Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-05


the Convention will again proceed to vote.
Very we'll But, meantime, how stood
the new two thirds resolution? Why it did
not exist at all. 1t never, according to par
liamentary. law, took effect Because why ?
Because, as the proceedings say: "Mr Big
Ter moeed to reconsider the vote, and that tie
motion be laid on tie table"
A motion to reconsider must first be dis
posed of before a resolution or bill goes into
effect This motion of Bigler's was not thus
disposed Of. The only way to get rid Of that
motion Of Biglers was to indefinitely post
pone it. No such thing was done with it.
The motion to reconsider, with its concomi>
tants, was still pending, when the Convention
adjourned. The Howard resolution could
have no effect 'etatecer, as long as that motion
was pending So the Howard resolution
was to all intents and purposes as perfect a
nullity as if it had never been adopted at all
Men well acquainted with parliamentary
law inform us that this position is absolutely
correct, and that no true parliamentarian
will dispute it. 1t follows, then, that at the
re assembling Of the National Convention at
Baltimore, this new two thirds rule was not
in force, and the old rule requiring only two.
thirds of the actual votes gigea, existed in
full virtue
2nd. Even admitting the new rule to have
been at one time in full force il appears that
IL tcds tabled for a certain purpose. 1t
never was taken from the table, and there it
lies yet, as dead as any fossil of antiquity
On this head, We will quote the Presidents
own language (Mr Cushing's) in his speech
at the re-assembling of the regular Conyen,
ton. Said he:
"A motion was made by Mr.. Cook, Of Ohio to
proceed to vote for candidates for Pres deut and
Vice President. Upon that motion, the Couven-
ton instructed the Chair not, as has been erro-
neously supposed, in the recess ofthe Convention,
but the Convention instructing the Chair, to make
no declaration OF a nomination except upon a vote
equivalent to two-thirds in the electoral college of
the United States, and upon that balloting no
such vote being given, that order acds, uBon mo-
ton Of Mr. HuSseH IF Virginia, laid upon tie
table for the purpose # enabling him to propose
motion, 7Clich he subseQueRHYdm that the Con
vention adjourn from the city of Charleston to the
city OF Baltimore, aud with provision concern
ing the filling Of vacancies embraced in the same
resolution, which resolution the Secretary will
please TO read
The Secretary read the resolution, as fol-
lows
"REsoLyED, That when this Convention ad-
ourns to-day, it adjourn to re-assemble at Balti-
more, Md. on Monday, the 18th day of June, and
hat il be respectfully recommended to the Demo
ratio party the several States to take proys-
ons for supplying all vacancies in their respec-
i've delegations to this Convention when it shall
This resolution was adopted, and the Con-
venuon adjourned to Baltimore. We repeat, /
then, that the order nstructing the President
not to declare any candidate nominated, un-
less he received two thirds of all the votes in
The Electoral College, was tabled at Charlie.
aton and ReUer taken up at Baltimore
3rd. Admitting that the foregoing all GOES
for nothing. the history Of the Convention
shows that the resolution instructing the Pres
dent to declare no candidate nominated un-
less he received two-thrds Of the full electo-
raj vote, was adopted with the understand !