Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-06-11

10 consult. When they reluIheuS ID.
Butler, ESQ, delegate from the sixth
district of New York, made very elo'
quent speech, which consumed some MIR
teen or twenty minutes, and concluded
by Withdrawing the name Of Mr.. Van Bu
rem from the list Of candidates. lie SAID
he had in his pocket, ever since the con-
venlion met here, letter from Mr. Van
Buren, authorizing his name to be with
drawn whenever he Mr.. hutler) might
think the harmony Of the party required
IL: and | understood Mr. Butler 10 say
that he had never informed his colleagues
that he had such a letter. All Of the
New York delegates then voted for Polk,
except Colonel Young, who voted blank
bui, before all the other States were cali
ed. Colonel Young gave his Vcte for Col.
Polk. After New York gave full vote
for Polk, some other States, that had
scsttered part Of their votes. corrected"
them and gave their entire votes for him
A few "corections" were made bySIatos
which voted after New York.
When il was thought all the States had
voled, and voted unanimously for Colonel
Polk, (hough the fact was Missouri and
two or three other States had not voted. J
gentleman from Maryland arose-hls
name sounded to wa KettIeDeIL-and
said, in an eloquent manner, that moth
Ting now was wanting but one absent sis
ter TO complete the harmony OF The party.
Az he sat down, Mr.. F. W. Pickens and
Mr.. franklin Eimore, of South Carolina
both rose from their seals, and indicated
that The absent sister was there, and
would gladly do all in her power TO per
feet the harmony of The party. AS soon
as this was understood, every person IN
The room, believe rose from bis seat
, and such waving Of hankerchie ts and
|, cheering never saw or heard OF before
When the Joy subsided a little. MI Pick
i ems was invited TO The platform on which
the president sat; and there amidst deal
!. ming cheers, he assured The democratic
party that SouthCarolna was with then
and would show the wing party OF hi
Is State to be as''few and far between" a
j. milestones. When he had concluded, N
"a Elmore addressed the delegates from IN
n same platform; and gave TO them tn
same assurances. ! felt for him whe
he commenced, believing that he mu
Ir fall an immea surable distance beIo
I; Mr.. Pckers, but whentr even befoTe,l
v had concluded, my fears vanished.
/ They did not consider themselves full
authorized TO give the vote OF SOut
y Carolina to nominate a candidate for tn
ID Presidency. but they thought they cOul
rs safely pledge tho vote Of the State for tl'
i, nominee-whch was more important =
" After theSlates had all been Calle
;" through, it was found that
8 JAMES X. POLK, Of Tennessee,
J. had been unanimously nominated as III
q. democratic candidate for the PresldenC
i, and the convention then TOOK recess, {
adjourned, until four O'clock IN.
u When The convention assembled agalI
~ at four o'clock, Senator Walker nominl
a ted the Hon. SILAS WRIGHT as cal
ddate for the Vice Presidency, but
and others took up so much time in eul
gizing MI. Wright, that | could not ",
tn until the ballotihg commenced. We
W mont and Massachusetts both claim
i9s the honor Of his having been born with
u their limils.
P. 8. When arrived here, learn'
% that Mr.. Wright had been nominated
Vice Pre- sideni, had received notice
0 bic nomination by the telegraph, and d
ill clined through the same channel or mo
nm OF conveyance, to be a candidate for Il
!. Office. Indeed, understood in Bal
W more that it wrs the intention Of the CO
vention TO nominate him for the Pre-
V dency, and that he had written letter
Lit. Governor Dickinson, a delegate FRI
N. Y. declining TO be candidate for a
Office. sm sorry he did so, but !
oice that we have such man in q
party.
er From the Globe Of Wednesday Mig
| May 30.
n. s.sELF. .DENTAL-CONC CESsToN-U VI
D, lON-HARMONY- EVERYTHIN
re FOR THE CAUSE, NOTHING FO
ng MEN"
ld The national democratic conventiC
or has healed the wounds of the parly,by a
ting on Col. Benton'S impressive aphoris
ht so easily admitted in theOry,so difficu
Ig to adopt in practice. Every member
as the convention has surrendered his favO
le ito for the Presidency, and all united @
Or one who was mott candidate for the st
is lion, and II is remarkable that the lrienC
lg Of that man who had the highest, prefer
III siOns-- who was nominated, in fact,
10 he democracy Of almost every SIate,wiI
at singular unanimity- and whose mOiorit.
ie as voted in the convention, apprOache
h, that Of the arbitrary two thirds rule,--weI
ID the first TO sacrifice their favorite TO col
o cila,ioa and the cause Of the country
ed The Hon. Benjamin F, Builer-acLin
4 II nE l.