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3 The Tcnnessse Platform. aa
A PLATFORM ADOPTED.
Oregon and California with the
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DOUGLASS CHANCES IMPROVED.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT!
FIVE COTTON STATES WILL PROBABLY SEceDEI
Douglas TO be Nominated To. day!
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
DOUGLASS CHANCES IMPROVED.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
FIVE COTTON STATES WILL PROBABLY sEctDEI
Douglas to be Nominated TO.day!


have recommended, is as follows; II
ResotOed, That the Federal Government
has no power to interfere with slavery in the |
States, OF exclude il from the Territories, and |
no duties 10 perform in relation thereto but |
TO protect the rights of the owner from wrong |
and restore fugitives from labor. These du- |
ties It can not withhold without a violation |
of the Constitution. uDHi1ru .pfH .f
New York is still uncommitted on can
didate, though several leading men of both |
interests in the delegation are against Mr.. |
Douglas. 4IH. lLI lg E.,
lip. M.--The following is the platform |
Just adopted in the Committee.
Resol1ed, That the platform adopted at
Cincinnati be affirmed, with the following
additional resolutions:
That the National Democracy of the United
States hold these cardinal principles on the
subject of slavery in the Territories First,
that Congress has nopowerto abolish slavery
in the Territories Second, that the Terri
torial Legislature has no power to abolish
slavery in the Territories, nor prohibit the
introduction of slavery therein nor any
power to destroy by any legislation what
ever. il .Hu'r'0u rI1'".t 1lf
Resolted, That it is the duty of the Federal
Government to protect, when necessary, the
rights of persons OF property on the high seas,
in the Territories, or wherever its constitu-
tonal jurisdiction extends
This platform combines the resolutions Of
Messrs. Bayard, of Delaware, and Clark, of
Missouri. 1t was adopted by ls to l6, but
Mr.. Croswell changed his vote from the af-
frmative to the negative, making the actual
result II to 16. ...g
Oregon and California voted with the
South. It is regarded as a fatal blow at
Douglas. ..E -,..H
The Missouri minority will report the Gin
cinnati Platform, with a general approval of
the decision of the Supreme Court, and an
obligation to return fugitive slaves.
II 80 P. Mt is estimated that 1870 votes
will be cast against the majority platform.
The delegations from Missouri, Kentucky
and Tennessee are divided. ....
CHARLEsToN, April .27.-Mr. Avery, al
though representing fifteen slave States and
two free States, denies that any feeling of
sectionalism influenced the majority.
Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, although he signed
the majority report, says he did not and would
not vote for the third resolution, which is:
Rcsolued, That it is the duty of the Fed
eral Government to protect when necessary
the rights of persons and property on the
high seas, in the Territories, or wherever its
constitutional authority extends.
Mr.. Avery called attention to the fact that
the majority report represents one hundred
and twenty-seven certain Democratic elect
oral votes, while the minority does not repre-
sent one electoral vote that can be claimed as
certain. He regards squatter sovereignty as
subyersiye of the rights of the South, as Con-
gressional intervention would be. He classed
Il with the Wilmot Proviso, being equally as
subversive of Southern rights. ..I-...
The Convention met at ten o'clock.
Mr.. King, of Missouri, presented series OF
resolutions favoring the admission of the
/ delegates from Kansas, who claimed seats on
the ground that she would be admitted into
the Union before the election. Referred to
| the Committee. ,.
An announcement was made at 1890, that
the Committee on Platform wonld not be
ready to report for an hour, and a temporary
recess or promenade was taken for that time.
The floor being crowded with ladies, as well
as the western galleries, there was chatter
of tongues and peal after peal of laughter
| going on that was in strong antagonism to the
| suspended excitement Of the Convention.
| After recess printed copies of the majority
platform report were scattered over the Con
| vention. .-.- ...-. .... '..r
| One of the minority reports was signed
"B. F. Butler, in behalf of the minority,
| which merely re-affirms the Cincinnati Plat
| form, declaring Democratic principles un
| changeable in their nature when applied Il
the same subect-matter, and only recon
mends, in addition to the Cincinnati Platform
a resolution recommending the protection 0
| all citizens, whether native or naturalized
The principal minority ~ report however, i
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa. New Yorl
and Pennsylvania The points are as follows
LIST. Affirming the Cincinnati Platform.
3D. That all rights of property are judicia
in character, and the Democracy pledg
themselves to the decisions of the Suprem
Court on the subject.
3d. Ample protection to the citizens, nativ
or naturalized whether at home or abroad
4th. Pledges Government aid to the Pacifi
Railroad. 1 ~ . -.
9Th. Favors the acquisition of Cuba O
terms honorable to ourselves and just
Spain. --i !. l'n .
9Th. That all State resistance TO the Fugi
tive-slaye Law is revolutionary and subvel
sive to the Constitution
The majority report is in substance a
already telegraphed.
4 At thirty minutes past eleven A. M. th
Convention re-assembled. The majority re
port was read by Mr.. Avery, who was in
structed TO say that entire unanimity did nc
prevail on portion of the resolution. Til
first and third resolutions in relation I
slavery in the Territories, and the duty
the General Government to protect the right
of persons were adopted by large majorit
of the Convention. The second, in relatio
, , to the Fugitive-slaye Law, and the fourtl
relative to naturalized citizens, were adopte
unanimously. |mfH-
The fifth, in favor of the acquisition {
Cuba, was adopted without division. Th
two minority reports were presented by Nj
/, Butler of Mass, and Mr.. Payne, of Ohio; Oh
latter stating that his report, although m
; nority one, represented 172 electoral vote
while the majority report represented Il
electoral votes t
Mr.. Johnson, of Md, inquired how man
of the electoral votes represented by the m
| nority reports can be depended upon for I'll
Democratic nominee. daughter and aI
plause. y ! " &AAft ~ bSl ~ a1stP'
Mr.. Payne could not say, nor could
, speak for Maryland, which goes with the mi
jority. ...'., -eH
Mr.. Payne offered his platform as subst
tute for the whole and a Massachusetts del,
gate proposed another set. ..l'
All the reports having been presented, M
Avery addressed the Convention, claimin
that his. report. represented II Democrat
States ofthe Union AN"
} lEHe alluded to the fact that Mexico an
Cuba, with Central America would ineyiti
bly, form a part of the Union, and with Il
popular sovereignty doctrine as proclaime
in the minority report, no stakeholder woul
, dare to enter these Territories with his slave
II was said that Northern men did not lii
| TO be thrown into association with slaYl
holders and he appealed TO gentlemen I
correct that error, and TO prove to the Sout
that the Democratic party at the North el
! tertained no such sentiment. There is di
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