The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02

man from voting his sentiment for fear OF
the bludgeon or the bullet. Long aud pro.
loDged applause.
Mr.. Johnson desired to reply, but Mr..
Butler would not yield, saying, however, that
this condition OF affairs. He knew they did
all they could to resist it.
Mr.. Butler concluded with an appeal to
let swell enough" alone, and the Convention
took recess until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SEssIoN.-The Conventio n
re. assembled at 4 O'Clock this P. N.
Mr.. Bayard, Of DEL, presented another
series of resolutions, as follows:
The first affirms the Cincinnati Platform:
The second declares that Territorial Gov
ernments are provisional and temporary, and
that during their existence all citizens of the
United States have On equal right to settle
in the Territories without their rights of
either persons or property being destroyed
or impaired by Congressional Legislation.
The third declares that it is the duty Of the
Government to protect the rights of persons
and propeaty on the high seas, in the Terri
tories or wherever its constitutional authority
extends.
Territory have adequate population to form
State Constitution, the right Of sovereignty
being consummated by their admission into
the Union, they stand upon on equal footing
with the citizens OF other States, and
State, thus organized, is to be admitted into
the Union, slavery or no slavery.
Mr.. Barksdale, of Miss, proceeded with
a violent but eloquent Southern speech.-
He declared that when the Democratic party
dies the Constitution will die with it. That
il the party fails in it's duty now it will be
more dead than if defeated Ot the polls.
Gov. King, of Mo-, addressed the Con.
vention in favor OF harmony and concilia.
tiou. Delegates came here instructed to do
the best that could be done for the Demo
cratic party. The majority report had q
sting of deuth in it, and he would vote for
the minority report os a substitute. All the
people want is the Cincinnati without any
tail to it. He spoke Of the Black Repub-
licans as about as sharp as men usually get,
and SAID they would ridicuDe their msjorty
platform ss Janus-faced and CONTRADICTORY
So far as Missouri is concerned, they can
C; rry it, even clogged with this deadly sting,
as they always 60 it blind for the Democratic
nominee; but he could plainly see that his
border neighbors would be destroyed by its
venom.
MIR. King alluded, in the course of his or
gument, to the distinguished statesman Of
Illinois, ard each time was greeted with
defeaniDg applause. The Northern Democ.
racy has been stricken down because it stood
by the South, and now they have the taunt
thrown at them that they cannot promise
their electoral vote 10 the nominee with any
, certainty. This majority platform would
nominate Seward and make him President.
If few Southern States abandon this Con.
vention, its nominee will gain State for
State from the North for their nominee
They would regret that they should leave,
but they must stand by the ship TO the last.
The Democrats would feel that they were
whipped before the battle, if you force this
platform upon them.
Mr.. Yancey, of Ala, took the floor
amidst immense applause and cheering, und
proceeded to reply to Mr.. King, styling his
speech as remarkable and unnatural, as com
ing from Southern man. He pronounced
the charge that thtre was any diSunionsts
in the Alabama delegation, false. He spoke
nearly two huurs. His extreme doctrines
were very weakly opplauded, even by the
gallery. He was very severe on Douglas
in connection with Kansas affairs. The
acts of the North, he said, had made many
persons at the South believe that the South
and her institutions was no longer safe in
the limits of the Union. He denied that
Alabama had attempted to dictate to this
Convention. The instructions 10 her dele
gates were merely for their guidance, and
had it not been for "Onnipotent finding out
PRESS" no one but her delegates would have
known her existence.
Mr. Yancey's speech was most able, elo.
quent and powerful. He contended tha,
the Democratic party must accept defeOI
with cheerfuness on principle rather than
seek success with its violation, and look tc
the sober second thought Of the people for
Justification and restoration. He concluded
by urging the Southern delegates to be true
TO their Constitutional duty, ans not to lenc
themselves to pal pable wrong 10 obtain Q
porty victory. If they allow themselves tc
be thus nude tool of they should be hung
on political gallowss higher than was eveI
built for Haman.
Mr.. Pugh, of Ohio, then look the floor tc
reply to Mira Yancey, at half.past seven.-
He was glad TO hear one Southern mar
speak ont plainly and boldly and tell US wha
be really does wantr He then read the res.
olution adopted by the Alabama Democratic
Convention four yeors ago as reported by
Dir. Yancy himself, in favor OF non inter
vention, and at the same time instructing
the delegates from that State to leave the
Cincinnati Convention if they were not &C
ceded to. Alabama did not ask then what
. she now asks for, nor did the gentleman de.
+ mond what he now demands. His (Pugh's)
remarke were of the most scalhing charac
ter-such as were never before heard in
; Charleston on that side of the subj .ct,-
Bold, fearless and powerful, he continued
for en- hour, and gave way for a recess for az
hour. At nine O'Clock the Convention me
,, sguin, und an attempt was made to fix th,
time for closing the debnte, but was unsuc
: cessful.
Mr.. Pugh resumed by going into argu.
: mcnt to prove the constitutionality o! squat
ter sovereignty, quoting from speech o
Senator Hunter on the Kansas Bill to sus
: tain the views of himself and his friend
now. He reviewed Mr.. Yancey's remark
with great force and eloquence, and con
cluded at halfpast 10 o'clock, having spo
ken more than two hours.
; The question was called on the platform.
Pending which the Convention udjourne,
! till 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
CHARLESTON, April %.
e The following portion of yesterda pre-
d ceediDgs failed to come to hand until To-day
e Mr.. Pugh concluded his remarks by say
t ing that they wanted no mutiny on boar