Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-12

and organized BY appointing FaAscrs GnAxsrR President.
Mr. CRosBr, Of Dutchess, Vice President, and Messrs.
VAsDHRBHIr, Of Richmond, and CHArrIrID, Of Tiogs,
Secretaries
Some remarks were made by Mr. Durn, ON whose motion
it was resolved to appoint committee of five to present
address to the National Wings Of New York. relative to the
present juncture Of affairs in the party, and call State
Convention.
In pursuance of this resolution the following Address
prepared and published and the suboned Notice issued
To the Whigs Of the STATE Of Neso Fork.
The undersigned, Delegates to Whg Convention held
Syracuse on the 26th and 9th days Of September instant
for the purpose of nominating Governor and other
officers having been compelled to Withdraw from the Con-
venton ard withhold their appreciation of its proceedings
have deemed proper to submit to your consideration state
ment that have mpelled them this
II evident upon the assembling of the Convention that
divided into parties, OF which composed Of
those who embrace the peculiar principles and regard with
traordinary favor the political of Mr.. William H.
Seward one of the Senators the State of New York in
the Congress Of the United Sates while the opposite party
represented the opinions of that class which, while recogn
ing the individual referred to be Wing holding eminent
position, do yet regard his upon questions mpo
than any that divide the political parties Of the country
with sentiments the of appreciation also sp
pcared that majority of the members Of the former
class. h
Between persons thus ering obvious that there was
but one basis Of union Neither party could reasonably
pect grade the other by requiring to abandon its prn
cples upon questions where differences existed but both
might une without forfeiture Of serespec upon such pn
cipes held In common. 1t was accordingly upon
this basis that the undersigned constantly laboed preserve
and the union Of the Wing party Of this State.
Immediately after the permanent Organization of the Con-
venon committee Of eight appointed prepare
luons for its adoption. -Four Of the members of this
mttee appointed from the minority Of the Convention
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mated by the President at their request.
This committee after long session, in which matters upon
which differences Of opinion existed were frankly and fully
discussed agreed upon set Of resolutions in which all the
members of the committee, with single exception, fully
concurred The dissenting member who of the majority
party, willing to give his assent if addition should be
made to single resolution, which addition bis three col
leagues Of the party believed to be immateal and
left doubtful when the committee adjourned whether he
would not before the report made, make his assent
conditional so that such report might be unanimous.
The resolutions thus sgreed upon, in the following
words. [See them in the preceding statement
When these resolutions reported to the Convention,
they received with great and very general applause,
and, with exceptions, satisfaction beamed from every
face at the prospect of harmony and united action was
not long, however, before magn influence, proceeding
much from members of the Convention from others
without il and which constantly work distract the
Convention, and thereby divide and defeat the Whig party,
began exhibit ITSELF Under the prompngs of certain
individuals symptoms of dissatisfaction manifested and
carried rcSOiuuOn6
table, for the purpose of proceeding the nomination of
ddates. This notion however, stated and carried not
test question the resolutions but having reference
only to the order of business and when represented
to the minority that this proceeding left them in ignorance
whether resolutions framed spirit OF compromise were
be adopted, whether others be substituted to
which they could assent submit, the Convention
fused to proceed to the nomination Of candidates and after
making the resolutions the special order upon the assembling
Of the Convention the next morning. and thereby giving
ID
journed.
After the adjournment Of the Convention the delegates Of
the majority party together and session until
a late hour of the night The undersigned not permit
ted to be present. even spectators
Upon the assembling of the Convention in the morning,
the effects of this extraordinary proceeding manifest
The spirit of harmony seemed to have fed from the majority
They moved together and voted together sody and mpene
aby Reversing the proceedings of the preceding days they
laid the special order the table, and proceeded to the nom
nation Of candidates After this business completed
Of the majority Mr. Cornwe introduced series Of resou
tons which, presumed, agreed upon in caucus the
previous night and which he moved a substitute for the
resolutions reported by the committee To Of these
solutions the undersigned strongly opposed for the
that they considered them implying upon the
President and his Cabinet and countenancing renewal of
agitation the subject of slavery. The substitute together
with the original resolutions was after earnest appeal
allowed to be recommed to the Committee Resolutions,
to which eight members added. But it
apparent that this concession Of form and not Of sub
supported the compromise resolutions before opposed them
and the substitute of Mr. Cornwe insisted upon
without any alteration that rendered it in the slightest degree
more acceptable TO
The committee being thus unable to agree reported that
fact the Convention when the resolutions of Mr. Conwe
taken up and passed Upon their passage the under
signed left the Convention, they had teore given notice
they intended to do.
Thus appears that if the majority would have been salts
fed with the passage Of resolutions reassetng all the pn
cpes heretofore asserted by the Wings of New York. har
mony might have been preserved and the Wings have
tnued united Yet with the full knowledge that the
quence would be secession from the Convention and dv
sion Of the party, they insisted upon the introduction Of
ter highly offensive to the minority and certain to produce
division and defeat
The resolutions of Mr. Cornwe to which objections were
entertained are the following:
5 Resolved That our thanks are especially due the
Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, for the signal ability and
fidelity with which he has sustained in the United States
Senate those beloved principles Of public policy so long che
shed by the Wings Of the Empire State expressed in State
and County Conventions well in the votes and in
suctions OF State Legislature; those principles
seminenty national and republican, because they just
9 and equitable.
"6. Resoiced That the Wings of New York have conf
dence IN the honest purposes and patriotic motives which
animated the Whg Representatives from this State in the
Federal Legislature upon the embarrassing questions which
have been agtated during the present Congress.
Resolved, That the admission Of California into the
Union as State with free constitution meets with
hearty APPROVAL and Territorial Government is esa-
bshed for New Mexico and Utah, without any prohbitoy
clause the assumption that slavery excluded other
causes, it the solemn duty Of Congress extend the JEFF
esonan ordinance those territories ON the first ndca
ton that slavery involuntary servitude s likely be in
troduced into the Territories"
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