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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3t A POLITICAL TEXT-DOOK FOR 1860. I , . g ns Chairman of his Delegation, and now pr• Oovtrntl'<'ttt or the Um•t ecl States !!1lO U ld not force the\ t~.e 1netni nngc .tmhe majority report nnnounc.~ · d.. ,l)St ·l t lll 1r -.:t111,"r" UI>On the people either or the \ .. ,.., 111 C·Lroliu ·1 tril e:> ten vote for the Plutform, o.n<l ,nil ( ~ "" J '\I ( t} p )0- nOr ._ ' t' . . , "-' , , , ~. n •1'en itoJ i•· 'or of th , :::tate~ ngalnst the WI o It:, c •ill give ten th ou~ anll nlflJOI'IIY 111 ., ovctnve~. pie thuuc;h 111y vo:ce could bring auont that rc:~ult. I,.. 111 hi!l ll!ltcr of an:cptance, l\lr. JluC'hanan,, ln nn em- ' 1 · n 1 ·ll'ar ll t'ltlucr thu!! expre.'lscll l11~ vielfS of }' OM A qpl\t Cll Or VtC~·rllH\IDHiiT IJln:CK I NJlll)O~. ! p 1at1C II I C . • ' t H • , • , •1. 1 ·e thi:! l'la tfut·m . , .. llut tho~e wloo hol•l that the 'l'e ntorll~l Leg '1 11 1 Ill .. The 1 ctcnt l egi:-.lation of Congre!.S r eopec .ng' ? t:lefl· cnntwl pa~, a law pn•lllhiting l'lavcry, ad11~ 1 1 that, ,u.n.le~8 1 tic l:-llavl't y, d •. il'l:cl, aK it bas hce!••. f ro111 tilt' Ul'lf\lll~ll 11 • '\' ·rritnna l l. l')! ~ lutu re pass tall~< for It ~ Jl l .ot~:dl0 1 .• In d pun· ttHIIIIIIill of legitimate p ollt1cal (1011\'1', tht: Will ~11.c 1 . . '1.1• 11 11 1101 j.:'O tbcre. 'l'licrcfn c, prnc t1cally,, ,t 1 1f 1 111 , 111 .1;·ont'' 1, 1 01ui~e~, c•e lo u g , to allay lit e 1.1;\tlgcr· • ·' c 1 · t1 e 'I' ern t or1·1 ° c • "' · 1 • · f · 1 11 1 • · 111•1jn it 1. ol 11,1. 1wuplc rPJII' ·~eutt•o 111 1 'l 0 IS cxcitetueut.. Thb legit\ a don 1:> nun•H'< 11 Jlllll'l· ll' j4i•la i 11 r,• okridt•, the que:-~t . on. Wlicthcr thl'Y dec\' e ~ ~~~s ~~~ancient a" .1!'1 ce govcrnlllCllt it l>elf, am\ iu at:t:OI .d· i; 11 ,: I' nllib r1n.g it. accordinA" to the on· doct .. lne, or 1Y :.n ~e witlt Llielll ha~ si nq •lY tlcclarcll tha t l/11 }11 OJ!It• 1!( u ,t.>f,;,.,i ug l•l 1,11,, la11:-1 111 (lt:ntcct,,it, as ~ot~teu<le•l f~r ~~~ Territory, lt k iJ tlt ot< 11; 1t .....,·tate, 8h flll dt{• llii'JIIr 1~111~1- tll t' ntlll' l' llill'l \' i' ollll1l:llt:rwl I he liiiiJOilty of the pe.ot l ltl(' ~ •whelht'l' Slavc•, yxludl OJ' ,,flail n o/ tct l.~t 1Utlot11 p k hy the a r· t'i n u of t 11 e 'J' ern•t ol:·w I 1• t ·."., i•~ .h: ture ' , \I'l,l .t~/,u i · • 1· limitN." . det''idt· til•· ,,uc~ti on , and Hllmust al.>11le the llcc1~ion \lh~u l\lr. L'Uy lle liatl pxtrac\1:1 .n:t IH.:II'Ii~l ~ f ~Jl ei'L' hc~ frt~m ~...n..d "~'" "~'.' c· p 1lC I l"~. ofu"-··o .•...• ia ' one oft hL'III O~.t diS.i tllgrtl lI:. li cdN. ate:o- FllOM 1'IIK SA;\IH. nlCII of the ~Outl!-frOtll ~l r. ll ~ l.IJIIIlllll, 0 ·l>ll Slalla- "1:ut if non intervention hy Conf{rcss he the princiyl.e that undt~rlit•s the Comproml:>c of ISflO, th~n t.he prolnlll· t ' on of 1::-'LO, being l llCim~i~t cJit with t ha~ prlnclple, sh.o~lll be remoH<I, antl perfect non-i u terveutwn thus l>e e:;\,\h· lishetlby law. . . "Among many mis.rcprcsentat.IOn~ sent to the c.ount 1 Y hy some of the eneanae~ of tins 1.>111, pcrhups none ts .morc 1lagrant , tlaan the charge that it Jll'~pos_cs to l~gt s l~•te !'hlv!•ry into Nt!lmlska and Kan~ns. 1.-'~r, 1f the IJ1ll ~~n­t: tineu such a feature it would not r ec~1ve 1~1y vote. 1 h.e right to estaiJ iislt involves the correllttiVC nght t~ proln­b. t., and, dcnylug both, l would vote for neither. FROl4 Tlll: SAMK. "Upon the di~trncting question of domestic Sbvery, their position is clear. 'l'he whole power of the D e m~­crntic organization i~ 1>lt:dged to the following p~opost· t ion ·: That Cun~-t. c::.s ~ha ll not lnterpo.sc upon .t111~ sub­j ect in the 8lat~.:s, in the 'J'crritoril's1 ,or t.n the lhstnct o~ <Jolumhia; that the pCOJllc of each l erntory sh~ll d~t.et­mlne Ute ltll C~ ti <lll for thcm~elves , ant.! be a~mttt~d mto the Union upon a foo~ing of )Jcrft•ct e•tualtty wtlh the original State;;, without di~crimin:lt ion on account of the 11.1\owance or vrohibition of ~lavery." fltO:.I A Sl'~:t• {'ll UY lliiN. J .UH~'> 1.. OHR, Ol' !'. C. "Now I admit t.hat there is a di!ft•rence of ovlnion amongst' Democrats :\s to w!Jcther tl1is feature of ::lqu:IL- 1er Sovereignty be in the bill or n ot. But. the great I! Oillt upon which tlie Democratic }JI\rty aL Ciuciuuati rested was, thaL the gon:mmcnt of the 'l' cl'l. it orie~ l1ad b ~e.n tran~Sfe rrell from <..:on~-;res.~ , an•l, carrymg out the spmt unci gcuius of our iu~StJtution~, hall beeu given to the JH:ople of the 'l'e. rilori e~." FROM A SJ'Y.I<.(.'JI DY IIO:S . .A. ll. SThl'llhNS, U}' O~:O HGIA. "The whole quc~tion of ::-lavery or ~ o Slavery was to he left to the people of tl1e Tcrritor ics, whetht:r North or "outh of3G• 30, or any ot her line. 'l'he question wat~ \o lJe taken out of Congrc!l::~, 1\ here it h:ul li1·<•n impro­perly \hrust from the IJcginuing, and to l,e left to the 11euple COI1Cel'llCI1 in the lllat\er tO deC;((!' for tl le iii~C)\'t'S. 'l'his, I say, was the po~\tion originally h ~ hl hy the ·outh when the !'It is ouri Ht!'Striction wail at lir~t propo~e1l. 'l'lte princij)\e upou wl lich that po~i tion re:-1 ~:~ , li cl:! at Lh~: Yery f0uudat.ion of all our Hcpuhlican in!!titutious: it is \hat. the citi1.Cili! of evl·ry 01 tiuct and ~cparate eommunity or Rtate "hould have the right to govern th en1sdves in their domestic 111alt1! 1~ a !l ll1cy ple~L~c. nnd that they ~hould be free from i ut cn n~oltlling r e:-.tr:ct ion aut! at bitrary dictation on sm·h lllatter~, from any otlte:· l'ower or Governmeut, in ·• hich they h;1ve no vo!ce." 1tl r. Payne coutiuuctl. }jut lor commmiug titne, he could read fo r half au hour, to show that every c tnuH:nt Southern man had hdtl the sa111c opinion on the doct1 ine of JlOpular sovereignty. Mr. Payne would r el>d r. orn the Cincinnati l'latform to show what it laid down. All should ue !am.l.ar with it: "'l'he American Democracy recognize nnrl adopt the principles contained iu tile organic laws, establishing the Tct'l'itorles of l<.nu!!as and N ebrai!ka as embodying the only sound and safe solution of the ' Hhwery Question' ttpon which the great N atloual idea of the People of this "hole country can repose in its determinctl conserva­tism of the Union- non-interference by Congret!s with Slavery ln State nnu •rerritory, or in the J)JIItrict or Columbia." They nominated Mr. Duchnnnn on that Platform, agreed on by the representatives or every St~tte iu the Union, M the ollicial recorcl would show There W:\6 not one dlss ntlng voice in the whole list of States. 1 n cast­tog the fOte of North Curoliu11, his !rieuu, ~~ ~. Ave·y, .1\l 'l 'Oil of \ ' irgiuill- IIIOI'e qunllhcll, IIC t\!llll tlcd, lout sti\t c1~1phalic. 'J'he !'enator ! rolla l> el.a 1\ ar<·, t;•o, ~I r. Jlaynrd, had fully indor:~cd the docttlllC of l npul.u ~ovcreignty. . "" ~0 had 1\tr. Hndgcr, of North aro l na, .an.d. Jud,.:c J3utlcr of ::::outh ():uolina. Mr. llu u ter of \ ll ;,lllt.a, n :r· 1 a inly one of the wisest :md purest stalc!!lliCll llln.rh tl1t: l>cmocri\CY now numlJers nmougst h er kadl'h 111 .tl.c: I 1 I ., 'li"O S'\"S tlu\\. tl.c pcuple ~>hall l lavc the r1glt1 taon < d-eci"d·•e ' o ' • " • I . I • 011 nil quc~tions rclat111g tu t 1e1r 1 o ua,· s o~c lnstiLUtiom1• In his ~peccli, he mH;d .th e:-..c 11 or •b, atlu ,o"t identical with the l'latform of tl1e .mmonty: , '''!'he bill provide:; tl,;\t the I.eg1 · tatult·~ o f t hchc 1l"'· ritories !\hull ha\ve power I t> I ·gis latc over all r !llllful subjects of 1 •gi sl:~ti on cou~:~i~tently w1th t l1c Co11 ~ tltut <lao. And if they ~-oh o ulli a~ s11me p ower:~ 11 lurli are I bought t~1 IJe it~consistent. with the lout~.t,tutiun, the ()out t.~. \1 .11 d~· cide that quc11tion whenever 1t may.IJc ra s•·• l.. lltc1 l' 1! a di!fcreuce of opinion nmong the fa1et11b nf IIi.•,; llh: l\~~~r~ as to the extent of the limits w~1ich the <Jo.'~:.~l\ut. o ll tw · poses upon the Territorial l.e~l s la tun~s. tl,' t ~ 11111 y ,,. poses to leave U1c~e diUerence:; ~o. the d e\:l~Jo n .••I 11 e Co urt.~. To th:tt triliunall ;uu wtlhng to ll'al · tht~ d··d· sion us it wns once before prnpo8ec.l to he h·f~ hy ti.Je celebral c11 Comp1 oml::1c of the ::5en!nor f om Lll:lawat c.' lie also read an cxtrad of a sin11 lar charnct •·r f101111\ 11peech hy J\lr. 'l'oombs o! Georgia, one of t.lic IJold~~t n1en on the fl oor of lhe 1 American ~enatc, tal..Ja .t; ground In favor or u ou-interveutiou by Con gr e::.:;. Need he accumulate t.hese extract.:! to :;how that not a s 'n gle !;~ates n.an who has figur cu iu Congress, of Ia~ years but has taken this l1\gh ground? .M:. Snmucl~ of Iowa, present1'd t h e follow· ing r e port on' ochall' of the 111inority of dtc Platform CommiLt<'e: ]. Rl\Wlloecl, 'l'h;\t we, the Democracy of tll~ Union, in Convention aH c1ubl ·d, hert:by d eclare our nlhrmance or Ute re!!olutillll::l ull nniruously adopted and declare? as a \)latform of l>rin d ples by th.e Dea.uo~ratir Couv,cntlon ~~ Cinc:nnati, in the year lb5G, beltevwg tha t Ucmocrattc vrin cipl c!:! are uuchangeable in their untur<', wh~nap· plied to tl1e ~a me sul1ject matters; and ~\ e reconuuetl.d as \h • only further resolutions t~~ follo":· w~ : . lna~HIIIch a~ ditl'erences of opunon cxt~l 111 the Demo crati · }'art\' a:c~ t I) the 11ature anu extent of the powers of a 'J'c JI'it(u·ial l.cgi ~:~latur e and as to the }lOwers nnd dutit:s of <..:onl-(rt.."<H, under th'e ConRtitutio~ o~ the ~~itc~ ~tate~, over the iu ~titution of Blavery nuh.n the rem· tories: . 2. Jtexol'IJed, '!'h at the Democratic Party '~ I ll al)l?e by the deei:-~iom1 of tl1e ~up rc m e Court of tlle Un1ted Still~ on the ques tions 11f 'oustitutiouallaw. . . S 3. Jle.•uhll:li That lL is t l1c duty of the Un led. ta~f to 3tf011l au'l''tc •~n1l complete prot ection to all 1t..s ctt · zeus, whether at liutnc or abroac.l, aud wheLI1er uattVI! or !orci~n . ln 4. HesolfJed, 'l'l1at one of the necessili~-s of the •. nge, is a milHary commercial and J)OI:II al poult of 'tew,, s' peedy com' muuication b' etween the A t 1< \nt· tc:t t1 d Paci. fic States ; and the l>em.ocrati~ l':uty }'ledge ::;uch. l'~~stl~ tional Government aulas w1ll msur~: the ?On::.tt.uc.tl.~n a rallroali to the l'acific coa!:!t, at the earllc,~t lll actlcllll 18 period. · f r 1>. Jle8olrted, That the Democratic j)t\l'ty urc tn av(, of the acqui!litiou of tlie I sland of <Jul>a, 011 bUCh .terlllll as shall be honoral>l l! to ourselvt."S and jul:!t to ::-lpam. 6 Jle•·ol1•e<l Thl\t the enactments of ::ltate t. c~~:~ latures to d· efea" t the •r a 1thful execution of the .1<· ugu· ave.; :ilavtie- Law, nre hostile in character, sulivenuvc or the Cons tution, 110.:1 revolutiounry in their eil'ecL. .en. Butler, of !b~Aacltus\!tl~\ again n·porlt~d .. NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PLATFORMS. 33 (as a titinorit.y) tile Uincir1nati rl:tt fol'ltl wir.hout / or the original resolution proposed by the gentleroi\.J rtltc nuion. from North Carolina. It was evident, even hcfore the rrport I Mt:- Bu ~kr's f' latl'onu atnr~us t.h e Ci11einnnti of the majority w:u; pt·cRcnted, that it would I ~latfot:m_, .HIId adds a t<'~olutwn for tht> pr·otec­not lH' RWstain<'d by t.ltt' Convention, though the llon of ctrrzt>ns ab r oad. Free -State lll:tjol'ity evinced not only willing· 'J'he vote waR thc·n ta ken hy 1-ltates on 1\I r. Outler's n ess hut a 11 xiet)· to concili:tte the ir ,'outh t·n amen1lment, with the folluwiug re~ult; yeas 105, nays ]!) : brcthr·c11 llt :wy ·acri{h:c not a bsol utely ruinous. Yen~-Maine, R i ta.~~arhuHc•tt~, S; Connecticut, 2! ; 'l'hc llllljOrit.y of the ConvcnttOil, confident of' New-.J c rsey, fl ; l'enn~.v l v;uila, llid i Uelawar', 3; ~[lli'Y· thcit· power to r eject the majo rity r <'po r t, w er<' huH!, l)j; \'i r~-:ini a, 12t; Nort.h <Ja. ro lin n, 10; Oeorl-\ia, lfl; ~nxious fot· a voLe ; but the 111inor it.y Rccme<I 1M1i;~ sOourrelg, o·InI,; 11 'l'• ·1l0ln,-<'"sec, 11; K ·tttucky, 9; 1\l i n ne~o La, 1 . d ctcrtnineJ to ta.ve olr d e finite action for that Nay.•-1\l ain ·, u; 1\'e" .J I:unpsldre, 5; Vermont, 5; day, an<l can·ipt} the ir point by a system CUI'- .1\l assa chusett~, 0; IUwclo· !~land, 4; Connecticut, 8j; d · · · '' 1 · l 11 1 New-Yo rk, 35; cw-.lc rs<:y, 2; l'en nRylvania, lOt; .1\fary-r c n tly tcrmc "hltbustc nn~, w llC ' w ou l •ave land, 21; Vil·git~ia, 2~; :-outh <JHrnlina 1 ; l:'lo t·i cl a, 8; dono 110 di credit to tire llouse of' U epr t'S<'nta- Alab!UnfL, 9; Louit~ian:L, li; l\li ~~~"ipp1, 7; Texas, 4 ; tivcs a.t \Va hington. 'l'he cout'usiOII au<l huh- Arka.n:-~:l.S, •I; Missouri, 4~; 'l'enne,f-ee, 1 ; Kentucky, 8; bub which prevailed lll:l.)' be colllprch •nd<'d Ohio, 2:3 ; l ndlan ;t, 1!3; l ll 1 11ni ~, 11; ~l idllgan, G; Wh,cou-sin, 5; Iowa, 4; .1\f innet~ota, ·Lt; Califurnia, 4-19 '. perhaps, by tire following e x tract front the ofli- So the ant n cltllent 1\ as r <'jN:tcd. cia! repon of the proceedin1!R: 'I'h <? lllinority r C'port. (that of Mr. , <lllluclH) Mr. lligler obtained the floor , ltn<·l desire•! t.o 8u~gest was th e n r ead, flit d. aft <' r i 11 ('fl'ectual tttte rtt pt& to the Convention that, l.>y c0mrn on consent, ;uHt w1thout to tn.ule the subjt't:L ttnd proceed to a nominn.­a. ny further struggle, they should adjo urn. (<JI'ics of" I Lio n, th, vote was taken and the minorit.v o lJj cct !" " 1 obj ect I") l\!r. Huntet·, of Louisiana.-l appenl to my Democratic t't'port W'lS n<lopted a~ an ltlllClldllleut or sub ti­fri eiH I~ of the ~outh a n cl my J> emocratit: fr icndH f1·um u.ll tnte, a~ follows: part ~ of t.he Union--< Cries of "ord er!" '' orliet· !" nnd the greate:;t dh!Clrlier prcvail :ng in the llt\11. ) 'J'he J're,.idcnt-'l'he <J I,rtil· begs lca.ve, once for all, to statc -ruHI the Chair cntt·c:Lts lit' Convention to listen to thi ~ d ecl:\t·o.tion - th a t it is physical ly lmpos ·ible for the Uhair to go un in a contcllt wit.h ix hundred men as to who s h all cry out loudest; and unle1o~s the Convention will come to o rder, :wli gentlemen tak ·their place.'! uud procee<l In o rder, the Ohair will feel boun<l in dltty to the Co n vention as wellt~H to himself, to leave the chair. ( .\ppll\use.) 'l'hc Clmir will wait to sec whether it is pos­siblo to have o rd er in the Hous"!. J\lr. ~amu els , of Iowa, nppenled to the Convention to listen to a proposition of ~l r. Hunter of l~ouisi ana. The l' residcnt.-'l'he ()hair will entertain no motio!l 11ntil tbe Couv •ntlon is restored to order, aud when that is d o ne, the Ch;dr desires to make another su~-:gcstio u to the <Jo n ve11Lion. 'l'he ChiLil· has uJrc1Ldy ;;tatetl th:Lt it i11 Jlhysically iaup ossilJie for llim to go on with the b uslnes!! of the Cotl \·e ut.ion, so long ao; on ·· half of the motnbers a re upon th ·it· feet and engaged in clamor of 011e sort or u1othcr. 'I' he Ch;tir l.>eg:> ll•ave to re tw:tt that ho knows 1ut one remt!dy fot· such uisot·llcr, aud that is for _your r esi ll .llg' olliccr to leave the chair. He, of course, voulll deeply re~ r et that painful necessit.y ; hut it woulll e a l et~s evil than that this inces ·ant C<mfu!!ion fLild d is· order, presenting such a. spectacle to the people o f 'outh Carolina, tlhould continue to pr"vu.il in this most honor­able body of so many respeclaule gentlemen of the hlgh­et~ t stan!.ling in the community, engaged in dcbale'and d e lihe; a aiou upon the dettre:>t interests of the country. ' Applause.) It was fiwtlly agreed tlrat the vote ~hould be .tken Lhe 11cxt day-or rath ' t' the following l\lonoa .' '• 1t11U the Convention adjourned. Ou Mo nday the 30th, the Pre ·itlcnt st:ttt'tl Lhe qu 'sti()ll as follows: l .e<t.~-1\l aine, 8; Ncw-Hamp11hire, 5 ; Vermont, ~ • Maso;achusetts, 7; Hhodc I sland,+ ; Connecticut, 6; New­York, a5; New-J e rsey, 5; l'1•nnsylvan ia, 12 i l\lu. ryland1 3t; Virginia, 1; 1\t i s~.o~ouri, 4 ; 1'ennessee, 1; 1\:cnlueky, 2r; Ohio, 2iJ; Ind i an1~, l :l; I llinois, 1L; Mtchig<w, 6; W!Aconsin, 15; l ow1t, <1; Minnesota, 4 - 165. .Nay.y-Massaehusctts, (i; New-Jersey, 2; Pennsyl­vania, 15; I>elawnre, 3; l\Jaryl:tnd, 4i i Virginia, 14 i North Carolina., 10; ~outh Carolina, 8; Oeo t·~-:ia, 10; Jo'lorida, 3; AlaiJ:una, 9; Louisiana, 6 ; J\Jil:!sil1sippi, 7 ; 'l'exas, 4; Arkamms, 4; lllh;souri, 5; Tennessee, 11 ; Ken­tucky, 9f ; Califomh~, •!; Oregon, 3-188. The question wafl then taken on the adoption of tlte report a.~ amended, the vote being tak('n ou each r ' olution sepamtcly, and with the e x­ception of the 011e pletlging the D e moc rn.tic party to abide by Lite dPei~ions of the Su preme Uout·t on the . ubjcct of Slavery in the 'l'cnito­ries- wltich was rf'j •cted-thcy were adopted by a vote which was neal'iy unanimou . . The delegation frorn .Alaba.rna, by itrs Chair­man, the n presented a written prote t , F~i gne d by all its memuers, n.nuouncing their purpose t.o withdraw from the Convention. '!'hey were followed by the delegations from Mis. is.ilippi, Florida, 'l'exaR, all the Louisi<tnn. dcl<'gu.tion except two, all tlto Sout h Carolina. d e legation except tht·ee, three of the Arkan as dclcg:ttion, two of the Deln.w11.re delegation (including enator llayttrd ) aud one fr0111 North Carolina. The order of their· withdrawal was ns follows : ALADAMA PUOTKSTS .AND WI1'11DRA.W!I. The Convention will remember that, In the first place, the gt:mtlem:m from North CarolitHL (Mr . A very) r eported th~ r esolutions of the majority of the commit­tee. 'J'Iaereuron the gentleman from Iowa ( ~lr. amucls) moved an tunenument to the e re~oluti ons, by striking out all :~ftl!r the word "resolv ·d," and to insert the resolu tions Jli'O!>Oscd l>y ltim, in hehalf of a p ortion of minrmt.y or the comanittee. Aft er which, the gentl<im<tn from Mlt:-Jsa chu!!etls (Mr. llut.ler) moved, In uehalf of an­other portion or the minority committee, to runend the :unendment, hy At.riking out all after the wol'(l "re· tHJI ved," and Inserting the propo$ition proposed by I! ian on behalf of tlu~t minor ity. 'l'he tir!lt question will IJe, theref() re, upon the amendment mo vecl by the gen­tlem: w from .1\l :t~sachus etts (~lr. llutler). H th1Lt amcnd­meut f<~ll::~, the Convention will tht>n come to a vote upou the amendment moved l>y the gentleman from Io wa. (:\Jt·. Samuel~). If, however, the amendment of Mr. Butler prevails, then tha.t amendment will have taken the place or the a.mcndllleut moved by 1\fr. S1~muels, and tlle ne~t questic..n will be upon substituting it in the place Mr. Walker, or Alabama.-l\rr. President, I am In­structed by the Alabama delegation to submit to this Convention a communication, a.nc.l, with your permission, I will read it. 3 To Tllto: llos. C.\u:n Co~nrso, PrtJ.~ldent of the J)enw1:Nttio National Oorvce~ tion, now in heHHion in t /1.6 Otty of 01Larl88ton, South Oaroli1ta : 'l'he undersig ned delegates, representing the Sl:\te of Alal.>ama in this Convention, r espectfully beg leave to lay before your honoraule uody Ule following statements ot facts : On the eleventh day of Jnnua.t·y, 1800, the DemocraUc party of the State of Al:lhamiL met in Oonventlon1 In the city of .1\lontgomcl'y, and adopted, with singular unanl· mity, a. series of re11olutions herewU.h submitted: 1. Ill'.$01 IJefl by tht Dnnocrary of lltfl Slti.tt of Al<tfXl71lll i'l c~n- 1JIJiltiO./l a,•.'•tmllled, Tb.a.t holdln!( all ls!IU<'K and principles upon which they have heretofore atlllll\te!l and acted wllb \.he Na­tional Do.>moura\lc Party to be Inferior In dignity and lmpor· tanco 'o Lb" great q ueatlon of Slavery, they content Lhemselvoe