Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-30
BY TELEGRApH.
Saturday Nlght's RepoEt
rrOsah DEmooFAvio OosvHsFlos,
CHARLESTON, April %.

III. Cocbrana bf N. Y, then took the door
ana proposed his resolution sent this morning
as a substitute tor ehe majority report ous =
was declared out Of order
Nc. Bishop Of Ct, ncyed the previous
question on the platform, which oaused z ire
IleDdcus aproar and excitement ~ dozen
members beipg on the aooT Tpt once shouting p
tho top Of their voices.
The Southern members demanded THAI the
Convention should adjourn and take Vose on
the platform at noon tomorrow. A vote Dy
States was demanded on a motion to ADJOURN;
During the calling Of the roll the noise ana
confusion was unprecedented.
The motion. was carried by ayea 1856 nays
= ~ cHaHLEsroN, April %.
The Convention reassembled at 10 o'eleck.
Mr.. Moffate of Va, and Josiah Randall both
claimed the fioor which was given to Mr.. Big
Ter, of Pa, who proceeded TO address the
Convention in favor Of reconciling the ditier-
enees and nrodueinn union shd harmony, and
preserving the integrity Of the Democratic
party. He wss interrupted BY Mr.. Bishop, Of
Ct, who claimed the floor on the ground that
he moved the presions question e the time oi
the adjournment.
The Chair decided that the motion foE the
previous question last night was not seconded
therefore Mr.. Bigier was entitled 70 tbe hoor.
Mr. Bigler then introduced the Bayard re-
solutions, hoping that they may Be The means
of eeneiEating. He moved as ameans Of test
iag TIE sense of the Couqention t1at they be
gdle tl back g tie epmmitteo WIZ inatruc-
tions to report the Bayard resolutions p the
Convention in one hour.
sklE Richardson Of III denounced the motion
Half an hour was thln spent in discussing
lbe points Of order.
Tae Chair decided EIr Bieler in order who
demanded the previous que'liOn.
hE. Montgomery moved that the motion be
laid on Che ssble. a
M, Philips, of Pa inquired whether the
motion W0uk got carry the whole subject, re-
solutiOns and al, with il.
Mr, stewsrt. Of Mica, objected to tie in
quiEy. saying, We will ascertain that when the
Ashcf further debate the Char stated that the
motion 20 lay a The table the previous quss-
tioa carries win { several platforms.
Mrs Montgomery then withdrew the motion
to lay on the table.
~ Miles Of MaRlland wanted TO know what
aoald Be the effect Of the previous question.
Representing the principal slave district Of
Maryland. be wanted 70 reply to the remarks
made here BY bis eoleage., Johnson, whom he
charged with misTepresenting his constituents
and stultifyiug bis own previously exp essed
opinions.
Cries of'sThe previous question !" and it
was seconded at II O'Clock.
Florida demanded g vote by States amid
qfast excitement throughout the hall.
Hsra the minority tbe Georgia delegation
rad a resolution Of the Georgia Convention,
rrenesting, but they eontended not instrpeting
tlSir delegates to vote unit Without any
decision Of the point, the vote, as proceeded
with a result as follows ayes SO2, mays l
from Maryland 80 the main question was OrN
deFed.
The question then recufFed on the notion of
Mr.. Bigler to recommit the whole subject to
the Committee. They are as follows
/. Approving the Cincinnati platform.
That all citizens have night to settle 10 the
territories without the rights Of person or prop
erty being impaired either by congressional or
territorial legislation.
Sd. That the Democratic party stands pledged
to the doctrine that it is the duty Of
the government to maintain all consti-
tutional rights Of ProPeFty--0f whatever kind
ii the territories, and 10 enforce the decision
"a theS SaDrema Court u reference thereto.
The 4th, 5th, 9Th ard sth resolutions are the
81, 4th 9th and 9th of those reported by the
majority.
The vote was announced as follows amid
great excitement: Ayes l52, nays l5l. Motion
carried.
The nays were, Maine 5, New Hampshire S.
Vermont 5, Massachusetts, S, Rhode Island 4,
Conneoticut Al. New York IS, New Jersey 8,
PennsyIvania IL, Maryland 81 Virginia l.,
MISSOURI, 8, Tennessee l, Ohio %, Indiana 49,
Michigan s, Wisconsin s, Iowa 4, Minnesota g.
All the balance, l52, were in the affirmative.
The minority is claimed as the first test of
Douglas strength, whilst the platform, which
will probably be adopted, is AntASquatteT
Sovereignty, on which Mr.. Douglas cannot
stand. The President decided that the vote
did not carry the instruction to report within
an hour, and that the vote would now reeur on
this part Of Mr.. Bigler's motion.
Mr. Stewart, of Michigan, moved that vote
be taken on each Of the resolutions (Sensa-
tion.) Nearly an hour more was spent in dis
cussing questionsof order, Senator Bigler in the
meantime endeevoTing TO allay the excitement.
AT half past twelve ths President decided that
the motion to lay the balance Of Mr.. Bigler's
proposition on the table, was in order.
II it is laid on the table the three plstforms,
without instructions as to matter or sense, will
20 to the Committee With Mr. Bigler's propOsis
tion. Whea Gsorgia was called, the minority
of the delegation protested against the vote Of
the States being given as q unit, on the ground
that they were requested, not instructed, to
vote as a unit A debate On this point ensued,
which checked the progress Of the vote and at
half past one O'Clock the President decided
that request in the States was equivalent to
an instruction, and that they must vote as a
unit, being loss Of two Douglas votes.
Tbs vote was then announced as follows
Ayes 242, nays AZ.
So the platforms we're all referred back to the
COMMITTEES without instructions.
a motion next came up 70 instruct the Com
miitee 10 report at 4o'elock this Z, II. Mr.
Phillips, Of Pa, moved to adjourn TIL 10 O'Clock
Monday.
The motion was, however, Withdrawal, and
the question recnrred on the motion to instruct
the Committee to report at o'clock which wa
adopted, and at quarter Of 2 the Convention
adjourned till Ao'eiOCk.
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