The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-02-15
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
-m IN NEW YORK.
The Cfit6ondch eempromlae Endorsed No
I 95 Civil War to Cucfte Seeding States.
THE FORCE OF 100000 UNION MEN.

CVu Wdr W UUCIW N0CCulnS NtusOfs /
THE FORCE OF 100000 UNION MEN.
- A delegate convention Of the New York |
Democracy, met at Albany, on the alst
ult., and remained in session two days.
Over seven hundred delegates were in at
tendance, comprising the leading conserva-
tive men in the State. Ex'Governor
CHuRcH was temporary chairman, and Hon.
AMAsA j. PARKER permanent President.
over the list Of delegates, one is
struck with admiration at the character of
the, convention. O'CoNNoR, SEYMOUR,
BRONSON, REDFrEID, WALwoRrH, CoRwIN,
KEMBLs, KELLY, and scores of like attain
ments and standing were present and active
in its deliberations.
Resolutions were adopted urging ell
patriotic citizens to rise in the present crisis,
above party consideration declaring that
civil war is no remedy for existing dissen.
sions but will defeat forever the reconstruct
ton Of the Union endorsing the Crittenden
or some other compromise acceptable to
the border States urging Congress to call
National Convention expecting the se-I
ceding States to stay the sword, and the
non seeding southern States to join hand
| in staying the progress of dissolution. The
second resolution is as follows
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this con-
vention, the worst and the most ineffective ar
gument that can be addressed by the confeder-
States is civil war. Civil war will not restore
the Union, but will defeat, forever, its recon-
structiOn.
When this was read to the convention a
thrilling scene took place. The venerable
Chancellor WALwoRrH appeared on the
platform, and was received with an out
break of enthusiastic applause. He said
Gentlemen Of the Convention
am far advanced in years, and not in the
habit of attending conventions of this charac-
ter, but l could not resist coming here to enter
my protest against civil war. l have seen the
horrors of such q conflict. In the war of 1872
my house in Plattsburgh was sacked by the
|
very doors, and the bullets that were fred fell
like hailstones around my dwelling. In the
easement of my door remains to this day i'm
bedded one of those bullets, memeuto of
! the fight. In that struggle saw my fellow.
citizens shot down by my side. know, thea,
the horrors of foreign war, and they are moth
ing as compared with the horrors of q civil
war. A civil war is war among brethren.
We are all brethren IN this c0nfederacy oil
States; the people of the South are our breth-
rem, not only nOminally, but actually our
brethren. In Georgia alone have the names
of one thousand citizens whose ancestors were
the very near relatives of my own. In the
| same State alone are over one hundred rela-
tiyes of the family of Hillhouse, whose name
. is known as that OF one OF the patriots of the
Revolution, and whose descendant now occu
pies a seat in our State Senate. And so, scat
tered all over the Southern States are the near
relatives of the men of the North, and perhaps
there is scarcely q member of this convention
| who has not some such ties in the States of the
South. 1t would be as brutal, in my opinion,
to send men to butcher our own brothers Of the
Southern States, as it would be to massacre
them in the Northern States. We are told,
, however, that it is our duty to, and we must
; enforce the laws. But why, and what laws are
to be enforced? There were laws that were to
be enforced in the time of the American RevO.
luton, and the British parliament and Lord
North sent armies here to enforce them. But
what did Washington say in regard to the en-.
forcement of the LAVISH That man-honored
at home and abroad more than any other man
on earth ever was honored-did he go for en-
forcing the laws? No |; he wept to resist laws
that were oppressive against a free people, and
! against the injustice Of which they rebelled.
Did Lord Chatham go for enforcing the laws
No; he glor ed in defense OF the liberties OF
America. He made that memorable declara-
ton in the British parliament: s. If was an
American citizen, instead of, as am. an En-
Vrrloh hn,st l.,
never, never, never!" Such is the spirit that
animates our Southern brethren, and shall we
war upon them for it? No. We must avert ci-
vii war if possible, and close by exhorting
my brethren to do all in their power to avert
civil war. Concession, cOnciliatiOn- anything
but that-and no man amongst us, in his dying
hour, will regret that his conscience is clear,
and that he can lay his hand upon his heart and
say, 81 did all in my power to turn from the
bosom of my country the horrible blow of a
civil war;"
Immense sensation followed the remarks
of the venerable chancellor, and the deep
silence that had attended his remarks was
followed by an enthusiastic outburst OF
applause.
Mr.. George, of Orange, and Mr.. Souter,
of Queens, both natives of Virginia, re.
sponded in touching terms to the remarks
of Chancellor Walworth, and large portion
of the convention gave vent to their feelings
in tears. The scene was rendered yet more
impressive and affecting, when Mr.. w. ii.
Carroll took the floor, and, with all the
Ieloquence of deep feeling, appealed to the
North to stay its hand ere it did any act
to plunge the country in civil war. The
venerable appearance of Mr.. Carroll, and
his allusiOn to his ancestors, one of whom
signed the Declaration of Independence,
while his grandfather, Daniel Carroll, ceded
to the United States his manor, on which
now stands the federal Capitol, touched the
heart Of the convention, and when be had
closed, q unanimous call was made for the
adoption OF the second resolution, against
civil war, by aceIamation; and it was car
ried with burst OF applause that made the
rafters of the building ring.
Many compliments were paid to Senator
SEWARD in the Convention, and vote OF
thanks was rendered to Senators CAMERON
and ORIrrENpEN.i Various Committees on
correspondence and organization were ap-
pointed, to advance in New York and
other States, the cause of the Union. The
Convention represented the views of over
100000 voters of the Empire State,-and
they are men too, whom it will be necessary.
to coerce to the unconstitutional and dis
union doctrines of the Chicago platform,
before very formidable army can be sent
South, to whip in the seeding States.
THERE is Major Anderson in Italy.
His name is Pergia, and with a small garri-
son he holds fnp Erancis TT the irito dotj AZ