The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-19
THE DAILY DISPATCH

THE DAILY DIsPATCH!'
NATIONAL WHO CONVENTION
s sEcoED DAT.
& u s. ilt THURSDAY. June IL.
MORNING SESSION.
Atprecisely IL o'clock, the President. Cen
Chapman, called the Convention to order.
when an appropriate and feeling PRAYER was
| offered up by the Rev. DR.. Atkinson, Of Bal.
| timore.
Mr.. Cabell, of Florida, moved that the rules
of the House of Representatives of the United
States, so far as applicable, be adopted az
| the rules to regulate the proceedings Of the
Convention.
After some debate by General Clarke, of
Mississippi, and Mr.. Watts, of Ohio, the
Chairman of the committee Jon Credentials,
asked and obtained leave to sit during the ses-
sions of the Convention.
Mr., Bolts, of Virginia, offered substitute
| TO the original resolution and amendments, in
relation to the manner of voting in this Com
yention, the substance of which was, that the
Rules OF the House of Representatives Of the
United States be adopted, and that on taking
| the vote in this Convention. each State shall
have the same number OF votes as they are
sntitIed.to in the Electoral Colleges; which
L SUBSTITUTE was auOptca ny u large maJ0rltys
MIR. Duncan, of Louisiana, moved the fol-
lowing:
Resofred, That committee, to consist of
one member from each State in the Union re-
presented in this Convention, be appointed,
| whose duty it shall be to draf. series Of re-
solutions, expressive of the sentiments of the
Wings Of the Union on the great doctrines
cherished by them-or otherwise, platform
OF principles to be maintained by the Wings
| IN the coming campaign.
Resolred, That the members of said com-
mittee be selected by the delegates from each
State-each State represented appointing its
own member, and the committee to appoint its
own chairman.
Resolred, That this Convention will not
proceed TO ballot for or otherwise nominate a
candidate for President or Vice President, un-
til said committee shall have reported and this
Convention shall have tuken fnal action on
said report. sls asIs-l
After an irregular debate, division was
asked on the resolutions of Mr.. DUNCAN, in
| order that the question might 6rst be taken on
The resolution to appoint committee on the
| platform.
A motion that the previous question be new
| put on the first resolution of Mr.. Duncan was
sustained, and the vote demanded by States on
said resolution, viZ-thata committee Of one
| from each State be now appointed TO prepare
Tic piuuOIul-WuICnW w DIS duOplcU Dy lue IOI-
lowing vote: Ayes 199, Noes 81.
After the vote was declared, several members
from Ohio aud New York asked leave to
record their individual votes in favor of the
resolution.
Mr.. Bolts moved 10 reconsider the vote just
taken and also that his motion to reconsider
be laid on the table, which was adopted by a
large msjority.
Gen Jessup, of Pennsylvania, as an amend
4
the Committee on 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 committee.
On which motion the vote was demanded by
States. Previous to taking the vote, the Char
decided that the vote Of q State might be diyid-
ed. and requested the chairman Of each dele
CATION, when the State was called, to announce
the number of votes in each delegation in the
affirmative or negative.
The motion of Gen. Jessup was adopted by
the following vote: affirmative $50; negative
l43-in several districts, in one or two of the
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 contestants 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 |
member cast in committee the number OF the |
electoral votes of his State.
Mr.. Ewing, OF ofkenlucky, offered a substitute |
as follows: 6 |
Resotred, That the Committee shall consist |
Of one delegate from each State, to be seiec.
ed by the delegation Of each State.
After some remerks by MIR. Ewing, Mr.. |
Dickinson, of New York, opposed the substi- |
tute.
After which, motion was made TO adjourn
until O'Clock this afternoon, on which motloh
the vote by States was demanded, and the mo-
ton adopted.
20 EVENING SESSION.
The Convention was called to order at six
O'Clock, when the journal Of the morning was
read. ,J ta !,
The President stated the question before the
body TO be on the substitute offered by Mr..
Ewing for the second resolution Of Mr.. DUN
can, as given in the former proceedings, and
which resolution had been amended by MIR.
yessup.
Mr.. Ewing's substitute is as follows:
Resolred, That the committee shall consist
of one delegate from each State, selected by
the delegates Of said State.
Mr.. Jessup moved to amend this as follows:
/" That each member of said Committee on re-
soiutions shall be entitled to vote so many
yotes.nS the State he represents is entitled to
in the Electoral College. 2
discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Jessup,
Stanard Of Virginia, and Dawson, were the prIn.
cipal speakers. Mr.. Ashpun, with q view OF
giving The Committee on Credentials more
time, moved an adjournment until Fri'iay
morning. al 10 o'clock. Is. L
This was agreed to by scclamat'on, ana an
.,,;onrnment was announced while delegate
was CRYING Justify for vote by States.
M.RR1rp.-At PlacerviIIe, California, May
10Th. by Thomas Wallace, Esq, G Clayton
Ba,ierman, formerly o. Albany y county, =. Z ,
10 Mrs. Lucy A. Stoddard, Of New Haven,