The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-06-20
From the North Carolina Argus.
PLATFORMS.

The Salisbury Banner sneers at the plat.
form Of the Constitutional Onion party-the
Constitution Of the United States--as ga
platform with thirty-ihree faces" Il is Just
what is wanted in these disastrous times of
spctonalism and ,li>union-a platform for
the couatry-not platform with tgo faces,
one for the North and the other Tor the South
I The Banner, we have ALWAYS understood, is
t" State rights" Democratic sheet, and, ac-
cording to'our idea of the State rights" par.
Is, their platform has face for every State
! in the llniun -or. at least, its party in each
State claims the right 10 construe the Con-
siitu,ion and the laws their own way.
I Apropos Of platforms. We cannot give
anything more appropriate than the following
/ from the Albany GA Patriot, Democrat.
ic paper, on the action OF the late Charleston
Convention.
"ll we are correct in our Judgment, so
FAR as the State Of Georgia is concerned, she
never sent delegates TO Charleston to erect
political plaifnIms; BY no means, for she al.
ready has more platforms than the party can
stand upon. Then what was their mission
By the direction nf the Convention 0f tie
chosen people Of Georgia, her delegates were
selected Tor the sole aud only purpose Of no.
minating candidates lur election to The offices
of President and Vice President of the Uni
ted States, aud this was the only power con-
ferred upon them by those they represent,
am We presume this was the case with the
people Of her sister States. But the Con-
yention transcends us bounds, and attempts
to establish sundry resolutions in the shape
Of platform which are not worth the IA.
per they are written on. The most laugha-
Bile and nnnsenscal farce oi this extraordi.
nary body, is the attempt TO palm of on the
public IN already uiolaied platform, by incor-
porating the one pissed at Cincinnati. Now
let US take this Cincinnati platform and read
from il the following resolution:
49, Resofred, That the Democratic party
will resist all attempts Of renewing in Con.
gress or out Of il the ssitation Of the slave
~ question, under whatever shape or color
the attempt may be made
This resolution was one of the most i'm
portant TO the South that could have been
adopted. Let Us here pause. and ask our.
selves the question. Has IT BgES VIOLATED
The members 81 that Convention had not az
rived a, their homes before il was grossly
violated. Aye, aud il has continued 10 be
violated. with impunny, from that very day
10 the present moment. Yet, with this SOL
emn aud impressive truth staring us in the
lace, the present Charleston Convention in.
suits the people BY an attempt 10 re.allirm
aud re.establlsh an already broken down, VIC.
lated and worthless concern. What are plat
forms; Have they any binding force upon
the people, or even the candidates whom
lhey NAV choose 10 selectf Judging from
the past, we are forced TO answer 10 the ne.
gatiVe. They are not worth the printers
ink upon which il j. wasted. Ii has been
badly asserted that Judge Douglas desires a
nomination fnr the Presidency, and that his
friends are urging his claims with all the force
that energy, puwer or capital can command,
and II is further asserted that 10 obtain the
ollice. he will stand npon any platform that
may be adopted. What sacrifice OF prn-
ciple, my countrymen. President with.
out principle! In the language Of Pitt,
Before 10 mix with that unhalloxed crew,
May tosin lightning bias, me Il DO"
But letus not forget the PLATFORM. There
is a platform upun which We haze aud upon
which VIC may continue to stand. That plat.
form upon which our fathers stood-a plat.
form II equal rights and equal justice % al
sections. That platform is the CONSrl-
TUITION OF OUR COUNTRY, erected
with willing hands. A legacy framed and
handed down to Us by the bravcst and 10.
blest patrons that the world ever produced.
That instrument stands as glorious monu.
ment TO their salor, their merit and their
loyalty. Once destroy its fair and cherish.