State Convention: For The Signal Of Liberty

1 he convention assemblee! at the house appointed. Dr. Porter was callcd to the Chair, and J. Chandler appointed Secrefary. On motion it was voted that the Ohair appoint a business committee of five to report officers,resolutions, business,&.c. C. Stuart, T. Foster, W. M. Sullivan, G. Beckley, and Eider JYIonroe, were anpointed said committee. Convention adjourned lo meet al 2 o,clock. Two o'cluck, the convention was called to order by the chair, and the business committe reponed the following gentlemen for oificers, who were confirmed by the conveniion. Dr. Porter, Prest., Zenas Nash, RobertEdmunds,Vice Prests., John Chandler, Theodore Foster, Sec'., The committee then reported the following resoluiiona. Resolved, That Slavery is agreat political evil to the United otates, nnd is altogether at variance with that noble exposition of human rights, the declaration of independence. Resolved, Thatas a political evil the effects of slavery are feit in every part of ihe Union, not merely through the influence of Congress, essentially representing the slavehoUling interest, but also through the operation of laws and a federal governmen',, brealhing the same spir it, aud the intímale relations of the slaveholding in the non-slave-holding StatesResolved, That the issue of our republican inslitutions is of greal consequence to universal liberty, and it is the duty of all good citizens to remove the reproachwnicn me encimes ot liberty hnd, when they alledge the inconsistency of holding siaves, as shewing theinsincerity of our fundamental declaration, ihat all men are created equal, and endowed with certain inalienable rihts, among which are liíe, liberty, and (he pursuit oí' happiness. Resolved, That wiih the mora! or religieus nature and consequencesof slavery politiciíjns have nothing to do: assuch politicians we merely recognize it as a political evil affecting our political righis and existence: and the only remedy to such evil is to be found in political action. Resolved, That the friends of anti-slavery have long feit their cause to be of the most sacred naiure, mvolving not only the dearest principies of humanity, but also the broadest principies of dernocracy, and that wou'.d give life and efficacy to the noble principies, for whích the revered patriota of '76 shed their blood and spent their estates. Resolved, That the friends of this cause have long posiponed their political action on it, from attachment to old parties, or the obligations impused by pa tri - otic views, but the time has now come, in which such action can no lunger be delayed without treacherous abandonment of a cause altogether paramount, to those in contest betweea the leading ptuties of the day. Resolved, That the present crisis is peculiarly favorable for the organization of the Anti-tlavcry party. The twoold parlies, democrats and whigs, are broken up, and every indication of the political world is that new parties must organize;i not under new names, at least under new principies, and in addition lo this fact, we are compelled to admit that we have done but trifling sereice to the causes for which we have heretofore cast our votes, while we have greatly injured that of anti-slavery.Resolved, That every party must nee cssarily be small at ts conunencement and ailhough aware ihat our vutes will b butasmuli minoriiy of the entire nujnbe c-jst, yet we rejoice in recording them fo iiberty in iis iniant essay, and anticípate vyith coiiiidence thal each ensuing eleclion wilJ sweii our uutnbers, unlil victor sliall insure the tnurnph of reason, and ! resistless truth. Resolved, That anti-slavery votes even if not successfu!, are never thrown away, inasniuch as the cause will experience respect abroad, just in proportion to the strength of their vote,and as thut vote is Jarge or small, so will be the concesáions niade to the party.Resolved that abolitionists, who withhold their political support from tlie cause they profesa, subject their sincerity to jrcat doubt, wbile their course s regarded with secret contempt by adverse politicians, nnd if abolitionists would remove Irorn their cause the sneering reproach cast on it by their enemies, they must do so, by placing ihat cause ha position, so elevalcd and formidable, as to cueree from fea r, the respect which is nol conceded reven to truth and liberly. I The report was received. Thotion thcn uijourned to meet at half past six o'cluck ui the cvening. At huif past 6x o'clock the convention was called to order, and proceeded to the discussion of the resolutions reported by the commitlce, which after being discussed by Messrs, Stuart, Duiton and Monroe, were unanimously adopted. The following resulutien supported by Messrs. Bccks ley and Kenny, was adopted Resolved, ïhat the system of slavcry isa great Nu'.ional Bank with a capital í 12,00,000,000 of Dollars in the possession of about 250,000 stock holders and capttalists, a bank whose interest and design is to blot out every principie of religión and of liberty, which wars against that mighty monopoly. The convenüon then voled to publish the proceedings in tho Signul of Liberty. Adburned sin e die.