M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-06-12

State, and whereas the delegation from sale
State, represented by the Honorable Sam
luel Beardsley, also represent an organized
r portion of the Democracy of said State, and
4. whereas, said delegations have voluntarily
il pledged themselves to abide by the decision
and support both the nominees ofthe Ma
= tional Democratic Convention now in ses-
G sion, and the platform ofprinciPles adopted,
/, therefore,
l. Resolved, That it is the, duty of the entire
Democracy of New York to unite and, as a
4, beginning of that union, that the two dele
cations from that State be now consolidated.
Resolved, That that portion Of the De-
d mocracy of New York represented by the
d delegation, of which the Hon. Horatio Sey-
e mour is chairman, are entitled, on the score
9 Of numbers, to forty-four delegates, and that
+ portion of the Democracy represented by
: the delegations, of which the II on. Samuel
e Beardsley is Chairman, is entitled on the
e score of numbers to twenty-siX delegates in
said Convention, and that said delegation be
: admitted in proportion aforesaid to seats in
: the Convention, the persons SO to be admit
ted to be designated by the respective dele
j cations, and that, in counting the vote of the
State of New York in the Convention, the
2 minority shall not be subject tO the majority
t without their consent.
| RESOLVED, That the delegation from New
, York, when admitted, be permitted to record
their votes upon the resolutions adopted yes
, terday by the Convention.
Hon. James A. Bayard, of Delaware
Mr.. Presidept:-Ai member of the Com
mittee on Credentials and Chairman OF that
Committee, ], In common with other Of my
colleagues, dissent from the report Of the
majority Of the Committee just read, and il
becomes my duty to submit q minority re.
port, closing with a recommendation which
expresses the views we entertain. In order
to do entire justice to those opposed by me, |
, will say that there is but one difference be-
tween us. We are both anxious to throw
the curtain over the past The difference be-
tween us is that the minority consider that
) as these two rival sections Of the Democratic
party in New York were at the time they
broke into seperate organizations almost ex
aCtly equal in the popular yole, that we had
no right to treat either of them as seceders,
( but aIe bound to treat them both as organic
5 sections and put them on all equality
r Great applause.
S We were Just as anxious to throw a cur
f tain over the past as the majority could be
: and if we have been forced to the necessity
Y of giving our reasons for dissenting to the
,f report adopted bya majority of the Commit
v tee, as wrong, think the fault rests not witt
n us. / proceed to read the report, which is a
follows;-
ResolU d, That the two delegations from
O New York be authorized TO select each 81
n delegatesand that the seventy delegates thu
e selected be admitted as the delegation Of tn
: two sections Of the New York Democracy tc
+. this Convention, and that they be allowed
d one hour to report their selections, Th
Y two delegations to vote separately, each to
: be entitled to seventeen votes, the remainin;
n vote of this State to be cast alternately b.
the two delegations; the Solts casting it thi
e first time.
>, The minority report was acquiescel in BY
ID delegates on the committee from States ol
e C Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware
d MARYLAND, Indiana, Maine, Wisconsin, New
(, Jersey aud California.
!. After reading the report Mr.. Bayart
# said:
a Mr.. President, one word more. | do no
70 desire to discuss this question. will moi
n advert to the facts stated in our report, and i
n the members of this Convention will do mt
If the favor 10 read it they will see that the res
d olutiOn which introduced informally ha
r not one word rejecting on the integrity o
" either section of the Democratic party Of New
York. 1t drops the curtain owe
n The past, and puts them both on al
/ equality, and if it is adopted, it will exclude
from that State everything like future con
tention unless they are both utterly unrea
sonable.
~ We assume that both sections are equa
or in number, and we put them both on Al
N equal footing, because, and for that reaso
- alone, since the 9th Of January, 1856, til
50 Softs have for the first time become the rep
resentatives Of national sentiments coinCi
- dent with the Hards and with the Nationa
- Democracy of the countrv-sentiments tina
were yesterday reiterated and reafirmed in ou
r platform.
-. -. This is the difference between the minor
~ ty and the majority Of the Committee. W
~ ~ the minority, were unwilling to place tn
Hards in position Of nferioEity, founded o
!. votes partly local and partly effected by tn
:, national principles which the Hards main
10 tanned, and let the Softs take the advantag
Of the vo tie they polled in 1855, when thei
principles were directly antagonistica wit
: those of the Democratic party.
We thought it best to waive all this, pu
:. both sections on an equality, and let ther
= stand before the Convention divided in sue
a manner that it would be equitable and fai
e to both sides. If the Convention approx
this report, it will have the effect,by recogni
70 zing neither exclusively and showing n
= difference between them, to force them int
s. mutual concessions; and we may expect herr
ct after to'reap all the advantage which unio
le between these two sections in their Stat
We will give US.
le B. F, Butler, of Mass.-After waiting tv
oil days for New York delegations to settle the
IL differences, think we are not called upu
mt to delay further in order to have extendt
ne debate upon the subject. Therefore, givir
ed the Hards the advantage Of long and labo
lie ed report which has been read, | now, in o
IL der that a decision may be come to, and v
proceed to The business we were sent here
'lr perform, move the previous question.
IS, Mr.. Richardson, ofIll., said that he d
at not wish to have New York politics carrie
n, into Illinois, but, if the report of Mr.. BaI
IN ard was adopted. he would be compelled,
ee Illinois, this fall, to explain and defend ths
n action He thought that if the Conventio
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