Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-05-11

of the Southern States in retiring from
the Convention, and their subsequent ac-
ton. We have adopted the majority plat
form that the Convention rejected, and |
we propose TO preserve it as headstone
to the builders, on which the Democracy
of the Union can rely. He therefore
considered it essential that an address
should be prepared containing all these
facts in the simplest and briefest form,
placing them before the country in
true constitutional, and therefore ma
tional position.
The question was demanded, and the
result was that the resolution was as
follows:
Resolred, That a committee of one
from each State represented be appoint
ed 10 prepare an address to the people
of the United States, explanatory of the
reasons which have actuated this Con-
vention in adopting the course it has
pursued, and in vindication of its princi-
Piles or action.
Gen. Simons of South Carolina was
unwilling to allow any committee TO put
forth an address, representing him. which
he would have no opportunity of previous
ly examining. He was no politician,
but he had his own views. He did not
: like some features of the platform, especi-
! ally those relating to the Pacific Rail-
r road, and that which declared duty to the
Union as superior to that to the sovereign
D States. He thought there was no neces-
sity for any address, nor would he follow
0 the other Convention to Baltimore.
: When he came out, he left them forever.
e Mr.. Bryan of Texas was in favor of
O both nominations and an address.
e Mr.. Jackson of Georgia offered as a
y substitute a resolution that all who favor
the action of the seeding delegates meet
them in Washington on the second
r. Monday in June.
J. On motion, the Convention then ad.
d journed to P. NJ, but delegates were
e requested to remain for private consul
Is tation on the proposition before the Con
ID vention.
j. EVENING SESSION.
he The Convention re-assembled at
is o'clock P. NJ.
r Mr.. Bayard Immediately left tn
Chair and addressed the Convention
at He reviewed the position of the seceder;
on and approved of the platform, but it wa
ia, not in language that he would prefer
he With regard to the resolution for prepal
ing an Address and reassembling 6
"a Washington, one week prior to tn
We reassembling of the Convention at Ba
or timore, he could not approve of it. Ii
ess was unwilling to assent 10 the prepar;
las ton of an address by committee, whiC
. was to go forth to the country before |
in. could have an opportunity of examinir
, if it. He could not trust any man or 8
of men however able and patriotic the
Tho might be, to speak to the public for hir
or He would therefore oppose the resolutio
He continued to speak nearly an hot
defining his position, and reviewing t
% course of the National Convention, a
o.o said that sixteen non-Democratic Sta
$40 had voted down seventeen Democra
-, States. He (Bayard) desired the un
;o of the Democratic party, and W
prepared to support their nominee,
.ro he should prove TO be trusty Natio
\. man. His personal preference was
Senator Hunter of Virginia. He sty
will the New York Soft Shell delegation a
band of political gamblers, and concluc
by saying that he could not retain a S
,r in this Convention if that resolution
A., adopted, though he would approve o
:. as delegate from any of the cot
Ill States. He therefore asked the perm
- sion of the Convention to allow him
,,on decline the position in which they h
- =. placed him, and to retire from the {
vention.
~ 70 He spoke for two hours very eloqu
,oroI ly against disunion, and on finish
took his hat and retired from the Con,
III. ton.
- Robert Scott Of Alabama was
chosen President.
.nun. Judge Meek called up the resolu
i no again, but as Mississippi and Texas
thorn objected to an address, it was withdr;
n,acs Mr.. jackson OF Georgia then off
his resolution for Southern Conven
-ed of to be held in Richmond, Va, on
r an. second Monday in June next.
IN ad. resolution was adopted with but fy
either six dissenting voices.
-oate A resolution providing that an ado
union or narrative of the grounds on "
IL .. the Southern States seeded from