Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-20

ths REQUEST OF the New cfh ueio6auon, nnu hot
- thst Of Mr.. Seward himself Significant The
ous.tion then being taken, an immediate Informal
ballot was agreed upon.
Nov came the heavy bombshsll Of all Judge
sUsliing, Of Ohio, after much difficulty, succeeded
In reading letter from Judge AcLean--an excel
lent letter, by the wsy-suthorizing the WIN
drswsl Of his name, II deemed best by the ohio
delegation, and, at its concnso>, TOOK ING i0'poa
ability Of formal withdrawal thereof Inc "hoie
house was instantly in an uproar. Inc frenhoh'
man we're in ecstacies and the Mclean men, par
s,c,,.r,v the Pennsylvania delegation, correspond
,..,v .,,c,ed what could IL meanr 1t was not
49,. h.so,s the trick was understood and IL was
.a~o ,bat there had been regular bargain and
-. h.treen the Fremont and Mclean portions OF
che Ohio delegation terms ofwhich, however,
have not transpirod For few subsequent mo-
nsnts never witnessed such scene Of confusion,
nor such an exhibition of excited feeling. Thad.
Stevens, who is evidently the ruling spirit OF the
Pennsylvania delegation, respectfully asked Tor an
adjournment of an hour, that his colleagues might
confer upon their course Of action, having been
sunAnimous In favor Of Mclean, they could not,
without CONSULTATION, expect to be so on any other
candidate but he and his proposition we're treated
With scorn and contempt, even in spite OF digni-
6ed intimaton that rather than be forced into i'm
mediate action, they would be compelled to with
draw from the Convention
His effort to be heard was unavailng, and the
hos-headed spirits around him were 30 unwise and
ignorant as to declare that they could get along
without Pennsylvania an assertion which the
cooler and better informed knew well to be sub
timely ridiculous. For few moments the with
drawsl seemed inevitable; but at this crisis, the
name of 8. p. Chase, of Ohio, was Withdrawn from
the canvass, and Moses II. Grinnell, of New York,
obtained the floor In the very midst of his
speech, however, the very singular President in
terrupted him, announced motion to adjourn till
FIVE o'clock, and declared 1t carried, without wait.
Ing TO hear the noes and 30 the Convention broke
up ID q beautiful row. In the meantime, the Ohio
and Pennsylvania delegations are respectively in
private consultation. The prevalent feeling here
is that Pennsylvania, occupying the peculiar posi-
tion she does, has been grossly nsulted and it viii
require ell the wisdom there il in the Convention
to reconcile matters. This proves the character
Of the majority of this new-hngled party, and con-
6rms my former assertion that it is composed of
men who allow their one-idtad enthusiasm to run
away with their better judgment, and also that
they are determined to subject every convert they
make TO the Procrustean operation on their Adolf
ton bedstead.
s'The war goes bravely on" Unless wiser coun-
eel prevails, Fremont is to be the candidate for the
Presidency. am satisfied, if you are. 1t is ru-
xh.t cfE,r will b., Ia 10 I;o
Pennsylvania by giving the nomination for the
Vice. residency to Wilmot. twill not do Mclean
ont of the field, and his own mouthpiece Thaddeus
Stevens, says that Mr.. Fillmore ia the strongest
man in the State, and / have reason 10 know that
he spoke the truth
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention met at Ave o'clock, when Hon.
Z. u. Morgan presented communication from the
recent Boilers Convention in New York. who had,
in their letter. the sublime impudence to call them
selves National Americans" They desired flu
sion, and modestly asked to be allowed one Of the
candidates. a.
Pending motion to refer the communication to
q committee, was quite surprised to hear no less
. parsonage than Mr.. Giddings move TO lay the
whole subject on the table, which motion was car
ried. This vote, however, was afterwards recon
sidered, and tho subject referred to the platform
committee.
Judge Spalding then stated that he had been
urged to replace Judge McLean's name before the
Convention, and did 80. This was the "unkind-
est cut of all" Having wantonly slaughtered his
friend he brought out his resusctated corpse for
the sport Of those who had run him into the tolls
more unwise movement never witnessed.
The whole party being bent upon a ballot, the
disorder rose to an unusual height, and one might
readily have fancied himself among a party OF
barbarans rather than civilized men. The whole
scene was absolutely disgraceful The result OF
the first informal ballot was for Fremont 1859, Nc
Lean 1876, Sumner 2, Seward I, and Banks L.
Appeals were then made by Webb, Wilmot, and
others, to make the nomination unanimous, md a
formal ballot being had, Fremont received S29
votes, Mclean 81, and Seward l.. A motion was
then made to nominate Fremont by reclamation,
when the chair requested all in favor Of the mo.
ton to give three cheers, the voice of which
drowned the noes, which would otherwise have
been heard. And SO ended the noisy struggle
The Virginia delegation declined voting on either
ballot
Among Pennsylvanians the dissatisfaction is lily
concealed, and respectable portion of the deega-
tion steadily refused to vote for Fremont.
The friends Of Mr.. Fillmore are reoiced at the
result for they feel assured that there Is no chance
for Fremont in this State. The nomination was
evidently as unwise one as could have been
made, and betokens the most. disastrous defeat.
Evidently the Delegates were in n great measure
led astray by the enthusiasm Of Fremont's outside
friends, with whom the hall was packed. There
were no less than 900 delegates present, and not