Red Wing sentinel., 1859-08-20


Toombs--G. d. Redfeld.
Wab,shaw--H. c. Simpson. 8. 8. Burlc.
son. G. Z. Spotswood and W. W. Wright,
Wadena--W. Crooks.
WaSeca--E. A. liicc and Alex. johnson.
Wa>hington--Go!d 4. Curtis. Robert
Dyson. John Moore, Ii. F. Noyes and 8. s.
Muriock
W.nona--C. w. Cotton, Joshua Brge,
A. w. Webster, w. III. Dill, II. IL. Johns
ton and :. Melville.
Wrisht--William Shcllew and Edward
lIawley
The report Of the Committe was accept
led.
Alter number Of motions had been
made, proposition offered by Mr.. Van
r ten, that the delegates from the countieS
enumerated in the call be admit. ell to seats
ana that the Convention thus composed
should decide up"n the claims Of other ap.
p'.can,s, was lost. The report Of the Com
ln''tee' admitting all claimants to seats in
the Convention, was then adopted.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The COMMITTEES on Permonent .Orsaniza.
ton reported he following permanent off,
GERS Of the Convention
President-Hon. Il. II. Johnston, of WI.
mona county. .t.:tE& r '@
Vice Pre>idents--IIon. Martin M'I.eod
Of i1enne2in, and Hon. f.. A. M'Mahon. OF
tjlmsted.
J. Secretaries--J.J j. Noah, of Ramey; VIM
Colvfil, 'lr., Of Goodhue; and $. S. Burle.
son. Of Wabasllaw.
/ Hon.. Ii. II. Johnson, the Pre- >ident, wa;
introduced to the Convention by the retiring
11ChalrniAn Judge E.ly4rlon On taxing he
chiir,: Mr.. j. thanked the Convention sin.
cer'e4y 10: the honor conferred in calling upou
him to preside:
Fs "a C0mmittee on Platform was then ap.
pointed, when the Convention adjourned
until half pa II nine on Thursday morning.
5s3st SECOND DAY.
The Convention assembled at 1O O'Clock
the President, lion. II. II. Johnston in the
ichair. ~
Mr.. Caruthers moved that committee ol
one from each judicial district be appointed
t" report basis of representation for future
conventions. Adopted: and Messrs. Car
uthers, Dean. Yates, Cowan, Brisbin and
Curtis, appointed.
SIX he appolntel to present the names OF
trooper persons to constitute State Central
COMMITTEE. ,.- ..
Mr.. Hall moved to amend that the Chair
appoint State Committee f one from each
Senatorial district. The motion was finally
amended, by authorizing the President to
appoint State Committee oe six, on. from
each judicial district.
Mr.. Young moved the Convention pro
coed to the nomination of Governor.
!he motion was objected TO-, on ground
that the platform had no' been reported, and
no nomination should be made unit! such
report had been presented.
The motion to go into 4 nomination OF
Governor was lost, ayes l22. nays Is. ".
Some considerable time elapsed before the
committee On resolutions made heir appear
anco. This was consumed in various mo
IONS OF no public interest or Importance.
-.. THE PLATFORM.
Mr. Vfn Ettel, from the committee on
platform, SAID he was prepared to report the
resolutions recommended. ConSiucrab' e
discussion had arisen in commit ee, and AZ
he favored the utmost latitude and freedom
Of debate on the s;1'iect, h. would NOV.
that the Convention resolve itself into ;,
caucus Of the Democracy Of tho State, for
the consideration of the report of the Com.
,mittee. .r. .-.......
The motion was adopted, and at II 4. NJ
the Convcn ion resolved it>e:t into il eau u>,
excluding all persons but del gates and the
representatives of the Democratic press Of
the State. The caucus took up the plat
form, and discussed 1t for five hours, in al,
amicahle sDiri The princi al bone IL con
tenti,n was the resolution on State policv.
which. after several unsuccessful attempts
to amend it, was approved by the caucus in
the manner it came from the committee
At four O'Clock the CAUCUS dissolved, the
doors were opened, and the Convention was
once more called to order.
Mr.. VAN ErrES from the Committe on
Re olu'ions presen ed the following plat.
form: ...'
PLATFORM.
We, the Democracy Of MINI sofa, by our
Delegates in Convention ass .mb!ed, do af-
firm and reSolve--i ~ ->fHaotl Il s." -,
First That the States Of the Union are
sovereign and equal: and the powers $ not ex :
presSly delegated to the Federal Government
'"AS 'SS''.S!~ ~ WV pS'trnS ~ uo oIiSteS.
Second That the people of the Terrto.
RIGS are justly entitled 10 the unai:,turbe'l
regulation Of their local affairs, free from
intervention by Cong es$ or BY any State,
and su'j ject only the Consti ution of he
United STA es that, on attaining the mum.
Der Of inhabitants equal to tie ratio uf rem T..
:rcsentation IN the lower nous, OF Congress,
such pe">le have the right to organize a
State Government, and. demand admission
inlD the Federal Uni"n; and that, in the
organization Of such s ate Government, the
People, BY the Will IF the majority, fairly
expressed At the ballot. box, have the cxclu
sve right to adopt any: constitution which
does not conflict with a Republican form Of
Governme Z. 2ef# IT, 81 81. y
Third u..-Tho Democracy of Minnesota re
itcrate, and fully endorse the atonal Demo-
crate Convention at Cincinnati, in 1856,
AMI further decl re that the institution of
slavery under the Con, tuition .of the
United States, cln only become per
t'nent political question within the State
|or Territory where it is proposed toes ab-
lisa, retain, or abolish it; that the citizens uf
such State or Territory, respectively. have
'exclls'v jurisdiction Of the subject. matter
Within It's own limits; and that, therefore,
Congress has no Ipowerto establish or pro-
tect slavery ia, or to exclude slavery from
any OF thc Territories Of the United States.
Fourth-That any attempt to reopen the
African Slave Trade, is dissracetuI TO the age