The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-06-17

ican territory the tolloWlng resolve was pre-
sented in the locoioco State Convention
aud ther laid on the table by a close vote
The whig State Convention met few days
aflerward. took the resolve off che table
where the locofoeos had left it, and passed
1t unanimously, viz; .
Resolved, That, while the whig free
men of New York represented in this con.
venlion will faithfully adhere 10 all the com.
promises OF the constitution, and jealousy
maintain all the reserved rights OF the
States, they declare--since the crisis has
Farrived when the question must be met
their uneompromisng hostility to the ex.
tension of slavery into any territory now
free which may be hereafted acquired by
any action of the government OF our Union. y
On the strength mainly of that resolve
OF It's rejection by the democracy and its
hearty adoption by the whigs-the State
went whig in the election that followed by
some 10000 majority. Mlllard Fillmore
headed the wing ticket, ..........
The next year QS4S was that of the
last Presidential election. How earnestly
and successfully the whig party of the free
States Iabored 10 demonstrate It's devotion
TO the free-sol principle, all who shared in
that contest mus. realize. Our wing State
Convention unanimously
RcSoiped, That the whig party OF the
State of New York, faithfully adhering to
every obligation of the Constitution, aud
dsclaiming all desire 70 interfere with the
internal regulations and domestic institu.
tons of other States, reiteratcs its solemn
and oft-repeated declarations OF nnchange-
able hostility to the establishment or recog-
milton of slavery in any territory OF the
United States, where it did not exist at the
time of the acquisition, as an innexble
resolution, which no lapse of time, or ex.
igency of circumstances, can ever repair or
diminish. :"
On the strength Of that profession we
have carried the State, and large majority
lin weight,) of the free States, when it
would clearly have been impossible to sue
ceed on what is now formed the " Nation.
al Wing Platform" Mr.. Fillmore was
then chosen Vice President, and MIR. Duer
reelected to Congress. asfN'
Closely following this triumph (Decem'
Der l6, lSiS came the vote in the House
on Mr. Gddings' bill to abolish slavery
not the slave trade--ih the District OF Co.
umbia, which every New York wing pres.
ent voted TO sustain, as follows:
Against laying on the taJic-(from New
York J Messrs Blackman. COnger, Gott,
GreeIy Nathan X Halls Washington
Hunts Kellogg VIM. L. Lawrence. Mar.
win, Muliin, Nelson, Putnam, Reynolds,
Ramsay, ST. John, Sheriff., Sylvester, Sling
erland, Fred. TaIlmadge, Warren, Hugh
White--total, 49,
No New York wings only two absent
or silent-Messrs. Duer and Rose.
Our Convention Of l649--oae little year
ego--again ..... ...-....-.- ....
Realrcd That the Federal Constitu-
ton was formed and adopted expressly TO
secure the blessings of Liberty" to the
people of the United States and their POS
terity, and that no power was given therein
to extend the curse of slavery--wherefore
we maintain that Congress has the right,
aud is in duty bound, to abolish slavery
-. "A ,,ai',I,, rnab;,,;, ;,o oa,n,,I;a,
onlon' anu 1".! s .,@ .nnon ,ra,s;,Os;na. w. 'a9,.
lne,'' II %ny s -" u '"'' '''''''''' ~
" Resolved, That recognizing the re-
IBtriclion Of slavery within its present linn
its as one of the cardinal principles Of our
o,i'Ga, aa' a,b ,he oonn,r, 20 Yo,oso ~ @ -
,,,no' .lI ill., ,hn no,a, ,vo nav ,,ossoss
.no ''a,,, "'",p ,Sa ox,onsion =, s,,ao.y psor a
" W P,oae", 80. w ar feaa',o;i" e,,I
s"s'o 'o'' "
biosely IN the wake oi tl'ls came the
relteratloh' ny our 'ote legislature oi 'ne
instructions 10 our senators 10 upno'd INC
7 banner OF iree'SolI' as lo''owS
IegiStature Of NeW York--Jo'ht ReSot~-
/ tons, 1850.
Rcs0lved, That as the Federal Constltu-
tion was formed and adopted expressly to
secure the blessings OF liberty to the peo'
nile of the United States and their pOsteTi-