New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-06
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American Nominating Convantion

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m ne ne 4esan Convention 10 nominate candidates
ioT ne Pretdeneyard Vice Presidency met Al PHI,
debh'a On the = taspursuant to adjournment .tts
ihe pEocesungsS u opened with pra YER and Mr.
Br0WlloW, OF tennessee moved that Tho -
proceed at once to make ornnations f
for President and Vice President Of The frit tss8
and called the previous question, which va
tanned. Ss55@1ea$"l - Laf n NJ S,gs4sss 'as-
The main question YVES then taken ~ s,s,s .,,s
nays and decided in the affirmative BY vote in saar
of Isl against 81. S
Mr.. A.. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, then nominated
Hon. MIard Fillmore, Of New York, for President.
President. -
Mr.. Sly, Of Maryland, nominated the Hon. Wm. E.
SnithSof Alabama, for Vice President. Y
Mr. Perkins, Of Connecticut, spoke at length and
insisted upon restoration of the Missouri CoIpro
mise as the ultimaum Of his State, and without that
principle III the American PLATFORM Connecticut could
not and would not go for the nominees Of the Con.
yention. Upon concluding, heinyitedtFe delegations
from the states determined t0stan upon the restora.
ton of the Missouri Coprofse to meet at Ii o'clock
at the Merchants Hotel, to organize W committee to
call National Convention. tt understood that
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, in part
hhooe Island, ONO In part, Iowa, Illinois and Penn
sylvania in part, were embraced in this secession A
great deal OF time was consumed in trying to ret at
some plan for making the nominations and finally it
was settled to make a general nomination Of candi-
es iof pfesdent by calling over the several States,
WIN t1e ntentIon after recess to proceed to com
plS.e p the nominations upon plan to be agreedson.
The nominations as made were sIillard Fillmore,
ofeW M 1Grk; John Bell Of Tennessee, r. F. Stockton
Houston, of Texas; Erastus Brooks. Of New York:
s5arTet DAVIS; of Kentucky; Kenneth Raynor, of
North Carolina John N. Clayton Of Delaware.
e EHaGoYefnot (; johnson; Of Pennsylvania, was also
put u nomination, but he positively declined being
considered a candidate before the Convention. =. .
L. lhe ConFentlon then adjourned to 5 o'clock
| Afternoon 'Session-The Convention in the morn
InglaVng made the general nominations by calls Of
! fhn Lv,ps zEI
session was to fix upon the plan of taking the vote
for'the final nomination. This was settled by taking
the votes OF the States according 70 their representa-
tlon IN the electoral college, the absentee to be repre-
by the delegates of any State voting for the respect
i've nominees wheresthey differed in their preferences
and Where the whole number voted for one eand
date, 70 give the entire number Of votes the State
I was entitled to for that candidate. GzsE
The roll was then called and the result was as fol
-oHs !: For Mlllard Fillmore, Of New York Ira: Geo
Law, OF New York, 81; John Mclean of Ohio, l3
Garret Davis, of Kentucky 10; Kenneth Raynor, IA
+ Whereupon Millard Fillmore was announcedas hay
ing received majority OF the whole number Of votes
cast, as the candidate for President of the United
/ States. ! :
On motion, the nomination was made unanimous
and good round of cheers given for the candidate
The Convention then proceeded to a. nomination o
candidate for the Vice Presidency, and upon til,
iirst count, Andrew Jackson Donelson of Tennessee
nad iol votes; Kenneth Raynor, s; Percy Walker, s
Gardner Of Massaehusetts,I2 Stewart, 2; when MI
aDonelson was announced as the candidate. His nom
nation was then declared unanimous In several o
the States the delegations voted entire for the nom
nees, and large number went almost unanimously.
Great enthusiasm was exhibited after the nomina
tons were completed and number of speeches wer
made characterized by strong conservative feeling
upon the question that so long distracted the delibei
alton Of the body, and fixeddetemination to aher
to the principles of the party and to give firm an
ardent support to the candidates agreed upon.
The Convention then adjourned.