Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-07-11
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New
York, nominated for President,

olectiIg Hon. HOra'iO Seymour, oil we"
! York, President, and Vice-PEesiden'
from each State among these were
/ Robert Y. Conrad OF Virginia and Joseph
W. Gallagher OF West Virginia, The
Southern States were sll represented and
some OF the best and ablest men sent as
delegates. The chairman Of the Virginia
delegation was Hon J. B. Baldwin and
iha. Of West Virginia, Col. D. F. Smith.
Great harmony and enthusiasm chsrac-
,erized the sssemblage and at the time OF
going 10 press we learn from the Spirit
Extra, thu, Hon. Horalio Seymour OF
New York, was nominated on the 22d
ballot, and The nomination made unanl-
nous by acclsmaton. Great excitement
and enthusiasm prevailed upon hearing
the nomination.
We have not learned who was nomIna-
ted for Vice President, but the impression
seems to be that General Frank p. Blair
of Missouri, will receive the nomination.
(. The following platform and resolutions
were adopted by the Convention.
The democratic party, in national con-
yeniion assembled, reposing It's trust in
the intelligence, patriotism, discrimination
and justice OF the people, standing upon
the constitution as the foundation and lin.
itaiion Of the powers OF the government
and the guaranteeing. the Liberties OF the
citizen, and recognizing the questions OF
slavery and secession as having been set
tied for all time TO come by the war. or
the voluntary action Of the southern States
10 constitutional conventions assembled.
and never TO be renewed or regulated do,
with the return OF peace, demand
First. The immediate restoration Of oil
The States to their rights IN the Union un-
der the constitution, and Of civil govern
menI TO the American people.
Second. Amnesty for all past political
offences and the regulation Of the elective
franchise in their States by their citizens.
Third. The payment Of the public
debt Of the United STATES as soon as prac'
ticabIo and that all moneys drawn from
the people by taxation, except so much
as is requisite for the necessities OF the
government economically Administrative
honestly applied to such payment and
where the obligations OF the government
do not expressly state upon their face, or
the law under which they were issued
does not provide that they shall be paid in
coin, they ought, in right and IN Justice TO
be paid in the lawful money Of the Uni
ted States.
In demanding these measures anc re-
forms we Orraign the radical party for lis
disregard of Tigh, Sud the unparalleled OPP
preston and tyranny which have marked
lis career. After a most solemn and
unanimous pledge OF both houses Of Con
gress TO prosecute the war exclusively Tor
the maintenance Of the government and
the preservation Of tho Union under the
constitution, il has repeatedly violated The
most sacred Pledge under which alone
rallied that noble volunteer army which
carried our alag to victory instead OF re-
storing the Union, it has SO far as in lis
power dissolved II and subjected ten States
in time of profound peace, to military
despotism and negro supremacy; has
stripped the Preslden, OF his constitution.
al power Of appointment even Of his own
Cabinet. Under It's repeated assaults tho
pillars OF the government are rocking on
their base, and should i, succeed in No.
vember next and inauguraie its President
we will meet 80 Q suhJugatod and con-
quered people amid the ruins OF liberty
and the scattered fragments Of tho consii-
tuition.
ReSolued, Tina, in the future, as in the
past, we will adhere, with answering f.
deity, to the Union under the conslitu-
lion as the only solid foundation Of our
strength. security and happiness as a peo-
ple, and as a framework OF government
equally conducive 10 the welfare and pros.
periiy Of oil The States, both Northern
and Southern.
Resolved, That the Union established
by the constitution is Union Of States,
federal in It's character, composed OF
Stale thereby united, and is incapable Of
Of existing without the States as its con-
tinuing integral parts. and therefore the
perpe,uiiy Of the Union in lis integrity de. F..
ponds on the preservation Of tho States in
their political integrity. the government
of the United States being q federal re-
public and not consolidation Of the
whole people into one nation.
Resolred, That the perPeiuiiy Of the
Union and the maintenance Of the govern
meni, ss both were established by the
constitution, and as both under the con-
sliluton. have been exprunted IN The fore
going resolutions, IN conformity with The
venerable teachings of Jefferson, Madison
and Jackson, have ever been held az car.
dinsl doctrines Of the democratic party,
aud they are now reiterated with increas-
ed earnesiness under the solemn convic-
non that constitutional liberty can be pre-
served on this continent only by bringing
back the administration Of the government
10 those time.honored principles on which
for sixty years, there was such unpsrsllel
ed happiness and prosperity, and in res-
cuing II from tie hands Of those who have
ever held the constitution iiself 10 10 no
better than q covenants with death and an
arreeneui With hell whosa feyolalionArv