The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-13
Lieutenant Governor,
r IL A N D FL L T G. Fl Z r.
Treasurer,
DANIEL, r. THOMPSON

the committee, Of which have barely time to
furnish you with an analysis, which, however,
will make their character perfectly Ineligible.
They embrace all the resolutions of the Balti-
more platform that are now reasonable, with many
others called for by the numerous and important
changes which have occurred in political affairs
since that convention was held:
The lst, Declares the federal government one
of limited powers, and that the Constitution
should be strictly construed
The I'd, Denies the existence of any power
in the general government to make any inter-
nal improvements, except such as are national.
The Sd, Recommends equality of protection
to all interests, and for equal protection to all
against domestic violence and foreign aggression.
The 4th, Favors retrenchment and the pay
ment Of the national debt.
| The 5th Opposes national bank.
The 9th, Approves of the independent policy.
| The It'll, Recommends free grants Of public
lands to actual settlers.
The Stb Denies the exsterce of any power
in Congress over slavery in the States
The 9th, Ayers thst slavery is strictly State
and local institution and cannot claim the right
to be legalized beyond State lines
The 10th, The ordinance of 1887, by Jeffer-
son and others, shows that the American Demo
cratic statesmen have uniformly regarded slavery
as local and temporary, and we should now re-
turn to their policy of limiting, ocalizing, and
discouraging it.
The nth, The general government should
relieve itself of all responsibility for slavery, 80
that freedom instead Of slavery shall become
national, and slavery instead Of freedom become
sectional.
The 10Th, The Wilmot proviso is the only
safe way to prevent slavery extension.
The 18th, Against any more slave States.
The I4th, Adopts Rantoul's resolutions on
the Fugitive law.
The 18th, Bases their hopes of success to
freedom on the fidelity of the Democratic
masses to their great principles, and repudiates
the compromise as test of Democracy.
The 10th, Repels the accusation of disloyalty
to the Union.
The nth, Promises devotion TO the Union
until perverted to an engine of oppression to
States and people.
The 18th, Sustains the habeos corpus law of
Vermont.
The 10Th, Pledges the efforts to the conven-
ton to elect the ticket of their nomination.
Upon these resolutions several addresses were
delivered by the members of the convention.
Among the speakers, Mr. Stansbury, the editor
eloquent and effective Of the freesoil Democratic
press in New England-was listened to with
peculiar interest, as he had been in association
with the Wing party until ls4S, and until il
ceased to be fashionable in that party to defend
the interests Of human freedom. Mr.. STAINS
bury stated, among other things, that whatever
might be the errors of individual Dem ocrats, the
principles npon which that party was based, he
bad become satisfied, were the principles O.
human progress, and whatsoever warred upor
those principles, warred upon the true interest,
Of civilization and humanity He henceforti
pledged whatever ability, or faith, or nfluenc,
he possessed, to the support and establishment
Of sound Democratic principles, and renowned
for ever the Wing platform and all iis hollow
purposes. Mr.. Stsnsbury, by the way, is
brother Of Mrs. Kirkland, the popular authores.
who ia perhaps moro extensively known by be
nomme de plume of Mary Clavers.
The convention then adjourned until 81 p. M
This hour was chosen, as Mr. Van Buren, wa
} expected to arrive by the railroad at that time
As the hour arrived, an immense crowd gathere,
inside and around the depot, in the hope of in
ducinQ Mr. Van Buren, to address them there
and at once, as many who resided at distanc
were compelled to leave in the train at half pas
ak.
In this they were disappointed, but Mr. Va,