Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-28

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now moved that Willard Fillmore be declared
the unanimous choice Of tho convention.
The motion being put, 1t was carried by a
tremendous shout of ayes.
Six hearty cheers we're then given, and the
greatest JOY prevailed, amid all present, there
being at this time 600 outsiders in the room,
who gave vent 70 their feelings Of delight in
tones Of thunder.
Mr.. Ready, of Tennessee, proposed three
cheers for New York, which were given.
| For Vice President.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot for
a candidate for Vice President. The ballot tor
a candidate for the Vice Presidency was
attended with much excitement, and the fire.
quent changes OF vote created difficulty in
making correct record. The candidates at
first voted for were VIM. X. Smith, of Alabama I;
Percy Walker, of Alabama; Andrew jackson
Donelson, OF Tennessee A. H. H. Stewart of
Virginia; Henry j. Gardner, Of Massachusetts !;
aud Kenneth Raynor, of North Carolina But
after the vote had been called, delegates from
various States arose, and changed their votes
in favor of Mr.. Donelson. The result was an.
nounced as follows:
Percy Walker. ......S Andr W Doneson ISL
A Ii. IL. Stewart. q ]. Gardner. . H.
Kenneth Raynor. IS
Mr.. Donelson having received majority Of
the votes for the Vice Presidency, was declared
duly nominated for that position.
On motion, and amid much applause, the
nomination was made unanimous.
A motion was made, and agreed TO, that q
committee OF five be. appointed to wait upon
| the nominees and inform them of heir selection,
| and Messrs. A. Ii. Ii. Stewart, of Virginia;
Andrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania; Erastus
Brooks, OF New York; E. b. Bartlett, of
Kentucky; Vim. j. Eames of Massachusetts.
and the President of the Convention were
appointed Committee 10 perform the business.
During the progress of the convention,
many things occurred to disturb its harmony
and to give rise to heated sectional strife and
personal controversy. There was strong in
fusion Of Black Repubcansm in the conven.
| ton, whose blind fanaiicism and violent aboli-
tionism drove from the convention some of the
most prominent Southern members They,
however, atterwards returned; and, being en-
braced by the-immaculate Brownlow, resumed
their seats and their participation in the pro-
ceedings. Subsequently, and just before the
voting for President commenced, another exc
dus from the convention took place, of about
fifty Northern delegates.
| The Northern boilers held meeting at the
| Merchants Hotel, at O'Clock, and the follow
ing named delegates, representing eight States,
were present:
| NeU Hampshire.-Ex-G Governor Colby.
| Connecticn.-Lucien G. Peck, j. +. Dun
ham, H. Griswold, L. Perkins and D. B. Booth.
| Rhode Lstand.-L. j. Nightingale and Oliver
Case.
Massachusets-W. S. Thurston and z. K.
Pangborn.
PsnnSylrania.-John Williams, R. M. Rid.
die, ]. +. Coffee and w. p Chase.
OhiO.-F. Spooner, I. II. Ford, L. H. Olds,
o. Ii. Fishback, Thomas McClees, NJ t. Stur-
tevant, II. G. Hedges, j. III. Baker, w. Fl. G..
Mitchell, Jacob Egbert, w. B. Allison, W. B.
| Chapman, w. d. Rogers, ID. w. Stambauch
and w. Gilman.
| Local. III. Webster and W. p. Clark.
Winois.-Henry S. Jennings
Lieut.. Gov. Ford, OF Ohio, was called to the
chair, and Lucien G. Peck and L. II. Webster
were chosen secretaries.
Their protest is as follows:
PROTEST OF THE BOILERS.
The Philadelphia papers contain report of
a meeting of the delegates from the several
States, who bolted from the above convention.
Ex-Governor Ford, of Ohio, presided. Dele
gates from eight States were present. They
adopted the following protest:
"To the american Party of the Union.-The
undersigned, delegates to the National Nomi.
mating Convention now in session in Philadel.
phia, find themselves compelled to dissent from
the principles avowed by that body. And
/ hnlH flax al. 4 A
ration Of the Missouri Compromise, demanded
by the freemen of the North, is redress of an
undeniable wrong and the insertion OF IL. in
spirit at least indispensable to the repose Of
the country; they have regarded the refusal Of
that Convention to recognise the well defined
opinions OF the North and of the Americans OF
the free States upon this question as denial
OF their right and rebuke Of their sentiments
They have therefore withdrawn from the
nominating convention, refusing to participate
in the proposed nominations, and now address
themselves TO the Americans Of the country.
especially of the States they represent, to
justify and approve their action, and to the
end that nominations conforming to the over
ruling sentiments Of the country on the great
issue may be regularly and auspiciously made
the undersigned propose to the Americans in
all the States TO assemble in their several State
organizations, and that delegates be sent to
the convention to meet in the city Of New
York on Thursday, the 18th of June next, for
the purpose Of nominating candidates for Pre-
sident and Vice President Of the United States y
Some Of the delegates decided in favor Of
uniting with the Republicans, while others said
that il that we're done they could not remain
in the organization. I've Of the delegates
from Connecticut stated that they would go for
Mr.. Fillmore if be would place himself on the
anti-Nebraska platform. Governor johnson,
Of Pennsylvania was at this meeting.
When it is borne in mind that the delegates
from eight States drew out Of the convention
and repudiated its nominees, how ridiculous
does al the hullabalo Of the Know-nothings
seem. II is idle in them to be exclaiming
victory, victory, and to be firing guns in affect.
ed exultation, when they begin their canvass
with the certain loss Of eight States We may
well doubt whether, under such circumstances,
President Fillmore can be persuaded to accept
the nomination. Having once been President,