Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-05-08
Charleston Convention.

Charleston Convention
This Irrepressiblc Conflict institution.
after a Session of zone ten days, has adjourned.
without maxi my nomination. TO convene again
on the 18Th of jane, at Baltimore. The low
s,ate OF finances Of The delegates, and exhorbi
tant charges Tor board by The Charleston sharks,
rendered his step 40 outely necessary.
the close thee were little nearer the coasun-
tna:Iau %. the object for which HEY were called
together than when they first landed the
Palmetto Stale.
The Convention has been marked throughout
its entire session with a slow buL certain sign
of The inevitable doom Of it-eif ana the party
it Representative frst rizzie. the second de-
lea, aud death
Alter some four five days hard work IN
trying the debility OF The English language
TO state principles 50 extensive IN the abstract
that they could be translated TO crafty the
taste Of the mos; fa.lidious, both North ans!
South. the Com.ni.;e 81 Platform reported three
SETS of resolutions 10 the Convention.
The majority rcpor. reaffirrned t Cincinnati
Platform with the following explanatory rrso-
Iu;ions:
FIRST Tna' tho Government OF q Territory organized
by an act 81 Cong Is provisional and temporary an
frTrigo- sitiot ,Irir Us eitcT Of nrrs,n or I-5I
erts 0Hs d.sto e.! o. lnJared y Gong or Ter
second rLsl Il is tie duty Of the Federal Government
in ~ the departments to protect the rights of person.
anu property N the Territories, aud wherever
eon.tIiut ouA Authority extends.
Third, That when the settlers in Territory, having
an adequate puiaiion, form State Consli,ion. the
right Of Sovereignty commences aud Icing cohsunnis-
led tts 20 and
4.1lait, o. IT II, be d.itt, MO ~ FeTs u
whether its Constitution prohibit ynizes tho in
siiiu.iou o slavery.
The whole Convention could hardly sanction
Tins. wIlcl. IS really the Southern construction
ut ihal Ingenious article.
The sentiment expressed in lhese resolutions
constitutes The main difference between the ma
Jorliy report and minority report No. both
iayor the acquisition OF Cuba-boih favor the
construction Of u Pacific Rllroad both repu-
date the doctrine OF The lie Clcrc letter, al
though originating from high and rellable Demo
cratic sources-both declare " that tile enact
nen;s # the Stale Legislatures to defeat the
execution % the FugIlve Slave Law. are hos
ille IN character, subyerslye of the Constitution
and revolutionary III their effect" Minority
u
IL Tie Democratic party 10 Ihe nature and
extent OF The powers " a Territorial Legislatu
and as TO the powers aud duties of Congress.
under the Constitution OF the United States
over the Institution of Slavery ~itliu the Ter
Titories, and resolves that To-. Democratic par
y wall absie BY the decisions OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States over the institution
OF Slavery within the Territories while the i
majority report, tile representative of tie true
blues Cor rather bIack,) leeds no such differ
euces and says na;hiug about Tie Supreme
Court
Minority report No. affirmed the Cluciuna.
Platform without an explanation. This va,
kicked aside With hardly AS much as a hearing
Is well known that The Cincinnati Plat
form Was framed with great tact and xiii, 50
as 10 be able 10 bear twp rery plausible CON
siructons-oue for the Notth ami one for the
SqUarter Sovereignty in the F
Free States, and Congressional Intervention for .
the Protection OF Slavery III tae Slave States.
The Southern delegates were determined to
destroy tbs al and al aspect. and not be +
humbugsed by any such man Stephen A F
Douglas. They claimed that Slavery va, the
II" OF the Democratic party. md demanded
that the whole country snouiJ know Il, but ma
J"rst.es ru.c and upon The reports con.u. before
the Invention, minority report No. / WA,
substituted for 'ie majority report by 4 vote OF
100 70 l3s, and was Subsequently ajop;eI a.
the platform by stall larg majority some Of
The Southern delegates refusing -,:e.
The disgust and excitement an5ug3t the
,ltliar-pr- FIN, ,,4,, -.
them enchanting tia; the Cincinnati Platform
WAS an " unmiiigated swindle.' and the dele T
gates from Alabama, Mississippi, Florida. Lousi-
ana, and Texas and part from Virginia. Della F
ware, Georgia, South Carolina and Arkansas
withdrew and gave notice that they and their
friends would hold forth al another place
The Convention then adopted tie two-thrds +
rule, requiring 2D2 votes. or two-;hirds of a fill
Convention, to nominate. and baloicd fly
seven tImcs-Douglas receiving from III to I52
votes. and the remainder being digid, d bet ween /
Hunter, Guthrie. Dickinson, Lane, and others
AID riHally adjourned to Baltlrore.
What action the Convention Will take NJ n F
re- assembling 1t is impossible to state, but We
will venture the opinion that neither Douglas .
nor any Of tie other prominent candidates will /
receive The nomination. but that some IN I
known IS was The case in 1872 when Pierce
was nominated, viii be the chosen man.
1t matters very little who they nominate as
Zoe Ch'caso Convention will present the man
who wall occupy the White House for The next
four years.
RFrrBt'eASIsH Iy VrHerSrA-The Rcpubli-
Cai.s ii Virginia held 4 State Convention \,