The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-05-24
CHICAGO CONVENTION
Abe Lincoln Nominated.

the Wlgw8m prepared LOT tnaI pouy, on
the 18th inst. The Convention was call
ed to order by Governor Morgan of New
York, who read, what in print proved to
be, rather common document. oil speech.
Ia this he said he hoped the action of the
prove to the people of this country that
the Republican was the only National par
" now il. existence. On retiring he NOM
mated David Wilm,t of ''W,lmot Pro-
yiso" notorlety, US temporary Chairman Of
the Convention, who was unanimously
chosen. On taking the chair he made a
very ordinary address to the vast assem-
bly,, which was delivered in slow, hest
,aIing nannsr-cne that would have done
poor credit to one Of Our country orators
His real ability has not won him the repu-
tation he enjoys in the nation, as a talent
ed man and statesman.
Before selecting permanent officers. or.
before the Convention was organized, the
Committees were appointed. To this
movement many Of The delegates objected
strongly, but the Chair decided in favor of
the motion TO appoint, because those who
voted for it followed louder than those
who voted against it. So the Committees
were appointed.
This was supposed to be done for the
purpose Of having some. who were sup
posed to not be entitled to seats as dele
gates, on the Committees, upon which de-
soved almost the entire work Of the Con.
venlion.
When tie States were called that were
known to be represented by delegates, a
motion was made to have all the States
called. and the Chair proceeded to call
those Southern States that were not rep.
resented. During the time of this call.
ing We heard laughs of derision and hiss
es of contempt all around us. Alter the
whole number was called, Ceba was called
BY some fanatic, when AL the bra lers in
the assembly took it up, and one general
yell of applause went up. during which
time the Chair shook his head, smiled ap
provingly. and took his seat. We won
Sered TO eurself if this was one Of the
manifestations that were to cor vince this
community that the Republican was the
ONLY NATIONAL PARTY now in existence
in this Confederacy II all went to
prove that the Republican party did not
regard the Southern States that were not
IN their Convention. with any more nation
affecting than they do the island of Cuba.
At about O'clock the Convention ad :
journed TO meet AT p. m. for the purpose
Of effeciing permanent organization.
After the adjournment at o'clock We
busted ourself listening to the delegates
and other prominent Republicans quarrel
about the candidates. Seward was against
the entire host of aspirants for the favors
OF the Convention. and the only question
TO be decided was. whether lie had more
frisrds in the Convention than oil the rest.
We heard at least dozen we'll informed
men, who had the word Pennsylvania
labelled on their coats, say that If Seward
was nominated they would not support
him and. on the other nand, an equal
number of Ten who talked Seward say
they would support no other candidate.
We thought then as we still think, that
they were, most of them. telling what was
not so /; for they will now go for the nom
inee, Notwithstanding they called Lincoln
an "upstart" and " numbskull' in COM
parison TO Seward.
At about 5 o'clock, finding ourself pref.
ty thoroughly tired out. and that the dele
gates and the crowd generally was wend.
ing its way back to the wigwam. and no,
having time nor the desire to stay longer
we took a seat in an omnibus. which was
the first accommodation in the way of q
place to sit that we had found during the
whole day. where we were not having oul
corns horribly mutllatej. and finally We
reached the depot, where We had a whole
long. hard bench to ourself. on which we re-
NAMED until he train left for the east
At the S O clock session the Convention
chose Hon. Geo. Ashman, of Massachu
sst.s, President of the Convention, ant
thew also chose o,i er permanent: officers
completing their organization. On Thurs
day they adopted platform. which. i
read to Republican Of 1856, as Demo
cratic platform. would Be most bitterly