Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-06-29
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NeU 0Tk BdrnburnerS.-Ihisb branch Of the
Locofoco party held Convention a. Utica on
the 22d inst. The preliminary proceedings
occupied the chief Par. of the day. Many letters
were received from distinguished members of the
party, among them one from Martin Van Buren,
in which he announced his determination previ-
ously expressed in 1874, to retire from political
life, to be unchanged. He declined nomination
He reviewed the proceedings of the Baltimore
Convention. He declared that all the barnburn-
ers did was perfectly right. He exhorts them to
persevere and make separate nomination. He
recommends frmness. His letter throughout is
decided and emphatic, and in favor of free terrific
ry principles.
He quoted eleven acts Of Congress in support
of his argument, embracing the administrations Of
Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, the elder Adams,
Madison, Jackson, and his own. He declared
that he could not vote for Gen. Cass or Gen. Tay-
lor,--that the extension of slavery was a moral
curse
On the 23d number Of telegraph dispatches
and letters to the President and others, were re-
ceived and read Among the letters were some
from Illinois, numerously signed one of them
closed as follows: 'eWe want Martin Van Buren,
for our candidate. The slave power broke him
down in ls44-we will break that power down in
184S." Delegates pouring in from other States,
and speeches were delivered by several from Con-
necticut.
A motion was made to nominate President and
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was amended, by recommending the nomination of
Mr.. Van Buren, by acclamation, which was carried
amid unusual bursts of applause, aud without a
dissenting voice.
Henry Dodge, the United States Senator from
Wisconsin, was then nomins ted for the Vice Pres
idency.
No sooner were the nominations announced than
a mass meeting assembled in the street, which
was addressed by Messrs. Washburn, Harrison,
Gen. Nye, Rathbun. and Bailey, of New York,
Massachusetts, and Delegates from Wisconsin
Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.
The resolutions and addresses were read in the
Convention and unanimously adopted.
B. F. Butler made speech in Convention, IN
which he declared that Mr.. Van Buren, cannot and
will not refuse to accept the nomination.
Ohio Convention THE Free Territory Mass
Convention of Ohio, the call for which was said
to have been signed by 5000 persons, was held at
Columbus on the 22d inst. It consisted of Loco
focos, Abolition Wings. &c. The accounts we
find in all the papers, Whig and Loco, say there
were about 400 delegates present, who adopted
strong address and resolutions favoring separate
organization and a National Convention to meet
at Buffalo on the 9Th of August, to nominate Free
Territory candidate for the Presidency.
An Ohio State Electoral Ticket was formed,
pledged to the support of the nominee of the Buff
falo Convention. No. nomination for Governor
was made, so that the contest will remain between
Ford and Weller. The Convention res olved to
support none bat Wilmot Proviso men for Con-
gress or the Legislature.
The plan for the organization of the party, and
carrying on the campaign were then read, and
considered and approved Of after winch the Con-
ton adjourned sine de-