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BurraIO convention RcsOIutl0nS.


Buffalo Convention Resolutions.
We copy from the report Of the proceedings
Of the Bufdo Convention in the Commercial
Advertiser, the following resolutions unanimous
Iy reported by the Committee on Resolutions,
Of which B. +. Butler, Of New York, was Chair
man.
IVhrrcas. We have assembled in Convention,
rs union of lreemcn, for the sake Of freedom,
forgetting all past political differences IN com
mon resolve 10 maintain the rights OF free la
bor against the aggression of the slave power,
and to secure free soil for free people:
And wkercds. The political Conventions re-
Gently assembled at Baltimore and Philadelphia,
,hn one Sitting the voice Of grcat constituent
cv entitled to be heard in its deliberations, and
the other abandoning its distinctive principles
Ear n mere availability; have dissolved the na-
,i,noI marty organizations heretofore existing by
nominating for the Chief Magisracy of the t.
nnrd States. under savc-hoIdiug dicOtion, can
didnIcs neither Of whom can be supported by
the opponents Of slavery extension without
sacrifice Of consistency, duty, and seil-rcspoct;
And ,rhcrcas These nominations so made
furnish the occasion aud demonstrates the ne.
ccssiry of the union oIlhc Pcople under the ban.
ucr of Free Democracy, IN solemn ana formal
declaration of their independence of the slave
unyrr. and of their fixed determination To res
ru, the Federal Government from It's control.
Rcso'red, therefore, Thot we, the people here
assembled, remembering the example OF our
fathers in the days Of the first declaration of IN.
dcpondcnce, putting our trust in God tor the
,r,umph of our cause, AID invoking Ills guld-
oncc IN our cndcayors to advance 1t, do now
plant ourselves upon Ihc national platform Of
opposilion to the sectional platform Of slavery.
Resolced, That slavery in the several State,
of This Union which recognize It's existence, de-
pends upon State laws alone, which calnot bC
repenI,j or modified by the Federal Govern
nen,. and for which laws that Government i
not responsible. We therefore propose no in
reference by Congress with slavery within III,
limits of any State.
ResoIrcd. That the proyiso Of Jalltrson, /,
nrohbit the extension of slavery, after 1900, il
nil The territories of the United States, Southern
and Northern, the votes of six States and six
,oen delegates, in the Congress of 1894, for tn
uroyiso, to .hreo States and seven delegates Il
gains, il: lhe actual exclusion of slavery lror
Inc Northwestern territory, by the ordinanc
of 1887, unanimously adopted by the States i
clearly show that it was the settled policy Of til
nation, tot to extend, n1tionallzc or encourag,
but TO limit, loc0lizo and discourage, slavery
aud 10 this policy, which should never haV
been departed FROM, the Government ought
return.
RcSolrcd, Tha, our Fathers ordained lh
Constitution Of the United States in order, {
mong other great and national objects, to esIol
li;h Justice, promote the general welfare, an
secure the blessings of lbeIly; but oXprcssI
denied To the Federal Government, which the
created, all constitutional power to deprive an
person of life, liberty, or properly, without du
legnI process.
ResoIred, That in the judgment Of this Con
ven,ion, Congress has no more power 10 MAX
slave than 10 make a king: no more power
institute or establish slavery Than to institute {
establish a monarchy; no such power can
found among those specifically conferred by tt
constitution or derived by Just implication iroI
them.
Resolved, That it is the duty Of the Fcdcr
Government to relieve itself from all rcSpons
bilitv for the existence or continuance OF sIav,
nv wherever that government possesses conSt
lutional authority TO legsIate on that subIcc
md is thus responsible for its existence.
ResoIred, That the true, aud IN the ludgme
OF this Convention, the only safe means OF pr
venting The extension Of slavery into terrific
now free, is to prohibit its existence IN all SUI
territory by an act Of Congress.
Resolrcd, That we accept the issue WIN
The slave power has forced upon us, aud to the
demand for more slave States, and more slo
territories, our calm but final answer IS,
more slave States, aud no more slave tcrrIlor
Let the soil Of our extensive domains be ev
kept free, for the handy pioneers Of our o'
land. and the oppressed and bonishod of 9th
lands, seeking homes of comfort and fields
enterprise ia the new world.
Resolred, Thatthe bill lately reported by /
committee in the Senate Of the UuiieI Stal
was no compromise, bu. an absolute surrenc
of the rights Of the non-slavehoIders of all I
States; and while we rejoice TO know that a mc
sure which, while opening the door Tor the
reduction ofsIayory into territories now ir'