Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-07-12

REVOLUTIONARY In. .tDelr ellect-.---s ssss
There was another report by Mas
sschusetts OF the Cincinnati Platform
pare and simple OF which it is unDeC
essary to speak. After some consid
cradle debate the whole subject wa
referred 10 the Committee with In
structions. and there was another re
port With some notifications, but th
difference was regarded and treate,
rs immaterial.2 We soon ca m 10
direct vote between the. reports, sns
that Of the minority was substituted
in the place of the msjo:ity by som,
f27 votes. We then took up tn,
report Of the minority, Gas it alone
remained for consideration,) ant
voted on each proposition contained
therein separately. The preamble
to the second resolution together
with the resolution itself wal
stricken out by large vote. and The
balsncs were sdofted as the creed
Of orr party. We voted for most
if not all Of :hs resolutions, becaus.
they were right; our ohje ction to the
platform thus saopte d WAS that il
did q OF in our OF in'ou go fer enough;
we thought. and SO insisted, ths. il
osght to give construction 10 Ian,
guagr used in the Cincinnati Platform
thar bad been universally regarded
ss Of doubtful meaning
When the vote on the Platform
wss completed aod announced, the
delegates frem Sooth CsrolIna. Ala
bama, Florida. Louisiana, Texas,
Georgia. Arkansas, Mississippi and
/ D-Tsware, either in part or whole,
rstired from the Convention and re-
fused to participate further in its
deliberations. We had been dele
ga:ed 70 participate in the deliber-
aiions and asS.,!An Of Democfafic
C5hteatioa, and now its nstionsiity
sbsd been impaired by he retirement
Of eight or cine States! These del
'egations were all opponents OF Mir
Douglas and barmpnized With as In
our .vleys as to the doctrines proper TO
bs ennnciated in the Platform. Mr.
Douglas might COW be nominated
and 10 slserstiou be made in thu
platform, leaving Us pledged to bis
support although sboru Of natural
support and assistance you expected
US to receive when you gave Us our
authority. -
After an anxious consideration OF
the subject and consultation With
the Delegates from the other South
.ern States, we decided not to sscede
from the Convention. This eecis-
ion VAS based on several considers
tions. First: Thele was a motion
TO reconsider the vote on the Plat
form which WIS pending aud uhde-
Etermined. it wss therefore not . 6ual
csteIDiratinn Of the Conyentlon.-
Second We thought our State
would be content with The ssse rtion
in the Piatfotm-t that Shareholders IN
the Southern States had the right
to carry their slaves into the Terri
tories of the Union. and that neither
Congress nor Territorial Legislature
could destroy or impair this right,
We thought then, and still think, an
acknowledgment, that slavery can
and may exist 10 the Territories free
from Congressional and Legislative
prohibition necessarily implies that
1T is the duty of our Government.
to grabtit the same protection as
other property without any ssser-
ton iu terms Of this doctrine. If
We could gain substantially a recog-
milton Of true principle, We were
willing gladly to avoid the enuncia-
tion'of any corollory that might be
ofsusive5 or detrimental to ethers.
We were assured by many of the
New York delegation that if We re.
mained such q compromise could be
Effected, and they sent US for copsid-
erstion the following resolution,
which, in our opinion, embraced sll
THAT Was absolutely necessary to make
"a sound Platform: E So
! sResolred, That the citizens Of the
United States have an equal right
to settle with their property in the
Territories; and that, under tho de-
cislon OF the Supreme Court, which
We recognize as the correct exposi.
ton Of the Constitution, neither the
irleht of persons nor property can b
] destroy yedor impaired by Congress
i ional CT Territorial legislation
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