The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-07

ed, not even heard; considerable number of those
present voted against them, and those who said
aye, did not know to what they giving their
applause. TIE pretsnce Of passing resolutions, of
adopting platform Of political 6sif, under such
circumstances. Is THE MsREsr FARCE IN WORLD,
a proceeding AS DESTITUTE OF MORAL FORCE, AS IF
REsoLurIoNs BEES ADOPTED BY DozEs
CHANCE TRAVELLERS ON BOARD A'srEAMBoAT.
The Post of the following day reafirms its
statement with additional developments in the
following emphatic language: Q
with regard to the resolutions said to have
been adopted by the Convention just before its
close, called in some quarters the Platform we
re-asssrt, in stronger terms, what we said yes
terday. Further inquiries into the circumstances
satisfy va that, that in saying that they did not
press tts sense Of the Conuention, WE usED THE
LEAST ExrREssivE PHRASE THE CASE WOULD Jus
THY. They were not adopted by the Convention,
Three Jowrtks of the members-more than three
fourths, it is said by some-had left the room; not
more usn dozen Of the rest kne,o rAat doing.
MIR. Davis, the President of The Convention, had
been obliged, by exhaustion, to leave the chair.
Mr.. Irving was in his place, and was exerting
himself vafnly to establish something like order.
Du-Thc main business of the Convention had been
completed; members and bystanders were talking
ii over with each other, and everything was at
tended to but what was going on beside the
Chair. In the midst of this hustle and confu.
sion, in the midst of loud lions shouts, and
nose of the hasty entrances and hasty departures,
something was read which nobody heard and con.
corning which very few were aware that it wac
reading. Mr.. Irving put the question on all the
Tcsolutions in lump. The ayes. in that fragment
of convention, just In the hustle of breaking up,
were more numerous than the noes, and he declnr.
nj fha Init adj otpd Erau off hp
bers then in convention, who decidedly opposed
to a part of the resolutions, and would have voted
against them if he had been given an opportunity.
we have it, that he did not even hear the resolu
tions put to vote, and was not aware of this pre-
tonce that they had been adopted till he heard Of
it afterwards. 90 Il Platform made in this manner
does no: deserve the Of farce, ,chich
ye.terday gaze IL. A FARCE is PLAYED BEFORE AN
AUDIENCE WHICH Is AWARE OF WHAT Is GOING
.oN."
These remarks being generally applicable to
the resolutions, we have only word or two to
say of them in detail Let us look at them
one by one.
I. This is the old stereotyped platitude, the
best comment on which is that when the
Wires elected General HARRISON to the Pre-
sidency, and General TAYLOR afterwards, our
Democratic friends insisted that they had
neither intelligence nor discrimination. They
will say the same when we elect General
SCorT.
II. The words of this resolution contrast
strongly with the conduct of the DEMOCRAT
Convention. If the "will of constituents" was
ever "palsied" by any set of men, it was pal
sled by delegates who were sent to Baltimore
to nominate CAss, BUCHANAN, or DOUGLAS,
and who wound up their proceedings by the
nomination Of a man whom their constituents
had never suggested for any such place. When
did WING convention ever ''palsy the WHIP
of its "constituents" after this fashion?
III. One would imagine, from this high
sounding preamble, that, in the nine consecu-
tive, subordinate propositions, there must be
something that involves the ''rectitude" of
the propounders, some nopchy in politics. But
they are all as stale as Remainder biscuits"
|. No doubt of it; but the Democracy in
sisted that General JACKSON possessed nheren,
Executive pswcr, derived from the nature of
the Chief Executive office and its necessary
tancuons, ana independent of the Constitution.
2. What this means we can best understand
and appreciate by reference to the debate at the
close of the last session of Congress, when
: HENRY Clay was rallying the friends of the
Harbor and River bill to its rescue, and when
General CAss and Mr.. DOUGLAS displayed
their "artful lodges" and Mr. SoULE and Mr..
BRADBURY read and talked it to death. There
was never party in this country to deny that
this power existed in the constitution till the
Polk party came up. Mr.. Polk vetoed bills
precisely Of the same character as those which
had been approved by Mr.. VAN buren, and
General JACKSON over and over again. And
Mr.. PIERCE will act up to the doctrines of Mr..
PoLK-for 1t is well known that he voted
against two river and harbor bills in the House
of Representatives, which passed both branches
of Congress and were signed without hesitation
by President Jackson.
3. We never knew of any one in favor of
assuming State debts.
4. Nobody can object to what is on the face of
this proposition.
5. This Is the very resolution, we suppose,
on which the DEMOCRATS nominated Mr.. Polk.
and ran up the expenses forthwith to SIXTY
MILLIONS year. The present Wing Admin
istraton has been one of constant reform and
retrenchment; as Mr.. GwIN and Mr.. HUNTER
found to their cost when Mr.. PEAEcE, of Ma
ryland, tore to shreds their charges of extrava-
gance against the War Department, and showed
that Mr.. CONRAD had curtailed the peace ex-
penses of .his Democratic predecessor many
hundred thousands of dollars.
6. The last National Bank was chartered by
this very Democratic party. We rejoice that
they have come to their senses. With the
Wines an United States Bank has long been
an "obsolete idea"
z. This was proved by the explosion of Mr..
VAN BUREN's pet banks.
8. If the Democracy will only stick to the
Declaration of Independence, and the Consi-
tuition, we shall be content. General ScoTT
was Virginia republican, and received his
first public trust from the hands of Mr.. JET
rERsoN.