North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-07-08
The Convention.

Fifh-D. II. Harris, of Guthrie county,
Sergent, of Webster county.
The Convention.
We delay our paper to publish the
names selected by the New York Conven.
ton. All is anxiety, and what will the
TINES be worth if it does not tell it this
week? At this writing "wednesday 3 P.
NJ, we don't know more than that Sey.
mour is permanent president of the con.
'vcntion, that vice presidents are selected
from each State, Judge McClintock from
Iowa) Secretaries ditto, that the soldiers
and sailors convention adopt the Pendle
ton green-back theory, and recommend
Hancock and Hendricks that the Work
ing-man's Convention also adopt the
"~green-back platform and are admitted to
seats in the National that the committee
on resolutions in the National have agreed
unanimously to report a platform, which
nj reasonable man can object to that the
members of the convention are good ma
tured and c%onceding, and that Pendleton
from the LIST to the 10th ballot (up to 4
o'clock P. NJ. Wednesday, led all (about
10 c~andidates) decidedly. We stop
here, awaiting the telegraph.
Wednesday 4 p. M.-Reports of Valley
telegraph (G. F. Walk ~ from Dubuque,
"Hancock gaining, Pendlston losing"
Report by N. w. from Milwaukee II. II.
Pate, son, operatorl that the 18th ballot
gave Hancock IA, and adjourned to 10
Thursday. No other names mentioned.
The Chicago Times of Wednesday con-
tains the Platform in full. 1t is the best
document ever issued by a convention
since that of July 4th, l776. We give the
first four resolutions; the whole of them,
with the eloquent Appeal, We will publish
next week. The platform was adopted
amid intense cheering by 2s7 tot! No
matter who is placed upon it, that man is
the next President of the United States.
We forbear specializing as to the man,
hoping that in part Of our edition, at least,
we can name him. We are compelled to
so to press at IL Thursday in order to
keep up with the business of next week.
Here is the opening portion of
I'll PLATFORM.
The Democratic Party, in National Con-
vention assembled, reposing its trust in
the intelligence, patriotism, and discrimi-
mating justice of the people, stands upon
the constitution as the foundation and
limitation of the power of the government,
md the guarantee of 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 wal or
the voluntary action of the southern states
in constitutional conventions assembled,
and never to be renewed or re-agitated, do,
with the return of peace, demand:
/. The immediate restoration Of all the
states to their rights in tho union under
the Constitution of civil government, and
tho American people.
2. Amnesty for all past political often
ces, and the regulation of the elective
franchise in the states by the citizens.
3. The payment Of the public debt Of
the United States as rapidly as practicable,
all money drawn from the people by
taxation, except 30 much as is requisite
for the necessities of the government,
economically administered, being honestly
applied to such payment,-and, when the
obligations of the government do not ex-
pressly 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, be
paid in the lawful money of the United
States. lThunders of applausel
A. Equal taxation of every species of
property according to its value, including
government bonds and other public secu-
rites. Renewed cheering, and cries of
"Eead it again.
5. One currency for the government
and the people,-the laborer and the Office
holder, the pensioner and the soldier, the
producer and tho bondholder. lGreat
cheers and cries of "Read it again."l
THURSDAY 2 o'clock r. M.-HORATIO
SEYMOUR, for President on the 22d bal.
lott Glory to God!
THURSDAY, 5 P. M.-Gen. F. p. BLAIR
for Vice President.
The Waukon Standard, in response to a
recent Lincoln. anti-negro-equality quota
ton in the TINES, comes back at us by
quoting remarks of Andy johnson when
bidding for the Abolition vote at the time
he contemplated "scooping" the radical
party. The association Of the opinions
Of Mr.. L., 'sthe honest man and martyr"
with the opinions of one who is denounced
by those who elected him to the Vice
Presidency as q thief, a traitor, a drunken
debauchee, q liar ; n "whom it were
base aattery to call a villain," is in bad
taste. Andy NSas never called anything
but a politician MI. Lincoln died a "mar-
tyr to the cause which in SO and later
too, he regarded as impracticable and
'crongi ANDY, per pen pictures and ora
troical paintings Of those who voted for him
is the Macbeth, and Mr.. Lincoln was the
~virtuous Duncan. We claim superior re-
spect tor the expressed opinions of the
latter. How our Reverend contemporary
Of the Standard, May view our reasoning
is in the future. Negro equality with
whites, politically, was condemned by
Lincoln, by his whole party at that time,
by all the Northern States ut subsequent
elections by the Chicago Convention SO
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