Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-21

IN the Convention I-the Convention decided otha
wise. he should bow toits decision. he argued tbs
under any circumstances the seeding delegation
should be subject TO the viii Of the Convention, ar
if reports were true he did not believe they wel
entitled 20 sears ct all There has been since Il
Charleston Convention no meeting Of any Stat
Convention Could any one say there had?
Mr. Johnson. OF Maryland, replied that the aetio
OF the Texas delegation had been indcrsed by til
people Of that State.
Mr.. King said he had asked a question and coal
only consent to the interruption Tor an answer, nc
for irrelevant remarks. He denied that any cor
ventIon bad been held in Texas, and that the dele
gates were not accredited to this convention. H
then read protest OF the Texas delegation Whel
they withdrew, and designated it as an insult to Ii
convention. Mississippi had come duly aecredite,
without contestants. lie was willing to submit ne
claims TO the convention, but if it was found tha
her delegates have been accredited to a rival an,
opposition convention, that they have been there an
organized, that they had not acted but had taken
recess, he would not vO,e 70 admit them. One o
the delegates had said that he came here as ne wen
to camp-meeting, because he had a right to do so
He king believed that such delegates came herr
for mischief There certainly was ground for sup
posing that they meant to go back to their own ad
5ourned Convention, if they could not have then
own way here 70 do all in theirp0Wer to dscre6lt this
convention and put up candidate who has rot heels
! and bottom enough to get a democratic nomination
If these delegates elected to Richmond with the
right 70 come here for this purpose 50 help him God
they never would get his vote. Although, if the
convention saw fit to admit them, he should be pre-
1 pared to meet tiem as gentlemen. He next review
ed delegation of Florida who had not been accred
tied at ALL and the convention was ready to close its
eyes to this fact and admit theE. He declared that
South Carolina alone had preserved consistency and
dignity, for they did not come here at ALL She was
disuniOnist in Jackson's time and IS a dlsuni0nist
/ now. The Charleston Mercury, which was the organ
of Rhett, declares this convention TO be stumbling
| block in the way Of dissolution Of the Union.
Mr. King then alluded to the orders that had gone
! forth from Washington signed by gentlemen who
had better been attending to tEeir duties and direct
rectIng the seeeders to come here and autographed
them that they would probably get their platform,
and if not they would again secede, and then Vir-
ginia would 60 with them. Yes, Virginia, God bless
her. had been told too thatshe must seeede and her
eldest daughter, Kentucky, was to 60 sOO-when, by
the programme, North Carolina and Tennessee.
another mother and daughter were to 60 forth, and
even Missouri, il is said was to follow. Tie object
and meaning Of these Washington orders were sim
ply this-if Mr.. Douglas must be nominated we will
draw forth these States from the convention and so
be able to turn round upon him and say you are
sectional candidate just like Lincoln. It was said
too, that the highest legal authority in Washington
he supposed that must be the Attorney General
[Laughterl had declared this was a bogus con-
YentiOn, that it was not regularly in session. and
so he supposed the Richmond Convention laid claim
to regularity and termed this convention bogus. He
exhor ted the convention to hold firmly to the Ma
tiOnal Democratic organization and to yield its prn
ciples to the demand Of no section.
Mr. West, of Connecticut, said the Democrats Of
his State had been attacked at Charleston as little
better than Black Republicans and had been unable
TO defend themselves, because they had not been
cogniZed and awarded the floor. be denounced the
man who would denounce the State Of Connecticut.
1t had been said that Virginia had sat IN the cOnYen
ton and heard things that grated on her ears. Well,
Connecticut had been compelled to hear things that
had grated harshy on her ears and one Of those was
the assertion by delegate from Massachusetts,, to-
day, that the seceders had been driven from the
convention. He read from the protest OF the Aisss-
spp delegation to prove that the withdrawal Of the
seceders was their voluntary act He reviewed the
position of the Northern Democracy, and asserted
their right to demand the same platform that had
been forced upon them four years ago. They want
ed nothing but right, and so help them God, they
would not submit to anything that wrong. The |
North has its rights well as the South, and must
maintain them as well. He continued to argue for /
chilly in support of the position of the majority Of the
and against the admission of any unac-
credited delegations or any delegates who would not
pledge themselves to abide by the action Of the con-
YentiOn
Mr.. Hunter of Mo-, was astonished to hear the re-
marks Of his colleague of Missouri who said he
would not give his vote for the admission of the
South to the convention He asked him how long it
was since he cast the last Democratic vote. He re-
viewed what he represented TO have been the pOiti
,a action Of his colleague in the recent elections
he charged that Gov. King disregardng the
wishes Of his constituents in his present action.
NJ King. / deny it.
Mr.. Hunter was not lawyer, and he did not de-
ire to argue, but only to state few facts.
Capt. Rynders. Go on. A speech from an honest
nan is better than one from a lawyer. [Laughter.l
Mr.. Hunter had heard with heaatfelt pleasure the
emarks Of the gentleman from Massachusetts,, and
When he had asked who it was, and heard that it
vas Judge Loring, his heart beat with pride
l. pripa az uot,I nd l
is a DOctOr."l
Mr.. Hunter Well, his name is Loring; yes, that's
Ibis name is Loring and he is from Massachusetts,
Veil, his name is LOring. He agreed with him that
was proper to let in the seceders and he was glad
hey were prepared to come here and acknowledge
he of their way. He had lived for fifty years
Missouri and had only cast one vote, not Demo-
ratio, in his life, Qaughter) and that was the
Ote that put Thos ID. Benton out of the Senate.
Mr. Avery, of North Carolina, desired to indulge
sectional personal illusions, but would say
the gentleman from Pennsylvania, that if the
beech he had made is an indication Of the sentiment
his heart toward one section Of tina country, he
Avery) would not entertain such sentiment to be
ade the President of the United States. He
ould say also to the gentleman from Illinois, as t
ell as the gentleman from Pennsylvania that such {
)eeehes as they both had made were not calculated
elevate their candidate He could not resist the
IMPRESSION that these remarks we're designed to I
rive the South, in a body from the Union; but he t
ould say person had the power to drive him t
ON the National Democratic Convention He al t
ded to the former action of the Democratic Con G
entiOns, when one man had been permitted to cast
e vote of State rather than that State should have
representative. He held that the delegates from
e Southern States had every right under their or
inal commission, to reclaim their seats, and had s
e Northwestern delegates been the seceders in, Il
cad of the South he would have extended to them s.
cordial welcome back, that peace, harmony, and d
lity might be restored
If it is the purpose of the majority of this Con-
ntOn to disfranchise the Southern States right or
FOng, he had nothing to say. He was opposed TO )
e New York resolution, which prescribes the
rms of receiving the seeding delegates. If you "
mOt trust them without pledge, you ought rot W
trust them with it. Our Northern friends are in Il
e majority, and they wish to overthrow US, both p
the platform and the candidate.
Mr.. Atkins, of Tennessee, had high regard for v
cir Northern friends.e His wasa sound Democratic
ate Her Democracy need no pledges and tests. Il
1minate your candidate fairly and hOnorably, and
will swim every river and ford every creek to n
cure success to our banner. For the sake of e.
lion for Gods sake harmonic. Ii
Is there man here who is willing to sacrifice the
.mocratic party the altar Of personal ambition? nj
would consign the most cherished friend he had p
the world to oblivion, before be would endanger
e permanency Of the Democratic party to secure
advancement He feared that there would be a
ticulty in harmoniZi1g tc
If it was not for the devotion to the personal in W
rests of some one man, he would to God that We 81
d Jackson among US to bring harmony out Of nj
aos. He concluded by moving the previous ques-
IN, declaring that it his purpose, when the in
estiOn was ordered to move an adjournment till n
Ornirg. n,
Mr. Clark, of Missouri asked consent to modify 4,
e last amendment.
Mr.. Richardson, of Illinois, raised point Of or m
that after propositions were placed before the HI
,nventiOn, they could not be altered. r.
Mr.. Clark asked that his proposition might be read o
r information. IS
Mr.. Samuels, of Iowa, objected to reading any .;
W propositions. He did not wish to embarrass a,
e question by multiplying propositions out of or h
r "
Mr.. Clark ask the gentleman from Iowa to "
Mt as a Democrat to the reading of my PROPOSE q
N. in
Mr.. Samuels-I, as Democrat, must persist in "a
? objection. a,
Mr. Ciark-Then state that there are conteudiDg nj
legates from Arkansas l know nothing Of the