The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-05-03

be associated with slave holders, and he APP
pealed to the Gents to- correct .rat error
and to prove to the South fiat TIE Demo
cratic party at the North entertaincd no
such sentiment. There is a di2ut,st among
the masses of the people of their Northern
allies, we sympathze with you wnon yogG
are called ".Doug'aces" at the Ncr,h, anc
we ask you to give US the eyi1eaces tba,
our sympathy is well placed.
Mr.. Payne Of Ohio addre ,sed the Ccnvc.
ton IN h,'l,alf of the minority report Il"
did not desire any personal victory hut 'hos"
he represented believed in the harmoniHu
settlement Of difficulties depend the eXr.
lance Ofthp Democratic marty aud the pros.
poritv, and perpetuitv Of the Union. The
Democrats oC the North have stooA hy tia;
South in good faith. There never lad been
hut one construction put OH the slavery
clauses Of the Cincinnati Platforn, and he
chalrnrcd any man to show it had eve,
hacn differently constructed, even on thy
floors of Congress.
lIr. PAYNE read the opinion c. Secretary
Tourcv and Vice President Breckenrid.r
against any measure to legislate slavery in
to territory and the people of each Ter,
ritorv shat! settle the matter for them.
serves GNl 0h 1hllt'tt'u lllLO tlC liiibD d>
they determine, end eaid he could show that
distinguished Southern Statesman since
1850 had planted himself on the sq,atter
sovereignty platform of non-intervention by
Congress-
An intense excitement exists. A large
crowd collected in front of the Mills House,
listening to disunion speeches. The crowd
rushed into the room OF the New York dele
CATION, but were driven out by police.
The minority or compromise report will
he adopted by $50 majority. Five States
will bolt, and nominate Davis, or Wood and
Lane
Douglass friends predict his nomination
tomorrow. He has % votes in the New
York delegation, including Dean, Richmond,
Belmont, Stevens, Ludlow Church, and
the western members, Cochrane, Butter
worth. Fuller and Barlow are against ham,
but the delegation votes unit.
The New York delegation have rejected
the platform hv large MAJORITY all but
RvpderS, Fowler, .Jewett, and a few Office
holders favoring the minority report, for
which John Cochrane voted.
A committee was appointed to nrenare a
New York platform, to be submitted as a
substitute. Pennsylvania and New York
did not sign the minority report, They are
prenarn~a substitute.
The following resolution. of Mr. Cochrane,
Of New York, has Just been circulated, and
which he proposes to suffers a substitute for
all other Propositions in addition to tho Gin
cinnati Platform.
R@So1reR The several States are under the
Constitution equal, and the people are emit
tied to free and undiSturbed possession and
enjoyment Of their rights of person and prop
erty in common Territories, and any attempt
by congress or territorial legislature to
ahridge them is against any such equality
of rights, and would he unwise and repug-
nant to the Constitution, and it is the duty
Of the Federal Government, wherever such
rights are violated toafford the remedy.
Mr.. PAYNE concluding appeal to the S0nth
was very powerful and listened to attentive
" he urged then not to destroy the Demo
cratic party for mere abstraction.
Mr. Bnttler, of Massachusetts who ropor-
ted the Cincinnati platform pune and simple
addressed the Convention, in view of his po-
sitiOn in his mobility to agree with minority
or majority. The clause relative to protec-
ton Of slaves on the seas he cautioned them
would be regarded bv their opponents as at
temptS tOrc-open the slave trade.
Jobn:,n of uorrlanJ viii, rao,,,ra 70 NJ w
Democratic States: 1t was like the kettle
called the pot black. Mr.. Replien, Mary
land had never countcnanced or encouraged
resistance to the fugitive slave law, and had
maintained national position in the I'm
ion.
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