Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-06-30
BALTIMORE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
CONTINUED. J


Credentials presented three reports, and
that of the majority favoring the admission
of the Southern Douglas delegations, adop-
ted by the Convention. Whereupon
very considerable number of the Delegates
from the different portions of the Union
retired from the Convention. Some retired
absolutely, some for consultation, and 9th
ers notified the body remaining, that they
would not retire, but would decline to take
any part in the subsequent proceedings.
Thus stood the cage on Friday evening,
and We give below thu proceedings of both
wings on Saturday 1t will be seen that
in the Douglas Convention there were in
all left 1876 votes; and in the Brcckinrfdge
Convention lO5 votes. We copy from the
Public Ledger.
The Two Baltimore Co INVENTIONS.
Nominations By Bo'h- Douglas and Ets-
parick by o,r-Breckenrldgc and Lane
by the other.
The proceedings Of the Democratic Con-
vcntions at Baltimore, on Saturday can be
briefly summed up. President Cushing
having resigned the position as presiding
officer OF the regular Convc ntion that body
substituted Mr. Todd, of Ohio, to fill the
place. The resolution to proceed with a
ballot was then adopted, and the roll was
called. When Louisiana was called, Mr..
Soulc spoke for the delegation. He was
severe on those whom he designated as
"political fcssis crusted in Office and
charged that war had been wagcd on Doli-
, glas by an army of unprincipled and un-
, scrupulous politicians. Those who raised
the storm arc bound to sink and disappear
in it. Secession is word used to conceal
another word, and one Of more Significance
J 1t must begct disunion The reasons Civ
| en- by the secessionists for leaving the Con.
ventlou were only pretext. They were
mere tools in the hands of intriguers. The
South cannot respond to their movement
He alluded to the admission of CaiforNia
, into the Union as a free State, and the
threats made at the South at the time.
, They changed their ground then, and
their threats to dissolve the Union were
not realized. The Southern States had
made sacrifice then, in exchange for the
principle of non Intervention. The South
) could not he earnest in its devotion to it,
principles, if, by division among themsel.
yes, they give up the Government to theil
enemies, North and West. Mr.. Soule
speech was repeatedly chccrcd, especially
when it reflected most severely on the Sc
) ccssionists. AT its close, he cast the vot.
, of Louisiana for Stephen A. Douglas
Mr.. Russell, of New York, withdrew tn,
name Of lloratio Seymour, and read let
ter from him.
=. > p. M.-The first ballot for Prcsden
c resulted as follows -
D.. For Douglas, w.
. Henry 4. Wise,
Brnck
Dickinson, /
= Guthrie, .
~ 4" Seymour
Z blank votes, u
It Pennsylvania voted as follows
It Doug las, 10 votes; for Breckenridge, 3
for Seymour, l for Guthrie, g. Th
! rest declined voting Great excitemer
- followed the vote of Pennsylvania, with de
II mands to know who the delegates wer
C that refused to vote. In announcing tn
!. vote of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Dawson state
@ that nine delegates h ad refused to vote
q One delegate cast his vote for Horati
y Seymour, of New York
The following States were not rcprcsen
d ted delaware, South Carolina, Florida
C Mississippi, Texas, California Oregon =
Y Georgia was represented in part, but di
:, not vote.
Il MIR. Church (N, Y,) offered the follow
e ing:
: Resolved, That Stephen A. Dougla
having received twothirds of all the vote
cast in this National Democratic Convcn
ton, is, according to the rules of this Con
vcntion and the usages of the Democrat
party, declared to be nominated for tn
u Office of President of the United States.
q Mr.. Church said that the New Yor
e delegation in this contest had been Willing
to yield all except their personal homo
and the honor of their constituents, to con
ciiatc and harmonic the Democratic par
'c ty. But when they were approached an
4. told that they must yield candidate VIII
was the choice of the Democracy of tn
Al State, and in addition admit unconditior
- ally to the Convention men who had sece
:, dcd without any just cause, they had spur
IL ned the ovcrtures, They would 90 HON
g and sweep the State of New York as
r. whirlwind. Loud applause, They ha
;s at Charleston voted to construe the two
third rule to mean two-thirds of the vot
: of the Electoral College, at the request {
lie the South, who remained with them on tn
,c pledge that if they so voted the Sout
N would remain with the Convention. !
10 portion of the South had broken the pleds
and now this wrong construction of tn
rule was no longer peace offering. Ne,
York was prepared to take all the respon
Slbility for the resolution now offered.
AT the solicitation of Col. Flourney
= Ark who wished another ballot, so the
could make the vote for Douglas stronger
N Mr.. Church withdrew his resolution.