The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-12
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: BpFr4Lo,- August 9, 1913.

MORNING SESSION. ioaraW <.
- I,pFrILo, August 9, 1913.
The city Of Bufalo- the commercial metropolis
OF the West7-ls this morpIng, in state Of eommo-
ton and confusion Which Have hardly ever seen
equalled In any American city. Thousands of
strangers are paradng Ii" streets, with banners
and Bands Of music thousands fthei are gather
ed sneheovcfniy 5fahta kotels Land at avery early
honr1this morning (nsnt o'clouly other thousands
of them assembled anderi the Immense, awningrin,
the clty Park TO- Listen tothe arguments OF some'a6r
the friends of Mr. Yap Bureny who had anliclpa-t
ted the meeting of the convention, and who were
anxious to prepare their minds for the proposition
IN favor Of the nofhination Of Martin Van Buren,,
which they desisnedoto make to the convention
The arguments of che friendsoof Mr.. VanBaren
in favor of his nomination. are very sagacious and
profound. They called this self-sacriicing con-
ventlon of the peoples; they hsseftsd thar this was
consecrated ground, and they appealed to the dele
gatebehom o.hef s,stasto Gems iiieresde,srmined
to bury old prejudlces. All these arguments were
received by the masses with great good feeling ON
The morning was clear and beautiful, though 81.
little too werm for comfort the mercury reached,
APPOINT above elgbty degrees. During the morning
hour, from eight O'Clock TIL twelve, Cite hour at
which the convention assembled, j thousands of
strangers were collected IN and about the Park;
these rstrangeLsa We're harsngued, ,from different
pointsain the Park. by the friends Of Mr.. Van Bus
rem from this State, by Dhioans, Pennsy
Africans Elrgpians, alaa,i lacts by citizens from
every free State in the Union. The scene in and
about the Park before the organization of the con-
yention, was really anirnatfDg and amusing. Some
halt dQzep dltferentsiands ierected, and the
people were addressed from all these points with :
tremendous energy and eldquence, and, Sd far as !
the abolitlohlsts We're concerned with iterriberc
passicnI Among the audiences who gathered
about lhe}se staadss and sYho listened,ao ther
sprinkIing of negroes, with rheir wives Frederick
Douglass, the handsome negroologlst, occupied
prominent position in The midst Of one Of these,
sgp pesRRs ne sn %af iii 1eeSFa d b
these hsppy allusibps by loud cheers and capping Of
hands laughter Of the real Christy quality These
the sreaks Of white and ao upon til sidss IL
of-war.
At half past eleven O'Clock thu presented in
me inrios Of the raEk yssiIpos,ns and picturesque
by men endiwomeD, who stood shoulder to shoulder
coYPaety Is y is possible for humsn beings to stand
s'ds hs e
public press; the portion of the stand desge for the
officers Of the meeting occupied by delegates and
mises member Of the Ohio delegation bore In his
hand beaatiful banner With the word Libertys'in-
scribed upon it, Below was picture of Hercules with
his club and dead serpent lying at his feet, Upon
the left was female slave kneeling with appraised
blow Of bis club had shivered the chains which con.
fined her ANGLES and about to them from her
represented upon the stand, including some Of the
wild abolition papers the editor OF the Washington
s e PORK
mond snd from oil the newspaper offices in this vici.
At II o'clock NJ, Judge SrryESs, Of Indiana called
the convention to order He asked fret If Mr. Sawyer,
inn If Is here WARY mn aanOyn
Judge STEVENS made several appeals for order and
then proposed Nathaniel Sawyer Of Ohio, temporary
President of the convention. I Lf9Fh n9st e5 De
The motion of Mr., Stevens was adopted by aeolama-
ton Considerable confusion prevailed among the au-
ence, and 1t was almost impossible for Mr. Sawyer to
reach position upon the msin stand, which was bar
rcsded by the bodies Of hundreds of who
manh the immense throng seemed to eager to catch
every word which fell from helps of the speakers ID
hs e Ss the
Fellow citisens-The first thing We must have is Or
sonA If you will be still now for few minutes, We
shall be able to proceed to business without delay
CONTINUED confusion It has been considered neoes:
sary, before business is proceeded WITH that should
have this stage clear; and when that Is done, shall
Immediately proceed to organize the meeting Cloud
minutes elapsed before the cleared and order
secured When this was accomplished the banner to
on the right Of the resident, amid the trsmendous
cheegs Of the assembly. The President then resumedo
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receivs the names Of any gentlemen Who may Be elg
A delegate here suggested the name Of Charles b,
Wells, p{ Illinois ,, yr,aooa Aoed isaf odi bns III
The PRxsiDENr--You have heard the name of Mr.,
Wells proposed, gentlemen. All you who are ofopnisn
to will say aye. ut was carried unanimously)
The COMMITTEE Of tbs, Connecticut DeAegston, are
SUGGESTED the name Of MIR. Philleo for the once An
who opinion that he should be slscted, will say
rsad min w. Van ava
sscretsiss gentlemen 50 We shall proceed to business
MIR. Preston King, Of New York, will now make mo.
ton. aoAeroT aq rc50mh ooraO 20 rHol
Mr. KING then essne forward and was received with
load 1chsen.O He said fellow citizens: have been
delegated BY number of delegates to this convention,
to appear before you 1t this early stage Of the proceed
ings.r flhsers a number OF the delegates nom the
dierept States, wo ffriyed ct an earlier period than
1ns nsa mssn
of the eonyen&iop At the Suggestion Of alatge
number of the delegates 4 Vas proposed 70, csl this
respective influence Of their electoral dstxiots and the
object 81 itwas to ascertain how the general fesng
this convention together, shall not 60 at present
into particulars shall only impress upon you the
negessy OF uns.ne eogether IN order 70 eccomPslsa
which we have assembled Ssrs tS s' day eohssrsJ
This was the desire OF the committee all Of whom
terrain conf dent hope that single patriotic i'm
pulse will move the hearts Of this vast assembly
(Cheers) The committees adopted vsfous ptopp stions
which were represented believe that the numbers
but we sha1 coon be able 70 srtain the exact na
beer srrced upon BY that Cosnmittee (Mf King Here
ATTEMPTED to read the but 10
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