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1848 Free Soil & Liberty national conventions

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resolutions rejecting the result of the "spurious" 1847 Liberty Party convention and declaring the National Liberty Party a "permanent" organization committed to universal application of the doctrine of equal rights. In pointed contrast to the more moderate position staked out by the Free Soilers, they declared all proslavery laws and constitutions to be null and void and asserted the power and obligation of the United States Congress to abolish slavery. They endorsed the
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consideration; an informal vote within the committee of conferees found a majority in favor of Van Buren. In exchange for Liberty support for Van Buren, Chase negotiated acceptance of much of the Liberty Party's platform, including the non-extension of slavery. As a gesture to the party's Whig element, Charles Francis Adams Sr., son of the late
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In light of these opposite and characteristic proceedings, we cannot hesitate to decide, that the Convention of 1843 was a genuine, and that of 1847 a spurious, Liberty Party Convention; and that, whilst the memory of the former should be cherished, that of the latter should be loathed by every lover
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Slavery in the several States of this Union which recognize its existence, depends upon the State laws alone, which cannot be repealed or modified by the Federal Government, and for which laws that Government is not responsible. We therefore propose no interference by Congress with slavery within the
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met with Hale in Boston in July 1847 to encourage him to make a public declaration of his candidacy. Hale, however, was concerned that accepting the party's nomination would weaken his position in the Senate and asked for the convention to be delayed until the following spring. When the Chase faction
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Unlike in 1844, there was no obvious candidate who could command the unanimous support of the Liberty Party. While leaders of the Liberty League hoped to persuade Birney to stand for a third time, his reputation had been damaged by missteps during the 1844 campaign, and Birney himself was disinclined
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The Liberty Party is not a temporary but a permanent party—not a piece-of-an-idea party, but the whole-of-an-idea party—not bound to carry out the one idea of political justice against slavery only, but against wars, tariffs, the traffic of intoxicating drinks, land monopolies, and secret societies,
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withdrew from the Philadelphia convention and called for a new meeting of antislavery advocates at Buffalo. Both groups recognized the importance of uniting all antislavery voters under one roof; when Dodge declined the vice presidential nomination, it opened the door for the Barnburners to join the
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The acolytes of the Liberty League were unimpressed by the result of the Free Soil convention. These abolitionists had objected to Hale in spite of his spirited opposition to the gag rule; they were hardly inclined to support Van Buren, who had endorsed the gag rule as president. In the wake of the
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parties in past elections. Most Liberty men still supported Hale; but the importance of the Barnburners, by far the largest contingent of the new party, made Van Buren the early frontrunner for the nomination. McLean soon found he lacked sufficient support to be nominated and withdrew his name from
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who had risen to prominence by his exploits in a war most abolitionists considered immoral. Abolitionists thus faced a choice between a proslavery Democrat and a slaveholding Whig. These conditions were ripe for a third candidate to emerge and unite the support of antislavery men of all parties, as
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The slaveholder, as such, has no rights, and that slaveholding laws are no laws;—that the one is but a pirate, and the other but the bloody code of his bloodiest piracy;—and that every constitution, or compact, or religion, which justifies this pirate, or upholds his piracy, merits nothing better
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Despite the optimism of the Free Soilers, Van Buren carried no electoral votes, finishing a distant third behind Cass and Taylor. His 10.13% of the popular vote, however, represents a dramatic improvement on Birney's 1844 result, owing largely to his popularity with antislavery Democrats. The
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The platform adopted by the National Liberty Party at Buffalo completed the separation of the Liberty Leaguers from the majority faction of the Liberty Party who would go on to support Van Buren and the free soil movement in the general election. The delegates approved a preamble and thirteen
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on October 20, 1847. They aimed to secure Smith's nomination by the national party on a platform accepting the resolves of the Macedon convention. The contingent led by Chase, meanwhile, continued to seek support from disaffected members of the two major parties. In the months preceding the
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National Liberty Party attracted sparse support; Smith received votes in only four states, including his native New York, where he polled 2,454 votes (0.56%). The Free Soil platform of 1848 provided the policy basis for the antislavery coalition that would come to power in the
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convention, they began to promote Hale as a candidate capable of uniting a broad coalition of Liberty men, Conscience Whigs, and Independent Democrats on the basis of opposition to slavery's extension. A contingent of Liberty leaders including
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The nomination of Hale by the Liberty National Convention was a major victory for the coalitionists. Crucially, it secured a candidate who could be persuaded to withdraw if a coalition with antislavery Whigs and Democrats were later possible.
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It is the duty of the federal government to relieve itself of all responsibility for the existence or continuance of slavery wherever the government possesses constitutional power to legislate on that subject, and is thus responsible for its
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Utica convention, the dissidents met at Buffalo over June 14–15 to nominate Smith as the candidate of the "National Liberty Party;" Foote was again nominated for vice president against a crowded field that included Black abolitionist
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had no legal or constitutional authority to abolish slavery in the slave states. Instead, it occupied the narrower ground of opposing the admission of new slave states and territories. The platform made no mention of the
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We accept the issue which the slave power has forced upon us; and to their demand for more slave states and more slave territory, our calm but final answer is: No more slave states and no more slave territory.
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County results for the 1848 presidential election. Counties reporting pluralities for the Free Soil Party (Van Buren) are in green. In no county was the National Liberty Party (Smith) the largest party.
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to be Smith's running mate.) Seventy delegates were in attendance, including Goodell, who presided over the meeting. The convention adopted a platform endorsing an antislavery interpretation of the
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In May 1848, Barnburners in New York, predicting a Cass victory, called for a convention of anti-Cass Democrats in Utica on June 22. This convention nominated Van Buren for president and Senator
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In the judgement of this convention, Congress has no more power to make a slave than to make a king; no more power to institute or establish slavery than to institute or establish monarchy.
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Acceptance of Hale required a significant shift in the party's attitude and approach to politics. Hale had earned the high regard of many Liberty Party voters for his protests against the
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The Buffalo Free Soil convention opened on August 9 with approximately 20,000 Democrats, Whigs, and Liberty men in attendance. Many of the Whigs hoped for the nomination of
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raised the question of westward expansion and the extension of slavery into the U.S. territories. In 1846, northern Whigs crossed party lines to support a proposal by
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Like the Liberty platform of 1844, but unlike the more radical Liberty League document, the national platform of the Free Soil Party accepted the premise that the
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due to his opposition to the annexation of Texas; they considered the rejection of Van Buren evidence of the party's subservience to the
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was nominated for vice president. Van Buren and Adams received 291,409 popular votes in the national election, almost all from the
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After 1844, the party's growth plateaued, and party leaders began to consider the future trajectory of the movement. Led by
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requesting that his name not be placed in nomination at the Buffalo convention, but Tappan ignored this request.
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In keeping with previous Liberty League documents, the platform expressed general support for land reform,
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took no position on the Wilmot Proviso, but its candidate, General Zachary Taylor, was a slaveholder from
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A deputation from the Liberty League was present when the Liberty Party held their national convention at
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Oliver Dyer's Phonographic Record of the Proceedings of the National Free Soil Convention at Buffalo, NY
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for vice president. In the aftermath of Taylor's nomination, a contingent of disgruntled Whigs led by
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Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War
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for vice president. (Burritt declined the nomination, and the League eventually promoted
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The Liberty Party, 1840-1848: Antislavery Third-Party Politics in the United States
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The organizers of the Liberty Party found themselves at a crossroads following the
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and whatever else is opposed to that comprehensive, great and glorious One Idea.
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Members of the Liberty Party objected to Van Buren due to his opposition to the
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Events in the spring of 1848 soon presented such an opportunity. The end of the
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was nominated for president by the Free Soil National Convention that met at
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and nominated Lewis Cass for president on a platform endorsing
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the Liberty vote was more than the margin separating Democrat
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failed to secure the delay of the convention, Hale wrote to
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over June 8–10, 1847 and nominated Smith for president and
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received one vote apiece in the balloting for president.
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than the utmost contempt, and the deepest execration.
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Historical anti-slavery parties in the United States
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elections in which the winner lost the popular vote
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Birney 104: 48:Free Soil Party 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 3767: 3765: 3757: 3756: 3751: 3746: 3736: 3735: 3729: 3728: 3726: 3725: 3720: 3715: 3709: 3706: 3705: 3703: 3702: 3701: 3700: 3695: 3687: 3682: 3672: 3667: 3662: 3657: 3652: 3647: 3642: 3637: 3632: 3627: 3621: 3619: 3615: 3614: 3612: 3611: 3606: 3601: 3596: 3591: 3586: 3581: 3576: 3575: 3574: 3569: 3564: 3559: 3554: 3549: 3544: 3539: 3530: 3528: 3520: 3519: 3517: 3516: 3511: 3506: 3501: 3495: 3493: 3487: 3486: 3484: 3483: 3478: 3473: 3468: 3463: 3457: 3455: 3449: 3448: 3446: 3445: 3440: 3435: 3430: 3425: 3420: 3415: 3410: 3405: 3400: 3395: 3393:South Carolina 3390: 3385: 3380: 3375: 3370: 3365: 3360: 3358:North Carolina 3355: 3350: 3345: 3340: 3335: 3330: 3325: 3320: 3315: 3310: 3305: 3300: 3295: 3290: 3285: 3280: 3275: 3270: 3265: 3260: 3255: 3250: 3245: 3240: 3235: 3230: 3225: 3220: 3215: 3210: 3205: 3200: 3195: 3189: 3187: 3181: 3180: 3178: 3177: 3170: 3165: 3160: 3155: 3150: 3145: 3140: 3135: 3130: 3125: 3120: 3115: 3110: 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712: 709: 706: 701: 698: 692: 691: 688: 685: 683: 680: 677: 676: 673: 667: 666: 653: 652: 645: 643: 628:City Councilor 625: 624: 617: 615: 597: 596: 589: 587: 574: 573: 566: 564: 547: 546: 539: 537: 522: 521: 514: 512: 499: 498: 491: 489: 472: 471: 464: 458:Leicester King 427:Joshua Leavitt 417: 414: 411: 410: 408: 405: 399: 398: 395: 390: 387: 381: 380: 377: 372: 369: 363: 362: 359: 354: 351: 345: 344: 341: 339: 336: 333: 332: 329: 323: 322: 309: 308: 301: 299: 286: 285: 278: 276: 261: 260: 253: 251: 238: 237: 230: 187: 184: 182:to run again. 178: 175: 173:, and others. 103: 100: 96:Zachary Taylor 40:vice president 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3766: 3755: 3752: 3750: 3747: 3745: 3742: 3741: 3739: 3724: 3721: 3719: 3716: 3714: 3711: 3710: 3707: 3699: 3696: 3694: 3691: 3690: 3688: 3686: 3683: 3680: 3676: 3673: 3671: 3668: 3666: 3663: 3661: 3658: 3656: 3653: 3651: 3648: 3646: 3643: 3641: 3638: 3636: 3633: 3631: 3628: 3626: 3623: 3622: 3620: 3616: 3610: 3609:Voter turnout 3607: 3605: 3602: 3600: 3597: 3595: 3592: 3590: 3587: 3585: 3582: 3580: 3577: 3573: 3570: 3568: 3565: 3563: 3560: 3558: 3555: 3553: 3550: 3548: 3545: 3543: 3540: 3538: 3535: 3534: 3532: 3531: 3529: 3525: 3521: 3515: 3514:Superdelegate 3512: 3510: 3507: 3505: 3502: 3500: 3497: 3496: 3494: 3492: 3488: 3482: 3481:Super Tuesday 3479: 3477: 3474: 3472: 3469: 3467: 3464: 3462: 3461:Iowa caucuses 3459: 3458: 3456: 3454: 3450: 3444: 3441: 3439: 3436: 3434: 3433:West Virginia 3431: 3429: 3426: 3424: 3421: 3419: 3416: 3414: 3411: 3409: 3406: 3404: 3401: 3399: 3396: 3394: 3391: 3389: 3386: 3384: 3381: 3379: 3376: 3374: 3371: 3369: 3366: 3364: 3361: 3359: 3356: 3354: 3351: 3349: 3346: 3344: 3341: 3339: 3338:New Hampshire 3336: 3334: 3331: 3329: 3326: 3324: 3321: 3319: 3316: 3314: 3311: 3309: 3306: 3304: 3301: 3299: 3298:Massachusetts 3296: 3294: 3291: 3289: 3286: 3284: 3281: 3279: 3276: 3274: 3271: 3269: 3266: 3264: 3261: 3259: 3256: 3254: 3251: 3249: 3246: 3244: 3241: 3239: 3236: 3234: 3231: 3229: 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2788: 2782: 2779: 2777: 2774: 2772: 2771:Simon Cameron 2769: 2767: 2764: 2762: 2759: 2757: 2754: 2752: 2749: 2748: 2746: 2742: 2736: 2733: 2731: 2728: 2726: 2723: 2721: 2718: 2717: 2715: 2711: 2700: 2696: 2692: 2689: 2688: 2686: 2684: 2680: 2673: 2669: 2665: 2662: 2659: 2655: 2651: 2648: 2647: 2645: 2643: 2639: 2632: 2628: 2624: 2621: 2618: 2614: 2610: 2607: 2606: 2604: 2602: 2598: 2591: 2587: 2586:Thomas Morris 2583: 2580: 2577: 2573: 2569: 2566: 2565: 2563: 2561: 2560:Liberty Party 2557: 2554: 2550: 2541: 2536: 2534: 2529: 2527: 2522: 2521: 2518: 2507: 2497: 2494: 2492: 2489: 2487: 2484: 2482: 2479: 2477: 2474: 2472: 2469: 2467: 2464: 2462: 2459: 2457: 2454: 2452: 2449: 2447: 2444: 2442: 2439: 2437: 2436:New Hampshire 2434: 2432: 2429: 2427: 2424: 2422: 2419: 2417: 2416:Massachusetts 2414: 2412: 2409: 2407: 2404: 2402: 2399: 2397: 2394: 2392: 2389: 2387: 2384: 2382: 2379: 2377: 2374: 2372: 2369: 2367: 2364: 2362: 2359: 2357: 2354: 2352: 2349: 2348: 2345: 2341: 2333: 2328: 2326: 2321: 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1695: 1692: 1689:Johnson, 282. 1686: 1683: 1677: 1674: 1668: 1665: 1659: 1656: 1650: 1647: 1644:Dubin, 88–90. 1641: 1638: 1633: 1626: 1623: 1618: 1611: 1608: 1601: 1599: 1597: 1593: 1583: 1576: 1572: 1568: 1566: 1562: 1560: 1556: 1555: 1554: 1552: 1548: 1544: 1540: 1536: 1532: 1528: 1519: 1512: 1510:Edward Smith 1509: 1508: 1504: 1502: 1499: 1498: 1494: 1491: 1490: 1486: 1484: 1481: 1478: 1474: 1471: 1468: 1465: 1464: 1460: 1458: 1457:Lucretia Mott 1455: 1452: 1450: 1447: 1446: 1442: 1440: 1437: 1434: 1432: 1429: 1428: 1424: 1422: 1419: 1416: 1414: 1411: 1410: 1406: 1404: 1401: 1398: 1396: 1393: 1392: 1388: 1386: 1383: 1381: 1380: 1372: 1365: 1360: 1359: 1351: 1346: 1342: 1337: 1336: 1328: 1323: 1319: 1314: 1313: 1305: 1300: 1298: 1296: 1292: 1288: 1284: 1280: 1276: 1267: 1263: 1260: 1258: 1254: 1252: 1249: 1247: 1243: 1242: 1241: 1239: 1238:homestead act 1235: 1231: 1226: 1218: 1211: 1208: 1207: 1203: 1201: 1198: 1197: 1193: 1191: 1188: 1187: 1183: 1181: 1178: 1177: 1171: 1169: 1166: 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Polk 129: 125: 124:Thomas Morris 121: 117: 113: 109: 101: 99: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 50:, a union of 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 19: 3635:Election Day 3398:South Dakota 3388:Rhode Island 3383:Pennsylvania 3363:North Dakota 3172: 2776:Edward Bates 2751:Gerrit Smith 2719: 2623:John P. Hale 2572:Thomas Earle 2466:Rhode Island 2461:Pennsylvania 2287: 2266:John P. Hale 2246: 2238: 2222: 2215: 2172: 2164: 2141: 2093: 2085: 2062: 2054:1852 → 2046:← 1844 1981: 1975: 1952: 1946: 1937: 1927: 1921: 1911: 1905: 1882: 1876: 1867: 1857: 1851: 1842: 1830: 1825:Johnson, 83. 1821: 1803: 1796: 1791:Johnson, 83. 1787: 1775: 1766: 1755: 1750:Johnson, 81. 1746: 1737: 1725: 1720:Johnson, 80. 1716: 1707: 1703: 1694: 1685: 1676: 1671:Johnson, 77. 1667: 1662:Johnson, 65. 1658: 1649: 1640: 1631: 1625: 1616: 1610: 1588: 1569: 1563: 1557: 1545:, condemned 1523: 1483:Beriah Green 1472:John Curtis 1413:Beriah Green 1395:Gerrit Smith 1356: 1335:Beriah Green 1333: 1312:Gerrit Smith 1310: 1271: 1261: 1255: 1250: 1244: 1222: 1111: 1081: 1054: 1029:John P. Hale 1027: 1000: 976:Anti-Masonic 966: 962:Amistad case 955: 946:Henry Wilson 935: 926:Philadelphia 894:Pennsylvania 890:David Wilmot 883: 879: 849:Gerrit Smith 738:Samuel Lewis 717:Gerrit Smith 704:Owen Lovejoy 696:John P. Hale 654: 631: 603: 575: 552: 527:Samuel Lewis 525: 502:Gerrit Smith 500: 479:John P. Hale 477: 444: 440:Lewis Tappan 419: 349:Gerrit Smith 310: 295:Pennsylvania 287: 264: 262:Former Mayor 241:Gerrit Smith 239: 189: 180: 167:Gerrit Smith 159:John P. 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Index

1848 Free Soil & Liberty national Conventions
president
vice president
1848 United States presidential election
Free Soil Party
political abolitionists
Conscience Whigs
Barnburner Democrats
slavery
Martin Van Buren
Buffalo, New York
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
free states
Democrats
Lewis Cass
New York
Zachary Taylor
1844 United States elections
New England
1844
James G. Birney
Thomas Morris
Michigan
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
Salmon P. Chase
New Hampshire
1846
Independent Democrats
John P. Hale

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