Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-12

terfere with slavery in the States whore
il exists under the shield OF State Sove.
rcignty, but we oppose now, MS hereto.
fore, its extension into any Of the ter.
ritorics, and will use NIL proper ard con-
stitutional means TO prevent such ex-
tension.
z. That we do not struggle for a
mere party triumph, but for the right,
and the good OF our whole country,
and that we honor those political oppo.
nents who have had the manliness TO
place themselves in opposition 10 the
administration In its assault upon the
fundamental principles Of American
librtye.
g. That Jesse d. Bright and Ora
ham N. Fitch are not Of right the rep
rescntatives Of this State in the Senate
of the United States, and ought to be
Immediately ousted thcreirom.
g. That wo will always resist the
scheme of selfish and INSCRIPTIONS per-
sons, high In power, having for It's OBJ
iect the re-transtcr of the Wabash and
Erie Canal from the bondhoders TO the
State.
10. That we are in favor Of grant.
ing 10 actual settlers on the public
land homestead of NJ lcnst l60 acres.
DEBATE ON THE PLATFORM.
On the conclusion Of the reading,
Mr.. Hudson said that the committee,
coming from sll parts Of the State uiier
long and careful consideration, had
agreed unanimously on this report, and
they urged It's adoption by the Conyen-
ton
Some gentleman, whose name we did
not catch, offered resolution amend.
ing the second resolution Of the series
by striking out all from the resolving
clausc, and inserting reailrmation Of
all Of the Philadelphia platform appli.
cable TO the present state Of affairs
Considerable confusion followed this
movement. Motions "to refer" 70 clay
on tho table, 10 adopt IT, with cries
Of "Mr. President" and the scufiling
Of efforts TO get the floor, made quite n
scene for few moments. But order
was restored Immediately. on the call
Of the President, and u motion to refer
tho resolution 10 the committee, under
the rule adopted in the morning, was
heard and entertained. The Chair dc.
cided that under the rule the resolution
must 90 10 the committee. The mover
appealed from the decision. Mr.. =. w.
Parker moved to lay the appeal on the
table, which was carried by large ma
jority.
Mr.. Riley, OF Hancock, arose and pro.
tested against the resolution. He said
he adhered TO his principles against all
influences, and no could not be sold out
TO anybody. lie was not in the market.
The resolutions he regarded rs on aban.
donment OF the principles Of the party.
and he never would yield 10 such y step,
Mr.. s. w. Parker replied, vindicaling
ut some longth the soundness Of the
resolutions and the wisdom ofthe course
indicated by them.
Mr.. Dunn, of Madison followed Mr..
Parker In defense Of the platform. He
said that if the principles Of tho Phila
dclphia Platform were declared that
was enough. He did not belong TO the
crowd that took back anything, and H.
these resolutions abandoned q solitary
vital principal OF the party he would
not accept them. But they did not. =
Hero he read the resolutions against
slavery extension, and the bred Scott
case, and asked what more could any
Republican say than those resolu.
tinns said? lie did not want TO re-
affirm all in tho Philadelphia platform.
for there were portions Of II that were
now inapplicable. He instanced the
Topeka Constitution, which he said no.
body was now in favor of, and argued
that an endorsement Of that would be
imrolitic and injurious.
Col. II. s. Lane followed. He said
the question was not whether the plat
form was the same az the Philadelphia
platform. but was II rightY (Cries of
That's IT," "That's the point. y II L
was right il was no matter whether II
had been previously d. clared Mt Phila.
delphia or not. He was in that Phila-
delphin Convention (was President as
our readers ARE aware-Eo.) and they
made platform shifted to their circum-
stances. We should do the same.
The mover Of the resolution affirming
the Philadelphia platform, whose name
nobody seemed TO know, then spoke for
it. He said that platform was dear TO
him, and he hoped to live and die on IT,
1t was cherished in the inmost chamber
Of his heart-That was all we could
catch Ct as remarks.
While. he was speaking Mr.. Riley
Of Hancock, cNne upon the stand, ex-
amined the resolutions carefully, and
finding that he had misunderstood
them, showed them to the speaker and
seemed 10 urge him to abandon his po-
sition. This movement was greeted
with,furious cheering When thespcak.