New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-27
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
The Platform Difficulty.
ALL SORTS OF PROPOSITIONS.
clAys PROPERTY 10 Be PROTECTED IN TERRITORIES
The Excitement Increasing.
A DISRUPTION IMMINENT.
Treason in the New-York Delegation
THE PLOT EXPLODED.
clAvs PROPERTY 10 Be PROTECTED IN TERRITORIES
The Excitement Increasing.
A DISRUPTION IMMINENT.
Treason In the New-York Delegation
THE PLOT EXPLODED.
A Slave Code Platform Adopted.
Special Dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune.

Special Dispatch TO the N 4. frinune
CHARLESTON, Thursday, April 26, 1860
TIE Platform Committee have not agreed, and
probably viii net. Three conflicting reports are
row expected.
| The New.York delegation met this morning and
rejected Mr.. Bsysrd's proposition, but instructed
Mr. Croswell 10 vote for Stepbens's, which sffirns
TIE CiDcinpsti platform, and declares the purpose
to abide by. approve, and enforce all decisions Of
| the Supreme Court.
The PENNSYLVANIA delegation met, but took no
acton on the subject.
Various States have conferred and the CONVEX
ton are low referring their declarstsry resolutions
to the Platform Committee.
This question tpgrt all preseututerest, and en-
tirely oyersbadows that of candidates, as ruPtqre
| is imminent without some satisfactory agreement
| The public interest is greatly increased as tue
crisis approaches. The galleries and floors of the
Convention are tbroDged with excited spectators of
| both sexes.
P.M-The Platform Committee have adopted
Mr. Bal ards resolutions sfimu the bred Scott
tec,ion Tepudiatiog squat.er sovereignty and Con-
errssionsl Intervention, and that it is the duty
Of the Federal Government to protect all species Of
property in the Terrturies on the high seas or aoy
other place over which it has usrisdiction-by one
ua,orit,, and then reconsIdeIed and rejected them
by the same vote.
Messrs. Sidell and company got up Letter
ibroueh MessIs. Barlow aud Fowler, signed ny
various members of TIE New. York delegation,
I authorizing Mr.. Cromwell to vote for Mr. Baysrd's
resolutions, in disregard Of bis instructions this
morning; but the plot was discovered in iiue to be
arrested An in'orra meeting OF the delegation
~ss Immediately called, and Mr.. Ludlow denounced
the whole scheme
Tie programme was if New-York agreed to the
rfolutiors Penis lyauia and other States were TO
foll in and report the Platform unanimously.
Ire Committee took recess, and is now again
in session.
The New-York delegation viii confer tonight
with view TO releasing Mr.. Cfoswell from instruc-
tops if he desires it, There is much trouble in the
New.YoIk delegation from oficebolders having
made more pledges than they can redeem, they
finding they cannot control it.
The Pernsy lsania delegation has just conferred
and instructed Mr.. Wright to vote for the Tennes-
see platform, which will probably command the
turpcIt Of majority of the Committee. Two
reports ut least are expected.
Eight o'clock p. m.-The Douglas men OF the
Moth. Wet, New -Enflsnd, and New-YOrk have
just agreed upon q platform among themselves,
which viii be present d to the COMMITTEES within
On leur by Mr.. johnson OF Maryland, re.ffrniug
the Cincinnati platform, and Incorporating WITH IL
the pyiI cple Of the Clay ton Compromise by which
the ton of Slavery in Territories is referred to
the judiciary. Trey claim it will carry, but the
result is ubtful The ext'eme South, while will
ing TO concede something for concilistioD demand
protection 10 Slavery 10 substance. They Will take
n, ting less, and if that is refused, they Will c'
another Convention here.
The Tennessee platform which the Pennsylvania
deIet ates have recOmme Dded, is as follows:
Re.olred: That the Federal Government has no
rover 10 interfere with Slavery IN the States, or ex'
ode from the Territories and 10 cutiesso perform 10
relation thereto but protect tee Iehs OF the owner
from ropR snd 10 restore fugitive sIou labor These
ouies it cannot withhold wnhtut violation OF the
Coz stitutiop.
These words were adroitD extracted from the
Douglas Harper srtice AID adopted, 90 10 - com-
nit Tennessee at the proper time. IBIS dlsco'efy
will not belp Mr.. Douglas much.
New.York is siill uuco nmitted on candidate
though several leading men of both interests IN the
delegation are agaInst Mr. Douglas. StiI her vote
il confidently claimed and conceded 10 the iolow-
ing estimate, which has been revised BY pro and
artl-DoUglas managers: