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Show 16 .A POLITICAL TEXT-llOOK FOR 1860. g:lnl! us the assurance-and no better Is ne~ded from aIM ay. Andrew Stevenson of Va., presided. eon~tst•mt nnd t.ruth-speaklng; ~lnn - t.h.at Ins heart was N cw-York. had sent a double delcrra tion: {"Barn· with us at the cnsls of our poltr tcal d el:!rmy, when Henry , b • Clay was our candidate and wl11:n not only Whig prin-l b umcr for Van Buren and Hunkers for DICk· t"tpletl were well detlned nntl clearly asserted, but Whig inson). 1'he Convention d('Cidcd to admit both ru_ea.<~ureH d t:re~clt"tl on ~<ucce;;A. 'l'he hearr .that was clclcrrationil which satisfie d n eith er and both wtth llilfhen 1swtlh us nnw, aud ll"t' have a F"'clte 'sword !"' ' • '· or honor, and a life of public and privat;· Yirtul', as the ch~~.·l ll l~d to take part 111 the proceetlrngs.. The eecuri ty. t \\ o-thrrd n:l' waR adopted, and Gen . Lewrs Cn8B 4 .• R e.•ol vl'd,,'l'hat 11"t' look on c:l"11 Tay_lor'!! ndmini:-~- wa:-; nominat.<'d for President o n the 4th ballot tra110n of the (rtJI" ·rn 111 ~nt a ~ 011c l"nndtlctve of P e;~ce, . ( . l'rospenr.v and l ln on 11f Peace he,·tt u~e 110 one bl·t- a~ follow~: 170 YOtes tte <:cRsary to a chOICC.l t.er kuows, or ha~ ~ ··at a ca"OII I !I dt·plo e, what he has l>t. 2<1. ~rl . 4th ween sadly on tlw fidd of 1• rtnr.r, rhc horrorR of war. Cass .. . .......... .... 125 188 166 179 11ncl especially of a foreign and a):"i(rl·S>~ I YC war. Of Woodbury of N. II... ()8 66 153 38 Prosperity now more tlia11 evtr neetkd to relieve the Buchanan.. .. . . . . . . M f>4 40 88 nation from u. hunll'n of d eb't, and : c;.tOrt' industry - Calhoun. ...... . .. . . 9 agricultuml, manufactu ing and com me cia! - to i:s Dallal!............ ... 8 nccu::~tomed nncl peaceful funl·ti llll!l awl in fluenc es. Of Worth .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 Union- becll.use we ha Vt! a ca ndidat c whose very po~;i- Butler of Ky .. ...... . 8 1 tlon as a ~outhwe,; e n man , reared on the hanks of the 8 great stream whose t libutarles, uatu ral und artificial, The first ballot for Viee-Pre:;idc ut r csu,(cd as embrace the whole Union, rtJnders the protection of th e follo w:-~: interests of the whole country his f!.·st trust, and whose varied duties in pa~t l"fe have been rendered, not on the soli, 0 1· under the flag of any Stllte or section, but over the wide fronti er, anti under the broad banner of the Na.Uon. b. ReMlved, That standing, as the Whig Party d oes, on the broad and firm platform of the Constitution, braced up by all its inviolable and sncred guarantees and compromises, and chel"ished In the affections because protective of the interests of the people, we arc proud to have, as the exponent of our opinions, one who is pledged to construe it by the wise and generous rules which Washington applied to it, and who has said, (and no Whig desire!! any other assurance) that he will make Washington's Admin iM tration the model of hls own. 6. R e8olvod, Tl1at a8 'Yhigs and Americans, we are proud to acknowledge our gratitude for the great military s ervices which, beginning at Palo Alto, and ending at Duena Vista, fi ··~ t awakened the Amel"ican people to a just estimate of him who is now our Whig Candidate. In the discharge of a painful duty- for his march into the enemy's country was a r eluctant on e· in tbe command of regulars at one time, and volunteer~s at another nnd of both combitH~II; in the clt"Cisive though punctuai discipline of his c;tiJAP, where nil r e!:!pcctcd and beloved him; in the negotiation of t e rms fu 1· a dejected and desperate ent-my; in tho cxigeucy of nctual conflict when the balance wa:.~ pcrilotu;ly doubUul- we hav ~ found him the same- brave, distinguished and considerate, no heartless spectator o r blooclshed, no trifler with human life or human huppinefis; and we do not know which to admire mol:!t, h .s heroi:11n in withstanding the assaults of the enemy in the most hopeless fields of Duena Vista- mourning in generous sorrow over the praves of RingJ:,'1l ld, of Clay, or of llardi!i- or iu giving m the heat of battle terms of lllerciful capitulation to :i vanqubhed foe a~ Monterey, and not being ashamed t.o avow that he ui (l it to sp:tre wolllen and children h elploss infancy, and more helpless age against wh~m no Amel"ican soldi ct· ever war!!. " ucl~ a military man whose triumph~ a c neither 1 emote nor doubtful wh os~ virtues these trial$ have tested we are proud t~ make our Candidate. ' 7. ft eijo/tved, That in support of such a nomination we aek our Whig friends th ro ughout tl1e nation to unite, to co-operate zealou:sly, resolu t ely with earnestnQSs iu behalf of our Candidate, whom ca'lumny cannot reach and with resp ectful uemeauor to our adve1saries whos~ Candidates have yet to prove the;r cla iu1s ou th~ gratitude of the nation. This e lection re. ulted in the choice of the Wbig Candidates, as follows : Taylor and Fillmore-Vermont, 6 · Massachnsetts 1" · C l I S.l Rhode Jslantl, 4; onnecticnt, 6; New-York, 86; New- Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 26; Delaware, 8 · Maryland 8; North Carolina, 11 ; Georgia, 10 ; Lousla~a, 6 ; Ten-' nessee, 13; Kentucky, 12; .f.'lorlda, 8-163. Cass and Butler-1\laine, 9; New-llampshfre 6 • Virginia, 17; South C:uolina, 9; Alabama, 9 · Mi~sis;ippi 6; Ohio, 23; Indiana, 19; Ill!oois, !) ; Mis~ourl, 7 · Ar~ kansli.S, 3; Michigan, IS; 'l'exas, 4 ; Iowa, 4 · Wisco~ilo · - 121. . ' DEMOCRATIC CO~VENTIO~, 18-4:8. The Democratic Nntional Convention for 1848, -"'Sembled in Baltimore on the 22d of William 0 . Butler ...... 114 William R. King ....... 29 J ohn A. Quitmau ..... . 74 James J. McKay .. .. .. 18 J ohn Y. Mason .. .. . . . . 24 J efferson Davis........ 1 No choice . Gen. nutle t· \VIIS tnanilllousl y IIOIIli· natPd on the t hird ballot.. • Tlte Co nv~ntion adopwd tlt e following plav. for111 : 1. Re~wuvecl, That the American Democracy pl~tt'e their trust in the intelligence, the pat.ri\>t ism, and the discriminating jnRticc of the American people. 2. Resoltveri, 'l'hat we regard thi::~ as a lli ~tinctive feature of our political creed, which we arc proud to main· tain before the world, as the great mom! ekmetJt in a form ot government springing f:om and upheld by tlse popular will : and we contrast it with the creed and practice of federalism, under whatever name or Conn, which seeks to palsy the will of the cot.Jt ituent, ;u ,d which conceives no imJJO~ture too ruoustrou!! fo1· th~ popular credulity, 3. R esol1Jed, Therefore, that, entert :\in!ng these views the Democratic party of this Union, through the delegat e~ assembled in gen eral convention of the l:itates, coming together in n spint of concord, of devotion to the doctriues and faith of a tree r epresentative government a11d n.ppcaling to t.h eir fellow-citizens for the rectitude of their in tentions, renew and reassert before t he American people, the declaration of principles avowed by them, on a former occasion, when in general convention, tbey presented their candid:\tes for the popular suffrage. Then follow resolutions 1, 2, 3, 4, of Platforms of 1&40 and '44. The 6th resolution is that of 1840 with an addition about providing for war d e uts , and as ame nded, reads as followH: R~~Ol'fted, 'l'hat it is the duty or ~very branch or t.lie government to enforce and practice the most rigid econowy in couductiug our public affairs, and thnt no more revenue ought to be raised than is r equired to de!my tlle nt!cessary expP.nscs of the government, and for the gradual hut ccrt ain e.-~ tinction of the del>t created by tl1e proRecut ion of a ju~:~L and necessary war, after peact~ful re latio n~:~ shall ha.ve been reston;d. The next (Anti-National Bank aud pro-SubTrc a s ttr)' ) was ame nded by the aJdition of tile followiug: And that the r esult:i or Democratic Legislation, in thi1 and all other financial measures upon which issues kave been made between the two political parties of the coun· try, have demonstrated to candid anrl p ractical men of all parties, their soundness, safety and utility in all business pursuits. llero follow I'Csolntions 7, 8, 9, of the plat· form of 1840, which we omit. Ruol!ved, That. the p1·oceecls or the Public Lands ough\ to be sacredly applied to the N ntional objects specified In the Constitution ; and that we are opposed to any law for the distribution of such proceeds among the States as alike inexpedient in policy aud repugnant l.o t.be Constitution. Re&o/Jved, That we are decidedly opposed to taking ~rom the Prt:llident the qualifi ed vet.o power, l>y which he 1s enabled, under restrictions and r espon!!ibilit)es amply sufficient to gn;Lrd t.he public mtere:;ts, to suspend th~ pailsa~e of a bill whose m~rits ~aono~ s~ure lbe i~ NATIO~AL CO~ VESTIONb A~D PL_\ TFORMS. 17 prova.l of two-thlrrls or t l1e enate n.ncl House of Repre- , mn.y solicit our su~·re nder of th:lt vigilance wru-:h I.e t.hQ St!lllaLivt's until the j udgment of the Pl'Oplc can be only safeguard of lrberty. obta iu •d there<•n and 11 hich has savetl the American Re~otced, 'l'hat the confidence o! the Domocracy o! peo p le from 11te ~•J Tupt !Lnd tyru.nn icnl domination of the Union, in the p ri nciples, c_apacity, fi1·u_1uo:~~ ~nd inthe bank of the United :-itatc:l, and from n corrupting tegrity of Ja1?es K. Polk, m tw l fe:~.t ed by ~11:1 ~-O!IltDatioc Bystom nf general intesnal improvcrncutll. and election 1~ 1 ·!I, has IJeen s1gually JUiiLJtied l.ly tho I~ Psol t'l''t that the war with Mexico, provoked on her strictne:1s of l.us adherence to t!uu n<.l Ucmocr a.Lt ~ docpa. ·t, h.Y years of in:~ult and injury, wa~ con1menccd by trine, by the purity o ~ purp ~~e, th <: ene. gr a~d ability ht>r u my c•ossing the ltio llrandc, attackiug the Ameri- wl~i ?h have character Jt:etl h1::1 adlnttli:Jtrauon 111 ~~~ our can troop::~ aod lllVading ou r s ister "tate of Texas, and alla1r::1 at ho10e and_ abroad ; that w_e _tcll\.lt!r to h1u1 our that upon all the principles of patrioti m and the cord.ial congra tulatiOns upon tlw IJ n lhaut succtlss wLi.ch L,lws of 1 ;ttiouH, it i:1 a j ust and n ecessary war on our has hithe rto c rowned h i>~ JHL trl?tic _etfort:~, ::~;nd a::~::;~ re h~111 part in whieh every An1erican citil:en should have ~hown i11 aclvuncc, that a~ th~ c:qm~ltton of bts l're~t dentu\1 bimsl·if on the s ide of his Country and neither morally term he w1ll .;;t iTY wtth lmn to Ius ret.irement, the .:stcern, nor phy~:~i caliy, by word or by d~ccl, ht~ve a-i veu "aid respect, anti .'~dtu1 ra~io1 ~ of • O":.ateftll couutry. :.~.ncl contfort to the encn1y." R e11otved, Il1a.t Lh1:1 Uo ... ~•,t ton h.:roby JH·e::~ cnt to tho Jle,~ol l)l!cl, 'J'h ;Lt we wo~ld be rejo:ccd a.t the as!lurance people o~ the Uulteu :;ta te•, Le~is Uai!::~, of L\l ichlg_an, as ) f a pcaee with Mexico, f0undeJ on the j u::>t pri11ciples L!le ~and1date of ,.the Delltvcrattc l~a .• ty for tile. ollice o~ of indemnity fo1· the pa:-~t and ~ ecu rity for the futttre; but 1 rmudeut, aad \\ tlllam U. Uutler vi n: y, for Y1ce-Pre!!J· •hat while the mt.illcation of the liberal treaty otfen~ d to c!eut of tbe U. 8. \l exlco remains in doubt. it il:! the duty of the country to The followincr resolution WJ.S offered by Mr. @uotain the administration and to sustain the country in y f AI 0 every measure necessary to provide for the vigorous llllc .v, 0 a. p rosecution of the w!N", t!hould thtlt treaty be rejecttld. ReJJolverl, That the doct. inc of non-in terference with He8olvecl, That the o fficer::~ and soldiers wbo have the rights of property or a.uy portion of the p eople ofthis r:~. ricd the arws of their count.ry into ~l cxico, llave Uonfeuemcy, l.le it in the ~tates or 'l.'erritorie:~ thereof, crownecl it with lmpedshable glory. Theic unconqucr- by a.ny other tbu.n the parties interesttld in them,~ tho ahle courage, the:r daring enterprise, their unfaltering true ltepublican doctrine recoguized by this ltody. l •er:~cvcran ce aud fortitude when assai led on ull sides by I .1 y wnumcra.l) le foe:~ a.ncl th<tt more formi(la.ble enemy-tile This re.~, o utiou wat~ r pJi ecteu : eas, 36 ,· nn)·s, cl ii!e :.~~ es of the climate-exalt their d evoted patrioti~m ~I tl-the yeas l.Jeiug: Ucorgia., 9; t>outh Carointo the highest heroiHm, nnd give tbem a right to tbe !ina, !) ; Alal.Jatna, !J; A1·kausa8 1 S; .Florida., S; p ro found g rati tude of thtli.r country, aud the aumirfltion Maryland, 1 ·, K c utucky, 1. o( lhe world. I~e.~u lv.,tl, L'hat the Democratic National Oonventiou of lJO ~l.:lte~ co111po::~ing t ile American ltcpublic tenacr their f1·atcn11LI co nl{ratulaLiou::~ to tbe National Convent on of the Hepul1 lic of Fmncc, now <U:~scml.lled as the free-:mlfmge lteps e~entatives of the ::)overeignty of thirtytl vc millions of lttlpubllcans to e::~t<LI.IIil:!b government on t ho.,c ~ Lcmtd principles of equal rights for which their l.af.tyette and our \\' a~hington fought side by side in the :-~ truggle for our ' aLiona.l Independence; and we would e:>pccitllly con vcy to them and to the whole people of Jt'rancc, our eamest wishes for the consolidat.ion of their liberties, through the wisdom that shall guide their <"o unci lll, ou the basis of a. Uemocmtic Uonstitution, not tlenved from the grants or concc:lsions of kiugs or dyn:~.r;ti e~, b11t originating from the only true llO urce of J•Oii tical power recognized iu the :)tate:; of tb is Union; Lhc iuherent ancl inalienable right of the people, in tllcir Hovcrcign capacity, to make and to amend their forms <1f govcmmcut iu such 1ua.uner as the welfare of tile comuJIUJity may require. R,-.wlor!d, That the recent dc1·elopment of this grand poliLica l t : uth, of t he sovereignty o f tue people and t hl'ir capaci ty and power for sclf-govcrnmeut, which is I' o~t ILllug thrones and erecting Hcpublics ou the ru i n~:~ t•f tltlSIJotisul in the old world, we feel that a higb anu o:wrcd duty is devolved, with increased respomubility, upou the JJenwcmtic party of thi!l country, a::~ the p:..rty of the people, to su::~tain anti advauce among us Constitution; d Lihc1 ty, ~c,u al.ty and .k'raternity, by continuing t.o retlisL a. II monopolies and exclu~:~i ve legislation for the l,t:oellL of the few a.t the tlxpense of the many, and by a vtgilauL aud cow:1t;wt ;ulh ereuce to those principles aud cou1promiscsuf Lhe Cuust itutiou which are broad enough aucl ::tt:·oug e no1tgh to e1ubrace and uphold the Union as it wa .. ~ . the Union as it. is, :tnd the Union as it shall be in the full expa.nHion of the eneq;ie:~ aud capacity of this g eat and progressive people. J((l.~ulot>ll , That a. copy of these resolutions be forwarded through the A1uerican ~l inister a.t l:'al"is, to tbe N atiO!la I Uou vcntion of Lhc l{epublic of .!<'ranee. H.dxoto~Jcl, 'l'lmL the fruit:! of the great political triumph of I "+1, wl11ch clcctt'tl James K. l.'olk and George M. Ua.lla8 L're~itlent ;md Vice- President of the Unitetl States, ilave fulfilled the hopei:! of the Democracy of the Union in ucfe.~l ing the dtlclared purposes of their opponents in c reati I){ a Nu.tion ;tl H;lll k, in preveutiug the corrupt !lnc..l uucons, itution;d distduution of the Land Proceed:~ from the conunou treasury of the Union for local p urposes, in protectmg t he Currency and Labor of the couutry fro1u ruinous lluctuations; aod guarding the money of tlttl count.ry for the use of the people by the estai.IUsbtoent of the Uonstitutiowll t reasury ; in the noble impulse given to the cau8e of .l<'ree Trade by the repeal of the taritr of 42, and the creation of the more equal, honest, and productive ta.ri!f of Hl46; and tha.t, in our opinion, it would be a fatal error to weakeu the bands of a political orgtulization by which these gre:lt reforms have betln achieved, and risk them in the hands or tbeir known au ver~aries, with whatever delusive appeals tla~v ~ FREE DEYOCRATIC CO~VE~TIO~, 1848. Tbe Ba.rnbume rs of New York, woo were disgusted with tl.re proceedings of the National Convention whieh bad uomina.ted Cass and Butler fol' Preside nt and Vice-President, met in Convention at Utica., ou the 22d of J une, 1 18. Delegates we re also prese nt from Ohio, W iscousin aud Massachusetts. Col. Samuel Youug pre· sided ovet• tbe delil>eJ·ations of this CouvcuLiou i u.ud .Martin Van Bureu '~as nominated for Presid e nt, with lleury Dodge, of Wisconsiu, for Vice-President. Gen. lJodge subseque utly declined. On the 9th of August following, a. Convention was h eld at Bull"ato, which was attended l>y delegates from the titates of Maine , New-Hampshir e , Y ermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode I ·land, N ew-York, New-Jersey, P en ns.vl vania., .Mn.ryhmd, Dela. ware, Virginia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, lowa, and thtJo Distric t of Columbi.-1.. Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, preside d, and the Convention nominated Messrs. Va:n llut·cn and A dams a.s candidates for President nnd Vice-President, and adopted the folio wing R osol ves, siuco known as THE BUF'Jt'ALO PLA.TFOIUI. Whereaa, We have assemblt~d iu Convention, ail 1\ union of freemen, for the !lakt: of freedom, forgt:tting all pa~:~t p olitical diffuences lu a colllmon re:;olvt~ to unlintll-in the r ights of free labor agaln ~t tbe aggressions uf the l:)lave P ower, aud. to l!e, ure free soil to a free peoplu. A~£d Wh~r ~a.1, The political Oonvenlions recently as· sembled at .UaiLimore auu l'hiladelphia., the oue stifling the v oice of a great cou~tituency, euLiLit:d to be heard iu iL:l deliberatlou:;, a.nd tbe other abandoning its distinctivu prinCIIllt:il for mere availa.IJJ!i ty, have di:l:solved the Na· tiouat party orga.ni:.:atioul! hertJ tofure ex istiug, by notnl• natiug for the Uhle( l\lagistracy of the United States, untler tl1e sla vebolding tilctation, caudiuate::~, neither o! w11o1u cau be supported l.ly the oppuueut~ or Sla.vNy 1:-..:· teu iou without a sacntlce of cousi~:~ t~: u ey, duty and sdtre:. p.:cL; ..tJ.nd wh~rBa8, Theile nominati o n::~ so matlc, furulst Ultl occasion auu de1uo u::~tmte the ncc.::~slty Qf tl1e union ot tho: ueople under tl1t1 hauuer or )!ree l>emoc;racy, in as~ |