The State guard., 1848-06-13
NO. 24.

| Massachusetts cannot give vote TOT lne nominee of this convention; yet, standing in the very fortress of federalism, there has ever been body. guard of democracy in the State of Massachusetts. Why, my friend from Indiana has made some of his best shots with ammunition obtained from the democracy of Massachusetts l de- sire the vote of South Carolina l; but she is not to be forced. The great body of her democracy have resolved not to come here. Do not gentlemen recollect how she stood in 1s44? Her delegates came 7 to act or not to act as they SAW it. They did not come in till tho name of James K. Polk was presented, and then every gentleman will recollect the thrill which went through every heart, when these el. oquent'men gave in the adhesion of South Carolina to thaTnomination. How do we know that other gentlemen from that State may not now be awaiting our actionl The gentleman himself says that he is the representative of the 4th compression. al district of South Carolina, but that he was nominated By "a meeting to which all the democrats in the State had been invi- ted. But who had the authority to make such call If he will show me any au. thority delegated to him by the democracy of that State, may then Judge of his right to carry in his hand the vote of South Carolina. All l say is, be wary how you treat South Carolina. Let us avoid any action which may, by possibili- ty, endanger the harmony and unity OH which we may most securely rely for suc- cess in the coming contest.
 Mir. Hamlin insisted that the gentleman 1 from Massachusetts was out of order.-- , There were several States not fully rep. resented, whilst others had a larger dele gation than the number of electoral votes to which they were entitled. Vnginia,i if she did not bring her tenth legion, appear ed with larger number of her gallant sons than the State from which he himself came Missouri and other States were not fully represented. ft would be invid. ous to single out South Carolina.
 A member from Missouri begged to in. form the gentleman that that State was | fully represented.
 Mr. Hamlin, Itwas Mississippi, then, which had not it's full number of dele. gates present. However, that was not ma. terial. His point of order was, first, that the question had been decided definitively by the convention and, secondly, that even if it had not, the gentlemen could not be in order in raising the objection whilst the call of the vote was i'll pro- gress.
 The Chair ovefruled the point of or. der
 1 Mr. Hannegan said that he would read from the report of the proceedings of the convention, in order to show that tlie ques. ton had already been settled. The report from which he would read, was that giveu in the Baltimore "Sun," whose general accuracy in all matters of public intelli- gence was not exceeded by any paper iii the country. [The honorable gentleman J read from the report of the proceedings had on yesterday evening in relation to the appointment of the committee on ere. dentiels, and continued. It will tbtis be perceived that the convention has already decided that each State was to be entitled to the same number of votes in the con- vention that i; was entitled 70 in the cleo. ] torial college, without regard to the num- Der of delegates present. shall not row reply to all the remarks which have been made by tho gentleman from Massachu. sets. One observation which he made do not exactly understand. He speaks of my having borrowed ammunition from the democracy of the State of Massachusetts. If have borrowed from him I have bor. rowed from high source. But sir, have borrowed no principle from Massachusetts of late. (Applause. Often have Thought of her glorious fields, and her glorious course throughout the revolution, when with her Warren, Adams, Hancock, and others, she fought side by side, and shoul. der to shoulder, with those who struggled for liberty. But latterly, I have not Dor. rowed from Massachusetts. move to lay the question of order upon the ia. l ble.
 | The question being put upon tbe motion to lay upon the table, it was decided in the affirmative.
 1 The vote of the States having been an. nounced as above,
 Afr. Morton of Massachusetts then mov. ed the previous question upon the adop. ton of the resolution providing for the two-thirds rule; which was ordered. and the main question was ordered to be now put.
 I The vote being then by States, the re. suit was as follows:
 I Yeas. Nays. I 175 7S
 So the resolution was adopted. It as follows Resolred, That two.thirds of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary for the nomination of the candidates for President and vive President, respec. ! lively. M
 On motion, the convention then ad. journed to meet again at 5 o'clock, p. m. EVENING SESSION. The convention resumed its proceed mos nj 5 o'clock h. m