The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-07
Democratic Convention Of Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8.-Immediately after the
assembling Of the Democratic State Conven.
tion this morning the committee on the plat
form reported the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted;
The Democracy Of Missouri In convention
sody INVITING tSe yeo % of sy snS
lover OF constitutional liberty regardless OF
past or present party association., do, in view
claim and resolve as follows;
I. That we hail with unbounded abstraction
the nomination Of Horatio seymour and I. p.
bisir for President and Vice President Of the
nss Ir .ou M .nd api
querabls seal, We Will labor in this csnyass 70
the end that our country may DO redeemed
a While We are willing to protect the col
ored race from every assault upon their
natural rights, We are unaltersbly opposed TO
| sequence. The proposition now pending in
this State to admit to the elective franchise
the untutorsd African while thousands Of In.
telligent, industrious and law-abiding white
| men are excluded from the ballot.box, 10 Q
gross insult to our race and CHASTITY mon
| stro.ity Of the eommonest principles Of Justice.
iesis in their I platform that, athey cherish no
revengeful feelings towards those who fought
In fair, open battle, though for an unjust
political privilege, at the earliest moment con.
sistent With the State and national safety" IL
| . transparent falsehood, in view Of the fact,
that though the reasoning % NE United states
| proves that the Missouri testoAth 10 unoonsti-
tutional and void, this party Of prescription
still requires an oath to be administered, and
| 10, at the present, recognising Its political
machinery, through an Infamous regulation,
to give q strained and unwarranted lnterpre-
l. we challenge the world to produce, in the
whole history Of tyranny, . parallel to the
lswlessness, the violence, the harsh express
sion, and the grinding, memorable despotism
inss as with Tie People The rule Of that party
has brought utter Generalization into almost
every branch Of the public service, and through
the State Of millions ' Of money iavisSed
countless Thousands upon party favoritesi
| and sQuandered Thousands more upon uselesi
And eItrayagant expenditures; mn u, AND
Christian gentlemenj destroyers OF free presi
and invaders OF peaceful communities are
held up for applause and public honors; plum;
derers of the treasury are unimpeached and
unindicted; perpetrators Of matchless vii
lanies are welcomed as respectable members
OF Radical Legislatures, Radical csucuses, and
8. We enunciate as legal proposition that
every citizen Of lawful age, having resided In
the State or county the length Of lawful time
we urge upon every legal voter in the State to
register and vote. While we demand fair
and impartial registration OF all qualified
voters under the law, we condemn and dis
countenanoe any improper interference with
or attempt to intimidate registration officer,
In the proper discharge OF their dutiesi and
| declare that, supporting and obeying all lawi
regularly enacted, the Democracy are the
party Of law and order; and that their aces
sion to power will give peace and tranquility
| to this distracted land.
0. The condition OF our State, no less thar
the true principles of political and official ac'
ton, demands frugality and economy, a con
traction Of expenditures, q lessening Of taxa
ton, and In short the adoption Of rigid policy
| OF retrenchment and reform.
A resolution recommended by the commit
tee was also adopted, to appoint committed
to prepare an address to the people on the
Issues Of the day and the rights OF citizens to
register and vote under existing laws, and the
decisions Of the courts upon the same, and ia
point out the mode OF legal redress for those
who may be wropgfully deprived Of such
rights.
The Hon. John S. Phelps was then nomi.
mated for Governor by reclamation, and Dol
Naaman J. Coleman, OF st. Louis, for Lieu
tenant Governor, after which tho convention
adjourned until 2 p. m.