New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-25
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
By telegraph 10 the Ney-iorh Tribune
LOCo-FOCO NATIONAL tONNhNIIVN'

Tho Nauonr' Convention was caNci % "'''' ''
tb. p,es,deut az 9oclock
,,.. ~, minute, bad been read and approved
,.lo,ote incurred o. ti.e Chair % tae Democratic
...,le-, a. Congress were not entitled to seats
ou che floor.
objection was made % admit Members o. Con.
.,.... and the Delegates OF the Maryland Demo
...i stat. Convention % ihe salcricsoi the house.
r., t,. Mr. KrrrEnwfLL of Maryland pro-
nod , substitute. providing dat the CITY Com.
.,.....aer. of Baltimore bc requested TO examine
,s.. b,aIins ana report whether it would be safe
o., admit spectators 90 thc galleries.
Sir. FlorRsof 81 Ga. objected in strong Ian
.,.,e 10 the adoption Of amy mviiious distinctions
s,sr made as anti-Democratic, aud coniendms
reat AN should be- admitted o. none.
The whole subject was then llid on the table.
VI C,NEro> Of Pa. proposed that al Rsvolo-
,.oaary soldiers 200 the City should be admitted TO
SCAT. on the floor which was carried.
Mr.. Asa Biccs Of X. G. submitted a preamble
nir.,olutions TO the elect that:
Jn,,as. There are two sets Of Delegates from New
York each claiming to represent tine Democracy OF that
state and rtreqs 70 Is impossible ior the Convention
decide this important and intricate question having
no evidence before them but that furnished 10y them
selves both Of whom were mutually interested parties
and feras il was conceded that each SGT OF Delegates
rsnresenied large sections OF the Democracy OF New
YORK and IL was important that the said state should be
flllv r,presenied-I Therefore be It
Rsised That both Delegations 0c admitted to seatsin
this Convention and entitled to vote on all questions
that they wish 20 vote upon.
Al the request Of the mover of these resolutions
they were laid ON the table, to be hereafter called
mp.
The Convention then proceeded to the consider
alton Of the order OF the day, il being the defence
OF the opposing New-York Delegations by those
chosen as speakers on the respective sides.
Hon. D. : DIcEISsoN appeared on the side of the
bunker section, assembled the stand and opened
tbe discussion.
lie commenced By rcmarking on the necessity
snd utility Of strict party organization and laid
down the proposition that the delegation Yiti
which he was associated represented the regularly
orgsnized Democracy OF the State of NewYork
They have been charged with degrading them
selves by submitting " test ia the convention o
a pledge 10 support the nominees oi tine Conven
ton before their particular claims We're acted upon
He would to God that all Democrats might nevel
bee more degrodedthan By submitting TO suchtests
II was Democratic II was Constitutional. and al
Democratic and Constitutional usases were in its
favor.
The Speaker then went into an extended msto
r, OF the party difficulties in the state of New
York the cause of their existence and the disas
trous effects 10 the party thcy had produced.
lie conteuded that the bunker delegation rep
resented great majority OF the Democracy OF the
state and that the Barnburners and those they
represented had gone out from the party withou
lust cause Of complaint.
lie said that the great and existing cause ol DIS
union had been laid on the table at the Syracuse
Convention by a decided majority, in a resolution
proposed and supported by those who aiterwar'
formed the Conventions at Hcrflmcr aud Utlca
declaring m strong and emphatic terms against the
extension OF Slavery in new states and Territories
At the expiration of the hour allotted 10 the
speakers. when Mr. DICKINSON had concluded hr
spiritedargument, Mr.. jaws G. SMITH rose ON the
opposite side aud proceeded TO address the Con
vcnton in behalf Of the Bornburncrs, and now ID.
O'Clock AN is sustaining their cause with mucl
ability aud cloquCucc.