Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-23

The DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
Editorial Correspondence of Ths STAY
R.rTrMopg FRIDAY June D


Editorial CorreSpondenes of The STAY
BALTIMORE, Friday, June p.
The morning session Of to-day (of the Conven-
tion) has lust terminated; at half past p m. IL
was a session Of breathless excitement Indeed
the excitement throughout 1t was 80 intense as to
prevent anything like noise and confusion from
annoying any one present. Last night, in their
deliberations, the New York delegation Consist
ing of seventy menbers) voted, only by a majority
of four, to sustain the majority report except in
the Of the Georgia question, wherein they
agreed to recommend the rejection Of the bogus
delegation and to admit the seceders only from
that state At 9 a. m to-day (before the meeting
of the Convention) ascertained that three of the
thirty-seven members (of the New York delega-
tion) composing It's majority were ready on the
first opportune moment to change their position, If
that proved necessary to save the life Of the Dem
ocratc party. The newspapers will tell the Stars
readers-in the published details Of the Conven-
TONS proceedings to-day--how that became neces-
sary, and how-at what tnoment-the three
changing their position defeated, just before the
Convention adjourned, Mr.. Rule-or-ruin Stuart's
motion to lay on the table his previous motion to
reconsider the vote by which the Convention had
rejected Mr.. (Oregon) Stevenss substitute for the
majority report; which said substitute directed the
admission Of the seceders from all the States that
seeded at Charleston; and of the seceders only
IL is due to Mr.. Dean Richmond that the fact
should be known, that ever since he has been here
he has counseled caution and conservatism in his
delegation, and rejecting the solicitations of the
intriguing DOuglasite managers, has endeavored
to detach his former followers from the course of
party destruction upon which they have been
bent His purpose, as far as l have seen it, has
been TO prevent the disruption of the party at all
hazards
The Stars readers will find the brief speech
delivered by Mr.. Hallett, of Mass, drawn out
by the outrage proposed to be perpetrated upon
him by the report of the majority Of the Creden-
tials Committee,) in the published proceedings of
the morning; and recommend its attentive peru
sal. He had been the father of four consecutive
previous Democratic party National Conventions
and, on such an occasion, Of course, spoke with
an amount Of feeling in his thoughts and words
sufficient to have great effect upon the minds of
all present. The very brevity and simplicity of
his address was, under the circumstances, elo-
quence Of the highest order; and, | doubt not
made the still small voice once more operative
upon the minds Of many man who heard him,
who previous to his speech was bent on following
the insane counsels of the arch and impudent
abolitionists whom the Douglasites have here in
sailed into their leadership, as at Charleston
Charles Stuart, of Mich. Stuart did his best to
prevent Hallett from being heard; but in vain-all
his points of order to that end being so clearly
pretenses as to disgust fair-ninded men of his
own side even. Montgomery, of Pa, did not
show his mug in the hall to-day, that I saw Il
was awfully battered yesterday afternoon by two
blows of the fist Of young Randall, Of Phladel-
phia, youth scarce Of age, who physically, is
about Of the size and of the strength of Alexander
Stephens, of Ga. The Clipper of this morning
says that Montgomery ran like good fellow after
drawing his pistol. He drew the pistol upon re-
ceiving Randall's first blow, and did not ire after
receiving the second after which bystanders in
terfered, and thus saved him from further punish.
ment at young Randalls hands.
The announcement made 10y Mr. russell of Va,
that he had a communication from large ma
jority Of the Virginia delegation, which he had
been Instructed to make In case of the exclusion
of the seceders, fell like thunderbolt in the
Douglasite ranks the friends of ID had fool
ishly allowed themselves TO be cheated by their
" blowing outside sympathizers into the notion
that but a minority of the Virginia delegation
would withdraw in case of the contamination of
the outrage contemplated in the report of the ma
jOrity of the Credentials Committee. The change
in the relative strength Of parties in the Missouri
delegation, as evinced in the mornings voting,
also worried them indicating as that does that
majority Of that delegation, even, will withdraw
in case of the exclusion of the seceders il gave
them an ague. See the vote on the adoption of
Stevens's minority report for confirmation of nv
repeated declaration in the course of the week
that but eleven votes from the South will STAY in
the Convention If the majority report be agreed
to: As they stood at the adjournment Of the Con-
ventfon, the Douglasites had nine slaveholdng
States votes only; having lost two and half of
those votes In the course Of the mornings pro.
ceedings WI WI