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| forth upon State to Lake street. west upon LAX
| Clarke street, south upon Clarke to Plbli
| 1nare.
The foreign delegates assembled at the Pull
'ic square on Michigan avenue. at 10 o'clock
| In the procession Of escort, they were for ne
| " seniority of State. The delegations from tn
liffarent States were designated by badges, a
| follows -
Maine, yellow; N. Hampshire, white, Yer
! mont, green; Massachusetts, red Rhode Isl
ind, purple; Connecticut. scarlet; New York
| crimson; New Jersey, pink Maryland, lilac
| Virginia, brown; Pennsylvania, drab Ohio. re
| and white; Indiana, brown and red Michigan
blue and white; Illinois, red, white and blue
Wisconsin, yellow, white and grecn Iowa. blue
scarlet and brown; Missouri, white and scarlet
Kentucky, white and green; Tennessee, Grim
son and yellow ; Georgia. orange and lilac
| Florida. yellow, drab and pink Mississippi
purpe and white Louisiana, blue and yellow.
| The procession proceeded to the place OF
meeting, and the vast asscmblage, then com
prising about ten thousand people. was called t.
order bv VIM b. Ogden, Esq, who nominated
james l.. Burton, of Buffalo, as Chairman, an,
A. B Chambers. of St. Louis, and Hauscrocke
of Wisconsin, as Secretaries.
The blessings of Heaven were then invoked
by the Rev. Mr.. Allen, OF Northampton, Mass.
s. Lyle Smith, Esq, of Chicago. then pre-
senied several propositions to complete the pr
mary organization o. the committee, and the
Convention then adjourned to meet again at foui
o'clock, to hear the report of the committee &c
select President and other officers.
On re-assembling at o'clock, the committee
on officers were not prepared to report, and the
Rev. Mr. Allen was called upon to address the
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the West as emanatng almost entirely from
his puritan neghbors.
Having closed and the committee still in dis
pute as to the officers and resolutions to be pre-
scented to the Convention, loud cries were made
for "Corwin," Corwin." who finally took the
stand and addressed the assenbage in his happy
style, and abiding, in sly wit and point, to the
puriianical positions assumed by the previous
speaker.
Some cries being made for Horace Greeley
he appeared on the stand, and delivered IA few
remarks appertaining to the objects OF the Con-
vention.
The committee finally returned and presented
the name of EDWARD BATES, Of Missouri, as
President. and some dozen Vice Presidents and
Secretaries. On taking the chair the President
returned thanks for the honor conferred upon
hm and in allndn to his own posi- ion, re-
marked that it was the frs. time in twenty years
that he had publicly nteriered with the opera
tons Of government
The committee, also, presented resolutions
that the Convention should be governed by the
usual parliamentary proceedings; and also tor
the President to appoint Il committee OF seven
to prepare an address to the people OF the United
States and a committee of two, from each
State, to present resolutions for the con>ldera-
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prepare statistics for publication and another
one to attend, at the next Meeting OF Congress
to aid in the accomplishment of the objects of
the convention and to call another convention
if this WAS not eff.ctuil.
These resolutions gave rise to much debate
and the second, appointing committee on the
address, was finally laid on the table.
The convention remained in session until hal
past seven o'clock, at the time of the closing OF
the mail and | am, therefore, compelled to pre-
sent Won a brief sketch.
A committee was appointed to present the
names Of permanent officers of the conventions
consisting of the following gentlemen:
Connecticut, J. A. Rockwell; Florida, John
G. Camp; Georgia. Thomas B. King; Indiana
S. G. Sample Illinois. \. Lincoln; Iowa, A.
l.. Stout; Maine, NJ. A. Chandler; Massachu
sets, Artem,s Lee Michigan, John Biddle
South Carolina. J. l.. II. Gross; Missouri, Al
bert Jackson: n. H,mpshire. F. l. Fish; New
Jersey. Hon. [, F,,zpatrick; New York. Hon
J. c. S,encer: O no. Hon. II. C.. Schenck
Pennsylvania, 4. G. R,ston; Rhol. Island, L
C. Graves; Wisconsin. Mlrshal NJ Strong.
The comm tee returned. and the m,iort ,
throngh ,heir chairman John B.ddle. re, orte,
the names Of officers of the Convention, as fol
lows:
prssiJeu,-Enw,rn DArrs of Missouri
Vice Prss;Aens-John A. Brockw,y. Conn.
/ G. Cam. ia Thom,, B. KIM Ga; f
w. Ii. ElEs, Ind. W. Woodbridre. Mich. L
CORNING \ v. T.. K;rkntri,k. \ J.. Gov
R.bh 0hin. 4 ~ Inonis Pa II II,nnin
RI; J. H. Tweddy. Wisconsin; A. w. Wat
kins Mo Mr. Williams Iowa. Cb,s. Unmo
stead. Ia; NJ. a. Chandler, Maine; W. l
Sscretrr;es Scbuv,er Co,f,x Ia W. +
Edwards, Ill.,. F.. u. Fenno. New York; A. B
Chamhers, Mo-, Aaron Hobart Mas paw,
~; Nooe' men ,cte' VIC t'','"' y, -,
W Ol-, ohIn; rFeuerlch D Lo"c4i' WIS
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