Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-06-17
The Baltimore Platform.

The Baltimore Platform.
Platforms Of political conventions are
not generally. made Of the soundest mate
rails or constructed for general use. or
dinarily these party enaHeiatiens give rise
to much vehemen; discussion and par;zan.
acrimony. The Cincinnati Platform Of the
Democrat, party that nominated Polk,
and the Baltimore platform upon which
stood the Old Public Funetonav." were
dexteriously made up 10 suit any meridian,
and any existing prejudlces Of the people
aud capable of any number of interpreta-
tions. The platform adopted by the Chic
ago Convention. four years since. was an
Improvement on all previous ones, and re-
quired very little. if any. extra thought 10
understand its exact meaning. The one
adopted the other DAY a: C!caylaad by tie
Radical Democracy. which pun IN nomina
ton General Fremont. gives no uncertain
sauDj. Many Of its resolutions commend
themselves to all right minded and sensible
last Baltimore one. What an improve
ment upon the Buchanan one What a
change has there been in the public mind
and life, TO call for ana sustain "a great
change in the creed Of parties Whaiey-
er we may think Of the men who viii COM
pose the coming Chicago convention. even
-
the old worn out and cast of habiiments
al the Baltimore convention Of $50, nr a
the Charleston convention Of Ism. The
mighty changes wrought in the land The
las; few years. call far newer and let
ter, AMI higher, and purer. political eFecis
and the Chicago convention VII. IN Izaa.-
gre feel this influence. ~ remarked. to
our mind the latest Baltimore edition OF a
party creed. is the best one that vii be
given the country for the next fur year,
1t i. radical enough for Us ana i i ju.t
what the temper Of the people demand
We cannot well refrain from appendix.
the following from the y. Y. Pcs. =
The resolutions adopted with such veLe-
! ment enthusiasm By the convention are
explicit. direct. uncomPromi>in-, and up
to the level OF the crisis. They declare
that the war must be prosecuted TO the
end Of an unconditional submission by the
rebels in arms they appreciate the gIori
Gus services of our noble heroes in the
field and on the ocean they insist THAI
slavery, the cause of the war. shall be
forever prohibited by an amendment OF
the constitution they reassert the
doctrine of Monroe, that no lneuarchieal
powers shall establish themselves on this
| continent they approve the employment
of the blacks as soldiers. and hold them
entitled 10 the same treatment and the
same redress iu case of wrong done as any
{ other troops; they favor immigration and
the furtherance and protection of it BY the
go, eminent and they demand vigorous
+ taxation and economical expenditures a
the means of meeting the requirements of
the public debt. These are all important
and timel Y objects and snch as the most
, profound and radical sentiment OF the
people dictates. We do not see that the
! radical democracy" which assembled at
Cleveland has gone whit beyond the
the Convention at Baltimore in the
!. thoroughness and eomprehensiyeness OF
its creed
In one respect alone they differ. and
that Is in their references 10 the arbitrary
arrests and other Illegal proceedings of the
administration. These were condemned
at Cleveland as wholly unjustihable.-
They are approved at Baltimore a. tenn
porary eIpedients forced upon Us By the
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very clear from the whole temper and
spirit of the proceedings at Baltimore,
that the majority Of the men there were
just as devoted TO the true principles Of
liberty as the men who gathered at Cleye-
land. They did not diseourteously fling
: their objections into the face Of the candi-
date whom they were about tn nominate ::
but they did tell him, in various WAYS.
what their opinions were of some of his
mistakes. BY their cavalier treatment Of
the school of Weed, Cameron and the like.
they told him pretty plainly to keep away
: from such fellows in the future and We
hope he will heed the warning. By ire
mendous vote of 40 to in favor of the
admission of the radical delegates from
Missouri, Mr.. Lincoln was also told what
his supporters think Of his connection
with the Blair malcontents and of his
singularly Peryerse management of affairs
in the West. Finally, the passage of the
resolve which reafirrns the Monroe doct-
rine, coupled with the resolve which as
scrts that those only are worthy Of
public confidence and official trust who
cordially endorse the principles proclaim
ed in these resolutions is a blow right
between the eyes OF the Secretary Of
State.