Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-06-20

| sedition laws fran our statute book.
Resolred, That the proceeds OF th'
public lands ought to be sacredly ap
Piled 10 the national objects specified
in the Constitution; and that we are
opposed to the law lately adopted, and
to any law for the distribution of sucf
proceeds among the States, as alike
inexpedient in policy and repugnant to
the Constitution.
4 ResoIved, That we are decidedly OPP
posed to taking from the President the
qualified Veto power by which tie IS
enabled, under restrictions and respon-
sibiGties, amply sufficient, to guard the
public interest, TO suspendthe passage OF
a bill, whose merits cannot secure the
approval of two-thirds of the Senate
and House of Representatives, until
the judgement ofthe people can be OBJ
tanned thereon, and which has thrice
saved the American people from the
corrupt and tyrannical dominion OF the
Bank Of the Z. States.
ResoEved, That our title to the whole
of the territory Of Oregon is clear and
unquestionable; that no portion of the
same ought to be ceded to England or
any other power; and that the re- occu-
| patton of Oregon, and the remuneration
ofTexas at the earliest practicable Pc
Rod, are great American measures,
which this Convention recommend to
the cordial support of the Democracy
of the Union.
ResoIued, Thatthis Convention here
! by presents to the people of the u.
States JAS. X. POLK, Of Tennessee,
as the candidate of the Democratic par
ty, for the office of President, and
GEoReE M. DALLAS, Of Pa, as the
candidate for the Democratic party, for
the office of Vice President Of the u.
States.
ResoIued, That this Convention hold
in the highest estimation and regard
their illustrious fellow citizen, Martin
Van Buren,, of New York--that we
cherish the most grateful and abiding
sense of ability, integrity and frmness
with which he discharged the duties of
the high office ofPresident Of the Uni
ted States, and especially of the inilex-
| ible fidelity with which he maintained
the true doctrines Of the Constitution
and the measures of the Democratic
party, during his trying and nobly ar
duous administration-that In the
memorable struggle Of 1910, he fell a
martyr TO the great principles of which
he was the worthy representative, and
revere him as such-and that we here
by tender to him, in his honorable re-
tirement, the assurance of the deeply
seated confidence, affection and respect
ofthe American Democracy.
Resohued, That an Address 70 the
People of the United States, in sup
port of the Democratic party and of
the candidates presented, as their rep
resentatives, by this Convention, be
prepared by the Committee on Resolu-
tons, and bepublished by them.
Resoloed, That the proceedings of
this Convention be signed by its Off
GERS, and published in the Democratic
Republican newspapers of the United
States.
Putting Up.-'Are you prepared
to pay me that bill'' said the landlord of
one Of our hotels yesterday, to a guest
of his, who seemed to evince a deci-
ded and practical preference for the
credit system "Certainly, I will,
pay it, was the reply, Gas soon as |
get remittance from the North. But
why SO uneasy Am | not putting up
with YOU'D eyes" said Boniface, 81
know you are putting up with me; but
Pm not going TO put up any longer
with you, unless I get my money
A lady travelling at sea, full of APP
preheneions, in gale of wind, CRED
out among other ordinations, "We
shall go the bottom-mercy on us how
my head swimsl'' "Zounds, madam
never fear, said one of the sailors,
you can never go to the bottom while
i your head swims.
eSe-
An eccentric divine, in speaking o.
the ayaricious and grasping DISPOSE
ton of man, remarked-"If farmer
possessed the whole world, he would
want a little peice of Venus for pota-
to patch"
-oGe-
81 contend the gentleman is enti
tied to the .tfoor!'' as the member o
Congress said when he knocked hi
: opponent down with his fist.
Why did Marcus Curtis leap int
the gulph at Rome' Because n
E thought it was good opening for
: young man.