The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-01-18
DEMOCRACY IN STATE CONvEN.
TON.

Music, Indianapolis, on the memorable
Sth of January, for the purpose of nom
mating candidates and adopting plat
| orm.
There were men Of brains and char
acter, men Of brains without character
and men Of either brains nor Charac-
ter. There were gallant Union soldiers.
vindictive Copperheads and ex-wearers
of the Confederate grey There were
men who followed the stars and stripes
in defeat or victory, from Bull Run to
| 'Appomattox,' fraternizing with the men
who cursed their victories and rejoiced
at their defeats. There were those
whose proud record Of honorable SER
| vice in crushing the great rebellion will
be a glorious heritage to their children's
children, side by side with Sons of Lib
erty whose nccks just escaped the hal
ter. There was the infamous Milligan
and the brave, patriotic, chivalrous
Slack! There was D. W. Voohecs and
beside him was Mahlon D. Manson!
Such strange yoke fellows do politics
make!
Hon. LATE Devclin, chairman of tie
State Central Committee, called the con
vention to order, and made neat little
speech.
| On motion Of Hon. VIM E. Niblack
of Knox, General Mahlon D. Manson
was unanimously elected as temporary
chairman, and, on being escorted to the
Chair, was greeted with long and con-
! tinued applause. He rendered thanks
| for the honor conferred, in few ap
propriatc words, which were we'll re-
/ ceived.
i Committees on Permanent Organiza-
ton, and Platform, were appointed. AT
| ter some promiscious sparring n State
/ Central Com nittee was chosen. consist
/ ing of one member nominated by the
delegates from each Congressional Dis
trict.
The committee on Permanent Organi
| cation reported for President, Genera
james r. Slack Vice Presidents, one
/ from each Congressional District, Mont
gomery Marsh, from the Fourth; Sec
retaries, Richard j. Bright, of the
/ Sentinel, and l.. G. Mathews of the New
! albany Ledger.
After an unusual amount Of explo-
sions of blank cartridges over the ap
pointment of additional N embers to the
/ Central Committee from the Fifth lind
| ianapolisj District, and Devclins' inef-
cctive attempt to raise funds to pay the
expenses of the Convention, recess
was had.
/ General Slack was conducted to the
Chair, and returned the usual thanks
for the honor, etc.
There was now another squabble
about the Central Committee, which
resulted in allowing them the privilege
of choosing their own Chairman.
/ Late Develin now succeeded in having
a molten carried to nominate State
! ticket, Judges of the Supreme Court re
sulting as follows First District, Jas
! L Worden, of Fort Wayne; Second Dis
trict. A. G. Downey, of Ohio county;
Third Distrit, Samuel H. Buskirk, OF
Monroe Co Fourth District; John Pet
tit, D. D.. of Tippecanoe. a7
The State ticket was then balloted
/ for resulting in the choice of Col Nor
man B. Eddy, Secretary of State; John
C. Shoemaker of Perry; uditor of State;
Rev ~ b. Hopkins. of Montgomery,
! Superintendent of Public Instruction;
Bayless W. Hanna, of Vigo, Attorney
/ General.
Spec ches were delivered by Hanna,
/ Voorhees, and Hendricks. aa4- sI4a
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Hendricks
| remarks, Hon. j.. r. Coffroth, from the
Committee on Resolutions, presented:
/ a THE PLATFORM. a---=srr
| That the Democracy of Indiana in
Delegate Convention assembled declare:
| That the Federal Union with all the
rights and dignity Of the several States
| should be preserved; and 20 secure that
/ great national blessing, the Constitution
must be respected and observed, and
every approach to centralized despotism
| defeated, whether attempted by Con-
| eress or the Executive ~
That recent events have more than
ever, convinced us of the infamous and
| revolutionary character Of the recon-
struction measures Of Congress, and we
/ denounce these measures as an invasion
Of the sovereign and sacred rights of
| the people. and of all the States.
| That the Independence Of the Su-
preme Court of the United States is es-
sential'to the safety and security of the
States and the people; and We declare
| tina. the measures of Congress, having
in view the destruction Of the powers of
that Court to adjudicatc on the consti
| nationality of the enactments of Con-
| gress is a dangerous evidence Of the
usurpations of the legislative over the
judicial department of the Govern Inent.
| That we are in favor of tariff for
revenue only; and we demand that the
burdens of taxation shall be fairly and
equally adjusted, and that such an adj.
justment can not be made without strik-
| ing from the statute book the present
unjust and odious tariff laws-a system
of taxation based upon favoritism, and
which has destroyed American shipping
and commerce. oppressed the people of
the great agricultural regions which
compels the many to pay tribute to the
| few, and which has built no lnpnopo-