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Show • A POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR 18(}0. t ade-11 hich is piracy by the laws or my couotrJ-la np-, tlon of the Olnclnnntl Platform, that, dm·ing the exlatence ~~ oviugly advocated. (ureat sensation.) of the 'ferrltorial Governments, tho measure of rcstrloA purl tvu of the 1\tasl!achu,etts delegation here retired. tion, whatever it may IJe, i~1poscd IJy the. Federal Constl •. 1. 1 . •11" of 'la••achu~ctts stud- ! aw not ready tution on the power of the Tcrrltorlal Leg1slature oYer U1e llt r<tlh. .:~. o.:~c~, "~~ ' h · d ·It' ti S'1CI·tJ 1uuu1cut to ca~t the vote of J\1 as~achusetts, t e subJeCt of the omcst1c rc ll wn~, as 1e an, 1. s JCcn, or uclc , aLiuu t.ciu" In couti ultatiou as to their 1 i~hts. shall hereafter be, finally dctcrnancd by the Supreme Co~r\ H " . f 1. C of the Unllecl States, should he respected by all good ctll· 'l'lt • ~.:all prol:cctlcJ, tbc chau·n.l:tll ? eneu on- zens and enforced with pro111ptncss and fiJdity by cvHy v~oLion tllal-.illg a , peech ou tldtvcrutg the vote brat;ch of the General Govcmmeut. ol lu: t.Llc; and .11r. Stcveus tin:dly stated that, Mr. Payne, of Ohio, moved the pre vious qur~altltO tt;; it a portion of tho .\la5s.at:husctt8 tlelegt~- tion, nnd this re. oluti011 was adopted, with on~y ttuu ll:L\l witlHlrawu, he wa8 1n struc~cu by Ius two dissenting voLe:-<. rcutainillg colleagues to cast the ClltlrC vote of THE SECU> I•:m;' co~n:1'11'IO.'\. t.he State. , , 1 1 1 1 · 1 l f h Mr. H.usscll, of New York, withJrew the name l he d_c egall's w to, ):t l ~:IL H ra;v,n rom t e of lloratio Seymour as u. cauJiJatc. The fol- Cuun-utt?n at tlte l•r~ttt- ~rct't 1 h_e :_ltt•t·, to· lowiug is the result of the ballotiugs for l'rcsi- gcth ·r wJLh the tlekgatt?n:-~ lron1 I~ot~l~t:\IHt nnd dent: AI:LI!IIIlla, wl10 "Ne rt·1u-cc1 nd t ut~~lun. to \hat rmsT BALLOT. st.co:w n .. u.LOT. CotlVt~tltion, met t\L tlto ~l arylaud l tt~ lltntc on ST..LTRS. ., liS t4 ;:l 0 A Maine ............ C>t N ew-Ha11111Shire .. :; Vermont .... .... 5 Massachusetls .. .. 10 lU10de Island .... 4 Connecticut ...... 8i N cw-York ........ 85 New-J er&ey . ..... :lt l'eunsy 1 vania ... 1\l Mary laud ...... .. ~t Yirglllit~ . . . . . . 1 i Not th Uu.rolina. 1 Ala llama . . . . . . . \J l,ouh·i<Ul!L ....... 6 ) Arkausas . . . . . . . . 1 ~l tssou ri. .. ... .... 4t 'l'cnne ·,ee ....... ~ Kentucky .. .... .. - Ohio ......... .. . '.La 1ndian:L ....... .. 11> llliuois .... ..... .. 11 Michigan... . . . . . . t> \\"iscou~iu .... . .. () Iowa ............. 4 .Uiuu~oLa . ..... .. ~t 1 • "a ' CAl ;::l 0 A . .. . 7 .... 5 .... 5 . ... 10 .. .• 4 .. . . 3i .... 85 .... 2i 3 .... 10 2~ 8 - ... 1 - .... 9 () - .... lt II .... 41 - ~ *' .... 3 - .. .. U - .... 1 ~ - . ... 11 • .•• t) :; - .... " 1 . . . . " 7 lt ntunbv the i ' th of' June. Twenty-one tatca were n·i)rC:'lt'nLcJ citltt'r hy full or partial delegaLion:<. Tlte StateR IIOL repre:3L'nted nt all were Connecticut. llli1toi:-, Indi:tlta, lowa, ~lainc, ~li ~.:higatt, ~ew-llatnp:-hirc, Xcw J, •rs,•y, Oltio, Rhode l sl:wJ, ::-iotllh l.'at'Oiina, aud \\' i;o; con~o in . The llon. Caleb Cu~hittg, of ~l a.~.:la~o: hn~ett~, was chO::JCII to preside, a:':<tflL•. .' d b)' vicc·pro· siuent and ~ect·etarics. The Convention adoptetl a rul ' reqnirin, a YOtc of two-thirds of all tl1e delcg<LlC$ pr<·~ct•~ to nominate canJidates for J>rct'idcnt ami \'icel) re~idi'Jit; also that each J el<'gatc ·a8t the vot~ to which he i entitled, 1\nJ thttt cath 'tate cas' ouly the nmubct· of vote!:! to which it i~ <:ntit.lcd by its actual repre~cntativu in the Conn~n tion. 'l'be d •legates from 'out h 'arolit\t\ auJ Florid1\ nccredi tell to the Hi ell mon tl (Jou ren· tion, were invited to take eats in Lhi~. A committee of tive, of which Mr. C:dco Cushiug wa::J chairman, Wl\S appoin ted to nd· dre~s the Dcmocmcy of the Union upon tbc principles which lHLVC govcmed the (Jouveutioo in 1naking the nominations, and in vindication or the pril!Ciplcs of the party. The Convention Total. ..... .l"i'Sr 5 10 l~li H Gj I al~o d0ddcJ that the next Democratic Ou the first ballot, Henry A. Wi.'!~, or nrgo\a, rceeiv~d ~ational Uouvcntiou be held at Philadelphia. i a vot~ from Maryland; JJocock, of Va., rccd,·ccl 1 vote Mr. Avery, of N.C., chairman of Committee !rom \' ir~iuia; lJauit:l :::l. lJickiu,ou, I votc from \ irgl.uia· 1' 1 · d · 1 h · ;wd Horatio :::lcywow· 1 Tole frow l'cnllsylvauia. 1 OU ~CSO Ut!OliS1 reporte , Wlt l t e Ul11lllllll0U8 Uu the anuouw; ~o~utcll&or the 1ir:ot ualloL, Mr. t:hurch of tla lt CLiou of the Committee, the Platform re· New-York, otrcred the following: ' ported by the mujority of the Platform Cotn· Jl~.~olved tHc.wd.t,wu.~f!/, 'l'l1at :::ltcvltcu A. Dougla~J, of wittcc at Charleston, u.nd reJ· ectcd by the Cou\. hc ::state or llllllOil!1 haVlllK llt)W l'CCel\ ctl two-tltil'ltll Of !ill Ute votcb gi~cu lu Ll•is \Jouvemi.on, b ltcreuy dedarcll, iu ac- ventiou, (see page 30) whieh was unanimously ronlaucc w1th tlte ru!c~ go1·cnung IlL~ liody llllll iu accord· adoptcJ. ancc with the uuilorm ciiJ:ILOtu~ auJ rules cJf lonncr Oeruo- '1'1 C · d .1 1 · · cratic N:.ltiOUl~l Cvuvculiou~, tlte regulttr nowJ.uee of Lito IC OllVelltlOn l\ Opteu a TeSO UtlOil 11)• lJcruocratic party uf tl•c L;ui~ed ~::>taLco:~ for tl1c ollice 0 1· struct.ing the National Committee not to issue l'rct~idcut of the Guitcu ~tate:~. ' tickets of admi~ ion to theil' uext National Cotr Mr. Jon.cs, or .l'cuu,ylvauia, rai~~d the Pl'l.uty t or1ler, ventlOn in any case where there is a bonafou that U1e 1 el!olutlou lll'Opu,cll pracLtcalty Lo l't:ilctnd u. rule · of tlte Convcutiun ~rctlulriug tlfu-Lloi.rd, o1 a • ,, 11 CuU\' I:U· con tcstan t. tiou, 20~ votes, to .uotUiuato::?• ~~~~ cut~l~l .ut, wHier u1c 1' The_ Conv~ ntiou then procecdeu to ballot f?r rul~, 0~ a~opted ""1thout 00" d;IJ b ~oucc. . a caudtdatc lu1· Prc~ iJent ·and John C. llreckm· 'lite Chair ruled lltat tho:: l'e,olutwt. wa~ tn onlt;r and . . r • ' . · :Utcr a lengthy 1Ua.l aui.tuatcd uel~<Uc: 1t w •• ~ withuraw:1 LiU ndge, ol h .y., l"l'CCl\·ed the uuautmous vote ol art.or anoU.cr uallut !!houlo.l be taken. Wln:u the result or I tile Jelegate.:~ prcseut as follows : the secoud oallot had l>eeu announced, Mr. Church'l! re- y t .1 F · , o• solution waa called up ar•ain u.uo.l ... ·d. I ermoo · · · · · · ~ lortd&. ...... . 8 'l en nc3~ee .... . . ,. . " . va~se Massachuselts. 8 Alu.bu.tna •.••.. 9 Kentucky ..... 41 ' BeiiJ. }ttZplltrlCk, of Alab:tllla, \VIIS nominated I New-York . ... 2 Louisiana . .... 6 ~'linn e:~ota... 1 lor V tce-l'rc!litleut rceei viutr 1 ~t).' votc!l auJ 'j Pcnosylvanits-.. 4 M~sis~lppi .... 7 Califomia ... .. 4 Mr. William U. AicxauJer 0of ~ l J 1 'lu , ~.ar~laud ...... 4i Texas ......... 4 Oregou . .. ..... 3 ,. . . ' ~ • ., • .11 r. 1 "V Jrt:;Ulia •••••• . 1H Arkansas ...... 4 l'ltzpa.tnck dt•cltned tl.tc liOtttiuatiou two Ul\)'S ~otthCarolioa. 81 MiaaourL ..... 1 100 akfterward, aud the Nattoual Co11111mttw e~ llpplic\1 Gt:o:·Kla ... :···lO . the vacancy, by lhe notuiwHtou of lll·r::o\.'llcl v. ' 1-ur· Vlcc-PrcHHlt'nt Gen. Jo:-eph Lane, of Johnson, of Georgia.). Ut·cgt.•u, reed veu the unutti mou-1 vote of the . Gov.WicklUJe,ori.ouWallA,ofreredthefollowingresol~· Cou\·c utio ~ • (10.:>), ou the first ballot. And t.ion llH an adilltloo to lhe Platform &d<>1'ted att:harlea&on · theu, u.ftcr li.stcuiu 0 " to a. speeou from :\ir. Y ducy, lluolved, Thll.\ it ts 1n accordanoe wn.h tht tcue interp;aw., the CQu v<; utiou ~~odjourued ~it~ di.e. ' ~. \~ . ""'- ,_ .. _ ... ~ .. A HISTORY OF THE S'TRUGGLE FOR ~fAINLY BY DOCU~fEN'fS. SLA.VJ<:RY IN THF. COLO!'\IF.S. LusT of gold aucl power· was the main impulse of Sp_nnish migration to the regions b yond the Atlan ttc. And the soft anJ timid Aborigines of tropical America, c, pecial ly of il i.land , were tir~t cornpellcu to surrender wha.tever tlte .'\J pos ·e, ·eu of the precious metal:; to the imperious aud grasping stntngcrs; next forcco to disclose to tho e tmngers the sources whence they were mo ' t readily obtained; nud finally <.ll'iven to toil and tlclve for 1110rc, wlt ere" er power and greed supposed they might most .r~adil y be obtained. From this point, the tnu_H·ntron to geneml enslavement was rcn<.ly and raptd. The gentle and indolent natives, uuae? ustorncd to rugged, pcrRi~;te nt toil, and revoltmg at the ltarsh nttd brutal severity of their· C'hl'i tian masters, had hut one unf~Liling resource- death. Through privation, har<.lship, exposure, fatigue and despair, they drooped and dit•d, unttl millions were reduced to a few rni orable thou ands within the fir·:-~t centurv of Span-ish rule iu America.. - A humane and ob~ervant priest (Las Casl\s,) witncssirtg these cruelties nnd sufferings wa moved by pity to devise a pl:tn for theit· t~t·mination. lfe suggested auJ mgeJ the policy of substituting for these. feeble and pcril:llting "Indians" the har·Jicr uativcs of ·we~ tern .A.f:. rica, wltom their ctemal wars nnd maraudinrr . . 0 rnvuRtons were constantly exposinrY to captivity and sale as prisoners of war, and \\~10 ns a race nu. g I 1t be said to be inm· <I to the har'd -hips and' de~mdations of Sla.vcry hy an immemorial exrcnence. Tho .uggestion was unhappily approved, and the woes tllld mise l'ies of the few rcmainiug- AuorirrineR of the islands known to us as " \Vest J ~~~it's," were i ncon ·ider·a.bl y prolongt ·d hy cxpos~~tg the whole continent for unumubcrcd g •nerations to the evils and holTors of_ African Slavery. The nuthot· live<l to pcrcetve and deplot·c the consequences of his cxpedieut. _The ~.auction ?~ the Pope having been ob· tn1~1ed for ~he _A.fncan Sla\'e-tmde by representations wluch Invested it with a. look of philanthropy, panish and Portuguese mercantile 11.vance was readily eulisted in its prosecution anu the whole con tinent, North and South of the tropic~, became n. Slave-mart before tho close or the sixteenth century . Holland, a compara.tiv 'ly new atHl ProtcsUtut State, unahlc to shelter itself from the reproachcg of couscience :uul humanity heltin I a Pttp:tl bull, entered upon the new traffic more tnnlil.v; but it profits soon ovc t·bore nll cru ple., and British merchants were not proof ngainst the glittering C\'idcnces of th eir succes. . Hut tl)e tir t glave ship that ever entered n. Nonb American port for the sale of its human merchandise, was n. Dutch tt'IHling->esRcl which ln.ndcJ tweuty negro bondmen at .Jamestown, the nucleus of Virginia, almost simult:tncon"ly wi th the landing of the l'i l~rims of the Ma.yflower on Plymouth Rock, December 22d, 1620. The Dutch slaver had cho,en l1is ma.t·kct \\ ir h sagacity. Virgin ia. was settled by CAVALIF.Rsgcntlemen- adventurcrR n.. piring to li\'C by tlt Pir own wits an<l other men':-; lahor-with the necessa ry complement of follow ers nnd sct·vitors. Few of her pioneers cherished nny carne t liking for downright, persiste nt, muscular exertion; yet some excr·tion was ur~e ntly required to clear u.wn.y the heavy forest which nll but covered the soi l of the infant colony, nnd grow the tobacco which e1tl'iy became its staple expot·t, by means of which ncnl'ly ever-ything rcqui t·cd L_y its people but food was to be pn.iJ for in England. The slaves, therefore, found ready purchasers at sati ofa.etory prices, nnd the succe of the first venture induced others; until not only Virg in ia but every part of llritish .America was supplied wi th African sla.vcs. This tt·affic, with the bondage it involved, had no justification in British nor in the early colonial laws; but it proceeded, nevertheless, much ns an importation of dromedaries to replace with presumed economy our horses n.nd oxen might now do. Georgia was the first atuong the colonies to resist and condemn it in her ori~Yina l charter under the lead of her noble founder-governor, General Oglethorpe ; but the evil was too forntidahle t\lld ir.vcterate fo~ local extirpnt;on, and a few ye3rs saw it csta~ lished, even in Georgia; first eva.Jing or defy. ing, and at leugth molding and trausfol'rning the law. |