The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-04-30

der. If it is laid on the table, the three
platforms, without instruction as to matter
or time, will go to the committee with Mr..
Bigler's proposition.
When Georgia was called, Il minority of
the delegation protested against the vote OF
the State being given as a unit, on the
ground that they were requested, not in
structed, to vote as a unit
4 debate on this point ensued which
checked the progress of the vote, and at
halfpast l o clock the President decided
that a request from the Southern States was
! equivalent to instruction, and that Georgia
must vote as unit being Il loss of two
I Douglas votes.
! The vote WAS then announced as follows ::
! Ayes 242, nays II. So the platforms were
all referred back to the committee without
instructions.
/ A motion next came up to instruct the
committee to report at 4 o'clock this p. NJ
/ Mr.. Phillips of Penn, moved to adjourn
! till 4 clock.
1 A Georgia delegate moved to adjourn till
/ 10 o'clock Monday. The motions, however,
+ were withdrawn
The question REQUIRED on the instructions
! to the committee to report at o'clock,
which were adopted.
/ At quarter to o'clock, the Convention
adjourned till o'clock
The Convention re-assembled at p. M.
The committee on platform said they
would not be. ready to report until half past
! 8 O'clock tse
! Mr.. Avery of N. C. reported from fhe
majority of the committee, and in doing so,
urged upon delegates from Northern States
| To recollect that the slaves who now grow
! the cotton in Alabama, Mississippi, and Geor-
| gia, are the echildren of slaves who were for
mery slaves in their own States. The
/ report of the majority is a combination
of those of Messrs. Bayard of Delaware,
/ Cochrane Of New York, and Bigler of Penn
! sylvania.
| Mr- Samuels of Iowa presented one, eschew-
/ ing Congressional Intervention, and declaring
/ that whether Congress or the Territorial
! Legislature have the power to intervene de-
! pends upon the decision of the Supreme
/ Court of the United States, which decision
! they pledge the Democratic party to sustain
and abide by. He proceeded ut some length
! TO address the Southern members, appealing
! to them not to persist in demanding an ab-
stractioE that viii drive one-half of the De-
mocFacy of the North into the arms of the
Black Republicans. His speech was a power
! ful and effective appeal, free from all bitter
ness, aud was listened to with the most
marked interest and attention by the South
ern members. ...-.#.s
When Mr. Sainuels had concluded, Mr..
Butler of Mass. presented another minority
report signed by Illinois, Minnesota Massa-
chusetts aud Indiana, consisting of the Gin
cinnati Platform pure and simple, which he
offe red as substitute for both the majority
and minority reports.
Mr. Stevens of Oregon obtained the floor,
amid the struggle of hundred contestants,
and proceeded 10 give his reasons for su5-
tanning the majority report.
ROLAND j. Brett took the ground that al
! though lac was opposed to :qaatter soyer-
/ eighty, he must sill, as matter Of policy,
sustain the position of nou-intcrvcntiuil
Four years ago the South dema nded this
principle of non-iutervention, and why do
they come here and demand the surrender
of this principle? He cautioned them upon
the result OF their extreme views. They
could lead to nothing but to the election
of Black Republican Congress aud Presi-
dent
Mr.. Burrows, of Ark, followed III a speech
on the Southern side of the question lie
maintained that the South had upheld the
Democratic party from the beginning of
the Government to the present day; that
the South had been foremost in fighting the
! battles OF the country, aud that in fact
the Democratic party owes every thing to
the South. The South has extended the
boundaries of the country, and has furnished
the means at all times for paying the debts
ot the country His remarks were of the
most violent and intllhatory character, and
amid the impatience 10 come to a vote, the
noise and confusion, clapping and stamping,
/ was so great he could scarcely be heard be-
| yond the nostrum. lie continued, despite
the noise and confusion, to speak at the
heighttot his voice. He considered the
Northern Democrats as worse than the Black
Republicans lie did not care whether the
Black Republicans whipped them or they
whipped the Black Republicans. OF the
two he considered the Black Republicans as
tue most opea and manly foes OF the South.
As to Douglas, he would not support him
even if he was nominated. lie considered
him as great an enemy of the South as the
traitor Seward.
Mr.. Claiborne OF Ark obtained the floor,
and said be had intended to address the Con
venton Tonight, hut he had now come TO
the conclusion that this debate was causing
IL wider breach instead of producing hPrmo-
ny It continued it will inevitably result in
The disruption of the Convention He
therefore called for the previous question.
Mr.. Jmcksaa of Ga moved an adjourn
msnt.
Ohio demanded that the vote on adjourn
nIent be taken 10y States which resulted rs
follows. ayes, 81 Noes, 200.
The Douglas men voted against the adj
, journment, and the opposition to Douglas
in favor.
Mr. Jackson of Ga. asked suspension of
the rule to enable him to olIrr resolution.
The proposition WAS received with shouts OF
opposition, Indicating Il bitterness Of feeling
unprecedented.
The previou5 question was then ordered
10y reclamation.
Another motion was made to adjourn,
and lost-ayes 1870, noes l69.
Mr.. Lawrence of Louisiana inquired
whether motion to adjourn sine de
would lie in order.
The President decided it not in order.
Mr. Seward of Georgia moved recon
siGeratiou Of the vote ordering the previous