The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-05-05

MONDAY, Apr.i -
After PRAYER. the president ailre,sed
the convention. and aI,olo.iz,.d for th.
harsh language used by him during the
disorder on Saturday evening. lie. how
ever, considered it his dd;y 10 speak PLAN
~ AMI positively.
The p .e>ldemt an1oun>ei that the first
hu-Iu,>, In order WAS the taking - vote on
the m,n question, which was on the sub
>tltute offered
Mr. Butlrr in behalf of Massachusetts,,
Munc,ot,, Indiana and New jersey, pre-
>ented th. Cincinnati platform, with a re-
solution for the protection Of citizens Of
foreign birth
\ y"t" being taken. the Butler ,tfornl
wa- rejected 10y avo'e Of nearly two thirds
against il; ayes lUj. nays l",.
The question was then taken on adopt
Ing the minority report As a substitute tor
the majority report, and il vas adopted
Ayes lG, nays l5>
M Floururv asked permission to mako
= personal explanation declaring himself
for Douglas and unwilling 10 obey the in
s,ruct'ou u !e;Y" the convention III case
the minority report was adopted
Ih" question then rccurrcd ON the adj
option ot Tn. majority platform.
Mr.. Ashe "t y Carolina, stated that If
would b,. compelled /" abandon the CON
vention. and diScUnnect himself from the
/ Democratic iarty
Nr Butler demanded that the question
+ be fir, taken on the first part of the rc>o-
luton affirming the Cincinnati platform,
separately, and il vas adopted ayes 253,
nays -
! Mr. Briggs. Of Nev+ York now that tho
Cincinnati platform was adopted. moved
/ that all the balance OF the resolutions 10
I la II on the tsulc.
/ Mr. Stuart raised point Of order that
/ a motion To- lay on the table would carry
the whole subject with il.
/ The president decided that it would not
/ carry To the table the Cincinnati platform
ju-t adopted
Mr Yancy. Of Ala said the motion to
lay the balance of the minority platform
on the table was Oiit of order As 1t is equi-
! valent to 4 motion To strike ont all but
the first, which would be clearly out of
/ order.
The president declared the motion to
Law on the table in order
/ After the vote had commenced, Ala,
Miss and Florida desired TO withdrs",
their votes and Arknn-as withdreW three
OF It's votes. All ref. s.n.:''t TO vote on tie
subject, the result Gas then announced
yeas y nfys Isl. so the convention re-
fused 10 lay the minority platform on the
table
The convention then proceeded 10 vote
separately on the resolutions.
/ Mr. Brown of " G, warned the gentle
men that it tlIey adopted these resOlu-
tions. that the Democratic party would
( cea~t To exist as n national party.
Mr. Richardson. of IN, rose and desired
to address the COW ntion.
/ Excitement en-ued, and the southern
members demanded a decision on the
4 point of order refusing To hear Mr.. Rich-
ar,l>on and crying him down
Mr. Richardson maintained his position,
and great anxiety was manifested to hear
. him lie made several attempts TO speak
but was called 10 order oy the Ma ana
Miss DELEGATIONS.
.I,d-e Meek, of Ala, demanded that
the convention proceed to vote, and that
no other business b,. allowed
Mr. Cochrane. OF y. ", asked suspen-
sion of the Iu.s to allow Mr.. Richard-on
to speak. Tie mot.on WA, declared out
of order
Another half hour was spent in points
of order and the privilege question. wrcn
vote was taken on the molten tH strike
out the preamble and first resolution re
lating to the bred Scott decisioa OF tho
supreme court relative /" slavery.
! Mi>>i sippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Flo
ri,ii dec j ed - vot'
The delegations generally went ont To
consult and the vote was finally announc-
Ell As follows: yeas 40 nays $50. The only
yeas were New IInmp hire !; Aass loi:
Rhode island. 1 CONNECTICUT. t; fthi-
sylyania. .. Maryland, :! Missouri D;
kentucky, J.
This WIS regarded az yielding to tho
south. The president then announced
that the preamble with the first resolutions
wer, adopted.
Mr.. Butler proposed that the balanc"
of the platform he voted down without
division.
Mr.. Stewart Of Mich. demanded o sep
arate vote on each resolution.
The vote was then takeu on the reso1u.
ton TO protect foreign born citizens.