Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-08-06
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l77S-tirSt proposed in 1884 by Thomas Jefler.
sou-should be a piled to these territories, So
long as they should remain under the government
OF Congress. But, before the assembling of tho
baltimore Convention, the slave power in many
ol lis conc'aycs, sat in Judgment on these opn-
ions, condemned them as hcrctical, denounced all
VINO held them, as apoStateS from the Democra-
nc IHItA, and resolved to support no one for the
Presidency or Vice Presidency, who should
adopt or favor them. 1t was to carry out these
pre-deiermir atoms, to give effect to these force
gong onciusons, that our delegates were placed
under the ban"
/ The effect of these donunciations upon the IL
ma and the tmc-serving was wildly portrayed
! IN lhe address, rs was also the energy and Icci-
SION of the New York Democracy in this Lour of
freedoms peril.
:" In this untowarl state of things. (soid the
! Convention) amid this increasing detection 70 tho
interests Of iree1om-the Democracy of the state
/ OF New York felt ittheir duty to intervene They
/ opposed themselves to the current, and. If they
G'",@ not wholly arrest they stayed is progress.
In their primary and other conycntiaus. lhrouch
/ the press and various other forms i'm which. in
this quarter Of Union, the masses .-e y.nt 10
make known their sonlimc"ts and wishes. the
voice Of the ireemon Of our state VS. lifted M
to warn, to encourage, and 10 raj g the friends Of
freedom, the lovers of Justice and the supportcra
Of The Constitution. SttIcd at Syracuse. it pea
led in trumpet tones at lIcrkimcr and Utica. and
has SIN CO been re-cChoed from every hilltop in
the State
It was in this spirit Of devotion to iustcc. free
dom, and the constitution, and with the noble
purpose Of bringing back the government to the
policy of Jefferson, that the nominations of the
New ork Democracy wee made at Utica in
1873.
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Non the opponents of slavery extension and the
slave power in Ohio, assembled at Columbus. re-
iccted the nominees Of both the Wings and
Democratic National Convention, as unitcndly
to freedom, and summoned National Convcn-
ton, to meet at Bntlnlo on the 9th of August.
n similar asscmblagc in Massachusetts concur.
red in that summons.
General Dodge, of Wisconsin, declined tho
luca nomination, and the New York Democracy
determined not to supply the vacancy, but 10
unite with The National Convention, at Buffalo.
in presenting to the American people candidates
representing their principles
When the Convention assembled, It was found
to be comp sad almost wholly of Democrats of
Liberty men, Thoroughly democratic in their pin
cipIcs and views Of public policy; and of Wings,
whose attachment to Wing measures had been
overcome ly their devotion to freedom, and their
opposition 10 the cncronchmcnts of slavery and
the slave power. The New York Democracy
naturally took the lead.
Preston King, New York Democrat. nrcmi-
ncnt in Congress and at Baltimore, was Chair
man OF the first informal meeting, on the ever
ing preceding tho regular sitting of the Con-
vcn;ion. In short address, received with unan-
mous reclamation, he stated the principles
which must form the basis of the political or
ganjzaiion in which they were about to unto
He was requested to cmbody those principles in
resolutions, and present them to the convention
upon Its opening the next day, as the views of
the meeting. Three resolutions were accord
inFiy drawn up by him and presented to the Con-
ycuto0. insert them, that it may be distinct
70 Slavery, recommended by the New York De-
mocracy to the Buffalo Convention:
Resolved, That it is tho DUTY of the federal
government to relieve itself of all responsibility
for the extension or continuance OF slavery vile
ever that government possesses constitution -
authority, and is responsible for its existence.
RcSo!rcd That the States within which slave.
ry exists, are alone responsible for the contnu-
ance or existence Of slavery within such States,
and the constitutional authority to abolish or reg
ulate slavery within the States.
ReSolred, The true, and in the Judgment of
this Convention, the only safe means of prevent
ing the extension of slavery into the territories
now free, isto prohibit lis existence i'll all such
territories by an act Of Congress.
These resolutions. unanimously approved by
the Convention, were referred to the Committee
on Resolutions on which you were chairman.
have already spoken Of the harmony which
characterized the labors of the committco-the
unanmty with which they agreed upon the plat
torn, and the unanimous enthusiasm with which
We We. Gonyehuon' WIN one Voice. rauh it
IoH ""'e A0' 10. Ho''ch "-you VIII never for
seam
That platform, thoroughly Democratic in ts
PHncIpGs and measures, and cordially accepted
ny me ne" orN Democracy, made 1t easy for
the Convention to adopt the Utica nominations
for the Presidency as their own, although 'arge
number of lis members were already committed
TO the support of n New Hampshire Democrat,
ever faithful to freedom, and then ondoared to
them th' more by the Characteristic mac"nnimty
Wlih which ne had placed u" r"mnn'i which
hAd been conferred on him al tic d,-i ,., Of tho
Convention.
Martin Van Buren, therefore Pr. -.d tho no.
mination for the Presidency. Will. "bqrIae Fran
els Adams. rrqnleOg Of the foremost aud olloet
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