New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-26
NEW ORLEANS:
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE %, 1867
Wing National Convention.

SECOND DAY.
On the meeting of the Convention at 70 clock it was
opened with prayer by the Rev DIR. Atkinson, Of Ba
Mr. Bolts offered resolution that on all divisions each
state snail have Ms many votes she is entitled to in the
electoral college and no more and that the rules of the
House ot Representatives be adopted the rules of the
Convention, as far applicable. Adopted
MT Duncan OF Louisiana, moved that committee of
one from each State represented in the Convention be ap
pointed to draft series of resolutions expressive tho
sentiments of the wings Of the Uniona platform Of prn
ciples in TACT for the coming campaign and that the
members OF said committee be selected by the delegates
from each State lie also moved that the Convention do
not proceed to ballot for candidates until the committee
thereon
Some members here commended that these resolutions
should not be adopted until after the Committee Gre
dentias had reported and by request Mr. Duncan with
drew the last one for the present
Inc lrst resolution. appointing the committee, was
adopted by a vote of 200 yeas to 96 nays
10 the second resolution that the members of the
ittee be selected by the delegates from each State
amendment moved by Mr. Jessup. of Pennsylvania,
that in shid committee each member be authorized to
the number Of votes to which his State entitled in the
Electoral College The amendment was aIopted-l49
yeas, Ia nays, 8 blanks
After discussion to the right of certain delega-
tons to vote Mr. Ewing of Kentucky offered the follow
ing substitute for the resolution under discussion
Rssoired That the committee be constituted of one del
egate from each State selected by the delegates from each
State.
Pending this resolution, the committee adjourned until
Goclock the came evening.
EVENING SESSION.
Nnen the the evening. the President
stated the question to be the substitute offered by Mr.
Ewing for the second resolution OF Mr. Duncan.
Mr. Jessup, Of Pennsylvania, moved amendment,
which substance the same as that previously mo-
we'd by him and adopted
Considerable debate the amendment and rcso
luton, and with view to give the Committee Creden-
ttas chance to report the convention then adjourned
until the next morning at 10 O'Clock,
THIRD DAY.
Mr. Ewngs substitute for the resolution of Mr. Dun
of Louisiana adopted and a committee on a
arb
state chosen by the delegations respectively follows
Maine, Hon VIM. p Fessenden; New Hampshire Hon,
Thomas ~ Edwards; Vermont. Hon. Carlos Coolidge
Massachusetts George Ashmun Rhode Island Cyrus ar-
rs Connecticut Col A. G. Hazard New York A, b.
Dickinson New Jersey Hon " L. Dayton; rennsylva-
ton Maryland. Hon. WIN b. Clarke Virginia, Robert
F. Scott North Carolina, Hon. Nathaniel Boyden
South Carolina, Geo, s Bryan; Georgia, Hon. W, G.
Dawson Alabama. 9. g. Langdon Mississippi Gen A.
r. Bradford Louisiana, G. b. duncan Ohio, }, A, Har-
Its Kentucky Orlando Brown sTennessee, Gen, + A.
David X Baker; Missouri. A, b, Chambers: Arkansas
Gen. Thomas ). James Michigan. Georges. Pomroy
Florida, Vim i. Davis Texas Hon, John r. Ashe Iowa
" Ballard Wisconsin, Alexander Spading California
" Frank Stewart.
large number of resolutions offered referred
TO the committee,
Mr. Davis OF Florida moved resolution declaring that
the whg delegations then present will nominate
Tor President or Nco President who has by his public
acts and recorded opinions left anything be nsuuler
stood to his opinions the compromise question
Mr. Bolts Immediately moved as a substitute that tn,
delegations pledge themselves to each other and to the
country to support the nominee of the Convention
The resolution withdrawn and the substitute Will
it.
The Committee Credentials next reported The dele
gates from the District Of Columbia invited to
New York-two Scott Fillmore, and one Webster
admitted and in the fifth case both were ad
mtedto count only vote, The report after debate
accepted
At the evening session the day, Mr. Ashmun
of Massachusetts, reported the series of resolutions
platform (which We have already published These wer
received with applause,
MIR Choate Massachusetts then addressed the Con
ventiou with much eoqucnce lie was strongly for tn
platform aud in the of his speech made what wa
deemed personal ausion to Gen Scott He wa
supposed to refer to him in passage speaking o mel
who refused to make pledges on one side while there wtr
private letters in every man. pocket 10 Thu
Mr. Bolts of Virginia took exception and 5lr Choate tx
planned that his references were general not personal
Mr. Bolts proceeded to say that he had letter from
Gen Scott in his coat pocket which he read to tn
Convention 1t was addressed to the Hon W y Archer
of Virginia, and was dated on Tuesday night the eve
the Convention. 1t was as follows:
M dear Str-I have decided to write nothing to tn
Convention, any individual member, before nomina
ton: but should that honor fall to my lot, shall in
acceptance give my views on the Compromise measure
in terms at least strong in their favor those read
you few days since, Please say as much to my friend
Gov Jones MIR. Bolts Mr.. Lee, etc,
The alluded to explained as referring to tn
resolutions of the New Jersey wing Convention
Mr. Cahell of Florida, expressed dissatisfaction wit
the turn things taking Immediately afterwards IL
vote taken the adoption OF the platform, with tn
following result:
reas-Maine A. New Hampshire .. Massachusetts,, i
Rhode Island 4 Connecticut NewYork II, New Jersey
Pennsylvania IL Delaware 8. Maryland s, Virginia l
North Carolina TO- South Carolina Georgia 10, Aaban
O. Mississippi Louisiana 6. Ohio s. Kentucky T. Tel
nessee II Indiana Illnois7 Missouri 8. Arkansas
Florida g. Texas D. iowa l. Wisconsin l. Aalornia 4-22
Nqgs-sIaine A. Connecticut l. Network q, Pennsy
vana g. Ohio 10 Indiana Illinois 5, Michigan 6, Wsco
sin 1-B6,
Connecticut declined ovoe.
A resolution then adopted to 60 into the nomin
tion. requiring 40 majority of the whole ecctor
college to effect II nomination
The Convention proceeded to ballot with the followii
result; 49,,