Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-06-13
Baltimore Convention.

we extract the following from the
proceedings Of the Baltimore Conven
lion:
After the nomination of General Cass,
Mr.. Dickinson having obtained the con.
sent oil the house to speak, then appear.
ed on the stand, and was received with
loud applause. He said that he had occu.
pied in his life some strange positions.
but the present was one entirely new.
1t had not been the custom of New York
to speak with a forked tongue, bu, the
convention had driven them to it. He
would then be compelled to speak as an
Individual. He and his associates had
not looked on without interest at the gIo
rIOus work of that convention. Had the
delegation with which he was associated
thrown firebrands into the convention?
(''No!" "nol'') No. When struck down,
she had gone, like the striker deer, to
brood over her wounded honor He and
his associates set up no invidious test
They presented principles dear to all
democrats throughout the land. On that
account, one set of men went ont In the
spirit of faction raised The standard of
dlsorganiZation-and now refused To sub
NIT To that convention, asserting pr,nci-
pies TO which the democracy could not
subscribe. Yet those whom he reDrese Mt.
ed had been placed on the same footing
with theml The convention had seen
little of that of which he had seen much.
1t had tasted little of that of which he
and his associates had been compelled TO
drink to the very dregs. But he did no,
presume to utter complaints. 10 those
who had stood by them. he said God
sPeed!' The honorable speaker went on
to speak of the injustice of subecting the
democracy of New York to a Procrustean
standred.
Mr.. Pratt OF Vermont, MIR. McCandless
of Pennsylvania, and others, rose to order
and insisted that the gentleman postpone
his remarks, and allow the convention TO
| proceed to the nominations
The Chair reminded gentlemen that
the gentleman from New York had OBJ.
tanned leave to address the house.
Mr.. Dickinson proceeded. He hoped
that his brethren would allow him 10 90
on. New York had sat four days in that
convention, and he wanted to know if
they would hear what her vote would
have been, had they been admitted as the
rightful delegates? ca voice Lewis Cass
-thirty-sx, and the rest naught! Laugh
ter, and great applause. He reminded
them that the little State which he repre-
sented lies next to Vermont, contained a
few millions Of people, and it could be
found upon the map! Laughter and ap.
plause. He was here in 1885, with the
privilege of voting and speaking, too, if
he desired; and that was the first time
that he had seen the venerable face of
the president of the convention. TAD.
plause. He and his friends had been
accused of being opposed to Mr.. Van
Buren,. A Voice That's rightly Much
laughter. He denied shat they were
opposed to Mr.. Van Buren, or thar Iilus,ri.
Gus man Silas Wright; and proceeded to
condemn the action of the convention
which had attempted to make both dele.
cations walk together.
MIR. Wright, OF New Jersey, asked the
gentleman to give way moment till he
made suggestion. o..
air Dickinson said he would give way
but not yield the floor.
Mr.. Wright then remarked that the
| other delegation had withdrawn, in order
not to embarass the convention; and in
his opinion the course and remarks of
the gentleman from New York, who was
now addressing the convention, were not
well calculated to promote Cancellation,
Cries of "order," applause, and disap.
probation.
Some confusion occurred-se veral mem.
bers rising to leave the house, and many
insisting that. he balloting for Vice Pres
ident should proceed, whilst many others
were equally strenuous in their demands
that the gentleman from New York
should proceed.
At length the Chair obtained order and
Mr.. Dickinson proceeded. New York
had been kept dancing attendance for
-four days, and surely they would not now
j refuse to hear a few words in explanation
from her. Applause. In the protest
OF the gentleman who had retired from
the convention, they had designated
themselves as thiriy.six estimable young
men. Certainly, they were very modest.
Their modesly almost equalled that Of
the MiIetian virgins. who said they would
have, committed suicide, but for the fear
of the exposure oftheir bodies after death.
Mr.. Ingersoll, of Connecticut, here
rose and suggested that the gentleman
was not in order.
The Chair Overruled the point of order,
and requested the gentleman from New
York TO proceed.
Mr.. Dickinson resumed. The gentle
men said they were peculiar friends of
Silas Wright; but he conteuded that they
had been among the wors, foes OF that