The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-26

/ Inc hon. Jonn b. hhsk1n, Chairman ot
the Committee on Resolutions of the late
New York Democratic Convention, and The
author Of the Democratic platform, writes
letter 70 the Herald. giving an insit 9
view Of the doings Of that body. He says:
The platform of principles adopted by
the late Democratic State Convention hsv-
ing met with general favor, and the por-
tion of the article iR which my name oc-
ours, quoted in your psper to day, from the
World of the dsy previous, having been
designed 10 convey the impression that the
platform as adopted, was the work of many
distinguished ''cooks, and not Of the com
mittee of which had the honor to be chair
man, in their behalf and for the facts,
state that just bef re The organic ition of the
committee in my room at the Dela7an
House, Mr.. Calvert Oomstock, one of the
committee, formerly of the Albany Argus,
requested me, as the chairmsn, to invite
Mr.. Marble, ofthe Ko'td, and Mr.. Cassidy,
OF the Argus, to attend and participate In
their proceedings. 1 replied that they
were not u embeis of the committee; that
the committee would first organize, and
after they hAd considered and digestsd the
MessFe. Marble and Cassidy before them
for their suggestions and views These
gentlemen did not, however, come before
the committee. Upon the organic 4tion Of
the committee l read for its consideration |
eleven resolutions, hsnded to me By Mr. |
comsteOhJ -sIAd nzhinh-had been printed |
upon slips in the Argus ofica Ess.s or
these, after being discussed, we're adopted, |
and three of them-one on military ar
rests, military courts, sufpsr sion of hsbeas
corpus, &c; another IN favor of dis
banding the army, abolhhing military |
buresus, &c, sndl in favor Of abolish.
ing United States revenue collectors
and assessors, and of comforting the per-
formance of their duties upon State OFF
cisls and still another indorsing the Ohio,
and NsW Jersey platforms
tho committee had the good sense to re-
ject IS foreign 10 the living issues Of the
approaching campaign. The ninth reso-
luton of the series adopted, the one heart
lily indorsing President johnson, / had the
pleasure to propose and ask to be incorpo.
rated in the platform, and which, after
some opposition, was adopted. But with
this resolution The distinguished gentleman
1Rmec in the World article bad nothing
Comstock, before the p Atform was submit.
ed and voted upon by the Convention,
desired me TO omit this from the series,
suspected that some OF these gentlemen
were opposed TO il. l know he urged on
she committee that the cold indorsement of
The Presidents restoration policy " con.
aimed in the fourth resolution was sufiei-
ant Allusion to and indorsement Of him. l
Uttered with him, and advocated giving
President johnson cordial and magnAni.
nous support, ss well for his past as his
uture constitutional measures, and with 4
he assistance of Aessrs. Jones and Ohilds,
If your city delegation, carried the COM
nittee with me, and thus tkis resolution
vas adopted.
During the night the resolutions were
adopted by the committee. Mr.. usrble
irorped into my room and examined
hem; after doing which he desired to
LnoW what the committee had done with
he other resolutions submitted, prepared
ointly by Mr.. Tilden and himself in
Ormed him that the committee had DEEM
I'd them redundant and had rejected them.
The Committee on Platform are entitled
% credit for amending the resolutions sub
nitted and for cropping out of them those
which were unnecessary for making the
platform symmetrical, comprehensive and
strong, and for the last resolution, frankly
md honestly endorsing President johnson.
know that some of our "leaders," so
allied, desired simple Endorsement of
him, "to divide and conquer she enemy"
'ut with me the paramount idea-and it
induced me to 60 70 the Convention, in
he view of the curse of the chicago plat.
orm- was TO avoid the Bourbon ValIan.
ighamism of the Ohio, the jerry Black
3uchansDism of the Pennsylvania, the ,
,amden s Amboy Rip Van Winkleism of
he New Jersey Democratic platform, and !
o give President johnson q sincere and
early indorsement to make him the great :
ssder of the people and of the Democratic !
Arty, as his great prototype, Andrew
sckson, was Of old. My association with !
nd knowledge of President johnson
uring the thirty filth and thirty sixth ses- I
ions of Congress gave me opportunity to
now that he was, as q Democrat, conseF- 9
ative; as statesman, able; and as true