! Ro beru ConructtcUt-W H Burletgh C W Phtlleo F P Tl'IIC}' Rhnd• I•land- W G Hammond Nn~J JtrKey-1ohn JW Stoat. W Dunham Geo Updyke Pmnsylr:ama-E D Gnzznm John A 'V lis John Dougherty Omo-S P ChflSe E S Hamlm W A Ro e:ero Miu-ylaml-Edw n Thoma. J E Snodgras• Tho• Gardner Virgtma-George Cratg Dut of Columln.a-L P Noble Ind ana-S C Stevens S A Huff. Samuel Hoo ver Illinou-I N Arnold Wm Love y Thomas Rtchmond Wucon.nn-1 Codd ng Hans Crocker I 0 Mtlls Iowa-\' tH am !'rftiler Mich•gan-H R Clarke H N Ormsby S P Mead Delaware-Jacuo Puoey A H Du:on Me .. ro G dd ngo o!Ohto Culver ofNew York and Butler of New 1 o k dur ng the procoedtnga addre•sed the convent on wtth great power and cl oquence after \Vh ch an adm ruble oong wwr oung by a member of the Hutch nson family After the announcement that tl e conferees ap potnted by the delegates of the severo.l states m obedtence to the recommendation of the comm ttee on organ zs.t on would meet nt the court bouse nt 71 o clock the convent on at 6! o clock adjourned to 9 o clock to morrow morn ng Second Day THuRsDAY MoRNING Auguot 10 The meet ng was called to orderbythePreo dent and tts del bernt10ns opened wttb prayer by theRe..- S 1 May of Syracuse J G Larned was announced as a member of the committee on Resolutions m place ofF P Tracy The comm ttee of conference and the comm tlee on resolut ono not bemg prepared to report .Meur• Br ggs of Ohto Cummmg of Mass Berkthue of Va Nye of New York Headley of Pn Wtlaon of !If cb gan Sedgw ck of New York and G dd ngs of Oh o herng severlllly culled on addressed the convent on \ th great npplause after wh ch an other excellent song \\!Is sung by Jeue Hutch nson The Pre11dent aa1d I hat as evtdenco of the strong mterest w h ch was man fested m the proceed ngo of the convent on he had JUot had placed m hts hands the followmg lelegraphrc commumcatton m haole Exh bJt one 1ssue-one front-one nom nat on- courago-enthus nsm-nnt c pate v ctory WILLIAM WILSON Pastor of the Glurch of Gov<nanterr CINCINNATI lOti August Tl e Pres dent announced that !Hr Butler of New York cha rmnn of the commlltee on resolu t on• would now read the report of the commtttee Tim announcement wao rece ved wllh threo cheers - Mr Butler then came forwnrd and remarked that he had the tnetpresstble pleasure of announcmg tl at the report \htch he vns nbont 10 rend to them \~• the unan mous report of the commlltee Th s announcement was received w th the most enthuat !1St c appla se He then read the follow mg preamble and resolu ttona THE PLATFORM. 'Vl ereas ue I ave assembled tn convention ns a un on of freeme for he sal e of freetlom fo get t ng all past pol I cal cl trerences n n common re solve to rna ntntn tl e r gl ts of free labor aga nst tl e oggress ons of he slave power nnd to secu e Free ::;o 1 for n free people And wherens the pol t cal convenl ons recently nssembled at Bait uore and Ph ladelph a the one st B ng the vo ce of a great const tuency ent tied to he heard n Jts del bernt ons and tl e other abnn donmg 1ts d st net ve pr nc pies for mere avm!ab1! ty ha e d ssol et.l t e at onal pn y o gan z.a on I ere tor. re ex st ng b} nom nat ng for tl e cl ef n n g strncy of the U uted Stnles under slave nold ttg eta. on cnml dat~s ne er of vI om ca be s p ported by the opponents of slavery ex tens on \ th out a encr fice of consistency duty nnd self respect And hcrens these nom nat ons so made fur n sh the occns on and demonstrate the necess ty of the un on of the poople under Jl e banner of free de mocrncy m n solemn and formal declarnl on of the r ndependence ofthe s a. e po ver- and of J-.el.l' fixed determ nat on to rescue tl e federal government Rnolt:Vi That Rit·er and Harbor 1mprovemenla whene ~ er demanded by the .. rety and CQovemence of commerce \' th foretcn n&tlon .. or among tbeuv eml atates nre obJeCta of Jtahonal eoncern and 11111 the duly of Congre:J.t 10 the uerctoe of ttl cons nuuonai poweu to provide therefor Recolv~d.. That the free grant to aetual -.ettlers 1n cons deration of the expen1es lhey 1ncar 10 makmg settlemenlll m the w1lderneu wh'ic!tare DIU ally fully equ11l1o thetr a~!ua] cost and of the pub I c benefits resultrng 1herefrom of n.aonoble por lions of tl e pub I c lands under tuttable hmtlattons 11 a \tse and JUst metlllure of pubhc poltcy wh1ch w dl promote Jn vanou• ways- the Interests of all tl e sUttes of tlu• Un on and we. therefore recom mend tt to tho favorable constderatlon of the Amen can people Resolved That the obi gallons of honor and pal r ottsm requtre the earltest prnct cal payment of the nat onnl debt and we are therefore m fnvor of such a tar ff of dut es :as '\'Ill r3. 3 reven e adequate to defray the necessary expenaes of tl e federal gpv ernment and to pay nnnual mstalments of our debt and the mterest thereon ResollH!d That we tnscr be on our banner F'REE SOIL FREE SPEECH FREE LABOR AND FREE MEN and onder t w11l fight on and fight ever unt I a tnumphant \etory ohall reward our exeruonli The resolot ons were then submttted to the con vent on by the Prestdent nnd adopted by acclama non nnd then the conYention adJoUrned ogatn at 3 o clock A.FTEltlfOON SJ:I.SIOl'f The Prestdont cnlled the con•ent on to order at 3i o dock 'l he conferees havmg ret red to t1 e r place of meet ng to agree upon cnnd dotes to pre sent to the convention there was no bu1 ness be rore t1 e convention ~d the afternoon wu ent rely devoted to nddresse• from a number of d111tnguish ed gentlemen In the evemng tl e con~entton aga n assembled when tt Wtll announced that the commtl!ee of conference vrere prepared to report Mr CHA.SE of Ohto chatrman of tlie committee of conference then ca.me forward and remnrked thnt he had the gratllicat on to report the 1man mou• result of the deltberallons of the commtttee and he wns mstructed he l&td to report the name of i\IARriNVANRUREN ofNewYork annmebe fore 1Ilustnous but rendered doubly liluttrtous by hts o \n recent conduce and hy the conduct of hts fr e ds m th a convenllon as the cend date of th11 con\ ent1on for the Prutdency of the Umled S!ate6 [Tremendo s cheer ng ] He uas also motructed to report 1he name of CHARI ES FRANCIS ADAMS of IU1111s11chusetts an honored nome honored by the nets of the man who bears It buc honored more by 1!• UI!JOCJat on w th Ihe old mnn eloquent as the candidate of th s ~onvent on for the V tee Pres dent of the [J mted States [Un versnl cheertng ] It \' ns therefore move 1 nnd seconded [Mr Chooe of Oh o temporar ly occupymg the cha rbyrequelt of the Pres dent who 1 ad reltred ] That there port of the commtttoe of conference be unantmou•ly adopted by the mass convenlton Tl o appla se nnd enthns1osm of the convent on nt th s stnge of tl e proceed ngs vere mdescriblf6Ie Tl e report of the conferees w ns adopted w ti out a d ssent ng voJce At th s moment (9~ n clock P 111 ) the scene from thestanc 'as grand Tl e tent \~as filled to tts tmost capac I} \II were cheermg swmg ng tl e r hats and handkercl efs Scarcely had there port been ronde u hen a band of mus c marched m to the tent followed by persons bear ng a splendtd banner on \I ch 11 e names of VAN BOREN nnd ADAMS were tnscr bed At tl e same 1 me a beaut ful banner appeared on the stand Wit! ti e tnscr p tton 78 nnd 48 JEFFERSON AND VAN BUREN No Com prom se On mot rm of Mr Noble of he D s nC\l of Colum u n Resol e.J That f!enJam n F .Bu ler Josepl L Wh te and S P Chase be nppo nted ll com m tee o appr se t1 e co.nd dates of the r nom nat on and to sol c t theu acceptance of the same On mot on twas nlso Resolved That John Van Durep of New York be respectfully requested to v;av e all personal ~onstderattons and accept the nv a ons ~ h ch ha~e been endered to h m to VIS1t Ohio Pennsyh nnw 11nd other states and nd from ts control Resolved the efore tl at ~• the people here dress the people durmg the penu ng momet tons assembled remember ng the example of our fa hers m the days of the first declnrat on of ndependence pu t ng our tru t n God for the t umph of our cause and mvok ng h s gu dance n our endea\ors to advance tl do no\\ plant our elves upon the nn t onal platform of Freedom n oppos I on to the sect onnl p atfo m of sla ery Resolved 'I bat slaver:y n t1 e several slates of th s Un on wl eh recog ze ts ex stence dependo upon state In :\IS alone :vh ch cnnnot be repeale I o mod fied by tl e federal government and for wh cl laws that go\ernment s not responsible We thernfore propose n nterfe ence by Congress\ tl sln ery y,; tl n tl e 1 m ts of any stute Resolved Tl1at the prov so of Jefferson to pro Jubt! the ex slence of sln.ery nf er 1800 m n11 the terr tortes of the Un ted States southern an I no th Joseph L Wbtto of Ne v York \\BS now called for nnd addressed h s brethren of 11 e late wl g par ty nnd h s new bretl ren of the free soli party with gre t po 'er and eloquence Step! en C Pl II ps of Massacl usetts follo • ed n some eloquent remarks m tl e course ofwl ch he st3tE'd t at the nom nnt on of Mr Adnms Y>ns brougl t about w ttl out any kno\1 ledge or agency of tl e Massachusetts deleglll on through the unsohc ted net on oft! e delegat on from Ohto He w ns folio ved by Snm 1al Lew s of Ohto powerful exhortallon to umty perseverance em the \otes of s x states nnd s xteen del ega es exert on 11 tl e Congress of 17U~ for tl e provtso to tl rce !Hr Butler of New York then offered the fo1Iow ato.tes nnd seven delflgntes ngn nst t t1 e nctual ng resolut 00 wh ch wns unanJmo sly adopted exclos on of slavery from the no 1 :vestern terr tory by the ord nnnce of 1787 unnmmously adopted by Resolved That John P Hale ofNew Hampshire !he atntes m Congress an 1 the en re htstory of for h s fearlessness fidel ty and nbthty r.s a Senn that penod den ly sho rv thn ns he set led tor ond he read nesa d .s nterestedne.ss and patr pohcy of tl e nation not to extend nuuonu tze or ot sm mh wh ell he placed h mself. though a can encourage but to 1 m t local ze and dtscournge d date nlready n nom nnt on nt1he d sposal of th s •lavery nnd to th s po c~ h ch should never convent on hM ent tied h mselfto the last ng gmt have been departed from the government ougl t 10 ttude of 11 e fr ends of the h 1mnn race and of the return great cause of I rue democracy Resolvtd Thnt our athPrs orda ned the Cons• I D F eld of New York upon the call of the tullon of the Umted Stntes n order among otl er convent on then read the follow ng letter from ~trent nottonnl ob;ects to estabhsh JUS!tce promo!• the genernl \elfu e and secure tl e bless ngs of Mart n Van Buren to\tha New York delegauon liberty b t express}) den ed to tl e fede nl go ern ~ h ch ra:as rece ved w th ndeacr ba:ble enthusJ.a•m ment wh1cl they created nU Const tutronal po •er Lt~DE~WALD A 1g 2 1848 to depr •e nn~ person of I fe 1 berty or prupert~ GE~~LEMF. -It has occurred to me that ad rect w Lhour.. due legnl process commun cat on of my feel ngs upon as ng1e pomt R~solved That n the Judgment of th s Con en mny m one \event serve to remove embarrassment n tto11 Congress Ins no more po~ er to mnke a •lave your net on at Bu!fnlo You aU know from mv etter than to make a k ng -no more poVwer to tnst tut~ to the (jt ca con~nt on and the confidence you re oregtabl sh slavery than o ns u eo es nb] sh a po e n mj s oc-e y how grea ly the proceed ngs monarchy -no such po ~ er can be found among of xl at bmlJ m relation to myself were oppo•ed those spec fically conferred by tl e canst tut on or tom~ enrnest ~ shes Some of you l a\e also had de ved by JUSt mpl cat on from them oppo tun t es to satisfy your•etves from personal Resolved fhnt 1t IS tho dutJ of the federol go~ obaenauon '1f tl e sucnfice• of feeltngs and mter emment to rel eve t E\lf fi om all respons h I ty for es s wh <>h I acurred m subm ttlng my future nc t e ex.- s ence or cun mua.nce of slavery wherever t n to ts control Noo,e of you need be assured that government posse•ses consututtonal au thorny of the extent to wh ch tbese feel 1gs were rei eved 10 leg slate on tl at subject nnd ts thus r apons b!o by tl e ~onsctousn'ess that m yteldmg to the dec s for rs ex stence on of tha body that. tl e use oi my name 'i\ as nee Resolv<ri Thnt the true and n the JUdgment of essnry to enable the ever fatthfnl democracy of tbts convention the on!~ safe means of prevenung New York to s 1stam themsehes m the extraordt the extens on of sla ery no err tory now freE> s nnry pas on nto ¥1 ch they had been drtven by to proh h t s ex ste ce n all auch terr tory by n the nJDS ce of nthers I B.Tlnled wyaPlf of--an op- nct \Of Congress portumty to test fy to them my en dun g grot tude cauon from .-aeh a re.ult, It would be most ant sfac lOry 10 my feelmp and w111heo WDhtn& I be Convenuon saecus -and honor 1n lls. -patnouediOru and beogging you to accept foryour oelve1 anurancea of my unfetgned YeSpect 1 am very omce.rely your fr1end and servant M.. VAN BUREN To the New York Delegatton m the Bui!Blo Con ventron After the the readmg of the letter Mr F eld hemg called on Io apeak decltned saymg t was too late He would add however m the language of the nohle1t of EngliSh poets Nowots the wmter of our dJsCQntent Msde glorrouo aummer by the son of York And all tlle clouds that lowered upon our house In the deep booom of the ocean bur ed-. He would add further before movmg an adJourn ment that they had that day la d therr platform and m ted thetr standa d and respect ng tt he would repeat the words of one of our own J>Oets Forever float that standard sheet Where breathes the foe bu~ falls before ua Wtth freedom soo 1 beneath our feet And freedoms bnnner wav ng a er us The President pro tern tl en announced that a proceuton would be formed tmmed ately after the adjournment of the convention w th a band of mu a c under the banners whtcb had been broughlmto the convent on whtch would be jotned by 1uch member• as m ght be mel ned to do so The great convenllon then on mot on of Mr Fteld adjourned w thout day CHARLES FRANr!IS ADAMS Prestdent WtlltBm Bradbury Mooea A Cartland L11wrence Bmmard John Mdlo flnv d L Rogers E D Gazzom N1choln• Spmdler S J Lowe John W Wr ght Byron K1lbourn Wtlhnm Mttter RobertS Wdaon Robert Gllrdner l George Cratg Walter R Danforth J A H D1xon L P Noble VIce Preotdenta Thornns Bolton Clnrles B Sedgwtek l C V Dyer R11lph Butler 1r Secretanea J E Snodgrn11 A M Jolnson Frnnklm Taylor ) NoTE BT THE SEcR'I:TARIJts -The name report ed ns the V1ee Prestdenl from New York was ace dentally m11la1d The roll of the Conferees Wtll be .Publ shed u soon a1 Jt can be fauly written out l'leetiD.a- of the Grand Comnuttee of Conference Proceed ngs of the General Committee of Con ferees at the Court House Buffalo Augnst 9 1848-71! o clock P M The commtttee was orgamzed by appo nt ng S P CHASE of Oh o President. 8 C Pht!ltps Mass ~ H M Conger N 1 VICe Pres ts J H Cravens Ia FSMllsNJ Sees S M Bootb W1s ~ Tho s Lee Oh o It was moved ±hat a comm ttee of one from each state be appomted to repor on the credent als of Conferees whtch motion was lost On mot on Resol!Jed That the Cha rman of each state del egat on hand to the Secretanes a 1 st of tl o dele gates appomted Conferees b) such delegat on and that the names appear ng on such 1 sts be the del egates author zed to !lCt m th s meeting On mo twn Resol'l!d That the delegates from each State he called n order and each md v dual vote 7'Wa \oce for such person as he prefers as a candtdate f01 President. lt was moved that the vote JUst passed be re considered whtch motton was lost A mot on to proceed at oJ;lce to nom nate a can dtdate for Pres dent after •orne d scuss on was Withdrawn the general expression bemg m favor of postpomng a nom nation until n platform of prmmples should be adopted uJJon the report of tho comm ttee on resolut ons On mot on t was Resot~ed That when th s grand comm ttee ad JOUrn 1t adjourn to meet to morrow af er the pas sage of the resolut ons wh ch maJ be reported by the comm ttee on resolut ons Several mot ons were made d1scussed and mth drawn The roil of the delegates havmg been read and corrected on mot on tt was Resoltml That the Secretar es fum sh a copy of the roll to the door keepers that no delegate be admitted whose name 1s not on the roll A. comm tlee of three was appo nted Messrs W Adams of lll no s J A Kasson of Mass ana E Hussel' of M ch gau to procure a larger -room for the sess ons of the conference after whtch the comm ttee adJourned THURSDAY Monung Aug 10 The comm ttee of conferees met at half past eleven A M m tho Second Un versa! st Church B F Butler Cha1rman of the comm ttee on resolutiOns read a senes of resolnt o s wh ch had JUSt been adopted by the Mass Convention as the r Platform of Prmc ples wh1ch were re ce ved h:Y the comm ttee of conferees w th unan mous and tremendous applause The m nut&s of tbe last meeting were then read and approved On motion tt was Ruol-,d That the vote be called h} states and each state present a name or names as candidates for a nommanon to the Prestdency The roll of the states was rend and several names presented On molton t was Resol!Jcd That the Hon BenJ F Butler be nv ted to g ve the enmm ttee such nformat on as I e mav be able and may th nk proper to furo sh respectmg the v1ews and poslttOTh of Mr Van Buren n regard to the platform adopted• by the Mass Convent on Mr Butler cheerfull) responded to lhts call bJ making a frank and full statement of Mr Van lluren 11 v1ews aud pos1t on, and closed b> readmg the followmg letter from Mr Van Bure 1 to the New York DelegatiOn [The letter appears m the proceedmgs of the conyentio.n. m another :part of Jl>.Js paper J An mformal ballot was taken Willi the followJng Tesult For Martin Van Buren John P Hal~ 181 Scatlenng 41 Whole numbor of votes cast 466 Resolved That we nccept the 1ssue wh ch the for the many favors I lad rece1ved at the r hand• •lave power l as forced upon us and to the r demand The convent on of which you form a part may for more slave stntes and more slnve terr tor es f w sely conducted be product ve o more mport a r cnlm b t finn! nns er s :VO MORE t;I AVE ant consequ~nces thnn any wh ch has gone before STATES AND NO SI AVE TERRITORY- t sa eonly hnt wh oh formed thefedetnlconstt f Ptthe so l of a tr ex tens ve doma ns he ever kept tut on In one respect t \\I[] be \\1 oily u,l ke fee fur the hard~ p oneers of<> r o 'n land and tl e ony p I I cal ron~ent on wh1rh hilS bern I eld m the oppressed and banu;hed of other lands seek ng t: n ted States smce tl e oresent organ zauon of hom.- if comfo t and fields of enterpnse n tl e ne..... pnr es It. 1\ 11 n a great degree be composed of MaJonty for Mr Van Buren, over world nd' duals uho l \'e nil the r l1es been arrayed two Resolved That the b II Intel] reported hy the on d fferent stdes n pol I ~• state and nat onnl and eomm uee of e ght n tha senate of the l n ted host)] d !fer n regard to mo&t of the quest ons On motion of Joshua LeaVItt, of Massachusetts S a es was nu comprom se but an absolute surren tl t In e nr sen n the ndm n s rat on ol there seconded by Sa.'nnel Lewts of Oh o 1t was der of the r ahts of 11 e non slave I olderg of all 1 1 •peel e goverr ments but \\ho feel themsehes Resol~d una. tnwus y That the result of the the states and wh le we rejo c to kno that a cal ed Uf by cons dernt ona of I e I gl est m measure \h cJ , 1 Je open ng 1 e door ~ r d e n p s pend nval act n upon 0 1 er subjects mformal vote Just taken. be placed on record and lroductton of sl11~ery mto temtonea now free I an~ ua te their common etrorts for the accomphsh that MA:aTJ!I VAll Bu:aE!I of New York be nom! would nloo have opened the dour to I t gat on and me t f a s ogle en 1-the pre•ent on of the mtro- nated b' this Comm !tee of Conference as a can .str fe am ng the future mhah tant.s tl ereof t the 1 due o of human J>ln ery n o the extens •e terr didate for the office of Pres dent of the Un.tted rum Of the r peart> and pro l'er ty \\\ defeat- tones of he t.;mted States no-.. exempt fr m that States ed n tlc Honse of Ropresenllll ves ts passage m great e 1 nnd '1 rh are desuned tfproperly t e t RMobJtd That the Corum !tee proceed to no hot haste by a mnjonty of I] e \'enate embmc ng ed tu be speeu I} CQ verted Into a l Ierness of fret> m nate a cal1didate for the v ce Pres aency oevcml senn ors VII o Yot• j n open v10latton of tl e m nd I nPed not sa) hov; cord ally I cone r m known w II of ti e r eons tuents should! warn the the en ment h h regnrds tb • grent object as one The names of several gentlemen were proposed people to see to tt thnt therr representnu•e• be sacred n tl e s ~ht of Heaven the aceompl shJitent Ordertd Thatthe roll of States be called n re not sua-ered to betray them lllere must be no of \1j; htci s due to the meroor es of those great and versed o der for the purpose of taking the nformal more com prom ••• w th •lavery tf mace the) JUst men long nee e trost rna le perfeN n ts expresston of the preferences of the r.ooferees as must he REPEALED courts ~ o 1 d the foundnt ons of our government to a candidate for the Vice PreSidency R•solne<l That\\ demand freedom nnd 8!!13b and m:.de as t1 ev fondly hoped adeq ate prov I sl ed mslltut ons for our brethren m 0 egon now s on for IL• perpetn ty nnd succe•s nnd ndts On moll on the Carom ttee at half past seven exposed to bardslm per I and ma.s!:lere bv tl e pensaole to the future honor and paramount wei took a recess for one hour reckless hoK: bty of the slaTe power to the estab- fare of our ent!re confederocy The Comnnttee reassembled at .half p2mt e ght. lt•hment offree government for a free terntory snd It may Linppen 10 the course of the deltbernl ons not onl} ~ r them but for onr new brethren m of the <.:on lent on that you become satisfied that Tho names of other candidates for the V1ce Pre Cal forn a- and New Mex co the great end of your proceed ngs c:m m your s dencv hav:mg been Withdtawn AnJ -wheren.s t s ~ue n t on1y to tl .s occas on op n on be bflst promoted by nn aba donmenc of On motio twas but to the w)lols people o! the Uruted State• that the Uuca nom nation \You y;J!J not m that e~ent n. we iihould also declare oursehea on certam other wa t ns:snrance8 of my nn fonn deSire never agatn &5olf'Jed unamWUJU8ly That the eall of the queot ons or nat anal pol cy therefore to be ll cand date for th\ pres dency or for nny :roll be diSpensed Wlth. and that CILUILES XRAli Resolu.d Tbnt ue demand cheap po~ta~ra for the other pubhc office but J;on m~y apprehend that 11 CIS ADAliiS of Musachusetttl, be nommated by people a retrenchment of the expenses end pntro m gill not be agreeab!.- to me to be 1 uperseced m this Committee of Conference 811 a candidate fo:r nnge of the fedeml goYernment !be abo! uon ofull the nom nation after wluit I\\ taken place In re they,.,.. l'remdeucy of the Un ted States unnece•onry office\' and •alar es and the election gnrd to tt It 10 upon th11 pomt, tl at I d\\ re to I --\'-1 to d beth th th by lh .. peop[e of all Ci\ il officers In th .. Bet'ilCO of protect 1 OU BgOJnll the afiJ!;hteat emhonuoment by t 1l Imr-- e UC1I e en Dll&$lll WI the gonmmenl 1 o fat 111 lha 111111e lllllJ be yrMIJ annrmg yon ao I very amcerely and nr:y chtoe~\ which 1) L ~ono for P!'mikllt~Vieo I're ,.tilt, f11lly do, tha~~qfar fiVlll ''Jl'~ 11111 morti5 ~~~j;o'Jq ;'~ l, &4 J:aa Ordered Tnat the col'dial thanks of thia c- llllltee be returned to the Trustees of the s-114: Umversalist Church for the use of their hoUM fw the Sittlngs of this Comtmttee. A connruttee qf three Messrs Carroll of New Y o<k W Us <>f Penn S han a and Pardee of Oh o was appomted o adVIse the Pre• dent of the Mass Convention that th• Grand Comm 1 ttee WM prepared to report. Whereunon after a parttng add 6Sl! by the p~ Sident. t1 e Grand Comm t ee adJonrned Without daJ S P CR..\l'lE Pres dent. S C Pa LLIPS, ~ R M CoNG:&B v Preo 15 JAM:ES H CRAVENS S M BooTH ~ F S lVIrLLs Secretar es Taos LE£ GEN C&ss AND THE VETo -The Umon pub 1 shes a long le ter from 'HENRY A W 1 se lats member of Congress from the V rgmtan pe!tln sula of Accomac It s all about Gen CAss for whom he professes great adm ration tmd whom he mtends to support for var ous reasons among wh ch he gwes the f<>llowmg That he IS pledged io exerc ~e the constitll tonal power of the veto aga nst the odious meas ursa called the W !mot proVIso and agmnst all measures of that class and that he bas voted agamst that proviso m hls place m the Senate of th,Umted Stetes FRu SoiL A-:M-=-o-N,...a~TRF._,...._G::::-E-RM~u;s -The New Yorker Demokrat was :lie first G;nnan paper m New York to rase the flagofftee sot! Its e:mm ple as we learn from the same pnnt, has been fol• lowed bv the German Tribune m St. Loma by the LontSVI!le Messenger 11nd the Ilhno1s State Zettung Two of these JOUrnals are published m slave hold ng states The Germans opp011e ths extenswn of slavery as a measure whtch w11l shu~ out free !aboral'S from the country mto which sl11very IS transplanted ~~:---,::--- BE!<MUDA. -A letter from :Bermuda dated July 19th m the H a! fax T mes says that s nee the arr val of Mitchell aU the d sposable port on of the 42d reg ment have been removed to Ireland Island-the fortificat ons have been double man• ned and the stnctest survetlance kept np Two or three alarms have already been gwen SeYer al of the convtet guard who were lnsh have been dlsmtssed m consequence of gtVIng newopapers to M t'chel The mformation was g ven by a ser geant of the H ghlanders On thetr way to Ham• tlton these dtsmtssed so!dters waylatd the fim Htghlander they met, (an muocent man) abused h m n a shock ng- manner brol e the bones or h s leg and left hun for dead stretched across the wall wtth a heavy stone on h s chest The man however, was not dead but remams m a precar1 ous state The perpetrators of this outrage han all been arrested -Boston T•mcs CANAL BANK -We understand that the Comp trolle'r w II send to the State Paper the ollie al re j1brt of the ex am ners of the Canal Bank for pub heat on m t me for W eduesday s or Th usday 5 Argus of thlS week We shall endeavor to copy the same at the earl est moment. We farther understand that the naked facts as ascertamed bv the comm ss oners d sclose the most monstrou~ frauds a d that ihere \II not b left a doubt as to \ho have possessed themselves of the largest proport on of the funds of the depos tors and stockholder• We sav largest pro port on because we understand there are great dejic enczes and tt 1s not vet clearly asc~rta ned where all the abstra(! t ons have gone to -Albany Atlas TBE AMISTAD NEGRO CASE -Our last tele graph report announced congress onal action on a b II to giVe $50 000 to the Am stad negroes - But It •eems that th s sum JS to be g ven to the owners of those negroes We hope Congress mav no be gu lty of an> such follJ The Un tecl States Comt bas decl!lred that w1 en these ne groes reached th s country 1hey ceased to be slaves The r owners therefore have no cia m upon onr government for them -Albanu Atlas AVAILABU.ITY -An outsiaer gave us the followmg wh ch 11lustrates the dootrme of .avruJa,., btl ty In a press to get nto the Convention •t Phi!aaelph a. one of the delega es lost h s hat., when he very coolly took Qtf the 111\t 9f a11otber delegate remarkmg nt the same t me If I can t have my own 1 at, I am will ng to avail my self of the very bcs( lutt I nan get -Roxlntry .4d· vert!Ser A WoRD ABOUT FIZZLll'(G -The ed tOrlal D rector of the exploded Canal Bank has a good deal to say m h s apostate newspaper about Barn burner fizzles The puol c would be glad to hear somelh ng from that source 111 explanation of the stupendous fizzle b wl1 ch h • loans ran up to $106 000 All a fa~ b]lsm~$StransacttOn' of course -N 1:': Globe Wa son) L 0 IIIA:TTI'lEW~ & CO , Produce CommiUJOn JIIH-ehanh, A !l AGEJI'l't T.oR. 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