Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-05-08

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lent Wing speech he had ever heard.
(Cries of 'order.'O
Mr. Stuart raised a point of order that
motion to lay on the table would
carry the whole subject with it,
The President decided that it would
not carry to the tables the Cincinnati
platform just adopted.
Mr.. Cuttings rose to personal ex
PLANTATION. He did not mean any per-
sonal insult to the Chair when he re-
marked that he had first seen him at a
Wing meeting making Whig speech.
He honored such men; he honored any
man who dared to be Democrat in
Massachusetts. ..
Mr.. Yancey, of Alabama, said the
motion to lay the balance of the minority
platform on the table was out of order,
as it was equivalent to motion to strike
out all but the first resolution, which
would be clearly out of order.
The President declared the motion to
lay on the table to be in order.
After the vote had commenced,
Alabama, Mississippi and Florida de-
sired to withdraw their votes, and
Arkansas withdrew three of her votes,
all refusing to vote on the subject.
The result was then announced-yeas
81 nays 1871 So othe Convention refused
to lay the balance of the minority re-
port on the table.
The Convention then proceeded to
vote separately on the resolutions. a..
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gentlemen that if they adopted these
resolutions, the Democratic party would
cease to exist as national party.
Mr.. Stuart, of Michigan, rose to a
question of order.
TCries of ''down!' ''down!" by the
Southern members
Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, rose, and
desired to address the Convention.
Great excitement ensued, and the
Southern members demanded a decision
on the point of order, refusing to hear
Mr.. Richardson, and crying him down.
Mr.. Richardson maintained his posi-
ton, and great anxiety was manifested
to hear. He made several attempts to
speak, but was called to order by the
Alabama and Mississippi delegations:
Judge Meek of Ala. demanded that
the convention proceed to vote, ana that
no other business be allowed.
Mr.. Cochrane, of N. Y, asked a sus-
pension of the rules, to allow Mr.. Rich
ardson to speak.
The motion was declared out of order.
Another half hour was spent on points
of order and privilege questions, when a
vote was taken to strike out the pream-
BILE and first resolution, relating to the
Dred Scott decision of the Supreme
Court relative to slavery.
Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and
Florida declined to vote.
The delegations generally went out to
consult, and the vote was finally an
nounced as follows: yeas 40-nays 23O.
The yeas were: New Hampshire l;
Massachusetts, 101I; Rhode Island 4; Con
necticut 4; Pennsylvania 9; Maryland p;
Missouri 5; Kentucky 4. This was re-
garded as yielding to the South.
The President then announced that
the preamble with the first resolution
was adopted.
Mr.. Butler proposed that the balance
of the platform be voted down without
division.
Mr.. Stuart, Of Michigan, demanded a
separate vote on each resolution.
The vote was then taken on the reso-
luton to protect foreign born citizens
Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Florida
and Alabama declined to vote, and the
resolution was adopted unanimously.
A vote was then taken ON the Pacific
Railroad resolution, which was adopted;
the same States refusing to vote, and
there being but 20 negative votes.
Mr. McCook gave notice of a motion
to reconsider this vote, with an object OF
checking Arkansas in joining the Ala
bama movement.
The remaining resolutions were then
voted on successfully, the slave States
declining to vote, and Arkansas voting
but three votes.
All ofthem were adopted nearly unan-
imous-the yeas numbering 272.
Mr. Stuart Of Michigan, obtained the
floor on motion to reconsider the res
olutions, and proceeded to address the
Convention complaining that whilst those
ON his side had given respectful hear
ing to the South, they had not been al
lowed to say one word He, and those
who acted with him, had agreed never
to agitate the subject in or out of Con
gress and they had kept the agreement
He was ready to yield money or prop
erty for peace and harmony, but would
not consent to yield his honor. Thi
was demanded of him by the South.
Mr. Yancey replied at some length, de-
claring that Congress has the right to pro,
tect the property ofslaveholders against
the encroachments Of Territorial legisla-
ton wherever it may occur.
Mr.. Stuart moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table, and called
the previous question, put gave way to
Mr.. Walker, Chairman of the Alabama
delegation, who rose and announced
that he had a communication from that
delegation to make to the Convention
He then proceeded to read a state
ment and protest, giving their reasons
for withdrawing from the Convention
He also read a resolution declaring that in
case the delegates from Alabama should
withdraw, as adopted by the Convention
of that State, no other person should
represent that State in this Convention
The delegation rose to depart, when
Mr.. Barry, of Mississippi, rose and
stated that the delegation from that
State authorized him to state that that
delegation also withdrew from the Con-
vention with Alabama.
Mr.. Mountain, of Louisiana, was au-
thorized to state, on the part of the del
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