The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-06-24
VOL. vi.

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country to desert the principles on Which ~
Confederacy was founded and wbenoyo. ne
abandons those great principles, so belr -, 1t
God will abandon it, Great applause "e
I" Sir, this is merely demonstration Of H..
principle which belongs to numbers. tn"
power OF the States will be yielded 10 tho nv
jority of numbers, and the three great Stat.
of New York. Ohio, and Pennsylvania. seora -
seek this position in this country.
81 will not trespass upon the time of the 10,
ventlon by stating all interruption by Iona
cries of Go on go on and much appliance
and cheering"
And so they kept him going on in the saDa
strain, the outsiders blowing up temnest &C
enthusiasm.
Without deciding the question, the Conyep
ton adjourned.
The next day, friday the first movement
showed that the Northern delegates had abe.
come conscious of a change" Their wrath !.
always greater than their endurance Tbov
are remarkable for kicking out of the traces
1 but still more remarkable for kicking into
them Mr.. Jesup, as soon as the journal had
been read, rose and said
I'll am constrained to say that have been
led to believe that the object which desire 10
promote, and which | apprehend those who
voted originally for the amendment desired 10
promote, cannot be accomplished by insisting
upon that amendment. therefore ask leave
to withdraw it,
"No objection being made, the amendment
was withdrawn.
"The question then REQUIRED on the substitute
! Of Mr. for ha mt Of T.. n.
can as it had been amended on motion of Nv
Jesup.
"And the question having been taken there
on, the substitute was agreed to-
" The resolutions, as thus adopted, are in the
following words:
Resolved, That a committee to consist Of
one member from each State of the Union rer-
resented in this Convention, be. appointed
whose duty it shall be to draught series Of
resolutions expressive of the sentiments of the
Wings of the Union on the great doctrines
cherished by them; or, otherwise. a platform
of principles to be maintained by the Wings in
the coming contest.
ResOlued That the committee. shall consist
of one delegate from each State, elected by the
delegation of said State"
The following gentlemen were then named
as constituting the Committee:
"Wm. p. Fessenden, Maine Thomas NJ
Edwards, New Hampshire: Carlos Coolidge,
Vermont George Ashmun, Massachusetts
Silas Harris, Rhode Island; A. c. Hazard, Con.
necticIt; A. B. Dickinson, New York; VIM.
l.. Dayton, New Jersey; VIM. f. Johnston,
Pennsylvania j. M. Clayton, Delaware; VIM
B. Clarke Maryland Robert ID. Scott, Vir-
gina. Nathaniel Boyden, North Carolina G.
s. Bryan, South Carolina; VIM. c. Dawson
Georgia; c. L. Langton. Alabama A. B
Bradford, Mississippi; p B. Duncan, Louis-
ana J. A. Harris, Ohio Orlando Brown, Ken
lucky; +. X. Zollicofer, Tennessee John S
Newman, Indiana David J.. Baker, Illinois
A. B. Chambers Missouri Thomas S. James
Arkansas George f. Pomeroy, Michigan
VIM. T. Davis, Florida John b. Ashe, Texas
S. M. Ballard, Iowa Alexander Sparkling
Wisconsin w. F. Stewart, California
And so the State of South Carolina, which
never casts Wing vote, and contains scarcely
the vestige of a Wing party, was allowed the
same voice in framing the Wing platform, as
New York, which in the last Presidential cleo
ton cast thirty-fve votes for the Wing candi-
date
Everything having succeeded thus far, &C
cording to the wishes of the Southern caucus
its resolutions were now presented by Mr.
Allen of Tennessee, who said
He desired to present the preamble and
resolutions drawn up by the Southern delega-
tons These delegations he said were not
welded to any particular form, but their .prin-
ciples were stated in substance in the resolu-
tions he presented He asked that they be
referred to the committee just appointed
The resolutions without being read were so
referred.
. Several other sets of resolutions were offered,
and referred, without debate.
Mr.. Davis moved a resolution, p!edgng the
Convention to support no man as candidate
for President or Vice President, who by his
public acts and recorded opinions has left any
grounds for misunderstanding AS to his opin-
ions on the Compromise This was aimed at
Scott and was received with laughter and
Kisses Mr.. Bolts Immediately moved sub
stitute, to the purport that the Convention
would support in good faith whoever might be
the nominees AT last Mr. Davis was permit.
ted to withdraw his resolution.
The Committee on Credentials made a 70
:" Its first recommendation consists of the fol-
lowing resolution
RESOLVED, That the delegation appointed by
the Wings of the city of Washington be invited
by the presiding officer to seats within the bar
of the Convention
This resolution was adopted, and the dele
cation from the District of Columbia were in
vited to seats within the bar
i hn frrt barr ,toI orj
to the contested seats that in the third district
of New York, James w Beekman was entitled
| to sit and not VIM. L. Chardlow.
That Baxter was elected from the third
district of Vermont, contrary to the usages Of
the Wing party of that State, and that he fs
not entitled to seat in this Convention
In relation to the eighth district of New
York, the committee report that Moses H.
Grinnell, having received the regular vote of
the district is entitled 10 seat in this Conven-
ton, and that Thomas Dornell is not
"That VIM Blakely, jr., who claims to be
elected from the ninth district of New York, is
not duly elected and have come to the conclu-
sion that Theodore H. Benedict is duly return
ed a delegate from that district
SIN the case of the eleventh district of New
York, the Convention having been composed
of ten delegates, five of whom voted for Jacob
Hardenburg and five for Joseph NJ Smith, and
that neither Of them entitled TO n seat, but
resolved that both be admitted to seats with 3
| privilege of casting one vote in all cases in
which they can agree Much laughter
THAT Charles A. Randall claiming to be
elected from the twenty seventh district of New
York is the proper delegate and Charles Cook,
contestant is not entitled to a seat in the Con-
vention.
"ln the matter of the thirty first district OF
the State of New York, the committee report
in favor of the claims of Albert A. Bennett,