New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-20

| 90 ,hm7'con-tioue and enthusiastic cbeer.i
ana u cannot get the man whom W.. FL
Tor the man whose star comes from H. "Tn, VIII 20
hcw iisng IN beauty over this mighty and Is
-, m'n'emen' we were perfectly wiling not on,,.
Il We Could ~. 10 20 with perfect alacr;,y
-, We oo1,u not get Judge MLean for Jobn n PJ'
mont OF California Icheersl-tbe NAV ooIh Y. IRE,
we pains OF the buffalo through the ,x;S;r nee
go,sesoi The Rocky Mountains. who bss nr.,. Gad
m;,srtb grzzly bear upon their ow.csp5ed san,.
s-,he man who has planted the stan5%srJ 80 .I
United states in the golden regions NJ Vi .le
n,an "Io through toll trial. suffering dancer bunrer
nnu snow has done all these thiprs and y.i,t ~ s.
pov OF Casar himself that has gained sucb rnsop;f.
cent results, and who, whal il 40 cansbIa IS -; i
VIZ magnificent accounts Of them entbp.s",;c tn
"a man, gentlemen, whose fame ia already TOO I.,,a
'Jn .ns cohtinenf-a man, around whose brow arr
Ing the iaurelr and the bOnors Of scientific estab
nSDments beyond the Atlantic waye-e man yvbo r.
uaceo not only with bis own eve and bis own tborab,
Tue vast exteI Of country in the West and surveyed
the whole Of it, but has put it down on the man az
snat every sGbooLboy and schoolgirl can see and ex
anime it lCheers. Gentlemen, the state Of New.
jersey ls willing to 90 for this man; aud with Tobn
fremont and William L. Dayton upon our ticket
iou1 cheers, we will awaken every mountain echo
off N Sac from the NV York line to the jumping
Oh pace al cape May Prolonged cheersl. We will
not Only DO this, gentlemen, but my impression
IS that we will set fire 10 the whole of the pine
twampss on the Atlantic border, and you of
ware is not too wide to prevent the flames from
tfPresdiDg lCbeersl. Allow me also, gentlemen, to
thank you for the honor you have extended 10 the
state of NewJersey in selecting for the second Office
Cbeers] You have selected one of NewJerseys first
.oDs. will not say that he stands without an eqra
but will ray that he stands without superior loud
cheers and will say further that he stands with but
few if any supporters in this great land lCheers. He
drew his infant breath among the green hills of
MoristOwn, where Washington was long encamped.
Later he settled down on the plains Of Monmouth,
whore he became an honored member of tn. Judiciary
he nj Trentn tho
battlefield of the Revolution where the torrent which
was Overlooking Us was first checked fEnthus .stic
cbeersl. William l.. Dayton is accomplished man
in every sense Of the word He is scholar gentle.
man, learned lawyer distinguished Judge upon the
Bench. / know bin all the way through ICheersl.
know him intimately, and know that in everything
which can be desired at the present time he is the
demanded by the exigencies of the time for Vice.
President and presiding officer of the Senate Of the
United States Cheers. He is also sound on the ques-
tion which IL now agitating this country Loud
cbeeie speak, gentlemen, what know upon this
subject lCbeersl. 1t so happened, fortunately
unfortunately, that member Of Congress when
the Compromise Measures of 1850 were passed. had
frequent consultations with Mr. Dayton about those
measures, and know that he opposed them all the
way through Icheersl not all of thcm il is true He
did not oppose the admission of California mr. did he
oppose the abolition Of the slave traffic in the District
of Columbia, which he always voted to stop Cheers
But he did not vote for the Fugitive Slave Law loud
cbeers], which passed These, with other matters,
were those which were at issue when the North was
1
these three measures he voted with his own State,
which, with exception, opposed with all their
gy the Fugitive Slave Law Cheers]. When be re-
turned to his State he met tumult, that seemed
to rise all the country that these Compromise
should be abided by, and some of the people
of bis own State inclined to think that he had
msrepresented them, and the result was that he was
thrown into the shade, simply because he ak years
il advance of his constr uents upon this very question
Loud cheeIs On oil of these things he is everything
that can be desired Gentlemen, have another duty
to perform, and it is to return my thanks for the very
han 1sOme manner in which Illinois has yielded her
preferences Oud cheer] to New jersey favOrite son.
Gentlemen from Illiuois it was my pleasure to know
right well the long Stacker" you presented. i knew
Abraham Sinclair in Congress WELL and for months
sat by bis side. knew him all through, and knew
him to be first rate man in every respect and 1t 1t
had not been the will and pleasure of the Convention
to have selected William L. Dayton, know with
what perfect alacrity would have gone for him. /
know we of New-Jersey would have all gone for him
if New Jersey had been called upon to make another
sacrifice, and i know that none would have more
readily opfeDted to the sacrifice than the victim HIM
self Loud cbeerl. thank you, therefore, gentlemen
from Illinois, for the graceful manner in which you
yielded yorktown preferences and unanimously Soted
for Mr. DAYTON Of New jersey lCheersl. Gentlemen
of this Convention we embarked in great cause
You know my own afhnties have always been with
the Wing party, and those who know me Wen enough,
know am ready to abandon every single one 80 iaf
as this issue il concerned to secure the success Oh
Republican principles and will not abandDn II WINE
plank remains of the Republican ship lCacersl. we
is not to be surrendered under any circumstances. Ii
the storms do overwhelm and we are unable to nav
igate the troubled sea, rather than desert let us 20
down with her Cheers. Before we VIII ABANDON TINS
glorious ship in which have embarked, we Will nan
our coors to the mast spread every sa and give her
10 the God of the storm, of the Lightning ana the gaze
Prolonged cheersl.
Ioud cries were then made for Hale, in the midst
Of which JoHY r. HALE came forward to the platform
When the cheering had subsidized he SAID;
Permit me to congratulate you upon the spint you
have manifested and the unapimity with when tna,
EXPRESSION has Just gone forth. Deheve tnat tni,
Convention assembled not so much 70 oecne "no 1nh
administer the Government but whether there shan De
a Government to administer CheersI lou nave
assembled not to say whether the Union sha De pre-
served, but whether, being preserved, II snan VI
blessing to the nations or scorn ana ni'euS 'iio
world over Cheesl Some men nave pnat;on Of
prse-some are astonished at the present sphtiou VI
things in tits county. confess that, Whatever otne
emofops gil nv breast to-day surprise or
find no place there. am no more surprised a, wha'
hear to day-at the news the Telegraph
Sav TO my ears-than l shall be surPrseeu
ney, Autumn 10 gee the npened fruit ioiio~ns Tue
binds of SPRING and the blossoms OF summer 0he1n,s
Nv friends we are living in the harvest time % ITO
Slavery Democracy. They have s s .nSN %,rne
Tbev have terminated, budded, blossomed' ooIne
fni and now the historian is writing its history 10 Tue
HOOD of eur fellow citizens on the plans ef ksnsas
ICbeersl And il s going abroad writing ts hlueoai
nicures in the heavens over our headS IN tne u'.u
ESl that flashes up from the burning dwellings, OF gu.
, brstbrep and the picture is heislded to the word
NV The screams of the mothers and children tnst nave
b.n ruthlesy driven from their homes that tne ncen
oiarv has laid in ashes. My friends, the picture Is
not perfect until the faithful historian s T
swer The question, "Who has done it, The Ma
tional Administration have done it, aud no6oy else.
They are responsible to-day to the world TO the coun
Try, to Heaven, and to posterty lCheersl Cae Oh
yopr resolutions reces the objects which our fathers
g., r,;ro our Eed Constitution. One OF them