The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1847, Page 1

Vol. XIII, No. 309..Whole No. 4906, THE NEW YORK HERALD ESTABLISHMENT, North-west corner of Fulton and Nassau sts; day, Price 2 cents per copy— ry advance. ry Saturday—Price 64 cents Pb genet fe annum—payabl FOR "EUROPE Every Beam Proket day— pavalde in advance. ‘Subset: ‘3 ed by Sfosars, fant ite Vivienne Faria: PL, Simonds, 18 Corahilly nad ohn Miller, L bookesller Looden. ANSUAL "FICTORIAL HERALD—Published on the ar-~single copy sixpence. GS REUEE £0) coder wor CAR vertisements avi aplain, he proprietor will uotbe responsible for errors that em. ‘Of all hindsexeeuted besntifully and with communications by mail, be post to the blishment, must id, orthe post Aa hoses the sekamsiaston eoeay eamnitoek 7 25 pe —j bl sf Welkiy HERALD HERAT r c = D e1 ; wae advance manner may ocenr th PRINTIN NOTICE —On and after SUNDAY) No ember tet etoarsers PRAMS BT ATEN ISLANDER will make the fo lowing trips: LEAVE STATEN ISLAND. At8, 10,11, Wo'elook, Ac Ma, 4, 6 o'elock, P. M. At), 11 oPelock, Ar Min-1, 34 5, 6% o'elock, P.M. New Work, Oct 9: 1077, on Oct. 29, 1847. PEOPLE'S CINE STE ALBANY, bale Reacts EOE Eee foe Berean oe Steamboat [SAA ‘H. Peck, will leave on AAA Wind Wriday evouings, 06 oeloc HUDSON, Capt. R. G. Crutten- den, wil (eae teat , Thursday and Saturday evenings a ‘ y ve ventas afte SAUTE ore, wi ‘aptain B. . leave on Monday, Wedaesday, Friday and Sunday afternioons, 0 Stoumbont SOUTH AMERICA, Copt. T.N. Hulse, wil 3 Tuesday, y and ard afternoons, at 9 bove boats st all es ive in Albany in ample the for wi fon at fo alent ‘end nous taken after 5 ° i lead sons are forbid f the boats of this iuteihent ee jon ores, (rom the enna or agents» i sf on oats, f SCHULT: atthe eign whee ole rh MORNING LIN. 7 O'CLOCK FOR BANY AND Bor, ‘and inter i leave eo G time for is arhird larger than any other Day Boat ; ane jot od safety, commodiousness is actually ausurpassed. No steamer ever sequired more uni- Seatibaes Betaeeeal gemlinesine’ wha ells deccre steam! ¥, Captain A. by espe roto Belge gue on the ter ny CE pt apety en board, or to ‘estpo' Newburg, ry Hyde Parke, Ki Ui Beergeara, brug, Chall dion, oxsuchio, Kin amore. at : ‘hi and Saturday, ogee at anette pmeran ae Seer legs tet Scuapent Har foe st Bucy eat ie itys, Thoredays, cad Brtardays, at seven o'clock, A ae oF igpe, apply ou board, or to ¥.B. Hs |, at hart Hi ior passage oF the thee on the wi 4 a FOR NEW BRUVSWICK. AT 2 PM. ipomehe face, of Kol jevom street, Heke share street. ‘The steam LOPE. Captain é. Vac Wiekle ‘on and alter Mauday, Nov 8th, leave st Perth Amboy, “Fork are ®, Milan time to take the nl Yio n5 6t*reogxSu_ FOR CHARLESTON, 8. C.—-The stovmahip NORTHERNER, Ceprain T. AEP 8. Budd, will leave the pier foot of C! Pye ite Tobace © letvczth sepured wasil pi fee. ee Nether . Bills gelding ned by the elerk on board. Specie will be joraived anti if BL. onthe day of departure. ‘or fre or 0 FOIE OF Passe OEFORD, TILESTON & Co, UF> Passengers by this vessel Secodegated tess - pesgage on bord previows to lao'cioeh@on toe day of deper tue Consi ri i ited to attend to the re- eT Fah ahead & Be 0 FOR NEW OULEANS via KEY W-~ST—To sailon dhursday, Nov 1! — ‘The stenmship PURTLAND, ‘Jos Spin- vey, commauder, will positively leave as frewl. or passage, having superior state room and fu Seer paaoeerattonet fe nti tad ad act ay passenge! Appl; board at fc 10th East river, or to ot Sambabae chevy 2x ay oe ib SLACK BALL LINE OF LIVERPOOL PACK- TS—The packetal. p FID* LIA, Capt. 8, Yeaton, will sail for Liverpool on Tuesday, the 16th inst., her afar aey. «Wishing to return in this very favorite packet, will find hee secommod:tions cotafortable, and her gencletanly For terms in cabin, 2d cabin, ply on b oF to. “ “ROCHE BROTHERS & CO., _, 35 Fulton sureet, next door to Fulton Bank. ‘Those wish ng their frieudsto leave Liverpool on the 16th of January, in this favorite ship, ex secure their passage by applying as above, they being the only authorized passenger post agents for the line. M FOR LONDONinegular packet of the 6th No Finbar the, frat, class foe anil ng packer, ship PRINCE ALBERT, burthen 1300 tons, Captain eyer, will sail as above, her regularday Having very sap -rior accummoda: and sreerage make ju:mediate appl w jengers, persons in| ing to fon ‘on board, Prof, Maiden Lane, or JOS: PH McMURRAY, Coruer of Pine and South streets. FOR CHARLESTON, 8, C—The firstelass Fat sailivg regular packetship ALBANY, J. H. Dano, master, sails to-morrow, ner regolar day. ik aVing very superior accommodations tor cabin, 24 cabin and s'¢e age passeagers, persona intending to embark, shoud make immediate application oa board , pier No. 12, Eastriver, FOR NEW ORLE, —Louisians and New Vork L ne of Racket reduced ft Reg: lar packet fur invagy Nov. iti NESE, Tost sailing packet bark ow loading, and will positively sail as nlore Comer of Pi regular dar. Fon freight or puunage, heving handsome furnished aceon m+ dations, apply on board, at Orleans wharf, foot of Wall street, oF tp i. K. COL ah a Positively wo freight will be received on board after Wednesday evening, Ageut in New Orleni promptly forward all go FOR LIVERPOOL.—Ooaly regular packer ¥ Lith November-—The new, magnificent fast sailing packet ship JOHN R. SKIDDY, burthen 1000 tons, Captam Luce, will sul positively on Thursday, ith of No- vemoer i ‘Lhe accommodations for cabin, second cabin and ptssengers are superior to any other vessel in ports number of her passeugers are alread: engaged, those of securing berths should make early app! foot of Maiden lane, oF to i7th. Mr. William Creevy, who will to his address. nB desirous ication on board, SOSEPH MeMUKRAY, n7 Gem ____ omer of Pine and Sous wy ¥, PACKET SHIP BROOKSBY FROM GLAS i Jesse send their permits t, Kast river, with- ot permitted in five days, are liavle to store DHULL &MINTURN, 87 Sout street. eye All ge to the publig WOO, E ing euler vl the crew debts of thers will be p ony FOR LIVERPOOL—New Line—Reh et. of 26th November—The vew and. spl tailing paeket ship KOSCIUS, Asn Eldridge, yw load iu aud will nt or passage ha fast mas- ar day. yr uperior furnished accommo- dations, apply ou board at Orleans wharf, foot hy street, ik as above, her re; KE. K. COLLINS, packet ship Siddons, Edward B. Cobb, master, will suc- ‘Hoscius, and sail 26th December, her regular day. = FON LIVERPOOL—The New ‘Regular Packet of 2ist of November—The well-known, {nat ailing packet ship HOTTINGU 00 tons, ry ursiey. | sail as above, her regular day. ight or past viendid large and comfortable atate rooms aud vine pply to the Captain on board, at West side of Burling Flip, or to WUOBMUGE Se MINTURN, 67 South street ‘The Packet shiy LIVERPOOL, 1300 tons’ barthen, Captain John Eldndge, will surceed the Houinguer, aud sail on her rogwiar dav, 21st Decem! 0m we FOR GLASGOW —Tne New Lane sails Ist and 18th of eneh month.—The tine fast sailing At British berque HY ND tk OLD, 500 tons, Cept. A. B, MeAl- ail sth Novem! r h xcellent accommodations to the captain on boar 7 t Kive: orto VODHULL & M uth st ‘The regular packet ship BROUKSB Y, 600 tons, Capt. Hugh Mekwen, will a ceed the HYNDEFORD, and sail on her tm. < KOK SALE EIGHT OR CHARTER—The fast sailvon. 0 faua copper fastened. brig He RASCOTT ome, master 100 tons, now ready to load. apply to PERSS« & BKUOKS, No. 65 AuDING—A Single oman oF two TiN leassutly situated tor the winter in a private family, there are no b. re. WFUL DiS: OVERY —Strikers TRIES WonDe ju pig c “olution for the Hair, which will. ehange origi-al color ine few momeets. hie Dye ieellinane hers anv yet offered to the publie. dentlemen who hare been thar dyes, will plewe 0 enil on Me, }OW jou itis no humbug and no way injus heha rornkin. ‘Those who doubt its virtues are re- sted to hava cheir hair changed before paying their money. thos solution 1s, the more you wnsh it the le "be i it Mt th BR, No 40 tail, and applied | Axwany, Oct. 31, 1847. The Speech of Mr. John Van Buren at Herkimer. I transmit, herewith, my detailed report of the speech of Mr. John Van Buren st the democratio mass conven- tion, at Herkimer, on the 26th of October. This report was made under many discouragements. Your reporter's elbows were occupied as seats by several gentlemen, and on account of the dense crowd upon thé platform, it was almost impossible to maintain my position at the report- ers’ table, Nevertheless, I congratulate myself that,under the circumstances, the report which I nowsubmit is very accurate, It will be found to be one of the most curious and sarcastic impromptu speeches that was ever deliver- ed in America. GREAT SPEECH OF JOHN VAN BUREN, The Favorite Grandson of New York. Mr. VAN BUREN said— Fellow democrats and follow traitors, (Mr. Van B. and the entire radical section of the demooratic party, are styled “traitors” by the conservatives,] the demo- cracy of this State have assembled in mass convention, to “avow their seytiments, and consult as to their future action;”’ and it is ® novelty in the history of po- litical action that this conduct, on their part, should be denounced as treason. The extraordinary proceed- ings of the Syracuse Convention; have led to this meet- ing; and, certainly, no occasion eould offer which more imperiously demandedit. It is claimed that the voice of the democracy of the State, which should have been heard at Syracuse, expressing its preferences as to can- didates and the principles of its faith,Shas been ‘stifled; and that individuals have been put in nomination, who, the election "for delegates showed, were not the choice ofa majority of the democratic electors, and that the sentiments of the democracy, in regard to one ot the most {fmportant questions ever presented to a free people, have been fraudulently suppressed. Under such circumstances, he is s bold. man who would assume that it is treason to the party to call the electors to- gether in their primary capacity to avow their senti- ments, and consult as to their action. In his judgment, @ failure to do both would be treason itself. Mr. Van Buren said that he would not detain the convention by « particular reference to the transactions of the Syra- couse Convention. He had taken some pains to lay be fore the public a minute narration of the acts of that body, and he had every reason to believe these acts were fully understood and appreciated. Without going into any controverted question of fact, it was suffctent at present to say that this convention had unanimously come to the conclusions which were stated in the address which they had just adopted, and in which he fully concurred. They were thus set forth:—The principle which lies at the basis, not say. of the demooratic faith but of representative repul ernment, is the faithful refleetion by the representative of the will of the constituent. Unlees this principle is practically ap- led to our government, the y Oe ‘must proves failure it is equally indispensable in the conventional ac- tion of partic r on it are founded the associated efforts which give shape and direction to the government. This vital principle was shamefully violated in the late Syracuse convention, and candidates who were known to be the choice of a msjority of the democratic party, were deprived of a nomination by this base be- trayal of the popular will on the partof those who were delegated to express it, Nor was this the only abuse perpetrated. Persons without the shadow of a claim to seatsin the convention, were permitted to retain seats in it for days, to neutralise the votes of the regular de- legates, and to exclude them eventually from the seats to which they were entitled. Claimants against whom undenied evidence of bribery and corruption was pro- duced, were admitted to seats. Delegates whose elec tion had been effected by the seizure of the ballot boxes and the polling of ile votes, were welcomed into th convention, while ers, hei and ho: fair 1 wereexpellad. A ju ‘agreem: 4 ganization of the convention was wonto: uted Inet of one hundred and twenty-eiy embers, whieh was the whole number the counties entitled to send, one hundred and thirty-six pers: in the preliminary proceedings which cont tion of the body. Committees of the mosi vast were appointed to pass upon the rights « ing delegates Unjust and arbitrary ions sustained their partial reports, excluding the rightfui delegates; and at last the convention, thus unnatural in propor tions and 4m conduct, shrunk to a little more than athird of its original size, and expired. ‘To add that a convention thus constituted and thus conducting. has imposed no obligation on you by its action, is the simple announcement of the conceded truth that the fraudulent conduct of no man can bind another The democratic party of the State, then, wore left with. in one week of an important State election, without any regularly nominated candidates for their suffrages; and in pursuance of the objects for which they had assem bled, he should declere hia views in regard to one of the questions now engaging the public attention, and also delineate the line of conduct he intended to pursue The proposed extension of slavery ito lands in which it did net now exist, was a prominent topic of public dis cussion, The address which they had adopted set forth fully the objections to such extension: and these ob- jections had been ably and eloquently reinforced by the distinguished speakers who had preceded him (Mr. Wil- ot, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Cambreleng, of Suffolk ) Ee should add but little to what had been already so forcibly stated, (“Go on,” “goon.”) If,aaid Mr V B, anything could add to the inherené ebjections to the proposition itself,it may be gathered from a hasty view of the condition of the public mind at the present time. What, said he, is the great feature of the ago in which we live? It is freedom and progress. which commerce has been bound. are falli enlightened reason of the day. England, w tem of restrictions of trade was fortified by stronger in- terests and sustained by # more settled policy then in any other country, has recently undergone a thorough reform.—(Cheers.) The ancient political par- ties of that country, which have in former days divided its people, have been me d in the discussion and dis- position of this subject. ose distinguished leaders of opposing parties—Peel and Russell—have been brought by it to barmony and concert. Not England alone. but France, Austria, Holland, Belgium, and Prussia, have participated in this great effort for commercial freedom No form of government has been exempted from the liberal opinions of the day. The cries of tamishing millions bave thuodored at the walls of the Va- tioan; and the Pope, so soon as he was relensed the restraints of neighboring power over him, has stood forth as the friend of free trade. (Tumultuous. cheering). In our country, the tariffof 1842 has fallen before ‘the exposure of its injustice, and been made to yield to the more liberal provisions of the existing law. The great leader of the democratic party in our own State, whose early habits and position had probably in- clined him tothe doctrine of protection. and who had been compelled by ths force of overruling circumstynoes, wholly independent of the acts themaclves, to sustain, by his vote, the tariff acts of 1828 and 1842, retiring from publio life to the peaceful pursuite of agriculture, and to the reflection and study that attend them, fa to ult of that study and reflection which was read at the recent at Saratoga Springs—an address which was at the same time the most clear and compact production of Mr. Wegh’apen ‘his most precious legacy to posterity, and an enduri jonument to his memory. Freedom of trade, then, eminently characteristic of the ago, and was fast becomiug the settled policy of the world. He would not stop to advert to the advances which bad been made in indeprndenee of opinion and of actien; and in reference to the existence of human bond- age, he would simply remind them that the slave trad« had been declared piracy by the Christian world, and that Great Britain, at an expense of £20.000,000, had emancipated the slaves in its West India colonies This was but a glance at the position ofthings. And what did it reveal’ Freedom of trade, of thought, of action, and of mind, was stamped in characters of living light upon the face of civilized globe (Hear, hear, and cheers) Was this atime for the State of New York, which had long since abolished human slavery in its own borderr,to iavade a froe country through the action of the general government, for which it was in part responsible; to expend its blood and treasure, in subjugating that country, and to plant upon its soll the curse of slavery? To hold a human being in bondage, to buy and sell his body, was and must be repugnant to the ordinary sen- sibsdtter o fatelligeat man. When such a right ex. ists with ®m the limits of asover: ign State.a member ofthe confederacy,the constitution protectait from our interfo. rence. We had always respected the constitutional guarafty; but when we are asked to go further. and asked to Reo agate this evil in lands now free from it, it seemed to him no less unreasonable and uvjust than would be @ proposition to again Legalise the slave trade. It wan abhorrent to our feelings and sentiments, and every principle of our nature called upon us torosist and defeat euch a project. (Cheering.) It seemed to bim that a moment’s reflection could satisfy our Southern brethren that the electors of New York were unaitera- bly opposed to a scheme #0 revolting to their education. habits and feelings, and so directly yy ye to the pre- vious action of the State itself, and to t) rit of the age He thought the address adopted by the conven. tion stated their views with great mildners and for- bearanes, when it said: “ We close thie bri subject by saying to you, that the p “4 the foregoing resolutions, which the Syracuse conven- tion refused to adopt, is one which it ia the duty of the N in, and which ‘ly the whole civilised werld will concede and approv. 4 we would respectfully apprise our Southern brethren, that although our climate or dispo sition may notexcite in us @ warmth and strength of arsertion equal to their own, our resolation is none the legs fixed and iramovet ” But, said Mr V. Bit is with no ordinary feelings of grind that we have ob- served repeated efforts in the columos of the Washing- ton Union, to prevent the assembling of this convention, and to control its action. Mr. Thomas Ritebie, the editor of the government organ, protests against the principle we svow, and declares jt to be an interpola- tion into the democratic creed. Mr. Ritchia was a gen- tleman whom he had the pleasure to know Rea. and for whose accomplished manners, focial disposition, personal integrity, and experience and rkill an a polith- Teditor, he had great respect; but in his Judgment, . wh misapprenended the relation in hs stood to the democracy of New York, when he undertook to teach them when and where Ber should NEW YORK, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1847. assemble, what they should say it they should do. (Great cheering) If they desired tutor in these respects, they would at least ask the privilege of examiving his qualifications for themselves ‘The organ of the administration, during the two terms of General Jackson, and the one of his successor. had been under the charge of Francis P. Blair. Mr. Blair was an original and forcible writer, a true democrat, and fearless and an honest man, perfectly independent in personal condition, free from embarrassing connection: of any king, and as) natural consequence, wielded a vast influence over public opinion. 9 strength and general success of the democratic party whilat be w: at the head of the democratic press of the Union, were in no inconsiderable degree owing to the ability ard janding of Mr. Blair; and Mr. Van Buren did not find anything in the career of the party since Mr. Ritohie had taken his place, which was calculated to invite an extension of the exertions of the latter beyond bis proper sphere. The political history of a few States mightbe re- ferrest toas examples Arkansas, in which formerly a whig could hardly be found with a search warrant, Gsughter) now senta federal representativeto Congress Tennes- ave, which immediately after the election of President Polk eiected a demooratic governer, has relapsed into the arms of federaliem, and that, too, after an outlay upon it of an amount of patronage which, if patronage could effect it, would have converted Massachusetts itself to democracy. The democracy of Massachusetts, which in former days exhibited a vigor, energy and courage that commanded the respect of its sister States—which could nominate Marous Morton for Governor, and run him thirtean successive years without putting uoa new man, until victory crowned their exertions in the four- teenth—now rejects afresolution for freedom, and the party of progress supports a“ fixed fact” for governor Pennsylvania alone. with o true democrat in her execu- tive with a phlegm and courage to reasiat the cries for new men, and unappalled by the threats of a dicta- torial minority—with the author of the white man’s re- solution. ably and eloquently holding. aloft on her soil the banner of freedom—maintaing ber ancient republi- oan cheracter, and sends to us greeting, with one of her old fashioned democratic majorities (Cheers,) There is nothing, said Mr. V. B, in the condition of the republican’ party, under the auspices of Mr, Ritchie, that tempts us to seek his advice or protection — He protests against our refusal to extend slavery, as an interpolation of a new article into the demooratic creed. and speaks of the articles of our faith as if they consisted ofa given number, adopted, as it might be,by a aynod of Dordreteh, and which could neither be increased or di- minished without reassembling the synod If the State of New York stcod still,as do some of the States which are suffering under the withering blight of slavery, the doctrines of 93 might compore our whole catechism; but those doctrines, valuable and cherished as they are, may require expansion to adapt them to the condition of two millions and a of freemen inhabiting our extended territory, and challenging the admiration of the liberal and humane, by the strides they are making in the de- veloyement of intellectual and physical wealth, in moral and social inpeoneeee ‘and in successive reforms and revolutions of their government iteelf But Mr. Ritchie has before protested against interpolations in the demo- cratic creed. When nullification reared its crest and threatened s dissolution of the Union, Mr. Ritchie pro- tested against the proclamation of Andrew Jackson, put forth to save the Union, and assisted in depriving that venerable patriot of the aid of Virginia. Mr. V. B. would not aver that all the principles contained in the proclamation, as it was at first understood, war strictly orthodox ; but he should be unwilling to refuse to serve on w sheriff’s posse, because the process contained @ sentiment in which he did not concur; and he should have been equally reluctant to withhold his support from «republican President and true hearted pstriot, at an imminent crisis in the history of the country, breaus « critical examination of au indispensible public act, closed # possible deviation from al 1s- tract democratic tion. Those who told you that you might peaceably prevent their exeoution, deceived you; they could not have deceived themselves. They Know that a forolble opposition could alone prevent the execution of the laws, and they knew that such opposition must ba repell- Uheir object is inion; but be not deceived by disunion, by armed force. is treason. Are you ly to inoue its guilt? If you are, on the honds f the insticntors be the dreadful consequences; on their »oads be tho dishonor; but on yours may fall the puntah- ment; on yor unhappy State will inevitably fall the evils of the conflict you foren upon the government of your country = It cannot accede to the project of disuu- ion, of which you wonld be the first victims. Its firet ‘aagistrate canoot, if he would, avoid the performance of his duty. The consequenoes must bs fearful for distressing to your fellow citizeus wad to the frien good government throughout the world. * . . . Fellow oitizans of the United Ststes, the threat of i= hallowed disunion—the names of those once respected. by whom it is uttered—the srray of military force to sup: port it, denote the approach of a erisis in our affairs, on which the continuance of our unexampled prosperity, our political existence, and perbepe that of ll free gov: ernments may depend The vonjuncture demands a free, full, and explicit enunciation, not only of my inten- tions, but of my principles of action; and as the claim was asserted of a right by a State to annul the laws of the Union, and even to secede from it at pleasure, a frank exposition of my opiaions in relation to the erigin and form of our government, and construction | gave to the instrument by which it was created, roumed to be proper. Having the fullest confidence in the justness of the legal and constitutional opinion of my dnties,which have been expressed, I rely with equal con- fidenceon your undivided support in my determination to execute the laws—to preserve the Union by all con- stitutional means—to arrest, if possible, by moderate but firm measures, the necossity of a recourse to,forea; and if it be the will of Heaven that the recurrence of its prime curse te man for the shedding of « brother's jood should fall upen our land, that it be not called down by any offensive act on the part.of the United States.” Mr. Ritchie, after approving cerdially of much of that paper, and hoping much from its per- suasion and arguments, protested, the very day he made it public, as follws:—* We regard the right of secession in the same light as Mr. Jefferson does in the memora- ble passage we have quoted above, and we contend that we ought to‘ separate from our companions only when the sole alternatives left are the dissolution of our Union with them, or submission to a government without limitation of powers.’ And ws also disagree with the proclamation as to the nature of the federal compact. the States, though they have transferred eer- tian specific powers to the federal government, have the right to pass upon the manner in which the: may be exercised, and to interpose,as Virginia di in 99. for arresting the’progress of the usurpation.” The objections thus direotly made to the views of the Presi- dent, arrested the attention of Virginia politicians, Mr Riteble, whilst denying tho right of nullification insisted on fthat of peaceable secession—whilst re- fusing to North Carolina the power to declare an act vold and resist its execution, yet claimed a right of State interposition; whilst oonosding that certain specified powers had been transferred to the federal government, he claimed for the States the right to pass upon the manner of their exercise, and all the while himeelf ad- mitted that no such question necessarily arose between the United States and South Carolina, These arguments were too subtle for ordinary apprehension. Tho pro- clamation became a subject of discussion in the Virginia Legislature. It was made public on the Lith December, 1882, and en the 17th January, 1893, Mr. Ritchie an- nounced to the democracy of the United States, who saw the Union on the verge of dissolution and were awaiting the action of the representatives of Virginia, the progress they were making. “The question-—We cannot, (said Mr. Ritebie) tyet ery out land! land! (Italia! Italia!) Yesterday, indeed, Mr. Brown’s reso- lutions w. loptad by a majority of one, (were much modified from their original draft—now pretermitting secession altogether, and speaking a more pointed lan- guage against nullification.) But the question {x not yet suttled. They will be again taken up, ke , discussed one by one, &o,, modified. &o, No man can positively predict the denouement” (Loud Inughter) Mr. Van Buren was unable to say what precise declarations of faith the Virginia Legisiature made; he recollected that Mr BW. Leigh, an eminent whig of Virginia, was sent to entreat with South Carolina—a bill was introduced into Congress to sustain by force the execution of the laws; his impression waa that Mr. Ritch{e did not sup. port that bill. In Seotember following General Jack- son removed the public deporites from the bank of the United States. He believed Mr. Ritehie did not. ap- prove that act. ‘The elections wore held in Virginia tn the epring The Legislature elected in 1933, during the pendence of there discussions about the pro- clamation, instructed the Senators of their State to usa their exertions to procure the restoration of the deposites. Mr. Rives resigned in February, 1884, rather than obev these instructions, His official term would have expired in March, 1885; the seme B Watkins Leigh was chosen to fill the vacanoy. Mr Rives appealed to the people, at the elaction in the apring of 1834, and was defeated. ‘The legislature assembled in 1935, and re- elected Mr Leigh for six years. Thin waa tha denone- ment; and whatever Mr Ritchie might have been able to nee, the democracy of Virginia had no diflenity in orying “Land! land!” They were hard aground’ A lnading, able, and bitter federalist aut by thes de of John ‘Tyler in the Senate of the United States; they toyether represented Virginia, and oppos patriot Jackson—(che*rs)—they labored: to people’s treasure to the people's most powerfal fee; they usurped the power of impeachment, and condemned without @ hearing as an usurper, a champion of the people's rights. and a war worn defender of their liber tes; they refused even to record his protest against senatorial outrages. In the severest contest that the republican party ever passed through --in the war crisis, in the desperate and convulsive death-struggle of the Bank of the United States—the protesta of Mr Ritchie-— more than all other combined, threw Virginia, a naturally republican and patriotic commonwealth, on the side of disunion and federalism. In 1837, when the Union was saved. and the bank was conquered. Mr. Ritchie visited Washington; and after a brief conversation with General Jackson, became satis- fied that he had mlsepprehee ded the views of that eminent man. It was to bo regretted that this explana. tion had not been sought yearn before, when it might have been followed by propitious consequsnces.—(Ter- rifle applause) It was an amusing sequel to these dis- asters. Again, when the successor of Andrew Jackson Feoommended the Independent Treasury Bill. and the democratic party desired to make, and did make it an article of demooratic faith, Mr, Ritchie again protested against the interpolation, and Virginia again if from her democratio moorings end fell into the } te when the annoxation of [exes wi made by the in 1844, 0 teab . Li ae cardinal article in the creed) when the of s nomination for the presideney was made to turn almost upon this single geen, and the election to take the same dicection, Mr Ritchie not only made no protest against the interpolation, but he and his associates have denounced as little less than traitors. those who, what- ever may be thought of the wisdom of their action, en. with undoubted honesty to separate this fesue from the presidential canvass, and to secure to Mr. Polk the votes of all those democrats who, like themselves, doubted the propriety and justice ot such immediate annexation. (Loud cheers and cries of‘ Hear”) These protesta, therefore, were not new to the democracy of New York, nor had their nature and consequences been unobserved; they would not be heed- ed now; and he took the liberty of adding, as an humble member of the legal pemesiee, that were a species of foreign protests, which. by the laws of New York, had no validity within her limits. (Laughter and applause ) Tn his bumble judgment, Mr. Ritchie. when interfering with their action, and reprimanding their conduct, had not duly reflected upon the vital importance, in all its bearingsof the quention of extending slavery ed above and beyond the party divisions of the di should lift his eyes from the tow pt of party, ap out upon the ocean of freedom; he should lay aéide his democratic jewsharp, ‘and ‘listen to the notes of the bugle of liberty. (immod+rate laughter.) He should drop his party pop gun, and hearken to the cheers of millions of energetic and independent men, conquering @ countr: , and planting upon it ‘Acting thus, "he would. x 8 nation of freemen, thus, he would exbi- bit an elevation of purpose, and dignity of intellect qualifying him to lecture the democrats of New York. (Cheers reverberated throughout the building, and Mr. that now, as heretofore, a cry had come forth from the same quarter whence it proceeded in the gloom of the lste war, rallying the whig party at this oriais aingt the administration and against the country. The “peace party in war and in impossible to 4 punieh his en ty duct d the name of no man wgaiast dere: | rie ‘al unkindoess. There were ser he came to his end, ort ould not emulate this o peace,” were again seeking to nad te wad Os felt, by ral , in necking . withholding supplies from our ‘army, wad | bellevewero reciprocated “th eve Be our troops to an inglorious retreat.’ This callin, ly, aud honorable to apprizs ay would meet with an indignant rejection, and he | notify did not believe a district in the State of New York would send 4 representative (if an election were then pending) to sanction a course so dishonorable and un- patriotic. Our citizens were all but unanimously in fa- vor of prosecuting the war with even greater vigor, and thus securing an honorable pea in the mean time, it was folly to deny that now, as infprevious contests, gallant men among our political opponents were rushing to the defence of the country, mingling their blood and laying down their lives with democrats.— lyract hed felandy (tree demo ate : crats) whom he should bs uawilling to expos to verse, cution. He should advise those who wars d: had conservative patiente—those who wars lawyers, aad had conservative clients—those who '@ morshants, to vote the will,”) else they would bo (Cheers) ‘The Honors of Buena Viste were shared as ‘aew the coassrvative cred, well by the whig Taylor as the democrat Wool; the ac- | orisis it was psouliarly uppcopriate that thoss who were complished whigs, Cadwallader and Patterson, (recently | engaged i on a foreiga free woll, ting blaok slavery appointed by President Polk,) and the true democrats | should consummate their object by onslaviag the demo- and gallant officers, Shields, Pierce and Temple, | oratic whites, {nconolusion, Me, V. B. asia he was wars, any, fmenpesrnihid & Cae (pen con- amare that @ flefcs political storm was trop ay the f fer: © 0m , the whig Soot sak the democrat, Wore” Go tacia | Poltical sea was rolling mountains high; bat Be hed an undoubting convistion of the correctasss of his Mr. Van Buren} course, and he thought he saw «spirit of justice and Ii- to Yorktown and Saratoga, Chip- and Lundy’s Lane, and examine the bloody | berty walking upon th ters, hing out ite arms to ts of Monterey, snd the crimson flelds of Chur. bis fupport, mylag, “Be of gecd cbse ir Woke aes buseo and Mexico, and he, imagin would detect, in each and all of these con grounds, some spots of pure whig blood. (Cheers.) The courageous whigs, Ringgold and Butler, perished in the When Mr. Van Buren had concluled, the vast multi- tude seem +d to be agitated, like the * politieal sea” which Van Buren paused. Cries rose from all directions, begging him not to desist. Hoe then proceeded as if he ber i not [try rf tbe eB 4 ma B. then alluded to other grounds of opposition. It had been suggested b; s (ea a statesman that it was unconstitutional o prohibit slavery in newly acquired territory. This suggestion, and the grounds on which it rested, neoes- sarily denied the constitutionality of the, ordinance of 1789, and the so-called Missouri compromise. It was unworthy of a serious refutation Mr V.B. commented further on this position, and added : we have followed these Southern lights to the verge of the constitution If we pursue these Will o’ the Wisps— (laughter) —fur- ther, we are in of being irmed, and irrecover- ably lost. For himself, he should rather be guided by the light of civilization, by the light of humanity, the light of freedom; in # word, if he might be pric ed the figure, by the Northern lights. (Loud laughter ) But, said Mr. Van Buren, we are charged with acting with the whigs. He had not observed that the Southern democrats had alarmed Mr. Ritchie, by acting with the whigs on this question; the democrats of Alabama, Geor- gia, and South Carolina, had not been reproved for this course, according to his recollection. Mr Ritchie co mended this fraternisation in Virginia. Why was t unity of sentiment on the partof democratsof New York, not only with the whigs. but with the civilized world, 60 vexatious to Mr. Ritchie! He submitted with great respect, that Mr. Ritchie should, to the New York democracy the same oredit for sinceri- ty and integrity, when they resisted the extension to free soil of the traffic in human flesh, as h imed for himself when he faltered and fell from the side of Jack- son, in his struggl« to preserve the Union and to protect the pare from the bank, or when he resisted and op- posed his successor in his efforts to remove the people's treasury from stock jobbers and money changers, and to deolare and establish it. Mr. Ritohie’s past life should admonish him to be indulgent towards those who act with the whigs (Hear. hear.) But Mr, Ritehie was not the only editor who recoiied from the idea of acting with the whigs, Mr Edwin Crosswell, of the Albany Jirgus, had taken fright at the same speotre. How did Mr. Croswell stand on this point? Did Mr. Croswell aot with the whign against Silas Wright’? (Yes, yea) Did he act with the anti-renters, and secure the nomination by them of Joha Youn: (He did, he did.) Did he send Samuel Strong, a whig, as a delegate to nominate officers for Gov avetaue to appoint? Did he hire Strong this fall to esrry the Ginth ward caucus? Strong. a whig. resident of a different ward and another assembly di trict! Let Strong’s aMdavit answer: Albany county. #9 —Samuol Strong, being duly sworn. deporeth and saith, that he resides in the Tenth Ward in the city of Albany; that he knows Edwin Croswell, the senior editor of the Albany Mrgus. That several times during the past woek, he received messages from the said Croswell, through James R Rose and others, re- Oepeed n foterview with this deponent ‘That on dines: last, he was requested by said Rose to meet Mr, Croawell at the office of Rufus W. Peckham, Enq. on that y at 3 o’clock,P. M. That he went to said office, at euch tim met Edwin Croswell, Ru- fus W. Peckham, A bint was gh to Mr. Peckham, and he smiled and left the office, the others remaining Mr. Croawell then commenced a conversa. tion with this deponent in relation to the meeting to be held at the Ninth Ward thenextevening, Hesaid that “they (meaning the Argus section of demooratic party) would have the State Convention, and that this ‘would be the end of the barnburners ;” that he “ wanted to carry the Ninth Ward—he would rather oarry that than any other ward in the city; and that he wished this deponent to assist him in doing so” “ The ward must be carried, no matter at what cost.’ He then said that “he had « of one dollar bills in his pocket ” which he handed this deponent, and which this deponent found afterwards to contain twenty dollars. He then said that “this deponent must see Perry the next morniog, and there would be more funds provided.” He further said “ that Mr. Sherman (Watts Sherman, Esq) intended to Gothicize his house In Washington street, and that he had already spoken to him onthe subject, and that this deponent should have the contract for doing the same. That it would take two years to do the work, and that thts deponent should do the same by dey labor.” Mr. Croswell then asked one of the persons present, “ how much this deponent should pay the men for attending the meeting.” He re- plied that he supposed about cents a piece. Mr. Croswell then said that (this deponent) “could get them from any part of the city; it made no difference — only they must be there in time and have the room blocked up. He told this deponent “to get the key and keep it locked. to prevent others from getting in.”” Mr. Croswell and the defendent then conversed about the manner of conducting the business of said meeting; agreed that Mr. Hiram Perry should be chairman, &c., &e. This deponent then sald to Mr. Croswell, “ sup- pose John Van Buren gets speaking te Croswell replied, “ I will take care of that —we will have no speak- ing to-morrow night—I told you (this deponent) to pull him down at the other meeting.” This deponent and Mr. Croswell conversed further in relation to hiring music, &c., &o. And further this de- ponent saith not. SAMUEL STRONG, Sworn before me the 28th day of tember, 1847, J. M. SET’PLE, Com’r. Deeds” ‘The facts above stated, disgraceful as they were, Mr. Croswell never dared to deny. If he should, Mr. Van Buren would produce a witness whom Mr. Croawell little expected, and who would satisfy Mr. ©. that for the se cond, and worst time, “we had caught our foot in the grating” (Vociferous laughter) If it was regular to act with the whigs by hiring the leaders at $20” head. aud the rank and file at 60 cents, gratuitory associa’ could not be irregul If the close aMliation and con. cert which, by whig force, locked, pa and blocked the democratic committee rooms, and excluded the el tors from their own meeting, silencing their speaker was democratic, a coincidence of sentiment on a single point could not be censurable. If the usages authorised the letting of a neighbor's house, to be Gothecised, for two years, by days work, as a consideration for whig help, they would not forbid an agreement on a single great principle, which was founded on no contract or job (Laughter) The charge of acting with the whigs was well calculated to alarm republicans; it properi: should; for nine times out of ten those who acted wi the whigs acted wrong But there had been occasions when the whigs had come to the aid of the democrats, without the surrender of principle on either side, and with signal advantage to the country. Such was the aid given to Gen, Jackson, rebuking disunion, and en- foreing thelaws, Such was the assistance rendered to Michael Hoffman, William C. Crain, and their asaooiater, in calling a convention to amend the constitution, in remodelling that instrument, and in making it tho orga- nio law of the State. Such was the support given to David Wilmot, and his associates, on the floor of Con- arers,and to Albert Lester, his associates, in the State Legislature. in the no! yn terprise of consecrating free soil to freedom. And if the great principles at stake were to be overlooked, and party consequences alone were to be considered, who, among us, was pra- pared to say, in the face of past’ experience, in this State, that the great demooratic party of w York, to which we oan alone look for thorough reform to eventual aafety, was not invigorated, and by these accessions? Look, said Mr. Van Buren, at Western New York. borne down by anti-masonry; the democrats of Erie, Niagara, Monros, Ontario, Wyoming and Livingston, were strug. gilng in minorities, ranging from 500 to 3000 croakers, who were anwilling to give the chotce of judge, euro. gates and district attorney to the people of the several counties, and predicted the perpetual éxclusion of demo- ex) 6s from office. How were the predictions verified? ‘The firet election under the new eonstitution. gave democra- tic judges to Niagara and Monroe, (the election in Liv. ingston was conteated;) democratic district attorneys to Wyoming . nd Orleans; and Erie—democratio Erie—had made aclean sweep, stepping at a single stride from a minority of 20°0 and upwards, to a sound radical majérity on the entire ticket; and Buffalo—the Queen city of Weatern New York—had united in swelling the tide of democratic victory Theeo results were noble justifications of unhesitating reliance on popular intelligence. No party bad ever yet been found rapacioun enough to swallow the democratic party; it was only necessary boldiy to avow the principles by which i could be identified, and fearlessly put forward ite trun men as their representatir: nd ultimate success was certain, He trusted that « little reflection would satiaty those who were handing him over to the tender mercies of the whiga, that he was not acti ‘ith the precipi- tancy or recklessvess they ey me nd that the editor who sought to make a whig of him. would be more likely to end by making an ass of himself! (Serdonic laugh- ter.) He could not consent to abandon a position he knew to be just, because whigs saw fit to flock to the same standard, any more than he would fly from the face of the Mexloans, because he saw a whig reinforon- mont wheeling into his line He waa not child enough to be frightened from the path that duty and honor called upon him to take, by having « dry nurse tell him there wasea whig spook upon it. (Laughter) But, said Mr V. B.,we are charged with hostility to the war, and onlled upon to suppress our opinions, and support the Syracune ticket.in order to seoure the prorecution of the war. He felt the fores of these appeals last fall, when members of Con, were to be elected But couserva- tive treachery not only struck down Silas Wright, hat with him all-bat ten members of Congrees from this State The approaching State lection had no connec. tlon with the conduct of the war, |t was unwise. a well he had just tancous same campaign with the lamented democrats, Morris | shoute after Roar Denk toe eal fe of the adai- and Van Olioda, Side by side with the devoted demo- ring throng. No expression of popular crate, Yell and Harding. fell the distinguished Clay, and | have been more decided, or more sublime. he must forget his patriotism, and sbrink oraven-like from the assertion of truth, who, in the face of these " facts, claimed for democrats the entire glory of defend- ing the brome and its hover in contests with foreign foes (Cheers) For himself, it was sufficient to know that the country was engaged in war, and that our troops were in @ foreign land, surrounded by enemies. He stopped not to inquire into the if th: ’ excite@ bound- While ft raged, he desived to ace the entire power of thy | Whelmed the bunkers with despair, and nation devoted to its vigorous prosecution; and when it | !¢88 hopes in the barnburners, While the one ls utterly Tas ended, thefdemocracy of New York would agree, as | prostrate and powerless, the other snuffs the breese like ey now do, any conquest may be made except a conquest over freedom. (Cheers) There was nothing | ‘°° YUE horse let loose to play, ready to dash over the he. would not do to aire aid tend peach to the prose- Leste with unbounded impulse. The hunkers know not, cution of je war. 1 ted ap to others in | obviously, what to do; and old and able tacticians, es the Albany Argus had led him to believe that Mr. Cror- | they undoubtedly are, they seem unable to extricate well himself might be of service in Mexico. (Laughter ) Nang 4 If Mr. Croswell would apply for « commission, he (Mr | themselves from tho werse than hopeless state in which Yen Buren) would sign bie Fecommendation. If-Mr. | they have been thrown. Where are they to go? What Croswell would assail the Mexicana with the same fury | ix to become of them? are questions which meet one on that he had shown towards leading republicans, he should consider much hud been accomplished. (Cheers) | ®very side. ‘That the mass, nay, that any considerable If he would assault the Mexicans with the same venom | portion of the democratic party, will adhere to their that he had directed against the independent and de- | fiton fortunes, is idle. Why should they? What prin- ciples did they avow at Syracuse’ None which are not deemed settled by the country. The bank, the inde- pendent treasury, the tariff—it is not supposed that the serving democrats who had signed the call under which they had here assembled, he should feel that great pro- revs had been made. (Cheers) Andif he would bring me 7 1 brvtae rt See aa maallentty, to pent: for e destruction of the great Mexican leader, Santa Anna, that he combined for the prostration of the great loader | his party will be ao infatuated as to attempt to revive of the American democracy, Silas Wright, he should con Poeee, Waah id. cher edvanee sneer we sider the war ended as soon as Lie enlisted, (Laughter) | eee oat eta aesyorid: boldste the re, pressive doctrine of “stand atill ! society has advanced enough, and is incapable of further developement.” It requires no depth of political sagacity to predict that with such views the race of hunkerism is run—their sun ALaasy, Nov, 8, 1847. A New Devil in Pandemonium—Wilmot fer the Presi- dency and Greeley the Vice. The recent political revolution in this State has over- But to achieve this consummation, he must first join the Mexicans, and then betray them.—(Laughter and cheers} Mr. Van Buren had been charged with giving Mr. Croswell to much importance, Fellow citizens, said he, you cannot add to the consequence of man anenemy; and low as . ie veracity, integrity or demoor had the highest opinion of his energy, cunning and ability. He was the brains of the conservative concern, and thousands of honest democrats were daily deceived and misled by him, ‘The Argue wasa most insidious and fatal ene- t my to the cherished men and preoious principles of the dermooratic party, aud a concerted and systematic effort should be made to stop the circulation of that paper amongst democrats, and drive ite wily and unscrupulous editor out of the State, or into the federal ranks, where he would be harmless ' ‘This shovld be the constant and sealous labor ot every true democrat. Ita importance was conceded by the eminent and experienced republi- = ef the erate, a8 in Cea he Ni Lge te eir approval andco-operation. It might be suppose rn that these suggestions were dictated, by the soenaeal fecsengy HEA hs attaokss of whlch hehad himself been ‘tho object: ite hare joe . tiny asst triends it was not eo, ‘The open asset of i he afrqus wero harmless, may, beneficial: It was ite Giver ates Ween) = Pewee Sener ae ieee fale and treacherous friendship that was fatal Besides, | Hunker You are prepared. I suppose, new t go he was not, and by his own wish, never would bo a can: | aad make Clay President?” Barnburner— No, alr, we Aldate for office. His hopes of uistinction or emolument | leave Henry Clay to the whigs, the conservatives, ang were contered fa the pursuits of a profession, agreeable | their natural allies, the umprogressive slavel y We to his feelings, and indispensable to his support. But if | £0 for freedom and froo trade, and fresdom’s champlon. he were the most ambitious public man living, he should | W¢ go for the North, since the Sou id A question. We go for the North against theSouth. We ae eats or mal calty, or tctgued } Ko for David Wilmot, of Pennaylrania, for President—the y, OF fecigued exertion should cause them to lull, he should father OF eS tee eae ene offer the never-failing inducement of a peouni- | Congress) from sya oye of a e poor’ oat ary reward, far greater than could bo derived 4 for David Wilmot, who is identified Lard from printing legal advert: for nothing, | #24 glorious Herkimer movement Pans Se to prevent their suspension. He should desire the ca- | Moly reprosentative of the progressive lamny to pursue him till death, (if the Argue and Mr. | democracy of the North.” The hunker was silenced. Croswell lasted so long) and then, perhaps, the columns | 90¢ another word was said. a idea flashed z of tho Argus would be clad in deep sable, and a notice | °% me at once, as it seemed to have done upon of bim, written by the senior editor, would appear so | hunker, striking him, as it were, Coyne so = eulogistio that it was almost a temptation to die for | b4ve found a standard bearer. Lagi rie olay om it. (Laughter.) Such a display would not exceed in | '# he safe and sound and true (gern cheb ms oe skilla memorable instance that might be cited. Mr. | "ess, aud is he covered ore Sh > ‘onesty ae ae n Buren said he had been charged witn acting under If these questions faccret men . & feeling growing out of the action of the Baltimore ke ay! i$ jn wi hey. 2 man who can rally 80 power fal a support? convention. This wasan entire error. That conven- tion presented principles which he could support; and although thousands sustained Mr.tolk with more ability, | f@\ eupPorty oo uo 40 ents mew aspirant? What will father Ritchie esy ? And Mr. Buchanan, will he mot, like Niobe,be all tears, that he made such an ass of him- and wielded in his favor vastly more influence, he ap pealed to ali who were familiar with the last Presidential self as to dissard the proviso, and went in for that ante- deluvian humbug, the Missouri compromise ? to. Troed and contest to say, whether any one manifested more real, activity and industry, in behalf of the republican party, And you, monsieur editor of the Herald, fo ms are given without partiality, and with broed and who could drive from public life into retirement, it not | 18 set, never again to emerge above the horizon. to the grave, * pure,disinterested and eminent statesman, | - But (eos burners ; iti Sra lye resolute, the bold, the es 1, domitable + anvoemy) sot oareran Reine halt dositay ‘and where, and how, and when vat i will they direct their irrepressible energies in the day of their triumph and their power. Letthe Herki- mer convention answer. Free trade, free soil, free men, ‘and free speech, are the watch words, and will b ‘he rallying shouts ef this formidable pore ince the requisite tact and disc at next election, to annihilate ali the old parti d their Jeaders. But if they have the prin- ciples about which to ~~) per standard bearer? Who is to supply the place Silas Wright—upon whose shoulders may mantle fali! Let me relate an incident by way swering these questions. Happening in at Raby’s Hall Coffee House, a few days since, I ing conversation between & huaker and a ll, barnourner, how do you fee! since 1 Burn yeur ago when you joined F tively—and judging of the has been exhibited, it may—where is the Nort! at that time, than himself. The extraordinary manifes- tation of confidence and regard from the democracy of the Union, whieh induced the choice of a mejority of all the delegates friendly to a citizen of New York, most of them instructed to support him against the com- petition of several eminent and popular republicans, impressed on his heart a deep sense of gratitude to the democracy of the Union, which no conduct of the dele- gates themselves could effaee. With the democratic party true to the core, their candidate understood to be disconnected with fraud and also true, and with their principles boldly avowed, he never could and never should hesitate to give tl ‘nd him a cordial support. Least of all, was he of ition F ties for years, to disc! them,with blind fury,on the beads of innocent men! He was not now engaged in President-making. To punish fraud and to resist the extension of slavery, were objects higher than the designation of individuals fill public offices and receive stipulated wages. (Renewed cheering ) ‘An important State election was just at hand, and we were assembled to ayow our principles, and consult as to our action; the former had already been done in ateamunlike views.of the subject, what think ycu of the position of political parties, and what think you of David Wilmot in connection with the next Presidency, and Horace Greel¢y his Vice? Suppose the democracy of the North present this young and unbackneyed man for the suffrages of the toiling millions, for whose stout hearts and stalwart frames he is striving to maintain the free soil of this great continent free—will they re- spond to the presentation!” I have many other subjects which | should like to touch upon, but must defer them for snot ar secret animosi- Aunany, Nov. 8, 1847 Affairs in the Legislature. An extraordinary state of affairs existe at the oapital. The public business is entirely neglected, and important laws, which would materially affect the interests of thou- address and resolutions, and with the frankness that | *848 of the oltixons of this State, are lying upon the belonged to democratic intercourse, he should partici- | tables of the two Houses, because it is utterly impossi- pate; akg! Reed eter TK jabs ~ henry ay ble to compel, or procure in any manner, the attendance coassemble on the 22d of February, and to send 36 de- Tegates to a national eonvention; of this he cordially ap- | ° ® quorum (or constitutional majority) of members of proved. It was the usual and proper mode, and of pre- | either house. Without a quorum, no bill cam become « orate ree lrg ge aba a Iam Af. | law. ‘The Legislature cannot even adjourn sine die, and fort is making to pros' eo 1e, and bin in this era of freedom, a captive to the car of slavery. if their | he public business must be entirely suspended until the brethren in convention, desired to know before nomi- | honorable members deign to attend to their duties. For several weeks neither house has been able to procure a quorum, Before the late recess, the Clerk of the Senate nating a president the ‘views and wishes of the New York democtacy, those§delegates would not be relect- was instructed to command the attendance of Senators, but it was of ne avail; the authority of the Senate was ed; if they were, those views and wishes woutd be com- municated at the polls. The address and resolutions disregarded. The patience of the members who are not unmindfal of their public obligations, bas at declared the action of the Syracuse Convention to be fraudulent, and not binding. Of course it left every democrat free to support Se abe or not, os he eee stae iainy he “he ate nd reso | That become entirely exhausted, and I cannot but feel monwealth to the restrictions and safeguards of the | glad to announce that lag og» ots a ned new constitution. Thatinstrument deserved t! ter have been adopted Lat or hwy a te conus te - giums that had been bestowed on it It was our sheet. | tendauce of members tipan the mectng of the bm anchor of safety now. He did not desire to influence the | houses this morning, vs inne oly cng fc ett action of a single elector. A vote withheld from the | of the House, wpe catereh Ua rane fieet ie Syracuse ticket!contributed so much to the success of the | call was moved a ae Les a ie party to which they were all opposed. Each elector was | Sspators who are absent, and who pe a ng Mesara Clark, Burnham, Denniston, Hall, Hard, John son, Jones, Sanford, Sedgwick, Spencer, Wheeler, Wil- liams, Young, Beach—14 capable of determining for himself the course it was his hese are theabsentees ; the Senate being composed duty to pursue. He was sure they would all discharge the high duty intelligently, fearlessly, and patriotically (Cries “we will.”’) Having fully determined himself what he should do, he did not feel at liberty to witn- hold from them that determinetion, He should not | °f thirty-two agg age oreh hg Bsay xf Fs Wing ¥e- vote the Syracuse ticket. fe should not vote it, because | signed) it will, be peroeinil ett ot on Tee it was put in nomination by fraud, and he felt that by a 4 on ane “ge qeortee Sane voting it, he should sanction that fraud It vemed to | prevent, in ordse to Aecnt Of Soeral ryan} to him important that the distinction should be learned by those who made it @ business to pack conventions, between # fraudulent nomination and a legal election He should not vote it, because it was not regular. He attached great value to the usages of the party, and had | alweys voted the regularly nominated democratic tieket | | witbout @ soratch—when there was one. So important | " did he deem there usages, that if the Syracuse ticket had been regularly nominated, he should have made it » the attend med Senators, with the exception of } ‘and ho are sick, and who have Bren excused. has not been in his seat this session. Mesure each, Hard, and Jones, have hitherto been very prone al in their attendance. The House has been sitting with closed doors uearly | all day; they remained olosed up to the hour of adjourn. ment, and the call being still pending, they will be personally requir Pitre Freee oleciede principioe.” But} tbe tore | closed iamediately after the House assembles to-mnorrew ouse tloket was Irregular. Cheating was no usage of the | Morning spar auanlsdbeti tiers Bib cs, party. (Cheers) He ‘should not vote it, because Lhe can- in tollowing is a list the absent members oy | e tthe choive of @ inajority of the dewaoo- | House -— never the Stato, ‘as the proceedings of the convention Mesers Adams, Allaben, Alling, Pe sbeyait hem 5 Bar tovend delegates to Syracuse showed; and in regard to ber, Barstow, Bell, Bless, Bowls, rae . — , Can the nomination for Comptroller, those familiar with the | dee, Carpentier, Chapman, Crocker, Crosby, Crowley, Hoe cemmtio svotient, kuew that the misrepresentation | Oaniels, Davis, Davison, Develin, Diven, Rear, Emmane, Fenno, Flanders, Fuller, Gould, Gray, T. Green, Girego- ry, Hadley, Heston, Hodgson, Howe, Hunter, Keyser, Lakin, Marks, McDoual, MoFarien, McNamara, Me- Whorter, D. Moore, 8. Moore, Morgan, Perkins, Pottle, ‘more ularing than the list indicated. He Shania” not vote it, because the convention which presented it suppressed the unanimous voloe of the de- of the State, in opposition to the exten. mocracy M. Pratt, Raplee, Russell, Kutberford, , Shaw, Sher to frew Koil. by force. (Great oheera ) ral That suppreasion is looked upon in and Out of the State | man, Sickles, Skeele, Taylor, Tre eae, Van date expression of the advoosoy by the democracy of | Vaikenburgh, Walsh, Watson, dt, (re signed) Present, 61; absent, 66 iderable consternation was caused in the House New York, of such extension ij _ the election ofthe | *é fsovidently to be realized, as a verdict against freedoon) Vor rend ring such u verdlet, be ever should | to-day. by the bag ap mong that the tol was on vote. “If this Is treason, (oid Mr. V. B.,in the lan- | fte; but the fire, which was in the flooring of the As of an American orator and patriot,) “make tho | *°mbly chamber, was soon arrested most of it.” (Cheers.) The consequence must rest on the heads of those who placed the demoeratie party in | such a position, Mr. Van Buren was well aware that open declarations were not the most effectual mode of defeating the Syracuse ticket. Ie might have ed t ulsogether, or, he might have been absent from Albany on election day, or, he might have | voted for Hungeriord, for senator. (Symptoms of digastion in tl altitude) He chose to do meither, Undountedly, the course pursued by the cons iv last fail, was mort sure to_be fat They publicly pr fessed to support Gov, Wright, publicly urged others to do the same, and then secretly voted against him and used every moans MBnorable, or other, to defeat bim This was certain death mh avdidat } . way rej lelog, Uscovsctous of ui rf. apd when hos Viatte b ate Army Intellige: We learn that Capt. Shrover Las authority to raise + | company of artillery in this city. Several first rato men have already enrolled. —Cineinnati Commercial, oh ine! Boat Burtvine.—ILuinors Canan cago Journal states that considerable making at that place, Lockport, Joliet, | The building of boats for the lilinois ( mensions of the looks are 110 by 14 feet, mit boats of sufficient At ports on the lak with vivera assume that the honor of defending the cous ezelusively to democrats, It ie ¥ Wee found dead at the closing of the polls, it wae | toe 24 inet, ai d to reas!