The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-12
The charleston Convention,

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The. latest news from Charleston is under
date of May 3D. The Convention had then
been in session nine days. %"
The Committee on Platform made two re
ports-.he majority favoring q slave code
for the Territories and projection to the
slave trade. The minority repOrt re's6aEuasd
the Cincinnati Platform. endorsed the Dred
Scott decision. aud favored protection to
aaturaliEed citizens abroad. aassa -, aa
After strong debate the minority report
was adopted whereupon the delegates from
eight States Georgia, Alabama, Mississip-
pi, Florida, South Caroline. Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Texas-withdrew from the Con-
vention, declaring their intention not 10 par
ticipate further in its proceedings.
A movement was also made for secession
IN the Virginia and Tennessee delegations,
but was finally abandoned. ai7e
The secession oecasioned great excite
ment. But the majority expressed deter
mination 70 stick by the platform and nom
mate candidate for President. The Sc
ceders say that if Douglas is nominated
they win nominate separate ticket and go
before the people with the issue. 1t is not
probable, however, that they will do any
such thing. a5 .aa-r $50 a-i ll.asr
On Tuesday, the lst inst, the regular
Convention commenced balloting for. a can
didate for the Presidency, having first adopt
ed resolution that two thirds vote of the
entire Convention (2o2) should be necessa-
ry to nominate. The first ballot resulted as
follows eea sfl astu 81 -4s. s,a
Douglas. 1851; Guthrie. 363; Diekin-
son, z; Lane, 6; Hunter, 42 /; Davis, !;
Toucey. "a; Pierce. /; johnson, z@.
From this ballot, Douglas gradually
gained ground until the tenth ballot. which
was as follows : si-s stss
Tenth bailot-Douglas. 1904; Guthrie.
593; Hunter, 80; Dickinson, 4; Davis, u;
johnson, 12. .-,l-.sf, Z .....-.- =. ..-..,
Eleventh Ballot--Dougas. 1904: Guth-
RE, 394; Hunter. SO; Dickinson, a; Davis.
II; johnson, l2; Lane, 81.
Twelfth Ballot Douglas, 1904; Hunter,
SO. Guthrie. S91; Dickinson, 4: Davis,
IL; johnson, IL: Lane, 6.
The Convention then adjourned to meet
the next day. 1Eg. ';zEs use.
May 9d.--Nineteenth ballet in full-Maine.
New Hampshire, Vermont, New York.
Rhode Island, Ohio, Indiana. Michigan,
Wisconsin and Iowa voted entire for Doug
las, and be received 81 from Connecticut,
from New Jersey, 81 from Pennsylvania,
81 from Maryland. Al from Missouri. and
from Minnesota. Total, $50.
Guthrie received Mass. 8, Conn. 81, N.
J. s, Penn. 12. Md. ]. Mo. Al. Ky. IL.
Lane received N. ], Pa. 81, N. c. TO-.
Ark. /, Cal. 8, Oregon 8. as a4
Hunter received. Mass. a. Pa. 3, Del.
2, Md. 4, Va. 10.
johnson received, Tenn. II, MINI. /.
Dickinson received. Cal. ].
Davis received, Mass. J.
After the 21st ballot, debate was INDUCED
in for some time on the question, but the
President decided that delegates from Vir-
ginia were entitled to cast their individual
votes The vote of Virginia was then cast
as follows: One for Douglas, and IA for
4 Hunter. Douglas also received one vote
from North Carolina, giving him majority
of the whole Electoral College, as follows :
Douglas, 1881 Guthrie. All; Lane. 194;
Hunter, e5; johnson. 12: Dickinson, III,
. Davis, /.
T The 57th ballot closed the day g proceed
ings as follows: ~
Douglas. 1914; Guthrie. Ssh; Hunter.
l6; Lane, Is; Dickinson, 2; Davis, l.
twill be seen that Mr.. Douglas. although
having majority Of the Convention, still
lacks 4s4 votes of enough to secure his
nomination. His friends, however, avow
their determination to stick to him to the
last, and if they adhere to it his nomination
may be regarded as certain.
1t is stated that Lane and Hunter have
both Withdrawn their names from before the
Convention. SIS aaa
!, Whatever may be said about ''irrepressi-
bic conflicts elsewhere, it is evident that
there is one of the most ''irrepressible'
, kind now going on in the ranks of the ''har-
monious Democracy
!, The White Cloud Chief closes severe
| article npon Lane as follows:
'sOne thing is dead sure-if the Repub
lican party must continue to be tied to jim
Lanes coat tail, it will go to hell with him!'
The Chisf is unnecessarily frightened up
on that score. Not single Territorial Re
publican convention ever held in Kansa:
, endorsed Lane or was controlled by him.