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REPUBLICANIsM IN NEW YORK.
BURLINGTON;
FRIDAY MORNING. sEPTEMBTR o 1859

REPUBLICANISMI IN NEW YORK.
The political action of a great State. like
New York, is always a subject of great inter.
est to the entire nation. The late Republi.
can State Convention, held at Syracuse on
the 7th, presented the Republican plrty Of
that State in light which deserves all the
commendation bestowed in the quotations
we give below The nominations were emf
nently praiseworthy, as follows
For Judge of the Court of Appeals, HENRY
f. DAVIES, of New York; For Secretary of
/ State, ELIAS w LEAvENwoRTH, of Onondaga;
| For Comptroller, ROBERT DENNIsroN, of Or
ange; For Treasurer, PHILIP DoRsHEINER, of
Erie; For Attorney General, CHARLES G,
MYERS, Of St. Lawrence For State Engineer
and Surveyor, ORvILLE W. STORY, of A lega-
ny; For Canal Commissioner, OGDsN n.
CHAPLIN, Of Albany; For Inspector of State
Prisons, DAVID P. FORREST, of Schenectady :;
For Clerk of the Court of Appeals, CHARLES
HUGHES. OF asnlngton.
The Resolutions adopted by the Conven-
ton are explicit and fearless in sentiment,
and excellent in language. We quote four
or five of them
Resolued That the Republican party Of the
State of New ork, in Convention assembled. re-
assert their Interchangeable faith in the truth, JUS
tice and practicabiity of the principles and pur
poses enunciated by the National Republican
Convention, held at Philadelphia, on the 18th of
June, 1886.
Res9IUsd That Freedom is universal and ma
tional-Slavery exceptional and local; and that
tue general government OF the United States, in
the exercise of its powers, whether executive, le
yislative or judicial, is bound to adhere, in sIb-
stance and in form, to the genius and noble spirit
of this immortal maxim.
Resoiued That the Territories of the United
States are the propert. Of the people Of the Unit
! ed stats That the Constitution has conferred
upon Congress the power to make all needtul rules
| and regulations respecting the said Territories
! And that it is the rignt and duty Of Congress,
/ the guardian Of their welfare, b. preserve them
| free forever fr N all political and social nuSan-
ces, and particularly from the infamous and de-
basing institu ZION Of domestic sla, cry.
R,soiued, That the cuuntenaDce and support
which has been given 10 the slave power by the
political party which calls itself the democratic
Party, has encouraged IT, dangerous and aggres
sive oIigArchy to put forth schemes Tor the enact
meut by Congress of slave code for the rerrito-
ries, and for the revival Of the barbarous. inbu
man and detestable traffic in African Slaves,
against which schemes the Repu bliean Party
hereby pledges itself TO contend with earnest and
unrela1ing energy.
Resoived, That the name and history Of the Re-
! publican Party, the e1igencies which called it
into existence and its equitable and just cogni
tion Of the caiu and aspirations Of all its
bers whatsoever may have been their political or
| partisan anteeedents, all demonstrate to be an
organization Of broad and liberal views. to which
/ every sincere opponent of the National Admins
| tration can attach himself terms of perfect
/ equality; and that the Republican Party will
! heartily welcome all who may be attracted to its
ranks, without regard 10 former party divisions
or differences.
Concerning them, the y. Y. Courier and
! Enquirer remarks as follows
This manly, fearless spirit, and this habit
! Of plain steech form one Of the settled char
aossrfstlcs of the Republican party. 1t is a
Young party, and has the high-hearted con-
| fdence and directness Of youth. Ithas never
vet acquired the / W dissimulation and petty
| chicane which are so apt insensibly to get
possession of old parties, eating out their soul
and marrow, and destroying every thing like
moral earnestness. The Republican party has
never vet learned 10 shrink from any Just
responsibility either in word or action; and
we trust that in this respect, it will never
outgrow its early years.
The State Convention was true to the party
in keeping strictly to its own high and broad
| platform, and seeking no unworthy cOmprom
ises in any direction. 1t courteouSly and
cordially invited all oits own position with
out regard to former party divisions or dit
ferences, but made no sign towards NOV
ing away, single inch, from its own fast
principles This steadilstness is admirable
it com pletely satisfies both duty AID dignity
and we have not the slightest apprehension
that it will not be properly appreciated by
the freemen of the State.
The Albany Erening Journal says;
In the present state of parties, it is notice
able that the Republican party is the only
one that dares to speak out at its Conveu
tons. 1t frankly declares its principles anc
purposes, while all the other organization
in the country seek to hide theirs under am
higuous and equivocal phraseology, which
may be interpreted to mean anything OF no
thing. This is a necessity o; their existence
They are made up of tangled elements. afraiC
to look each other in the face, and eschewin;
"A frankness ich would be the signal to
dissolution. But it is as idle to expect tn .
IA party can be permanently held together b.
living. as it is to expect good government
from party which cannot agree IN wha
good government consists. The Republican
are the only party who are agreed as to wha
they want, and who declare 1t IN the face o
the world