The republic., 1851-11-03

The reports of the several conventions were then
read, and each nomination was ratified with such
hearty unanimity as demonstrated the earnestness
and zeal with which the Wings Of the city have
gone into the present contest. Erastus Brooks, esq
chairman of the committee on resolutions, as soon
the dcafening cheers with which the nomina-
tions received had subsided, came forward
and submitted the following resolutions to the
meeting
"RssoIued, That the Whjg party is n Union low
ing, Constitution abiding, law maintaining party.
That its devotion to the Union is founded upon the
blessings of free and equal Government, its at
tachment to the Constitution upon the rights and
privileges guaranteed in that Constitution to the
people, the States, and the Federal Government,
each in their appropriate spheres of action, its re-
spect for the laws of the land in the regard it has
ever held for the priceless blessing of a Govern.
ment where liberty is regulated by order and
where all men to be held legally and personally
responsible for the violation of private rights and
established law.
''Resolued, That the Whig party of New York
claims for itself and recognises for others all the
compromises of the Constitution, and that 1t looks
TO that instrument as the great moral sun OF our
political system to which all true men of the coun-
try attracted, and around which people and
States revolve in one harmonious system OF uni
ted, free, and independent Government, and,
therefore, that no true Wing will ever seek to de-
stroy or weaken any provision in the Constitution
OF his country, or shrink from the performance OF
any duty required of him in that Constitution, or
disobey any law which has been framed III pursu-
ance of its provisions.
Resoiped, That the six propositions introduced
by Henry Clay into the United States Senate May
g., 1850, and which were subsequently embodied
in the six Compromise acts, now laws OF the land,
viz
"I. The admission OF California into the Union
with the boundaries proposed;
60 The establishment of a territorial govern
ment for New Mexico
"'3. The establishment of q territorial govern
ment for Utah;
ga. The establishment of the western and north
ern boundary of Texas, and the exclusion from her
jurisdiction of all New Mexico, with the grant TO
Texas of pecunary equivalents;
"'5. More eifcctual enactments OF law TO secure
the prompt delivery OF persons bound to scrvice or
labor in one State under the laws thereof, who es-
cape into another State;
"'6. Prohibiting the slave trade in the District Of
Columbian are, the President of the United
States has said in his annual message to Congress-
'to be regarded as a settlement, in principle and
substance, n final settlement, of the dangerous and
exciting subjects which they embrace;' and that 1t
becomes Wings everywhere TO respect, obey, and
maintain these several enactments
"Resoloed, That the Wings Of New York city
hail with pleasure the reunion OF the Whig party
upon the basis of the Albany resolutions, cadoptcd
in State Convention at Syracuse, and to the sup
port of which the candidates Of the Whig party
stand pledged. In view of these resolutions, en-
bodying the sentiment Of the Wings OF the State
toward the National and State administrations,
tender TO each and every candidate upon the
State ticket undivided exertions their
honorable and triumphant election.
"RcsOfUtd, That homo industry is the most fruit
fu source Of home prosperity, and that as Gov
ernment was created by the people for the protec-
tOn of their interests, and as charity begins at
home, il ia due from an American Congress TO ios-
ter and protect by all wholesome regulations, the
great interests of commerce, agriculture, mnnuiac
iures and labor, that the great resources OF our
country shall be developed, its rivers made navi
gable, it's harbors improved, and our main reliance
placed upon ourselves for security and lndePend'
cncc from all foreign nations,