The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-26
BURLINGTON, SATURDAY, NAY .as, 1860.

We had been warDea by the result a a. nrr,
crattc CoavcatfOn at Charleston u the slnns
Of wearyiag tho pablo mind by losAx and tedio
Deliberations II We could 6nisA 10 our 10,
and adjourn to-m0frow afternoon. Il vould 4
with immense effect upom she couptty. II IA
planse.I He would work from nov until th
hour for the purpose Of accomplishing this co
and be w0nld move that the communication
; the Board Of Trade ba referred 60 . commits
Of i've, to coafef With the Board of Trade.
make arrangements for accepting their invit
tion after the final adjournment Of ths Conye,
ton. sass44 s., 1.7sEg
i This motion was adopted. .ass
The Chair appointed the following eentleme
- the Committee to meet the Roasd Of Trade
1esaEs. n b Lowry, Judge Goodrich, J. ]
GlddingA Montgomery blair, Gov Cleveland
Order Of Business would meet at the Ohio hcaf
quarters at the fremont House, ct 5 O'Clock: a.
the Committee ON Permanent Organisation Woul
meet ct No. "a fremont House, at the ssm
hour. s.. s. -. =. s - =
The Convention then, at 2 o'clock, adjourned
iim EVENING sRssrox. sa,
| The Convention assembled ut o'clock, pursu
ant TO adjournment. 81
The Chairman Of the Committee appointed 4
confer with the Committee of the Board of Trade
reported that they had discharged that duty. nm,
ascertained upon an interview with the Board
that an entire feet Of vessels was in readiness
LOT the use Of the Convention, and that til,
6oard OF Trade were extremely anxious that th,
Convention accept the invitation, and take TIN
excursion at 6 o'clock.
MT. Haywsrdof Rhode Island, opposed the ad
journment OF the Convention for any such nur
pose, but his remarks were lost in the great CON
fusion which prevailed. :"
The motion for an adjournment at O'Clock. in
order to accept the invitation of the Board soI
Trade, was put and lost.
Judge Kelley Of Pennsylvania, moved that the
Committee OH Credentials be requested to report
Adopted
1t being stated, however, that the Committee
on permanent organization were prepared to re-
port, and were merely awaiting the arrival Of
their Chairman, it was decided that their report
should be FIRST heard
The Committee on Permanent Organization,
reported that they had agreed upon the
Hon. George Ashmun Of Massachusetts,, a. the
permanent President Of the Convention. The
report of the Committee thus far was adopted.
and the Hon. Preston King, Of New York. and
Carl Schurz of Wisconsin, we're appointed q
Committee to conduct the President to the
Chair.
On Mr.. Ashmun taking the chair, he was greet
60 with three hearty cheers, both by the audience
and the Convention.
Mr. Ashmun said: Gentlemen of the Conven-
ton, Republicans, Americans! Nv first suty is
70 return my thanks to you for the honor con.
terred upon me- In the spirit which it is offered,
accept this honor, convinced that the same
generosity which places me here will excuse INV
tailings and enable me to discharge my duties -
1n fnrpa <haN 10
from the deep degradation in which she has fall.
en-to prepare for the formation and carving ON
OF new administration. The solemn look / see
upon every face shows that we all have full
sense OF the responsibilities resting upon u.s.
Allow me to say that we have right, in the name
OF the American people, to impeach the Federal
Government tor the gravest crimes that can be
committed by constitutional government. l
care not how many paper protests the President
may send in to Congress, against the investiga-
ton OF his wrongdo,ngs. We, the Grand In.
quest OF the people, will not only find out the pun
ishment, sure and terrible, but the remedy, thor
ough and effectual
Mr.. Ashmun proceeded to congratulate the
Convention upon the good fortune which has at
tended them in holding their Convention in so
pleasant city as Chicago, and upon the good
feeling which had thus far characterized all their
The Chairman Of the Committee On Perma.
nent Organization, then made the balance of their
report, as follows:
Your Committee, appointed to nominate per-
manent officers, have attended to that duty, and
report that the permanent Organization consist of
a President, twenty-six Vice Presidents, and
twenty-six Secretaries, as follows
For President, Hon. Geo. Ashmun, of Mass.
For Wee Presidents, Messrs Hibbard, of Yer.
mont nf oc l. r.
land, Cleveland, of Connecticut, Harvey, Of
Maine, Hale, of New Hampshire, Noycs, of N Y,
Rogers, Of n. j., Stevens, of Pa, Clark, of Del
aware, Marshall, of Maryland; Crawford, Of Va,
Rogers, Of Ohio, Baird, of Ind, Davis, of ILL.,,
Crocker, of Wis, Goodrich, of Minnesota, Grow.
of Missouri, Gallagher, of Kentucky, Chandler,
of Texas, Sergeant, of Cal, Burlingame, of Or.
egon, Harrington, Of District Of Columbia,
Scholte, Of Iowa, Ferry, of Michigan.
For Secretaries, Messrs. Wing Of Maine, Hub
bard, of New Hampshire, Stewart, Of Vermont,
Hazard, of Rhode Island, Starkweather, Of
Conn.,, Rogers, Of Mass, Curtis, of N. Y, Hop
kins, Of n j., Bell, of Pa, Hopkins, of Delaware,
Cole, of Nd, Campbell, of Va, Beebe, of Ohio,
hatt,o Ind, stoughton, Of Michigan, Allison,
Of Iowa, Frisbie. of Wis, Morrison, of Minn.,
Kidd, OF Mo-, Hawes, of KY, Henderson, Of
Texas, Staples, of California, Thayer, of Oregon,
of Nebraska
Mr.. Tracy, of California, moved for commit
tee of one delegate from each State and Terrific
~ represented, to be designated by the delega.
tion from each State, to draw up a series of res
olutio $ for the adoption of the Convention.
Mr.. Carter, of Ohio, moved US amendment
that all resolutions relating to this branch of bu
sness be referred to this Committee without de-
bate.
The motion was carried, and the States being
called, the following gentlemen were appointed
said committee;
Maine, George L. Talbot-New Hampshire,
Amos Taft-Ncrmont, Z. N. Briggs-Massachu-
sets, Geo. S. Boutwell-Rhode Island, Ben.
Eads-Connecticut, S. w. Kellogg-New York,
Henry r. Lelden--New Jersey, Thos, II. Dud
lcy-Pennsylvania, w. Jcssup-Delaware, N. 3.
smith-Maryiand, +. P. Blair-Virginia, Alfred
Colwell-Ohio, B. H. Rarron-Kentucky, Geo.
Z. Rlakey-lndiana, w. I. Otto-Michigan, Aus
tin Rlair-lllinois, Gov Gus. koerner-Wisoon-
sin, Carl Schurz-Minnesota, S.cphen Miller
S. D. Tracy-Oreson, Hor-
ace Greeley-Texas. James A. Shaw District of
Columbia, G. A. Morgan-Nebraska, J. Sidney
Gardner-Kansas, John B. Handerschidt.
1t was announced that the Committee would
meet at Room No. "a fremont House, at seven
this evening"
Mr.. kaufman of pennsylvania. moved that the
Commitete on Resolutions be instructed to have
their report printed and distributed among the
Delegates before presenting it to the Convention,
Agreed to.
It was moved and carried that when the Con-
yention adjourn it adjourn 70 ten o'clock to-mor-
row Thursday morning,
Mr.. Rollins, Of New Hampshire, offered the fol-
loving:
Resolved, That the delegates from each State
be requested to designate citizen Of their State,
to serve as . member Of the Republican Nation
al Committee for the next four years. Adopted.
The Convention then, at half-past six o'clock,
adjourned until ten o'clock this morning.
sIcoN2 DAr-xogNINa SESSION.
The same immense crowds throngcd in and
around the Wfgwam this morning. The CALLER
les, especially, presented galaxy Of brilliancy
and beauty, being densely crowded with ladies.
liilmore's ane Boston band discoursed their glo-
rious music for some minutes previous to the
opening, and were rewarded with the cnthusias-
tic plaudits of the immense. throng present.
Promptly at ten o'clock the President called
the Convention to order. An interim Of several
minutes elapsed before order could be restored,
inasmuch as outsiders had filed the seats occ,i-
pied by the delegates. After order was attained,
Rev. Mr.. Pattcn, of the First Congregational
Church, offered prayer.
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