Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-19
From the Baltimore Patriot
WING NATIONAL CONVENTION.
second Day. Thursday, Hume IVA, 1852.
MoRNINs SESSION.

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utmost capacity, and the ladies' gallery presented
scene OF beauty that did credit to the character
Baltimore has always held as being the home OF fe
! male loneliness. Notwithstanding the intense
neat OF the weather, the east gallery, spacious
IL is, was insufficient to accommodate all the la
dies who were DESTROYS of grazing the delibera-
uons OF the convention by their presence. We
noticed, suspended from the gallery, Immediately
above the seats of the Kentucky delegation, the
beautiful medallion likeness of the Beloved Henry
Clay, which yesterday presented to Ken
lucky by the Wings of Pennsy lvania and which
attracted general attention.
At precisely IL o'clock, the President, Gen.
Chapman, called the Convention to order, when
an appropriate and feeling prayer offered up
by the Rev. DR.. Atkinson, of this city.
The journal of proceedings of yesterday was
then read by Mr. Upton, of the Secretaries
MIR. Cabell, of Florida moved that the rules OF
the House of Representatives ofthe United States
so far as applicable, be adopted as the rules to
regulate the proceedings of the Convention.
Mr.. Wales, of Ohio, moved to take up n some
what similar resolution offered by him yesterday,
to which the resolution of Mr. Cabell was offered
as substitute.
Mr.. Branceford, of Kentucky, offered substi-
tute to both, regulating particularly the mode of
voting in the Convention.
After some debate by General Clarke, of Mis-
sissippi, and Mr.. Watts, of Ohio, the Chairman
of the committee on Credentials asked and OBJ
tanned leave to sit during the sessions of the Con-
vention.
Mr. Botts of Virginia, offered a substitute to
the original resolution and amendments in rela-
ton to the manner of voting in this Convention,
the substance of which was, that the rules of the
| House of Representatives of the u. S. be adopt
ed and that in taking the vote in this Convention,
each State shall have the same number of votes
as they entitled to in the Electoral Cole
ges which substitute was adopted by large ma
jority.
Mr.. Duncan, of Louisiana, moved the follow
| ing:
Resolved, Thata committee, to consist of one
member from each State in the Union represent
ed in this Convention, be appointed, whose duty
it shall be to drafts series of resolutions express
sive ofthe sentiments of the Wings of the Union
on the great doctrines cherished by them-or
otherwise, platform of principles to be main
tanned by the Wings in the coming campaign.
| Resolved, That the members of said commit
tee be selected by the delegates from each State
each State represented appointing its own
member, and the committee to appoint its own
chairman.
! Resolved, That this Convention will not pro-
coed to ballot for or otherwise nominate a candi-
date for President or Vice President, until said
committee shall have reported and this Conven-
vention shall have taken final action on said re-
| port
| Mr.. Van Trump, of Ohio, opposed the adop-
ton of these resolutions at this confused state
| of the organization of the Convention, and until
| the committee on credentials have reported
and moved that the resolutions be laid laid on the
| table.
Mr.. Duncan replied to the remarks Of the gen.
| teman from Ohio, and suggested that the resou-
tons offered by him MIR. d. might be adopted,
but the appointment Of the committee migh be
delayed until the committee on credentials had
reported, but insisted that it was time to know
what were the views of this Convention on this
subject. He did not believe that there would be
any difficulty in agreeing this platform, but
| asserted that the South would stand or fall on
the passage of such resolutions prior to a nomi-
| nation.
Mr.. Ashmun, of Massachusetts, suggested that
it was better that the Convention now adjourn I'M
till COMMITTEES Credentials is prepared to
report.
After an irregular debate, division was asked
the resolutions of Mr.. Duncan, in order that the
question might first be taken on the resolution to
appoint committee on the platform.
| Mr.. Goodwin of California, opposed any nc
ton at this time, and moved djourn till O'clock
which motion was lost.
| motion that the previous question be now
put on tho first resolution of Mr.. Duncan was
sustained and the vote demanded by States on
from each State be now appointed to prepare the
platform-which was adopted by the following
| vote:
| Ayes-New Hampshire, S; Vermont, 5; Mas
| sachusetts, 49, Rhode Island, A. Connecticut 6;
| Pennsylvania, 81; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8;
| Virginia. Is; North Carolina, 10; South Caro-
lima, 8; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 8; Mississippi,
=; Louisiana, g. Kentucky, 10; Tennessee, -;
| Illinois, IL; Missouri, 9; Arkansas 4; Florida,
3; Texas, 4; Iowa, a; California, 400.
Noes-Maine, 8; New Y rk S. New Jer-
sey,7; Ohio, %; Indiana, Is; Michigan, 6; Wis
consin, 5-97.
After the vote was declared, several members
from Ohio and New York asked leave to record
their individual votes in favor of the resolution
Mr.. Bolts moved to reconsider the vote lust
| taken, and also that his motion to reconsider be
laid on the table, which was adopted by large
majority.
Gen. Jessup, of Pennsylvania, as an amend
ment to the second resolution moved that in the
Committee the Platform, the members when
in committee, shall vote the number of votes
each State is entitled to in the Electoral College,
on such questions as may come before the COM
mittee.
On which motion the vote was demanded by
States. Previous to taking the vote, the Chairde
cided that the vote off state ght be divided, and
| requested the chairman of each delegation, when
the State was called to announce the number of
votes in each delegation in the affirmative or mega
tive.
The motion of Gen. Jessup was adopted by the
following vote: affirmative $50; negative 143-in
several districts, in or two ofthe States the
delegations were equally. divided, such districts
consequently had no vote.
After the vote was announced, there was some
conversation in relation to the right of the contes
tants from New York to vote which was finally
passed over without any action.
The purport of the second resolution as now
amended, is that the committee on the platform be
appointed by the several delegations that they
appoint their own chairman and that each mem
Der cast IN committee the number of the electoral
votes of his State