Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-05-03

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The Charleston Convention.
Trouble in the Camp,---Secession Of
Southern Members.
Probable Nomination of two Candidates
The patent democracy has been in much
tribulation at the prolonged session of this
body, the apparent want of harmony, and
the determination OF the southern fire eat
ers and disunionists not to support any
candidate who was not satisfactory to them
on the nigger-spreading question.
On Friday the Committee on Resolutions,
unableafter their prolonged discussion 10 har-
monize upon any declaration Of principles,
brought in three distinct platforms. The
majority report, adopted in Committee by
all the Southern States with California and
Oregon, affirms the Cincinnati platform and
adds thereto the declaration that it is " the
duty of the federal government to protect
when necessary the rights of persons
sons and property" q. G. slaves "on the
high seas and in the territories, or wherey-
er else its constitutional authority extends"
The principal minority report, endorsed by
all the other States except Massachusetts,
simply declares on the vexed subject of
squattcr sovereignty " that all the rights
of property are judicial" and pledges the
Democracy to carry out all decisions of the
Supreme Court upon such subjects The
third report, presented by the Massachu-
setts delegate, merely reaffrms the Cincin-
natl platform without alteration or addi-
ton.
The debate commenced Immediately on
the reception of reports The discussion
was opened by Mr.. Avery, Of South Caro-
lima, who claimed that the majority report
represented States giving one hundred and
twenty seven certain Democratic electoral
votes, and denounced squatter sovereignty
as being as much subversive of the rights
OF the South as Congressional interference
against slavery in the Territories would be-
Mr. Payne, Of Ohio, who made the minor
ity report, claimed that it represented one
hundred and seventy-two electoral votes.
but was Immediately met with the taunt
that not one of these votes were certain for
the Democratic nominees. He urged the
principle Of non intervention with slavery
in the Territories as one from which the
free States could not depart and declared.
amidst much sensation, that with the nlat-
form reported by the majority not single
electoral vote could be secured from those
States. Mr.. Butler followed and concluded
the debate during the morning session.
urging the simple reafirmation of the Gin
einnati platform on the principle of let
ting we'll enough alone"
On Saturday, Collector Baker, John L.
Dawson and Senator Bigler attempted to
put some bogus instructions into the hands
of II. B. Wright, chairman Of the Penn
sylyania delegation, which resulted in a
war Of words, and ended by Baker stri-
king Wright This affray created much
excitement.
On Monday, OH the test vote of adopting
the majority report of the Committee, COM
mitting the party to the doctrine of Congress.
sional legislation for the protection of slavery
IN the Territories. or that of the minority de-
claring the question to be one for judicial in
terpretation only, the Convention declared
.decidedly-yeas l65, nays l38-in favor of
the latter-thus rendering the minority re
port the only one before the body. But this
result brought up a storm which the North
appeared unable to resist. An excited de.
bate, interspersed with much wranoling and
confusion ensued. The Southern delegates
presented an almost united front apainsf tbo
final adoption of the Douglas plank in tbe
amended platform. Several delegatione ro,
fused to vote, and others declared its adontion
would destroy the Democratic party as M.
tional organization. Col Richardson, of II.
iinois, endeayored TO address the Convention
but the South refused to hear him. Finally
vote was reached, and the preamble and
resolutions on the subject Of slavery in the
Territories were stricken out-ayes go, nays
4Q-Ailssissipp, Alabama, Arkansas, and
Florida refusing to vote. The remaining
resolutions, relating to the protection Of citi-