The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-08-25
Mr.. VAN BUREN'5 LETTER TOTHEa
BUFFALO CONVENTION.
LINDrswALD, Ang. 2, ls48, !.

BUFFALO, CONVENTION
/ LINDFNwALD, Ang. 2, 1S48,.
GENTLEMEN:--Il II has occurred TO me thai
a direct communication of my feeling
I'npon asiGgle point, may ,in one event
serve TO remove embarrassment ia yodl
actionat Buffalo. You all know from N,
letierto the Utica convention, and the
confidence you repose in my sincerity
how greatly TIE proceedings Of that bod )
IN relation to myself, were opposed ia
my earnest wishes. Some~of You have
also had opportunities TO satisfy your
selves, from personal o observation, of the
sacrifices of feelings and Interests VIII CT,
incurred inssubm,ting my future ac-
tion to It's control. None Of you need be
assured of the extent to which these feel
ings were relieved by the consciousness
that 10 yielding TO the decision OF that
body, that the use Of my name was neces,
sarysto enable the ever faithful dem 1sra
cy of N. York TO snstaia themselves IN
tho extracrdinary position into which
they had been driven by the injustice OF
of otbers,l i availed myself OF an oPpor-
tuBlty to testify TO them my enduring
gratitude for the many lsvors have re
ce,ved al their bands.
/. The convention OF which you form a
part, may, II wisely conducted be produo
tive Of more important conseq fences than
any which has gone before II, save onl,
that which formed the federal cohstitu-
tion, In one respect, it VIII be who'll,
unlike any political convention which has
ever been held in The U. 81 since The pres
ent organization Of parties. 1t viii, in
great degree. be composed Of individuals,
" ho have all their lives been arrayed on
.ferent sides in politics, state and ma
tional, and, who still differ 10 regard to
most Of the questions that have arisen 10
he administration of the respe ective gov
,Tbni who feel themselves called
'pon byacen,lderations oflhe highest im-
'or', TO suspend rival action upon other
Ut bjecls, aud unite their Common efforts
or the acconplishm eat Of single eud-
Ire prevention of the Introduction of hn
ian slavery into the extensive Territories
f the U0ited States, now exempt from
hat great evil. and which are distIned, il
roperly treated, to be speedily convert
d into a wilderness of free minds.
! need not say how cordially ! concur
. The sentiment which regards thls great
bject as one sacred in the sight of lleav.
n, the accomplishment of which is due
. The memories OF those great and just
len, long since, we trust, made perfect
D ils courts, who laid the foundations of
hr government, and made, as they fpndiy
oped, adequate proyisions for its perpe,
Iity and success, and indispe nsable TO
le luiure honor and paramount welJare3
our entire confederacy.
ii may happen in the course Of the de-
berations of the convention that you i
,come sali fed that the great eRd OF t
'ar proceedings can, in your opinion, be '
,st promoted by an abandonment Of the
tica nomination. You will not. in that
ept, want assurances of my uniform de t
re, never again to be candid ate for t
g Presidency, or for any other public b
ice; but you may apprehend that II
lght not be agreeable to me, to be sn a
'rseded in the numi tion after that has ii
ken place ia regard to it. 1t is on this C
,inl that desire TO protect you against n
g slightest embarrassment, by assuring n
~, as very sincerely aud very cheer /,
lily do, that so far FROM experiencing any |.
orti6cstion from such result II would
most satisfactory to my feelings and I
shes. Il
Wishing the Convention success and I,
nor in its patriotic efforts, aud begg f
3 you to accept for yourselves assur' b
ces of my unteigned respect, | am, yer,
lcerely, your friend and servant, d,
NJ VAN BUREN,. Q,
D The NJ Y. Delegations in the Buffalo il
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