Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-20

| FIRST DAY.
| The National Democratic Convention which ad-
iourned to Baltimore from charlcsten.S Con the
| n Of NAV last reassemblcd in that city. on Mon
day Jun. Is pursuant to tournament, ut the Front
| STREET Theatre.
The house began 10 GIL up before ten O'Clock, the
delegates occupying the floor; number OF ladies
AID gentlemen the upper tiers OF boxes, none OF
| whom. boyeycr, were admitted without tickets.
viii h hal preyi ,usly been furnished to members
Of the several delegations. the State Central Com
| milice and the Democratic Conventin. by whom
they were distributed MS they deemed best
| 4 large force of police were posted in front OF
! he ll,use to keep the sidewalks and entrance
clear. and n number Of pages. together with The
committees Of arrangement added TO The laei'i''e'
Of the press and others.
THE CONVENTION.
Tic convention was called 10 order ut ten min
utes past IL o'clock by President Gushing Tie
seats NJ gnei to States where there were contcs
ants were occupied, the president having Issued
no tickets
The acting reading clerks are r 4. G"odall. OF
In.:E.O Prime. OF New York u. Walson,of
Mas: Mud Geo A. Bingham, Of N. IL.
The netting recording clerks are John u. PARK
hurst. I'll Michigan; Lated W. Humphrey, OF n.
c. and Franklin fansan'. of Pa.
The pre- itcnt addressed the convention, Us fol-
lows: Gentlemen Of the convention, the standing
hour Of adjournment has already pissed The
char has been informed that some msapprehen-
lion cxi-e'l upon that point, and that some gen
tsmen supposed the hour Of adjournment TO be
noon wntrcas, 10 ihc', il was 10 o'clock A. NJ
Ia view # that uncertainty rs to the understand
ing oi members the chair will, in the first rlnce,
desire the secretary to call the roll OF the States,
to tcc whether gentlemen are present and after
TINT, if geutemen he present, +" proceed 10 call
tho convention to order for the purposes of
bn,iee.s. Each chairman, rs the State is called,
will DO :od enough 10 respond upon the question
Of fact whether his dcicagtion he or be not pre-
sent.
CALL OF THE ROLL
On the call Of the roll Maine, New HAMPSHIRE,
Massachusetts, Vermont. Rhode Island. Crrnec-
ticnt, New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Della.
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina Miss
outi Tennessee. Ohio, lndiana. Illinois Ciiiio MIA
aud Oregon answered To their names. Those
Sintna which were unreprescnted when the Char.
lesion Convention adjourned were not called
A pDttion Of the Connecticut delegation were
nb-eut, owing to n misunderstanding MS to the
Ii ur.
Aticr this, and after the disposition of the in
terrenrg questions Of privilege, n motion was
made BIZ Mr.. McCnok Of Ohio, to proceed To vote
for candidates for President and Vice p resident,
and upon that motion the Convention instructed
the chair 10 make no declaration Of n nomi nation
except upon n vote equivalent to two-thIrds # the
VOTES ia the electoral college of the United S'uies;
ard upon that bnlloting such vote being given.
that ordcr was, upon the motion 1T the gentleman
from Nrgjnin Mr.. Russell, laid upon the table
for the pun pose OF enabling to propose the
tian, viii h he subsequently did, that this Con
vcnlon ndi"nrn from the city Of Charleston to
the city Of Baltimore this day, and with rrovi-
sion concerning the filing OF vacancies embraced
in The same resolution, which resOluti IN tue see
rcinIy will please read.
The secretary then read tho resolution, as fol.
lows:
Rrsolrca, That when this Convention nd
iourns to day, it be adjourned to re.assen.
bic ut Baltimore. Md. On the 18th day OF June
next. and that it Ia respectfully recommended to
the democratic party Of the several Sta es tpnake
provision for supplying all vacancies III their
pcriyc delegations 10 this Convention, wien it
shall have rcnsscmblcd.
Tho President The Convention v i'll thus per-
ccivc that tie rules adopted by it. provided, n
mDng "ilicr things that il is respectfully
mcndcd 10 tho democratic party OF the several
States to make provision for supplying all vncan.
cics IN their respective delegations 10 this C,n,en-
tiri,. when IT shall have renssembled. What is
tho construction Of that resolution? What is the
scope Of this application j. question not Tor the
chair to determine or I" susg st to the Convention
but for the Cony enton Itself to judge ordrcrmne.
However thnt may he. in the preparatory arrange
mcntS for the present rcls-cmbling of this
ton there we're addressed to the chair the crceu-
ials Of mrn.bers elected, or purportng to br elect
Ell. members affirmed and confirmed hy the
ori ,inal convention, accredited to this convention:
and N three ot these cases, perhaps four Of them,
the credentials were upon their face authentic aud
complete. and presenting no question OF c,ntro.
,ertiur drrg ties. In the case Of four others to-
wit; the States Of Georgia, Alabama, Lani lana,
and Delaware. presenting contestant dcle.ntions
the chair was called upnn to determine the Ques.
ton W.T. her lie possessed my power to determine
J the prime tlcir membership Of This convent IN
and that question pre- ,cntcd 10 the chair in its
/ moi absolute and complete f'rm.
/ lIrrr Il lnag discussion arose. in regard 20 tho
d iitu procuring tickets IL the building but
4 rs ii possesses M general interest, we omit it.
! The clerk again called the roll. and tunner,icu
was found to he represented in full, ami kcniuc-
y XIV Ter the first time responded.
1uE CONVENTION Is FORMALLY OPENED.
. Tn, President then introduced the Rev. DR. Ne
/ Cron Of the Lutheran Church, who ol eucd the
convention with prayer.
SPEECH FROM THE PRESIDENT
The President then addressed the Convention
thus:
Permit; me- in the first place, to congratulate You
| upon your being rcassembled here for the dis
charge OF your important duties in the interest of
! the democratic party of the U nited States And
, l beg leave. in the second place. to communicates
10 the convention the state of the yaricus branch
cs OF its business, rs they now come for consilc-
ration before the convention. Prior to the al-
| )ournmcnt of the convrntpr at Charleston, two
principal! subjects of action were before it. One
the adoption vt the doctrinal resolutions C, 7. I'll
tu,ing tho platform; the other, voting upon the
nomination of a candrlat" for the Presidency. -
In the course Of the discussion of the question If
IL platform. the convention adopted vote, the
effect If which vote was to amend the renort If
the majority of the committee the platform by
substituting the report Of tho minority ui TINT
committee: and after the adoption of that motion
ami the substitution Of the minority for the ma.
iorty report, division was called for upon the
seycrnl resoluliol. conslitnting that nlatlnrm