Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-09-14
Truth Against Misrepresenta-
ton


A correspondent Of the Jeesrsonian, who signs
himself "JUsrrcr," in commenting upon Gen.
ouaries' speech, of last Saturday night says;
Fast-Gen. Quarles stated that at Charleston,
the Tennessee delegation voted II to for the adop
ton Of the Cincinnati Platform, pure aud simple.
This is not true.
! Now let us see whether IL is true or not. Mr..
Bnticr, Of Massachusetts, offered the following:
Resolgcd That we, the Democracy Of the Union,
In Convention assembled do hereby declare our az
! frmance of the Democratic Resolutions unanimous
! ly adopted and declared platform Of principles
adopted at Cincinnati in the year 1856 without
addition or alteration believing that Democratic
principles are interchangeable in their nature when
applied to the same subject matter, and we recon-
mend the only farther resolution the following:
Resoired, That II is the duty of the United States
TO extend its protection alike over all is citizens
whether native or natufalized.
| Bere is the Cincinnati platform, pure and simple,
and wholly undisturbed by the last resolution which
was intended to cover a case which came up since
l. This is from the record and the denial of JUS
tice" invaidates his testimony without affecting
the record. Again. says Justice"
Sscond.--Gen. Quarles stated that after adopting
the Cincinnati platform, the Tennessee delegation
voted log to Il to lay all other propositions the
table. This is not true.
The resolutions of Butler were reected-l9s to
! l05-and the States were called upon the PROPOSE
ton to adopt the minority in lieu of the majority
report and the minority report was adopted by l65
to 49, The question then came upin the shape of
a vote upon the platform as amended by the substi-
tuition of the minority, for the majority report Mr.
Butler called for division of the question, and a
vote upon so much of the question as re-afirmcd
the Cincinnati platform, simply. The Chair deci-
ded in favor of Butler, and it was the vote on this
that ceused the stampede of the Southern boilers,
Tennessee remaining in the Convention. The vote
taken upon the first resolution which is in these
words
| ResOIred That we the Democracy of the Union,
in Convention assembled, hereby declare our AFR
nance of the resolutions unanimously adopted and
declared as platform of principles by the Demo-
cratic Convention at Cincinnati in the year 1856,
believing that Democratic principles unchanga-
BILE in their nature, when applied to the same sub
ject matter.
This resolution was carried by 237l to 05--the
Tennessee delegates voting for it, lOA to J, and be-
ing the second time that they voted for the O;ncin
natl PLATFORM pure and simple. Mr.. Briggs, of N.
Y. them moved that, as the Cincinnati platform
had been re-adopted, all other propositions should
be laid on the table. This motion was lost, butthe
Tennessee delegates voted for it, lO3 to II. This
is the record-"J Justice" denies it. and we call up
on him for the proof of his position. Again. says
"Justice:"
| Thad.-Gen. Quarles further stated that they
then went into ballot for candidate for the
Presidency upon the Cincinnati platform alone
This is not true.
We do not remember whether Gen. Quarles is
correctly quoted in this last paragraph, but "Jus-
tice A" will hardly deny that, after TIE re-adoption
of the Cincinnati platform, set forth in the reso
luton just quoted, the Tennessee delegates did vote,
under it thirty-six times for Andy johnson, and
twenty times for another candidate We know not
and care not, what bubble "Justice' may resort
to in order to evade the record but the trcth is
Gen. Quarles stated it, and the denials of "Justce"
without proof are not worth pinch of snuff, and
we challenge him TO show that the record is not
as we have set it forth. The Tennessee delegates
voted twice and almost unanimously for the re-adop
ton of the Cincinnati platform, at Charleston, and
now pretend that they bolted at Baltimore because
that platform was re-affrmed.
But "Justice " mistakes one of the positions Ia
ken by Gen Quarles He did not say that the Ten
nessee delegation voted ffty-seven times for
didate after the adoption of the Cincinnati PLATFORM
but after the adoption of the minority, Douglas
platform. The Cincinnati platform, pure and sim
pie, was not adopted by the Convention but the
Tennessee delegation voted for it, / to l, and up
to the time of that vote, candidate had been put
in nomination, therefore the dodge of Justice in
citing the vote as Douglas and nti-Douglss is a
senseless device fer carrying the false impression
that the Tennessee delegates were voting against
Douglas instead of the Cincinnati platform.
The authority cited by Gen. Quarles was compiled
by Halstead from the Charleston Mercury has been
carefully compared with the proceedings of the Con-
vention published by its own order, and with the
compilation of McGn of Washington City, and
circulated by Democratic members Of Congress, and
in both, the votes are just as we have reported
them, and as they were stated by Gen. Quarles.-
And now we call upon the correspondent of the
JefIersonan TO show from the record, that the
statements of Gen. Quarles are not strictly true
and, failing to do this we leave him to the judg-
ment of that public which he has attempted to mis-
lead, by groundess Misrepresentation.
DsiS- The Je6srsonian charges that we are pat
ting the Douglas men on the back, because theyare