Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-06-21
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be -Ln-nnstI ConYentIon.


trbIgr kucesel Down
,lyClsNAn, luuc ! - The riiy "a fli. % over
flowing. aup great excitement prevails, The
friends VI each candidate seem confident Of sue
cess
The Missouri Ben.on Delegation has Leen
excluded by the National Committee, 10 whom
the question was submitted
The New York contestants will 60 before
the Convention, and II IS lnlinated that the
Convention will sOmpel them 10 compromise
hy refusing 10 receive either delegation,
The Mississippi delegation has determined
% vote for Pierce and Quilmnn,
The friends OF Nj Buchanan asser, that tho
Sumner assault has gained tina, gentleman
twenty votes,
\ resolution will De introduced to exclude
oiicr,holdcs from future Conventions,
jane 2.-Ths Convention met al mon TO-
dly.
TIE B-niol delegate, from Missouri, pre-
senlcd themselves for nImI'lnnee, which was
refused. They were decided and determined
p,rly however, and knocking down the door.
keeper, and fighting their way in, forced m en-.
trance into the hall and took their seals, Great
excitement prevailed for some time but the
Ben;oniies subsequently, retiring, in accordance
with ao overwhelming expression OF sentiment
in the Convention, all became qaiet, tickets Of
admission having been given 10 their oppo'
ucniS.
Neither at tie New York delegations have
hycn admitted, he Executive Committee huy.
ing reported against thca because the mem.
LcrS Of j, could not agree with respect to them.
SAM Mciary was appointed temporary
.,.l. IN
appropriate speech; and McssTs. Ci,hcrll, OF
Alabama, and Ritchir, Of Virginia, Secretaries
4 committee on credentials and another or
tue pcrrnanen, organization o the Convention
were appointed
Mr.. Halle, moved the appointment OF a com.
mi,tcc on the platform 10 be adopted, TO which
all platform resolutions should be referred with.
out debate. Some confusion took place in ref.
crcncc TO the disposal OF il, The Chair dcci.
dcd that it had been voted that il should lie on
the table but on the yeas and nays being Ia.
Lcu It wos carried by vote Of III to Sd
This is deemed nm nnii,Bnchauan triumph.
E. Noise represents Louisiana in the Com.
mittcr on Organization, and Hon Pierce Soue
in the Committee on Resolutions.
/, is evident that platform will be adopted
before the nomination is made, and that It vii!
be very decidedly Rut-Nebraska in tone,
The Convention adjourned to 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
After a complimentary vote for Pierce, II is
almost certain that on the first ballot, Buchan-
an will be nominated.
Indiana Ohio and the free states will give
him their votes.
June 4.-The Committee on Resolutions
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the adoption Of resolutions in favor OF the Bal.
timore platform, and also strong resolutions
against kuow.noibng sn. On slavery, these
resolutions declare that Congress has no right
to legisa,e with reere nee to the domestic M
sttu;ions Of the various states.
THIS principle covers all the source of agita.
ton upon the subject IN Congress. 1t re-af-
firms the Compromise Of 1880, including the
Fugitive Slave Law, agains; all or any agita.
ton on the question Of avery whatever by
Congress The report also adopts the Virgin
ia resolutions Of l79S, and repndiates all sec:
tional parties, and proposes reorganization oil
the party upon the principles embraced in the
Nebraska and Kansas bill.
It proposes that new states shall be admitted
either with or without slavery; that every CT.
fort should be made to secure the freedom Of
the seas, advocates free trade. urges the indls.
pensibiity OF holding sacred the Monroe doc.
,rnc, aud expresses sympathy with the Cen.
trail American revUutionlStS.
The democratic party, it states, expects OF
the next administration an effort to secure the
control Of the Gull of Mexico.
The committee also report, but without any
recommendation, resolution in favor of the
If p,,iE. abroad
SECOND DESPATCH,
June 4.-The committee on resolutions have
agreed to report a recommendation for the adj
mission Of the New York Hards and Softs into
the convention in proportion to their relative
strength at the late congressional eIecllon.-
This is substantially triumph for the sotts.-
It is expected that there will be great excite
lnent and a vehement contest in the Conven-
tion on this point.
The Convention agreed unanimously that
The question Of foreign policy should be put
Missouri Kentucky and other states opposed
TO this, endeavored TO induce vote for recess
till o'clock, hut the motion was lost. Suisse
auently motion for recess till o'clock was
carried.
Ga re.assunbling, the report of the Commit
tee in reference TO foreign policy was adopt
ed in full.
The report in reference to the Pacific Rail.
road question was next taken up. 1t was laid
on the table by vote of 1873 to 100. The
Louisiana delegation voted in the negative.
The Virginia delegation proposed resoIu-
tion that the foreign policy resolution which
had been adopted should not be considered ms
any test of party faith The Convention refu'
sed to consider it.
The Committee on Credentials announced
that they would report tomorrow on the New
York case.
The Convention then adjourned.
1t is thought that all day tomorrow will be
spent in a contest respecting the report on the