Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-08-10
nemocro,,c meeting In Accomac County.

Tue COuIl 11OuSCt pi LIN
being Court day. in pursuance to n notice given
in the different portions OF the county ior
some weeks previous
On motion. DR.. Peter +. Browne was called
to the Chair, and Benz. I. Gunter appointed
Secretary. n
At the request of the Chairman, George u.
Nyisr Esd. in a few brief remarks, stated the
object of the meeting to be to take into conslu'
Grafton the action OF our delegates at Tic Nh
tional Convention Of the Democratic party,
lately held in the city of Baltimore. and to ap-
mint delegates to d State Convention OF the
Democracy. to be held at Charlottesville on the
10th day of August next, in pursuance to =
call of the Central Committee.
After stating the object of the meeting, MI.
wise offered the following resolutions:
LIST, Resolved, That we cordially approve
and ratjfy the nominations Of John Z. Brock
inridrc and Joseph Lane, for the Presidency
| and Vice Presidency Of the United States, upon
the platform of principles adopted by the
Not;anol Democratic Convention which met ut
the MARYLAND Institute, in Baltimore, on the
Odd Jay Of June last, and pledge ourselves to
use all honorable means to secure their clec-
ton.
Cd. Resolved, That we fully approve and en-
dorse the action Of our late delegates, Miers W..
Fisher and Geo. Booker. in the Baltimore Ma
tional Democratic Convention.
I'd. Resolved, That the Chairman OF this
meeting be instructed 10 appoint III delegates
from this county at large, TO represent the De-
mocracy Of this county in the State Conven-
ton which is to assemble in Charlottesville Oh
the 10th day Of August next.
18th. Resolved, That should the delegates to
- ri -. Stn-J n min urr
Wise, VIM. Old, Jr., and Nat. Tyler be and arc
hereby requested to act as alternatcS Tor this
county.
After the reading Of the resolutions, Wm.N II.
3. Gusts, Esq, arose and cNhortcd the Demo
cracy TO stand by the ancient usagcs OF their
purity, and said that he had prepared and was
ready TO support the following resolutions,
which he offered as a substitute for the resol'l-
tons offered by Mr.. Wise:
lst. Resolved. By a portion Of the Democra-
tic party Of Accomac, assembled 1T our Court
House IN public meeting, That our motto is
1.-THE Constitution and the Cnion;' that We de-
mand every right guaranteed to us hy Il strict
construction Of the former, and are willing
to discharge every obligation due to the latter.
Cd. That for nearly half a century. the DE.
~lnocratic party, when in complete possession OF
the Federal Government, has governed wisely
and well, knowing no North, no South, no
East, no West, but has promoted, to the extent
of its constitutional power, all the great and
diversified interests of the whole country.
Sd. That upon the continued success Of this
great party in the approaching Presidential
election, over the sectional and %fanatical CO.
horts Of Rcpublicanism led by Lincoln and
Eamlin, depends the best interests Of the colln.
try, if not the existence Of our beautiful, hap.
py and prosperous system Of conledcrated 90
rernmcnt.
18th. That in our deliberate Judgment there
was no good or justifiable cause for the scces.
sion of a single delegate from the late Charles
ton Convention, save only those from the State
Of Alabama, who had been instructed 10y the
power that appointed them 10 do so in the
event Of n certain contingency; the adoption
of the two.thirds rule there was perfect secnri.
ty against an obnoxious nomination, and the
South, if her delegates had been united upon
any single one Of her distinguished sons, could
have secured his nomination.
9TH. That the united request Of the delegates
from Tennessee, New York aud Virginia, to
the Democracy Of those States whose delegates
had seeded, to fiji up their vacancies by new
appointments, and to meet the adjourned Ma
tinnal Convention at Baltimore, OH the 18th Of
June, was rise and proper; and that the BAL
iilnore Convention did perfectly right to admit
them for no man, or set Of men, have any
right or business in n Convention who do not
subscribe TO the creed Of the party, and are
not willing to BIZ governed by its practices and
usages that the Democratic party should keep
itself pure MS the Church Of Christ keeps IT.
self pure, viz: by cutting of diseased and
hcretical members, for how shall brethren
dwell together in unity and harmony unless
they be Of one accord
18th. That the course Of conduct begun by the
scccdcrs at Charleston, and contaminated to its
final issue at Baltimore, is fraught with the
most lniscilievious consequences, and, il per-
sisted in, is calculated to destroy every social,
religious and political organization in the land,
for it practically carries out the doctrine that
the minority is not bound by the action of the
majority.
eth. That we are unwilling to change the prin-
ciples of our party in q single particular; that
we stand now where we stood III Ks, in '02,
and in sc, when we triumphed so gloriously
over Fremont, and saved the Union from social
convulsion and civil strife; that "non-intcrfcr-
cnce with slavery in the States and Territories,
or in the District Of Columbia, by the Federal
Government" is the true, the SoJe, and the only
solution Of that dangerous and exciting ques-
ton that the people Of Accomac and this
| Congressional District are especially committed
10 this doctrine of "non-intervention,' having
voted with great unaniInily for Il gentleman to
represent them in Congress who supported the
Compromise measures of 1880, the Kansas and
Ncbraska bill Of 1851, and who was known to
appl rove the Cincinnati platform, though not
- - n. IL. .l,ntol tn .utay1 ,,pnn fl,nt tlat
iorln-the late lion. i. il. Bayly.
Sth. That We are Democrats in full faith and
communion with the party, that we stand by
it's national organization, and that We this day
renew our confidence in its principles as pro
claimed in its platform, and express our willing
ness to abide BY its usaGes and practices as eX-
emplitied in its National Conventions from 18Th
TO the present time, and that we do conscien-
tiously declare our firm conviction that the
Convention which continued its session ut Bal
timore, after the Withdrawal of the scccdcrs,
and nominated Stephen 4. Douglas, of Illinois,
for President, and llerschel '. johnson, of
Georgia, for Vice President, was the true and
only National Convention Of the Democratic
party, and that they arc entitled TO our unqual-
flied and enthusiastic support
9th. That the present unhappy divisions in the
democratic party arc CHiei'y "ic W liz "ehH,
vascillating and inconsistent course OF the pre-.
sent Federal Executive on the Kansas policy;
that the patronage Of the Government, through
his fundamentally, has been brought into
conflict with the freedom Of elections 10 such
an extent as 10 merit the rcprobation Of eve
ry patriotic, and in the pure and better days
Of the republic would have led to his i~mpeach-
mcnt.
After reading his resolutions, Mr.. Gusts adj
dressed the Convention for more than IN hour
in support of them, and Of the nomination Of
Stephen y. Douglas and his peculiar doctrines
in regard to the Territories.
Benjamin T. Gunter replied TO Mr.. Gusts,
and supported the nomination Of Breckenridge
and Lane, and defended the action of the scce-
dcrs at Baltimore. Remarks were also made
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