Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-04

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\ AT g. o'clock tire convention let nv ,in,
and an attempt was mag e. to, fix the time ior
/, closing the debate, but was unsuccessful. sao
! Mr.. Puyh resuned, going into an nrgu.
! ment to prove glhe consii'utionality of
| Squatter Sovereignty, quoting from 81 eecl
4 OF Mr.. Hunter on the Kansas bill to sustain
the views Of himself and his friends now.
He reviewed MI. Yancy''s remarks with great
force and eloquence, and coacluded at l0}.
Adjourned till 10 o'clock to; morrow AM;
! ae bayoa ..iaqtCHARlksros,s April %.
Especial dispatch, ]-sAn intense sxci,e--
! ment exists. A large crowd, collectsd III
front Of the Mills house. listening to 5ses-
union speeches. The crowd rus.sd fnlv ne
room OF the New York delegation but ere
driven out by tile police 81 20 gaTeF
The minority report will be; adopt ID by
$50 votes. Five States, ~ill bolt end nom !.
mate Davis or Lane and Wood. Douglas,
friends predict his nomination to.,horroW.
He has % votes in the New, York, deleya-
ton, including Dean Richmond, Belmont,
and Severns., Ludlow, Church and the,
westera members, Cochrane, ,Butter~ orth
and Bari, are agalD.t him. but the de!.g
tion votes as q unit. The New York dele.
CATION have rejected the platform by . large
majority. Ali but ,Rynuers, Fowler, J.wett
and few otiicehoIders favored the minority
report for which Johu Co, hr~ne voted. A
committee was appointed 60 prepare New
York platform, to, bs submitted as a ssubsti.
TUE. Ia -. l = - y-'
Pennsylvania. aud New Jersey did not
sign the minority report. They sreprepar-,
Ing q substitute. ....7 o.. -
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.a, ya&t 5gr5m .s- CHARLESTON, April %.
The Convention assembled at 10 o'clock.
MIR. Bigler introduced the Bayard resolu-
tions, hoping that they might be the means
OF conciliation. He moved, as a means of
testing the sense OF the Convention, that they
be referred back to the committee, with
lnstru -tions to report the Bayard resolutions
to the Convention in an hour. 10 ~h
Mr.. richardson, of ILL.,, denounced the
motion as out of order. Half an hou. was
then spent in discussing points Of order. The
chair declared Mr.. BIgle in order, who
the previous question. ~
MIR. Montgomery moved that the motion be
laid on the table. ....
Mr.. Phillips, of Pa. inquired waether the
motion would not carry the whole subject,
and all, with it, :3r 80
MIR. Stuart, OF Mich, objected to the ruling,
saying that we will ascertain that when the
vote is taken. l3c.g.- 81. -..... ... -.Fs
After further deb tie, the chair stated that
the motion to lay on the table the previous
4, - A.
Mr.. Montgomery then withdrew the motion
to lay on the table. a'.ncl =. .rs.a... ...-
Mr.. Mills, OF Md, wanted t. know what
would be the effect OF the question. Represent
ing the principal slave districts Of MARYLAND.
he wanted an opportunity to reply to
remark made here by Mr.. johnson, wnom he
charged with mlsrepresenting his constituents,
stultliylng his own previously expressed
opinions. Cries of the previous question,
md it was seconded gsgs'Ee as Is: .,--l
At IL o'clock, Florida demanded vote by
states, amidst great excitement throughout
ne hall. Here the minority of the Georgia
read a resolution af the Georgia
convention, requesting, but, they contended
lot lnstructlGg, them to vote as a unit
Without any decision on that point, arvote
vas taken as follows: Ayes, 302 ); nay, l.,
rom Maryland. So the main question Was
rdered. The question then REQUIRED on the
action OF Mr.. Blgler tOrecommit the whole
u6ject to the committee. They are rs
blows: -.
l. Affirming the Cincinnati Platform.
2. That all citizens have right to settle
the Territories, without their rights Of
erson or property being impaired either by
congressional or Territorial legislation.
5. That the Democratic party stands
ledsed to the doctrine tha: it is the duty Of
LIE Government to mai-tain all C,n>litu-
lonal rights OF property, OF whatever kind,
n the Territories, and to enforce The .leci-
ions of the Supreme Court iu reference
hereto.
4th, 9th, 9th, and 7th resolutions were
hen read. 4th, 5th, and 9th OF tueSe were
eported by the maturity.
The vote was then announced us follows:
mid great excitement. Ayes, 1872; nays,
81. The motion carried. The Lays are,
daine 5, New Hampshire S. Vermont 3,
Massachusetts, 5, Rhode Island 4, Con,eci.
ut AZ, New YORK 35, New Jersey 3, Penn
ylvanla II, Maryland %, Virginia l, Mis-.
ouri 4, Illinois IL, Tennessee l, Ohio %,
indiana l3, Michigan 6, Wisconsin 5, Iowa
Minnesota 3. AL! the balance Q52) are in
he Affirmative. .ta-
)oua las strength, while the plai form wfiseffS
ill probably oe adopted Is anti squalrer
ove,eignty, on wnich Mr.. Douglas cannJt4
tand.
The President decided that the vote did not
lrry the instructions to report within an
our, and that the vote would now recur on
lis part of Mr. Bgler's notion
Mr.. Stuart, of Michigan, mo led that vote
e taken on each resolution. [Sensation.l
Nearly one hour was spent in discussing
uestions of order, Senator Bayar in the
leantime endeavoring to allay the excitement
At l23 oco ock the Fl e>ideat Geo led that
ne motion to lay on The table the balance
t Mr.. Bgle;'s propositions was In order.
t 1t Is laid on the table, the three platforms,
'lthuut Instructions as to matter ur time,
7lll go to the Committee with MIR. Dgler's
rop ,stions.
When Georgia was cal ed the min ,rity Of
he delegates protested against the vote of
he State beinh given as Il unir, on the
ground that they were requested. not in.
tructed, to vote as unit. a debate on
his point ensued wh'h checke d the progi ess
If the vote, aud at 123 o'clock he President
lecided that the request Of the Sou hern
states to vote as unit was equivalent to an
Instruction, and that Georgia must vote asa
init, being q loss Of two Dousaas Yates.
The vote was then announced, as follows:
Ayes 242. nays At. So :he platforms wers
II referred back to the Committee without
Instructions. -.
A motion next came up to instruct the
ommittee to report at 4 o'clock this P. NJ.
Mr.. Phillips, of Pennsylvania, moved to
djourn to o'clock. The convention ad-
burned till O'clock.
afternoon tSession.--The Convention re-
ssembled at o'clock P. NJ. g. IL ... ...,..s.
The committee on platform said they would