The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-13

With regard to Willard Fillmore, he was also doomed
man, and would never be Vice President The South
would vote for Taylor and Butler and he would
be surprised, II in the Of the balance of par
ties, and the struggles Of the contending influences
the consequence would be that Butler would get the
Presidential chair. "a voice here called out" good
prediction was said they were met there to raise
up a new political party. He denied it. II was an
issue forced upon them. At the Baltimore Conven-
tion the delegates who went there received nstruc
tions that they were to vote for who was in
favor of the Wilmot provso Now their faces so
doughty, were they Qaughter that they could
be ped moulded into any form however
to their conscences that the South chose oppose
lie then rdculed the idea Of the threatened dissoiu
tion Ever since the first sounds had struck upon his
Of Now he might well be told, that the county of
Madison was 10 be dissolved by its county paupers
(Laughter) They couldn't dissolve the Union 1t
was cementcd SO strong that no Southern pick.axe
could ever penetrate its crust (Laughter) He prayed
that the that might first be raised to strike
blow against it, might droop by its side and the brain
that first warmed the impous thought into existence
might be crazed cloud cheers) No. it would not do,
il all sham such threats IL was the duty
however, Of this great convention to press calmly
and steadily to the goal, and to inscribe upon
thought" He believed that the day would come
when these principles would be carried out to their
fullest extent. When that day did arrive, the beau
ties OF our happy land might be painted and ng;
and then might their be gladdened by the happy
scenes that would everywhere meet their gaze
9TH Of November would astonish them. (Cheers)
The ballot box would give the silent vote that would
effect the contamination they so much desired The
old hunkers would shake on the chains in which they
were fettered, and Taylor and Cass would be lost in
the smoke Of Buepa Vista victory. (Treme d Gus
cheers, amid which the gallant General resumed his
seat
The CHAIRMAN then said, that in order to give an
Idea Of the proceedings at distance he wished to in
innate to them that he had Just received Geographic
despatch from a respected clergyman in Cincinnati
which he would read to them He then read the fol-
lowing communication
TELEGRAPHIo DESPATCH.
tsSue-one
thnsia.m,ansieipate ctSry william WILSON
The CHAIRMAN then introduced MIR. Headley, of
Pennsyvania, as be thought the meeting would be de-
sirous to hear something from that quarter
MIR. ADAMS, of Illinois, wished to know before the
next speaker began his address, when the Committee
on Resolutions would be ready to make their report
The CHAIR replied that it was probable the report
would be ready in an hour.
MIR. HFADLEy then proceeded to address the meeting
and said thai 1t proud day for him he could
not express the feelings he entertained while standing
on that platform They had heard, he believed, from
that some one else more capable than he was should
have addressed them but, though they might have
got more eloquent tongue they could not have had
warmer heart. lCheers They were there $50 strong,
and as determined any other portion of the Union
contribute their assistance to the great work they
bad undertaken. The issue they had to try plainly
Liberty or slavery. (Cries of that's it They might
dress up the question they chose but that the
Union that had not CALLING yoke of the southern
dictation and there was none who would not admit
that 1t sought to control all ether powers in the Union
monster; and, as the Lord with them in their
beavers, they might fearessy say, Who shell stand
eternal talk about the dissolution Of the Union and
did not believe that the cry sincere worthy of
with the usual arguments, he objected to the fitness
of General Taylor for the Presidency, and concluded
by calling upon all parties to support the nominee of
that Convention Pennsylvania ready, and, he
doubted not, would give her support to their ticket
and be found at her post on the 9TH of November
[Cheers.
Mr.. WILSON, of Michigan. then addressed the NEE
ing and said that he hailed from the little State of
Michigan, where the nominee OF the Baltimore Con
vention FROM and he happy say that there
were 500 Of their delegates at this Convention ch.ers
He should not take moment Of their time to sat-
isfy them that their cause good one. He had
been induced for reason to address them He
came to tell them that he of the Baltimore
through the fundamentally of the same men who
have just proposed Lewis Cass, that by voting then
Martin Van Bureh. he would be sacrificing his prnci-
PIES IT is therefore, to make up for that deception
he was induced to come to this Convention and by
his vote now to make atonemenent for his past
laid lew both Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren,
and he wished every barnburner to know this that it
which again sought to turn him to it's advantage The
principles they advocated true, doubted it,
AS to the to accomplish them he wished make
q few remarks. 1t not, in his opinion the
much the accomplishment Of the thing itself
which demanded their attention. (Cheers) What he
to yield these dierencesto yield their preiudices
(Cries of"Yes, yesD Well, then, could they not say
to the world that they had adopted measures unani
mously for that purpose? Who is the to the ac-
complish of this purpose (Cries of MARTIN Van Blu
rem" and Haley WIN you have the of New York
(Cries Of "No special pleading.'D II then you can
give who will have as much INF as the son
of New York, then give us that man. and the barn.
burners win be with you Now with respect to Cass
he has all the press of Michigan with him with but
one exception: "a voice has he got the people ?'y
He hoped not, but no man in that State VINO was for
free soil escaped the attacks of these newspapers He
agreed however, with General Nye that though many
In that State might not array themselves in open OPP
position their influence would be felt at the ballot box
where the work would be effected (cheers). But what
ever might be the result let unanjmty the guiding
principle, and let every man go home inspired to do
his duty and the man who sold the North for the
support Of the South would see the enormous mistake
he had made, which would trouble him more than the
noiie did at Cleveland Cheers
Mt SEpGwicK. of Syracuse, New York, next as
cended the platform, and said that in his widest
dreams, and most imaginative pictures Of his fancy,
fore him. He had, from early life been engaged in
great contests, and the part he took in connection
with the old eight district Of the Empire State, had
often been source Of pride and pleasure to him. He
had ever acted q whig. He had followed the party
believing that 1t adhered to principle believing that
II was one Of progress and that the welfare Of the
country was the grand object for which it existed
But when he heard Charles Allen Wooster saying.
after the Philadspha convention that the whg party
with regret and sorrow. What, he would ask was the
extent Of party obligations? It to support power
then he could understand how it was there were some
persons who properly still adhered to the whig party
But ne ala not believe That such was proper con-
struction of party obligations, and 1t was that
viction which forced him to take the he did
the present occasion. He might be told that General
Taylor Vas great soldier SO was Napoleon-so was
C@sar-so was Benedict Arnold "a Voice" And so
was Washington.'D In his opinion however, the
camp was not the proper school for the statesman;
nor did he believe that the battle field was the place
where the teachings of humanity and the welfare of
nations could be properly studied. The spirit of
liberty was now progressing with giant strides all
the world; and will it be said that America alone
would present impervious surface to its all perva
ding influence! After abiding in the most eloquent
manner to the exertions recently made in Ireland by
Mitchell and other patriots OF that country for its
emancipation from the thradom Of England he then
referred to Italy to France and concluded by express
sing hope that the year 1S4S would America too,
enrolled with the rest Of the world by its brilliant
in wpng away the stain Of slavery with
which che was at present branded and in inscribng
on her banner, Free soil--free laborfree speech
and free men, wherever her federal constitution had