Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-05-01
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.

candluates Tor President and Vice Pres
ident, met on yesterday week, the 23d
inst, at Charleston, South CAROLINA
we have the daily accounts up to Fri
day night, but do not deem it necessary
to fill our coulumns with the details.
The contest has been the fiercest ever
witnessed in any Convention in this
country. Many times have the vast
crowd been in the very act of coming
into open war with Bowie knives and re-
volvers. The Douglas men demand his
nomination under the open threat of
breaking up the Convention, while his
opponents with equal determination
swear they will split the party to atoms
if he is nominated.
The main fight so far, however, has
been upon the platform We condense
from the report of the proceedings of
Friday, the fifth day of the Convention,
as We find it in the Cincinnati Gazette of
Saturday morning, as follows: .. ...,.-
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.l
CHARLESTON, S. c., April 27.
"That you may fully understand the
important events of to-day, l send you a
history of things which occurred last
night and this morning
The Platform Committee last night
adopted by one majority Bayard:s reso-
lutions, embracing the following points:
The first affirms the Dred Scott decision;
the second repudiates Squatter Sover-
eighty and Congressional intervention,
and the third ahirms that it is the duty
of the Federal Government to protect all
species of property in the Territories, on
the high seas, or any other place over
which it has Jurisdiction.
When the vote was first taken there
was tie, but Croswell, of New York,
after consulting with Cochrane and others
of the delegation, came back and gave
an affirmative vote. Subsequently, how
ever, this vote was reconsidered, when
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, moved to strike
all out after the word "Resolved," and
insert the Tennessee resolutions, which
indorse the Cincinnati Platform, the
Dred Scott Decision, as interpreted by
the South, and the Fugitive Slave Law
and ahirms the duty of the National G.
ernment to protect slavery in the Terri
tories and on the high seas, and where
ever the Jurisdiction of the Government
extends.
The question was called for, and the
motion to strike out was carried, but the
motion to insert the Tennessee resolu-
tions failed. The vote was as follows:
Affimative-Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Oregon, Connecticut, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
California-total IA. Negative-Dele-
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Ala
bama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Ar
kansas, Maine Massachusetts,, Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota-total 10.
This vote grew out of the fact that the
resolutions were not strong enough for
the twelve Southern States and too
strong for the Douglas men. Finally,
after great wrangling, the following
resolutions were adopted.
Resolced, That the platform adopted
at Cincinnati be affirmed, with the fol
lowing additional resolutions:
That the National Democracy of the
United State hold these cardinal princi-
pies on the subject of Slavery in the Ter
ritories: First, that Congress has no
power to abolish slavery in the Terrific
ries; Second, that the Territorial Legis-
lature has no power to abolish slavery
in the Territories, nor to prohibit the
introduction Of slavery therein, nor any
power to destroy or impair the right Of
property in slaves by any Legislation
whatever.
Resolced, That it is the duty of the
Federal Government to protect, when
necessary the rights of persons or prop.
erty on the high seas, in the Territories
or wherever its constitutional jurisdic
ton extends. s.-...
Resolrcd, That the enactments Of
State Legislatures to defeat the faithful
execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, are
hostile in character, subyersive to the
Constitution, and are revolutionary IL
| their character.
Resozced, That it is the duty of the
Government of the United States to ac
quire Cuba at the earliest practical mo
ment.
Resozred, That it is the duty of tht
Government of the United States to of
fer protection to naturalized citizens
from foreign countries.
These resolutions were adopted by ;
vote of Is to IS, New York, Oregon
and California voting with the South.
3E7s q '' q LATEST
TWe received, about G. o'clock las
evening the following Charleston dis
patch. The substance was posted upol
our bulletin board at the time.-EDs
GAZETTE.
The defeat of the Douglas men las
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