Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-06-22


this amendment Mr. Butler spoke at long III
lle considered himself bound, IN duty IA
those who concurlcd with him in the opin
ION thai the great Republican principI,
Of the will of the majority being tho law
applied to the business before tho conven
ton rs well us to other business, to state
| some OF the reasons which led him To- tina
opinion, lie argued agains! the refer
encc to procedents, which he considered
as questions for mere lawyers, &c,
Mr. Butler discussed the two-lhirds ruI,
very fully, aud appealed TO its advocates
to know II there was any one member OF
them who believed that twothirds Of the
convention could be found in favor Of any
one candidate. Assuming this to be true
for the sake Of the argument, and believ.
ing, as he firmly did, that it was true
now would the present case compare with
that of 1889 or of 1885! Not at all.
In conclusion, he said he was sorry, in
deed, to find his friends, Messrs. Walker,
of mississippi, aud Saunders of North
Carolina, referring to the precedent of
l8l0--the log cabin, hard cider, coon hua
ting precedent of l84O.-He could stamp
them under has feet, (he was understood to
say, stamping violently upon the floor as
he spoke,)
lie spoke for a considerable length of
time TO the same purport, deprecating in
the strongest terms the adoption Of the
two thirds rule, which he warned gentle
lemen would and must have the effect Of
either preventing any nomination from
being made, or of driving a majority Of
the convention to yield to the minority.
Mr.. B. closed by Withdrawing his amend
ment.
Mr.. Clifford, Of Maine, chairman Of the
committee on the selection of officers, sub
mtted report naming the following
gentlemen US permanent officers of the
Observation-Disclosures B. Wright, of
Pennsylvania.
Vice PresidcRts.-Stcphen ENERGY, Of
Maine; Henry Hubbard, n. H.; Luther B.
Hunt, VT; Henry II. Chllds, Mass; Olney
BolIou, II. L.; II. J. lngerso!t, Conn; 5.
Young, N. Y; J. f. EdselI, N. j.; J. L,
Dorsen, Pa; William Prick, Nd; James
n. Sutton, Del; VIM. II. Roane, VT; X.
NJ. Saunders. N. c.; John II. Howard, Ga;
Benz. G. Shields, Ala; Powhattan Ellis,
Mss; Thomas NJ Williams, La; Cave
Johnson, Tenn. Lynd Boyd, Ky; VIM. S.
Fulton, Ark; Nicholas Schoonmaker,
Ohio; f. A. Brown, Ind; James Snow, ILL.,.
c. Cotfiman, MO RS. Wilson, Mich.
Secretaries. VIM. f. Richie, Va; r.
B. Mitchell, N, Y. George A. Vroome, N.
j.; N. \, Bradford, Miss; Henry II. Car
roll, n. H.; VIM. D Morgan, Ohio.
The report was on motion adopted, and
the convention then adjourned, about half
past o'clock, TO meet at O'Clock on
Tuesday morning.
NOMINATION OF Mr.. PoLK.-The Demo-
cratic Convention re-assembled, pursuant
10 ad journment, at o'clock on the NOR
ling of Tuesday, the 28th ult.
As soon as the Convention was organi-
zed, the President returned his thanks for
he honor which had been conferred upon
aim in the selection Of himself as the
presiding officer OF the Convention.
Mr.. Brewster moved that the Conven-
ion now proceed to the con sideration oil
he resolution offered by the gentleman
rom North Carolina, Mr.. Saunders. The
Convention assented and the resolution
was taken up. The resolution as amend-
ID by Mr.. Saunders, required that the can
lidates nominated for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency should receive vote Of
we-thirds Of the Convention.
MI. Tibbatts, of kentucky, opened the
lebate in favor OF MI. Saunders amend
nent. He said, in regard TO instructions,
hat he, too, was instructed as to his vote,
md that was to cast it for Col. Johnson.
+, however, his nomination could not be {
ecured under the two-!hirds rule, ne was
eady to 60 for any individual, 20 secure
nion and harmony.
Gov. Hubbard Of New Hampshire, next :
olIowed, and said he regretted that the
ubject of rules and orders had not been ,
ermitted 10 go to committee. He no. !
ed that the gentleman from North Caro- r
ina would withdraw his amendment. He
,as against the two-thlrds principle, and r
lought the whole matter could be salts
Ictorily arranged in report from a
Nj. Saunders declined to withdraw his o
mendment.
Gov. Morton, Of massachusetts,, was anx- Y
Jus that the Convention should at once C
i've dlrec. vote upon the question. He
lought that the majority principle was Ii
lie true one of the democratic party. v
he views which had been advanced on b
e other side Of the question we're main e
based upon precedent: he did not think
lat they properly applied here. The "
tate, county and township conventions "