The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-15
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC co "
VENTION OF THE THIRD CONGRESSION
AL DISTRICT


The Democratic Delegates from the first eight
wards of Baltimore city, and that portion of Bati-
more county composing the Third Congressional
District of Maryland, assembled in Convention here
to-day for the purpose of selecting two delegates to
represent said District in the Charleston Conven-
ton on the 23d of April proximo. At l o'clock
the Convention called to order, when
Mr.. Bowman moved that Dr. Taylor. of Balti
more city, take the chair. Carried.
the Doctor, on taking the chair, said he would
not detain the Convention by any remarks, but
would dispatch business as fast as possible.
John B. Holmes, of the county, moved that one
from each ward and district be appointed COM
mittee credentials, and an amendment was
offered by w. S. Gross, OF the city, to nominate
permanent officers for the government of the Con
vention. Carried.
The chairman appointed the following as the
committee, viz:
1st ward--Jas. r. Kirby; I'd, VIM. Bush; Sd,
George Cotton; 4th, James O'Brian; 5th, James
Perry; Gth John S. Clemments; 7th Joshua Sapp:
Sth, w. 5. Gross. 9th District-James Malcolm;
10th, John B. Holmes; llth, DR.. W. T. Allender;
18th, J. 7. McComas Sth District-SamueI w.
Worthington.
The committee returned the following gentlemen
permanent officers, yiZ.:-Presdent, Dr. NJ N
Taylor; Vice-Presidents, VIM. H. Hooper and John
Merryman; Secretaries, George Cotton and r. R.
Boarman.
Mr.. Gross moved the Convention now nomi-
nate.
Mr.. John Merryman said the county delegates
had not proper time to consult and asked the Con
vention to grant them twenty minutes to fix upon
some one man.
Mr.. Gross would not accept of the amend
Rent.
Mr.. Joshua Sapp, of the 7th ward, said the coun-
ty delegates had ample time to unite upon their
man.
Mr.. Boarman remarked if the city would not al
low the county this privilege they (the county del
q m
The amendment was withdrawn, but Mr.. Boar
man renewed it, and on a vote being taken it was
lost.
Mr. Gross motion was then put and carried. and
the following gentlemen were named:
Victor Holiness Carval S. Stansbury, William
Byrne and John Merryman. All the above nomi-
nees are from the county except Mr. Byrne
motion to vote ezra was lost.
The question then arose whether the delepates
from the several wards and districts could fiji va
cancies, and on a resolution being put it was de-
cided that substitutes could be named, but it ap-
peared that there were only two gentlemen in the
town who resided in the 10th district and John B.
Holmes voted personally four times on the motion
to vote rirG This gave rise to a great deal of
talk and the President decided the gentleman from
the 10th district was in error, and desired the CON
vention to take appeal from his decision. On
the appeal being taken,the result was follows:-
Ayes 26, nays 80. The decision of the Chair was
not sustained when Dr. Alexander offered the
following resolutions:
or ward, have the authority to fill up any vacancies in
the delegaonor to vote the whole the districts
wards.
Carried.
The Convention then proceeded to vote, and the
result was as follows:
Holmes, Is; Byrne, 65; Merryman, 10; and
Stausbury, 40.
Messrs. Byrne and Stansbury were declared the
Delegates to the Charleston Convention
Mr.. Hooper, of the Sd ward, offered the following
resolutions, viz:
Resolved That delegates elected from this Conyen
ton to represent the Third Congressional District
Charleston Convention be and hereby requested to
all fair and honorable secure the nomination
of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, Of Illinois, as candi.
date for President of the United States.
Resotued That we will hail with excIamations joy
the nomination of the the est as a candi
date for President OF the Union but pledge ourselves
sngy and collectively to give to the nominees of the
Charleston Convention whosoever they NAV be our firm
and undivided support and will all fair and proper
their election believing as we do in be
language distinguished statesman that men are bnt
the beings OF summers flower they to-day and
gone morrow; but principles pass from generation to
generation, and are eternal.
Resolved, That the General Assembly Of MARYLAND in
the election of the Hon James A Pearce the United
States Senate meet with hearty approval and by
doing, has paid deserving compliment to an Old Line
wing who when his party dissolved and the Union was
in danger joined the ranks of the Democracy and fought
under the flag of the Constitution.
Carried by 80 against 81, nine being absent.
Mr.. Malcolm, of the county, offered the follow
ing as a substitute for Mr.. HoOper's resolutions
but the Convention rejected them bv laying them
on the table. They read as follows:
Resolved That the people of this District fully sympa
thiZe with their brethren of the South in support of
their just rights under the Constitution well as in
yndicaton Of those cardinal doctrines which unaffected
by distractions would protect them in the enjoyment of
their rights in all the States and Territories the Union
free from the influence of Congressional Territorial
legislation, and that having full confidence in the par
otsm and discretion of the delegates this District
we endow them with authority to represent us in the
Charleston Convention, without pledges instructions
holding ourselves prepared to give TO the Democratic
nominee for President our hearty support.
Resolved That this Convention in viewing the general
policy Of the present National Administration find lust
cause for congrauation in the wisdom patriotism
which has distinguished the of President Buchan
in his firm and enlightened discharge of duty under
circumstances of peculiar excitement and surrounded
by perpexng obstacles and that the Democracy of this
district extend to his administration their hearty and
qualified endorsement.
Mr. Byrne addressed the Convention, and said
he did not feel himself bound to carry out the in
structions of Mr.. Hooper's resolutions, but he
would vote for Mr. Douglas if he thoueh he would
be the most available man; but he would go to
Charleston unpledged, and would not be ashamed
to meet his friends when he returned.
Mr. Stansbury then called upon and ad-
dressed the Convention by returning his thanks
for the honor conferred upon him, and also said he
would go to Charleston unpledged and do all he
could for the preservation of the Union and the
Democratic party.