The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-19

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The nspdta;rau N.s,oe.i Coovss,i ~ s.. ~:
esed q Wigwam to-day. n crowd n atseo
snce was 20 Rlge thas & M ispossltas Tor y
/ 20 obtain adnsistxnce.
A. y oslock ~ Conycnslon was ceiled
order By Gov. Morgan. chairman offhe Natioa
Commiteee. He named David Wilmot a. Penn
- temporary President
The nomination vas received with great q
Judge NarsAall Of Nd. and Gov. Cleveland
Ionn; we're appointed 70 conduct Mr.. Wilasot
The lstscr addressed the Convention ret,r,.n
thanks for the high and undeservesl honor II
You'd carry the remembrance Of il with him /
the day Of his death.
John aassarauk Of Ohio. Theodore Pomcro
o. New York. and Henry r. Blair Of No.. wer
appointed Temporary Secretaries
prayer.
NJ I.dd, Of M, moved I. committee of ON
rom each State and Territory % report perps
Wles shs lssx.s ee.e,.s.s, . se,.e... .,r
Pasted that absent States should be called: Ala
bsma, Mississippi and South Carolina being Re
ceived with Kisses
M - '.ssOs' " M. OSuAuus vi New hampshire
C0Mmittee on Credentials vas appointed.
Carter, Of Ohio, moved . Committee on Plat
form. Alter discussion the project was laid o.
the table until permanent organization be Of
fectcd ~ y
4 long discussion took place on motion tina,
when the Convention adjourn, it BIO till Ave
o'clock, which eventually prevailed
The rules of the House Of Representative,
were adopted for the temporary government Of
the Convention. Adjourned to 1--WE o'clock.
The Convention met at p. M; the Hall 6lliua
almost instantly on the opening Of the doors.
Mr. Lowry. Of Pa, moyed that the delegates
accept the Invitation Of the Board Of Trade
to attend an cxcnrsion on the Lake; lost amidst
applause from the body Of the Hall.
Horton Of Ohio, from the Committee on per.
manent organization, reported the name Of Geo.
Ashmap, OF Mass, ~ herlaanent President
garl Schury, Of Wis, and Hon. Preston King, Of
\. T.. were appointed Committee to conducv
the President to the chair. Ar. Ashmap took
bis seat amidst applause, and returned thanks In
an eloquent speech for the honor conferred.
Mr.. Aarsh from the Committee on organixa.
ton, also reported one Vice President and one
from each State represented
Mr. Tracy, Of Cal moved Committee of one
from each State and Territory on resolutions and
nat oil resoutions be referred to said Commit.
Zee without debate. Adopted. = : '','' =
The hanie Of Horace Gfeeley, as member of
me Committee from Oregon, was received with
oud cheers and laughter, =
Hr. kollihs, n y. ". N'ossd tAas each dele
satlon report the name of one person to consti.
ute the Republican National Committee for the
ensuing year. Carried.
The Convention then adjourned till 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
SECOND DAY.
Chicago, May II,
Considerable excitement this morning. 4he
tTee.ss were crowded. Several professions fottm-
p healed by bands Of music. The New York
no Michigan delegations marched together to
ne wigwam. The Convention was called to or
Ter at 10 o'clock. The building was 60 crowded
hat some half hour was consumed in obtaining
rider.
The Committee upon Order Of Business made
report, one rule Of which was that 3O4 votes,
'eing majority of the whole number Of 7otes,
shen all the States we're represented in tile RAJ
10 Of four votes by delegates at large, and two
or each Congressional district, that number be-
. ,sa9l,ed 70 nominate candidate. taud cries
Mr.. James, Of N. T., presented minority re.
,ort, substituting for said rule one requiring a
majority Of all the votes cast,
The Committee on CredeAtiais made report.
!, o contested seats -
Paris, Of Mass, moved to refer back so much
. related to fexas
Wilmot, Of PENN, moved an amendment, by
including Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia. ad.
ling some remarks that we're Extensively ean-
trHei by sopthern delegates, aud warm speech
$ we're made ~ Ialmer, Of Nd, BIakely, Of Ky.,
nd others. Wiln,ot replied. A general speech
flying ensued, when, finally, the whole report Of
he Committee on Credentials was referred back
" vote Of 275i to l72i. Adjourned till 8, p. N.
Bal!oting expected this p m. IT is thought
hat on the 6rst ballot Seward will have 100 to
so of the 44S votes cast
AFTERNOON SEssIoN.-The Convention reas-
embed at 8 o'clock. The spectators being more
numerous than ever before. At half past 5 the
chairman called the Convention to order.
Mr.. Benton, Of T., fsOm the Committee
N Credentials, again reported, citing Virginia
Q votes, Kentucky g, Marylandll, Oregon i,
fexas' 8. The report was adopted.
Ihe report in ,he above named States is cut
lown below the full double electoral vote
The report Of the Committee on Business and
Rules was then taken from the table
The second rule giving delegates at large four
'otes. and each Congressional District two votes,
kept as modified by the Committee OIL cret,ep-
ials was amended, shall be Gas. taa1 there are
lelera:e. preaep,, aad accepted. On the fourth
Vie being read, which provides that 3O4 votes
ICING majority of the whole double electoral
'Ote shall be necessary to nominate candidates,
he minority report to nominate BIZ saa,ority Of
'Otes cast, was MSsea as an amendment ="
%ie question was disc uSS ID at some length,
ind "a call of the States demanded, and the
amendment was adopted: ayes ssi, NAYS 100
The rule, ss amended. was then adopted.
Xhe Committee on Platform reported series
4 resolutions declaring among other things that
he CARRYING of slavery into the territories is
tmgeFo9s Political heresy, and brands the recent
eopening Of the slave trade as against humani-
y, and declares that Kansas should be immedi-
Itely admitted as State under the Constitution
ecently adopted.
That sound policy requiring such an sdjsst.
nent Of duties on import, - to encourage and
Envelope he ,..uustral Interests Of the country;
.iso aealafes hi favor Of the free homestead pol
~, river and iiarbor i,pnrov enenss aud n Hail-
road to the Pacific; opposes any change In the
hreseSt NATURALIZATION laws, and is in favor of
giving full protection to citizens, either ut home
Dr. abroad,
The previous question was demanded. The
Convention however refused the order-yayes
1855, nays sol.
The resolutions we're discussed at some length,
and finally passed.
Tie Convention then adjourned till 10 O'CLOCK
toniorrow.
Washington, May II.
SEGA4E.-Mr Davis resumed his speech. Tho
Democratic party Of the Union, unless they stood
on principle, are to be destroyed. The Senator
from Illinois had assailed every prominent Dem
ocrat in the country, not even excepting tbs
President of the United States. whose position
should have sealed his lips. He (savis, dcniet
that the Presidents letter sustained the prihci
pies CT non Intervention as 'interpreted by Mr.
Douglas The Southern Delegates witlarey
from the Charleston Convention only because
that Convention hid failed to announce she tru'
pEgciples Of the pemoeratie party. He denied
that the speech Of Yancey justified the charge o
Disuninn Intention.
He then quoted from Stevens letter to SHOW
that he did not sustain, as Douglas had stated
his theory that Squatter Sovereignty was con
tanned in the Nebraska bill, Cincinnati Platform
ami said that Douglas had cited only So much o
the letter as suited his purpose aud Suppressed
that which fully asserlcd the doctrine of protcc
ton to slave property in the Territories
NJ. Davis defended tie majority report a
Charleston, and saen argued that the South il
Supporting CSss had not sustained the doctrin
Of the Nicholson letter, particularly as Nj
Doutilas explained that he had merely said the
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