The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-05
The Buffalo Platform . Wedge TO Split
the Union-Political History OF w. F..
Havemeyer.

The Buffalo Platform . Wedge to Split
the Uni0n-Political History OF w. F.
Havemeyer.
We published yesterday the anti-slavery
Presidential ticket Of Van Buren, and Adams
in 1913, the offspring Of the Buffalo Conven-
ton. On that ticket the name of Mr.. Have
meyer stands the sixth eector. We now pub.
fish the resolutions of the Convention, which
are known as the Buffalo Platform, and which
were adopted as the issue to 60 to the people
in the Presidential election of that year. They
are as follows
| Whereas, we have assembled in convention as a
union of freemen, for the sake Of freedom, forgetting all
past polit al differences In common resolve to maintain
the rights Of free labor against the aggression of the slave
power, and to secure tree soil Tor free people; aud
whereas the political conventions recently assembled at
Baltimore and Philadepha-the sitting the voice OF
great constituency entitled to be heard IN its debera
tons and the other abandoning its distinctive principles
for avaablity-haye dissolved the national party
| organizations heretofore existing, by nominating for
Chief Magistrate of the United States under sayehoding
dctaon candidates. neither OF whom be supported by
the opponents OF slavery extension without sacrifice Of
consistency, duty and self respect and whereas these
| nominations SO made, furnish the occasion and demon
srate the necessity OF the union of the people, under the
banner free democracy, in solemn and final decara
ton OF their independence OF the slave power and OF their
fixed determination to rescue the federal government from
1 its control.
Resolved therefore, That We, the people here assem-
bled remembering example Of fathers in the days
the first Declaration Of Independence putting trust
in God Tor the triumph OF our cause and invoking His
guidance in endeayos TO IT, do now plant our
selves upon the national platform Of freedom, in oppos
| ton to the sectional platform Of slavery
Resolved, That is the duty of the federal govern
ment TO relieve itself from all responsibility for the exist
ence continuance OF slavery, whenever the govern
ment constitutional authority TO egsate that
subject, and IS thus responsible for its existence.
Resolved, That the true and, iu the judgment OF this
Convention the only safe means OF preventing the exton
sion of slavery into territory now free is to prohibit its
existence in all such territory by act of Congress
Resolved That we accept the issue which the slave
power has forced upon and to their demand for
slave States and slave Territories our calm but final
is slave States, and territory let
the soil Of extensive domain be kept free for the
hardy pioneers Of land and the oppressed and ban
isned other lands seeking homes Of comfort and fields
Of enterprise in the New World
Resolved, That the bill lately reported by the Commit
tee of Eight the State Of the United States
promise but absolute surrender Of the rights OF the
shareholders Of all tho States; and, while rejoice
that the measure, which, while opening the door for the
introduction OF slavery into Territories free, would
also have opened the door to litigation and peace and
prosperity, defeated in the House Of Representatives,
its passage in hot haste, by majority of the Senate,
embracing several Senators who voted in open violation
Of the known will OF their constituents should warn the
people TO that their representatives, be otsered
to be,ray them. There must be more compromises
with slavery: if made, they must be repealed.
Resolved That we inscrbe banner ssfree soil,
free speech free labor and free mon ana under will
fight and fight ever, until triumphant victory shall
reward our excrtons-
Here we have distinct announcement that
| the object of the Convention was combina-
| ton of all the anti-slavery elements, whether
| whig or democratic, against the slave power"
and that the party organizations hitherto exist
ing being dissolved, it was intended this plat
form should be new celebration of inde-
| pendence," and the commencement of new re-
volution, after the example Of that of 1776.
These resolutions proclaim that there shall be
"no more slave States, and no slave terri
tory"-that there must be ne more compro-
misses with slavery, and if made they must be
repealed" The men who drew up this revolu-
tionary instrument were Joshua f. Giddings,
B. L. Butler, Salmon p. Chase, Fred. Douglass,
and Samuel J. Tilden. the Tammany candidate
for Corporation Counsel, on whose nomination
Havemeyer insisted as condition of his being
candidate for the Mayoralty. Giddings, Chase
and Douglass have ever since labored hard to
carry out the objects of that Convention, and
Havemeyer has followed in their wake. He
voted for the republican Presidential candidate
in 1856, and subscribed his money to help to
elect him. He voted for the present republi.
l
voted in his own district for Mr.. Manierre, who
is one of the committee to propagate Helpers
reasonable book, in which violence is counsel
ed as means Of overthrowing the slave
power" He is thus identified with the revolu.
tionary designs of the anti-slavery party up to
Buffalo Platform; but, on the contrary, he now
stands by it, and, therefore, claims the support Of
the republicans, who in no respect differ from
him in principle. Their only objection to him
is that he is the nominee Of the old harlot, Tam
many Hall, whose corruption and rowdy vic.
lence have rendered her so offensive to all
decent men. We challenge Mr.. Havemeyer or
any Of his friends to point out wherein there is
particle Of difference between his Buffalo
Platform and the platform of the republicans.
Both lead to revolution and the irrepressible
conflict, and Hinton Rowan Helpers book is
their exponent Mr.. Anthem, one of the COM
mlttee whose business it is to circulate that
manual OF revolution, was principal speaker
at the Havemeyer meeting of merchants in
Wall street last week. and very consistently
endorsed all that John Brown did. He was
one Of the orators also at the Cooper Institute
on Saturday night, where he was accompanied
by some broken down Irish politicians, with
out influence or following.
As the avowed object of the Buffalo Conven-
tion was to combine and concentrate all the
elements Of antislavcry against the South, 50
the declared design Of Havemeyer, who stood
on the Buffalo Platform in 1s48, Is to ombine
now again in 1859 all the element Of anti
slavery in this city, whether to be found under
the banners Of republcanism or in the
ranks of the democratic party. Van Buren,
did not win the battle of Is4s; but he succeeded
/ IN What he expected and ardently desired
defeat oftbe democratic party, to which he had