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ped Cass, and cas-, their votes for Polk the cheering
and stamping, and screaming were truly %tcrrificl al.
belt some of the Indiana delegation who felt them
selves deserted or tricked by the South. rose and left
the room before the vote was announced.
Or the sth ball lot Buchanan received | vote from
New-Jersey and | from PENNSYLVANIA Calhoun
from North Carolina and from Georgia, on the 9th
Morton received vote from Ohio, and | blank was
cast 10y Sam. Young from New.York.
After this announcement was made, that the long
agony was over, all felt relieved from a tremendous
weight, and the cheering was deafening. I never
heard or saw any thing like it, and don't want to
again. One would have supposed that they all loved
each Other like brothers, and that the greatest, hormo.
ny prevailed among them, when the fact was that
some could checrfully have cut each others ,hroats ;
and indeed Col. Young Of ~. Y. nearly got into a duel
as II was. He charged n man (menning Calhoun
with desiring to initiate Nero who fddlcd while Rome
was burning, ami he said this would lie the cnse by
and by when Texas was burning. Mr.. Cohen, of
Georgia, rose and asked him whom he meant. He
replied that he didn't come there to be catechized, and
he rose and left the room with others of the N. York
delegates; and il looked very duelish at one time.
Mr.. Cohen said though Mr.. Young was skulkine
away still he would chas,ise him for his attack on Mr.
Calhoun in his speech, and he did handle him pretty
roughly.
Afer this, it was agreed tha, those States which
had divided should reconsider their votes they did
SO, one by one, and at last all dropped in, and the
votes Of the Convention stood unanimous for JAMES
X. Polk, of Tennessee, rs the Democratic Candidate
for the Presidency and then the wells and screams
and shouts and cheering were terrific.
] forgot to state that after the first ballot this morn
ing, MI. benl r.nu,ief asked leave Of me Conven-
non 10, me New ofK Deieal.on 10 re,ire m,,ogciher
y" ~ oo"Nc.uo"i w w"s Ie'useu me view
turned in hslf an hour. Mr.. butler then said he was
instructed TO withdtaw Mr. van hnrrn's name loud
chcerine) but he had n letter recently from Gen. Jack.
would unite on Mr.. Van Buren,. Several Delegates
Mr.. Van Buren,.
After all the onposinr States had reconsideyed md
cast their votes for Polk, so that it was unanimous,
there were loud call for South Carolina to come out
and define her position and at last Francis w. Pick.
ems, Esq. got M by the Chair and in the name of South
Carolina gave in her adhesion and support TO VIVA, he
called the glorious nomination orCol. Polk. Mr.. Fl.
more of S. C. followed in the same strain. These
short speeches we're received with immense enthusi.
asm; bu, although there is so much apparent JOY and
harmony in the marty. MANY of them do not hesitate
to declare that in destroying Mr.. Van Buren, and
blowing IN the cauldron of the Albany Repencv
Witches, they have destroyed and blown the party 10
atoms.
The Convention adjourned n, 3 til 4. when thew are
10 choose a Vice President. Marcus Morton is talked
of.
SEVEN p. NJ.
The only thing done this afternoon has hern The Sc
lection Of SitAs WRrGHT as Cand date for Vice Presi.
dent. He was nominated bv Walker, of Mississippi.
So that in reality it is all a sort of Van Buren, nomi.
nation after all.
The votes of all the States were cas-, unanimously
for him IN the frs, ballot except from North Carroll.
ma and Georsia-s OF the latter went for Woodbury.
and 4 of the former did not vote for Wright. At last
after n little consid ration and reconsideration, the
whole vote was cast unanimously for Wright, amid
such shouting as was only exceeded bv that at the
Wing Convention. So the long agony is over.
They seem much like the bov poing through the
churchynrd who whis'led loud to keep up his spirits.
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