New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-20
THEPEOPLES' CONVENTION.
From Our Own Reporters
VIM. L. DAYTON FOR vICE-PREsl CENr.
LAST DAY.

VIM. L. DAYTON FOR yICE-PRESfCENT.
| LAST DAT.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, june ls--loAM
| The Convention reassembled-the Presd.,. Coi
Lssr Of Indiana, in the Chair. The proccodns, ver,
opened by prayer by the Rev. Mr.. LEVY.
Mr. LEIGH of New.Jersey offered the following rcs,-
lrion:
Resolred That Naticoal Convention Of young
men in favor of free speech free SOIL free ksnsss so3
Element for President, be held during tie monA Of
September in the City Of New York under the cil Of
the National Republican Convection.
Mr. WsELPLEY Of NevJersey sad that he AROSE.
to nominate man for candidate for the Nrse.Presi-
doncy who in the House OF Representatives sesif.stly
opposed the passage of the Compromise measures in
1850, and stricken down for that act and fer the
advocacy of the very principles which we advocate
here ICheersI. He referred to william L. DAYTON
of New jersey Loud cheer.l.
Mr.. FisHIR of Penn. said be- took the Liberty TO
nominate man whose name would be tower Of
strength in Pennsylvana-Davd Wimd Of Penn.
Loud cheers
Dir. ALLIsos of Penn presented the resolutions
which bad been adopted by the Republican State
Con, sntion. Mr.. Allison said he had been requested
to nominate q candidate for the Vice-Presldency
Abraham Lincoln Of Ill (Cheers. He knew him to
be the prince of good fellows, and al od.line Wing
lCbeersl.
with Mr. Lincoln and had known him over thirty
YEAR, lie was native of Kentucky and had always
been Clay Wing and firm friend of this Republic.
He had fear of the North OF Illinois, but tue South
was inhabited by emgrsnts from Kentucky and
Tennessee but with Lincoln the ticket liaois would
be safe for Fremont, ehees and be believed 1t would
be safe without him, lloud cheers and laughter, but
doubly safe with him.
Judge SpAULprNG of Ohio-Can Mr.. Lincoln fight
Col. ARCHER Jumping at least eighteen inches from
the floor, and gesurpg emphstically with his arms,
YES, SIR. He is a son Of keatacSy Loud ana pro-
longed laughter and cheers
Mr.. jar of NewJersey said he was an Old Line
Democrat, and had always been until that party had
sunk the underneath the feet of the slave power
[Cheers He should have voted for Franklin Pierce II
be- had had then vote, and as il was he worked for
him. and he was ashamed OF il. As they had nomiua-
ted an Old Line Democrat for President Democrat as
he Mr. JAY was he thought they should now vote for
an Old Line Wing for Yice-Pre sident. He therefore
seconded the nomination of VIM. L. Dayton of New
Jersey (cheers), who had been sacrificed by the
" Henlock' Democracy of New Jersey for his o3p9si
tion to the Fugitive Slave bill With the name ofW
l.. Dayton attached to that OF John u Fremont, snc-
certain lCheersl. a.,
Judge PALMER of illinois said he, too, was IN Old
Line Democrat and he did vote for Frank Pierce
Laughter But he was sorry for it; ho arose here
of Illinois Cheersl. He had met MIR. Lincoln-no, ha
meant rather that when Mr. Lincoln was about 10 po
lcal CONTESTS he Mr: Palmer generally dSogea
DAYTON Of New-Jersey, Illinois was there Cheersl.
Ii the candidate to be the distinguished gentleman
of Pennsylvania they would support him Loud
cbeersl. He intended to name his next boy David
Wlmot Prolonged laughter and cheers. Bat If they
wanted ten thousand additional votes IN Illinois give
them Abraham Lincoln. He believed they could beat
the Democracy without him, but they wanted 10 40
it easily Loud cheenl.
Mr.. ELLIOT of Massachusetts, read the following
dispatch which was received with loud cheers:
"In Massachusetts, great rejoicing. Have good
Committee. Give US a good Vice President. Clear
the trackv'
The Convention then went into an informal ballot
for Vice President, with the following result: