The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-05

and its apclpsists against them They had then and
there laid down the platform which the old Democracy
tie Issue, certain Of success The wings had long
talked Of free soil - one Of their principles but when
the Gay had oons to stand By that principle, they had
VINO ala that party at Philadelphia present for the
.unrsges OF tbs people Of the frss Sta.esf General
Leonary Taylor, the ow ner OF three hundred slaves
with all the Southern feelings and interests He
nsa Dot declared any settled principle, than
that he would not veto any measure Congress might
pass, except 1t was unconstitutional enacted In
haste. In short, all his answers had bee very Ike
Gen Cass's letter to the Chicago Convention very
Of Cass free soil men, but could not possibly see how
tnst could be Gen Cas- had said he would veto the
Wi%Nt DrSvis0 and Is that va. the great principle
much like Gen. Cass-fu,l Of consistency and very
much like Gen Taylor's free soil principles (Hsre the
people began to chow dissatisfaction, by h'ssng) He
went on. The rec soil movement sprung up in this
city; 10 had concentrated At Buffalo. and must even
tually triumph (Iisses and grcans cries Of "put m
out'o Whatever might be the esult Of the coming
election the great cause must succeed "a voice
Oh it, set down, and let somebody else speak "
hal bits and it's to hurry me He cont ned fer
few minutes but the meeting was 80 uprorous that
seat amid grosns, hisses and hurrahs
pand OF music then played national air. After
which a free soil song sung
THOMAS b. VAN buren,, ESQ., OF ALBANY, WAS next
introduced. He said he had always been a whig, aud
little did he suppose he should for Martin Van
Buren, but since that ution at
Philadelphia he had made up his mind that he was
not going to do any thing else He was in Albany
when he heard of the nomination Of General Taylor
which he at once repudiated He was then told by
several influential wings that II he would keep COOL
every thing would be right He waited for some time
see the reply Of General Taylor but the letter
tanning the announcement had beef refused by him.
and returned to the dead letter Office at
He afterwards got hold Of It and replied that he .cor-
daily accepted the nomination." but would state
any Of his views and when written to on the subject
OF his potical principles, invariably referred his in
quirers TO the Allison letter Not long after that
convention somewh here down South composed of slave
holding democrats if he might the term, rendered
him romipation. and that he cordially accepted He
then thought Nose says, che had been folsri long
enough, and then he was goin' in" This received
with the greatest appause) He had always been OPP
posed to slavery though he would with it
WIZ re it existed; and hearing of the Buffalo conveu-
ton he determined to hang to the principle which
he always thought belonged to the whig party, and
went In with the free soiers and thou III they might
do nothing at the coming election, 1852 would come
and the principle would rise in power
all the opposition the South might array against It,
He denounced General Cass the ally of slavery and
General Taylor as the Southern man who, II elected
would DO all for Southern slavery that he could
BENJAMIN +. Butler. Esq next came forward. but
the hour being late he had spoken but few minutes
when the whole audience had moved of.
Themeetipg then adjourned until Saturday evening