The Placer herald., 1861-07-27

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and disorder shall not prevail, provided TINT q
strict enforcement of the common law OF popular
assemblages-J efferson's Manuel-can prevent it.
If there Is no other resolution to be offered, the
next business in the order OF proceeding, as mat
ters stood at the time of our last adjournment,
will be the nominations of our candidatns.
| Mr.. Roach. of Shasta, wished the platform to
be referred to o Committee, to be re-apprOved or
modified. Objections was made that 1t was not IN
order to do so.
The credentials of new delegates were handed
in and corrections in the lists of the former dele
gates. Thirty-nine counties were represented in
Convention.
Mr.. Barbour of Tuoumne said he was not pres
ent at the last meeting of the Convention, and
had couple of resolutions to Offer Neither OF
them would interfere with the present platform,
of which he wished not one to be erased or word
obliteraed. but that it should stand in its origin
al purity and integrity. [App)ause.] He read the
resolutions, follows:
Resolved, That this Convention is unequvo-
cally opposed to the Bulkhead scheme. either di-
rectly or indirectly. and that we will use all hon
orable means to prevent and defeat measure
which is eminently calculated to create mon
eyed monopoly for few, at the expense of the
best interest OF the many.
! Resolved, That we tender the hand OF cordial
welcome and friendship to those old tried Demo-
ocrats in the Eastern States who. regardless OF
threats or menaces, are standing unhnchlng at
their posts, battling in defense Of the old Anglo
| Saxon rights OF 1fccuOW VI SpeeCu uuu PeIsou
! against Executive usurpatOn and unauthorized
| assumption of power destructive to the lber
ties of the people and subver,ve of a free gov
! eminent.
A motion to refer the resolutions to a commit
tee. was lost The resolutions were then adopted
without division.
Mr.. Lindley OF Yuba said he desired now to
present what he had hoped to have presented to
a Committee. He believed slight alteration
could be made in the platform which would rem
der it acceptable to all, and he would offer the
| following:
Resolved That the Federal Government has
no powers except such as delegated by the
Constitution or clearly implied as necessary in
executing the expressed powers. 1t is supreme
within the powers delegated, and has the const-
tutional right to preserve itself intact, until
changed or destroyed, by means provided in The
Constitution.
2 Resolved, That the State Governments have
respectively all the general powers of sovereign.
ty not delegated to the Government, and are
| equally supreme within the limits of their re-
served powers, and have also the right to pre-
serve themselves intuct There is no paramount
allegiance" to either, but separate and com
pete obligation to each within heir respective
| limits
3. Resolued. That California; from her institu-
tlons, Interests associations and patriotism, re-
mains true to the Union, and loyal to the Con-
stitution and flag of our country.
! f. ResO/ved, That we condemn both Northern
and Southern agitators -abolitonists and Seccs-
sionist for plunging our country into sectional
war. 1t should be the mission OF California to
aid in arresting this fearful strife and restor ing
peace 10 our distracted people. But she must
contend for peace as question Of policy cithin
the Government with whose dostinics she is cast,
and whose honor is our honor: she must contend for
it to preserve the whole country. If she fails in
this. then she must contend for it means Of
preserving from exhaustion, anarchy or military
ueSDOtiSn those States with which orr lot is
cast.
The resolutions were seconded
Messrs. Lindley, MontSomery. of Napa. Tod
Robinson. and Phil. Edwards, of Sacramento,
spoke upon the resolutions until htl.pa six
o'clock. when the Convent adjourned until
Wednesday morning at nine o'clock.
SECOND DAY.
The President called the Convention to order
at halt-pa nine o clock.
Mr.. Crttenden. OF San Francisco, Mnntgom
| cry. Bolts. Lindley. Sanders, MunsG .snd Holt,
spoke to the resolutions offered by Mr. Lndcy.
Finally on motion, the resolutions refer
ell to Il committee of seven appointed by the
President The committee consisted OF Messrs.
Crittenden, OF San Franchises; Whtcsites of
luba; Franklin, OF Tuolumne; Williams, OF Ell
Dorado, lwards. of Sacramento; Mont omeIy,
| OF Napa, and Douglass, Of San joaquin.
Mr.. Hcydenfeldt offered a set of rules for the
organization of the Democratic party Of Cali
| iorna which WAS referred to u comm ttce Of one
| from each county.
| The next business in order being the nominal
| ton of a candidate for Governor. Mr.. Holt, of
San Francisco, placed in nomination John r. Nc
| Council, OF Nevada. No other names were pre-
Sented Before votinga committee appoint
ed to wait upon Mr.. Mcconnell, who appeared.
aud in short speech indorscd freely and fully
the platform as containing sound Constitutional
sentiments.
Mr.. Whitesi1es, of Yuba, moved that Mr. Nc
Council be nominated by acckmaton, and it was
carried unanimously and with great enthusiast M.
The next nomination in order being for Lieut..
Governor. the names OF Jasper O'Fnrrell, Of Mar
in, John S. Eagon. of Amador and John c. Dud-
ley of Siskiyou, were presented. Mr.. Eagon
withdrew his name and Endorsed MIR. O'Farrel.
Before the close of the ballot the name of MIR.
Dudley was withdrawn: and Mr.. OFarrell re.
ceivcd the unanimous vote. Later in the day the
following acceptance was received by telegraph
from him:
SAN Francisco. July oath.
most cheerfully accept, and am willing to
stand or fall with the Democracy. Give my
thanks to the Convention, and say shall be uni
firing in my efforts for the success Of the party
and Its principles. JASPER O'FARREL.
For Judge Of the Supreme Court. Sydney l..
Johnson, OF San Francisco, W. G.. Wallace, of
Napa, A. P. Barbour, Of Tuolumne. and Jos. G.
Baldwin, oil Sacramento were named. Messrs.
Barber and Baldwin declined. Wallace received
2S3 votes, and johnson II. The nomina ion of
Wallace was made unanimous.
For Congress there were placed in nomination,
n T. Whitesides Of Yuba. r. 2. Hammond, OF
San joaquin. John G. Buich. of Trinity, D. o.
Shattuck, of San Francisco, and Mr.. McQuade,
OF luDa. All the names were withdrawn-but
Messrs Whitesidcs, Barbour and Shattuck Bar
bour received $40 votes, Shattuck 243, and
Whltesdes 1856. On motion OF Mr.. Whitesides
the nomination of Barbour and Shattuck WINS
made unanimous
>, The Convention took recess until afternoon.
Upon re-assembling. Mr.. Crittenden, from the