The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-05-05
MuEI n TN IllUIIDuS! !!
The South Secedes !

The South Secedes !
North Preparing to Knuckis
WE IA 0AcATAllG!!!
Owing to the voluainousssss OF the ~
ports frsm Chsrlsssss, ~ End cur sslaos'
Totally iu.dequass for anything Ike full
report Of the proceedings Of the Coavsa-
ton. and % shall content sussslf With
brief refersnes 70 iss proceedings.
Up to Monday stght last, the ceavsosioa
bad been unsacsd fully At work spoa sh'
platform. On Ehs fourth day, April %, Z
dozen or more sets Of resolutions were re-
ferrsd to the Committee on Pissferm-tha
most Of them frsm the Southern delegations,
demanding in effect Slave Code for sh'
Territories. On Friday, April 2s-shsS sl
day-shs Platform Committee By . majority
vote reported - follows:
Rssolred, That the platform adopted q
Cincinnati be affirmed with the following
additional resolutions: That the National
Democracy Of the United States bold thess
cardinal principles on the subject Of slavery
in the Territories
First.-Thst Congress has no power "a
abolish slavery in the Territories.
Second.-That the Territorial Legislature
has no power to abolish slavery in the Ter.
ritories, nor prohibit the Introduction Of
slavery therein, nor any power to destroy 1t
By any Legislation whatever.
Resolved, That it il the duty Of the Fed
eral Government to protect, when nsees-
sary, the rights Of persons or property o.
the high seas, 10 tbs Territories. or whore
ever its constitutional jurisdiction extends.
The platform combines the resolution 81
Msssrs. Bsyard Of Delaware and CLARK Of
Missouri. twas adopted BY vote OF Is
to Is, but Mr.. Cros& VEL changed bis vote
from the Affirmative to the negative, max.
ing the actual vose II to l6.
Two minority reports were submitted,
the principal enc signed BY Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Con-
nsoticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Indisns, Wis
consin Illinois, Minnesota, New York and
Pennsylvsnia. The points are - follows :
First-Afirmiug the Cincinnati pat
form.
Second-That all the rights Of property
are judicial in character, and the Dsmocrs-
cy pledge themselves to the decisions Of
the Supreme Court on the subject.
7hirG-Amplsp protection to cisizens, ma
tive or naturalized, at home or abroad.
Fourth-Pledges government aid to the
Pacific Railroad.
FyM-Approvss the acquisition Of Cubs
on terms honorable and just to Spain.
Sirh-That oil State resistance to the
fugitive slave Law, is revolutionary and sub.
vsrsivs Of the Constitution.
The political cauldron, which had beer
seething in the Committee, was, BY ,hss.
reports, thrown into the Hall Of the Convsn.
ton. Friday and Saturday were consumed
in buster, threats and bandying Of spithets
The Southern delegates, or the controlling
spirits among them, boiled over in uncom-
promising hostility to Douglas and his Gun
friendly legislation" doctrine. The Doug
las-ises were equally frm sud uneompro'
mising-thrsstening to leave the Convention
il the platform does not suit them, and TIL
Southerners threatening the same thing.
Saturday, beth sides boiled over oom'
plessly. Tammsny Hall was oowhers-
Pandemonium never began 10 squal sht
Democratic hubbub in Charleston. Tels.
graphic reports are thickly interlsrdsd with
such sentences 40 these-'strsmsndous up.
roar and excitement, a dozen members be.
ing on the floor At once, shouting At tn,
top Of their voicss''-"ths noise and confu.
sion was unpreesdsnted''-''no,se and con-
fusion that would have drowned the roar Of
a twenty -four poundsr"-"a scene Of die
order snsued which was almost dsafsning''-
''auother scene Of great confusion, . hun.
dred members addressing the Chair at oDc'
at the top Of their voices" This is enough
to give the reader some faint idea Of whs
is TRANSFERRING in the Convention Of th.
"harm onious" Democracy.
At about 2 O'Clock, P. NJ, with view u
Cancellation, the several reports Of the Plat.
form committee, together with various rec.
olusions in regard to Slavery in the Terri
tories were referred back to the Committee
with instructions to report At 4 O'Clock. Thu
majority report Of the Committee 10 . com.
bina,ion Of resolutions Of Messrs. B.ysrd, Of
Delaware; Cochrans, Of N. Y, and Bigler
81 Pennsylvania. Upon the question oil
adopting this Report, running debate en-.
sued-on the part Of the Cotton States most
violen, and inasmmasory-on the part Of th'
North, calm, duplicating, and concilissory,
With pointed indications OF . desire "a
compromise. At 10 o'clock, p. NJ. thu
Convention adjourned over till sMonday.
MoxpAr, ApslL 80.
THE SECESSION.
Convention met at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ.
The President announced the fret business
in order was taking vote on the main quss.
ton. which was on the substitute offered BY
Mr.. Butler, in behalf Of Massachusetts, Min.
neseta, Indiana and New Jersey, presenting
tae Cspeinnasi platform. With a resolution
for the protection o0Eitiaens Of foreign
birth. 4 vote being taken, the Butler plat
form Was rejected by vote Of nearly two
thirds against is-ayss los nays 100;
After nearly an hour spent in discussing
points Of order end vasious psrlisusntsry
movements to prevent tie reaching Of the
main question, Mr., Buler moved to lay the
whols suhiect on the table, and proceed to
vote for President, (Criss Of "Agrssd to, -
"No, No." &c.)
Mr.. Winthrop, o. Ala, conssnded that the
motion Of Mr.. Butler vas out Of order, and
that vote on the platform must nov be
taken.
Mr.. CLARK, Of Mississippi, Vas unwilling
to reach q result by subterfuce that ve can.