Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-05-01
Action Of The Platform Commsttoe.

On Thursday night, the 26th of April the CONT
tee on Resolutions adopted the following Platform
by a vote of Il to lG on the motion of Mr. BAYARD
Of Delware:
Resided, That the Platform adopted by the Dem
ocratic party at Cincinnati. be affirmed. with the
following explanatory resolutions
ReS0.UeI That the government of Territory or
ganized by an act of Congress Is provisional and
temporary and during its existence all citizens OF
the United States have an equal right to settle in
the Territory, without their rights Of either person
or property being destroyed or impaired by Con
e,ressional legislation
Resolced. That It is the duty of the Federal Gov
ornment to protect, when necessary, the rights of
7rs0ns on the high seas in Territories or WHEREBY
or its constitutional jurisdiction extends.
Regolrsd. That when the settlers in a Territory.
having adequate population. form Constitution,
the right of sovereignty commences, AID on admis-
sion into the Union they stand an equal footing
with the people of other States and ought 70 be ad
United into the Federal Union whether the ConSti-
tuition adopted by them prohibit or recognize the
institution Of slavery.
The correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette says;
When the vote was first taken there was tic, but
Crosweu. of New York, after consulting with Coch-
raue and others of the delegation, came back and
rave an affirmative vote. Subsequently, however,
this vote was reconsidered when Clark Of Missouri
moved 10 strike all out after the word Resolved,
and insert the Tennessee resolutions.
The questions was called for, and the motion to
strike out was carried but the motion TO insert the
Tennessee resolutions failed. The vote was as fol-
lows observation-disclosures, Kentucky, Missouri,
OREGON Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont,
New York New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indl-
ana. Michigan. CalfOrnia-tOtal H. Negauye-Del-
aware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, south
Carolina. Georgia Florida. Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi. Texas, Arkansas, Name, Massachusetts
Illinois, Iowa Wisconsin. Minnesota--tOtal -. This
vote grew out of the fact that the resolutions were
not strong enough for the twelve Southern States
ana too strong Tor the Douglas men.
The platform as reported to the convention by a
majority Of Che committee, was then adopted. The
Charleston Courier says:
The first two resolutions were reported by Mr..
CLARK, Of Missouri being n norton of The Platform
az O1a'ea 10y that State. They were adopted BY q
'ole OF Is TO i5-thc States of New York Califor-
,' 'r oregon voting with the South in the atirma-
NJ, INC tAlru resolution is plank out of the
5eLa"afe flattorm, being the second resolution of
~ series reported by Mr.. Bayard. The fourth
hlh and sixth resolutions were contributions f-,7,,
o'Igr members Of the committee.
me minority of the committee moved the adon-
1'9 d the Cincinnati Platform. with a resolutia,
su' referring all questions of slavery in the Ter
--'TIlss 70 the decision Of the Supreme Court
j nls was defeated, by a vote of lG to New
York voting in the affirmative
Inc New York Delegation held q meeting aftar
the above result of the committees dpIiberafiops
was known, and. It Is said, by vote of as 10 ~ a
quested their representatives on the committee r.
endeaYor 10 reconsider the vote adopriDr the Ne
sour portion Of the Platform, and TO vote for NM
CINCINNATI Platform, pure and simple.