Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-07-30
SIGNS oF THE TINES.

of New York assembled at Syracuse on the
2ith. Many of the most prominent and infiu-
ential members of the Democratic party were
in attendance. James S. WadSworth was Sc
lected as permanent President of the Conven-
ton. A long address was submitted. stating
that the time had come for Democrats to de-
clare their independence Of those packed con-
ven.ions which have lately assumed to dictate
the measures and candidates of the Democra-
cy,repudiating the party now constituted land
its pliancy to the Slave power ,and denouncing
the repeal of the Missouri compromise as an
act of crime unparalleled even in our day of
political crimes by which one of the farest
regions of our country, has been converted in
to a field of battle, where citizens of a common
country are fighting with each other for the
introduction or extension of human servitude.
The address attacks the squatter sovereign
ty doctrine, stating that if the people of the
Territories have right to govern themselves,
they will make their governors and judges as
well as their Legislators, and that the true ques-
ton is,what legislation on the subject of slave
ry in the Territories does the Judgment and
conscience Of the country require 1t re-
views the affairs of Kansas at the present time
and its prospects for the future, and says our
only safety is to stop where We arc. to make
Kansas free State, and to punish the authors
of the present agitation, and in that way-for
that is the only way in which it can be done
put an end to slavery agitation. How is this
to be accomplished By rejecting the Gin
cinnati Convention and its nominees, for they
are inseperable.
The address then reviews the action of the
Cincinnati Convention, and shows that radical
Democrats cannot support Mr.. Buchanan with
consistency, and continues: Shall we throw
away our votes That we cannot de for two
reasons First, that shall thus indirectly
contribute to Mr.. Buchanan's election and
second, that there is a choice. Mr.. Fremont,
who has been nominated by the Republicans,
is an acceptable candidate. His professions
and his antecedents all Democratic, and
strongly in his favor. He is known to be
man of great capacity, energy, probity, and
integrity. In his hands the Presidential office
will be vigorously and justly administered
We have, therefore, nominated him for the
Presidency, and his associate, Mr.. Dayton, for
the Vice Presidency and VIC ask you, the
Democrats of New York, to ratify this nomi-
nation. We make no attack upon the South.
We remember that the Southern people are
our brethren, and we mean to continue them
as such; but they shall not interfere with our
rights, nor introduce their institutions into our
States, nor fasten them upon Territories be-
fore those Territories are mature enough to be
States, and as such to determine their own in
stitutions.
The address then criticlses the entire policy
of the administration, urging united effort
| for its overthrow, and concludes by saying If
Mr.. Buchanan is elected, Kansas is slave, but
| if Mr.. Fremont is elected Kansas is free and
thus thinking, we shall labor against the one
and for the other, and we earnestly ask our
fellow Democrats to aid us in the work.
The address and resolutions nominating
John c. Fremont as their candidate for Presi-
dent, and VIM. L. Dayton for Vice President,
were unanimously adopted with loud applause
| and cheers.
THE OLD DEMOCRACY OF AN ENTIRE COUNTY
ALL ONE WAY THE celebrated s.Tenth Lc-
gion'' District OF New York State, Herkimer
county, has formed a solid column, repudiated
the nomination of Buchanan, and approved
that of Fremont. Notice for a regular Con-
| vention had been given several weeks in ad-
vance, and the meeting was attended by full
delegations of the truest Democrats in the
county. The question Of endorsing Buchanan
and the Cincinnati platform was distinctly pre-
sented. Resolutions were adopted denounc-
ing the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
| the passage of the Kansas N cbraska bill-re-
pudiating the Cincinnati platform and its NOM
inees, and declaring in favor Of Fremont and
Dayton. In the afternoon, mass meeting
was held, at which the proceedings of theCon-
vention were ratified. ssThe work goes brave
ly, on"
OHro.-A National American Ticket for
State officers was nominated by the Fillmore
party in Ohio, but all the candidates have de-
clined to run, and finally the Cincinnati Times
has removed their names from its columns
The Lawrence (Mass.) sAmerican,' Fort
Wayne (Ind.) Times Wilkes Co. (Ga.) RE
publican,' and Gloucester Mass Telegraph ,
have hauled down the Fillmore flag and run
up Fremont.
MR.. F. WYNoKooP, of Forest county, was
bitten by rattlesnalle some DAYS ago. The
serpent sunk his fangs so firmly into the thumb
of the man, that in shaking it off he threw it
considerable distance. Restoratives were
applied, and the man is recovering The snake
was four and half feet long.