Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-06-23
SECOND DAY-THURsDAY.

SECOND DAf-I HURSDAf
The Convention assembled pursuant to ad journ-
ment. The proceedings of yesterday having been
read, Messrs. Cabell and Bransford severally in
troduced resolutions having in view the compile
ton of the organization by adopting rules for the
government of the Convention. The resolution of
Mr.. Welsh, for the same purpose, offered yester-
day, was withdrawn; when after debate, the fol-
lowing, proposed by MIR. Bolts, was adopted -
Resolved, That on every vote on which divi
sion shall be ordered, each State shall be entitled
to as many, and no more, each State is entitl-
ed to in the electoral college, and that the rules
of the House of Representatives be adopted as the
rules of this Convention, far as they may be ap-
plicable.
On the adoption of the resolution there was
long-continued applause.
MIR. Duncan, of La, moved the following:
Resolved, That committee, to consist of one
member from each State in the Union represented
in this convention, be appointed, whose duty it
shall be to draft series of resolutions, expressive
of the sentiments of the Wings Of the Union on
the great doctrines cherished by them-or other
wise platform of principles to be maintained by
the Wings in the coming campa ign.
Resolved, That the members of said committee
be selected by the delegates from each State
each State represented appointing its own mem
Der and the committee to appoint its own chair
man.
Resolved, That this convention will not pro-
coed to ballot for or otherwise nominate cand-
date for President or Vice President, until said
committee shall have reported and this conven-
ton shall have taken final action on said report.
The question was taken on the first resolution
and resulted as follows: Yeas 20O nays Sc.
Mr.. Bolts moved that the vote be reconsldered
and that that motion be laid upon the table, which
was agreed to.
The question then REQUIRED on the adoption of
the second resolution, namely "That the mem
bers ofsaid committee be selected by the delegates
from each State, each State appointing its own
member, and the committee to appoint its own
chairman
MIR. Jessup, of Pennsylvania, said that as the
business is to be transacted by the committee, it
act of justice to the large States that they
should have proper representation the com
mittee. He therefore moved an amendment as
follows s'And that in said committee each men,
Der be authorized TO cast the number of votes to
which such State is entitled in the electoral col
lege."
This amendment was adopted by vote of 149
yeas to 144 nays.
Mr. Ewing, of Ohio. then offered a substitute
for the second resolution as amended, by which the
members snould vote in the usual way, and not &C
cording to the number of votes in the electoral col
lege.
A long debate ensued on the amendment. With
out decision the Convention adjourned until this
evening at 6 O'Clock.
ECeUWS DeSStOn.
The Convention was called to order at clock,
when the journal of the morning read.
The President stated the question before the
body to be on the substitute offered by MIR. Ewing
for the second resolution of Mr. Duncan, as given
in the former proceedings, and which resolution
had been amended by Mr.. Jessup.
Mr.. Ewing substitute is as follows
Resolved, That the committee shall consist of
one delegate from each State, selected by the dele
gates of SAID State.
Mr.. Jessup moved to amend this as follows -
"That each member of said committee on resolu-
tons shall be entitled to vote many votes the
State he represents is entitled to in the electoral
college.
This was in substance the same amendment
d 5ssa sdR these
without taking the question the Convention ad-
journed until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
THIRD DAY-FR1DAY.
The Conuention was called to order, and the Pre-
sident stated that the question before the body as
pending when the Convention adjourned last night
to wit, the substitute to the second resolution of Mr.
Duncan which had been amended on motion of Mr.
Jessup, and which substitute of Mr.. Ewing was as
follows:
Resolved, That the committee shall consist of
one delegate from each State selected by the de-
legates of each State.
MIR. Jessup arose to ask leave to withdraw the
amendment which he offered to Mr. Ewing s sub
stltute, proposing that each member of said COM
mittee on resolutions cast as many votes as the
State he represents is entitled to in the electoral
college. To this there was no objection, and the
question REQUIRED on the substitute of Mr. Ewing,
which was adopted.
This step was followed by the appointment of
committee on the Platform. The report of ma
jority of the committee on credentials was subse-
quently made and adopted.
The Convention adjourned till O'Clock, P. M.
Erening Session.
At the evening session the committee on the
Platform submitted the following resolutions
The Wings ofthe United States, in Convention as
sembled, firmly adhering to the great conservative
Republican principle by which they are controlled
and governed, and now. as ever, relying upon the
intelligence of the American people, with an acid
ing confidence in their capacity for sef-govern-
ment, and their continued devotion to the Constiu-
ton and the Union, proclaim the following as the
political sentiments and determinations for the es-
Enlistment and maintenance of which their ma
tional organization as party is effected:
|. The Government of the United States is of
limited character, and it is confined to the exer-
else of powers expressly granted by the Consttu-
ton, and such as may be necessary and proper for
carrying the granted powers into full execution,
and that all powers not thus granted necessarily
implied are expressly reserved to the States re-
spectively and to the people.
2. The State governments should be held secure
in their reserved rights, and the General Govern
ment sustained in its Constitutional powers, and
the Union should be revered and watched over as
'tthe palladium of our liberties''
3. That while struggling freedom, every where,
enlists the warmest sympathy of the Wing party,
we still adhere to the doctrines of the Father of
his Country, as announced in his Farewell Address.
of keeping ourselves free from all entanpling ALI
ances with foreign countries, and of never quitting
our own to stand upon foreign ground That our
mission as Republic is not to propagate our opin
ions, or impose on other countries our form of GOV
eminent, by artifice or force, but to teach by ex
ample, and show by our success, moderation and
justice, the blessings of self-government and the
advantages of free Institutions
a. That where the people make and control the