Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-05-24

,,;ldes, .n,h,s;ssm
M Evar,s. of Nov york hov;n, oh,.;n.
ed a hearing. said. .Mr Cba;rm.n can Nov
York have The silence of the Conven,ion1
(Cries of "ves ves'n 7 ssk n Tho vo,e has
vet been aonouncedi (Cries If uno, ve, -,
Tbe,. air 7 whit IN be in order 1,
Mr.. Brown. of Missouri. desired to cbanpe
tho Js vo.es of Missouri for the gallant sor
of the West. Abraham Lincoln.
Iowa. Connecticut. Kentucky. and Min.
neso,s also changed their votes. The re.
suit of the third ballot was then announced
as follows: Hl
Whole number of vote, cast 466; peces.
sary 10 choice 234. Abraham Lincoln re.
ceiyed asa votes and was declared duly nom.
mated.
The States still voting for Seward iwere,
Massachusetts 8: New York 10: N. Jersey
5; Pennsylysnia 4; MARYLAND Q; Michigan
IIc5.
Mr.. Dayton received one vote from New
Jersey and Mclean half vote from Penn
sylvania.
The result was received with renewed ap-
plause. When silence was restored, Mr..
VIM. M. Evarts came forward TO the Sec
re,ories, table and smoke AZ follows:
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of the Ma.
,;on,l Convention. The State of N. York
im;,v of purpose At home. came 10 this Con.
vention and presented as i,s choice. one of
i,s ci,izens Who had served bis State from
bovhood nm. who had labored for /, and loved
| /, We came hare a o,e., State with "a
wo ,bo,obt . oreat Statesmen (an,,,,.e,
and orr love foT tho ore,, Rennbiic from
,h;oh vo .ro all deleoa,os tho oro., Re-.
nublic ot the American J1oion. md our love
oe Tho orc,t Renpbl;can marty of tho I1,io,
and our love of our Statesman and candid.
,,e made rs think we did our dn,v 10 Tho
coun,rv and The wbols coun,rv in exoress.
;no on, nrefe,ence and love for him I.u.
nla,se Rut oen,lemen !, w,. from Coz
sewsrd tia, most of M Iearned 70 Ioye Re-.
bnhIic., +, r,inc,nles and ,he Rsnub,;c.n y m >.
:, Icbse,s tiis 6doi;,v - ,ha oo,,,,,,,
IL oo.s,;,r,ion .nd ,hs i.,v.. III. sI.,;','
to tho nartv and lie ofincinl. that m msiori,is,
oover,. his interes, IN The .dv.ncement If
On, n.r,v % i,s Iv;ct,rvy no, onr .o,n,,,
0,.v r;so % =. ,rno r,oi, fnd,tos y.
o,.,o ,h., .,..t his .so,Im.,,. = =,
the united oninion or our deIeoation whom
I move vo, air as do now ,b., M nor;.
nation of Abraham Lincoln. of Illinois as
the RepubIicap candidate fo, the suffrages
of the whole country for the Office of chief
mag gistrate of the American Union, be made
unanimous. (Applause, three cheers !or
New YorkO
A portrait OF Abraham Lincoln, life size
was here exhibited from the Platiorm,amds'
renewed cheers.
Mr. Andrew oil Mass on the part OF the
united delegation from that State, seconded
'he motion OF the gentleman from N. York
that the nomination be made unanimous
After declaring The devotion Of Massachu-
setts to the principles Of freedom and equal
ity, he estolled Gov. Seward as statesman
and patriot, and pledged his State to rol! ~
over one hundred thousand majority, .nt
give thirteen electoral votes to the candid
ates.
E'oque't speeches endorsing the nominee
were also mnde oy Carl Schurlz, Blair. Of
MO- ana browning o. ii''' ali oil whlct
oreathee spirit OF confidence and en,husi
asm.
AT tne ciose' .hree nearly cheers were
gwen Tor New YORK; and the nomination OF
L'ncoi was made unanimous with loud
cheerS lor Lincoln
Inc convention then ADJOURNED Till 5P M
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention re.assmbled at s O'Clock
A large banner was brought. on the plat.
form by Pennsylvani beafiny the inscrip.
ton, "Pennsy vania good for 10000 maiori.
ty for the peoples Candidate for President.
Abe Lincoln. /" (Received with loud applause
At halt past five order was obtained, and
the President announced the business before
the Convention to be to ballot for Vice
PresideAt.
Mr.. Wilder of Kansas, named John Hick.
man, of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Lewis, of Pennsylvania, seconded the
nomination. (Applauss)
Mr.. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts nomIna.
ted N. p. Banks, of Massachusetts. cloud
applausel