Political text-book for 1860 : comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections, including all the national platforms ever yet adopted ... with the most notable speeches and letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H.V. Johnson, etc., etc., touching the questions of the day : and returns of all presidential elections since 1836

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86 A fOLITICAL TEXT-DOOK FOR lBGO. . . J 'ved noongst you and which we have r eturn ed with f ttll those ,1 ho l<)'lllpathizcd with then~ Ill tlus ~~~~e~inclest.feelings or' o.ur heH~·ts. we, part from. you o ld •·' lwld •tL o'clock tlus evcu•J witlw ut nny unk ind fcclmg. We re~~ec~ y nu ~s gentle-movcnteut \\ ou uc · , but clilferiug 118 we tlo, upon prmctples vtl!Ll to out 1. 11cr in ~t Andrew's II all. lment, unct•etl intere'~ts lu the fH\JUe spirit of wls<lom and "'l''h e Mis· si s:-~ippi uckgatlO· il t h ('ll W·l tl1 dre''' from mn!Tot~• ct~i on which cau~t' d Ab rahn.m anu·' .J. . o ••. •1 o )lflS~ on, on• · In one dircrLion and the other ttt a dtffetenL one, we bid the Convent1011. . a most n·~twctful adieu. (Loud cl~ecr!'l.) One more UTII CAROliNA WJTIIDRAWS. ~~~~;;rk and 1 have done. '.l'he delegatiOn from tlte tattl SO • . _ • rc- of l•'torl:la Ita~ unanlmou!ily passed a t~e~~~utlon. that no The ll• n. James SimonR, of Sonth.Cnrohna. Mr. P. _ one is uuthor ized , when we sh a ll r e.tue, to represcn' id t I ·tm clirect e<l hy the tl ckgatwn from South Cato Flori•la in tlti~ Convention. I confess, m all frankness, ~~n~nrJ,p~ctfully to pn~~cuL the following <locumcnt. that I deem the r esolution wholly unnecessary, hecnuse Il •lieve there Is too h igh a t~ense o f h on or am ong::~t gen· To TllE liON. CAJ.tm CusulNO, ~ . . 1 ,>r~J ,11 he re from the Nort.h, a.ncl the Ea.sl, 1\!HI the WeRt, p1·e~ide11t of the Ohal'leston Conventwn . 1110 _ ~0<:: p~rmit any man to sknlk in h er e to r epresent l•'lo~idn. We, the undersigned D elt>g:tt e~ a)~poln.tcd by tl• ~.D'c' r _ .l\lr. Bppes, of fl orida, then read the following protesta· cntic Shte Coll\'ention of South Carolma, l~cg le.n c ~ !ion . s >~ctfull; to sta t.e lh:tt, a~:cording t~ the princlpl_es ~nu~c- • \ 1 in their l ' htfonn at Columb111, the power, Ctthcr of To Til& liON. C.ALF.ll CoSUJNO, t~1~1 1-'eucml Go~•ernmcnt or of !ts agent, the Territo- President of tho J)emocratic National Con'Ventiotl: . I t . l r It or leg•~hLe agnln t prop erty . f ll S t nal Oovernmc!J •, o !'.'o 1 ~ . . . .. ·t 1 r' 1 Ilion is cspcci- 'J'he UtHlcrsigncd, Democratic delega tes rom 1e In e In slave~, by l'llhcr du ect,~· m~lli ~CJ er~sl \ u:e Comren- of :Florida, en lt:r thiH th eir solemn protest against the l\lly <knwd; an<l as. the I .l.tl~oltlm ,\"0'~ ~~~ ~;'ly expression a ction of the Convention in Yoting down the Plutfonn of tion palpably and mtcn lwn.t Y pt e.' 1 . · <, - t .. · . . 't or the 'l'ernton·ll Governmcn so the lnltJOilty. . 1 I 1\flirnung the mcapacJ Y b tl ' in rrood f·tith to Florid 'L with her Southern siste rs, is enllt cd to a c car t o I. ehr· s· 1:· t · th·• t they would not e ltC ng ,., ' ' ' · · f 1 · l ts · tlle Ter·i 1 c,, ... . .. , . . • , ··u tl • w\ 'hes of their an<l unambiguous r ecngnrtron o 1t:r ng 1• 1 ~ 1 • their p rutctpk!!, or m .tccut d.t.nctl. "ttl~ tCeonvcntion aud tories and thi::~ be in~ rt:fused by the n ·; ectiOn or the constituent,; to longl·r l'l'lll:Llll n 118 • ' ' t t · t cc'v'ng the Cincln they !Ierch}: 'respectfully announce their withdrawal there- ~1~\jio{>;~~f~~.l:.~·:~·it~e ~~~~o ~~stc~g~~~~ti~~ ~~~t it ft~vor~ th~ f1om. d octrin e or 8qu:tltt:r Sovereignty m the Ternton es- J,Du'~ ~oro~s, 'fuos. Y. StMONS, which doctrin e, in the name of the people repr esented bt 8. 1\lCGOWAN, ,JAB. l'.ATTI.:HSON, us, we r epudiat e. n. H. Wu~oN, B. II. BnowN, · T. J . llt>J>e~ , n. F. Wardlaw, J ohn Millon, J.D. Owens, It 1!. BoVL!:ITON, J . .A. l'tl ETTS, c.)'. Dyke, <lelegutcs from Flori d n. . . JAfl. II. WtTm:n roo~, J OHN !:1. l'llt.:STOII. The del<•gated from .Florida, before r~lmnt, have E. W. CuAHLes, .Fn.\NKLANU GAtLL.\RD. u na n i 111ou~ly ad opteu the following Resolut iOn : . G. N. Ur:YKOLD~, Jr. Rel!oZ.Ved, Tltat 11 0 person, not a r egularly nppotnted The rcadin rr of thi:l paper was g r eeted with delegate, has n r i){ht to ca~t the v ote of the State ot freqttcnt bur~ts of lllO::Jt cnlhn ·iu:-~tie ehcering f lo r ida in tid:~ Convention. J ouN 1\ItLTON, Chairman of Del l'gatioo. on the floor anu iu the rrallcl'ics . I n.m furth er in~t mct l'<l to ~ a y, that the communication Is llignetl by all tilt uel<:ga t ion l.IUL tlar~e members. The South Carolina. d e legation theu withurcw ft·om the Convention amitls t lonu cheering. }'LORIDA HWI'IR~:S. Mr. Milton, of Florid l\.-~lr. Pr e~ hl cn l: Representing the Stute of Florid:t, iL i~ with fee lin g~ of sa<lnes~ that 1 preseut myself before y ou to blcl u<lieu to the men of tnlent and men of high a nd noble feelings from the North and Wes t, who have met us ltere upon this occasion. !Jut differ ences have arisen between us which, as honor­able men, we cannot. adjust. It has been asked, tillle and again why we should Invite gent lemen from the North­west, the North and the l':ast, to come and occupy higher ground than we dlt\ when we stood t oget her and triumphed on the Cincinna ti Platform? Since that time, gentlemcn, a ccording to yout· own r eport, a mighty power has ariRen in y our midst., de riving much of its strength and support from the Democ rats of the North. I nllu<le to the lllack Republican party- a p:trly which promulgates to the country tltat they have n higher law, ~law known only to themHelvcs-1 hope n ot known to you-but. superior to the Oonst.itutlon. An<!, gentlemen, let me tell you that we came h er~ expecting to be met hand in hand, und heart In heart, nnd to hu ve formed a line shoulder to shoulder with y ou to drive back this swelling tide or fan :\liclsm. But, gentlemen, h ow hnve we been met by you? I am proud to say that we have heen met with high-ton e1l gcnero~ity by Oregon an<l Cali­fornia. (Cheer s.) I am proud to say that supporters of our cbim for equal right~ Ita ve boldlr prese nter! them­selves from the good old State or Penn~y lvnn i a. (Cheers.) While we have entertain e<l g r eat r espect for y our talent anti integrity, yet wt: bid Hdieu to y ou of the North "'est without so much feo·ling of r egret, ns y on have har<lened your hearts and s tilfen erl your necks Hgalnst tlte rights of the South. (Cheers and lau~ht e r.) But, we sny to y9u, gentlemen from Oregon and Califnrnin, and Penn ~ylvania and oth er States, who have co1ne forwHr<.l with tltl' hand or rollow, hip, that we part fi'Olll you with f~elings of lleartrt lt SO I'l'OW, l.'tlr. llandall, of Pennsylvania.-And New-Je rsey. Mr. M\lton.-1 did not forget Nt:w-J crscy, nor coultll forget Massachusetts. ~lyn·mark was gent:ra l. Wher e­ever aocl whenever a gentlcr ncn from the North, the East or the West, has had the tllllnlines~ to rise up and vindicate our rights, our hearts Ita ve been at hi~ com­mand. (Cheers.) We thank you, gentlemen, for the courtesies we huvo TEXAS WITliDRAWS. l\lr. Bryon, or T 'xas, ,vho wns r eceived with lou<l c~t-!rs, said : Mr. President and gentlemen of the Convent•onr­' l'exas tltrough Iter d elegates on this fl oor, on the. lund ol Calho;tn, where "truth, justice and the Consttt~llon" was procbime<l to the South, says to the !:lout.h-Ulls day you stand erect. (Loud cheers.) Wh.il st '~ e deprecate the necesbit.Y which ca.lls for our parttng w1th the d ~le­gates from the other States of tl tiB Confellentcy, yet 1t Is an event th a t. we, per~onally, h a ve long looked to. Edu· c ated in a NOI'thcrn College, I the re first l ea ru ~d that there was a North and a South; the re were two hlcrart Societies, one Northern and the other Southern. In the Churches, the Method ist Church, the lhtptii:IL Church, the Presbyterian Church, nre North and South. Gentlemen of tile North nnd Northwest, God gmnt that tltere may he but one Democratic })arty I It depends upon y ~ ur a ction, when y ou leave here, wheth er it shall be so. Gtve not uid and comfort lo the lllnck Republican h o~ts; bu~ say to the South," You are our equals in this Confederncy, and your liveR, your p ersons and property, equally wl1h those of the Northern States, are protcctcrl by the Con­stitution of the l'ederul Union." What is it that we, the Southern Dem ocrat~ , are a sking you to a cknowledge 1 Annlyzo it ancl see the meaning ; and it is this-thAt we will not nsk quite 1\B much of you as the Dlack ltepubll· cans and If y ou only g rant what we a sk, we can fighl then;, We blame you not If y ou really h old these opinloo.s, but declare them openly, and let us separate, as dtd Abmltam and Lot. I h ave been r equcst e1l to r end this protest on the parl of tlte <.lelegates from Texas, and to ask the courte~y of the Convention th!lt it be spread upon the minutes or ItS proceca..lings. lioN. CALEB CusmNo, President of the Democratic National Con'Vention.: 'fhe und c rsl~n ed de legates from the State of 'l'exss, would resp ectfully p rotest ngalnst Ute lnte nctlon o~ thll Convent.ion, in r e fusing to adopt the r e port of the maJority of the Committee on Ih•solutions, which o perates as the virtual adoption or principles ntlirming doctrines in J)OPI~ silion to the rlecision of the Supreme Court in the r Scott c ase, and in conn!ct with the Ji'ede rn l Con~tltutloll, and e~petially opposed to the platform or the Dcmocratlo party or Texas, which d ecla r es: ·as 1st. 'l'hat tho Democratic p nrty of the Rta te of Texh r eaffirm and concur ln the principles cont.ained in t ~ platform of the National Democratic Convention, he_lt: 8 Cincinnati In June, 1 56, ns a true expression of poll! ca1 fa.llh and or~iou, and h~rewith reassert and Ret forth Lite ~ATlDX .\L Cli:\\'E\'1' <1."S A:\D rLATFORMS. 3? principles therein COJ.t ahh:·f, a-; emhrating lht mly dot:-, srnt:lti~···l! of lhe Dt)mocracy of Ark:Jil!lnll h<! lnRtructcd to tri11e wltil:h can pre:lerve the intt:grit_y of tlae l 'nion and n :tl a·•· lr<>m HAiti Con1•entlon, n.nd rl'l'us1: to rtld In tho ~:> cll>ctiou the equal rights of Lit • 'tate~ "cxpre:;:dv n·jct:tiug any lui nny .~andltl:1lo w hom~o,•vp r hy Raid ( 'onvrntlon. . . , . . . . . .. , . ' , . · .· , . 41lt. I hal tht• unity ol llltl J>o·mor-r<ttk prtrty anrl thn S>lfl'ty l~t terpret,t tiOH t!teJcu~,l,t\Ortng the C!O,.;I tllh.:. kHown nt~ of tht• Sou1h rkm:lllds l h•· adoption of 1h<1 tw() 1hirds r ttl•· t.v &juattcr ::love~csgnty, and. tl• :tt we wtll contt.rtue to ad- t!tc Oharl··~ton Convt·nlion of th•· Ut·mo<·ra<·r of rlw l'nit•·~t here to :u11l alndt by the )ll'lllCL()los nntl doctnncs of the I Statt'fl, 1\ n!l thal our tll'l•·gatt·~ to ~aid t'llnv<·ntwu tw n·rprit···d Virginia and Kl'ntucky resolutions of 17(1 and 17!W and tQ haRI'It upon and tn.tl11L11.in the 11.doptlou tl.lcr·eoC a!! an tndts ~lr. Mad i~un's report relative thereto. Pl'll!!.l.blo ll•'<:t'~t ty. 2d. 'l'hat it is the ri~hl of every citizen t.o take his In accordance with the Instructions contained In r esolu-property, of an.r kind, including slaves, into the common lion 3d above, one of the undersigned had the honor on t erritory h('!ou;.ring eq11ally to all Lht: St;tLes of the Con- the second d1ty of the ses~ion of this Convention to ~ITer fe<lcracy, and to h1LVC it protct:ted there under the l<'ederal to the considcratiou of Uai:; Convention the following reeo­Constitutinn. Neither Congre!:iS nor a Territ.orlal L e~o:is l ;t- lut ion, viz.: lure, uor HII.Y lmnnLu J)f)We r, ha:; any a uthority, either " f{,MJ/c~·l, That the ('onv1·n•if>n wtll 1101 J1 rot·P•··I tn nom! directly or inllin:cLly, to impair these sacred right.<!; and llll tll a caudidu.tu for tho l're,;llr·nc·y until tt: l'l>~. . form Mh.dl t hey h;tving b1•en at\i raned l.Jy the d eci!iion of the Supreme have been made "- Court lt1 tltc DNcl Scott case, we declare that it is the Which said resolution was pass d by the Convention with d uty of tltc Fc<lc r:tl Government, the cotntnon agent of all great una.nimity. Subscqncntly, the Conun1t t t!e 011 n c~:~o­the StatcH, to est.altlish such govcmmeut, and cuact such lutions and l'latfonn, appointed by the Conventiou in uc­laws for t.ho Ter ritories, and so change the same, from corda.nce with the usages and customs of the Dem~wralit: Lime to Lime, as m:ty be neccs ary to iu:;nre the protection party of the United tales, ltgree<l upo11 and r eported to nrHl preserva.tion of these right~, aut.l }lrcvcnt every in- this Convention u. platform of principles, r t:<.:ognir.iug the fringement of the same. 'J'he aflirma.tiou or this principle principle contained in the r esolul ions of the Democracy of of the duty of Congn·ss to :;imply protect the r ights of pro- .t~rkausa.s, above r ecited, and full.v asserting the ecinal perty, is nowi~c in conflict with the heretofore estaulishetl rrght..s or the Southern ::>tates in the coumtou Territori~·s or and well-organir.e<l principles of tho Democratic party, the United Lates, aucl the duty of the J:o'edeml (Jo1·crn­that Congn:ss does not possess the power to legislate ment to protect those rights when uecl•ssary, according to Slavery into the 'l'crrito tic::~, or to exclude it therefrom. the usages and customs or the Democracy of the United ltccognir.iug these declarations of principle:! ns instruc- tates, a~ developed by the practice of said Democracy as-lions to LL'J fo r our government in the National Convention, sembled In Convention on former occusinn~, and in strict and bclieviug that a repudi:ttion of the111 by nil th~ accordance, ns is uelieved by the under!iigned, with the Northern States, except the nol.Jie States of Oregon anti compact and agreement ma.r!c uy and hetwcen the Califoruia, tlte whole vote of which is more than doubtful Democrats of tlac scverul States, upon which the Con­in the cnsui u ~ Presidential elect ion, demand from U3 our veutions of the Democracy of the Unitcrl States were unqua lifi •d clisapproval. agreed first to be foun<.led, aud as>Jcnted to hy the The undcrsig rw<l do not deem this the place or time to several outhern StateR. The r eport and dctennlnatiou discuss the pt·actical i.llustmtion that has been given of the of the Committee on Platform became aud was hencefor­irrcpressil> le conllict hctwecn the Northern n tlll Sou thern ward the platform of the Deu10l'racy or the nited States, tlta.L has prevailed in this Convention for the last Stutes, and this Convention had uo duty to perform in r e­we~. lat ion thereto but to receln~. confirm and publish lhe It is su fficien t to say that, if the principles of the same, and cause it to be carried into elft•ct wherever lu Northern Dcruocracy arc properly r eprcscntc<l by the the respective States the Democracy were able to enforce opinion :tncl action of the majority of Lhe delegates from their decrees at tlte ballot box. tha.t section on this floor, we do not hesitate to declare 'J'he undersign ed a.re confirmed In tltis opinion hy that th l•it· principles a rc not only not ours, hut, if adhered r e ference n ot only to the history of tit . past whicl1 t.o aud enforced l>y them, will d estroy this Union. shows th<\t in a ll Instances the soverei~nty or th~ ~l!Ltl'S, In con:,i tlc ration of the foregoing fact.s we cannot a nd not the elcctoml votes of the ...Latcs Ita'! uniformly remain in tlte Convention. 'Ve consettuently respectfully been r epresented in the Commitl•e ou ' Platforms, and withdmw, leaving no ono authorized to cast the vote of the that the r eport of the Committee IHts hll'arial•ly been &utc of 'l'exaH. r egister ed as the supr eme lllw of the Democratic p;1rt,y by Guy M. Uryan, Chairman; F. R. Lubbock1 P. S. Stock- unanimous consent oC the entb·e Convention without dale, E. <lret·r·, If. lt. Jtuunclls, Wm. H. Oclultrec, M. W. changing or _In any manner altering any p:trt o'r portion Covey, W111. H. l'a.rso n!l, ll. Wa rd, J. F'. Crosby. thereof. It IB asserted, as n pttrt of our traditional Jh>licy and confidently believed, tltat the Democracy of th~ United States, by a peculiar systc•m of clwcks a n•l balances, formed after the fa ·hion of the Federal Clovern­mcnt, were contracted and hound themseh·es to fully r ecognize the SO \'Crcignty of the States in making the platform, and the population or maRSl'll of the State!! in naming the candidate to be plac(•cl 011 Lit<' plat forrn. 'J'hat many States have hccn uniformly allow~·d to vole the full strength of th eir e lectoral co li t•){<' i n t Iiese Com·ent ions when it wa.s well k nown that said , tntes ne1 er heretofore a.nd probably would never here:a rtt•r gi 1•e a !lingle elcc: toral vote at t he polls to the candidate which they !tad so large a share In n ominating, cannot he a.crnuntNl f•>r ou any other principle than that It was intended only aa " recognition of the sover eig nty an<! equality of said ::-tales. ARKANSAS RKTIRF.S. Mr. Burrow, of Arkansas, read protest. Uos . CA LKB Cu!:\Hrso, the following Pre.~ident of ()Ita rleston Oon.ventio1t : Tlte uncl ·rsigne<l, d elegates accr edited by the Demo­cracy of Arku nsas to r epresent s:tid Democracy in the Convention of th • Democm cy of the United States assem­hled on the 23tl April, l GO, beg leave to suhmit th ~ fo llow­ing protest, a~;tinst certain actions of this Convention and statement of the c:tuses which, in their opinion rcquird them to retire from tltLr; Convention: ' 1st. 'l.'he Convention of the Democracy or the State of Ark:wsa.s, convene<! at Little Rock on the 2d d tLY of April 1. HU, pa.ssed among other tlt.i.ngs, the following resolut ions; VlZ, : b t. Re.<.(J.'r e•l, ." "'<l the Drmocrnc:y of ArknnRn.s, through our ropre~t· nt:tl l\"t•s tn Convention assemblt>ll prodalm out· eonfi­" Ilene·· In th1• drt1t.· 11.n•l in ldllgence of thll people anu un-nhatcrl f>tith In tlw prindplt•s of the Democracy. ' 2. 1. We n' :t!ll1·m til\' IWIItlct\1 prlnclplocs cmurwlated In the <'lrH·inmul plnforan hy the llrmocrac:y of the United t:~. t(•R 111 J<tnc, t&·tG, ll ntl IL<;Iwrt 1\ '1 illu~;t mtive tlwrt:>of thn.t nrltlwr Oo~ ~r<'IIR uor It T<•rril<,>rlal L<.'glslatnrn, whcti;Pr by ci ln·•·t lll~l:~llt11on or hy l<'gl~;l:tttou of an lndirt!Clltnd u nfriendly l'ltflr· a,cter, poMH'fi'WR Uu: power to :ullln1 or llll pa.lr the C'onstil<tlional rt~ht'l of 11.ny citiz<•n of the Unll<•d Sta.l('s to U.tke hiR sl•LI'e pro­fWrty Into tiH· I'Ommon 'f!'rr iLorlrs n.n1l thr re hold a nd rnjoy the !ll~ffil', n.nrlthlLL If. !lXjWrl<•nc<l ~hou1d at tlny time prove th,• J•adlctnry anrl I'Xl'Ctll lvt• liOIV<·r· do not t>osscs,q thn mcanR to In ~urn prot<·cl lon to constihtllonn.l ri ghts in ~~ TI'ITilory-and tf lh•J Tl•rrllorln 1 OOVI:r l~:nl•n t should fall or r t·fuse t.o prol'id•• lhl! nrcc"M.ry n•me li r·s fo t· that purpose, it will lie tho •luty of (;onc:rllR'I to Rupply the d<'flr:lf•uf·v. 3d. Tl\ll.t thr repres<:ntatllv<'s of the DcmocrA.t·y or At·kn.nRas lu the Oharl<'fltOII Gonvenllon b11 ln~tnt elNI to lnsh1t u pt>n 1hr r'I3CO.t:t nlllon by S>t id t'on l'!lnl I on of the p u rpo11r• IH·r<•lnlwfor(• d eclared, prlor 10 bn.llotlng ftJI' :~.n y candlr1a.le ff)r lllll l',·r·~l· doucy i... a nd if sat<! Conn·r.lion r ••fust- to l'l'l'O~ulze thtl l'lt;hlfl u( the ;:;t)Uth iu the Territories of !he Uuitod St:1tc;;, lhe repr c · Would it be right u.t this time for the uunaer:~;a l majo­r ity to d eprive all the l!lack Hcpult lic:w .'tat cs rcpre· scnted on th is floor of th eir rcpt·escnl<llion, which hy custom they have so long enjoy 11, B;Htp ly because it is now evid ent th a t they are or will he unable to n)lc the Democratic ticket In the next P rc,idt·mlal l'!ection? lly common consen t we say tlwt a reck l es~ numedea.l maj ority should not be thus allowed to t1 cad under foot the vested r ights or those States aH<l 11 e ll esta.l.>lbbed usages and customs of the party. lC thus It be \vro ng for the nume ic:1.l majority to d eprive the Dla.ck lle puhlican States or thi ,~ long vested right, how much more unjust is it for tlte ttumcrical majot·ity to deprive all the 'l~tte!l of llwir v<·stecl right to make and decl:U'e the platform in t h<· w;ual and customary manner? and when we call to ndurl that the numerical majority r e;;id es chiefly in the Hlll<'k Hcpuhli· oan States, to whom the South ltas uniformly ;ar·t·orded so hu·ge a pri vi lege, in naming candidates wltl) were alone to be elt:cted by Southem vote~. we h a 1·c mucb rea on to bl'lieve that he to whom you gave an inch seems emboldened thereby to demand a n e ll. The undersigned beg leave to state that many ])3.triotic tates' Jtigltt Democmts In the South, have ·long con­t e uueJ Uw.t these Convention:; of the Democra cy, reprtl-