The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-09-28
THE WING STATE CONVENTION IN NEW YAK

by the. friends of Mr.. Seward OF one hun. red
and twenty feur delegates, the Know Nothf pgs,
it is stated, numbered twenty-five The Silver
Grsys did what they could, by sfiiating nth
them, to secure an anti-Seward majority IL. the
Convention, but failed. Such is the statefient
of the Seward papers
Myron H. Clark, a hardware merchait Of
Canandaigua, was nominated on the thire bal
lot for the Office of Governor, and Mr.. atay-
mond, of the New York Daily Times, for Gieut
Governor-both Seward men. Mr.. CLARK is
said to be thorough Anti-Slavery man. and
committed to the policy of the Maine L, luor
Law. Mr.. Raymond may be so, too, bV his
paper is sometimes point point.
OF the resolutions adopted, one approve . the
Wing policy of the State in relation the
completion of the canals; one denounce the
Presidential veto of the River and Harbor Bill
one afirms the attachment Of the Whi.S of
| New York to the Federal Union and Con Stu
ton; the rest are devoted to the Slavery t.nes-
ton, and are as follows
RESOLVED, That the passage by the fra ners
of the Constitution and the fathers of tho Re-
| &c
lished as a cardinal principle with them Shat
Slavery should be forever prohibited ia. the
Territories of the United States
| RESOLVED, That we cordially approve OF the
firm and manly stand Of the Wing SenstoIs of
the State of New York, in defence of the rights
of the free States and maintenance Of the prin-
| ciples and policy of the Wing party and shat
we tender our grateful thanks to those 1em-
bers of Congress who resisted with fixed Sell
| ty the breach of public faith involved ID tie
repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
Resolved, That by the act procurinf tie
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, we hold
that we are forever discharged from all Obli-
cations to support any compromise with Slave
ry, except such as are contained in the, Con-
stitution of the United States and most ssspe-
cially that we are forever released from al OBJ
| legations to admit into our Union any State
which sanctions or permits Slavery.
Resolved, That the recent action Of Con
gress, stimulated and approved by the preGi-
dent, whereby the compact commonly Known
as the Missouri Compromise is repudiatetl and
the vast Territory known as Nebraska and
| Kansas opened to Slavery, has already rec tived
| the unqualified condemnation of the VIII q of
| New York, and we point with satisfaction and
pride to the fact that not single Wing lem-
Der of either House of Congress from Il is or
any other free State yielded any sort Of sup
port, countenance, or favor, to that mos I'M
| just and unrighteOus proceeding
Resolved That measure 50 pervadinb and
momentOus In its scope and influence, so vital
| ly affecting the reputation and destiny OF our
whole country, as the establishment or intro-
duction Of Human Slavery throughout portion
of the national domain larger than che old
| Thirteen States, can, with propriety, b refer
| NO trI al pxco fir o.,H Il ov11
ing than that composed of the whole American
people; and we protest against It's di serson
under the false and deceptive cry of 3opular
sovereignty from this august tribunal. to one
composed of the few hundreds or thousands Of
| squatters who may encamp in said Territory
IS palpable derehction from duty, under
pretext too himsy to mislead any but those
anxious to be deluded and eager to be led
astray.
"ResolUed. That against the principles invoy-
ed in the Nebraska bill in their application
either to territory now belonging to the Union
or hereafter to De acquired, the Wings of New
| York will struggle with equal resolution and
confidence and confident resolution, and conf
dent that they shall not and confide1oe that
| they cannot receive the sanction of the
American people, and in this struggle We invite
the co operation on terms of equality arN fra
ternitv of all sincere and earnest champ&ns Of
| Free Labor and Free Soil
ReSotUed, That the indications Of rpose
on the part of the champions of Slavery made
manifest through their recognised repre- ,enta-
tlves, and countenanced as the organs f the
Federal Administration, to restore the African
slave trade are suff ,ient to excite appSehen-
sion and alarm in the mind Of every pltriot
and every friend of humanity, and thTt the
| Wings of New York take this timely opaoTtu-
nifty to declare they will resist at every heard,
and to the last extremity, every effort to drag
| down this free Republic by such a STEP from
the proud position which it holds amOEg the
civilized and Christian nations of the cath, as
the first to prohibit that inhuman traffic, and
brand it as piracy.
ResOlUed, That the Executive Department.
| OF the Federal Government ought no longer TO
be vested in the hands of the men who WELD its
patronage and ito influence for the agGrandize-
ment of Slavery and its political poser, ana
| that the Wings of New York will labor GO eff
feet the overthrow of the Administration which
has proved so reckless to duty and 80 regard
less Of the rights and interests of the Union
and to elect President with whom fidelity so
| Freedom shall not be a perpetual disqualified
ton for the public service"
We agree with the New York Eyening Post
that these resolves are in striking contrast with
the pusillanimpus mention Of the Nebraska
Blllf adopted" by the late Soft Convention
Had the resentment" says that payer, {" felt
by the People at the great wrong done to the
North, been expressed with half the cou,plete-
ness, half the manly energy, which we find in
the Wing resolutions, the triumph of the Dem
ocratic candidates at the approaching election
would in the opinion of many have been
scarcely doubtful" The Post adds" Sill, if
we consider these resolutions as the expression of
the feeling of our State on the general question
of the legislation of Congress respecting Slave
ry, they are far from complete. MIR. Milliken,
it will be seen, attempted to make them more
tions denouncing the infamous Fugitive Slave
Law, and was Kissed down for his pains 1t
was not deemed polite by the Convention to
touch that part of the question"
The first resolution afiems sound and irnpor-
tant doctrine. The commentator bestowed
in the second il well merited The third ia
| wolves q very erroneous concession. By asau-
ming that the repeal Of the Missouri Compro.
mise releases the People from al obligation to
support any compromise with Slavery, not
written in tho Constitution, it comedies that
were it not for this repeal such compromises
would be binding upon them. No true Anti
Slavery man will place his opposition to the
sggressions of Slavery upon any such ground
as this. Had not the Missouri Comoronige
been repealed, there would have been no more
| obligatory fOrca in extra Constitutional ooro