The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-07-06
The Closing Scenes Of tho National
Convention.

The Closing Scenes OF the National
Convention.
During the first ballot. when the several
States were called, the leading delegates
made speeches announcing the votes of their
respective delegations. Mr.. PARSONS, of
Alabama, said: -as.ie3iag T.a.- Il
Coming from the extreme South, repres
senting u conservative constituency, de-
voted to the Constitutional rights Of the
several States in this Union, we look to the
preservation Of those rights now with more
than ordinary solicitude by clingipg to the
Democratic organization. We prefer non
intervention and union to Intervention and
disunion. (Applanse) And in urging this
1 am confident speak the sentiments Of
large majority of the people of Alabama.
Applause. We come here prepared tose
the mNt desperate efforts to break up the
Democratic party. Shall that be done /?
[Cries of "no," "no."l Shall it be said
that in 1860, here in Baltimore, the grave
of this Union was dug ? The Star Spangled
Banner still waves over us-shall it con.
tinue to wave? Applause, and cries of
eyes," yes" You will find response
come up from the Gulf States-the Cotton
States-such as has never before been heard
since the Republic was established. [Ap>
plause. You have been told by distin.
guished gentlemen of our State that we do
not speak the sentiments of our people. We
appeal to the verdict of the ballot box. We
made the issue with them in 1850 and 1851,
and we tell them to take warning from the
result of that issue. The struggle for dis
union is putting forth its last efforts. But
the people will rally around US.
Such being the principles and convictions
we entertain in the depths of our hearts, we
cast our votes as unit-nine votes for Ste-
phen A. Douglas. Loud applause.]
MIR. FLOURNEY, OF Arkansas, said:
If can be INDUCED moment longer I
desire to say that am southern man, born
and reared amid the institution of slavery.
first learned to whirl the top and bounce
the ball with the young African. Every
thing own on earth is in slave labor. The
bread that feeds my wife and little ones is
produced by the labor of slaves. They live
on my plantation with every feeling of kind
ness as between master and slave. Sir, if
I could see that there is anything intended
in our platform unfriendly to the institution
of slavery-if I could see that we did not
get every constitutional right we are enti-
tied to, I would be the last on earth to SUBJ
NIT in this Union; would myself apply
the torch to the magazine and blow it into
atoms before I would submit to wrong.
Applause. But I feel that in the doctrines
Reconsideration and popular sovereignty
RI ho int ,e %ho
south. I would scorn to entertain the be-
lief that this heart could not embrace the
whole of this mighty Union-that it was
so narrow and contracted as to recognize
only the flag of a section in the stars and
the stripes. Sir, it is the flag of whole
country. Applause. .- at
Under the circumstances, cast half
a vote for Breckenridge and one vote for
Douglas. ....r
A delegate having voted for SEYMOUR,
Mr.. BIssELL, of New York, read the fol-
lowing letter from that gentleman
"UTICA, June IA, 1860.
Allusion having been made to my name
in connection with the nominations to be
made at Baltimore, wish to state, in writ
ing, what / have heretofore said to you in
conversation, that I am averse to being
placed in nomination by the National Dem
Ocratic Convention. do not suppose my
name will be presented on that occasion,
but if it is request that you will, as dele
gate from this district, withdraw it from
their consideration. I cannot, under any
circumstances, be candidate for the office
of President or Vice President.
Yours, truly, HORATIO SEYMOUR"
On the fifty-ninth ballot, when the State
OF Minnesota was called,
Mr.. German, of Minnesota, said that a
portion of his delegation being absent OF
declining to vote, in behalf of the majority
OF that delegation, he cast the four votes Of
Minnesota for Stephen A. Douglas.
Mr.. Becker, of Minnesota will state
briefly the conclusions which myself and two
of my colleagues have come to, under the
circumstances which now surround US. We
went to Charleston, and come to Baltimore
actuated only by desire to do all in our
power to promote the harmony and union
and integrity of the Democratic party OIL
the United States. That, 1 believe, to be
the desire of great majority of our con-
stituents. Unfortunately, our desires and
expectations have tailed. My colleagues
will bear me out in the assertion, that
whenever the party has called upon me /
have stood where the fight was thickest, and
when the sacrifice was demanded, I have
laid upon the altar the warmest hopes and
highest aspirations of my heart. 1t only
remains for me to take this step in view Of
all the responsibility that bears upon me, and
shall acquiesce in the decision of that
tribunal to which we now appeal. In con-
clusion, I announce that we now vacate our
seats, taking with us the credentials which
accredited US to the National Democratic
Convention. .e- s..I
The call of the States having been con-
cluded the following was announced as the
result: --s..rr -.
SECOND BALTIMORE BALLOT. s.
u.;no Douglas. Breckinridge. Guthrie.
Name. ............. Z U o
New Hampshire.... s ao o O T.
vermont. o O r
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