The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-08-29
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from the convention, and joined the other con-
( venton. rtfif lfafs
These make a total Of II votes, which added
to the Is bogus delegates fr5ih Alabama, the IL
bogus delegates from Louisiana, and the 5 bogus
/ delegates from Arkansas, counting 1917 votes.
making atotsl Of 2Tl5 eotes to be subtfacted
from the l8IlE leaving the vote OF Mr.. Doug
las At oaly Isl! I ssi 0' '7afe-7 .--a
| roactp VOTES. 'hl ~ 'eia
But even this was forced votc---iorced. by 4
7iolation of the usages efthe Democratic party
by which the votes Of 81 delegates from New
York. iu addition TO the two above alluded to,
i2 from Ohio, and 8 from Indiana, making
total of 80 delegates entitled to 26 votes; hos
tile to the nomination of Mr.. Douglas, were 70,
ted for him. Subtract these from i5A, and il
leaves 128, as the actualstrengfh of Mr.. Doug.
las in the Conventionl resi- aaa .syi hsieatsf
7 Had the rulesand usages Of forthef GouveT,
tjons, whereby the vote Of each State was to be
determined by the majority OF the delegates.
been followed, Mr.. Douglas would have gained
l vote in Maine, 2 4 votes in Connecticut, and
lost 10in Massachusetts,, 21% in New Jersey,
10 in Pennsylvania, 2t5 in Maryland, 3in Nir-
ginia, i in North Carolina, 1tS in Arkansas, AZ
in Missouri 5 in Tennessee 8 in Kentucky ma,
king net loss of 37}I, to which add the votes
of Alabama 8, and Louisiana 6, represented by
the bogus delegates, who would not then have
gained admission into the Convention, and we
have 52i5 votes to be deducted from 181 y, lea
wing l20 as the true vote under the rule Of for
tner conventions, really cast for Mr.. DouEIas id
the Convention. = -s s.7t }a. stg 'rgag s,6f
H CONVENTION AT THE MARYLAND INSTITUTE. ,
105l9 votes were cast for President to which
must be added s vote from Minnesota, 3votes
from Delaware, and, votes from South Caroli-
na, who took no part in the nom nation Of Mr..
Douglas, and who before either Convention ad-
journed endorsed the action ofths Maryland In
stitute Convention making in all 11T ystess
This number has since been largely increased
by the endorsement of delegates after the Iad-
jeurnment of the Conventions, who took no part
il the proceedings ofeither, or,whos having ta4
ken part in the Douglas. Convention have
since repudiated its acl ion. gasf. s.i va 1dairn
Thus neither Convention has presented q
candidate nominated by two thirds ufthe.yotes
of the Electoral Colleges. Which therefore lis
entitled to'thesupport ofthe Democracy, as the
embodiment ofits principles, and as endorsed
by the weight and inlluenceofth the party?Y ,
The Committee to whom we have referred
charge that we arc The Disapion party, & there-
fore are not eutitlod TO support. Let us cons
slider the platforms of the two Conventions, and
make some inquiries into the antecedents of its
candidates and supporters, it pS@isfi. Il 4,
fhAfFoRMs or THE Two CONVENTIONS IN, ,REGARD
sf 10 SLAVERY. ID ajtytaaaaqe.
The platform Of the Maryland Institute Con-
tention, endorsed at Charleston by seventeen
sovereign States, is as follows: e s,glg34,lssa.
First, That the government ofa Terrific.
ry organi&ed by an act Of Congress is provision
al and temporary, and during its existence all
citizens ofthe United States have an equal right
to settle with their property in the Territory
without their rights, eithhr of person or prop
crty, being destroyed or IMPAIRED by congress
sional or territorial legislation.
, Second, That it. is the duty of the Federal
Government in aliaits departments to protect!
when necessary, tho rights persons and prop
erty in the Territories and wherever else its con-
authority e&tends.t { ~. =
b = Aita, That when. settlers ii 3 Territory
having an ADEQUATE population, form 10 State
the rights sofsqVereignty commences
and being consumated by an admission into the
Union they stand on ap eiual footing with the
peorle Of other States; and the StatefS thus
organized ought to he admitted into the Feder-
II Onion, whether its constitution prohibits ior
recogn zcs the institution Of slavery. ls.,.,g,
That of the Front Street Theatre Conven-
ion is as follows: ......a,, ..ssa
ResolgeI, That we, the Democracy pfNths
Union, in convention assembled, hereby declare
,ur affirmation Of the resolution unanimously
Itopted. and declared as. a platform ofprinciples
)y the Democratic Convention at Cihcinnatiiii
n the year 1856 believing that Democratic
principles arc nnchangeable in their nature
when applied to the same subject matter
g rReso2Ued That it is in accordance WITH atisS
rue intcrpre alton of the Cincinnati Platform
hat during the existence of Territorial govern
nent, the measure OF restriction, whatever it
nay he, imposed by the Federal Constitution
IN the powers ofthe terr ritorial legislature over
he subject OF domestic relations, as the same
las DECY, or shall hereafter be finally deter5
mined by the Supreme Court Of the United
States, should be respected by all good citizensr
md enforced with promptness, and fidelity 5y
5ery brancb Of THE FEDERAL GoyEkNaENT. a.
Referring to our platform, the Douglas Cota5
nitee say that nothing could be more vaguo
md unsatisfactory than these resolutions; they
Ieal in 'trnisms' of the tamest significance Of
dthbr, as the controversy then stood, ofanc
ignifsahte at ALL" II may bS Well to pause
cre and point attention to the fact that thig
jouglas Committee shrink from the task of
aking issue with these resolutions; and that
hey thus virtually admit that they contain no.
octrinc to condemn. Let the Douglas speak-,
re. in the, North who have been. ringing tie
barge Of slave. code, slave code,'' take nor.
ice Of theyvirtual admission Iof theirE Executivs
That the resolutions contain DO such
oetrine. ts 80 + s,,5J : y az
4 The Committee were " ise in not attackinRs
latform which defes assault, r,mss
xrosfrros or THE PLATFORM or THE EATroS.
7dl % n Hg.AI pEMooaAeYajses. ii .snns
/ The first resolution emphatically declarasl
hat 'tthe government Of d Territory organized
u anaehof Congress provisional and temporIs
ry5' thereby ife5ulting the conclusions thxt
leha Territoryccan frame any, permanent in-.f
.itutonai whatever, or can establish, during its,