The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-18
BALTIMORE CONVENTION.

monious and to the point. There was some
quarrel as to whether delegates from South
ern States and Territories should be admit
ted or not. 1t was finally settled that they
should be.
Tho following is tie first and last vote of
the convention.
For Lincoln-Maine ii, New Hampshire
I6, Vermont 10, Massachusetts, "a, Rhode
Island 8, Connecticut II, New York IS,
New Jersey Is, Pennsylvania SO, Delaware
6. Maryland II, Louisiana a, Arkansas 10,
Tennessee Is, West Virginia 10, Nebraska
6, Kansas &, Kentucky 22, Ohio AZ, Indi-
ana 20, Illinois SO, Michigan Is, Wiscon-
sin Is, Iowa 16, Minnesota 8, California
10, Oregon 6, Nevada 6, total, 497. For
Grant-Missouri 22.
On motion Of Mr.. Hume, Of Missouri,
the vote was declared unanimous. The en-
thusiasm was immense.
Several men were proposed for Vice
President, but Andy Johnson was almost
unanimously chosen.
NH. Insley, Of d kansas delegation
was en- the committee on credentials, A
G. Wilder on the Platform, F. w. Potter
was one of the Vice Presidents, and W. w.
II. Lawrence one of the Secretaries of the
Convention. Jas. Ii. Lane is the Kansas
member of the National Committee.
The following is the platform adopted BY
the Convention. We call it good one
Resolved, That it is the highest duty of
every American citizen to maintain against
all their enemies the integrity of the Union
and the paramount authority of the Consti
tuition and Laws of the United States, and
that laying offences and political opinions
aside. we pledge ourselves as Union men,
animated by common sentiment and aim
ing at a common object, to do everything
in our power to aid the Government ia quel-
ling, by force of arms, the rebellion now
raging against its authority and bringing to
the punishment due to their crimes the reb-
els aud traitors arraigned against it.
Resolved, That we approve the determin-
alton of the Government of the United
States not to compromise with rebels or to
offer any terms of peace except such as
may be based upon an unc additional sur
render of their hostility and return to
their just allegiance to the Constitution and
Laws of the United States, and that we call
upon the Government to maintain this po-
stion and to prosecute the war with the ut
most possible vigor to the complete sup
preston of the rebellion, in full reliance
upon the self-sacrifce and the patriotism,
the heroic valor, and the uudying devotion
of the American people to their country
and its free institutions.
ReSoIUed, That as slavery was the cause
and now constitutes the strength of this re-
bellion, and as it must be always and every
where hostile 10 the principles of Republic
an Government, justice and the national
safety demand its utter and complete exter-
mination from the soil Of the Republic, and
that we uphold and maintain the acts and
procamations by which the Government,
in its own defence, has aimed death blow
at this gigantic evil. We are in favor, fur
thermore, of such an amendment to the
Constitution, to be made by the people, in
conformity with its provisions, as shall ter
inmate and forever prohibit the existence Of
slavery within the limits of the jurisdiction
of the United States.
ILeSOLD6I, L Hat Tue luGuhS Oh the amer
lean people are due &c the soldiers and sail
ors of the Army and Navy, who have per-
lied their lives in defence of their country
and in vindication of the honor of the flag
That the nation owes to them some perma-
nent provision for those Of their survivors
who have received disabling and honorable
wounds in the service of the country, and
that the memories of those who have fallen
in its defence shall be held in grateful and
everlasting remembrance.
RESOLVED, That we approve and applaud
the practical wisdom, the unselish patriot
ism and unswerving fidelity to the Consti-
tuition and the principles Of American lib
erty with which Abraham Lincoln has dis
charged under circumstances of unparal-
leled difficulty the duties and responsible
ties of the Presidential Office. That we APP
prove aud endorse as even demanded by
emergency and essential to the preservation
Of the Nation and as within the Constitu-
ton the measures and acts which he has
adopted to defend the Nation against It's
open and secret foes. That we approve es-
pecially the Proclamation Of Emancipation
and employment as Union soldiers men
heretofore held in slavery, and that we have
full confidence In his determination to carry
these and all other Constitutional measures
essential to the salvation of the country in
to full and complete effect.
RESOLVED, That we deem it essential to
the general welfare that harmony should pre-
vail in the National Councils, and we regard
as worthy of public confidence and official
trust those only who cordially endorse the
principles proclaimed in these resolutions
and which should characterize the admins
tration of the Government.
Resolved, That the Government owes TO
all men employed in its armies, without re-
gard to distinction of color, the full pro,