Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-01
The New York State Democratic Soft
Convention.

This body, which met on the 29th ult.. at
Syracuse, adjourned yesterday after nomi-
mating the following ticket:
" For judges of the Court of Appeals. Sam.
uel L. Selden and John A. Lott Secretary Of
State-Israel I. Hatch Comptroller-Samuel
Stevens; Treasurer-Ariel T. Thurston; Ca
nal Commissioner-Curtis Hawley; Attorney
General-SamuelJ J. Tilden; State Engineer
John B. Jervis; State Prison Inspector-Pat-
rick III. Agin.
The following ore among the resolutiors
which they passed:
ResotCed, That the national administration
has our hearty concurrence and commendation
In Its management of the public finances, in
the exercise of the veto pofe: to protect the
treasury from being made the spoil of specu-
lators and to arrest improvident and corrupt
expenditures-that the system of rigid ac-
countabiity to which disbursing officers have
been held-the scrutiny with which defalca.
lions have been detected, and the altitude as.
sumed in support Of the American name
abroad, as well as the important treaties with
foreign governments, extending the system of
commercial reciprocity and freedom of trade.
are marks Of an honest and faithful admins.
tration.
ReS0kred, That we regard the invitation
put forward by the enemies of the Democratic
party in this State, to the Democratic electors
thereof to form new coalitions, or fusions, un-
der new and deceptive party title, as the
devise of politicians who only aim to perpet-
uate their ascendency in the State government
for selfish ends and corrupt purposes.
ResoIred, That we recommend to the cleo.
tors In the several Assembly Districts of this
State to choose one delegate from each District
TO attend State Convention ON a day and
place to be designated by the State Central
committee, for the purpose Of selecting dele
gstes to the next National Convention of the
Democratic party to be held at Cincinnati.
hssotced, That we congratulate the Democ-
racy OF the Union upon the signal victories
which have recently been won by their politi-
cal brethren In Virginia, Tennessee, North
Carolina, Alabama, and Texas, and that we
are encouraged by this success against the old
federal Wing party in its last disguise and
under Its new name to hope for the success of
the united Democracy Of this State against its
traditional enemy, under whatever organiza-
ton or form of coalition it may present itself.
Mr.. Cassidy offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That we regard the organization
of bands of armed borderers, and their intru
sion into the territory of Kansas, not as bona
fde settlers, but for the forcible subyersion of
the rights Of its legal electors, not only as
violation of the peace of the Union, and the
rights of the community assailed, but as dis
tinctly subversive of the intent Of Congress, as
declared in the bill organizing the said terrific
ries to leave the people free to form and regu-
late their own domestic institutions, in their
own way, subject only to tho Constitution of
the United States, and that all the power Of
the federal and territorial government should
be exerted to redress these outrages and to
sindicate the rights of the people thereof.
On motion Of Mr.. Van Buren,, (John,) this
resolution was amended by adding clause,
saying that the Democracy of New York will
faithfully adhere to all the compromises of the
Constitution, and maintain ali the reserved
rights Of the States; and that they deem this an
appropriate occasion to declare their hostility
TO the extension OF slavery into free territory
This amendment being agreed to; as amend
ed, the above resolution was also passed.