of the South, and that their admission
would be the practical adhesion of the national party to the broad
anti-slavery policy which was essential to the salvation of the
country. This view prevailed by a vote of 440 to 4. The admission
of the delegations from Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana was a
question of no less interest. It involved the effect of the
rebellion upon the relation of the rebelling States to the Union.
Could they have a voice in public affairs without specific measures
of restoration, or were the acts of secession a nullity without
influence upon their legal status? The committee reported in favor
of admitting the delegations from these States, without the right
to vote. The chairman, Mr. King, was the only member who dissented,
and he moved to amend by admitting them on the same footing as all
the other delegates. The question was first taken on Tennessee,
and the amendment was carried by a vote of 310 to 153--a decision
which had an important bearing on the subsequent nomination for
Vice-President. The delegates from Arkansas and Louisiana were
given the right to vote by 307 to 167. The Territories of Colorado,
Nebraska, and Nevada were soon to enter the Union as States, and
their delegates were allowed to vote. The remaining Territories
and the States of Virginia and Florida were admitted without the
right to vote.

THE PLATFORM AND THE CANDIDATE.

With the completion of the organization the Committee on Resolutions
made their report through Mr. Henry J. Raymond. The platform upon
which it had unanimously agreed was a trenchant and powerful
declaration of policy. Its tone was elevated, its expression was
direct and unequivocal. It pledged every effort to aid the Government
in quelling by force of arms the rebellion against its authority;
it approved "the determination of the government not to compromise
with rebels nor to offer them any terms of peace except such as
may be based upon an unconditional surrender of their hostility
and a return to their just allegiance to the Constitution and laws
of the United States;" and it called upon the government to prosecute
the war with the utmost possible vigor to the complete suppression
of the Rebellion. It resolved that "as slavery was the cause and
now constitutes the strength of this Rebellion, and as it must be
always and everywhere hostile to the principles of Republican
government, justice