Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-04

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y Convention adjourned at ?. n, after .
ouunuous session Of six hours. |!
The excitement In the city 10 very great.
! salute 10 firing in honor Of the Southern
allegations. The sscsders will meet TO-
lieht and nominate Dickinson, with. posi-
IL, Stephens for President. There 10
considerable feeling against the South Caro-.
ina delegates, who refused to seesde. Nortn
Jerolins stands firm, and 20 does Maryland.
Virginia and Georgia are discussing, and
part Of the delegates withdrew.
Douglas will Be nominated Tomorrow on
The Arst ballot. The Convention will have
Doms difficulty to obtain Southern man tor
vice President
= CHARLESTON, May l.
St. Andrews Hall, last night, was thronged
With numbers Of tho boilers from the Don
vsntion, John O. Preston, Of South Carolina,
presiding. On taking tho chair, Mr.. Preston
delivered . short address. He considered
this ervat occasion. He said: Sew really
know the impsrilsd condition Of the instltu'
tons Of our country. We are here to preserve
our rights and redress our wrongs. If We haa
submitted. We would have done that which
would have driven US from the land Of our
forefathers, and deprived W Of the liberty
they fought for, and ultimately would have
driven w from the spot in which their sacred
ashes repose.'
Mr., Matthews, Of Louisiana, in behalf OF
his delegation, asked that no action should
be taken By this body until more than eight
Statea we're represented. II We do not to-
morrow number fifteen, and perhaps seven
teen. w should wait till tomorrow. We
should do nothing hastily, until We hear
from those States who asked for IN adjourn
mont. last evening, in order to have IN
ODD ortunity Of consulting - to tho course
they should pursue.
4 call Of the States was then made, and
whom Now York WAS reached, DR.. Skinner,
Of the Wood delegation, responded. He said
he came there to attend National Conven-
ton, and had been sitting in the cold for
eight days, his delegation having been ousted
from their seats by fraud. lie VAS "Hard, =
and the difference between "Hard" and q
ssSoft" was that the former sacrificed place
for principles, and the latter sacrificed
principles for place. He had NO doub,
Mayor Wood would have been here If h'
had known the meeting was to be held.
Delaware called. Bsyard and another
delegate came forward.
! Masyland-no answer.
Virsinia. Responded to by Fisher, who
said there would be more Of that State here
He also said hs had seen an invitation Il
Mayor Wood to DO here.
South Carolina called. Mr.. Reed said h
WAS one Of the whose names were not signet
| in the protests. He had hesitated abou
leaving the convention in the hope Of securing
harmony; but where Alabama goes, there tn
Carslinas will 20 also, and he was satisfied
Georgia will be with US before tomorrow
night, and he also hoped all other Southern
States.
The Southern seceders appointed CON
mittee on organization, and will meet at moo!
to-day, when an organization will be perfected
4 Douglas processes satisfaction with tn
result, declaring that the seceders don't rep
resent the popular sentiment of the South.
IIaHTn DAY.
| CHARLESTON, May /.
| The floor and north gallery of the Con
l v0NtlO0 WcE0 1kIeX0AJy AuV0NSN VIVA ASNASs
and the south and west galleries wer
massed with spectators. The Presldenr
table was lined with boqusts. The seats o
|. the seeding delegates were nlled Wit
South Carolina ladies. The Georgia, Vir
einia and North Carolina delegates were ii
their seats.
The convention was called to order at 10
A. NJ, and prayer for union ard harmon.
was offered by Rev. Mr.. 1ngerson.
4 MIR. Richardson, Of Illinois, inquired
what was the business in order.
The President stated that three separat
motions to reconsider the platform resou
ton were pending at the time Of adjourn
ment, yesterday, and that MIR. Merrick, o
Illinois, was entitled to the floor.
i Mr.. Henning, Of Ga, rose to q privilig'
question, stating that the Georgia delegation
had been in anxious consultation and hat
passed resolutions, the first of whic
instructed the chairman Of the delegation t.
inform the Presidln mt of the convention tina
they VI uld no longer participate in tn
proceedings of the convention. He adde
that they would now withdraw. The resp
luton was signed by "a delegates. Fou
more delegates subsequently retired wit
them, on the ground thu they felt compele
to cot with the majority. Eight other dele
) gates remained in the convention.
Arkansas then presented their protest an
, withdrew.
Mr.. Ewing, of Tennessee, asked leave 70
that delegation to retire for the purpose Q
> consultation with some Of the retirin
delegates of the Sou b.
A portion of the Maryland delegatio
> asked leave to retire for consultation.
, A portion of the Kentucky delegatio
announced that they had no desire to retire
Tho North Carolina delegation asked leav
to retire for consultation.
Mr.. Cohen, Of Ca, one of the remaining de-
egates, proceeded to address the Convention
From early manhood he had been in the from
ranks of those who had been foremost Of tn
extremists of the States rights men, yet h
was here after q majority of his associate
had retired; he had chosen to remain an
make an effort for peace and union. Their
was no division of sentiment at the South
and there never had been any division excep
as to q question of time. The South is il
earnest; he could see in this division tn
destruction of the Democratic party-a riff
that would swell to wave, and carry to tn
Preside tial chair the arch fiend of Blacl
KepuoiicanlSm. his appear ioT couchiaelo'
and compromise was most impressive. IL
concluded by declaring that be intended t.
remain in the convention until the last feathe
was placed on the camels back, and then h.
would be among the foremost to leave it.
Montgomery, Of Pennsylvania, was opposes
to these speeches on either side. Ii there ar
more delegations prepared to leave, let them
go; they have all made up their minds w
have made up ours. We wish to proceed
with business.
Mr. Boldin, Of Co., spoke at length. Il.
intended to hold ON to the Northern Democ
racy till the last horn blows. He loved the
Union, and was determined to stand by It to
the end.
The protest on the part of the New Jersey
delegation against the action of the conven-
ton 10 annulling instructions to delegates
from the State to vote 40 unit was