Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-30

liberty, and TO uphold and enforce the Constitu-
ton in its sublime principles of justice and equity.
Resotoed, That We regard the Prohibitory
Liquor Act passed by the Legislature of this State
at It's last session, as not only violation of the
Constitution, but also as subversive of personal
liberty and the rights of private property, and
that It's repeal is, in our opinion, imperatively
demanded.
RESOLVED, That we cordially invite all who agree
with us in the doctrines here enumerated, regard
less offormer associations to unite with us in en-
grating them upon the policy of the country, but
| II is upon principle alone that we invite union
We denounce all coalitions of those holding hostile
sentiments as unprncipled and demorazing.
The Committee nominations reported the
following gentlemen for State officers:
| Secretary Of State-AARoN WARD.
| CompiroAer-Z. b. MITCHELL.
| Ireasuyer--J. Nj. Lyons.
| Canal Commissioners. FoLLETT.
| State Prison Inspecf0r-DARIUs CLARK.
| Attorney Generai-JosIAH SUTHERLAND.
State Engineer-GEo. Cole.
Judges Of the Court Of .fppeais--S. S. SELDEN
for the long term, and JOHN WILLARD for the
short term.
| State Central Committee was appointed:
| Mr.. Cutting, of Erie, from the Committee to
nominate delegates at large, proposed for dele
gates Greene G. Bronson, Charles O'Conor,
4 Samuel Beardsley and George W. Clinton For
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and IL. S. Cutting.
| On motion of Mr. Bartlett, of Broome, it was
resolved, that the vote of New York shall be cast
| in the National Democratic Convention by the
| delegates now selected as unit, and in accor-
/ dance with the preference of majority of the
| delegates.
An address was also adopted, for which we can
| not find room.
| MIR. Haskns desired, as there had been much
| discussion on the Kansas question, to offer some-
| thing which would no doubt be agreed to by the
entire Convention. He moved that what he
| should read should be added to resolution that
| at present read somewhat ambiguously He then
read as follows: Sand that in furtherance of these
! principles we give our unqualified adherence to
the Kansas Nebraska bill, and oppose any effort
to re-estabish the Missouri Compromise.
This was passed.
| Three resolutions were offered, which gave rise
to much debate, in which there were manifesto
| tons of angry feeling. One was resolution of.
| fered by Daniel Sickes, esq, in the following
| words:
| Resoired, That this convention, actuated by
patriotic desire to re-establish the ascendancy of
| the Democratic party, and thereby to defeat the
| parricidal efforts of the Wings of New York
| to form Northern sectional organization COM
bining the various fanatical and dangerous isms
| of Democratic brotherhood, invite the conven-
ton which is to assemble at Syracuse on the 29th
instant, to Join this convention in affirming the
principles embodied in the platform by us adopt
ed; and in the said convention shall so con-
cur, and also provide for the joint nomination of
an equal portion of the ticket for State officers
| to be supported at the ensuing election that the
State Central Committee be empowered to with
draw one-half of the ticket proposed by this con-
| vention.
This resolution drew out both Kisses and APP
| plause, when Mr. Sickles very properly remarked
| that he would submit it to the arbitrament of
heads, not heels. The speech which Mr.. Sickles
made in introducing this resolution is said to have
been brilliant. The resolution was lost by vote
| of nays "a, to 10 yeas, absent Is.
| The next resolution (condemnatory of the Adj
ministration) was offered by Mr.. Haskins, of New
York. II was as follows:
| Resolved, That considering the violation by
the present Federal Administration, of the pledges
under which it came into power, its close atfila-
ton with abolition and anti-slavery agitators of
l84S, and its glazing subserviency to the Southern
| Disunion Secessionists, its wicked and reckless
attack upon the rights of the States its bold usur
patton in using its great central power in oon-
trolling the local elections Of sovereign States, its
weak and cowardly foreign policy, especially in
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| upon our citizens and commerce, and the acqu-
stion of Cuba, and the inscriptions abuse of its
i patronage on removals from, and appointments
| to ofhce-the National Democracy of this State
will continue to the end, uncompromisngly hos
tile and opposed to it. Its support or its friend
ship, considering its past conduct, will be found
to be more dangerous than its open hostility.
This resolution was rejected yeas 60, nays 80.
A specific resolution denunciatory of Know
nothingism offered by Mr. Beebee, of New
York, which seems not to have been considered.
Having now given the material and important
proceedings of the convention (true not in exact
order,) we shall proceed to submit few remarks
| on them.
| Notwithstanding the remarks with which we
commenced, we regard this platform of the
Hards as good and sound platform 1t meets
as distinctly as is necessary all of the pressing
issues Of the day.
The first resolution declares the adherence Of
the National Democrats to the "princples Of
the National Democracy and of the Constitution, /"
and TO the Democratic platforms of I94s and
1852.
The third resolution declares in favor of State
Rights, Of strict construction Of the Constilu-
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upon all domestic State" and Territorial ques-
tons, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT OF sLA-
VERY, and for excluding all such subjects"
from the action Of the Government of the Union
As though this resolution were not sufficient, il
was, on motion, so amended as specifically to
embrace the Nebraska Kansas bill-in these
words "ASD THAT IN FURTHERAScE or THESE
PRINCIPLES, WE GIVE OUR UNQUALIFIED ADnE-
RENEE TO THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BILL, AND
OPPOSE ANY EFFORT TO RE-EsTABLIsH THE MIS-
| souRI COMPROMISE"
The fourth is sufficiently plain and emphatic
against the know-nothings
The fifth is against that abomnaton, the pro-
hibitory liquor law
And the sixth, with ample candor and ex-
plicitness, presents accommodating prsffers 10 the
| Softs. True, il does not namo them, but they are
embraced in it, indeed they are the people aimed
at. IL invites all who agree in the platform Of
principles promulged, to unite with tbem..as in.
dividuals, at the same time that il denounces all
corrupt 90 coalitions ~