The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-29
TIE IREACnERY OF THE VAN BU-
Rl.N MEN COMPLETE

The following article gives The conditions
Ul llio late coalition proposed 10y the slave
cratic lIunkers aud accepted bay the late FREQ
SoiI Van Buren, party ofNew York, Never
were any men more grossly iricked than
we're the old Liberty men, when they we're
iuduccd 10 support Van Buren, 10 Free
Soil man. II Is certainly rnlpablo enough
now tint the Barnhurncr movement Of 1919
had nothing Of principle IN IN no purpose
higher or nobler Than To nvengo Iiic wrongs
ct Martin Van Buren,. Wheeler the locofo-
cos Of New York can gettogclhcr ngain re-.
tnnina 10 bc seen. the mean time it is TO
te hoped lhni iblNew York, as IN Vermont,
political honosiy win prove 100 strong FOR
clennery and CORRUPTION Haiehman.
- From the Albany Evening Journal,
The bunker Proposition TO the
Barnburners.
There is a lelegraph rumor IN Town, that
-1hr BlrthururrsL Etntr Gunvrntiut,i -t,u1Y IN
session at Utica, hns accepted tho PROPOSE
iinn adopted hy tho lluuktrs ofSyrncuso on
uhe -Slh. II this lac so--wllicl Is quite prob.
gLlc-ibcrc will be- general desire to know
-ilo precise claFacier oElhai prnpoziliHa. u
Is rs follows
Resolved, That concilialory course
should he pursued by this convention, aud
one which ii properly met 10y the convention
to assemble At Utica on lho 18Th inst, would
I've instrumental in uniting the democratic
uparses IN ,iis State IN putting an end To
whig miEruie aud ufolcctibg ar euliro dem
Scrai,c ticket THIS fall; aud with n view to ac-
complisli this result, lie II
hs Ilannrrutia
Committee be authorized TO withdraw my
of the nominees presented 10y this Conven-
lion, except those for Comptroller, Attorney
General Canal Commissioner aud Slhte
Prison Inspector, provided the Ulica conyen-
don Tntily those names, aud compleie The
ticket 10y nominating well known aud nc
.Snowlcdgod democrats ms candidates for
Judge at the Court of Appeals, Secretary of
,Stntc, Treasurer, and Slate Engineer; aud
shall impose no principle or test upon said can.
fidaies Inconsistent nth he resoiihionS adopted
Jy he Democratic Convention held in hr Prs
Jyierian Church al Rome, and that the ticket
thus nominated receive the united support
Of both divisions ofthe democratic party,
The following are the resolutions referred
10 as having been "adopted by the democrat.
ic convention held IN the Presbyterian
Church at Rome";--
Resolved, That we are opposed 10 tie -cX.
tension ofslavery to tho free territories o{ the
United States; but ice do not regard The sldperJ
question, in any form Of is dgitdiion or am
opinion in relation thereto, as a test Of p0laiod
Cdih, or as a rule Qfpu,ty action.
Resolved, That the power of Congress o.
yer slavery in the territories, aud the pariic-
ular modes oflegisntion therein, are, among
demoerdis eont'operied questions; and that we
concede 10 every 0ne IN relation thereto, The
undispuicd righ Of opinion, not regarding dir1
particular mode of constitutional construction
on his question, a part Of The democratic creed
or as essential to fellowship with our demo.
cratic brethren in this state, or in any clec.
tion OF the Union.
ir, uridition 10 this proposition, the Sym
cuse convention adopted resolutions >Aupre-
CaiRg the introduction of nm rxritiug eir-
nent into our political contests, hitherto LEFT
exclusively TO the uses OF tho opponents of
the democracy -regrci'iug "that the efforts
at Cancellation made nj Rome, in good, fail
10y the Democratic State Convention, were
frustrated, and every proposition for united
action dotented,byn determined pc slstencC
in an nnti-rcpnblican Test, TO whch as demo-
Gratis, wo could not subscribe, and mt which
as friends Of the inalienable right of opinion
we Eegoli;n- and denouncing all attempts iC
-'iuterpolatc new creeds into the faith and
practice of the purty, or TO require Test of
oplnloe iH,cFdlhR 10 required IoTInuIh UP
on the question of the Slavery agitation"
On the question of Slavery, therefore, the
1lunkers stand upon their old Platform; aud
IT tue Burnburuers accept their proposition
thcy must "inpose no principle or test in
consistent with old fashioned IIunkerism.
The Bnrnburners did, at their Utica Con
Venton, accept the Cass proposition, an,
the Platform laid down as above, and ia,
aurties, so far as the leaders are concerned
have formally united.
THE ADMINISTRATION AND HuNGA
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