The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-05-24
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Ysou the ch:sszo Cosrsspondsncs Of the Ind Journa
Nosioua1 Rep"biicao Convenslon
osDRR OF BUSINESS
CHrcA AGO. May IT.
The frst thing 10 order after order ha'
been obtained was the report OF the Com
mittee on Order OF Business. BY K N Cor
wine Of Ohio. The report Of the Creden
tial Committee ought 10 have come 6rss
A. it lay as the foundation OF the organ "a
tion of the Convention. bat this little diff
eulty was no, noticed till after the repor
was made. The subject Of the report was
Ist, That the States and Territories should
be called in . certain order. which was
stated; ed. That each delegate present have
. vote. and two for each district. which.
Of course, Just doubled the electoral vote oi
the S'at-s-no,hing being said about the
right Of Territories to vote. or the right OF
partially represented States to only partial
vote; Sd, That the platform should be
adopted before nomination; 9th. that ma
iority OF the whole electoral vote. l52. or
doubled, 3O4 votes. should be necessary to
nominate: 5th. That the rules Of Congress
b. adopted by the Convention.
Every thing went along smoothly enough
ill the fourth rule was read. which being
considered adverse to Mr.. Stewards pros
pects, excited . tremendous clamor. Kisses
and shouts Of applause, mo-" "No."
"Good .""Good." rose up all over the build
ind, the galleries sharing even more largely
than the delegates in the demonstration.
II was evident at once that this rule was to
be the pivot Of the Convention's action.
and would begin contest very unlike the
usual steady going unanimity Of Republi-
can bodies. A second reading was called
for, and then the uproar doubled, and the
hisses sounded as If all the steamboats, At
Chicago had opened their safety valves at
once. Mr. James. Of New York. rose very
excitedly, and said that the majority report
had been adopted while several members
OF the committee were absent. and by only
one msjority. and he desired to present .
minority report. Some objection was made.
but it was allowed, and his report gave the
nomination to . majority of the delegates
present. This was loudly applaudsd and
hiseed in its turn.
4 NEW QUESTION AID A BrGGER EXCITEMENT.
Just At this point Mr.. Carter. Of Ohio,
rose and suggested that As the committee
on credentials had not reported it would be
improper. in the informal state Of the Con-
vention. TO attempt the adoption Of the
rules, and he moved to postpone the business
II was carried. Then Mr.. Benton. Of New
Hampshire. read the report of the Creden-
tial Committee. which gave seats to all the
delegations ON the floor. and stated that
Pennsylvania aud New Jersey had SAINT
four delegates from each district and eight
for the State as large. while Iowa had sent
eight for each dist, let aud sixteen for the
State at large. uaushter.) Mr.. Davis.
of Mass, moved to refer the case Of Texas
back to the Committee for further consi6era-
ton. Mr.. Wilmot. of Pa, sitting behind
Mr. Davis and to the right. mounted his seat
and moved to amend the motion by refer
ing tho Gases Of Maryland. Kentucky and
Virginia back to the Committee. Then
opened stormy scene. and for the rest OF
the session q Democrat would have found
the noise, i'll feeling and personal illusions
entirely congenial to his feelings.
Wilmot. with tone Of asperity. said that
he objected to States having a representa-
ton in the Cow ention where they had no
organized party behind them. 1t was not
fair that the States which had to do the
electing should be overborne in their choice
by States that could not give vote for the
ticket. He insisted at length, and with
some force. but with too much appearance
Of ill.feeling that there should only be q
representation allowed equal to the extent
Of tho party in the State claiming it, and
that only those districts should have a vote
which had regular resident delegate on
she fioor. Though he meant only TO reduce
the slave State delegations from a full vote
to such portion of tull vote as the number
Of districts represented entitle them TO; his
proposition was understood to be equivaen,
TO the exclusion of those States. because
they could give no vote for the nominee
Palmer, Of Maryland. arose. and IS soon u
his name and State were announced the
cheering became tremendous. The slave
States were about to clock horns" with the
free States OH the question Of their righ'
to participate in Republican Convention
A high time was anticipated and it was had
Palmer said he twas Republicad from
Maryland. and as good Republican as the
distinguished member Of the People
party" OF Pennsylvsnis. who had not ye
reached such an elevation ~ to allow hin
to own himself a Republican. This hi
brought down the house. The laughte
and cheering were deafeniug for sevesa
seconds. Il struck Wilmot. who had in
sisted on Republicans organic alton wit
vehemence. and yet did not call himself
''R-publicsn' at home, very isirly. II
had suffered and dared more for the caus
Of freedom than Mr.. Wilmot. [cheersl an
he could not believe that men who In
faced slavery in its home would be exclud
ed from the Convention. ("No!' mo!
"Nsver!'') He detailed at some length aa
with great feeling and animation Ii. trouble
and trials Of Republicanism in Maryland
and elected constant and hearty applaHs'
He said that the cause of freedom woul
gain strength in Maryland. and the Cor
vention must not "de.pise the day Of sma
things." He also stated that the Marylan
State Convention at Baltimore. which va
broken up by the mob. was delegate Cor
veusion. in which all parts of the Sta,
were represented. and he declared that b
was proud TO dsspise the idea that the repr
seotativss Of il on the floor were und,