The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-23
The majority and Minority Re
ports-The Truth VIndIcated.

The Disunionists, In their secession con.
Venlion proceedings at Charleston, speak of
their having adopted the msjority platform
proposed to the Democratic Convention by
seuenteen out of thirty.three States of the
Union. The ST. Louis Republican shows the
fallacy Of that assertion, by stating which is
strictly true, aud what the record Of the De.
mocratic Convention shows to be true, that
General Clark, of the Committee from Mis-.
souri,, only assentedto the report being made
but expressly dissenting from one of the
most important resolutions therein submit
ted, which was the one in favor Of Congress.
sionsl protection to slavery in the Terrific
rieS. The Republican adds:
"In asserting to the report at all, Gen.
Clark made a great mistake, for, ss we un.
derstand, he was expressly instructed as to
the extent to which he should 60, by the
delegation, and in agreeing to the report at
all he disobeyed instructions. Gen. Clark's
explana alton, subsequently, made, shows this
to have been the fact. With this explana.
ton, it may also be understood that the so
called majority report was in fact minority
report, and must be so regarded wherever the
truth is known"
In addition to the above, we will give the
statemen. of one of the Virginia delegates.
Robert H Glass, Esq, editor of the Lynch.
burgh Republican, who voted all the time
against Judge Douglas, for reasons which,
he says, were satisfactory to himself. In
his issue of the 9Th instant, he says that
"Virginia committed serious blunder
which she deeply regretted a few days after
ward" and in this way "In order to con.
ciliate, if possible, the cotton State dele.
gates, the Virginia delegation agreed to
8bandon the position of adherence to the
Cincinnati Platform, upon ,Dhich large ma
jority of them tDere elected, and accede to re-
solution distinctly announcing a slave. code
for the territories. This satisfied the State,
referred to, but it dissatisfied large majority
, of the Conventio and it was voted down.
8 Now came the dilemma. The cotton States
8 were pledged to go out; end hoping and be
d leving that Virginia would follow. did no
It hesitate to take the step. At this poin,
i says Mr.. Glass, Virginia was in a dilemmu
9 She either had to 60 out of the Conventio
f., upon the co. called majority slave code plat
Q form, "or return TO the original position {
!. non intervention" What did the delegatio
s do "They adopted the latter alternative
h and thus saved the Democratic party, ant
Il as we believe, the Union of the States"
It After these expositions of General Clarl
d Of Missouri, and Mr.. Glass, of Virginia, tn
;. public will allow that the minority repor
e on the question Of non.inlervention wit
Il slavery in the Territories, spoke the rel
1t sentiments of eighteen of the thirty.thre
!. States while the so, called majority repo
). spoke the real sentiments of only fftet
9 States, and decided minority of the dell
gates composing the Convention. We hop
If after this, to hear no more OF the major
). report OF seventeen States. 1t expressed tt
,e views of neither a majority OF States nor
n the delegates, or their voting consttuencie
u Cincinnati Enquirer.