The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-01-11
Democratic state Convention,

, GUS oh l!ie oIh lnst.i was largely attended,
Hon. VIM. B. Woods, Of Licking county, pre-
sided. Resolutions in favor of Stephen A
Douglas, md declaring it to be the sense of tn
convention that all the Ohio delegates a
Charleston should vote for his nomination
were adopted-yeas 242 nays 95. A motion
was then made to make the resolution IN,
unanimous voice of the Democracy of Ohio
which alter an Garnet and spirited protest
gainsf the injustice Of such a proceeding, wa:
Withdrawn All the other resolutions report
ed by the committee appointed for that purpose
says the Newark Aavocate were passed with
out dissent. The committee, however, having
suppressed any expression of confidence or ap
proval Of the National Administration, Mr.. Gil,
son, of fMahoning, asked leave to offer a resolu.
ton to supply the omission. The ultra Doug
las men opposed the proposition with bitter de
nunciations OF the President. On a call OF the
counties, permission was granted by vote o.
203 yeas, to 102 nays, to introduce the resolu.
toin. The next move Of the same leaders was
to dodge direct vote on the resolution ofen
dorsement by referring it to the committee on
resolutions. This latter move was carried by a
vote Of lS0 yeas, nays no Just before the
al lournment Of the convention the committee
reported a substitute (simiar to that passed at
the State Convention in May last) which was
adopted without material opposition.
The delegates elected on yesterday to repre-
sent the State at large in the Charleston con-
vention, are George e. Pugh, of Cincinnati;
Daniel P. Rhodes, of Cleveland; George W.
McCook, Of Steubenville; and Hugh J. Jewett
Of ZanesYille. The opponents of Mr. Douglas
placed no candidates for delegate before the
but cast their votes for such of the
various Douglas men in nomination, as they
respectively deemed most judicious.
Taking into account the entire action of the
it has not improved the strength or
chances of Mr.. Douglas. He has an unsafe set
of leaders in Ohio, and their intolerance to.
wards their opponents, and their slurs, ill-tom-
per and abuse Of Mr.. Buchanan because his
friends don't all bend the knee to the Illinois
Senator, show bad gonerolship and an absence
Of all liberality Of feeling.
The following are the resolutions adopted
by the Convention
l. ReSo'ue}, That the Democracy OF Ohio,
through their Delegates in Convention Assem-
bled do re affirm their cordial approval, Of
and their unaltering determination to abide by,
and maintain the entire Platform and Prnci
pies declared by the NatioRal Convention at
Cincinnati, in June, 1856.
2. ReSo2vea. That the principle ofabsolute
and unqualified "non- Intervention by Congress
with Slavery in the States and Territories" +" re-
cognised in the Compromise measures of 1850
distinctly enunciated in the Kansas Nebraska
bill Of 1854, and formally proclaimed at Cincin-
nati was unequyocally approved by all who
advocated or voted for tho e measures, and sol
emily ratified by the people in the Presidential
election of 1856. That to it the Democratic
party is committed by every sentiment of hon
or and good faith, and the Democracy of Ohio
can never assent to its abandonment, modiAca-
Lion or avoidance.
8. Reso2ve3, That the organized Territories !
Of these United States arc only held IN the Ter
ritoria condition until they attain sufficient
population to authorize their admission into the
Union of States, and are there fore Justly enti-
lied to the right Of self government and the un.
disturbed regulation Of their domestic or local
affairs, subject only to such restrictions and
disabilities as are imposed by the Federal Con-
stitution, and in this way only in accordance
with principles as ancient as free government
tself'' can "the people of Territory, like those
4 ,l, IL II
not exist within their limits" nevertheless we
,oncede that the measure of Constitutional re-
;trcton in respect to slavery in any degree
resting upon the Territorial Legislature is iu-
licia question, and whenever it shall hereafter
Dc properly presented for adjudication and f.
lally determined by that tribunal, it's decision
will be obligatory on the people Of the United
States. -
4. ResoIued, That the provisions for the sup,
preston of the African Slave Trade after the
year 1903, and the rendition of fugitive slaves,
are two Of the compromises on which the Con-
stitution was adopted and our Union of slave
holding and non-slaveholding States establish
ed, and the laws Of Congress enacted in accord
lnce herewith but define duties which are
clearly imposed by the terms ofthe federal com
pact, and ought to be promptly and faithfully
executed. The Democracy of Ohio have prov.
ID their fidelity to the Union by repeating all
avs passed by q sectional opposition to enlbar-
ass and defeat the operation Of the fugitive
Slave law, and they will not cease to employ
very lawful means to avert from their State
he opprobriun and disgrace that would be in
licted by the re-enactment ofsuch laws.
s. Resolved that the recent invasion of a sis.
er commonwealth by band of desperate ana.
les for the execratle purpose of fomenting a
,erve iusurrcction thro' the agency of arson
'apine and murder, was an act in conflict with
very principle of law, human or divine; a gross
,iolation Of the duties of American citizenship
ind crime that should be denounced by all
Who love the Union and are determined to up
lold it, That while the bandits have Justly
,xpiated their crimes on the gallows, the pub
ic Judgment cannot fail to condemn those who
With "less courage but with greater discretion"
)y their teachings fhstigate others to incur the
1erils of treason, and who, as advocates OF re-
'istanGe to law, an "irrepressible conflict" and
)ther like reasonable doctrines, seek to pro
note their ambitious schemes by creating civil
lissention distrust and alienation between the
,itizens of the different States.
6. Reso2Ued, That STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS is
The choice Of the Ohio Democracy for President
If the United States. His eminent public SER
yices rendered the Government and Country;
lis signal trruinphs in the Senate and before. the
people; his admitted ability; his sound and just
'iews- Of public policy; his devotion to the Con
titution and the Union, render his name tow.
n Of strength, and give assurance to the con!
iction that if he be nominated at Charleston,
lie will most certainly receive the electoral
,ote of Ohio. Therefore as ain Union there is
ResoIved, as the sense of this Con-
ention that the entire vote of Ohio be cast for
lin at Charleston.
Z. ReSolUed, That upon all other questions
rising in the Convention at Charleston the vote
f Ohio be cast as unit and as a majority Of