The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-15
The Free Soil State Convention In Pennsyl-
vanln.

vanln.
READING, Sept. H. 1s4S.
Pursuant to adjournment last evening, the " free
sellers met at Beyers Hotel this evening, at half
past seven O'Clock The meeting organized in
the street, by the calling Of Dr. Mason to the chair,
and the election of MIR. E. A. Grosh as secretary.
About one hundred and fifty persons present
at the organization chiefly delegates from all parts Of
the State.
Mr. GRosH brother to the secretary read the follow
ing preamble and resolutions which adopted with
three cheers for Martin Van Buren, and free soil:-
Whereas, by the treaty WITH Mexico, the United
States have acquired large extent of territory for
the government of which it is the duty of Congress to
provide; and as the Introduction Of domestic slavery
by legislative action has been attempted by the slave
power Of the South and this question affects
deeply than any other now pending the rights and
interests Of all the citizens of the United States and
have every to believe thst the
for the Presidency nominated by the two great polit
cal parties which have heretofore divided the country
favorable to this attempt; and believe II to
be the duty Of all who believe that such course Of
legislation would be dangerous to the rights and well
iare Of the people to proclaim their opposition to and
their best efforts to prevent, such result there
ore be IL
Resolved ss the sense of the freemen Of Berks,
i, That our unqualified demand Of our national
egislatsrs is-No slave States no slave territory.
q That while we recognize slavery within the
tates in which il exists to be State institution and
be control Of 1t one Of the powers reserved TO the
States respectively we maintain that is the duty of
Congress TO exercise the power to exclude slavery from
the territories which power Is found in the of
the constitution to make all necdful rules and regu
lations in the territories Of the United States early
recognized by the supreme judiciary, exercised re-
pestedy by Congress, and sanctioned by the official
acts [of the executivel.
o That approve Of the course of those members
Of Congress who, during the late session, voted de-
feat the Ubiquitous compromise reported by the
mittee Of eight Of the United States Senate for
ing government for Oregon, New Mexico and Cafor-
MIA so as TO permit slavery therein and we assert that
Daniel Sturgeon, Senator from PennsylvAnia practi
caly violated his instructions in voting for said CON-
promise.
4. That the three Representatives. from Pennsylv8
MIA Charles Brown, Charles j. lngersol and Richard
Brodbead. who voted to engraft the odious Missouri
compromise on the Oregon bill deserve to be reproba
ted by all the friends Of freedom among their const
tuents.
That the neral intelligence freedom Of thought
and industry Of people the best safeguards of
liberty.
g. That as the community has the right to the best
services ofs it's citizens 1t its duty to provide mea
for the highest mental moral and physical deye
lopement OF all
That the frontier of country. fer removed
from the immediate guardisnship Of the general CO.
vornment and the controlling power otlong establish
ed laws, renders IL necessary that this people
10 guard IL from hostile incursions and TO provide for
its domestic peace, be energetic and Intelligent free.
men, bound together by common sympathy and com
mon interests
S. That the introduction INTO the territories en-
trusted 10 our stewardship Of system which depends
on the ignorance OF part for its perpetuty (which by
the sparseness Of population which always accomps
mics IT, renders impractcable any general system OF