Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-31
RICHMOND. FRIDAY, MAY 81.
BALTIMORE CONVENTION.

BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
We devote large portion of this day paper TO the
reported proceedings Of the Convention. We prefer
TO give facts, instead Of comments We lay upon our
oars, aud wait calmly The denouement of the Drama.
We expect to receive the final r suits by this Eve
nings Thursday 81 cars. In the time, We hand
over to our Compositors the extracts of two letters
which received Wednesday Evening:
EXTRACT Of letter dated,
"BALrMoRE, May, 80 1914, 10 o'clock P NJ
1.-THE test vote IS just taken and the two third ma
jority vote has been adopted-Virgina giving her uni
ted vote for it Mir. Clifford Of Maine moved 10 raise
committee of &c, Zone om each stae) prepare and
submit rules for the government of the Convention;
this was done yesterday evening and debated until
Z o'clock. The Convention then adjourned until this
morning, Gen. Saunders of North Carolina having
moved amendment, that the rules adopted IN
1892, recognized in 1885, and acqniesced n in ls40,
should at be adopted for the government OF this
Convention. The debate has been able, and OCCASION
ally an excited one--Buer of New York, Morton OF
Massachusetts,, Medary of Ohio Nc opposing the two
thirds rule: Saunders Of North Carolina, Senator Walk
er of Mississippi, and Rantoul of Massachusetts, Nc,
advocating il. South Carolina is not in the Conven
ton. The vote stood l45 for Saunderss proposition,
to ll6 for that of Clifford The announcement of the
vote was received with shouts Of applause This
10 settle the nomination of Mr.. Van Buren,. Upon the
first and second ballot (probably) he will get small
majority of the Convention; think this will be certain,
on the first ballot; after that his vote will fall oil, and
he can never unite It agar Mr.. b. + Butler declared
that under any rule, he would cheeriuiy support The
| nominee of the Convention.
81 have left the Convention in session. and suppose
they will proceed TO vote either before they adjourn
until evening or after dinner think | begin 10 see
the dawnng OF bright and cheering day for party
| With new and vigorous man. sweep out the
| Who's All accounts from every quarter assure
me Great crowds surround The Hail. and assemble in
Monument Square in the evening, where they are ad-
dressed by some Of our best speakers. There much
fine yerv Gne tslsn. in the Convention and The Pre-
s,drnt presides with great dignity and frmness. The
body is made up OF men who have generally passed the
meridian of fc and to be orderly, SOBER and
moral men as ever suppose there must be be-
ween four and five hundred delegates in attendance.
From. another Letter,
baltimore, Tuesday night! l2 NJ.
81 have lust returned from Monument Square, where
an immense mass messing is listening to Democratic
speeches. Among them, | heard capital addresses
from Bedinger and S. C. Williams of Virginia, and
Reny OF Indiana. The enthusiasm was very high.
"Ths morning the two-thirds Rule was adopted
after long dsba.e-VIginia voting for 1t by very
large majority.
"The Convention proceeded TO ballot for President;
and on the 9TH ballot, the vote stood, Cass l23, Van
Buren, 90, Buchanan 90, Johnson 81, Calhoun l-flr-
GINA voted throughout for Cass her Delegation,
Csss had decided majority of the Dis,ricts)
"Before going into the Sih ballot, tremendous ex-
citement arose, account OF molten oil some ONO
delegate, to declare Mr.. Van Buren, the nominee, as
he had received majority. While McNolty OF Ohio
was speaking, the Convention adjourned TIL Wednes-
day morning.
al have never seen so interesting and exciting an
occasion, and the members of this Convention VIII
never forget it,