The Portland daily press., 1868-09-03
, mAssACHUsETTs.

10 mAsSACBUsETTs.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION iN-
BosToN. Sept. 2.-The Democratic State
Convention of Massachusetts assembled in
Faneuil Hall to-day. Eleven hundred dele
gates are present, and the Convention is char
acteriEed all through by harmony and enthu-
siasm. j. G. Abbott, Chairman OF the State
Committee, called the Convention to order,
and Henry w. Paine Of Cambridge was cho-
sen President. He made a brief speech upon
taking the chair, and the Convention then pro-
ceeded Immediately to the preliminary bust
ness, such as the appointment of committees,
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The following nominations were made: For
Governor, John Quincy Adams of Quincy; for
Lieutenant Governor, Reuben Noble of West
feld; for Secretary Of State, Charles Brimbie-
comb; for Treasurer, Henry Arnold of Adams
for Auditor, A. r. Devereux of Salem; for AT,
torney General. VIM. 3. Endicott of Salem.
The State ticket is the same as last year ex-
cept George w. Stearns, who declined being
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and R. w.
Noble, OF Westfeld, was nominated in bis
place. The several nominations were unani-
nous. j. G.. Abbott, of Boston, and John r.
Briggs, of Sheffield, were chosen Presidential
electors. Loud calls were made for a speech
from Adams, the gubernatorial candidate, but
not being present Judge Abbott briefly adj
dressed the Convention, eulogixing Seymour
and Blair, and charging the Republicans with
gross extravaganza in managing the financial
uOpoitmCAo VI tuC SOfcEnucut. Lie COuullt-
tee on resolutions reported series as follows:
Resolved, By the Democracy of Massachu-
sets in Convention assembled that the people
of the United States have sufficiently proved
by experience the lesson of history, that the
caprice of majorities is intolerabe tyranny
We, therefore, invoke the protection and de-
nd an immediate return to the limitations
and requirements of the Constitution of the
United States. st44l& 1Lt L,i4 III
Resolued, That the leaders of the Republican
hoxx. she
and persistent purpose to nsurp all the powers
and functions of all other departments of the
government to trample on the Constitution in
order to organize squad of negro colonies,
dependent on themselves, by whose aid to per-
petuate their own political power and neutral
ize the white voters of the North to degrade
and debase the high Office of President by de-
posing its incumbent for difference of polit-
cal opinion in order to satisfy their lust for
power, thereby inevitably destroying the basis
of our national policy and throwing down that
great constitutional department, to be the
mere football of furious faction, and to deprive
the Supreme Court, which is the last defence
of an oppressed minority of all power to in
quire into the constitutionality of certain con-
gressional enactments, thus planting the heel
of party ever upon the neck of the judi oiary
itself; but their revolutionary measures should
be put to to the test of the organic law and be
declared void; the time has come when every
man must choose between the sovereignty of a
party majority in Congress and the supremacy
of the Constitution of the fathers. M
Res0lUed, That the congressional RECONSTRUCT
ton, while it is Understandable in its attempt
to rule communities by their least able classes,
ridiculous in its pretension that government
can be only Republican, while a majority of
the government tolerate only from intimida-
ton; contemplate for its preposterous pre-
tence that State which never got out of the
Union can be restored by allowing seats in
both Houses of Congress, to be occupied by
vagrant squatters who misrepresent the dis
tricts to which they do not belong, and whose
pretended elections pollute the very fountain
of congressional representation; dangerous as
establishing policy, the logical results of
which, as shown in Ireland and Poland, are
incompatible with peace and liberty, and is
above all, unconstitutional and revolutionary.
ResOtUed, That we would earnestly recall the
people to the tried and proved wisdom of the
ancient doctrines which require from our law
givers a strict construction of the letter of the
Constitution of the United States, and the
scrupulous observance by Congress of the re-
served rights of the several States.
RESOLVED, That gold and silver coin is the
only Constitutional legal tender, and while we
would have but one currency for all, the De-
mocracy of Massachusetts, now as in the past
are true to their old faith in hard money, and
demand that it be restored to the people at
the earliest possible moment consistent with
the interest of the business and labor of the
country. 5Es.lls
Resolved That while we recognize the pres
ent necessity of tax on imports, we renew
our adherence to the doctrine of a tariff solely
for revenue. +H XII a9s M
Resolued That if the lavish and reckless ex-
travagance of Republican rule in National
and State affairs is to be accepted, as our OPP
ponents claim, for a judicious economy, then
we insist upon rigid parsimony in the expen-
diture of the public money Every dollar re-
ceived by taxation from the people, not abso-
lutely necessary for the economical and legiti-
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piled to the payment of the public debt.
Resolved, That while we deny any response
bility for the form of the present license law,
we are fully persuaded of the wisdom of some
system of regulating the sale of liquors as dis
tinguished from the principle of total prohibit
ton. f f-a 'a-zd SO 20
Resolved, That while we deprecate all at
tempts to detract from the military fame. or
blacken the private character of General
Grant, we feel that when arms exert an undue
and abnormal power in a free government in a
time of peace, and its constitutional functions
are greatly deranged and partially suspended
by partizan violence, people jealous of their
liberties should not lit higher yet the hand
which holds the sword; the nation needs now
not the successful soldier skilled only in the
arts of war aud prone to rule by the swift
methods of the camp, but the wise and thought
full statesman trained in the patient processes
of Cancellation and kindness, and relying alone
uDon the united and firm sway of law and JUS
tice.
Resolved, That we heartily agree with the
declaration of principles put forth by the Con-
vention which met in New York city on the
4th day of July last; that we cordially approve
of the candidates selected, and confidently ask
the suffrage of all those who value the consti-
tuition higher than platform, and love their
country better than any party for Horatio Sey-
mour and Frank p. Blair.
Resolped, That the memory of the services of
our soldiers and sailors who carried the flag of
pfru To dnripO fba 10, II
lion should ever be borne in the hearts of a
grateful people, and all guarantees given in
their favor must be faithfully carried out
ResolUed, That it is the duty of the United
States to protect all citizens. whether native
born or naturalised, in every right at home and
abroad, regardless of any claim of foreign
nations to the doctrine of perpetual allegiance.
ResolUed, That in the nomination OF John
Quincy Adams, name hOnOred wherever the
history of our country is known, as our stand
ard bearer for the approaching contest, as also
the gentlemen associated upon the State ticket
we have presented to the Democrats and Cor
servatives of Massachusetts, ticket worthy of
their full confidence and cordial support at the
polls
The resolutions were received with three
cheers and adopted
The Convention dissolved at four o'clock
with great applause for Seymour and Blair.
ARMY ORGANIZATION
About one hundred officers of the late army
of the James assembled to-day at Minot Hall
in this city for the purpose of forming fra
ternal organization. The meeting was called
to order by pr. sam A., a. Greene de Of Boston
and a Committee on Organization was APP
pointed, consisting of Col. P. A. Davis, of Vir.
ginia, Gen. j. w. Turner, U. S. A., Gen. H
M Plaisted, of Maine, Gen. e. w. Smith, U
s. A., and Major w. E. Furness, of Illinois.
The committee reported Constitution and
bylaws. which were adopted, the name to be
"The Society OF the Army of the James," and
to include in its membership all officers and
enlisted men of the army of the james, with
an annual assessment OF one dollar; and the
object to be to preserve the memory OF the for
tune and achievements of the army of the
James, to perpetuate the bonds of comradship
among its surviving members, to cherish the
memory of those who have fallen, and by
every means to cultivate and foster pure and
patriotic devotion to the service of the country
Gems. James Stewart, of New jersey, Mich,
ael Donohoe, of New Hampshire, and VIM. 3.
Lincoln, of Massachusetts. Col. G. I'll. Groves
u. s. A, and Major J. S. Gibbs, OF Illinois
were delegated to report a list of officers of the