The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-06-10
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONvEN
TON

The Era of last week contained report OF
the proceedings of this Convention, to the close
of the first day, J. w Davis of Indiana was
chosen permanent President, assisted by some
thirty Vice Presidents.
Wednesday the organization was completed
Nv the adoption of the rules of the House OF
Representatives as the rules Of the Convention,
and the two-thirds rule
The Committee on Credentials made the fol-
lowing report
That all the States in the Union are repre-
sented therein by Delegates duly elected, with
the execution of South Carolina from which
there is no representation
There were two entire conflicting delegations
from the State Of Georgia: one representing
the State Rights party. and claiming the right
10 renresent the State in the Convention on the
ground that it more fully represented the De-
1nocracv of the State than any other existing
accumulation: and the other representing that
noption of the Democrats Of Georgia belonging
70 the Union party, who claimed seats on the
ground that they represented large portion
of the Democrats of the State.
After duly hearing and considering the
claims set forth by the advocates of each dele
CATION the Committee decided to recommend
to the adoption of the Convention the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That the Democratic delegation
from Georgia represented by MIR. Cohen, State
Rights,) consisting Of twenty -one members, are
the representatives of Georgia, and are there
fore admitted to their seats.
Resolved, That the delegation represented
Nv Mr.. Jackson seventeen in number, are
Democrats in principle, and reflect the senti-
mentof portion of the Democracy of Georgia,
and that they be admitted to seats in the Con-
yentiou and that said delegations, thus united,
cast the vote of the State.
oIn the contest in the third district of Maine,
the Committee decided that George B. Moore
was entitled to the seat.
in the second district of Massachusetts, in
which Robert Rantoul, jr., and N. J. Lord were
the contestants the Committee decided in favor
of Mr.. Lord.
IN the contested seat from the first district
of Vermont the Committee decided in favor OF
Merritt Clarke.
"In relation to the State of South Carolina,
the Committee reported that,a document had
been presented to them purporting to be the
proceedings of some fifty of the people of one
section of that State, by which they appointed
Gen. Commander as delegate to this Conven.
ton. with power TO cast such vote or .votes-ds
the Convention might think them entitled TO
The Committee, deeming that the dOcument
was not such one as would establish General
Commanders right to represent any district OF
portion of the State decided that he was not
entitled to a vote in the Convention.
The recommendations of this report were
adopted by the Convention the next day.
Mr.. Neye of Massachusetts soon after
wards moved reconsideration OF so much OF
the report as relates to the contested case from
his State, and made speech in favor OF Mr.
Rantouls right to seat in the Convention
but a reconsideration was refused by laying
the resolution on the table"
By this VOTE the Convention read the Demo
Gratis of MIR. Rantoufs district out OF the party
for everybody knows that he was regufarl,
elected by Democratic Convention, fairly
constituted. We congratulate Mr.. Rantoul
on this honorable exclusion as it leaves him
unbound by the decisions of the Convention.
An animated debate took place the second
day of the session, on a resolve proposed by
Mr. Nabers of Mississippi, that the Convention
would not go into the nomination of candidates
till platform should be agreed upon. Mr..
Soule of Louisiana opposed this with great
warmth and eloquence, and was sustained in
his views by Mr.. Floyd of Virginia. Mr. Wise
took ground against them, but failed to carry
the Convention with him.
The resolution of Mr.. Nabers was laid upon
the table by the following vote
HNoos- Mama Naw Hampshira VermOnt
Massachusetts Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey Delaware, Maryland Mississippi, Louis
lana, Michigan, Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin
Tennessee, and Illinois.
Nay-Pennsylvania Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri,
Arkansas, Texas, and California; Georgia not
voting
" The following States wore divided: New
York "a yeas, II nays, Ohio, II yeas, nays.
Resuh--yeas l55, nays i23."
Committee of one from each State was
then appointed to which were referred all res
olutlons offered by individual delegates, and it
was instructed to report platform for the Par
~ Several sets Of resolutions in various forms
aihrmlng the Gnaity Of the Compromise and
Fugitive Law, proposed by delegates a major
lty from the free States, were accordingly re-
ierred-together with a resolution in favor Of
Lie Homestead bill
me Convention procveded on tho third day
10 'ailot for a Presidential Candidate. We
present IN detail the first ballot and last so
'na' The changes may DO understood and also
summary Of all the ballots