The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-25

by the Southern delegates who did not secede if they
would not for the sake of harmony in this body The
sake of solving the difficulty surrounding them,
this resolution, and they responded that they would
They told that they passed that resolution
quirng two-thirds of~the full Convention nominate
and if would make slight amendment the
platform they ould remain in the Convention and
by its action, and fight the disunion seceders unit
the bitter end. (Appause They 1.-THE New York delega
tion) opposed to altering the rule They thought
outrage to require two thirds nominate. New
York had often given its vote in National Conventions
to repeal that rule He remembered that in 1914 this
passed upon them and defeated favorite candi
date of New York They opposed to the two-thrd
rule ITSELF but they asked by this construction
of the rule increase the number necessary to
from two-thirds to about fve-sxths of the Convention
They thought it unjust despotic and wrong but the,
said to their delegation, "In Gods let
can for peace and harmony Kentucky Tennessee Nortt
Carolina and other gallant States had held communion
with them, and asked of them this e-oferng ant
| they made the sacrifice
They did it for peace Offering and for harmony ant
not because it was in harmony with their wishes AND
it seemed to him that that peaceoerng had beer
spurned that, Notwithstanding the sacrifices they hat
made for peace and harmony they had had peace
| harmony. He aud his delegation therefore ready
and willing to take all the responsibility of the resolution
he had offered Applause No State would go further
now and hereafter to unite and cement the Democrat,
party, and to heal up the unfortunate divisions which
had been made yet he would say in behalf of the glor
Democracy of the Empire State while they stand
! by the right they would fight it through
The difficulties which had divided this Convention hat
been most unfortunate But the that couI(
happen would be that these gentlemen 1.-THE seceder)
their action woul have elected Black Republican to b.
President OF the United states If that result should
happen they and they alone would be responsible The,
had in retiring from this Convention violated that obi
CATION which every man entered into when he entered
Convention-to abide in fairness honesty and good faith
| its action and support its nominees (Appause)
This division caused by themselves without reason
merely because this Convention decided upon certain
Cases of contested seats Suppose they did decide
| They had power to decide. and when that decision
| was made, every good Democrat bound to acqui
esce in it 1t was theory that minority of a Con
vention have right to set up their Judgment agans
the decson OF the Convention and make that decision
| upon contest, ground of secession
Delegate asked how the secsders themselves woul(
be able to make nomination by of ts o-thirds
| the Electoral College
Mr.. CHURCH could not understand even how they could
differ with the Convention upon vital questions
back to their doors after they refused to yelC
these vital questions All he said them was in grie
and in anger and portion of the Democracy of th
country had fought would continue to fight Black Re
publicanism with more persistence and energy thar
| the Democracy # New Y ork.
Mr. DUNN of Indiana, inquired how it would be posi-
BILE for this Convention to give the candidate two-thrd
of the Electoral College, when there was not tha
| number in the Convention-that of itself wa
sufficient reason for the resolution They owed to thu
honest Democratic of United States nineteen
twentieths Of whom if asked to-day who their frs