The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-05-04
CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT
PLATFoRM ADOFrED.
NINE sOUTIiBRN STATES Pno-
TEST AND WITHDRAW.
Cuantfsfos. Aprn p7.

I The Convention met at 10 O'Clock.
Mr. King, Of Missouri, presented n se
RIGS of resolutions irYorinF the admis
sion Of the delegates from Kansas, whi
claimed seats on the ground that shi
would be admitted into the Union bofort
the election. Referred 20 The Commit
tee.
An announcement was made al l03I
that the Committee on Platform woul,
not be ready 10 report for an hour, and I
Temporary recess or promenade was TAX
en- for thst time The floor being crowd
ed with ladies' as we'll az the western gel
lerica, there wus a clatter Of tongues anC
peal after peal Of laughter going on, thai
is in strpng antagopism to tho suspend
e.. cxciteiuout pf.fho Conpchtion.
After recess, printed copies Of the mn.
ioriiy, platform report were scattered
over the Convention. Ono Of the mi
nority reports was signed d. F. Butler on
behalf OF the minority which merely re.
afiirms the Cincinnati platform, declaring
Democratic principles Interchangeable In
their nature, when applied TO the same
subject matter, and only recommends in
addition % the Cincinnati platform res.
oluuon recommending the protection Of
| all citizens, whether native or naturaliz.
cd Tho principal minority report how.
ever " signed BY Maine, New Hampshire
Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut
New Jersey, Ohio, lndiano, illinois
Wisconsin, Iowa, New York and Penn
sylvania. The points are az follows;
lst. Affirming the Cincinnati plat
form.
%. That all rights Of property arc
judicial In character, and the Demoora.
cy pledge themselves 20 the decisions oI
the Supreme Court on the subject.
81. Ample protection 20 citizens, ma.
tive or naturaliEed, whether at home oi
abroad.
4th. Pledges Governmental aid to
the Pacific Railroad.
9th Fuvora the acquisition Of Cuba
on terms honorable 20 ourselves and just
TO Spain.
9th. That all State resistance 20 the
Fugitive Slave Law is revolutionary, and
subvtrs'vo Of the Constitution.
The majority report is in substance a'
alreudy tclegraphed.
Atii.3O <. NJ. the Convention roas-
semblpd.
Tho majority report was read by Mr..
Avery, who was instructed 20 say that
entire ununimity did not prevail on por-
ton of the resolutions. Tho first and
third resolutions, In relation to slavery
in the Territories aud the duty Of the
General & Governmontto protect the rights
Of persons, were adopted by large ma
jority Of the Convention.
Tho second, In relation 10 tho Fugi-
tive Slave Law, aud the fourth in reIa-
ton to naturalzed citizens, were adopted
unanimously. The fifth in favor Of the
acquisition Of Cuba, was adopted without
The two minority reports were present.
cd by Mr.. Butler, OF Massachusetts,, and
Mr. Payne, Of Ohio, the latter stating
that his report, although minority one
represented ia electoral votes, while
the majority report represented 1877 elce-
toral votes.
Mr.. Johnson, Of Nd, inquired how ma
ny Of tho electoral votes represented by
the minority report can be depended up
on for the Democratic nominee. Laugh
ter and applause.
Mr. Payne could not say nor could he
speak for Maryland, which goes with the
majority.
Mr. Payne offered his platform as a
suhstltute Tor tho whole, and Massachu-
setts delegate proposed another set. All
tie reports having been presented, Mr..
Avery addressed the Convention, claim
ing that his report represented ~ Dem.
ocratio States Of the Union. He allud-
ed TO the fact that Mckee and Cuba,
with Central America, would inevitably
form part Of the Union, and with Pop
ular Sovereignty doctrine, as proclaimed
in tho minority report, no stakeholder
wculd dare TO enter these Territories with
his slaves. Il was said that Northern
men did not like 10 be thrown into nsso.
citation with Shareholders, and he appeal
ed 20 gentlemen to correct that error,
and TO provo 20 the South that the Dem-
pcratic purity at the North entertained no
such sentiment. There is distrust a.
monR the masses Of the people, Of their
Northern allies. We Bympathze with
YOU when yen are called doughiaoes at
the North, and we ask you to give US the
evidence that our symPathies are well
placed. Hi