The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-26

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Of applause. Afsxz1ai sh
The Secntsey lsad - iuyisaiios from the Ga
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road. Laid on the aal,1a.a xa
The Secretary read letter fsemu - uosa;s1
men * MilIa@sA49bu RNqkks an1 Greer
Point, n. X. desiring The nslegatss - propoaacs
opposition 70 All further traffic Id public lands
ard to lay them put IN farms and lots fdf actuti
settlers Lsid on tho table and cntsstd oh rAl
The motion y ballot made hy Mr GoodFirh,
q Ainnesota, y The afternoon session Of ycster-
day was taken up. "a elE1i afeeflyseAT e'sg''
N. Blais, u Maryland, Pssscns&d aadsssoasi
credensi.ls of islsEascs . all up tls QelekStiea
Mr. Chandler, of Te1aas 4 yxii.hed he II u knox N
that would have the tendency u Increase thc
rasio Of votes in chat State 81 satis 1as ~ in
Mr. Coale, Of Maryland. s2id tlns der e6u,S
here, only il were present. Tfe De|erstionbel5
meeting and hllcd the vacAnctcs.. @SAcm &C.
The Chair undessto0d that stss vote wOul,l h.
the same, 10 Delegates. casting votes 81 4as$r
NJ. Armour, Of MARYLAND, objected to the Gre
dentials being received. portion Of the Dele.
gates from that State met bore and filed up the
vacancies With people who came from where.
eiod AlmiGhty only knows. His co-Delegates
had filed them up With outsiders. aaysss
The question was put whether Maryland
should hare i've additional votes, and IL was iost
\ The Co0vsntien thsn decided 70 psUceed W
". Evsrta. Of New, York, asked whether Il
vas IN order to present names FOR nomination..
The Chair decided il was ID order without BE-
I Al this point The PeansylvaniA ,Delesaa;oa,
complained that outsiders were occupying their,
seats, and some time was expended 10 getting
Loud cries OF "call she roll, call he roll.
NJ. Eyarts. Of New York;" Nr. Chairman,
in the order Of business before the Convention.
Slr, take leave TO name - 4 candidate 70 be
nominated By this Convention for the once Of
President Of the United States. william H. Sew
ard, Of New York. A@fA @
Hon. N. B. Judd, Of Illinois, named Hon.
Abraham Lincoln
-. ~ .~'ssSI RsS1esssSu AAVAl. W iAlaul - LAY.
fennsyivania namled Hon. GInson Cameron. o.
!, Nj. Carter, Of Ohio, named Hon Salmon r.
Chase. s,~ sstf5 go r. s.sF 77s
Hr. Smith, Of Indiana, in behalf Of his Dclee..
tion. seconded the uannc Of Abraham Lincoln.
Michigan seconded the nomination Of William
Il. Seward, Of New York sFa
Mr.. Corwin named John Mclean, OF Ohio.
Hon. Carl Schurz, Of Wisconsin, seconded the
name Of William II. Seward I'M .ssT gts,sa
Kansas seconded the name Of William H.
Seward F- 5zr q
Mr.. North, Of Ninnesota, seconded the nori- y
nation Of VIM. H. Seward tIia .1aaFs lfy
Ohio seconded the nomination Of Abraham
Lincoln. a .s.I T7T -
The names Of each Of the candidates were re-
ceived with applause Al al9 .77s1
The names Of Seward and Lincoln we're crect-
ed with deafening plaudits, and despite the rapso
Of the Speaker and the calls or the Delegates,
1t seemed almost impossible to quell the uproar-
At length, the waving Of hats and liandker-
chiefs the cries and cheers were silcnced and the
audience became gradually seated and awaited in
comparative silence the balloting. aaIs III .a
The Convention proceeded to ballot for can
didate for President, with the following result:
First BalOt.-Seward, l73i; Lincoln lO2 ~
Bates, 5S: Cameron, SOY Mclean, II; Chase.
40; Wade, 4; Dayton, II; Fremont, 1; Colla-
mcr, 10. a 80 H7ts .. fFs F.4s g.@@
second BAllot-seward, 1874; Lincoln, lsr.
Bates, 35; Cameron, q; Mclean, g.; Chase.
AL; Dayton, 10 /; Clay, l. " s01s. e.
Third Ballot.-Seward, ls0; Lincoln, 23l@ !;
Bates, AZ Mclean, s.; Chase, "a; Dayton, | 4;
Clay, l. ~ ,'4's
Before the votc.was announced. Mr. Carter ar
Ohio, stated that Ohio wished to change her vote
from to 33 for Lincoln, which gave him a ma
jority. The announcement was received with
deaiening applause. @"i FA 4.4 t@ +.t@ aN
Several changes Of votes then TOOK place
Massachusetts gave Lincoln IS votes and Seward
3. Pennsylvania gave Lincoln 53, Mclean and
Seward J. New Hampshire gave 10, Rhode Is
land 12, and Ohio unanimous. N
Almost at the instant oil the cessation of the
calling Of the roll the audience burst forth in .
deafening roar Of applause, the bands outside
struck up their music and salute was fred
Continual calls were made for the announcement
of the vote. acAss eaEA}irf CT atsA
Mr.. Evarts, of New York,-Mr. Chairman.
can have, can New York have, the silence of
the Convention? (Cries OF "Yesw eyes" and
take the stand.") Will you allow me to man
announceds t1 gNaa
The President-No, sir. .f
Mr.. Evarts-I want to be in order
The Chair.-The whole number Of votes cast
Is 466, necessary to . choice 234 Of these Abra-y
ham Pincoln has 354, and is elected "a your can
dloatc. Loud applause - ~4
Mr.. Evarts then mounted the stand amid en-.
siastic applause, and spoke a. follows: @''s~tA
Mr.. EvARr's SPEECH. .a
Mr.. Eyarts. Loud cheers Mr.. Chairman
and Gentlemen Of the National Republican Con-
vention The State Of New York, by full de.
legation, with complete unanimity in purpose at
home, came to this Convention and presented to
its choice one of its,etizens who has served from
boyhood up, had labored for it, loved it. We
came here great State, with, as we thought,
great statesman -(Applause) and our love Of
the great republic from which We are al dele
gates. The great Republic Of the American
Union and our love Of our statesman and candi-
date, made us think VIC did our duty, to the
country and the whole country in expressing our
preference and love for him. (Applause.) But,
gentlemen, it was from Gov. Seward that most of
us learned to love the Republican policy
(Cheers) His fidelity TO the country, the Con-
stitution and the laws, his fidelity to the party
and the principles that majoritics govern his il-
tcrests in the advancement Of our party {, is
victory that Our country may rise to its true
glory, induces me to speak his sentiments as.
do, the united opinion Of our delegation, when
move you, sir, as / do now, that the nomination
Of Abraham Lincoln, Of Illinois, Is the Republi-
can candidate for the sufrages Of the whole
country for the Office Of Chief Magistrate OF the
American Union, be made unanimous. TAp.
4
Subsequent eloquent speeches were made By
Mr. Andrews, Of Massachusetts, Carl Schurz,
Of Wisconsin, Blair, Of Michigan, and Brownell,
Of Illinois, subsequent 70 which tho Convensioh
adjourned until Eve this evening 4 " s.J.,f,
The Convention met, and was called to order
at 8 O'Clock
The Chair announced that the first business
in order was the ballot for Vice President
Nominations having been made, the first bal-
lot was taken, resulting asfollows: Cassius n.
Clay, l0lA; Banks, 3Si; Reeder, 81; Hickman,
80; Hamlin, 1874; Reed, Il II. w. Davis, 8; Day
ton, s; Houston, 8. slt ssPH R ~ '@t
Second ballot-Hamlin, ss7, Clay, o.; HickS
man, 1S. ts,r .,ls ..r sft g
Hannibal Hamlin, bf Maine, having received
. majority, Mr.. Blakeiy, Of Ky, moved that tho
nomination be made unanimous, and after sundfy
brief speeches, the motion was carried unani-
mOnsly. 4..H-s .*v na
The President ofthe Convention and the chair
men Of the several delegations were appointed q
Committee to notify the Nominees oc the action