Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-01
Last Nights Report.
THE NATIONAL DEmOoRATIO CON-
VENTEONs
SEVENTH DAY.
CA1ELEsToN, April 80.

After prayer, the President addressed fhs Con
Vention. apOlogising for the harsh language used
By him during the disorder on Saturday evening
he, however, considered il his duty to gpsal
plainly and positively.
The President announced the frst businssg IL
order vas taking = vote on the main question
which was on the substituts offered.
Mr.. Butler, In behalf Of MaSshehusetts, Min.
ussota, Indiana and New Jeriey, presented the
Cincinnati Platform, with resolution for the
protection Of citizens Of foreign birth. Vots
being taken, the Butler Platform was rejected By
a vote Of nearly tEo-thirds against it-Syes 105
nays 1913. When New jersey was called dele
gate stated that the Convention appointing them
ss dolegates had instructed them to vote as .
unit
The President decided that the word ''Feooms
mended" was equivalent to an instruction.
The decision Of the Chair was appealed FROM
motion to lay the appeal on the table was lost,
ayes $50, nays 146.
The question then occurred on SuHlaining the
SPpesl. vote By States vas demanded and re-
suited 10 ayes l46-thn5 reversing the decision.-
The result iS gain Of two votes il New jersey,
and Georgia will also claim itS right to vote By
districts.
The next vote will be on the adoption Of the
minority report when Ala, Ark. Miss In q body,
and portion Of La, snd other States, and with
draw from tho Convention.
After nearly an hour spent in discussing points
Of order and various parliamentary movements to
prevent the reaching Of Jhe main question, Mr.
Butler moved 70 lay the Ehols subject on the ia
bic and proceed to vote for President
Cries Of aAgresdl" !" "Ho, no I" &c.
| Mr.. WenthFOp oOntended that the motion Of
Mr.. Butlel was out Of order. and that q vote on
| the platform mGst now be taken.
! Mr.. Clark, Of Miss, was unwilling to reach 3
| pneu By subterfags that We cannot reach BY
| lsraideahng
Mr. Citing, Of Nd, attempted to address the
| Chair, but was called TO order.
M Butler withdrew his motion to lay on the
table and proceeded to ballosing.
| Tn President was about stadng the question
when a voice cried out 'aMr. Prssident-a mistake.
1 didn't second that mans motion down there"
Mr.. Gittings rose 10 demand an explanation he
would like to know Who it was who spoke 50 dis
respectfully to him. he claimed to be delegate
| from Maryland.
Mr.. Hooper rose. He did not intend anything
disrespectful 10 the gentleman, but his name was
| Tom Hooper, Of Alabama.
Mr.. Gittings-H no insult was intended the
gentleman will call at my room and take a drink.
The question was then taken on adopting the
minority report IS q substitute for the majority
report, snd it was adopted syes l65, nays l3S.
Mr.. Flourney asked permission 70 make 3 per
| sonsl explanation declaring himself for Douglas
and unwilling to obey the instructions 10 leave the
convention in case the minority report was adopt
ed. The question then recurred on the adoption
Of the majority platform.
! Mr. As6e, Of H. c., stated that If these majority
resolutions are adopted he would be compelled 70
abandon the convention, and discOnnect bimself
from the Democratic party. [Cheers from the
| South
Mr.. Salisbury, of Del, contended that the pre-
ambe to the minority resolutions cOntrOVert the
Cincinnati Platform. [Cries Of order and the gen
tleman talking at the top Of his voice until
drowned in the uprOar
| Mr.. Butler demanded that the question be first
taken the first part OF the resolution, affirming
the Cincinnati platform separately, and it was
adopted-ayes 233, nays 70.
When Missouri was calIe1 Mr.. Glenn arose and
voted No declaring that Missouri believed the
Cincinnati platform as explained at the North and
South, an unqualified hWindle. His voice was
drowned amid cries Of order.
| The last half hour up 10 ! O'Clock was spent in
discussing the right Of the Georgia delegates 70
vote by districts, the President having repeated
his decision that the word request" in the case
Of Georgia. is equivalent to provision or intima-
ton to vote as q emit.
Mr.. Seward appealed, aud whilst the vote was
being taken withdrew his appeal.
Mr.. Briggs, Of New York now that the Cincin
natl platform was adopted, moved that all the bal
anee OF the resolutions be laid on the table.
Mr.. Cuttings, Of Nd, rose TO know whether be
had been ruled out Of order simply because be
came IRON slave state. LCries OfOrdsr and great
confusion
Mr.. Gitti1gs continued to proclaim himselffrOm
or der State, and succeeded in getting himself
laughed at, which seemed 10 be his object.
The chair stated that he bad not TO his knowl>
edge, called the gentleman to order, except when
be was clearly out Of order.
| Mr.. Cuttings replied-"Perhaps 80" and then
added tbath had not bad the honor or meeting
| the President before, since 1910, when be made
the most violent Wing speech be had ever heard.
| (Cries Of order"
| Mr.. Stuart raised point Of order, that motion
to lay on the table would carry the whole subject
with it.
The President decided that It would not carry to
the table, the Cincinnati platform just adopted.
/ Mr.. Cuttings rose to personal eXpiauai0n.-
He did not mean any personal insult to the Chair
when be remarked that he had first seen him at .
| Whig meeting, making Wing speech he hon
ored such men; he boDored any man who dared
to be Democrat in Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Yancey, of Alabama, said the motion
to lay the balance Of the Minority Platform
on the table was out Of order, as it was equiv
aient to q motion to strike out all but the
first resolution, which would be clearly out Of
order.
The President declared the motion to lay
on the table in order.
After the vote had commenced, Alsbsma,
Mississippi and Florida desired 10 withdraw
their votes, and Arkansas withdrew thres Of
its votes, all refusing to vote on the subject.
The result was then announced, Yeas 81,
Nays 1880 the Convention refused to lay
the Minority Platform on the table.
The Convention then proceeded to vote sep
arately on the resolutions.
Mr. Brown, Of N. c., warned gentlemen
that il they adopted these resolutions that the
Democratic party would cease to exist as q
national party.
Mr.. Stuart, of Mich, rose to 9 question of
order. (Cries Of down, down, by the Southern
members.)
Mr.. Richardson, of Illinois, rose and desired
to address the Convention. Great excitement
ensued, and the Southern members demanded
q decision on the point Of order, refusing to
hear Mr.. Richardson, and crying him down.
Mr.. Richardson maintained his position,
and great anxiety was manifested to hear
him. He made several attempts to speak but
sissippi delegations.
Judge Meek of Ala. demanded that the Con-
vention proceed to vote, and that no other
business be allowed.
Mr.. Cochrane Of n. Y. asked q suspension
Of the rules to allow Mr.. Richardson to speak.
The motion was declared out Of order.
Another half hour was spent in points Of
order and privileged questions, when vote
was taken on the motion to strike out the
preamble and part relating to the bred Scott
decision Of the Supreme Court relative tC
slavery. Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas,
and Florida declined to vote.
The delegations generally went out 10 con-
suit, and the vote was finally announced as
follows: Yeas 40; nays 230. The only yeas
we're New Hampshire l, Massachusetts, lO2
Rhode Island 4, Connecticut 4, Pennsylvania
9, Maryland 81 Missouri 8, Kentucky A.
This was regarded as yielding to the South
The President then announced that the pre-
ambls, with the FIRST resolution, is rejected.
Mr.. Butler proposed that the balance o
the platform be voted down without division
RMr. Stuart, Of Michigan, demanded q sepa
rate vote on each resolution.