Daily national era., 1854-01-13


to the present, and not waste our energies on
the dead issues of the past.
Resolved, That the acts and policy of the
present Administration meet our fullest appro-
baton
RESOLVED, That we fail to see the necessity
Of the expression, at this time, OF new views by
the Democracy OF Ohio on questions OF State
policy.
this substitution violently, exclaiming, You
can't put off your Free Soil on us; that won't
90 down in the State Of Ohio, Moved to lay
It on the table. That's just what we want
was cried on the other side, but the motion to
lay II on the table was lost. The vote by coun-
ties was then called for ON the substitution
Here followed q scene Of indescribable confu-
sion. All rose from their seats, and puton their
hats, because they wanted their hands to ges-
ticulate with. Everybody talked; nobody list
ened Motions to adjourn wore put repeatedly,
but in the confusion, il was impossible to tell
whether they were lost or carried M. w.
Myers mounted chair in the middle of the
floor, and @, led out, move that we adjourn
till half past seven o'clock Nobody seeming
to attend to him, he repeated the motion at tho
very top of his voice, adding, Pm here, and
mean to keep the floor till the Chair entertains
my notion What yell arose then? Myers's
voice was entirely drowned. After while it
surged up again Oh you needn't try to hal.
loo me down; Pve been in bigger noises than
this Crash went chair leg, and down went
Mr. Myers on the same platform, level with
the rest of the Democracy. On the opposite
side Of me, man, whose name | could not
learn in tho confusion, initiated Mr.. Myers's
plan Of mounting a chair, and cried out,
move that we all go and take drink Crash,
crash, went chairs and benches.
ssAt length, Mr.. F. B. Kimble, Of Medina
county, obtained the floor. IL the Baltimore
platform makes this confusion here, what will
it do at the polls2 Cries of Go it, Uncle Toms
Cabin We have worked unanimously on our
own Ohio platform Of 184s there is no need
for us to 60 to Washington or Baltimore, or
anywhere else, for our principles. Your Dem
ocratic majority has always come from the
Western Reserve. A member from Hamilton
county shouted, It's a d-d lie. Another voice
cried out, You're d-d fool Another, You're
all Abolitionsts up there.'l Mr.. Kimble re-
sumed, Strike, but hear me- The Baltimore
platform closes our mouth on the Slavery ques-
ton, and we will speak. When Gerrit Smith
threw down the gauntlet Hiss, hiss, hiss.
Pm not to be hissed down. There Mr.. ONeli
broke in. Cries Of O'Neil, O'Ncil, O'Neil] Mr.
Kimble: Mr.. O'Neil is too much Of a gentleman
to interrupt me-, But Mr.. O'Neil went on, and
now for time both spoke, each trying his ut
most to drown the voice Of the other. The
Free Soil faction, one year ago, voted down the
Baltimore faction, and we don't mean they
shall do it again cried out 0Neil Il Slave
ry Democracy cried Mr.. Kimble In the
midst of the confusion, a number of motions to
adjourn were made Somebody announced
that Mr.. Norris, the nominee for Supreme
Judge, is here, having been brought in by the
committee sent to announce his nomination
"A motion to adjourn was put, and the
Chair delared the Convention adjourned
g It's false, we've not adjourned cried a
hundred voices. q A few men, q faction, who
never acted with the Democratic party, cannot
adjourn the Convention
aThe President arose and said Twenty
eight years have fought the battles of the
Democracy, Baltimore platform and all. IA
voice cried, Well, then, don't let them choke a
feller down 4 | will ask you once more, and
for the last time, to come to order
aMr. Roll arose, and said, let us now vote
for these resolutions, and let us know whether
we are Free-Soilers, or whether we are the old
line Democracy
@sQuestion,' question by counties, '-'no,
ayes and nays Never, emphatically, never
the rules give US a right to vote by counties
Il want to ask if the committee were oil Free
Soilers'
Mr.. Houk, Of Dayton, one of the commit.
tee, said Il can answer that question 1 in
tend to approve these resolutions. | want no
such milk and. water affairs. For myself, ad-
vocated a hearty endorsement of the Baltimore
platform; other gentlemen Of the committee
urged that endorsing Frank Perce's course
was sufficient
9The Convention then, without having taken
any vote on the substitute offered by Mr..
Cook, proceeded to vote on the original resoln-
TONS The vote was by counties, and stood
for adopting the resolutions, ayes l07, nays 25
This result was greeted with the widest shouts
"During the voting, the greatest confusion
prevailed Heretofore, one man had delivered
the vote Of the county, bnt now every delegate
joined in to swell the sound. Every name with
which any association might be connected was
the signal for more noise. For instance, when
Adams county was called, many voices shout.
ed, Jefferson comes next--hurrah for Jeffer-
son' After that manner things went
Andrew Gifin, Of Hamilton, moved a vote
OF thanks to the officers which was carried,
and, on motion, the Convention adjourned"