The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-20


want him for home consumption (Rencwcd laughter
| and appause) withdraw his name
Ihe convention then proceeded to the first formal ballot
for candidate for the Vice Presidency with the follow
| ing result
FIRST FORMAL BALLOT FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Ma,",nWiliam M.,a n,vll !; ;y,'y DAYTON "a i, =
Massaeluset.-WllIam i dayton 49,
ss i"w,11'm 70 Lincoln 4 Bank. A. afterwards
Me- srxald s3d.a 81 KPs 9sr ays Tssa Sumner Lincoln
Nue Jgsey-Wilam 1. Dayton 81
terwards unanimous dayton, with but excepton)
R,@y@,sETiim na9yia"d9W1iam 1 l.. Psy!Sna bayions.
Thgiaa-Willam +. Dayton 8.
f9I;%-Wi1sm l: payio&a & g -
Michignn-Wiiam L. Dayton is.
Eua-WHliam l.. Daytoni2
tniyo' nia-Wiialn i. Dayton L.
kM,,s"smwiam M,, ,s,.o,aNWG L. L. p'fto" as,a o
Di.,r;T Of CoiaaJfa-wiliam L. Daysna
When Illinois its vote for Dayton there long
and loud cheering.
The CHAIR {Mr spaliing of oho) announced the vote
to be unanimous for Dayton; whereupon there
mcndous row-applause, shouting, yelling, &c, sc.
The CHAR (Ar Cleveland of Connecticut) had great
deal of difficulty to get order.
GENTLEMAN Of Philadelphia announced that the sense
Of thirty one democrats, employed in manufactory in
corded their votes for Fremont cloud cheers and three
moro for that thirty -one)
The following resolution was adoptcd:-
naIon.
The CHAIR appointed the following named delegates as
said commttee-J NJ. Ashley Ohio; Anthony j. BcccS-
or, New York; j. c. Hornbower, New Jersey; f. Rock
wood lIoar, Massachusetts, Thaddeus Stevens Pennsy
yania kinsley S. Bingham, Michigan John A. Wells,
California; Governor Cleveland Connecticut; Cyrus AL
drich, Illinois And on motion, the Chair, Mr. Lane, of
Indiana, was added to the committee.
After considerable disorder Mr.. ScIDER editor of
German paper in Illinois got the patformiand sad-l
came here delegate from the German population Of
10 part thc ntiOn
Is more truly devoted to the principles of freedom than
the German people SAppausel And have e. further G
mans OF Illinois, endorse the nominations and
the platform with all heart and soul. (Chccrs.)
And intend to work to bring every German in the
try, II possible TO support the nominations and the plat
form. (Renewed appause.) have no doubt that Mr..
the Union. (Appausc.) Already, the majority OF the
German papers, nearly one hundred in number, have
declaredtheir intention to support him. Appause And
hope that shall succeed glorious contest for
free speech free soil free labor No persons have more in
slave labor and free labor and almost all of the Germans
aborers. And if German votes against free labor,
he votes against his own interest, and there is no
iarty but this, and no platform bnt this that
the Germans consistently vote for. (Appausc The
Prairie state will give you twenty thousand majority.
Three cheers for the German press wore called for.
(Cries Of No." ''no," "hush'-and the cheers
JoHS A. GRIM editor of another German paper in Iii.
nois called up and expressed the grahcatan Of his
fellow countrymen at the enjoyment Of the freedom Of
The Germans willing to join any party thatwH aid
them to freedom, to liberty and free soil, and
put an end to slavery. They have fought for liberty,
sword in hand in ermany, and were willing to hight
for it here When the Germans heard that there a
for us-wc will join that and tight for it othe death As
long the republicans would treat them like frecmen
they would stand by the party to the death.
2ACTARY CHANDLER, of Michigan, announced that tclc
graphic despatch had been received from Detroit,
saying that the Fremont thunders were echoing
over the St. Clair as The sailors Of Detroit firing
hundred guns in honor OF the nominations Of this
Convention The channels and harbors would now be
cleared and the Of freedom spread through the
Northwest. (Checrs) He alluded to Gen. Cass and his
Nicholson letter lie would touch lightly upon that gen.
tlcnan, but Gen. Css sold his brthrght for mess Of
pottage and has had his reward like Esan. Colonel
Fremont is Esau. Franklin Pierce had betrayed his
price of his treachcry He hope that Pierce would be az
honest Judas and go out and put himself out of the
He closed by saying that Michigan would do her duty in
this great contest and next November We shall hear
spending TO this nomination. not with hundred guns,
but with majority OF ten thousand for Fremont Dayton
Mr.. WELLS, Of California said tho duty had dcvoved
upon hinhe youngest member OF the California delcga
tion-to respond the nomination of John c. Fremont
who has been chosen standard bearer during this
revolutionary struggletor We live in revolutionary times
and this carries back those other Revolutionary
the country for leader The North and the South had
its great men, but the chosen young vrginan
Colonel who got his education in the mountains, survey
ing their Businesses appause and leading his soldiers
to victory. (Chcers hail that fact of our
a leader in this contest and have fixed our eyes
Col. John G. Frcmont-(Oud applause Of military
education, unbemshcd reputation, and believe will be
q second Washington in rcdeeming this republic from
the dangers which beset It, (Chccrs California knows
John G. Fremont she has tried him. He Is her foster
father, her dscovcrer. her conqucror from the foe and
her first representative in the Senate of the United States
With the name OF Fremont and the Pacific Railroad plank
in the platform, (applausc,) if any human being
carry that state Fremont can carry it, and we will do it,
The CHAIR introduced Mr. Van Dyke, of New Jersey,
hO ha SntI snpnd In tla pfn
Mr. VAN DYKB said there were two reasons why he
should speak You will bear in mind, he said that New
Jersey gave the majority OF her votes to Judge McLcan
and ] heard II was said that if he was not
know the author of the SANDER 1t is true that New Jcr
scy gaye her preference ~ Judge Mclean She loves
Mclean. She loves him for his pure moraly-for his
high ntcgrty-hs ntegcncehs great capacity for ad
ninstorng tho affairs of this great nation in this great
crisis New Jersey loved Judge Mclean because he
of her sons--born of her own body-cradlcd
upon her bosom But she ready TO sacrifice
him for the cause. The sacrifice was thought to be
ccssary and the victim was ready When it was Arst
announced in the New Jersey delegation that tho
name OF Judge Mclean withdrawn, they asked
what they should dor The venerable man (Chicf jus
tice Horpblowcr) to whom indebted
for the correspondence recently published-that
said, II am young American; 90 for this young man,
whose star has risen in the West" cloud applause We
| go for Fremont with perfect aiacrity-thc man who
traced the buialos stops on the plainswho grapplcd
with the grizzly bear in his den-who planted the Anne
rican flag in California and then, having done all these
things, with the capacity OF Cesar could sit down and
| give us good account of them (cheers) )--tfc man
whose fame il already too large for this continent and
whose has been greeted with tho highest scientific
honors beyond the Atlantic wave (Applauso) With
him and Dayton we will wake eysry echo, from the
North river TO Cape May. {Cheers) Allow me
to thank You for the honor done to New Jersey
giving her the second place on the ticket You have
selected one OF the first of her He has superior
in this great land. He born in Morristown, settled
In the plains of Monmouth, and then, when called TO the
bench, removed to Trenton. William L. Dayton Is truly
an accomplished mana scholar gentleman learned
lawyer and a distinguished judge, I speak only what
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