The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-05-03
CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
CHARLESTON, April 20.


Government has no power to protect slave property
Ia the territories it should provide for the enforce
ment of existing laws and protect existing rights
Referred to Committee Platforms.
The Committee on Platforms is still ont, and il Il
understood wholly unable to agree, and that three
separate platforms will be presented.
MIR. Brown presented a resolution declaring that
emigrans to the Territories, carrying with than sa
property, entitled to protection such property
Mr.. Walker, of Miss, offered amendment, de
clarng II the duty of the Government to afford legal
protection to all classes Of property slave other
wise. in the Territories the high sea- The amend
ment accepted and the resolution referred tn
Committee PLATFORM:
The Tennessee platform thenrea1 and referred
dozen or more re, lotions, with regard to slaves
in the Territories, presented by various dele
gates, and referred to the Platform Committee.
Anumber cfresoutions relative to Pacific Railroads
were presented and referred.
Mr. Seward. ofGa, presented reso'utinp en- the
rights of Shareholders, describing suitable platform
and declaring James Guthrie, OF Ky, as the proper
man to nominate for President and a resolution on
the tariff being presented Can't Israel Rynders pro.
posed to include Monongahela whskey among the
articles to be protected.
Mr. Bayard, of DEL hoped the Convention would
!
by these resolutions, and moved they be referred
without reading.
Capt. Rynders said he desired by his amendment to
! put stop TO them and had succeeded
The Committee on Platforms not being ready to re
port, the Convention adjourned until o clock.
| The Convention did not adjourn, as was supposed,
the motion being withdrawn to enable Mr.. Montgome-
ry, of Pa to present resolution instruct the COM
mittee not to report National Committee until nomi-
nations made. The subject was referred to the
Committee.
| The following resolution presented by Mr.. Nor
ton, of La, and is said to from Senator Sden
| Rescued, The Territories belonging To the "A
states, as common property and not to indvidu al
citizens thereof that the Federal CONSTITUTE recog
nizes property in slaves and such the there
Of s entitled to carry his slaves into any territory of
the United States andh hold them there as property
and in the people of the territories by unriendv
legislation, otherwise should endanEer the tenure
of such property discriminate against it by with
holding that protection given to other property in the
territories. 1t is the duty of the general Governme
TO interpose by active execution of the ConstItu-
tonal power to secure the rights of shareholders.
AT quarter of II the Convention adjourned till L.
when it met The Committee Platforms were not
ready to report.
the Committee Pi forms following addition.
| al resolutions
That recognize to thu fullest extent the principle
that preserve the Union the equality of the States
must be maintained and the decision OF the Supreme
Courts enforced and every branch of the Federal
government shall exercise all its constitutional pow
ers in the protection of persons and property, both in
the States and Territories.
An exciting scene the presentation of this
resolution and it was finally ruled of order as
under the platform rule and must he referred to that
Committee.
! Several other resolutions were offered and it was
repeatedly asserted that the Platform committee
would be unable to report at all.
resolution then offered instructing them to
report what progress they had made at 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning, pending which the convention ad
journed till tomorrow The excitement is increasing
- The New York Delegation met this morning and re
jected Mr. Bayard's proposition, but instructed Mr.
Croswell to vote for that of Stephans, which airms
the Cincinnati Platform and declares the purpose tc
abide by approval and enforce all decisions of the
Supreme Court.
e., The Pennsylv ania Delegation met took acsiou
on the subject.
Various States have conferred and the convention
is now referring their obligatory resolutions to the
Platform committee. This question sngrosses al
present interests.
great sectional excitement is raising here to-day
The Southern cotton States rampant and threasef
to leave the convention in body and nominate JET
Davis for President and Fernando Wood for Vice Pres
ident if the Platform does not repudiate squatteI
sovereignty.
Mr.. Douglas has telegraphed his friends to accept
the Cincinnati platform. and the bred Scott decision
bnt not to go one step beyond
Tho committee Platform meet again at this
evening, and each member of the committee is in.
structed by his delegation to how ne shall act.
1t is stated Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Florida
and Alabama will leave the convention in of a
flare up, and probably Georgia and South Carolina.
Tomorrow will be an exciting day.
CHARLESTON, April 2S.-The Convention
r9-assembled at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Maffitt, Of Va, and Josiah Randall
both claimed the floor, which was given to
Mr. Higlcr of Pennsylvania, who proceeded
to address the Convention in favor of recon-
cling the differences, and producing union
and harmony, and preserving the integrity
OF the Democratic party. He was interrupt
ted by Mr.. Bishop, of Con-, who claimed the
floor on the ground that he moved the pre-
vious question, at the time Of adjournment.
The char decided that the motion for the
previous question, last night, was not second
ed, therefore Mr.. Biger was entitled to the
! floor.
Mr.. Bigler then introduced the Bavard
resolutions, hoping they may be the means
of testing of the sense If the Convention
that they be referred to the committee with
instructions TO report the Bayard resolutions
to the Convention in one hour
Mr.. Richardson Of Illinois, denounced thc
motion as out oforder.
Half an hour was then spent in discussing
points of order
The Chair decided Mr.. Bigler in order,
who demanded the nrevions question.
Mr.. Montgomery moved that the motion
be laid on the table
Mr.. Phillips Of Penn, inquired whether
the motion would not carry the whole SUP
lject--rcSolutions of Ill with it.
: Mr.. Stuart Of Mich Ian objected to the
Inquiry, saying we will ascertaia that when
the vote is taken.
After further debate the Chair stated that
the motion to lay on the table the preyio is
question carries with 1t tn several Platforms
NJ. Montgomery then withdrew the mo-
ton to lay on the table.
Mr.. Millr of Maryland wanted to know
what would be the effect OF the previous
question, representing the principal slave
districts of Maryland. He wanted the op-
D2rtnnity TO reply to the remarks made by
his colleague, Johnson, who he charged with
disappointing his constituents at home.
Cries of the previous question, and it was
seconded At II O'Clock Florida demanded
a vote by the States, amid great excitement
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