Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-25

Charleston, that two-thrds of all the votes
of the electoral college was required to nom!-
!, nate Il candidate for President
The chair explained that at Charleston the
then President was instructed not to declare
any one nominated, unless ne received two
thirds Of the votes Of the electoral college
| (2U2 votes.
iIr. Cuttings wished 10 know whether that
was the rule now
| There were various questions put, in the
confusion.
/ Mr.. Cuttings said there were two-thirds of
the electoral college here, and if gentlemen
voted who declined to vote, Douglas would
/ be nominated by a two-thrd Vote. lie hoped
| there would be more ballots, to see what gen
| tlemcn would DO, and that Mr.. Church would
withdraw his resolution.
! Cries OF ''Thats it--that's it--yes-yes.'
| Mr.. Ttoge. OF Virginia, desired Il few min
uteS Tor the Virginia delegation to retire for
consultation. hoping to be able to settle the
question After an absence Of ten minutes,
they returned, and Oh the part oil the Virginia
| delegation asked that the resolution OF MIR.
/ Church be withdrawn for the present, and
! that the Convention proceed to another bal
| lot. II gentlemen choose to retain seats IN
the Convention and refuse 10 vote. thereby
preventing the Obtaining Of two-thirds for
any candidate, he would on the part vi
| Virginia, move that they De no loh ger con,
s!dered members ol the convention. anu
w"nld move that the nomination would Dc
unanimous.
MI. Chufch "l'hdre" MS resolution lor
| the present, ana SECOND paiiot was oroereu'
Il
Lie second ballot resulted rs loiioWs
For DougiaS-Ma!nc !; New hampshire D;
erm0nt >; Massachusetts IL; Rhode Island
/; Connecticut -; New AorK %; Ne" Jer-
scy 4: Pennsylvanla 10; Maryland - II
| gina ); North Carolina |; Alabama .; Loui-
slana y: Arkansas +; missouri -; lehnes-
/ see y hentucky >; ONO %; lhul;lhi 10;
! lllInolSe II: Michigan =; " lscOilSlh ,; Iowa
i: Minnesota t II otal lHl2.
FOR "lnrldgc-Cohhtcticut :: lehh-
| sylvanla Total -.
For Guihrie--Pennsylyani" -; Missouri
Il: kentucky Total %.
lie Whole vote OF Minnesota was cast ior
Douglas, although several delegates declined
to vote.
Mr.. Church resolution was then feao'
amended as follows:
Resolved, mat the Hon stephen y. pou-
! glas, OF Illinois, having received t"o-tEIrds
q! the votes ci AL the delegates present, anu
t;nn and Dnmnrrotir USAGE he is the uuuuj-
mou, n,,nne. Of this Convention.
After SOME debate the question was put
| ami carried unanimously.
When the vote was called on the rcsou-
! ton, MI overwhelming unanimous aye" was
gwen anu 'nc "h0ic oon'e', 'ion '"Se' ''J
yelJ;ng frant;calI2 The Galleries responded
| with the most enthusiastic acclanations, in
the midst OF which the banner OF the hey-
s'pno oioo was o'spilseu .'o''' liz "PP''
Ia,.'','I ;,.nnnr ;nsrri,cI 1,;th tho lame Of
| ..D,n,1las ,i,n next President Of the United
! S,ares " was received with a fresh outI,urst
| or enthusiasm, For five minufe; the enthu-
s;a>rlc d.non,ira,;on c,ntjuued. The cheer
| inr would die away and be renewed, the
! Convention and <p.:,ators all being on their
/ feet and apparently wild with excivement.--
Finally in a luli OF the noise.
| The President said-Thoae opposed to the
motion will say no.
No response in the negative followed, and
again the cheering was renewed.
The President-The resolution having
| been unanimously adopted, ii is my duty to
| declare that STEPHEN \. DOUGLAS, OF
| II mos, has been unanimously nominated "a
r "a ,,uiIdaTc uf the ijn.npcrlt;c Party for the