Oxford Democrat

Democratic State Convention.

But four hundred and sixty-three votes were thrown in the democratic State Convention, at Augusta, for Governor, last Tuesday. Chas. P. Kimball, of Portland, had 445 and 18 scattering, of which Alnyah Black, Esq., had 2. There was apparently more interest in settling the platform than in selecting the nominee. The contest was first in the Committee-room, the committee on Resolutions being about equally divided; it is said there was one majority, at first, against the "departure," but one was finally won over, and the old war horses discomfited. A. S. Kimball Esq., Waterford, represented Oxford, and tho'a young man, acted with the old guard. W. H. Clifford, Esq., of Portland, was chairman of the Committee and led the progressives. Emery tried to get in his resolution against School reform, but he was voted down. When the resolutions were reported, there was some loud talking and wry faces, the "departure" physic being a hard dose for the hunkers. J. F. Reason, Esq, of Bangor, protested against the resolutions, declaring that if such doctrines were adopted, there was no hope for the democracy. His remarks elicited yells and hisses in turn—the latter predominating. Pillsbury and Clifford addressed the Convention, and it adjourned with considerable hard talk and feeling.

The resolutions are as follows:

Resolved, That, burying out of sight all dead issues, and deprecating the discussion of all past questions that have no application to the present affairs and condition of our State and country, we address ourselves to the vital issues and questions of the hour, bringing them to, and determining them by, the living principles of democracy as promulgated by the fathers of the Republic.

That we recognize our binding obligations to the Constitution of the United States as it now exists, while denouncing the means by which the same became the supreme law of the land.

Resolved, That we faithfully support the Constitution of the United States, as it now exists, and demand for it strict construction, so as to protect equally the rights of States and individuals.

Resolved, That we cherish the American system of State and local governments and that we will forever defend the same against centralized Federal power.

Resolved, That we reject the idea of repudiation of the national debt and believe it to be the duty of the Government to pay according to law and in lawful money all of its liabilities.

Resolved, That the Democracy are opposed to a high protective tariff: believing it to be based upon a false philosophy destructive to the industries of the nation; delusive in its professions; a tax levied upon the many for the benefit of the few, calculated to foster great monopolies and inefficient permanently to increase the income of the National Treasury or hasten the liquidation of the public debt.

Resolved, That the imperfections and corruptions of the civil service under Republican administration, demands "a further application of the rule of examination as to qualification, which the Democratic party long since inaugurated; and we are in favor of any judicious and Constitutional measure of reform in this important particular.

Resolved, That we would extend universal amnesty to the south as the best corrective measure the Government can apply to soothe all irritations, remove local irregularity and disorders, and restore the peaceful and harmonious relations between the different sections, which are the only permanent basis of union and should be the chief aim of National legislation.

Resolved, That the recent action of the administration in using the power of appointment to override the settled decision of the Supreme Court, we regard as a dangerous and ominous indication and as demonstrating that the co-ordinate divisions of the Government, are not safe from Executive usurpation; that the party upholding such an arrogant assumption of power, is unfit for the position of the trustees of Constitutional liberty.

Resolved, That in Hon. C. P. Kimball, the nominee of this Convention, we recognize a gentleman of intelligence and honorable record, a thorough Democrat and a firm friend of the workingman, and that we pledge to him our cordial and united support in the coming election.