2. Resolved, That the Democratic party will abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the questions of constitutional law.
3. Resolved, That it is the duty of the United States to afford ample and complete protection to all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and whether native or foreign.
4. Resolved, That one of the necessities of the age, in a military, commercial, and postal point of view, is speedy communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States; and the Democratic party pledge such constitutional government aid as will insure the construction of a railroad to the Pacific Coast at the earliest practicable period.
5. Resolved, That the Democratic party are in favor of the acquisition of the island of Cuba, on such terms as shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain.
6. Resolved, That the enactments of State Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave law are hostile in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in their effects.
7. Resolved, That it is in accordance with the interpretation of the Cincinnati platform, that, during the existence of the Territorial governments, the measure of restriction, whatever it may be, imposed by the Federal Constitution on the power of the Territorial Legislature over the subject of the domestic relations, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, finally determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, should be respected by all good citizens, and enforced with promptness and fidelity by every branch of the General Government.
The seceders from the Baltimore convention, who were really representing the seceders from the Charleston convention then in session at Richmond, immediately organized a new convention in the Front Street Theatre, of Baltimore, with 21 States fully or partially represented. Caleb Cushing was made chairman, and after adopting the two-thirds rule, a ballot was had for President, all of the votes being cast for J. C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, by the following States:
| Vermont | ¹⁄₂ | |
| Massachusetts | 8 | |
| New York | 2 | |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | |
| Maryland | 4 | ¹⁄₂ |
| Virginia | 11 | ¹⁄₂ |
| North Carolina | 8 | ¹⁄₂ |
| Georgia | 10 | |
| Florida | 3 | |
| Alabama | 9 | |
| Louisiana | 6 | |
| Mississippi | 7 | |
| Texas | 4 | |
| Arkansas | 4 | |
| Missouri | 1 | |
| Tennessee | 9 | ¹⁄₂ |
| Kentucky | 4 | ¹⁄₂ |
| Minnesota | 1 | |
| California | 4 | |
| Oregon | 3 |
Breckenridge, having received the unanimous vote of the convention, was declared the candidate with great enthusiasm, and Joseph Lane, of Oregon, received a like unanimous vote for Vice-President on the 1st ballot. The convention then adopted the following platform, being the same that had been reported to the Charleston convention by the majority of the platform committee:
Resolved, That the platform adopted by the Democratic party at Cincinnati be affirmed, with the following explanatory resolutions: