New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-12
REPUBLICAN RATIFICATION NEE TING
AT YONKERS.

Convention at Philadelphia. The hall was well filed
NV highly respectable audience of ladies and gentle
men who were quite earnest in the good cause.
Can't j. c. LUCE called the meeting to order, and
nominated LxNUFL WELLS, esq, as Chairman. The
following officers were also elected: Vce-Presidents
Jcesb Rich, Henry b. Cowles, Edward II. shommard
VIM ID. Cromwell, james &. Sidney, Robert Grant
Secre'sries NJ. +. Rove, \ b. Cowboy.
Mr. STEADwELL offered the following resolutions,
which were received with unanimous approval and
fri queDt bursts OF applause
Reoed That ressrd the Resolutions forming the Plat
form Ct he Phsdepha Republican Convention ersnewed
declaration of the original principles and early policy OF our
Government; ard thai we most cordially ndor' the names Of
the rsto q the laws will be reStoIedto its original but
B.ed That while we yield to none in heartfelt devotion to
tbe Constitution ard to the Uniol which formed to per-
suse while we believe that the q s ws ,s s q G
be implicitly respected and that toe institutions OF the south
North vet as obligation, derived either from our
Const uion or from ogi policy to give the nsons
hfesib oppose all parties aud efforts aiding
tend Introduction on soil hitherto consecrated to Free
Re:Ired That we cordemu infamous in their charsc
have committed Western border, whereby the
nshs ofAmeica c.eI have BEEN denied sna TO-
judicial order aud eemen for daring to avow their convc
lions murdered driven from their homes Aud that our
be arts heat shame and when remsmber
that to complete the aocit OF me same great crime zee
with the tood of Senator who e1deaed to his
of Ter statesmen scholars
Re.olred That repuda" a. deny as SANDER upon our
Republic the mi ou principles avowed by tbs Oste9d Cir
are TO be msds nation Of buccaneers ignoring all night aud
justice M the acquisition Of territory TO which we nave no
may far bonorsby sn justly be employed in the constrn'
ton Of nsC % 20 Ssn in thu nm
Law full endeavor TO obtain possession Of the properly OF our
Reed That the Administration TO whose last days are
bspr Drawing hiss violated every pledge of It's nsutu
end home has wckedy stirred internal contests
and civil dse1 sor in our land for own
Frs1ku Pierce as with James Buchana
Isber g embsI uIdeI the .Sp Of one whose
oD character soundness ofjadsmen, and
purpose have been man sed through )ut his b
liant all opposing obstacles and that fOI
who coiDcidrg with in principle desires that the policy OF
the going be reproduced IN the course OF Inc
Ing III toDsl Administration
SPEECH OF MR.. CURTIS.
The Chairman il q brief speech introduced the OBJ
jects Of the meeting. and
Mr. GEO w. CURTIS, who was received with great
applause He said: The question which now agitates
tie country is not the abolition of Slavery, but the pre-
servaGn Of territory now tree from its bightng inu-
ence. The nature and character of the institution ne
cessitstes its exeI SION and Southern men, moderate
and rvatve men, whose convictions are adverse
TO their actions compelled to labor for Its extern
siop avery i exhaustive in its consequences, that
its existence if confined to the States where 1t now is,
would certainly in time become extinct. Hence It's In
PRODUCTION into new territory all that can preserve it
from d. cay and death. The speaker went on to reeite
the history of the Missouri Compromise and the acqu-
sticn Of Texas sho sing that all the energies OF the
Government had long been directed to the
acquisition of territory out of which to form
Slave States He said that after the pas
sage Of that Compromise the country was
at peace This Compromise was passed IN the face OF
threats of dsunion from the South, and amid very gen.
eral dssaisfacton in the North. These threats hsve
aways come from the South. Texas was acquired tor
the South. Northern laborers had to pay for the ex
teIsion of system that degraded labor, that placed
their fellow. men level with brues and oxen. The
passage of the Fugitive Slave act was urged by the
South, not directly in faver of Slavery. but for
feeler of the quality of The North. The North felt
rather doughy cbeers on lie passage. We consented
to il il was In tie bond aud We were willing to give
them what we had guaranteed. When they had tet
temper this pont they then SAID 10 reference 70
OF III baIgain-eaten our half OF the cake. we
have tried your quality, and now we VIII nave rave
the other halt of that bargain IApplauseI. Inc
abr, etion of the Missouri Compromise was etected
Had not Northern freemen, in the shadow of Faneul
Hail, bowed their necks TO their Southern masters
and said Here our necks, tread upon them. hau
they not allowed them 10 be torn from their midst by
then Southern mosters, Senator from Mas'a-
cbusetts would never have been struck d>%n Ia the
Halls of Congress. Then followed the GU RACES in
KaDae but he assured them that the first borderers
who crossed the Missouri to deposit bogus vote In
the ballot box, gave John Charles Fremont hundred
thousand votes. The settled policy OF the South Is,
beyond question, a Slavery extension policy. Irus
Democracy bonors labor but Slavery degraoes it-ant
this is ration of aborers therefore it is duty to
oppOse Slavery with all of our ability. We are called
tec,lcnal party. Why, the sham Demo 3racy labor
solely for 800 900 shareholders. We don't labor for
tie 1000 900 Of rlaves labor for the % 100000 OF
white men in this country. Which, then Is the sec
tionhl psIty7 The question to be met is, shall we be
a nation of Shareholders or nation of free
menl The South and the Democratic party
are strivipg to bring in Kansas as Slave
State for the purpose of tquaizing the slave power
in the Senate; that done, the rest Is achieved.
Now this must not be tAppausel The speaker then
went On TO review the character of the candidates.
He fad, when they taunt us with Who is this FIRE.
"montl we don k ow him. we can reply with
crushing effect: " We know altogether too much Of
Buchanan" In ls45 Mr.. Buchanan said, IN speech
on tie admission OF Texas: The question between
the two great interests of our country has been well
90 discussed and well decided. And from the moment
Z" the Mi.sCun Compromise was passed Get my foot
down upon that SOLD grouLd aud there will let the
"qut forever In 1856 in his lust OF office, he
sanctioned the repeal of that Compromise. The two
prominent acts Of Mr.. Buchanans public life are his
Ostt nd Man esto and the sanction of the Repeal OF
merits he confidently hopes to be the next President
MIR. Fillmofe's administration was distinguished by
the Compromise measures and the Fugitive Slave
law. After his term Of Office had expired he made
long tour in the SCULPTOR what purpose
cannO, say-then he went abroad and while
there he nominated in Philadelphia by the
Southern section Of the KDow-N Nothing Convention,
Now he has come hcme, and we find him in Albany
expressing nuliic stOn sentiments that would have
shocked even Mr. Calhoun lApplausel. Having said
that The South would pu 1iate the Republican caud
cate, il elected, be insults the North. Talk of sec
UOnaltml Why he is the st ultra sectionalist. He
nominated almost exc'urively by the South, and
was Iepudiattd by the North. He must remember
that Whst sauce for the peasant sauce for the
IAppleuse. Now come to speak OF another csndi-
dae, him whose election we hope 10 secure Great APP
plausel M Benton, who entertains the highest re-
spec, for his dhtingnished sonic law the other day
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