The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-05-08
THIRD DAY.
WEDNESDAY, May, O.. 1860.

WEDNESDAY, May, 2, 1860.
! The Convention met at 10 o'clock q. m. in
the Theatre. The officers of the Convention
and the reporters for the press occupied the
stage the parquet was set apart for the dele
gates, Of whom there were about forty in at
tendance; the ladies, of whom there were a
large number present. occupied the dress circle
and private boxes and the family circle and
gallery were devoted to other spectators and
were densey crowded.
The roll of States was called by the Secreta-
ry, and the following States were found to have
representatives present: Dreware, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana.
Mississippi, Texas Arkansas and Virginia,
The minutes Of yesterdays proceedings were
read
Mr. Walker, of Alabama, moved to correct
the journal by substituting the words retiring
delegations" for "sccedng delegations" as there
was some odium attached to the word "seced-
ing"
Mr. Winston, Of Alabama suggested that
the word withdrawing" would be better than
''retiring,' as the Alabama delegation were
instructed to withdraw" from the Convention,
Mr. Walker remarked that the words wcrc
synonymous.
The motion to correct the journal was agreed
TO-.
Mr.. Burrow, OF Arkansas, from the COM
mittee on Platform, reported the following
resolutions:
ResolOcel, That the platform adopted by tho
Democratic party at Cincinnati be affirmed,
with the following explanatory resolutions:
First That the government of a Territory
organized 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 with their property in the Terri
tory without their rights, either of person or
property, being destroyed or impaired by Con,
crcssonal or Territorial legislation,
S,cond. That it is the duty of tho Federal
Government, in all its departments, to protect
when necessary the rights Of persons and pro-
pcrty in the Territories, and wherever else its
constitutional authority extends.
Third. That when the settlers in Territory
having an adequate population from State
constitution in pursuance of law, the right Of
sovereignty commences, and being consumma-
ted BY admission into the Union, they stand on
an equal footing with the people OF other States;
and the State thus organized ought to be ad-
m;ttcd into the Federal Union; whether its
constitution prohibits or recognizes the institu-
ton Of slavery.
Fourth. That the Democratic party arc in
favor of the acquisition Of the Island of Cuba,
on such terms as shall be honorable to our
selves and Just to Spain, at the earliest practi-
cable moment.
Fifth. That tie enactment Of State Legisla-
lures to defeat the faithful execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law, are hostile in character,
subversive Of the Constitution, and revolutiona-
ry in their effect
Sizth. That the Democratic party osshe Uni.
ted States recognize it as the imperative duty of
this Government to protect the naturalized
citizen in all his rights, whether at homo or in
foreign lands, to the same extent as it's native
horn citizens
(co"TlF-E, oH srooyr pasE.)