Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-30


No. llt, AssHIcss sunDlNes, sgsERIoR g.
kAs aho ohatleaisn CousS1tioa.
Tie wirss South Of Washington gave out
saiuraay nlghf q a most interesting part in
16s report, and We are therefore unable 20 give
aho vote daslh6 Platform, which was probably
lskse before ssiounasns
The SIX days hbOr Of The Convention
amounted to this, in brief An organisation;
the rjecsiou Of ths New York and Illinois
National Delegations; report by the committee
an R.solp6onl Of three platforms the pro.
slavsry majority report adopted ls to IS; heat
ed discussions; the reference Of the whole
baich back to the Committee on Resolutions BY
the close vote of I5s 10 I5li the rspost back
Of sembinstiOn southern pEo.slsvery platform
By the majority Of the Committee; anothss
heated discussion. eall ef the previous ques-
tioni and the voting down Al about o'clock
Saturday evening q mOtOntO sdjouns ayes
81, nays 400 the opposition 70 DOuglas voting
for, and the Douglas men sgaiRst adjournment.
Such are the facts, up . The failure Of the
wires.
Will tAe Convention blow upi win Douglas
be nominssol are questions much asksd.--
Tine viii aasWsr satisfactorily the press
Cannot We thiak in6icaiions favor bath The
vote on senator BiElers motion 10 Tefar the
platforms back, l5s 70 l5I strikes Us as a more
carsain index Of the real strength Of Douglas
than The vote Of 81 to 200 on the question Of
adiourument The speech Of Dr.. BarrONs, Of
Ark may Be taken as the spirit Of the ultra
case Douglas 3 nominated on bis SqpstteE
s6ehs nfy pla.Eorn ThenomiustiOnof Of Dong.
la on an aosePlaall platform to he Northern
Deracy 4 basely possible. scarcely probs
Be such nonihation. Woas0 be followed by
aWihdraaa of shs eOttOa States, unless iiEe.
eating threats aso mere bluater. So far the
breach has evidently been widening.
Tie special dispsethss % The New York and
Cinsinnasi press, give ths outside incidents
and opinionA. The n {, Y. Hssala's dispatch Of
us afsb. speaks Of b6lt as certain. AMI sums
up eandiaatss thus
There win, probably, b the following four
Presidential candidates b the 6sld--JeGefRon
Davis, Of Mississippi; Stephen A. Dougias, Of
lllin0is Sam Houston, Of Texas, and VIM,
II Seward, Of New York.
OF outside excitement and fghl il suys
TIE greatest excitement prevail 10 the city
--snqrY discussions everywhere At the din
neT table to-day fracas took place between
TIVE members Of the Ohio delegation at the
Mia House They threw plates 1t each other,
then one drew pistoi and the other elinehed,
when they were separated by friends. The
quarrel was about Mr., Douglas.
Last night Ool. Craig, Member Of Congress,
from Mississippi, and newspaPer reporter
from that state, had rough and tumble tight
at the Mills House, which they are tc settle in
another fashion " hen they 90 home
To-night, shout seven clock, Capt. Levy
and gentleman named White had an slteTcaS
tion in the bar room, which resulted in the
explosion Of pistol in the pocket of Levy,for
tunatsly without injury 20 him- duel is on
the fapis
A motion in the Committee on Resolutions
20 aaopt the Cincinnati platform, with an ads
disioaal resolution referring questions of
slaVslS 10 the Territories to the decision of the
senremS Court, vas rejected by vote of IL
Sqainss le, New York voting aye. The Gin
gchnss GaEslse's special Dispatch Of tlie S7th
na3s;
This closed the session. Shortly aits1R ards
is atbe New York delegation held meetipe, and
- sitsr stormy SESSION, passed q Fss0lations
10 81 undermining CroSWells act IN voting ieE
. HE msiority report This Is n Rarded BY the
Southern delegates as act Of gross perhdy.
II now looks e. though majority Of New York
would 70 for Douglas; but if he receives the
whole 35 it only raises his vote 70 l4ls which
A he cannot If the bGliotng continues until
doamsday carry much higher. OochFane is
greatly incenssd sgainst Dean Richmond, and
they had quarrel last night. Richmond,
losing his temper, broke 8ut IN furious tlrsde,
euruing the South and damning the President,
pronoGncingin favor Of constructing platform
70 suit the North, so 70 make great North
ern Democratic party and gain majority Of
the BerrasenfatiVcs in Congress, and let the
= South 20 to the devil The Dickinson men
L and ths Gufhrie men are excited beyond meas
u1e, and denounoe the whole thing as base
Z tTaachsEy. They say they are now sorry they
opposed The We delegates, and feel humih
sSss at being dTseeed about at the pleasure Of
the perfdioas Regency
Last night one hundre and twelve Southern
members Of the Convention pledged themselves
il caucus to each other, never to vote for Doug
las in any case. Under the rule Of voting
adopted by the Convention, minority Of the
Indiana delegation will vote against Douglas.
The programme agreed upon by the leading
members Of the delegations from Alabama,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas and Florida, with
delegates il Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia,
viii probablg hs followed BY a PORTION II not
al the delegates Of LouisianR. The programme
is 10 secsde from the Convention If sstisfactO-
n resolutions are not adopted, hold another
Convention ii this city at once, and nominate
either Slidel OF JEFF. Davis, OF some other
Soufhsfa man for President, and Fernando
Wood for Vice President, and then appeal to
the South gensraily, and 70 the conservatives
Of ne North Tha expectation rom this move
moutis to throw the election into the House Of
Representatives, in which the South VIII have
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