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WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN AND TIME
!\ll \\ KNOT IAN AM) TIMES PKINTINM COMPANY.
OLD SERIES —VOL. )\NO. 37.
Tlic Chicago Convfiition.
THE NOMINATIONS MADE
Till- CHOICE IN AM MO IS!
UNITY! HARMONY! ENTHUSIASM!
Great Enthusiasm for “ Hon
est Old Abe.”
HE'S FULLY ENDORSED BY I HE SEWARD, BATES
AND OTHER DELEGATIONS.
•UHlim SPEECHES AND NOBLE SENTIMENTS!
Firing Guns and Great Rejoicing.
N \ l lO\ \l. UK I* I Ul.lt'A \ (O.n'llT I'K.K..
ot ■*'! Day in IKiall*
< Tr./ ; ai YV< lUS my*:
11,0 National Ucj,iTl»!i<-au Convention com
i in-oil its se-sion tlii- »ii at twelve o ' lock.
L. ; before tin* hour of niiening, the streets
i* Hi! vicinity of tli" Wigwam wore thronged
1 thousands ot jieopie, who crowded around
o U-ors and windows, congregated upon the
iiiu", s.tt on tlie eurb stones, and, in line,
i.si i \ ,-tV* available inch of standing room.
! do.irs were thrown open at half-past
eleven, and the va-t throng imu red in and
rapidly filling the galleries and the seats be
neath them. The side galleries and the front
seats on the main gallery were tilled with la
dies. The area in froyt of the platform was
filled with the alternate delegates and editors.
The platform was divided oil'and marked for
the delegations hy printed cards.
At twelve o’clock the seats were filled, and
at Id minutes past 12 o’lock, Governor Mor
gan <>f New York, Chairman of the National
Republican Committee, called the Conven
tion to order, and delivered the following ad
dress :
On the twenty-second o! December last, the
Republican National Committee, at a meet
ing convened for the purpose in the city of
New York, issued a call for a National Con
vention, which I will now read:
[This call has been published in our col
umns.]
In compliance therewith, the people have
Scut representatives here to deliberate upon
measures for carrying into died the objects of
the call.
Usage has made it my duty to take the
preliminary step toward organizing the Con
vention ; a Convention,upon the proceedings of
which, permit me to say, the most momentous
results are depending. No body of men of
equal number was ever clothed with greater
responsibility than those now within the hear
ing of my voice. You do not need me to tell
you, gentlemen, what this responsibility is.—
While one portion of the adherents of the na
tional administration arc endeavoring to insert
a slave code into the party platform, another
portion exhibits its readiness to accomplish
the same result through the action of the Su
preme Court of the L" nited States, willing by
indirection to do tha| which, if done directly,
would bring a blush even to the cheek of mod
ern Democracy.
While these and other stupendous wrongs,
absolutely shocking to the moral sentiment of
the country, are to be fastened upon the peo
ple by the party in power, if its leaders are
able to bring the factious elements that com
pose it into any degree of unanimity, there
seems left no ray of hope except in the good
sense of this Convention.
Let me then invoke you to act in a spirit of
harmony, that hy the dignity, tlie wisdom
and the patriotism displayed here, you may
Ik; enabl' d to enlist the hearts of the people,
and to strengthen them in the faith that yours
is the constitutional parly of the country, and
tlie only constitutional party; that you are
actuated by principle, and that you will he
guided by the light and by the example of the
lathers oi’ the Republic.
Fortunately you are not required to enun
ciate new- and untried principles of govern
ment. This has been well and wisely done
hy the statesmen of the revolution. Stand
where they stood, avowing and maintaining
the like objects and doctrines; then will the
end sought he accomplished—the Constitution
and the Union he preserved, and the govern
ment he administered by patriots and states-
men.
lion. David Wii. mot was then chosen Pres
ident ]>!'<> tun.
The chair named Judge Marsh, of Mary
land, and Gov. Cleveland, of Connecticut, to
conduct him the chair, which they did uinid
the cheers and plaudits of the delegates as
well as the spectators.
Col. Cleveland, of Ct., introduced Judge
Wii.mot, w ho was received with three enthu
siastic cheers.
Gov. Cleveland said
1 have the pleasure of introducing to you a
gentleman whose name is known to every
lover of liberty throughout this land—the
Hon. David Wilmot—a man who dares to do
right, regardless of consequences, With such
men for our leaders and spokesmen, there is
no such word as fail. [Applause.]
SPEECH OF JIDUE WII.MOT.
Gesti.kmen :—I have no words with which
projwrly to express my sense of the honor—
an undeserved honor I feel that it is—of be
ing called to preside temporarily over the
deliberations of this Convention. I shall not
attempt the task, which f feel inadequate to
perform. He assured, gentlemen, that 1 am
not insensible to this high and undeserved
honor. I shall carry the recollection of it,
andjof your manifestation of partiality with me
until the day of our death.
It is not becoming of me, gentlemen dele
gates, to remind you of the importance of the
occasion which has called this assembly toge
ther, nor of the high duty which devolves upon
you. A great sectional and aristocratic in
terest has for years dominated, with a high
hand over the political alfairs of this country.
That interest has wrested, and is now wrest
ing, all the great powers of this government
to the one object of the extension and the
nationalization ot Slavery. It is our purpose,
gentlemen, it is the mission of the Republican
party —the basis of its organization, to resist
this policy of a sectional interest. . It is our
mission to restore this government to its ori
ginal policy, and place it again upon that basis
«n which our fathers organized and brought it
into existence.
It is our purpose and policy to resist this
unconstitutional dogma that slavery exists in
virtue of the Constitution, wherever the ban
ner of the Union floats. It is our purpose to
restore the Constitution to its original mean
ing, to give to it its true interpretation, to
read that instrument as our fathers read it.
That instrument was not originated and es
tablished for the purpose of extending slavery
within the limits of this country. It was not
originated and established for the purpose of
giving high guarantees and securities to that
institution. Our fathers regarded Slavery as
blot upon this country. They went down to
their graves with the earnest hope and confi
dent belief that but a few more years and the
black blot would be extinguished in our laud.
| Applause.]
This was the faith in which they died. Had
the proposition been presented to them in the
early conflicts of the Revolution, or in the
outset of that great movements, that they
were called upon to endure the trials and
hazards and eacrilices of that loug and peri'
our for the purpose of establishing
upon continent a great Slave Umpire, not
one of tlwn would have drawn his sword in
such a cuima (Applause.)
No, citizens, this Republic was established
tor the purpose of securing the guarantees ol
liberty, justice and righteousness to the peo
ple and their posterity. (Applause.) That
was the great object for Which the Revolution
was fought. These were the principles, main-
Mr. Boutwcll, of Massachusetts, moved to
lay the motion on the table. Adopted.
It was moved that the motion to lay the
appointment ot Committee of Resolutions on
the table, he reconsidered. Lost.
Mr. biddings moved to reconsider the vole
accepting the invitation to the excursion at •>
o’clock. Carried.
Moved that a committee of live he appoint
ed to consult with the Hoard of Trade relative
to the excursion. Carried.
The Chair announced the following Com
mittee :—Lowry, Kansas; Goodrich, Minne
sota ; Ciddmgs, Ohio ; Klair, Maryland;
Cleveland, Connecticut.
The Convention then adjourned until five
o’clock, l». M.
y, for which tlie l nion and <la* Constitution
w, ic founded. .Slavery is sectional, f reedom
is national. (Loud cheers.)
Fellow citizens, need 1 remind this intelli
gent and vast audience, [need I cal! to mind
to the intelligent gentlemen who repre
sent the various States that are represented
on this lloor, of the manifestations of lawless
violence and tyranny, such as the world nev
er saw before in a civilized and Christian land,
by this spirit of Slavery ? Whose rights are
secure when Slavery has power to trample
them under foot? Who today is not more
free to utter his opinions within the Empire of
Russia, or under the shadow of the de-potism
of Austria, than he is within the limits of the
Slave Stales of this Republic? (Applause. )
Will their tyranny he confined to those Stales
when they have the power to force that tyr
anny upon us?
| Voices —“ No—no.” (
Never! We owe tlie liberties which we to
day enjoy to the Free States, to the absence
of Slavery; and, fellow citizens, shall we, in
building up this great empire of ours, in ful
filling that high and sacred trust imposed upon
us hy our fathers—shall we spread this blight
ing, this demoralizing, this inhiinmnizing in
stitution, throughout tlie vast extent of our
borders? — j Voices—“No!” j —or shall we
preserve]this land as a free land to our pos
terity forever? [Applause.]
These are the principles lor which the Re
publican party ure struggling; and, fellow
citizens, the safety of our liberties, the safety
of all that we hold valuable, demands that we
should take possession of tiiis government,
and administer it upon those broad constitu
tional doctrines that were leccgni/ed for the
first sixty years of the existence of our Go.-
eniment —that were recognized hy Washing
ton, hy JcU’crson, hy Adams, hy Madison, by
Monroe, hy Adams the younger, by Jackson,
hy Van Burcn, even down to the time of
Folk, when those new dogmas were started,
that the Constitution was established to guar
antee to Slavery' perpetual existence and
unlimited empire.
Invoking, fellow citizens, a spirit of patri
otism ami harmony, and trusting that that
spirit will guide us to a fortunate result in
our deliberations, 1 will now enter upon the
duties which have been assigned me. [Ap
plause. |
The chair then announced Hon. Fred lias
saurek, of Ohio; lion. Theodore M. Pome
roy, of New York ; lion. H. T. Blow, of Mis
souri, temporary Secretaries of the Conven
tion.
After taking their scats, Rev. /. M. Hum
phrey. of the Ist Presbyterian church, of this
city, delivered the following prayer amid the
profound silence of the vast audience :
TIIE I'RAVER.
Oli Lord, our God, thou art great and
greatly to he praised, and we come before thy
throne to worship and also to learn tliv will.
M e invoke thy presence and blessing as we
gather beneath this roof to-day. We praise
thee for what thou art, and lor what thou
hast done for us. “ \ erily the lines have
fallen to us in pleasant places, and we have a
goodly heritage. Thou hast strengthened the
bars of our gates, and placed our children
within them. Thou hast made peace in our
borders and Idled us with the finest of the
wheat. Thou hast not dealt so with any na
tion. As for thy judgments, we have not.
known them.” But yet, we confess that we
have deserved to suffer ; that we have sinned
against thee. We entreat thy forgiveness
for our transgressions and thy protection from
the consequences of our sin. We pray for
our common country ; we ask that thou wilt
deliver us from the evils to which we arc ex
posed ; and thou wilt help us to check and
put awa> all those evils which we are so apt
to cherish. Wilt thou bless our rulers, and
teach them to govern in the fear of God and
in the love of man ? Let them deliver us
from corruption, from oppression, from vio
lence, and selfish ambition. Show us thy
way of rescuing the oppressed from the house
of bondage, and of making this country truly
and consistently free.
We crave thy blessing upon this Conven
tion and pray that thou wilt enable all those
who are here gathered to act, amid the excite
ments of the hour, as feeling their responsi
bilities to their fellow-men, and as knowing
that they will one day stand before thee. Wilt
thou bless us in all that we do; wilt thou rule
amid nil the conflicts of op : nion and strifes of
parties, and may the issue he for thy glory
and for our good? May there be no strife
hut that of brethren,-loving while in opinion
disagreeing. Ict not the ploughshare of di
vision he permanently drawn through our
fair land; but may we live in harmony, as
one great country, and, although we put not
our trust in princes, may ours be that happy
land whose God is the Lord ; which we ask
through Jesus Christ our Saviour—Amen.
Hon. N. B. Judd, of lowa, then offered the
following resolution:
llt’Kolved , That a Committee of one from
each State and Territory he appointed, to be
selected by the delegates from those States
and Territories, to report permanent oflicers
for the Convention.
Adopted.
| Simeon Smith of the Minnesota delegation
was one of this Committee. | ,
A delegate from Vermont then moved that
a Committee of one be appointed from each
State and Territory, to be selected by the
delegations, as a Committee on Credentials.
Joint McKi sick, was the Minnesota dele
gate appointed on this Committee.
A motion was then made that a Committee
be selected to prepare the order of business
for the Convention.
The Minnesota member of this Committer l
was S. I\ Jones.
A motion was then made tiiat the rules of
the House of Representatives be adopted for
this Convention, until otherwise ordered.
Adopted.
Mr. Greeley moved that the Secretary call
the roll of the States, and that the Chairman
of each delegation present their credentials to
the Chairman of the Committee on Credentials
Adopted.
Mr. Evarts, of X. V., moved that eacli
delegation present its credentials to the Com
mitti'c selected by it on credentials—thus
removing the necessity of calling the roll.
Adopted.
ON PLATFORM.
A motion was made that each State and
Territory select a committee of one upon Plat
form and Resolutions, to which an amend*
- that it be postponed until
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after the permanent organization. 1 lie
amendment was lost.
Mr. Ilogebone of N. Y., moved to amend
by inserting that the Committee report as
early as possible after the permanent organiz
ation.
EVENING SESSION
A few minutes after • > o’clock the Speaker
took his chair and called the Convention to
order.
Mr. Lowry from Pennsylvania commenced
reporting progress in relation to the Board of
Trade excursion, hut was called to order, lie
continued, however, and stated that the
Hoard of Trade wished to have the delegates
in readiness at six o clock. J.oud calls for
question, during which Mr. Hazard, of Rhode
I stand, attempted to make a speech. The mo
tion was put and lost.
The Chair called for the report of the Com
mittee on Organization. The Chairman be
ing temporarily absent, it was moved that tiie
Chairman of the Committee on Credentials re
port. Adopted.
This Chairman proved to he absent, and
Mr. Tracy of California ealled for the report
of die Committee on Business. The Chair
stated that the Committee on Organization
were nearly ready to report, and thought it
advisable to wait.
After the lapse of a few minutes, the chair
stated that Mr. Horton of Ohio, of the com
mittee on Permanent Organization, was ready
to report in pari, and had announced lion.
O'.urge Aslimun of Springfield, Miss., as
chairman. The report was adopted amid
<•rc.it applause. The chair appointed Hon.
Pro ton King of New York, snd Carl Selim /,
of Wisconsin, to escort Mr Adimun to the
chair. The eminent gentlemen, amid the
deafening applause, conducted Mr Ashmun
to the chair. Three rousing cheers were given
for ii,- honorable chairman, who acknow
ledged the honor conferred upon hnnjin tlie
following pertinent speech:
SPEECH OK ItoN. liEOKOE ASII.MI X
dciitl'uteri oj till ( i/itf: uti-iit, Jitpilbltoui.s
Amerintitm —My first duty is to express to
you the deep sense which I feel of this dis
tinguislied mark of your confidence. In the
spirii in which if has been offered, I accept it,
sensible of the difficulties which surround the
position, hut cheered ami sustained by the
faith that the same generosity that lias brought
me here will carry me through the discharge
of the duties. ! will not shrink from this
position, at the same time the post of danger
as well as tlie post of honor, (Applause.)—
(iciitlemcn, we have come here to-day at the
call of our country from widely separated
homes, to fulfill a great and important duty.
No ordinary call has brought us together. -
Nothing hut a momentous question would
have called this vast multitude here to-day—
nothing hut a deep sense of the danger into
which <»)..' government is fast running could
have rallied the people thus in this city to-day
for the purpose of rescuing the government
from the deep degradation into which it has
fallen. (Loud applause.) We have come
here at the call of our country for the purpose
of preparing for the most solemn duty that
freemen have to perform. We are here in tlie
ordinary capacity as delegates of the people,
to pr. pare for the formation and carrying on
of anew administration, and with tlie help of
the people \%e will do it. (Applause.) No
mere controversy about miserable abstractions
has brought us here to-day; we have not
come here on any idle question. The saerifi
cos which most of u : have made in the extend
ed jourpey, and in the time devoted to it,
could only have been devoted upon some sc
rious ae l solemn call; and the stern look
which I see, the solemn look which I see on
every face, ami tlie earnest spirit which his
been manifested in all the preliminary discus
sions, which has been manifested in all the
preliminary discussions, show full well that
we all have a true and deep sense of the sol
emu obligation which is resting upon us.—
ticiitlciiicii, ii does not belong to me to make
an extended address ; it is for me rather to
assist in tlie details ol the business that be
longs to this Convention. But allow me to
say, that I think wo have a right hero to day,
in the name of the American people, to say
that sve impeach the Administration of our
General < iovoriiment of the highest crimes
which can he committed against a constitu
tional government, against a free people and
against humanity. (Prolonged cheers.) The
catalogue of its cl imes is not for me to recite.
They are written upon every page of the his
tory of the present Administration, and le.in
not how many paper protests the President
may send into the House of Representatives
( Laughter and applause)—we here, the grand
inquest of the nation, will find out for him
and his confederates, not merely punishment
terrible and sure, hut a remedy which shall
he satisfactory. (Prolonged cheers.) Gen
tlemen, before proceeding to the bu-iuess of
tlie Convention, allow me to congratulate you
and the people upon the striking feat m e which
I think must have been noticed hy everybody
who has mixed in tiie preliminary discussions
of the people who have gathered in this heau
titill city. It is that brotherly kindness and
generous emulation which has marked even
conversation and every discussion, showing a
desire for nothing hut their country’s good.
Earnest, warm and generous preferences are
expressed, ardent hopes and firm purposes
are declared, hut not within the three days I
have spent among you all, have I heard one
unkind word, uttered by one man towards
another. I hold it as an augury of success,
and if during the proceedings of the Conven
tion, you will unite to perpetuate that feeling
and allow it to pervade all your proceedings,
1 declare to you that I think* it is the surest
ami brightest promise of our success, whoever
maybe the standard-bearer in the contest that
is pending. (Applause.) In that spirit, gen
tlemen, let us now proceed to the business—
to the great work, which the American people
have given into our hands to do. (Applause.)
Mr. Marsh, of New Jersey, of the Commit
tee on Organization, repot ted that the officers
of the Convention consist of one President,
twenty-seven \ iec Presidents and twenty-six
Secretaries.
President—Hon. Gf.orue Ashmen, of Mas
sachusetts.
Tito Vice President from Minnesota was
Aaron Goodrich, and the Secretary !>. A.
Secomre.
The report was received and adopted. The
Vice Presidents then took their seats on
the right and left of the ('hair, and the Secre
taries at the table in front of the Chair.
Judge Tracey, of California, moved that a
Committee of one from each State and Terri
tory be nominated by the delegates to appoint
a Committee on Resolutions and Platform.
Mr. Carter moved tiiat all resolutions sub
mitted to the Convention be referred to that
Committee without debate.
At this juncture, an interesting episode oc
curred in the presentation of an elegant gavel
to the Speaker, by Mr. Judd of Illinois. The
gavel was an elegant piece of workmanship,
tin* oak of which it is composed having been
taken from Com. Perry's flagship, Lawrence.
It, was made by Mr. G. (>. Thomas of Chica
go, and was received by the President with
suitable acknowledgment.
Mr. Demhitz, of Kentucky announced that
the Committee on Rules and (irder of business
had matured a partial report, defining the
manner in which votes should be taken in the
Convention. He moved that the report be
now called up.
The President announced that the question
on the appointment of a Committee on Reso
lutions ami Platform was pending.
Mr. Dembitz moved that the question on
the appointment of a Committee on Platform
and Resolutions be postponed until the report
of the Committee on Rules and Order of
Business had been received.
Gov. Reeder, of Peunsylxania, moved to
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amend the original motion by including Ter
rit'aies. Mr. Tracey announced that as in
the motion.
The motion to appoint a Committee on
Platform and Resolutions was then carried.
The President suggested to the Convention
the propriety of having a roll of the Conven
tion arranged under the heads of the differ
ent States made out by the Secretaries and
to he printed for the use of the Convention.
He then proposed to call the States for the
appointment of a Committee on Resolutions
ami Platform.
Mr. James, of New York, suggested that
the Committee on Credentials report.
The Chair announced that he was about to
call the roll of the States, for the purpose of
receiving the names of gentlemen to consti
tute a Committee on Resolutions.
TIIE COMMITTEE OS RESOLUTIONS.
The roll was then called, and the Commit
tee constituted.
On this Committee Mr. Stephen Miller rep
resented Minnesota.
Mr. Hopkins, of Massaehusets, moved that
the Secretaries of tlie Convention he directed
to prepare a full list ot tlie delegates to he
printed for the Convention. Adopted.
The Chair announced a communication
from the Zouave < luards, which was read hy
(’apt. Rogers, of Massachusetts's follows:
Aiimohi ok run Zukavk Cadet Gi aud, ]
May 10, 1800. j
1011,, Honor, (hi,' M, mhtrx of the Sat Loud l U*]>uh
li,;at. ('onceution „•
(<i:nit.i:mkx :In compliance with the wishes of
the citizens, we are, through the courtesy «f the
Cuuiniiitee permitted to occupy tlu* “Wigwam”
this evening for au exhibition drill, to which we
beg to return an invitation to the members of your
honorahl.- limit. We shall feel highly honored hv
the presence ol' all who can timl leisure to attend,
't ickets of admission will he found at the head
quarters the ditfereut delegations.
I have the honor to he your obed't serv’t,
E. E. Ellsworth,
Commander C. S. Zouave Cadets.
On motion the invitation to he present, was
accepted with thanks.
Mr. kauf'iuann, of Pennsylvania, moved
that the Committee on Platform before they
present to the Convention their report, that
they have a large number of copies printed
ami distributed to all members so that they
can see it.
Mr. \ oorheis, of Indiana, moved that when
the Convention adjourn, it adjourn to nine
o’clock to morrow morning. The motion was
subsequently amended, fixing the time at ten
o'clock.
.’dr. Rollins, of New Hampshire, offered the
following resolution:
oii id, That the delegations from each State
and Territory represented in this Convention be
requested lo designate and report the name of one
individual lo serve as a member of the National
Republican Committee for the ensuing lour years.
Mr. Noursc, of lowa, moved to amend the
resolution so that the delegates should he left
to select members of the National Committee
win were not members of the Convention.
Tlie amendment was accepted and the res
olution adopted.
The Convention, then, on motion, adjourn
ed to Thursday morning at 10 o’clock.
MORNING SESSION.
The samei imncnse crowds thronged in and
around the Wig wain this morning. The gal
leries especially presented a galaxy of brillian
cy and beauty, being densely crowded with
ladies. Gilmore’s fine Boston Band discours
ed their glorious music for sonic minutes pre
vious to the opening, and were rewarded with
the enthusiastic plaudits of the immense
tluong present.
Promptly at ton o’clock the President called
the Convention to order. An interim of sev
eral minutes elapsed before order could he
restored, inasmuch as outsiders had filled the
seats occupied by the delegates. After order
was attained, Rev. Mr. Patten, of the First
Congregational Church, offered prayer.
Tiie Chair then laid a communication be
fore the Convention from the C. & R. I. R.R.
inviting the Convention to an excusion over
their road to Davenport. Laid on the table.
Another communication was read desiring
the Convention to send speakers outside of
tlie,M igw mi, to address 20/100 Republicans
amPtlicir wives.
R. M. Corwine, of Ohio, Chairman of the
Committee on Rules of Business, reported
the following Rules:
Hklk 1. Thai upon all subjects before the Con
vention, tlic State and Ter'itcries shall be called
in the following order: Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey, I’hiladelphia, Maryland, Delaware, Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Michi
gan. Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, lowa, California,
Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, Nebraska, District of
Coliiuihia.
It will he observed that New York is not
included in this list, and this fact being no
ti'Y-d hy the Convention and tiie audience,
roars of laughter hurst forth on every side,
amid cries of “ New York,” “ New York.”
The Chairman of the Committee said that
New York was rather a small State, and had
been overlooked, hut would have her place
after Connecticut
Kt i.k 2. Four votes shall he cast at large from
eacd Stale, and each Congressional District shall
he entitled to two votes. The votes of each dele
gation shall he reported hy its Chairman.
Ki'lk o. The Report of the Committee on l’lat
foi m and Resolutions shall be acted upon before
the Convention proceeds to ballot for a candidate
for I’resident and Vice President.
(Applause.)
U i.e 3. Three hnndred and four votes being a
majority of the whole number of votes when all
the States of the Union are represented in the Con
vention, according to the rule of representation
prescribed in rule *2, shall he required to nominate
the candidates of this Convention for the otlices of
President and Vice I’iesidcut.
(This rule called forth vehement expres
sions of disapprobation, and cries of “ No,”
*’ No.”)
Rklk o. — The Rules of the House of Representa
tives shall continue to be the rules of this Conven
tion, in so far as they are applicable and not incon
sistent with the foregoing rules.
Mr. James of New York : Before \vc pro
ceed to act upon that report, I desire to say,
that at the meeting of the Committee which
adopted the rules, there were but seventeen
out of twenty-seven present, and that the 4th
rule was adopted by one majority ; and, as a
member of tiiat committee, I propose to offer
an amendment to the 4th rule, as a minority
report:
Ihunlcfil, That a majority of the whole n» be
of votes represented in this Convention, according
to the ratio of representation prescribed by the
second rule, shall he required to nominatethc can
didates lor President and Vice President. [Loud
and long continued cheering. |
The Chair suggested that to expedite busi
ness, he would read each rule separately.
Mr. James of New York presented an
amendment to the 4th rule, as a minority
report, tiiat a majority of the Convention
should be necessary for a choice.
Mr. ('arter of (fliio suggested that the Com
mittee on Crcdentirls had not yet reported,
and proposed to go into the battle with the
army organized. lie therefore moved a post
ponement of the report at present. Adopted.
Mr. Benton of New Hampshire, reported
that Pennsylvania and New Jersey had ap
pointed four delegates from each district, and
eight senatorial, and that lowa had appointed
sixteen senatorial and eight district delegates;
they would leave the right of voting to the
delegates from the District of Columbia, Kan.
sas, and Nebraska, to the Convention.
I tie Chairman then read the States repre
sented, with the number of votes in the Con
vention, as follows:—Maine, lti; New Hamp
shire, 10; A ermont, 10; Massachusetts, 2ti;
Rhode Island, 8; Connecticut, 12 ; New York,
7"; New Jersey, 2S; Pennsylvania, 108;
Delaware, *5; Minnesota, 10; Virginia, 30,
Kentucky, 24; Ohio, 40; Indiana, 26; Illinois;
22 ; Michigan, 12; Wisconsin, 10- lowa. 32;
Minnesota, 8; Missouri, 18; 10
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fornia, 8; Oregon, 5 ; Kansas, <!; Nebraska,
6; District of Columbia, 4.
Mr. Wilmot of Pennsylvania objected to
States being represented by a vote in the
Convention which have no organized party.—
Ho moved that those States he referred hack
to that committee.
Mr. Reeder, of Pennsylvania, deprecated
t'ue remarks of his friends, and thought those
Slates were deserving of tenfold credit for be
ing here. He thought that a Republican
Convention would never disfranchise repre
sentatives from Slave States. They are Re
publicans here and at home, and representa
tive* of their party.
Mr. Armour, of Maryland, said he stood be
fore the Convention a freeman and a Republi
can from Maryland, lie claimed to he as
good a Republican as the gentleman from the
People’s party of Pennsylvania. He had per
illed more than they. (Cries of “ Hit him
again.”) He faced the mob in Baltimore and
the menial hirelings of the Administration. —
He had been burned and hung in effigy.—
They will grow and increase until the North
shah welcome theyi. They oould poll 4,000
voteg,-anil they nyfst organist, and the North
must frateriwye With Them. Tfe scorned the
idea that Northern influences had been bro’t
to bear upon them. They were unpurchasa
ble, and told Pennsylvania to put that in their
pipe and smol|£9t. Exclude us, if you will —
(cries of “no, n,o”) —we wifi nominate an
electoral ticket. This large assembly will
frown our exclusion down.
Mr. Wyse, of District Columbia, vindicated
hi.-, constituency and his district in an clo
quent manner. He claimed the right of citi
zenship. Tlie Administration hail trampled
them down, hut they had come up here to re
sist it.
Mr. Blakey, of Kentucky, had just arrived
and learned this surprising attempt. He
would not haye been more surprised to learn
that the ashes of Washington had been put
without the pale of this continent. Who
dares propose that the free sons of the Slave
States have no right to he Republicans and
freemen, as well as the sons of the Key Stone
State? He had the honor of a seat in the
Republican Convention of eSGO. When the
vote of Kentucky was called for Vice Presi
dent, Kentucky cast her vote for David Wil
mot. Can wc be forgiven for that ?
Mr. Wilber of Kansas, said that Kansas
and the Republican party were horn togeth
er, and that the party was baptized in the
blood of her sons. It has been said that Kan
sas is not a State. In hearing aloof the ban
ner of liberty, Kansas has been kept out of
the Union. If she had been admitted, she
to day would have been a strength in the
land. Site docs not expect to be alienated
from the par,y. Nothing can alieuate her.
Mr. Wilmot of Pa., regretted that lie was
misunderstood, lie made no proposition to
exclude those gentlemen from a fair repre
sentation, but only to refer back to sec what
representation they were entitled to. He
wanted the facts inquired into.
Mr. Armour said that a call was issued for
a Convention in Maryland, and every district
was represented. Baltimore sent 11 dele
gates, and is therefore entitled to 11 votes.
In this town, where DUO votes are polled, they
could carry 300.
Mr. Wilmot desired the Committee to in
vestigate the subject. It Maryland has an
organized party in the field, he would accept
the Committee’s report, and so with the
States JmJtPid mentioned. If they have h<?ld
a regular Convention, admit t* Am, but if
there has been no convention, an •entlemcn
arc here to control votes, it was i«._ .hievous.
Will tlje friends of the various candidates
submit to this? If so, it must be hard. If
this precedent is adapted, money will he em
ployed at the next convention to procure
votes.
Mr. Blair of Maryland, wished to say that
so l'ar as he represented Maryland, the senti
ments of the gentleman from Pennsylvania
met his entire accord. They wanted no larg
er representation than they were entitled to.
They did not want to dictate to those who
were to elect candidates. They would act so
as to give no controlling voice in the Conven
tion.
Gov. Cleveland, of Connecticut, saw immi
nent danger in this move. They were here
with high hopes of victory. They must give
Maryland a whole loaf of bread. They had
been charged with being a sectional party. -
They wanted the Slave States represented.—
In his opinion if the Republicans succeed next
fall, they would have delegations from the en
tire Slave States. The disunionists were in a
pitiful minority in the Slave States. When
they are put down, the Republicans will have
a majority in those States.
Cries for tlie “ question.”
Mr. Wilder, of Indiana, called attention to
the Call. Why is this question mooted ? You
can’t discuss this question. If we are not ar
rant hypocrites, we have no right to question
this matter. The territories do not stand upon
the same ground. They have no vote fi>r
candidates after they are nominated. He
was in favor of territorial delegates holding
seats here anil being heard, hut not their
right to vote.
Gov. Reeder, of Pennsylvania, asked the
privilege humbly of being put on an equality
with the States under discussion. Let them
nst the votes for tlie Congressional districts
they represent and the two electoral votes at
large. They w : ll not ask for any' more.
Mr. Butler, of Michigan, could not see the
propriety of recommitting the reports, hut if
it was to he done, moved to amend hy r refer
ring the papers ofj Oregon also to the comrnit
t -c.
Mr. Hackland, of Indiana, objected to Tex
as being represented. He wanted to know
who sent those delegates here.
Mr. Chandler of Texas saiJ that the Re
publicans of Texas, although in their infancy,
were hopeful children. They came here with
no axes to grind. 11c wanted the Pennsylva
nians to enlist under the banner of Republi
canism before they accused the Texans of
not being Republicans.
TrieTnotrcn,- wirh its several amendments,
was put and lost.
Mr. Lowry, of Pennsylvania, moved to re
commit the whole report and take a vote by
States.
A division vote was taken, but as it was
impossible to count, the roll of the States
was called by consent of the Convention,
with the following result:
Total ayes 275 £, nays (Minnesota
no.)
And the report was recommitted.
Moved to adjourn until 3 o’clock this IVM,
At 3.13, the Chair called the Convention
to order, and suggested that («ov. Randall, of
Wisconsin address the crowds outside of the
building. Applause, and loud cries for “Cor
win.” The chair suggested that Mr. Corwin
go out with Mr. Randall.
Mr. Renton, of New Hampshire, Chairman
of Committee on Credentials, reported as fol
lows :
Mr. President:—The Committee on Cre
dentials have instructed me to report that,
having examined the credentials, Ac., of ihe
several gentlemen claiming seats in this Con
vention, they find gentlemen entitled to seats
in the following States, and each State to the
following number of delegates :
X XX
o < c « o s o
STATUS. 5 T ~if STATUS.
»(t £ft f- 2. * jsr
2J.
Main** 16 f Indiana 26 13
N. Hampshire 10 f Missouri 18 0
Vermont ....10 f vlichigau 12 6
Massachusetts,...26 If rilioois 22 11
Rhode Islam! 8 4 Wisconsin 10 5
Connecticut 12 ( fowa 8 4
New York 70 3? California 8 4
New Jersey 14 7 Minnesota 8 4
Pennsylvania 54 27 Oregon 6 3 i
Mary laud 11 J
Delaware 6 f tkkruokik?.
Virginia 23 15 Kansas 6
Keutucky 23 lo Nebraska 6
Ohio 40 23 Dia't Columbia.. . 2
[Cries of “ Texas,” “ Texas.” j The < 'nm
niittce have considered the question in n-.-ard
to the representation front the State of Texas,
they have given to the examination all that
care which they were able to, and which the
time from the adjournment of the Convention
this forenoon would allow, and they instnn-ted
me almost unanimously, with a solitary vote
as an exception, to report that Texas be al
lowed six votes in this Convention. [Tie
meiidous applause, and cries of “good,"
“good.’ ] It was proved before the Commit
tee that the Convention which elected the del
egates from Texas—resident delegates who
are here in attendance, was a mass Conven
tion ; that it was called upon a petition signed
by some three hundred of the legal voters of
Texas. [Applause] That that call was
published in some two of the et inan papers
published in the State; that written notices
and advertisements were posted up in various
parts ol Texas, where there is any ntitiihei of
people in favor of the principles <>i the Hi pub
lican party, and the committee were almost
unanimously of the opinion that these dele
gates, elected tinder these circumstances, were
fairly entitled to act as the representatives of
the Republican party of the State of Texas
] Prolonged applause, |
Die question being on the adoption of the
report, it was adopted tinaniinoiislv.
Mr. Corwine, of Ohio, moved to take the
rtqnirt of the Committee <>ti Rules and Order
of Business from the 1.-tl le. Adopted. Mr.
Corwine pturvedvd to read the rules :
Ist. That upon all subjects before the
Convention, the Stales and Territories shall
he called in tli-• following order:
Maine, New I lamp-hire, Vennonl, M.i>--:i
chusetts, Rhode 1.-dand, Conitcclicnl, New
Y ork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Marvl-iml,
Delaware, Virginia, lx -nltiek v, Ohio, I ii m.-»,
Missouri, Michigan, Illinois. Texas, U'is.-. nsjn,
lowa, California, Minnesota, Oregon. Tor
ritones-- Kansas, Nebraska. Distiiet of t o
luinhia.
On motion, the rule was adopted.
2. Four votes shall he <-a>t hv tin* dele
gaies at 1 oge of each State, and each Con
gressiooal District shall he entitled to two
voles, and the vote of each <L-h-g.titon shall he
repotted by its Chairman
Mr. Goodrich, of Minnesota, moved t>
amend that no delegation should cast i er.-it
er number of votes than there were delegates
iu attendance.
•Mr. Sargent, of California, moved to fur
thcr amend hy adding these words, “provided
that this rule shail not conflict with am rule
reported hy the Committee on Credentials and
adonltd hv the Convention.”
'I lie rule, as amended, was adopted.
3. Tlie report of tiie Committee on i’.at
form and Resolutions shall he ach'd upon be
fore the Convention proceeded to ballot lor
candidates for President and \ ice President.
On motion, the rule was adopted,
t. Three hundred and four voles, being a
majority ol the whole number of votes when
all the States in the Union are represented in
Convention, according to the ratio of repre
sentation prescribed tit rule 2, shall lie* re
quited to nominate the candidate of this Con
vention for the ollice of President and Vice
President.
MIXORITV REPORT,
o. That the majority of the whole number
of votes represented in this Convention, ac
cording to the ratio prescAi >ed Ivy tiie Indiana
rule, shall he required to nominate candidates
for President and Vice President.
Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, stated that the
committee first asked themselves who ap
pointed them to this Convention, and it was
answered the National Republican Couven
lion, and the candidates were to he tlie can
didates of the National Republican party, and
consequently the number of votes nccessarv
to nominate should he a majority of tin: elec
toral college; thereby forever shutting out the
charge of sectionalism. Hie call of the Con
vention invited the people of the United Stales
and if any State is absent, we count her as
present. They had he -n (old that Kansas,
Nebraska, and tin; District of Columbia were
to he represented, as they were con-liluled
Stales, ami had an electoral power behind,
and they supposed that these men would he
admitted with the full eleetor.il votes of their
States, lie took the ground that Kansa -'was
a State, hut tlie same ground could not apply
to Nebraska, and the Committee saw that
unless the rule was adopted it might happen
the candidate would he nominated l>v less
than a majority ol the < '(invention.
Mr. James, of New York, Chairman of the
Minority Committee, said that as there were
Hiw votes in the Convention, the majority re
port is substantially a two thirds vote, a rule
which has been adopted hy the Democratic
party in their Conventions. No other party
ever adopted it. and that one only in ls::iiand
IS If, when it became necessary that the
slavery minority should rule the majority.
Mr. Mann, of I’ennsylvani i, came from a
land where they acquiesced iu th;; will -.1 the
iiinjni ity, and lie knew nowhere in a Hejiub
lican Convention wiiere ne n xveie enti'! d to
vote by proxy.
Tiic Chair stated the motion. The roll was
called, with result:
STATUS. Yes. \<» IAIKS. X'.S. Ne.
Maine in heli n.t |
Now Haui|»hir«*.. Iu Is
Vermont 10 I . !n : m ..VI
VMV,'if. -V ;; 111 7
Rh ;• i ui,i 4 j n r>
< >».i:*ct,.*Mt . . s 4 Wivcm. in Im
Ni*.v Yml 70 I* .vi* 5
New .!« r.v.'v I*2 1 C • I m •;r,
IVnnsylvaiii i A Mi:.n« «0;i s
Maryl.in l f> 0 «< ««»n I
I >e.i war,* •» Tr i:»:rTf»»oi:s.
Virtfinia. lii S Kattvas ♦’
Kentucky lo *.♦ XVl,ia 1,.*, •;
*'>l»i<» *‘iJ !» , !>. U* !uinl'ia -
Total 04 ‘J
So the majority report was amend".l by the
substitution of the minority report.
The Chair was informed that the (’ommit
tce on Resolutions and i'lattorm were ready
to report.
Mr. .Jessup, of Pennsylvania, then reported
as follows;
TilK i’I.AIT OitM.
Jitsolrol. That we. tn»* ••»•!,*.*;, i,*., i-ntafiv«*•■; «•! tin-
H<*i*ublic’*n ••lector.n ol the I’nil ••• I .-'at* , Cm,*. ,1 n
assembled, in the dihchartfc .»f th. duty m • nvv,* ~i,r
constituents and ourc»»untry, in tiic toil )\\ de
clamtions :
1. That the liistorv of th,* nation during t}»** la -t ( .ci
years, fully evta !,!i died tl,, pi.jji.ty and inc,*‘‘i! \ ij
the urj!"!! / it’on and i er|.»*!»i iti*.;» « • the il* | n hiir • n .
ty : and that the causes w I,i• • h • th* <l ii int-* ,* ;i: ,.
|»trn*an«*nt in their uatun . and now. than i*w*r 1»<
tore, dein ind its peaceful and constitutional tri niph.
2. That the maititainan. eof th** principles promo' i
le.J in the Delaiation of ln«l< pen i«*n« *•, arid emlH»di***l in
the Federal Constitution, is essential to the pre ••rvation
of our Kapuhlican institutions . and U.-.t the Federal
o»n«fit,Cion t the Itiprhts ol the St ,t» v. and tl»e I lion «.r
the Stales, must arid shall be pie.-erve 1.
*5. That to the Fnion #*f the Strifes this nation one, j; .
unprecedent»si increase iu po|ui?ati«*u. its siti pr i-i ijr ,h>
velopne sd f,lmaterial resources, it s rapid
of wealth, its happiness r.t home and if Imm.r abroad
and we hold in abhor,-nee all schemes lor lhviina.n fv,ui.»
from whatever source they may ; and we ron.-ra l ida *«•
tlie country, that no Republican member of t’onjjr* !;a
uttered or countenanced the thr* ats of Itfuniou so « , , ~
made by I’emocraf ic members, wrilhou* rebuhe, and wdl,
applause from their political associate* : and wedenoinp <•
those threats of Disunion, iti case of a popular overthrow
of their n-cendeocy, as deny tie* vital prineipies ~♦
free government, and a- an avowal of <*nten,p!at*.l
son, which it is the imperativ** duty of an indignant j ,-.j
pie rternly to rebuke and forever silence.
4. That the m <intainance inviolat, of the of
the states, and e-pecially the *. , h Slate to order
and control its own domestic institfitioiis accc.»rdi,i r to
its own judgment exclusivelv, i- * s»cntial to that laiam ••
of powers on which the p«*i iectioii and endurance of our
political faliric dep**nds ; and we denounce the lawle in
vasion by armed force of tlie .soil fit any State orTerritoiv
no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of
crimps’.
5. That the pre-eut Democratic Administration has Tar
exce«*ded our worst apprehensions, in it.*i measuredsub
serrienev to the exactions of a sectional interest, a - e>p*»
cially evinced m its desp«*rate exertions to force tne infa
mous G»nstif ntion upon the protest; ,/ peo
ple Kansas ;in construing the personal relation he
tween master and servant to inv,dve an j.r<*
pertyiu persons ; in iis attempted enforcement every
where. on land and sea, through the intervention (’«•!»
gressand of the Federal Courts, of the extreme preten
tion* of a purely h»cal interest : and in its gener.tl ami
unvarying abuse ot the power intrusted to it by a confi
ding people.
C. That the i**op!e justly view with alarm the reckless
extravagance which pervades every depaitment of the
Federal <«overnment ; that a return to ,igid ecouoniyand
accountability is indispensable to arrest the systematic
jvbvvsojv, .Moolii;, rosi ta: s. «im ni.isniats.
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Mr. (.’al ter, of Ohio, tii oioii. Ueit the Con
i vention tlii] not tiesiu' lo .tis, n sit, ainl liiere
l«»ro called tor the previous • |u.-sti.upon ii,
Mi. <litldii os ro.se to make an amend
j nient.
Mr. Andrews, o!' Mas -etU, in-e In a
I p-int of order. The Chair divided Mr. <\:r
--; ter :ti order, and 1 h-* motion was sni.milted
' and lost. Mr. < 'arlcr caileil, fir a division and
vote t.\ Stales. The t'iiair then suhmitied
(lie ipiestion, and the vote result, d :is li.l
lovvs:
status. Yes. No. sr.i i: Y. . No
Maine 1 If in.liana so e,
.e'V 11-iiiip-liii-e.. to Mias.,ii, i |-.
Verm lit It Mi,*!.‘.'alt . .
Marsii::l:u.-."tts -I l'l lilia ~s H s
itt.-Kt.. I tri.l S To:.. i",
I ’.inner 1 | 1 i Wise,.i - ( , s "
j New Ye.'l VS 1., low a
New .l.vs.'v I’.'', li. Cali lor;. :: .
I'ennsy lvania.... ... Miimes..;., S
Marvin:..! 11 i ■ -j
iK'U.l,re t V r i n. r
1 irtiiilia i, .: Kaii-a ;;
Knitue.kv lo in Neitras! a V I
Oliio . Is ]i Col i.i-i
j Total I ;,n|
Mr. (iiddiii"S oilt red (lie follow iim.'iid
; meilt to the ii, si, n .-ilutn n;
| “That we-oleiimh’rea s., 1 (he sell'-evident
j truths that all men are endowed hr their
t Creator with certain iualietiahl iidils, amoi:'
I wnioli arc those ot life, Idiertv , ~ud ilie mn*-
' suit of happiness ; t cheers) tin i ",:.vei nnienls
! are institul.'d anion:; men r. st.-euiv lh en
| jovment of these i irliis.’’
j i iie aiiiendmi nl was siihmitl 'd and lo f.
Mr. W ilinot moved to siiik" out |l,|. words
“‘Statt* I legislatin'.., h.v.-.n ■l} u-v .oiiliii-l
| wiili the dot"trin of tie* 11h r- ojitij< :|l
Mr. .I.'ssnp of I’.‘im«v’lvania, stated lint
i llie.-e wolds were iiissitni in that p-.. .hit:.. .
! 'oceanse Uepulilii ans of fort i-n l.irlli lilt it
I was due lo them thal the llepul.iieai.-. siiouid
lir.-i allirui thal tie v d * not «ti -jit • p. ini, r
\ fere with the preset.t mil ot aliv *; ion law ,-ind
! secondly, lh >* they as a pai l \ d > not up; i.m
--:ot le.'i-ia! ion \\ hill Went to inipdi th>' ti.-!:ls
■ of mtiuiali/.ed i iti/.i ti-.
Mr. W ilinot uited that Ii mioippl eh. tid
ed the t.-nor of the elan ai-d witlidrev.’ lh--
motion.
Carl Sehurz, o! \\ iseonsj.,, r;,in>. forward
amid immense :i|.pl:iii-.., ami .aid:
As file aui.Tidlii'-nl p uiilnli an n |,v tli,-
man limn rennsyli ania, I tin.l a Iml ilv n. - - ,n -,
:In inl.il •S t in- Convention "ij,on !to-’ 5,,1.j,s '|
Wish that tills I- solution Would he o.issed \v,:l.out
ol.;,: IS It lon. Tie -I;siin !| ! :•-{, ll' <!. nis ol tin .N -i ih*
.■ i n St.it. s have riven you :,n \,i , f:i|.|.!,ns. *
i Jin.t I wish liii.t tl.ey hold.l lin.l il enlists| ~t with
their honor and tie it sai'.-tv to von - y -..
I mole. . 11l n-.is.-d :t|,]> tans,; , T,.a! (ini s i .ipii, I
eii.-ss, could le v. I liave In-in :isk.-:| 1 i-i.vl!.
C me.n r. |i:- s litalives if.ni urn n h.el n-n
! taken phi."-. Tile n-i.i 1 ;i,.. ye,:: ~|
i. .din's i " ■ all jollied tor.'ll. |- 111 a cmniie.■ i
caii.o . and we nil iolirht tie- e..in -em m ee, , \\ ~
del so uII Ii lioie.r lo oni seln-s ;.i,.l nil-: n.ii, .
in eaeii otle-r. Tie re was tin f. • 1 nan IN tnihlii-.Tn,
I hele-v. , who would have iisk.-d !.,i . riv Ihnir inor
in 1 lie i’hiln.t. Iphi.i plat form I it the p dtilion
which is there, lint, sue - il le, h* "ii l-nind that
tinit resolution is not Millicii-id to prot.i l ile ni
from ini it nchm.-nt u|.on de-ir i i_. h. - i , : e- . :.,ies,
I will 1"ll von how Ih.-v reason. 'lliev .- .id, onr
riirJif- may Ilf pnarnu:. .d lo iis in n mtlioii.il l.i.iP
lonu hy a wn. r.d s- nl. nee. nnd n. file ' -- the
herisl.limes Ol tile dllielellt Sl:.l. s ;.,.n defeat the
v i v |.!ll |,nse for which lied untie.ml pi illenu was
• uncled. Oi wiinl ii'.-, lie n, is :: ;,! ml in . i.l.n
-f.>llll il’ its purpose tlitis call he I, irale.il,-. an
nction nl n Stale hcrislntme'/ !t ....; i,. n •, :
well sj. id that it was not tie- per j I the it ..hi
lieu to declare that i.o State has i i , lit in i. mi
late the suliraoe of iis nti/.e is In |. m kslaliv e enact -
: incut, hut it was the purpose to d.-elne that the
itcpulilican pally, in iis national c.ipaeitv, is ~p
: posed to any such ti.i l1 _• in piineiph-. |,. n.-wed
applause, (iciitleuu.n, the ipiestion s siuipl. i,,.- ,
ou one side theic stands prejudice oil the ollu r
si ie ih l rc stands rii. i. Voupiin <j. leu late will
prejudice rive us vole or will nri.t an- ns
| more votes. (Applause continued. I.ei Inc nil
you one thine, that the vol . .. i a> I t.v truckiinj'
to the prejudices of people will ii. v.t safe ;
while tliose w iiich you .---i hy : ■ - .'ui/.ina .-oiis.i
tntional rirhts may cv- iy im. ;,e counted uiion.
Imrm ns.-applause. Wh., c'-nil.-ineii, tin- (h-i
--inan U.-pii'dic ius ol liif Norlii.-i h Stalc-; have h. n
in.l only amour tie most faithful, hut w have
l.een amour liie most uns.-hish in.-mhi i s id' the
j Ucpiihlicall party. \V< il \• I" emu •to Veil nskinr
for any favor; we never cum' lo von w iih aiiv pp
lensimis ; the only 1 iiinr wi ask of von is this ; th-.t
we shall he permitt -d to iirlit I n- onr . mmou
cause ; til It we sh ill I- •p i . :-1 ,| to f rill in -n:
ranks w ilii coiiiideuee in ynui pi !■,. .pl.-s an I 'u i:ii
honor to i-iii seiv. s. «. .it ,-i inr. '
Mr. Massam.k, of Oiii t,l pwk! in an
el<v|tiei ( viiulieiitKiii of tli.' Am. li. ai i :u <.i
tin- liiierty lovini; < ieiiiiaus.
Mr. CI.IT is, ol New Volk, ' il’'iTit tin: lo!
low inr amend in-, nt. tot!,.- t ■! n ..!m!m:
“ Ill'll tile liialld. :. tile, o! lin- pi im-iples
pnimulpatid i:i the 1 1 'clafaiioti of lode], u
tleiM'e anti cmliodied in the Federal ( oiisli
lion"—ami then, -il, i proj»o>c to ametid hy
these words, “ I hat all ne n are crc.il-
Cvl ti|'i:il; that they tire <-nd.>'.v< <1 hy tie ir
Ocator with certain inaiienah!. lirhi- ; ll.ai
anione; these arc life, lilieri v atid the pursuit
of happiness; that to .eeure tlies'C lirtils,
governments are instituted among no ~ de
riving their just jiow-rs Ii an the eon -out of
the go', erm-d ’’ -tlmi proceed -“is t-sent; al
to the pres-rvati.,ll <>l our Ivepiililienn insti
tutions; ami that tint Federal Constitution,
the I lights of the Suites, and tin.- I oion ol
the States, mu t a:. 1 shall he pi ci \. d."
Mr Curtis supported ins amendment iu an
eloquent speech.
Mr. Oyl* r, of Indiana, did not think it ne
cessary to insert it.
-Mr. Nye, ot New \ ork, was iu favor of its
insertion, and was commencing a speech,
when the opposition gave way and the j
amendment was put and carried. i
a.
ni;\v si;i:u:s, voi,. i. no. gi
dhe qai.-tioit rtem-. ing upon the rep rt of
toe ( "inm: l tii-- i'iat'orm : s am rided was
tmuuiiiiott !y adopted The :ei,e at tic
joie ::e ..sirs >i: r.iptioti. Kv.-ry person
nlhI: a: r simultaneously to his feet.
I'at . Wei xv tv. d m the air, ladies waved
i:i ;. Il:u,dk"..rci,i I- and thousands upon
t -' . ..s.u -"i . s i..:i F the iinlii Use
' ; ■ r oft repeaU ;1 1 .
After m der w. ; ;ai tialiy j .-.stored a motion
\va , made t-» pioecvd to*!.all i. The Cliair
a:.no'n,. .'d tlu.t h•n as inf>rmi dhy the Se
ereUi'y licit tii papers n. ci.-.-ary I r the j .i -
I "! ; .'. ping.-t tally were po-paici hut no*
d- hand, and :. nr.-.; : a-! ; < urn until 10
o clock the!;. .! morning prevailed.
MHlilij i>.\\ TiOitVlVt, SKWIOV
1 tie e.\p. tution whi.'i, was generallv prev
uent this in I'll Ur. lint' iiie balloting would
eouimci:.'.', i. . . an immense throng around
’■he Mi ...in. • two or threw Itom betu v i«.»
opening.
.xt l- n miiiiiti-s aft,-! - ten o’clock, the < 'hair
man rapped upon In- .led,, init n was som-
Fime in lor. the !on vent.on .ould i . him "i.t
i to ord'T.
I'K V '. l it.
111 l 1.,.!-I, mu- t !<>.: w- ell.l-., lh. •a ; tl. Kill.
• t*T mil, immortal, invisible, ti •• .. Iv vvis.- 1,,,.].
I.v. ry .-WT'lleii.T ad.i'iis thy lintur. ; even ;.t»ii
bun* of majeslv -uppmis 1 1,\ throne, 'thou ait
a-* Iv< .. • G<
■ 11'I XV. vv ill .- X ell 1 - VV .- h ..111k I i.. oil I.' -r I,
In' lie- 11 u 11 11.. -1 - ki.eli. .s.-s which tii.nl hast
uauiti -n .1 low anl i!..- j in fh.-ir on-in, in
ihc'l' cell V i-rai'.-. iI. nil Slihs. .l'l.-lit evils vvhl
have threat, e -l ih.-ui. .1 -i for 111.- higli ii- gree ■ f
prospi lily wlneli vve ei ...\ (|:i (..el, '■ •~| •. i
vlh, ir ,t.-s' *. Tel at 11 s, - 1 1 uhi i..- umvor ii- vul our
ires, wll .-know y : v ;
ilivoh.-il thy hein <lictf.it! ii; a th. ii . :'..n. t ..
ahli'li a flee gov erilttieut I I'.l, w
c. ii.* Ins! .1 liv.-reii n- tiom in ' . , n,i* '■»
i'l oi. i i us from ■■ vei vmo -Ihe- • \ »>'■ .lot ■..
Iu! ini I.- Iq.os. i- ol t'V.iii -, | ij» 1 1. •• onr I.t. r
lies. And How we thank the.
•me. o tli delegates ..i ti,.. • .
ind so far pursue theii vit
o.i I.nit-nl r.-sj.. -el. We ju.v .ie ill I * -1. >t i•. -
Iby s Tvanl. lie- l’l'.- i lent of'll
:. .ni w isdoiu and nut hordy i jiiisite for hl» vdt
■ i post, and we entreat tie .- : . I.ring t-. .• hi, t.v
1.5.11 t the iah.ls ot this b.-lv o! 1.-;.|. nt at o'. A
.: the people. (>h hold, vv in .1 ii. . ~t s
'.IIIIII-.., 1.11! lie d. lain day . It. pi.i ; ue vv Inch 10 .vv
infests t!..- l i.„ly politic -h ill Hot have 1..-n
an.'l.-d in its pi ogr.-~s, hut whollv •• r .»• 1 1 . ■. i. i
iColli tie sy t mu ; and in tv In,- p.-t. of tie- li -a. •
an trace.m ml incite eoiili.-e. on I.etw.-.-n that
i i .iis i oiisiinitiiaiion and the trau-;a tions v-; t r
v'otiv. ntion.
Ot I. or |, -
in earth ; tli re 11 ire sin tbl mu v I- I» : vv. (hit
play.-r is now l.efoie tiiee M ill ii. . 1, ~ . ..-
eept, and answer it, cat Re
deemer. Amen.
! lie ('hair n pi >'..<l not mily tin- deleg it-'-?
'ml (lie audictiee l.» ii ti. m livlu. i.stlu
ti.'Hs I.f applau-e.
lim S' ret ary ! -i !• i, .-r f: .m (lie wink
ing ■ : * u httrg, Isro lyn ami
•< ■ n 1 trim, X. ,dc- ii ing the ih legates to
iii-*. >inun..- nj.pl i -ii in ali lurtln ) Irallic in
puh!:e !.inds, and inlay 11 i-.-ii■ "in in farms and
lets fa - a.-f -i! sett!, rs.
I.aid mi the t:d;l. and cut. ci tipnn tin
records.
The ni di.m to ballot, made l.v ,\lr. 1
rich, "1 Minnesota, at the afternoon s. ui
of yesterday, was taken up
Vr. i >l.i ir, ni Maryland, presented a*l<l! ii> >;i -
I vl eredeiitials of delegates to till up lin- dclc
l galion from that Slate.
i Mr. ('!'imller, oi Texas, wished to know
! if that would have tiic tendency to increaso
i the ratio <-f voters in that State.
Mr. i o. e, o. Maryland, said that they
'•ame v. ii'o;: full delegation elected, but upon
arriving here, only t h von were present. The
delegation held a meeting and filled (lie va
cancies.
Tim Chair understood that tin- vote would
ne in sami , si.vicco delegates casting I ,_!:l
vole .
Mr. Armour, of Maryland, . hjeeted to the
or. dentials being received. A poilionof lin:
delegates from ill;.I >.a! 'm,-' her.* and tilled
Tp 11 ic X ;i.;ih. i. - xvilll p oph win. < ainc from
.li i'c? (i'.iil Aimigiilv only knows, ili.seo
•!» '. • tics liad filled tli ir j.lac up vviih out
-id.'r -.
Vb" <pie -lion was pul \vli.Tln-r Maryland
: i lid have live additional votes, ami it was
Till' l OTX elition i’ll il dc. id. d l'» Jil'O'T . I (o
; hallol.
Mr. Fvnrl of .New \>>ik. whether it
• a iii older to pro inl names f..v nomination,
fhe 1 ’.hair <h eided it \\ a iI older without d>'-
: hate.
lh: |'i' the !’ Tin ■i, an;a dele: .n
.'•'Mj 1 lined thal ..ildd r v\. a • occupying
; ■: .1 , a:. ! mne lune was expended in
i g.-t' mg ill. oi mil.
! I I . lie oi “ , all ih. roll," “ .'all till*
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N • II NAT IONS.
| Mr. r.vaii'. ..! N'-.v \. i! -“Mr. Cliairman,
[in ;lr- e,.|.-. of bu-iiie>. -i fm,- tie (’.invent:<>n
I sir, I take have 1 a eaud late to
b noiii at l bv thi : on eutiou for th ofliee
1 . l’l.-■! nt of' ill- I nil, >ian*s, Win. 11.
■•h-ward, ol N -". N •>i k.
lion. X. ii. -1n.1.1 of 111., named lb>n.
A brail no i ,i:c Tr
X. xv ji-.'.Tiled lion. William 1,.
I fa vton.
IVnnsvixama nam. d !b>ii. Simon t'.am
eiiMt.
Mr. (’.alter, ot (ilii-., named lion. Salmon
Ik <'base.
'•lr. Smith, of Indiana, in b.-hal! ol i;i' del
■■ ;t i .li, s"-■•..in led the nalie o! Aln al lain I -It
Mieiugan conded tie n "to:.. . 1 1- ni of Wdi
ii tin 11. > '\vard, ol N. w Vo n.
Mr. <’orwiii named .John M 1., an, ol
(tiro.
ih n. ( at! S.'niir/., of Wisconsin, s comb.l
ir iin:ii ■of\\ m. 1 1. S' ward.
hausa.s sc.- ui.ie.l liie nan Mm. 11.
; Seward.
Mr. X*-rtl l of Minner ta st ■
, nation ol M m. 11. Seward.
Ohio se<*oii<led the iroutin:iti*-ti < f Abraii llii
Lincoln.
ibe uauies of ea. ’n o! tin a'ldidat. - was
• ! ■ iVi all appljltl -e.
i ne names ol Seward ami l.meoin were
"l"'' led \x it!i deafening j.iamiit- . and despite
(be rap of Spiakl i and lie . ails ol the
dx.v. gate--, i. seenied .ailiio-t inij...' ib.e to Top
111" Ujr,
At 1-Tlgt’ii, l.ie v.n'.ing el im. and 'nandker
ehiefs, tie ei i.-s and • te-.-r w >tt sil--m- d, and
th" nude . ee* h am . i.j-li.aih ,il. I .an 1
awaited in >' mj-.irative 'il iee ti.-- baib.l
--i t ■
* ’ontiloied ciies 1.1 “e:ill iiie loii,’’ •• rail
(lie loll."
The (’• i» X. it:.>ii proe.-.. !(-.| tol ailot lor a
c.iml -lair I";- i ’i. id.-,.! wnli lie- I'-.llovviitg rc
in: i kvi.i.or.
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