Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-07-24
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.
,vo, 80 nIvmTi C0NvnNTIoN.


appropriate remarks ny lion James Nui'i'' wa! u
oil inc CITY ,r-.,,. ~ ,,,.. e ,,,
On motion Of William B. Ogden, Chairman Of tue
General ColnLSe, Jn, =; aI y Cba,nb.r
called 10 prcSde' temporarily anu a. r. - Nyi;:
OF ST. Louis, MO-, ana ii"is IIocN'I, ~ ~. =; .
as Secretaries. nc Chati.i' Co e. To @
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Chairman Johh b!e.l', Itl'u i us '''''' - ~
ceIS Vi tie IL, ,, o' ~ - Missouri
IleS'u Io;y't "iob, a Rrockvav Conn: j. g.
c.mn Fla Thomas b. King Ca: +. W. II. Ellis,
- w XyooJLridoc Mich: f. Corning, n. y;
5irI,natrick n j.; Gov. Bcbb. Ohio; \. w.
! oon1is pa. II Hoppin r. l.; !. II. Tweddy, Wis
consin. A, w, Watkins Mo-; Mr.. Williams, Iowa;
CharIss Homestead Ia; NJ E. Chandler, Me-; w.
u Fustis Mass
Secretayies- Schuyler Cofax, Ia; w. f. Edwards,
III. r T. Fcnno N y: A. i. Chambers, Mo;
Aaron Hobart Mass David Z. Noble, Mich; Peter
M.Nortin n J.: N w Otis Ohio Frederick 5.
loyclI Wis; H. W Starr Iowa.
The following DEcLARATIoS or SENTIMENTS has
been adoptcd bv the Convention as embodiment
of the views and principles Of the delegates repre-
e,nting so large and respectable part Of the coun-
trv and such important nt.rgsts
N'bEcIApATIoN. or SExrlMENrs.-Th Convention
submit 10 their fcllow-citizeIs and to the Federal
Government the following ProPosI'iohs, as express
ing their own sentiments ana lhose I" tielI CoIs''-
tuents: ,e..-
l. mar the constitution Oh 'l'e iIi'tu 9V''S W "S
formed ny Pr"cucal men lUi l'l":|" ~" H. w.
ciared III IT'S prcalnDle-to pFoElue ioF O'e co'lon
defence, TO promote me general "SiI"e una u 81
cure the blessings ol 4loeT'l' anu IL il"lii ~
signed TO create government " nos hCtSlI so'i"
and would be adequate 70 the -I'on u 'Ls ol
mon interests OF all the states, OF o. Two OF oI u
them, which couid not Dc maintained u! 'S - nc"
Of the separated states. lhal IN strlct GctoEuo't'
with this oDJcct' the revenues derived rom I'm
merce were SURRENDERED 10 INC General gov
with the express understanding that the! shouu be
applied TO the promotion Of those common interests.
2. That among thrs, common interests and objects
were, LIST. Foreign commerce, 10 the regulation Of
which the powers of the States scycrally cen
f.sscdly inadequate; and ID Internal trade and ma
vigation, wherever the concurrence Of two or more
States necessary TO its preservation or where
the expense Of its maintenance should be cqultably
borne by two or more states, and where o. course
those States must necessarily nave voice IN It's re
gulatlon; and hence resulted inc cos''uoIl' SIeii
OF power 70 congress 70 r'Eol"'e colIIuNINN VIII
foreign nations anu among the states;
8. nat bllhS mus possesses py'l u " Tvs %l
and OF the power "hlch were u'ilyo 70 'il 2'"'t
respectively, congress DSc@lhG oOliS"tvu .! ever
consideration OF good iMth and common justice L
chersh ana increase Dolh uic AlIi9 u i'i''iei
thus committed to It's care, by expanding anu GAl5Hu
ing the means OF conducting tlTiL' ana u "oI ~" I
them all those acties ana an tI"' Po''c'oI "lcL
the States individually would nave a'oTaeu' h@u 'io
revenue and the 'M'horit! De'h lSl' u 'H>ii'
4. That this obligation has ever been recognized
from the foundation of the gOycrm cnt, and has been
fulfilled partially by erecting light hOusy building
piers for harbors, brcalwatrrs and walls
Ing distractions in rivers and providing other iacli-
ties for the commerce carried on from the ports C
the Atlantic coast and the same obligations have
been fulfilled to much less extent in providing SINH
lar facilities for commerce among the States" and
the princula has been most empLatica!lv aclnow-
Icdord 10 tmbrac, the western lakes and rivers by
apnropriations for numerous light houses upon them
which concentrations have never been questioned il
Congress- as wanting constitutional authority.
5. That thus by series of acts which have re-
ccireu sanction VI people Vi ,le Z. E5tateo
and Of every department Of the Federal Govern
ment, under all administrators, the common under
standing of the intent and objects Of the trainers Of
the constitution in granting TO Congress the power &c
regulate commerce, has been manifested and has
been confirmed by the people, and tins understand
ing has become as much part Of that instrument as
any one OF its most explicit provisions.
6 That the mower '!tO regulate commerce with
f,rciqn nations and among the States and with the
Indian tribes is ON its face so papablv applicable
in its whole extent to each of the subjects enamcra
cd equally and in the same manner as TO render any
attc,nnts TO make il more explicit idle and futile;
and that those who admit the r;ghtfu application Of
the mower to FOREIGN Commerce. by facilitating and
protecting its operations bv improving harbors and
clearing out nayigable rivers cannot consistently
dcny that it equally authoriscs similar facilities 10
Commerce among the States.''
T. That "Foreign Commerce. is dependent upon
internal trade for the distribution Of its frcgh and
for the of paying for them, so that whatever
improves the one advances the other, and they are
inscparablc that they should be regarded as one.
That an export from the American shore 10 British
port in Canada, is as much foreign commerce. as If it
had been directly 10 Liverpool and that al cNporta
ton to Liverpool neither gains nor loses any ol the
characteristics Of foreign commerce by the d.rectnc&s
crcuity of the route, whether ii passes through a
custom house on the British side OF the st. Law
renee, descends through that river and It's con-
Meeting canals TO the ocean, or whether II passes
along the artificial communication and natural streams
Of ANY Of the States TO the Atlantic.
S. That the general government by extending its