Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-09-11

NEW York UNIoNIsIs On EYNNcrATioN.--
The precise position Of tho Unionis;s or Re
publicans Of the State of New York ou the
question Of the emancipation Proclamation has
been accurately defined, as appears in the rc-
port Of the recent Syracuse Convention. N-
ter a series Of patriotic resolutions had been
reported by Hon. Henry J. Raymond
Mr.. Demers, of Rensselaer,, moved the fol-
lowing additional resolution -
Resoired, That the proclamation Of President
Lincoln, decreeing the emancipation Of slaves Of
rebels who refuse to lay down their arms. re
ceivng. as it does the support of every true sol
der and general in the army Of the Union, and
every patriot at home, demands from all loyal
men a cordial endorsement, and from this Con-
vention an emphatic and unqualified approval
4 delegate moved to table the resolution.
Mr.. Spencer of New York, regretted that
any man could be found in a Convention of
nearly 400 Republicans to move TO lay on
the table resolution as above.
Mr. Raymond, reminded Mr. Spencer that
this is a Union, not a Republican, Conven-
ton and there are many loyal men who
doubt the propriety Of endorsing the procla-
nation.
/ Mr.. Demers, Rensselaer,, supported the re-
Z solution, claiming that Dickinson, Cochrane
/ Grant, Logan, and every other Union Demo-
( crat of prominence, were among the warmest
! supporters Of the proclamation, and he con-
| tended that the Convention would merit the
contempt of the nation if it neglected TO ap-
/ prove it.
Motion TO table it was lost.
Mr.. Beared. of Kings, opposed the rc>olu-
( ton, as unnecessary. He had the honor of
commanding the first negro regiment that
went into battle in this war, and had re-
stored more slaves 10 freedom, under the
proclamation, than any man in the COnycn
ton, vet he was opposed 10 the resolution,
because it selccteda particular act of the Ad-
ministration for special commendation, after
We have emphatically endorsed all Its acts
Judge Folger moved % amend 10y adding
And. As war measure, thoroughly legal
and iustifiablc."
Mr.. Demers accepted the amendment.
Mr. Raymond said this removal all oliec-
tion, and. as amended, the resolution was
adopted
TnE DmocMrIc STATE C,NyNuoN Or
MAssAcHr.ETTs, held at Worcester on the 81
is termed by the Springfield R,pu5ioan "a
pure copper mine in Massachusetts, We
extract the following from it, report of the
Convention
At preliminary meeting the dominant spirit
broke out in misses Of the remark Of Mr.. Froth-
f-1rf..r 2 Ia U..-fn1 hat D
trine Of secession is dlmnahlc, and should be so
held by all democrats. and that they should gen.
er0usly sustain the Government with men and
money 10 put II down. while his praise and el-
dorsemeut Of Mcclellan, Gov Seymour and Nsl-
landigham. and his attacks upon the Admins
tration were vociferously applsudel.
The dreary waste Of copperheadism through
the morning was broken in upon Just before al
iournment, but IN feeble voice. and after most
Of the audience had left, by a patriotic protest
from Patrick H. Riordsn Of Lee. a wounded
Lieutenant in Meaghers Irish brigade He said
he had not heard a single man yet say that he
was in favor Of supporting the war or the Gov
eminent and he would vote for no man who
would not say IT, He had come home from the
army. wounded, and he wanted to know what
word 10 send back 70 his friends engaged with
the enemy. from the democracy Of Massachusetts,
Nominate a oopperhead, and the party viii fail,
and ought to, but put up war democrat. good
and true, and We can elect the next Governor Of
Massachusetts Lees army IS still in Virginia,
confronting our Own, and threatening the capital
i, must be resisted beaten, destroyed, before we
can have peace and he insisted on knowing how
the candidates before the Convention stood as 10
helping the soldiers and the Government to do
that. before he would vote for them. These re-
marks fell on uncongenisl hearts, and were re-
ceivei in utter silence The cheers that greeted
the attacks Of the previous speakers upon the
Government. upon Mr. Lincoln. and their aul-
alton Of the southern, secession doctrine of State
rights, could not be evoked now
Aner he had finished. the wounded soliier
Riorian of Lee, again rose and called attention
to the fact that all the candidates had failed to