Washington telegraph., 1851-07-02
THE coTrAaER's WELCOME.
'sv GEORGE z. MORRIS.

And afterwards rest LOT the ntgnt
The birds in the morning sing from the trees
And herald the young god Of dsy.
Then, with him uprising depart il you please,
We'll sci you refreshed on tho way;
Your coin for service we sterny reject;
No tra6c for gain we pursue,
And aIl the reward that we wish Or expect,
We find in the good that we do.
Mankind are all pilgrims on life's weary road,
And many would wander astray,
In srekiug Eterntys silent abode,
Did Mercy not point out the way
If all would their duty discharge as they should,
To those who frieudrss and poor,
The world would resemble my cot near tho wood,
Aud lilo the sweet stream at my door,
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JOHN VAN BuREN's LAST APPEARANcE
AND CoMpLIMENTs.-The N. Y. Evening
Pos: of May 31st. has report OF the
proceedings of "the Democratic State
Convention in Vermont" John Van
Buren, attended aud spoke "by special re-
quest; Prince John generally says some
thing worth noticing. and Ill this case the
Free-soil leader S declamations are rchiy
worth recording. We commend some OF
Prince John declamations to our readers,
but first we place upon record the follow
;ng brief synopsis of the Conventions
resolutions, taken from the columns OF
the Evening Post:
The 7th, Recommends free grants OF
public lands to actual settlers.
The 9th, Denies the existence OF any
mower in Congress over slavery in the
States.
The 9th, Ayers that slavery is strictlv
a State aud local institution. and cannot
claim the right to be legalized beyond
State lines.
The 10th, The ordinance of 1898, by
Jefferson aud others, shows that American
Democratic statesmen have uniformly re-
garded slavery as local and temporary.
and we should now return to their policy
of limiting, localizine and discouraging it.
The 1lth, The General Government
should relieve itself of all responsibility
for slavery, SO that freedom instead OF
slavery shall become national, and slavery
Instead of freedom become sectional.
The 18th, The Wilmot Proviso is the
only safe way to prevent slavery extension.
The 18th, Against ani more slave
States.
The l4th, Adopts Ran;cn's Tesolu-
tions on the Fugitive Law.
The 18Th, Bases their hopes Of success
TO freedom on the fidelity of the Demo-
cratic masses to their great principles.
aud repudlates the Compromise as a test
of Democracy.
The 10Th, Repeats the accusation of
disloyalty 10 the Union.
The l7tn. Promises devotion to the
Union uuiil perverted into an engine of
oppression to States aud people.
The 18Th, Sustaius the h06edS corpus
law of Vermont.
Now. for Prince Johns statements
Speaking of the New York Democracy,
he says:
The sections Of the Democratic party
with us. as have stated. have reunited.
The first fruits of that union are the eiec-
ton of seventeen Democrats to Congress,
instead OF two, and whist l have no
authority to speak their sentiments upon
any subject. think 1 may safely affirm
that sixteen of them would Tomorrow
vote for repeal of the Fugitive Slave
act. (Cheers)"
Then, sixteen out Of seventeen OF the
representatives of New York Democracy,
are not only the dead!iest foes of the
Uniou. hut are willing. in their heart of
hearts to commit perjury. by taking
solemn official oath TO support Constitu-
ton, one o: the most important provisions
Of which they design virtually TO annul.
Prince John thus carries out the idea,
by showing how natural aud necessary
was such a reunion, thus:
'.In the State of New York, cordial
and thorough union has been formed be-
tween the two sectious Of the Democratic
party. 1t is a mistake 10 suppose that
there ever was any Free-so1 party in
the State of New York. Ii you will
recur to the addresses of those who sup
ported the candidates OF the Buffalo Con-
veution in our State, you will hnd that
they are all directed TO the democratic
Republican, Electors of the State of New
York.; that all our conventions were cali
ed i'll the same name; that all our candi.
dates were under this denomination. 1t
is true we embraced the principles OF the
buffalo PLATFORM; we regarded them as
The vitural principles Of true Democracy"
The Free-soil leader knows his allies
and his mercenaries; aud having thus
given cordial greeting to the Democracy.
he fires away at the Wings in this style:
"Having thus considered the present
aspect of the slavery question, let US
briefly consult as 10 the present duties of
the friends of freedom. In my Judgment,
they ought to unite IN ~nconpronstssng
hostllay to the present aatlonal adnsanss-
trgtson.'
So said Sumner. the Abolitionist) The
N Y. Evening Post, the leading Free-soil
and Abolition organ. hailed the election
OF Rantoul and Bishop as an acceptable
addition to the opponents of "t/be present