New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-14

The State Convention Of the Slave Democracy
of our State, which was held last week at syria.
csse, has put forth a series of Resolves which
are to ,eIve as the Platform Of the party in the
pending contest. Desiring that our readers shall
know tie grounds wherein that party sees fit to
plsce it,ef we print thote Resolves with eacidat-
ing comments, as follows:
l. Rolred That we srstua.e the people Of this Union
upon James Buchanan to the Presidency Of the
United States and that point with pde 10 his wise ana
% % in the evil GS s % pS e
the public mind but yindicang the theory OF our
pcpn RiSvss sf pecS
% the nGs I os the Whose
eseness and ssgacy alone equal to the emergency
unmsted evil that sectional agitation which h' long dis,
tbed the public mind that iePudae the doctrine that
toec Institutions OF other and Independents communities
properly make them the subject II their own pterda
people Of any Territory presenting themselves at the aoo oi
and similar in its Organic ments to those original tr
b. refused aaDsio into the Union on the
That We atae the people Konsas upon the opportunity
which they have unawed BY external dctaon and uaas
tubcd by ssdious combinations at home carrying II the
principles Of the organic oct establishing the TERRITORY o.
right Of deciding the character of their domestic n'i
tutions and po icy.
The essenti. doctrines here affirmed are precise
ly those which Thomas Jefferson contravened in
1884, in his original draft of an Ordinance for the
government of the Territories Of the United States
which the last Continental Congress in 1857 and
the first Federal Congress in 1889 condemned by
unanimously enactipg the exclusion Of Human Slav'
cry from all the then FEDERAL Territoies-whch
our State (then strongly Democratic) again unani-
mously repudiated 10 her resistance to the admis-
zion of Missouri as Slave State in iol9-2O, and
again in 1si7-6 by her support Of the Wimot Pro
viso. When portion Of the Democratic politicians
of our State first l647) preferred the favor of an
ultra Southern President to the maintenance of
New. YOrks time. honorsd convictions, their defec
ton split their party in halves and Sanford 4.
Church, the Van Burens, Peter Csggsr, Dean Rich
mond, John Cochrane, William Cassidy, and their
Barnburner confederates in the support of these
pew doctrines, coaspired to defeat the Democratic
party in the State and Nation rather than allow the
very doctrine above affirmed to obtain currency as
Democratic. And nov We find them shouting
Amen to the above Resolutions Was ever apos-
tsty more shamelessl
Resored That while dcprecste all partisan attemp.st
D sud applaud the spirit Of the admirable letter
President Buchanan in the communication from sew
uoFen, this entire Kansas question. whether of historical
se Or governmental action Is placed therein upon its true
ss The cbhfsOns Of the Government the nights OF Tue
'0s a the Territory clearly defncd and TO the essential
nle which e o. the foundation of whole scheme Of
IerpTi organization rightly TO enforce the principle
uy showed by Congress the intent and meaning of
us "KsnsNebTska Act" that II the design to leg
s,e Slavery into any Territory State exclude it there
from bu, 70 leave the people thereof free regulate their do
nestle institutions In their subject to the Copsu
ton ofhs United States this Convention declares its upqus
he'd adherence the groundwork Of the adjustment of this
dangerous Slavery controversy In the only form sanctioned BY
The Constuon consistent with its compromise with the rights
Of The sstes aud with just recognition OF an enlightened
public seutment
The whole sist Of Mr.. Buchanan's "admira-
bic letter inberes in its assertion that Sarery
Pidntd IN Kansas By the Federal Constitution, aud
low exists there by virtue Of that instrument
This is hailed by the Multiplying journals conceding
the utmost that the Slave Power ever claimed
which is the fact. The drsgooning to which Kan
sss has been and is subjected-the judicial atroc-
ties and trials by packed juries-the stsmasizirg
Ct the Free.State men as rebels and incendiaries-
tue Border Rsffisn code and Border Rafiian inva-
sions-are all defensble on the assumption that
Slavery is lesalized in all our Territories by the
Federal Constitution ard that opposition to it is
ons6quently rebellion. Thus Mr. Buchauan's po-