Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-07-26

tionists and Free Sellers observed the 18th inv.
at Cleveland, Ohio, in honor of the Ordinance r.
FIST, by holding a Convention of their party VI
Prince John, Giddings, MIR. Senator Chase of
Ohio, Henry L. Ellsworth and others m,da
speeches. Ex-senator Tappan presided. w.
publish letters from Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Van Bn.
rem declining invitations. The former, we are
fraid, gives in his formal adhesion to the prime.
pie of Free Soilism, though he may not approve
OF party organization upon that basis.
We have not seen the whole of the speech If
John Van Buren,. The extracts which have mo,
our eye indicate that it was in his usual Sian d,sl
style, and that he cuts right and left. Its apna-
rent that he does not view COL Benton's acceS.
sion to their party with entire satisfaction for rea.
sons which obvious enough. The Great
Apostate, it will be remembered, lays much
stress upon the fact that the whole contest is If
its way to California, if permitted TO 60 there bv.
Congress. This idea is Justify combatted BY
Prince John, and it may be well to give his views
upon the subject:
''He the question distraction and comp,ras
it to quarrel about goa 5 wool when the goat has M
wool. He says Congress has power to abolish slavery
but cannot exercise such power only where exists and
there slavery in these ritores there is no NO.
cessity of such law. lis str ange this fact has ius,
Oten uleCVeTtu lH1ee years ago, when Inc
was first introduced. there was overwhelming MAORI.
ty in the House Of Representatives. who thought differ
emily. Eleven states have since passed resolutions af
rnng the necessity of such law. and the fate of such
as Han negan, Breese, Cameron. Allen, and Csss
should admonsh politicians that .ferenI sentiment
prevails among the people. These men would not want
to have ii written upon their tomhsones-'Died f an
abstraction and wrapped in goats WOOL Roars Of
laughter.
1--WE are told that slaves connot 90 tn California that
the gold seekers, the Yankees, there before them
aud will keep them out. Think you that slaves will not
be taken there and put to digging for their masters when
such bones and sinews can be made to earn hundrsd
dollars dag? But Col. Benton says Shareholders have
cons itutlonal right to take them there. Does anv
other Southern man say 50? The Attorney General
of the Uuted States, Reverdy johnson. says that eoan
try is well adapted to Saves and they ought 90 there
and ,chile under The present military ,uic there and mi
der slareholding President they lcdI 90 there. The
question is slaves be held there? But will they
be held there2 Neither Benton ass claims that tie
people othe territory have any power to exclude them
And suppose they have shall La free viii Repub can
with ordinary share Of sense be told that the Chns
the Mexcans, the Sandwich islanders and Palagonans
which have ocked to that country for gold, shall have
the privilege Of settling this question ofTeedom for
cnuntry larger than the original thirteen States and we
who spent our blood and treasure to acquire it, have
nothing to say about it? No, if they are not disposed
to submit to the form of Republican Government we will
subjugate them to liberty! (Cheers.)
But Mr. Benton is opposed agitation becaus far
nlshes ammunition to Mr. Calhoun and other Southern
fanatics. am in favor of furnishing this very kind Of
ammunition to any SouherI. who make uythng
by the use of it for propagaling slavery"
If REP ported correctly, the speaker is altogether
wrong when he says that Gen. Cass denies the
power Of the people Of the territory 10 exclude
slavery. He certainly has not read recently, or
attentively, the famous Nicholson letter. or the
more recent episte of the same author to the ed
tors of the Union.
The Prince thinks the National Democratic
party at an end and by the the action of the
South. "The test put folth,' he says, "by South
ern men, in Their State Conventions and in their
Southern address, forever absolves all Northern
Democrats from any farther political association
with them We suppose many Democrats in
the South begin to entertain the same opinion
The party in Georgia are evidently anxious to
repudiae the Southern address.
John is frank and above board. He is an enc
my of slavery and not only, like Gen. Cass sprays
for its abolition every where, but tells us very
explicitly, that, though Congress cannot consti-
utionay abolish it in the States it car as efiec-
tually bring it TO an end by indirect action:
'''l'he speaker noticed what Southern men had
said III relation 30 voting for who pledged
d9dS' me principles e lhe w ilinOt fUTSH lie MI.
would not say that he never would again vote for
but felt liberty say for hmselfony that
he would under political necessity for anoth
er President who will not say that svery is unmixed
evil and who will not the entire power of the Const
iuiaon to abolish 1t. He denied the power Of Congress
NEEDLE with slavery in the States bat by surrounding
he Slave States by the Free would efectually erad
cate the whole from the land.
Gle next touched upon compromise and said it ,roH
be The game Of This administration Attempted TO be pla-
ell at The rery nert session. The aim will be to leave
to trust it to that tribunal. If Senators elected only for
SIX years disregard the will Of their constituents with
IMMUNITY, Judges elected for life could certainly do So"
The resolutions adopted at this Convention are.
OF the rankest Aboltionist character. Two or
three Of them, however, are worthy of attention
Resolred, That President TAYLOR BY allowing his
and influence to be used for the benefit the slave power
the close OF the late session of Congress- has only violated
the spirit OF his pledge not TO interfere with the action OF Con-
gress but by threatening through his official Osgan visit
he Free Soil Party with his indignant frown in they
should do what Southern members Of Congress have
without mourning such owDs, has abndanty shown
that the OF Freedom in the free territories Of New
Mexico and California has nothing hope but much to fear
from the present National Administration.
Reso,ced, That the Free Democracy in its efforts to
store the original policy of the Government the subject
Slavery, only carrying out the trae democratic prlc
pies to their legitimate applications and we therefore hail
with the greatest satisfaction the efforts making and we
rejoice add successfully made in Vermont and some other
States TO BRING the ola democracy to the Platform Of Free
dom, and dissore the bonds Of its unnatural alliance cM
the Stare potrer
Resored, That witness with great satisfaction the tri-
umphan appeal " heh Thomas II. Benton is making the
people Of Missouri, sustaining fully of the great prnci
pies OF the Democracy wit the constitutional power Of
Congress legatc for Freedom, TO the exclusion Of
Slavery.
The first of these embodes the opinion, delib-