Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-08-25


The Saratoga Convention.
the Anti-Nebraska State Convention Of
New York met at Saratoga on " cdncsdav
morning, and after considerable confusion
and some excited discussion finally organized
permanently, by the appointment Of WV. 5. .
McCOuS ofQueens Co., President. seven Vice
Presidents and five Secretaries. \ committee
consisting of II. j. Raymond, Horace tireclcy,
and fourteen others, on resolutions, was AZ.
pointed. The rules Of the Assembly were
adopted as the rules of the Convention.
Prayer was offered 10y Rev. Mr.. BrsnSrLL Of
Hartford
In the afternoon Mr.. Greeley from the
Committee, reported preamble and a series
of ten resolutions The first resolution de-
clarcs that the State of New York now. as
ever, maintains the right and duty Of the
General Government, to prohibit and pre-
clude the extension, establishment or pcrpet-
uation of Slavery in any and every territory
which now belongs may hereafter belong
to the United States The second asserts
that the doctrine OF the Nebraska bill. gilded
with the specious phrases OF &c non-inter,ci-
ton and popular sovereignty is really
complete surrender Of all the ground hitherto
maintained by the Free States respecting the
limitation Of Slavery The third saws that
free and slave labor cannot co-cxist on the
same soil, and that therefore the admission
Of Slavery into Kansas and Nebraska involves
the practical exclusion thcrcirom Of our
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time, with that paralysis ct invention. inter
dictun Of industrial urIprr>s and ,lcrrada-
go -, -. 49,
tlph oI tnc SIaNchuldlhS system. me fourth,
declares uncomprumisinr war ON the doctrines
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".''r"''l'"''on " su"rS' 10 'I'' ''NV 'or '''
restoration ol NeoraHK' ANA N'hH"s 10 the
use '' Tree LABOR ana rec mem the hith 'e-
"o"''''N inc abuse u 'n' term "on-'h'er''h-
''o'' ana uelhaids OF government as Il PR
mary DUTY perpetual Intervention ON the
Slde o' justice equality ana IN 'in'ic't'on OF
cav" innocent MA" sovereignty over himself
Inv S'N'' "'Vi"r'S t''"' tn' r'lu'la'ion o' 'he
'''N'ou'i 'o''lro'"lSe' - mas '''Sol'eu us from
an '''il'''s Ut agreements '"'s''' % ,'e re-
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he seventh resolution was as follows
, h,'o'r'T, laat W" heartily approve the c'nr," .
Indiana, Wisconsin ''d h..:hit'n Postponins Or
d'-reGardlng their MINOR differences OF "r'il'n or
~ ,'. a''t n,,,',s ,,'' t'I>'
"a eroo .ni, ,nd WV r...,,n, .tir .,ii, =, .t
frccmcn Of th, and other .tatc., ethorin. each To-
rcnounce hi. party whenever and wherever that
party proves unfaithful to human freedom.
The eight and ninth resolutions tender the
thank. Of the Convention to the Anti-Ne-
commend the ,ports now in rro,re.. =, c,I,.
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,i"o WIN 'i'' ''"'' anu '''''1 I'll II
Kansas, anu then all oth'r territories tA'
posed TO the blight of Slavery.
Tbo t.r,b resolution ,r,,.o.rl f., ,I;,rr,
,~, o.,
10 Auourh' sept -''"' ~ ""'' 'icAe' iron
the other tickets. which by that time woulC
he in nominations 4 long, exciting and al
,;,,os or,or,r,l,. ,p,,rr d;.,,.,;,, fll,vod
a Pof'ioh Vi i've 'i'I'''S "''' WI "''''''"
, ting a ticket on the spot. This was opposed
., others. An amendment, offered by Mr. Ray
mond, striking out the instructions To selec
candidates from other tickets, was final,
, adopted, and the resolution was passed il
the following form.
R''oee', That when TINS Convention does adjourn