The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-05-23

CHICAGO, Friday. May 10, L. NJ.
Salutes are now being fired for Lincoln's
nomination. The town is in an universal up
roar of music playing, professions marching,
and mutitudes shouting. The vote on the
nomination is being made unanimous.
LETTERS.
AFTERNOON. oN.-WelI, the Lincoln combination
has proved successful Last night the candidate
for the Governorship Of Illinois, Indiana and
Pennsylvania, threatened to resign if Seward
YVES nominated. The delegates. from those
States cried aloud and spared not. The New
England delegations and Virginia were taken
to task by Greeley and the Blairs, and every
body else who could be inlucel to shrek,
that Seward and success were not compatible.
The Cameron men yielded, and agreed to go
for Lincoln as their second choice. The Fre-
mont delegates were persuaded to abandon
Seward. There were ten thousand trumpeters
for Lincoln in town, who made dismal outcry
of disaster if Seward ware nominated, and
mighty proclama:ions Of victory with Lincoln
So the effect OF the imminence Of Stewards
nomination, which appeared last night, was tc
consolidate all his opponents and all the weak
brethren upon Lincoln, While the Seward
ties were enjoying themselves over their wine
their strength was being undermined, and
while there was an almost universal anticpa
tion of Seward's nomination this morning, the
way was prepared for his certain defeat.
The cheering in the vii wan to day was abso.
lutey deening. / don't belive hund &c
steam whistles could haVs been heard above the
concentrated shrieks of the vast multitude
which were several times repeated, and KEEP
up without an instant's intermission for sever.
al minutes. ...
While the balloting proceeded, men station
ed on the roof announced the vote ofeach STATE
to crowd of at least twenty thousand out
side, whose shouting was like the roaring 0
Niagara. ......
The moment Lincoln had majority Of tn,
votss, the fact was proclaimed from the rooi
and salutes we're fired at once the explosions
being responded to by shouts within and with
out the wigwam. The Convention could no
proceed with business for nearly an hour.
The responses Of the Seward men 10 tn,
nomination of Mr.. Lincoln were not very hear
ty. They !elt too bad to get up an artifcia
warmth, but the Lincoln men were outrageou
and incapable of containing their agony and de
light. They have turned the town into pan
demonium. Nearly everybody who was il
the wigwam this morning has headache, an,
the Internal din of that place is still ringinI
painfully in our ears. .s..,#
A dozen Charleston Conventions combinec
would not compare with this affair if measured
by the disturbance made; and the tremendou
applause at Baltimore compares with the arti
Gle here as the breath of a sick man cooling
his broth to hurricane tearing through viii
derness a..
! ...- LATEST.
/ The nomination OF Lincoln defeated Cassiu
M. Clay, Tor Vice President. 1t was though
inadTisable to have both candidates from tn
West The outside pressure was for Clay
The crowd cried, Clay! Clay! to the Conven
tion. New York was for Hamlin, as he is
fast friend OF Seward. When Banks was with
drawn, General Nye, Of New York, said, "thanl
God there was one Of the conspirators gone.
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