Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-01

o. She cast IA more votes for Mr.. Douglas
than her delegation were entitled 70.
Virginia appeares to have given 3 votes Tor
Mr.. Douglas, when only five of her delegates
entitled 10 "a votes, remained ip the Oonven-
ton. ,.5
20 cast one-half II vote in the Convention, yet
he is recorded as having cast one vote.
Tennessee. with only five delegates IN the
Convention, is put down as 8 instead OF 20
Ns,, York is put down at 80 votes, when IL
ia well known that two of her delegates WITH
drew from the Convention, and joined the
other Convention. al,
These make a total Of IL votes, which added
10 the Is bogus delegates from Alabama, the
~ bogus delegates from Louisiana, and the .
bogus delegates from Arkansas, counting lo9
votes. make IA total of "a votes to besubstraet-
ed from the 1914, leaving the vote OF MT
Douglas at only l54!
FORCED VOTES.
But even this was a forced vote-torced
by a violation Of the usages OF the Demo
cratic party, by which the votes oil % ueIe
gates from New York, in addition to the two
above alluded to, II from Ohio, and from In
diana, making a total of % delegates entitled To
26 votes. hostile to the nomination of Mr.. Doug
las, were voted for him. Subtract these from
l5I. and it leaves l2S, as the actual strength
of Mr.. Douglas in the Convention!
Had the rules and usages of former conven-
tons. whereby the vote of each State was to
be determined by the majority OF the Geie-
gates, been followed, Mr.. Douglas would nave
gained | vote in Maine, q votes IN Connecti-
cut. and lost 10 in Massachusetts, = IN New
Jersey. 10 in Pennsylvania, q in Maryland,
3 in Virginia, l in North Carolina, IL in Ar
kansas. AZ in Missouri, 8 in Tennessee, 3 in
Kentucky, making a net loss of $40 to which
ado the votes of Alabama 9, and LOUISIANA .,
represented by the bogus delegates, who wonld
not then have gained admission into the con-
~yention, and we have 524 votes to be deducted
from 1914. leaving l29 as the true vote under
the rule Of former conventions, really cast ior
Mr.. Douglas in the convention.
CONVENTION AT THE MARYLAND INSTITUTE
1851 votes were cast for President, to which
must be added ] vote from Minnesota, 8 votes
from Delaware, and s from South Carolina
who took no part in the domination OF MI
Douglas, and who before either convention
adjourned endorsed the action of the Mary.
land Institute Convention, making In all IL
votes. "a,
This number has been since largely increased
reimbursement of delegates after the ad
part IN tue p -ha conventions, who took nc
ing taken part IN e. If either. or who, hav
have since repudiated its acuI-s Convention
linus neither convention mas pr
candidate nominated by wo-thirds Of II
votes of the electoral colleges. Which, Their,
fore, is entitled to the support of the Demo
racy, as the embodiment of its principles, an
rs endorsed by the weight and influence of Il
party:
The committee TO whom we have referrt
charge that we are the disunion party, ar
therefore not entitled to support. Let us col
slider the platforms of the two conventions, AT
make some inquiries into the antecedents
its candidates and supporters.
PLATFORMS OF THE TWO CONVENTIONS IN R
GARD TO SLAVERY. ,.. y
The platform of the Maryland Institu
Convention, endorsed at Charleston by seve
teen sovereign States, is as follows:
J.. Resolved That the government ola Territory organic
by an act Of Congress Is provisional and temporary, a
during its existence all citizens Of the United states have
equal right to settle with their property In u Terrific
without their rights, either Of person or property, bel
destroyed or impaired by Congressional or 1erritOr
legislation.
2 Resolved, That IL Is the duty ofthe Federal Governm,
in all its departments 10 protect when N cessary,
rights Of persons and property in the Territories, a
wherever clc it, Constitutional authority extends.
3. Resolved, That when settlers In a Territory having
sovereignty commence, and being -consummated by IN
mission Ino the Union, they stand on an equal footing vi
the people OF other states and that a state thus organic
ought to be admitted into the Federal Union, whether
Constitution prohibits or recognizes the institution
slavery. %
That Of the Front Street Theatre Conve
ton, is MS follows:
Resolved, That we, the Democracy of I
Union in convention assembled, hereby decla
our affirmation Of the resolutions unanimous
adopted and declared as a platform of prin,
piles by the Democratic Convention ut Cinci
natl, in the year 1856, believing that Dem
cratic principles are Interchangeable in tn,
nature when applied to the same subjes
matter.
Resoiped, That it is in accordance with t
true Interpretation of the Cincinnati PlatforI
that during the existence of territorial Cover
ments, the measure of restriction, whatever
may be, imposed by the Federal Constitute
on the powers of y Territorial Legislature ov
the subject of domestic relations, MS the san
has been or shall hereafter be finally dete
mined by the Supreme Court of the Unit
States, should be respected by all good citizen
and enforced with promptness and fidelity
every branch of the Federal Government.
Referring to our platform, the Dough
Committee say that "nothing could be mo
vague and unsatisfactory then these resol
tons; theydeal in 'truisms Of the tamest si
nifcance, or rather, as the controversy the
stood, of no significance ut all" 1t may
well to pause here and point attention to Il
fact that this Douglas Committee shrink fror
the task of taking issue with these resolution
and that they thus virtually admit that the
contain no doctrine to condemn. Let the Dou.
las speakers in the North who have been RIM
ing the charge of % slave code" "slave code,
take notice of the virtual admission of the
Executive COMMITTEES that the resolutions col
tain no such doctrine. .aoi7
The committee were wise in not attacking
platform which defes assault.
EXPOSITION OF THE PLATFORM OF THE MA
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