Litchfield enquirer., 1848-09-07

LOcO FOcO Baltimore Convention. snsblss us 'roUdly e reeOEnias tn ZscAsry Tsyl"r can dida'e who upon the sunjeci OI the Tsrid. the Currency, the improvement Oi aus great higb- wsys, rivers, hssbOEs, and laAes. will respect aud carrS out the will Of the eeulle, as express d through their representatives tn Cungress.
 ResOiuea, That the principles ot our govern. meni ss we'll as its true poiIcy are oppcsed !" he conquest and dismembermeHI oE ether rountI ies-lhai war aI aII times and under all circumstances, is a national calamity always Ia ,e avoided it compatible with maIional h"nuu; md that the cordial concurrence m General | strong claim upon every palriOt's vote. |, urnishes . gusranlee that under his adminis- ration the lust for cOnqUcst would be rebOkrd .nc ns requsiii"n of new territory bc made as .eretofore. against the deep conviction of a majority "f the people of tl'i land in rx'ens'on
 [ the slave power. and through the gap of a 'roken constitution.
 ResOSSed, That we reafirm, as a cardiA al Tinciple of the Whigs oi Connecticut the free- iom of all new territory from slavery or .inv"l. lntary servitude except tor cr.me--lhal our 'enators and Representatives in Congress have y their voices and vOtes recent, upon this sHhject, carried out our known wIshes-aad
 hat General Taylor in his sound sen,iments on territorial acquisitions, and on the source and department and guides of National Legislation, turn'sh-s every reaso ,able guarantee which ran be desired ot his readiness. if elected Pre- sdent, to induce ,he popular will in regard to the Fiee Soil.
 RcsOlued. That in Willard Fillmore, the nominre of the Whig National Convention for the office of Vice President, ofihe United states, we recognize man and a patriot, every way worthy of our support. His pas, life give. abundant assurance of his abii,iy as a States man aud h,s fidelity as a Whig, In his hands our cause has noble and unwaverng champi. | on. He is enlisted 70 aud should receive the cordial supp"r, oi every Whig
 ResoiUed, That in the dark aud troubled night ti.at IS upon us. We see no star above the horizon to guide us but the united, intelligent aud patriotic Whig party of the Unit-d States and tha, with the sense of . :sting ill. with the 1 apprehension of coming i'll, never more acute than now, we appeal to our fellow Wings throughout the Stale to pu, forth thier uni- ted, intelligent aud patriotic efforts in behslt oi the great cause 10 which we are devoted. Eloquent and patriotic addresses were made by the Hon Messrs Isaac w Stuart. Truman Smith, Daniel P. Tyhr. and Charles Chap. man.
 JAMES BABcocK. Esq, then offered the following res"lu'i"n which was unanimously adopted.
 Resoivtd. That continued observation aud 1 experience gives IS increasing confidence iu the ulili'y and justice of the great doctrine ol protec ,IOn tu domestic industry, and that iis practical operation Is promo,lve "t the general prosperity. without injury 10 any portion o ,hs coumry.
 The following resolutions were then passed h>s0iue1, Insrtne Wing State entIal Com. mitIee, m conjunction with the Wing Cuua,, Committees. be, and they ate hereby instructed 10 arrange and perfect plan by which, be. ween now and the time of the Pr-siden,ia l Ecctl"n. the State If onnecticul shall be 1 thoroughly canvassed by Whis Speake.s ap- pointed Tor that purp"se
 Rrsoised, That i. be made the duty of the sad Wmg Central and County Committees, i, rs.rying out the above resolution, 10 pruvide as far as practica able, tor the hnlding of public
 meetings in euery tosOm in he Stale-sad lne-, jugs 10 be held on such days. at such piarp> and iO be addressed by sue h sne era as chg he | designalrd by the Committee, and due n ,icr "f which shall be given in the Wing papers o | this State.
 The Convention then adjourned ,o meet 2 , o'clock in the evening.
 [Roll of Delegates next week.