New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-24
Tho Great whig Gathering in st. Law


and Congressional Conventions-Henry Van
Rensselaer, and Simeon D. Moody to the irst-
7, adopted resolutions affirming all The distnc
tive principles OF the Wing party, and condemn
inq the project of Annexation The following IS
pungent:
Re.e har I ;e f r by the General Govern
nynt OF the debt, al the Sta,s,.-aaouch c"uan'y ai
tal.ey charged with te>rn. such assumption f'." y, -,
nsp eec iram the besnnog to the assumption pi rr'e
Debts ei-nes ti4 se.snn.V & ~ t sy
Ss:e whether be En- gland, France !ette0 or lAis
The following letters were read TO the assem-
bed thousands, and their sentimrnts responded
10 with enthusiastic cheering, VIZ:
Letter from Hon. VIM. II. Seward
AUsuRS. June I. lsti
GeatIemen-Ab sence from hume nnc illness.
Of wuich am only convae>ceni. have :" Jar &c
run.cd nv ru-intss mat cou;d rot possibly &C
..pt me ,nvItaton extended u me II, ~ crafty
| az u manner by you. the +" ny to'FeSp''Ld
np COMMITTEE of -. L.@rence cUGnty, and the
Central COMMITTEE OF the Gay Club ot that
county.
Your names bring 40 vivid remembrance OF
the hospltehues Despwed upon NE during my
vlsi, to ne banks ot the 81. Lawfence IN 1888 -
shah cherish that remembrance 10 Tie last hour
Vi f-eing ana 0, e nS1IHusnssa.
C1cntl,mrn-i rememae: w,li, that when hdd
-grreted The Agricultural, Mineral ana Forest
resources of ~. Lawfen e ana trankln Counties,
on the occaslon 10 which have fei,rfed Ifei1ec-
ted that II The Constitution bad clsquaiiilcd eve
nv person from Il seat the Legislature, untl lie
mad once at least, visited every county III the
State your great and growing community wouid
Already have had perfect communication win
the cities of tie Hudson. No man can explore
the valley of the ST. Lawrence without being con-
| yiuced that either New York must sedsonaoIy
open perfect avenue from the valley to her own
tide waters or that the commerce OF the nor
thern portion OF this continenI Will seek lis depot
below the rapids OF AontmOrCncl, and that en-
pre- will follow trade. This | am well aware IS
not the most prcpitious time Tor speculations IKE
these. 1t was long question with me now 1t "as
| that JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was bodcr, more resoIute
and more devoted in the cause OF humanity,
than all of his contemporaries. L found the eX-
PLANTATION in the motto impressed upon the seal OF
a letter from that illustrious statesman, Alter
.Seculo' SO it may be allowed TO me, my day OF
public service being past, to consider not alone
what is the sentiment prevailing this day, or this
wear, on the subject OF Internal improvement, but
what principles will abide the test OF time, and
the judgment of Posterlty.
They tell us, Gentlemen, that we must take
immediate possession of TEXAS and Oregon, or
England will humby say, on the contrary,
that England will take neither the one nor the 9TH
cr. until she has secured tranquility and the bes
sings Of equal government to Ireland. say
more, that England can dispense with the cotton
fields of Texas and with the passes OF the Rocky
Mountains, if we will only stand by while she
perfects the navigation of the st. Lawrence.
In the tour to which have advcried observ
ed that the counties OF Clinton, st. Lawrence,
franklin and jefferson, in many parts as pros
porous az any in the State, were largely colonzed,
not by cmgrants from the Connecticut, the Hue
son and the Delaware, like Western New Y ork,
but by Natives of French Canada, Ireland, Eng
land and Scotland, whose devotion to Liberty IN
duccd them to erect their Log Cabins ON the
Southern, instead Of the Northern side OF the ST.
Lawrence. There was some confusion oitongues,
and the cross OF the Catholic Church was seen
every where side by side with the splre OF the
Protestant Temple. 1t was impossible to dlstln-
guish whether the fields had been sOwn by Pro.
testants or Catholic hands. Thc same sun and
shower rpcned the fields of both. Contcntment
aud harmony seemed to prevail every where; and
on an occasion which ehcited expressions OF pat
rotsm from all classes and conditions of men,
you may well remember that the voluntary cli-
Iens were as enthusiastic as those whose blood
had filtered through one or more generations of
The American soil. | said to myself, let MIN who
dlstrusls the instincts of Freedom and The capa-
oiliiy of men born under oppression. to become
true and worthy citizens OF Il republican State,
come here and learn the truth yet widely DIS
credited, though 1t was taught by the great Master
Of Human Reason. and was practically adopted
by the great expounder OF American Democracy,
that LIBERAL NATURALIZATION Is an clement of
| EMPIRE.
l should delight, gentlemen, To revive these
recoliecticns, and 10 profit again 10y INSTRUCTIONS
which | sure no man pretending 10 be d
| Statesman could lal 10 receive ifun the sccues
and from the ?, ope of The Valley of ST. Law
renee There the truth must break M upon every
cauoid mind, that the great political question b'.
tween the contsnGlng parties OF our day Is. whcth
cr the national peace sHail be put IN jeopardy, tire
national honor be forfeited and the national
wealth and treasure be expended TO give enlarge
nent, security and prrPctuty TO Southern Slave
" wnch forever drags MS down 10 the earth, or
whether Impartial pubic Councils shall leave thu
rec and vigorous NorIEI and West TO work out
the welfare of the country aud drag the reluctant
South up TO participate N the same glorious
destinies.
But, gentlemen, these are truant conceptions
which time and circumstances will not permit
the to expand. They will occur TO your mind
more lorcl5ly than can express them, and am
persuaded they will lead TO wisar and better adj
minislrstion OF public affairs than has ever yet
been enjoyed. tender you my sincere congrat-
ulations on The great success which has attended
the Wing party thus far in the present conflict =
We have obliged Our opponents to change their
leader on the very eve OF battle. Let us take
care to convince them that opposition was
not because their .,hlef was personally obnoxious,
but because his principles rendered him so, and
that if they wished TO regain the confidence OF
the American people, they must confess before
mankind that the American Laborer is worthy OF
his hire, that government possesses lawful power
to improve the earth for the habitation of men,
that the Executive authority of the American
Government is limited, and to be held in just sub.
ordination to the Legislature, that the right oil
the people to petition Congress is inviolable, that
suffrage ought to be condition of submission to
government and that thew who cndeayor to for