New York Democratic State Convention.
The ticket which this body nominated last week is thus classified; For Governor, Horatio Seymour Soft Shell and Conservative, Lieutenant Governor, David R. Floyd Jones, Soft Shell, for Canal Commissioner, William J. Skinner, Soft Shell and war Democrat; for Inspector of State Prisons, Gay lord J. Clark, Hard Shell, for Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Frederick A. Tallmadge, old Whig, Mozart, Conservative and anti-war. The Convention adopted the following resolutions.Resolved That the Democracy of New York, waiving the expression of their views upon questions not rendered imperative by the imperiled condition of their country, hereby declare.
First--That they will continue to render the Government their sincere and united support in the use of all legitimate means to suppress the rebellion and to restore the Union as it was and maintain the Constitution as it is, believing that sacred instrument, founded in wisdom by our fathers, clothes the constituted authorities with full power to accomplish such purpose.
Second--That by the following resolution, unanimously passed by Congress in July, 1861, the Government was pledged to the policy inculeared therem, which cannot be departed from without violation of public faith, viz:
‘"Revolved That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionist of the Southern States, now in arms against the Constitutional Government, and in arms around the Capital; that in this national emergency, Congress banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged, on their part, in any spirit of oppression or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equally, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease."’
Third--That we, having confidence in the loyalty of the citizens of New York, reiterate the sentiments heretofore expressed by the Democratic party--that the illegal and unconstitutional arrests and imprisonment of citizens of this State are without the justification of necessity, and we denounce such arrests as a usurpation and a crime, and that the freedom of the press, equally protected by the Constitution, ought to be maintained.
Fourth--That we are willing to act in the coming election with any class of loyal citizens who agree with us in the principles herein expressed; that we hereby invited the co-operation of all citizens in giving the most emphatic expression to these principles by supporting the ticket nominated by the Convention.
