Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-06-23
BALTIMORE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
FIRST DAY.

CONVENTION 10 OrueT.
The proceedings we're opened with prayer
by the Rev. John McCron, an Episcopal
Minister of Baltimore.
On calling the Convention to order,
Mr.. Gushing, the President, stated that
the hour Of meeting agreed upon at the ad-
journment had passed, but as it was be
lievcd that misunderstanding had occur
red as to the hour of meeting-some sup
posing it to be at noon to-day, instead of
10 ocock--he would direct the roll of
States to be called, in order to ascertain if
all were present
The roll was then called.
All the delegates entitled to seats were
found to be present except portion of the
delegation from Pennsylvania, Connecticut
and Delaware.
The roll call being completed and the
absent delegates having appeared and ta-
ken their seats, the Convention was for
mally. called to order and an opening
prayer delivered.
Mr.. Gushing then addressed the Con
vention as follows
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT CUSHING.
| Gentlemen Of the C0npeHti0n Permit
me in the first place to congratulate you
upon your being reassembled here for the
discharge of your important duties in the
interest of the Democratic party of the
United States and l beg leave, in the
second place, to communicate to the Con-
vention the state of the various branches
of its business, as they now come up for
consideration before you. Prior to the
adjournment of the Convention, two prin-
cipal subjects of action were before it
One was the adoption of the doctrinal
resolutions constituting the platform of the
Convention, and the other voting upon the
question of the nomination of candidate
for the Presidency. In the course of a
discussion of the question of a platform
the Convention adopted vote the effect OF
which was to amend the report of the ma
jority of the Committee on the platform
by Substituting the report Of the minority of
that Committee and after the adoption
of that motion, and the substitution of the
minority for the majority report, division
was called for upon the several resolutions
constituting that platform, being five in
number. The first, third, fourth and fifth
of those resolutions were adopted by the
Convention, and the second was rejected
After vote on the adoption Of the first
and third and fourth and fifth OF those
resolutions, motion was made in eacf
case to reconsider the vote and to lay that
motion, for the reconsideration, upon the
table but neither of these motions to re-
consider or to lay on the table was put
the putting of those motions having beer
prevented by the intervention of question
of privilege, and the ultimate vote compe
tent in such case, to wit : of the adoption
of the report of the majority as amended
by the report of the minority, and the ul
innate question had not been acted upor
by the Convention, so that at the time
when the Convention adjourned there re.
mained pending before it these motions, tc
wit: to reconsider, to adopt the resolutions
constituting the platform and the ulteriol
question Of adopting the majority, as a
mended by the substitution of the minority
report. Those questions and those only
as the Chair understood the motions before
the Convention, were not acted upon priol
to the adjournment. After the disposition
of the intervening question of privilege,
motion was made by Mr.. McCook, Of Ohio
} to proceed to the vote for candidates TO
President and Vice President. Upon tina
motion the Convention instructed the Chai
hot as had been enormously supposed il
the recess of the Convention, the Chair de
termining for the Convention, hut the Con
vention instructing the Chair-to make n
declaration of a nomination except upon
vote equivalent to two thirds in the Elec
toral College of the United States, an
/ upon that balloting no such vote bein
given, that order was, upon motion Of tn
gentleman from Virginia Mr.. Russell lai'
, on the table for the purpose of enablin!
him to propose q motion, which he subse
4 quently did, that the Convention adjourn
from the city of Charleston to the city O
!, Baltimore, and with provision concern
, ing the filling of vacancies embraced in tn
same resolution, which resolution the Sec
/ retary will please to read.
T. The Secretary read the resolution, n
follows -
Re,oivsd, That when this Conventio
adjourns to-day, it adjourns to reassembl
at Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday, tn
:, eighteenth day of June, and that it be re
0 spectfully recommended to the Democrat
I party of the several States to take provis
ion for supplying all vacancies in their re
: spective delegations to this Convention
d when it shall reassemble.
}, The Convention will thus perceive thu
: the order adopted by it provided, anon
: other things, that it is respectfully recon
mended to the Democratic party of til
, several States, to make provision for sup
plying all vacancies in their respective dele
t cations for this Convention, when it sha
: re-assemble. What is the construction
a question not for the Chair to determiu
or to suggest to the Convention, but fc
a the Convention itself to determine. How
# ever that may be, in the preparatory al
= rangement for the present assembling
u this Convention there we're addressed I
" the Chair the credentials of members eleC
l. ted, or purporting to be affirmed, and col
, frmed by the original Conventions. an