New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-22
Republicans, but FIVE of the eish delegates deemed

east arainst him on the first, TO swell his vote on
the second ballot New-Jersey voted once Tor
DAYTON. and then five Of her fourteen delegates
broke for Seward in full view of the fact that all
the orators and election-managers between the
Penobscot and the Pacific, backed by all the gold
in Walstreet could not have secured him the
vote of that State in November. There were
few scattering delegates from other States Tor
Seward. not counting those from Vermont, who
came intending to vote for him, and would have
done so had they been able to figure up the votes
bv which he could be elected. The delegates pre-
pared to vote for Gov. S. in any contingency, num-
bered q little less than two hundred in total OF
four hundred and sixty-sx votes.
Tie ragged columns forming the opposing host
we're led-so far as so discordant and disOrderly
an array could BE- said to have common leader
bv Francis p Blair &" old Blair of The Globe
on whose mental vigor as in the case OF Mr.. Weed,
aorty years of ardent political strife have made very
| little impression. Physically, however, so many
Winters have tod on Mr.. Blair, as they have not
| on bis competitor, and his health was also poor;
but whatever he lacked in activity was more than
| made up by that of bis two sons, Montgomery and
| link. The candidates for Governor in the great
| doubtful States-Col. Curtin in Pennsylvania and
| Cen Lane in Indiana-were as energetic and
efficient as able men must be who felt that life or
death for themselves and their party hung ON the
| issue of this struggle. The Indiana delegation
having no candidate in their own State to clnbar-
rass their action and perfectly unanimous in the
yyo IN
| invoke defeat in their State and in the Union
were most efficient in the canvass, while their
early adhesion to Lincoln nearly narrowed
| the contest TO him and Gov. Seward. Penn
| sylyania, with Gen. Cameron in the foreground,
Ohio with three possible home candidates favored
| BY UNEQUAL parts of her delegation, had far less
positive weight than theirpropOrtional strength en-
| titled them to claim. 4 considerable majority OF
| the delegates from the Slave States other than
| Texas voted against Gov. Seward, but sought to
| exert little influence over others-ndeed, major
ity of them would have voted for him had they not
| feared that his nomination involved defeat.
For the momentOus fact that the four conspicu-
| ously doubtful States-New-Jersey, Pennsylvania,
| Indiana, and Illin0is-unanimously testified that
they could not be carried for Gov. Seward, was de-
cisiye. Against this Maakof, the most brilliant
eyolutiors of political strategy could not avail
There were men in each of these delegations who
would tery gladly have voted for Gov. Seward had
they been able to see how he could be elected, as
some of those from New-Jersey and Pennsylvania
did. despite their adverse convictions. Such sup
port, however earnest, could not well be effective.
IL OF frnT
State was very formidable in numbers, as much of
it was weighty in character; but some portion of
it-as was perhaps ineyitable-was otherwise.
Noisy bar-room denunciations of anti-Seward men
from this State az ngTates and traitors; claims for
Gov. Seward not only Of the exclusive leadership
but even of the authorship of the Republican
party public boasts that ever so much money
could be raised to carry Stewards election and
none at all for that of body else with triumphant
queries" If you don't nominate Seward, where
"will you get your money These were the
weapons only of the lowest stratum of New-fork
politicians, yet they had most damaging effect.
The We.ten Republicans insist that they formed
the Republican party in their several States year
before New-York fell into line with them. AS to
money, they had no faith that elections were or
could be honestly carried by it, and 10 belief that
any considerable sum was needed for that pur-
pose If it was, they preferred TO earn it by split
ting rails at fifty cents day to having it even
seem to influence their choice of candidate for
President.
| was mainly out of the canvass through We'd
nesday night and most of Thursday, being engaged
in the abors of the Platform Committee. AT ii
D. H. The Committee of one from each State and
Territory represented finding its progress impeded
BY its ownunweldiness, deputedits labors primarily
To a sub. committee of fye and adjourned to the
next morning, leaving the sub -committee to labor
through the night, and be ready to report at the
adjourned meeting. That the Platform presented
is SO generally satisfactory as it has proved, is
eminently due to John A. Kasson of Iowa, whose
efforts to reconcile differences and secure the
largest liberty of sentiment consistent with fidelity
to Republican principles were most effective and
untiring. / think former Platform ever reflected
more fairly and fully the average convictions OF a
great National party
At the last moment-that is, on the night before
the nOminatiOn-the selection of Gov. Seward
seemed rendered inevitable by the obstinacy where
with the several rival candidates were adhered to
by their respective friends. 1t was on the APP
parent mpOssibility of bringing even Ohio to unite
on any candidate from without her own borders
(or from riHiin either for that matter)-that
telegraphed that Gov. Stewards nomination seemed
inevitable. And, even when the Convention as.
sembled on Friday morning, ! could not see how a
concentration of the anti-Seward force was to be