The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-27

party of the United States and an of the rreat
and glorious cause that has brought us here. would
make few remarks, which think and hope will nol
give offence to any one know that during our ses-
sion here We have been in situations that caused some
gentlemen to feel great uneasiness-but he had felt
none Twenty years ago he entered the political field
fighting in the support of Gen. Jackson and subse-
quently for MI Van Buren,, and never once has his
confidence fed that he would what we have seen
this morning most glorious result of
He also proceeded to pay high compliment to the
wavering democracy Of Maryland He knew she would
not waver in the conflict and certain of seeing an
immense delegation passing through city, in March
next to witness the Inauguration Of General Cass
Washington He concluded by returning his thanks
to the Convention for the favorable manner in which
his name had been received and in again repeating his
desire that his name should not be the Con-
vention.
Mr.. Dickinson, of New York, took the rostrum,
amid loud applause, and desired to say few words in
reply to the gentleman from Maryland. It had not
been the wont Of New York to speak with u forked
tongue and this Convention has given her other
He scarcely knew how speak to his fellow
New York here to offer her services on the altar
of her coun try and though stricken down. she
in you. He could only say, God bless you in the good
the allegation Of which Re was member had BEEN
mtted they would have the 80 votes of New York
for Lewis Cass The first time that he had ever seen
the venerable face of the President (Mr Stevenson
had been In 1885 when delegate here from New York
in the Democratic National Convention of that year.
He gave his vote for Martin Van Buren, He was again
here in 1874 the chairman of the New York delega
tion and again threw the vote of that State on eight
ballots for Martin Van Buren, They would now have
stood the principles Of Woodbury. tho principles Of
Buchanan the principles Of Dallas the principles Of
any other true democrat. Let have little real
harmony and Cancellation, and let him tell them that
they disposed to do all in their power to elect Lew
is Cass, but they must, in making Vice President
which would be satisfactory to them-they must do
| something for them-they must have something upon
which to go before the democracy of New York Let
all meet upon some common ground here and all would
be well. He knew well the individual nomi mated and
Of all mankind there was not another whom they
preferred. He knew that he had a mind as ca
pacious as the universe itself-he knew that he
was every thing that tho democracy could desire
They could have gone for ilustrious Of Penn
sylvana, had he been nominated, cordially and eff
GENTLY, but they preferred Lewis Cass. And had
not they the Hunkers) after all this, had rather the
worst of this controversy had they not been treated
rather the worst? How would 1t have been IL disor-
ganzing delegation had come here from Pennsylva mia
and sat down beside those regularly elected Why, it
would have been at once g OF with their hcads-so
much for Buckingham" He almost regretted that he
was not born in Virginia, when he saw the order and
propriety with which her delcgation-amost large
enough to form Convention of herself-sat in this
Convention, harmonized on every great question and
finally cast her united vote for the great satesman who
had been nominated by the Convention. He con-
cluded with extending to the Convention the right
hand OF fellowship and pedgng the support of the de-
legation of which he member, to Lewis Cass, Of
Michigan, aud for the Vice Presidential candidate
whoever he might be- having full confidence that the
Convention would nominate none but good and true
democrat
| The vote was then declared to be as follows:-