Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-16
wv. q. MOORE. Of Mahaska county.
DANIEL ID. SLAue sfgK, OF keokuk county.
WALrEK q. WILsos, Of Hamilton county.
JOHN A. McCosNicK, of Muscatine county.
A. w. CHURcH, Of scott county.

1 /. II. TALLAAGE, of Scott coIniy.
I The report of the committee was adopted by
! acelauation,and the chair appointed JudgeCor-
kerry of Dubuque and Gen. Humphries of Nus
catine,to wait upon Gen. Espy and escort him to
! t, e chair to which he had been elected.
/ Upon taking the chair Gen EsPT said:
Gentlemen Of the National Democratic Con-
U.ntion-lt is not OILY customary but eminent
~ becoming that the officers selected to pre-
side over deliberatve assembly of this kird
should tender his thanks for the honor confer.
rel up"n him. | need scarcely say to you that
! deefn IL high honor on this occasion. We.
assembled here in this Cpnyentior are the Ma
+ l. 'sAl anon Benoclaer OF ,ae coMmonwealth
o Iowa We are met here for the purpose OF
procaiang our principles. and for strengthen
lug the hands of our ce-adjutors in the other
States of this nation l have not the comma nd
ol language to resent to you my profound real
ization Of the honor you have conferred upon
n.e on this occasion.
Are We legitimate organiza ion, Assem- oed
a. the proper time and in the right place p
I1ere are questions which the future, after
snort time, must answer We believe that We
are assembled at the right time and at the
right place. As I observed before, we are here
to strengthen the hands Of those no are with
"a in principle and action throughout tie
length aud breadth Of the United States We
are met here for that purpose. and if occasion
| aDv reminded by our friends who have before
worked in union with us, that We ere called
brothers, our answer viii be his: 1--WE hol
! hese truthes to be sell-evident, that the con-
s.itutionsl equality Of the States the sym
io- OF everlasting union
| IL i not .sary for me on this occasion TO
| 60 into u detailei account Of the circumstances
! ~ which We are at present surrounded. In
tae discharge of my d tiles on this occasion
must claim your aid and indu 'gence. 1t is
necs ssary that parliamentary ussges should he
observed, and that ali questions should be de-
/ eide and determined promptly. 70 tho full
| discharge Of this duty then, now submit my
| self
| The President then announced the first busi-
ness in order to b: the reports of commit
! tees.
Patrics Qligley, E'q, chirman of the com.
mite on resolutions, thea presented the fol-
| lowing resolutions and platform
WHEREAS, The National Democratic Conven-
tion that assembled at Charleston in April last,
failed to nominate Candidates President an 4
Vice Pres dent, and the a j.uraei Convention at
Baltimore divided, one part of said Convention
placing in nomination, Jonn c. Breckinridk ke and
Joseph Lane, and another part of said Conven
iiol placing in nomination stephen A. Douglas
and lierschel \. johnson. And
WHEREAS. the Plato rm adopted by the Con-
vention that nominated John G.. Erecknridge and
Joseph Lane emboies the old time honored prln-
ciples OF the National Democracy And
WHEREAS, The National Democratic party Of
Iowa, has political dogma to enuncate, no
new principle to proclaim, but film adheres to
its old established land marks, the CoNsTIru TIoN,
the UNION and the Equality of the STATES
Therefore be it
!. Resoired, That we endorse AMI ratify the
nomination and Platform adopted by the National
Convention ,ha, nominated john c. Breckenridge
ani Joseph Lane, and accept it the declaration
OF our political faith
2. Resolced, That the Supreme Court of the
United States is the only tribunal recognized by
the Constitution, the final arbicr nd exponen.
If that sacred instrument. and that it has, he
bred Scott decision clearly defend the principles
upon which the rights Of all citizens in person
and prosperity should be protected in the Terrific
res.
3. Reso}rcd, That we deny and denounce the
doctrine Of the Republican pa ty, that Congress
has the power and right to intervene, and prevent
the emigration to the Territories of the Unitel
States Of citizens with their property, recog
nized by the Federal Constitution and the Su-
prsme Court of the United States and that we
also deny and denounce the assumption of the
eivocates OF "Squatter Sovereignty" that, though
each citizen may have the right to 60 to the Ter
rtories with his property. yet that the Territorial
governments organized under the acts of Congress
have the power Of such intervention, as equally
untenable und unconstitutional.
4. Resoloei, That the true Democratic and Con-
stituional doctrine is that the Territories being
the common property of the States. and all citizens
being thereby joint owners, all have an equal
right to settle in them with whatever property
they may legally possess, and Congress cannot
intervene, for the purpose of establishing or des
trovng the right Of property Ct any description,
but that it is its bounden duty, when nccessary,to
protect the rights and privileges of all citzess,
without partiality, during the Territorial cond-
ton, and that when the number of inhabitants of
any Territory qualities it, the people thereof-in
the language of the Cincinnati Platform have
the ri ght to form Constitution, with without
slavery as the maj jority may determine.
5. ResolrtI That g real aim of the Republican
party, as evinccl by the writings and speeches Of
its leaders, is directly indirectly to destroy the
domes site institutions Of the South, and to lace
the four millions Of negroes now in this country,
| upon legal and political equality with the whites,
| leading to a mixture of the races, and consequent
,, social equality.by which they would reduce our
own country to the condition OF Mexico and Cen
trail America, where ruin, degredation decay and
death have followed this experiment and they
would thus under the pretense Of freedom for the
negro, render freedom for white men impossible.
g. ResoIcsd, That we reiterate our allie glance
| to the Cons tuition and the Union and our .e-
termination to support ana sustain the decisions
| Of the courts that We believe in the hearty ac-
knowledgement by every citizen and every State,
of the equality and sovereignty Of each State in
the Union, and that all attempts by the North to
hold the South and her institutions, TO disgrac,
an contumelv are against the spirit of the com
promises of the Constitution, and tend to beget
sectional strife, and to impair and weaken the I'm
| ion.
T. Resolred That we do most cordially endorse
| the present Democratic administration and its
.,,lo haarf u nfeDa oil
attempts to bring it into disrepute.
Col RICHARD McALLIsTER of Lee county
! Chairman Of the Committee on Address, then
made rep ,rt, during the reading of which he
was frequently interrupted by rounds of ap-
plause.
Judge CoEkERY, of Dubuque, NOV ed that the
report Of the Committee, and the Address as
read be adopted.
On motion Of Col McAllister, it was resolv ed
that the following be telegraphei to the Ma
tional Democrats OF Virginia, who assemble in
Conv en,ion 1t Charlottesville on the 10th inst. {:
| To the National Democrats of Virginia in
Convention assembled, at Chlrloteoiile
The National Democrats Of Iowa, assembled
at Davenport, t. their brethren Of Virginia,
| greeting:
Tae Constitution aud the equality of the
States; These are tie symbols Of everlasting
Union.
Let US stand by Breckinridge aud L. De- the
| fearless expon nts Of these great doctrines
We expect the South to do her whole duty.
Col. H. II Heath, from the commit to re-
ported the following names which was