Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-06-16
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, &c.

position? Who desires more SOLID fouuda
tionf Who could crave more exalted plat
form? The platform shows it wns -ynstruc
ted by master workmcn"
Thus saith the last Virginia Rerublicaa
Hear now What leading Democratic papel
in New York. tho Evening Post, " says upor
the Same subject:
with regard to the resolutions said Il
have been adopted by tho Convention just
before its close. called in some quarters The
platform, VIC re assert, in stronger terms
what we said yesterday. Further Inquiries
into the circumstances. satisfy us that ID
saying that they did not express the ssnse O.
the Convection, We used the least excessive
phrase Tie wsrd would justify 7ary were
not adopted By lie Contention Three
fourlhs Of the members more than three
foarths. il Is said by some--llai LEFT the room
not more than dozen Of tie rest knew what
was deing Mr.. Davis, the President of the
Convention, had been Obliged hy exhaustion
to leave the Chair. Mr. Irving was in bis
place, and was exerting himself yainly TO es-
tablish something like order. The nan bu-
siness Of the Convention had been c. mplc'cd
members and bystanders we're talking it over
With elc'i other ard everything u .tendcd
to but what was going on beside lie Chair.
In the midst of this hustle aad confusion in
the midst of loud conversations, shouts aal
noise Of the hasty entrances and hastr ,lepar-
lures something was read which nobody
heard, and concerning which very few were
aware that it was reading Mr. Irvier put
the question on all the resolutions in lgnp
The ayes, in tina. fragment Of Convent n.
j1st IN the hustle Of breaking up. were mare
numerous than the noes and he declared tie
resolutions adopted Frem one Of The mem
bers, then in the conventipn. who was ,l.t.i
dcdly opposed to part Of the resolutions,
ard would have voted against them IL be bed
been given al opportunity, we havc il that
he was not aware Of the prctence tia. they
bad been adopted till be heard Of it afterwards
n platform made in this manner does not
epen deserve The name Of farce, mhi.i re
yesterday gaze it, A farce il played before
an audience which is aware OF what Is going
en-"
-Four days were consumed in selecting
candidate-or rather 10 bringing all the RI IN
iusnt men Of the party to the block No re-
gard whatever, being had to past services
distinguished ability. or fitness for the posi-
tion--wbilc very few minutes snly were
required to erect tho NOBLE PLATFORM -
This would not have been ton rapid work. If
I. had been the result Of unani,nity. How
much consideration was given to it, and how
much the Convention really cared for princi
pies, the contemplate exhibition which IT,
Post presents to US, will enable us to pr
fstand.
The fnahty ofhe Compromise constitutes
one Of the planks Of this vaunted Platform,
The country has heretofore experienced some
thing Of the sincerity Of the Democratic Party
upon this seijec, tits well to hear in rnir,l
that the famous tireaty frst yule was adop-
I'D by the Democratic Congress Immediately
preceding the Presidential Election of 1910
IL excluded all Abolition petitions. Al IT,,
next session of Congress, within sixty days
after the election. when tie occasion for wlicl
It had been adopted had passed. motto,
was made to rescind the rule. and every
Democrat but two from the State Of New
York voted for the repeal In the ueyt--
the twenty seventh Congress there was
Wing majority. bat the mule" was not re-
pcaled oyit. H. tie twenty eighth Congress
there was large Democratic majority, ali,
the repeal failed At the commencement of III,
FIRST session by only foar votes. AT til,
second session of that Congress, with larg,
Democratic majority the rule was repealed
Such is Democratic consistency We hay
witnessed very recently ii the conduct of th,
party. that which is not calculated to remove
the imputation Of daph Nv At the legin
ming Of tie present scssi u of Congress,
caucus Of the party declined to adopt reso
luton declaring the 6nality If the Compro
mise Not mary mouths afterwards, as TIL
period for the Presidential nominations ap
preached, we fad a majority of the Democrat
in the House Of Representatives, voting tina
tho Compromise measures should be fna
settlement Of tie agtating questions by
vote, however, far from unanimous Their
being only "a Democrats for and 33 agaius
the fiaalty resolution Of jackson; and &C 70
and SO against that Of ilillycr-aud now w
witness the farcical proceedings attending
the adoption of SO grave measure by thei
Convention.
This is the party for which is claimed s.
exclusive devotion to the Compromise. =
We do not say that Northern Wings ar
more favorable to the Compromise thai
Northern Democrats In the present condi
ticn of the whole subject we have no fear
that a repeal win be attempted by eitbe
party, as party, although hostility or hostil
influences exist to some extent in both par
ties at the North Upon question purel
geographical this would be maniestly una
voidable.
Novfharn Whios in Conoraaa aa veil n