The southern press., 1851-08-06
From The .Nsp York Tribune.
Notice fer a WhIg State Convention.


principles of the Wings of this State, as the,
are understood by us, in relation particularly Il
questions which now agi ate the country, shoul,
be made in order to induce an intelligent, honest
and cordial cooperation among ourselves ant
with the Wings of the other States of the Union
the State Committee, appointed ut the respect
i've conventions held in 1850 at Syracuse ant
at Utica, and the committee appointed by th
Wings of the Legislature ut its recent session
have agreed upon the following, as presentin,
what they believe TO be the sentiments of th'
great body Of the Wings of the State of New
York:
An economical administration Of the govern
ment:
The strict accountability of public officers
and their rigid adherence to the limitations o
power prescribed by the Constitution and tn,
laws; an honest and faithful performance Of al
obligations made wi h foreign nations, with 1
scrupulous regard for their rights, and firm
and steady defense OF our own :
The Improvement of the important river
and harbors Of the country, so as to render then
navigable and accessible, by prudent and syste
matic appropriations, founded upon examinations
made by competent and disinterested public
officers u;
Such discrimination in the duties necessa
rily laid upon imports for the support of govern
nent, as shall secure to the industry Of oul
Icountrymenaju just remuneration, and shall stimu
late mechanical and manufacturing enterprise
and thus provide home consumption for the
products Of agriculture, which may control and
counteract the unsteady demands Of foreign
markets, and as shall promote that healthy inter
change among ourselves of the fruits of our own
skill and labor, which is SO well calculated TO ce.
ment our Union, and maintain the spirit of ma
tional independence.
That the Wings of the State, as a body, are
inhexibly opposed to the subjection of any ter
ritory Of the United States now free, to laws
imposing involuntary servitude, except as pun.
ishment for crime; and they rejoice that no pro.
position to that effect is now pending, or is
likely to be presented while, at the same time
they unqualifedly acknowledge the right Of
every sovereign State to regulate its own NUM-
cipal institutions in such manner as its people
may deem most conducive to their safety and
happiness, without interference, directly, or indi-
rectly, by citizens of other States or subjects OF
other countries
Thatthe Wings of this State will abide by the
Constitution of the United States, in all its
parts and that they will receive its true meaning
and construction from the judicial tribunals il
has created for that purpose, and will always sus-
tain and defend such decisions, as the law of
the land, until thev are reversed by the same tri-
bunals:
That the laws of Congress, and of the State
legislatures, pronounced constitutional by the
judicial tribunals, must be enforced and impli-
city obeyed; and that while this is cheerfuIly
recognized as the duty Of all, as subjects of the
laws yet that the right of citizens, as voters, ia
equally undeniable to discuss, with full and
mutual regard for the rights and interests of all
parts of the confederacy, (Which is as necessary
now to maintain, as it was indispensable to
achieve the blessed Union Of these States,) the
expedency of such laws and the propety of any
of their provisions, aud to seek. by constitutional
means, their repeal or modification
That all who are animated by a sincere desire
to preserve the Union unimpaired, and the free
institutions which it sustains and guarantees, by
which alone individual security and national peace
and prosperity can be perpetupted, must condemn
all attempts to resist, defeat, or render ineffect.
ual, any laws passedby constitutional majorites
of Legislative bodies in either the federal or State
governments; and that the Wings of New York
will ever be found prompt to render a patriotic
acquiescence in all such laws:
That the national administration Is entitled
to the confidence and support Of the Wings of
New York, for the eminent ability and patriotism
which have characterzedts measures, forts sue
cessful management Of foreign affairs; the gen.
erous sympathy il has exhibited toward an op.
pressed people struggling for freedom; the force
and dignity with which il has maintained the
right TO indulge such sympathy, and with which
il has rebuked the threats Of an imperous gov
ernment TO violate the immunites of an ac-
credited pub,ic agent, and the determination il
L.. a
tending 10 impair the public faith, and all un-
lawful enterprises calculated TO disturb the pub
lie peace and provoke civil war, or to sever or
weaken the relations Of any State with the
Union:
That the administration Of this State has fully
justified the confidence in its capacity, intelli-
gence, and integrity, which called II into being;
that the public interests in the various depart
ments Of education, finance, and Jurisprudence,
and In the extension Of the means Of intercourse
and of cheap transportation, have been vigor-
ously and prudently sustained. and promoted ;
constitutional government, by legal majoriiies,
has been vindicated, and the general prosperity
Of the State has been sedulously and success
fully maintained and by employing the means
which previous expenditures, guided by cnlight-
ened forecast, has placed within our reach, to
consummate the great work Of the age, has pre-
sented vivid contrast TO the narrow, unjust
and wasteful policy Of those who would scatter
those means BY such an impotent application Of
them as would postpone to a very distant pos
terity, " not indefinitely, the enjoyment Of an
estimable heritage Of wealth and prosperity.
That for the purpose Of sustaining these
views and principles in the election ofState Off
GERS entertaining them at The ensuing general
election, the committee aforementioned recon-
mend that convention, consisting Of one dele
gate from each assembly district Of the State,
be held at Syracuse, on the 18th day OF Sep
tember next, at IL o'clock at noon.
Geo. Geddes, Geo. r. Babcock,
Jas. NJ Cook, Howard c. Cady,
Chs. r. Swords, Hamilton Harris,
Committee Of the Legislature.
John l.. Schoolcrat Samuel Stevens,
Allen Munroe. James Kidd,
Robt II. Pruyn, Nathan G. King,
II. u Hayner. b. r. Spelman,
Simeon Draper, Dennis Bowen,
Jas. T. NJ. Blakeley, w. IT, Willard,
WIN. X. Strong, David Graham,
C. NJ G.vioa rho. TT no.I