The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-01-20

there had been compromise" He had
represented Ohio in National Convention
and knew the Importance of the delegation
being unit, and that the Democratic dele
gates to the Charleston Convention should
be unit. What breach could there be in
expressing fully the wishes of their oonstit-
uents The vote of the State might be
neutralized by the milk-and,water compro.
mise resolutions.
Mr.. STREETER, Of Houston, said he had
learned, for the first time tonight, that he
was not Douglas man. No man was
Democrat who would introduce resolutions
to distract the party. The same feeling
manifested here tonight elected Republi-
can United States Senator, because of the
refusal to 60 into the election at the last
session OF the Legislature. Neither Mr..
BUCHANAN nor Mr.. DOUGLAS were the
Democratic party, but only component parts
| OF It,. Houston county came without in
structions He would vote cheerfuly for
the compromise resolutions.
MIR. Brown withdrew his amendment.
MIR. WILSON, of Hennepin, denied that
this was a DOUGLAS convention, although it
was composed almost to a man of DOUGLAS
men. He was not ashamed to own that he
was government officer, and many here
would like to be in the same position. He
objected 40 the remarks rejecting upon the
government officials. He believed that
those who opposed instructions were as
much the friends of DOUGLAS as those who
favored them. Not man from his county
would vote for any man as delegate to
Charleston who was not DOUGLAS man.
MIR. PHELPS moved the previous ques-
ton.
Mr.. WILSON made a motion that Mr.,
LOWRY, of Olmsted, be allowed to cast the
six votes Of his county,
Mr. LA DUE moved that Mr. STREErER
be allowed to cast the vote of the absent
delegate from Houston county.
MIR. LOWRY said that there was not one
in twenty in his county who was not a
friend of DOUGLAS.
The motion and amendment prevailed.
The previous question was then ordered,
which was upon the resolutions offered by
Col. ROBERTSON, and the yeas and nays be-.
ing called for and ordered, there were Yeas
80, Nays IS, as follows:
YEAs--Regster, of Washington German,
Gilman, Hoyt, McGroty, Thurman, Spiel, of
Ramsey; Shaeffer, l.. Smith, Trower, Donald
son, of Dakota Hoag, of Hennepin Abbey,
Wheeler, Vertress, Kirk, Fitch of Rice Wilder,
Simmons, and Hoyt, of Goodhue; Cleary, Shri-
ner, Kinds, Hawkins. of Scott; Cavanaugh,
Early, Roberts, Edwards, of Fillmore; Hadey
Heard, and Carver, Of Steele; Clark, Robertson,
of Steele; Sheppard, OF Blue Earth; Mccormick,
of Sibley; Brunius, Heene, of Carver; Starkey,
of Anoka Wood, OF Chisago; and Trott, of
Pine.
NAYs.--Setzer. Mower, Parsons Ballard, OF
Washington Becker, Hall, Lamar of Ramsey;
Dunwell, Masters, Winslow, of Dakota; Mel.
son, Huy, Russell, John Huy, Case, of Henne-
pin: Van Camper, Phelps, OF Goodhue; w.
Willis, fillotson, Of Fillmore; Streeter, q
votes), Kundson, Bufeld, Dunbar, of Houston;
Cotton, Webster, Williams, Dill, Johnson
Lamberton, of WinOna Wright, Montg emery,
Davis, Bowes, of Wabashaw; Willard, Cook,
of Mower; La Due, Hays, Whalion. OF Dodge );
Sherlock, Tomorrow, of Faribault; Shoemaker,
Sergeant, of Blue Earth Smith, Towsley, of
LIE Seuer; Cox, Magruder, of Ncollet; Brown,
Rehfeld, of Brown Peaslee, Of Sibey; Chan.
dler Chapman, of Renvile and Mcleod Ad
ans, Hilliard, of Wright; Caruthers, Read, of
stearns; Stone, of Benton Skinner, of Meek.
err; Churchill of Morrison; Cuttenden, of
Crow Wing; Taylor, of Cass Chase, of Penn.
bina Chase, Tufts, Nudick, of Hennepin East
Banfil, of Sherburne and Manomin; Nettleton,
Clark, of Lake Superior.
The question was then taken upon the
original resolutions by yeas and nays, and
they were adopted by yeas l18, nays l..
On the compromise Resolutions" Messrs.
CHAs. w. FITCH, of Rice, CHAs. HoAa, of
Hennepin, and j. M. CAvANAUGH, of Fill
more, voted for said resolution with the
Douglas Interpretation of the bred Scott
decision. G. G. ABLEE, of Rice voted yes,
but not endorsing the bred Scott decision.
ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO CHARLESTON.
Mr.. LA DUE then moved that the Con-
vention now proceed to elect eight delegates
to the Charleston Convention by vtra uoce
vote, which was adopted.
Various amendments were offered and
rejected, among which were motions to
proceed to the election of delegate from
Northern Minnesota, the Minnesota Valley,
and for committee to propose districts from
which to choose.
Mr.. CAvANAUGH moved that Willis A.
GoRMAN and GEORGE L. BECKER be declared
unanimously elected as delegates to the
Charleston Convention, and asked the Con-
vention to suspend the rules that vote
might be taken upon it. The motion was
lost.
The following gentlemen were named as
candidates for Delegate to Charleston, by
their friends in the Convention GEO. l..
BECKER, w. A. GoRMAN, of Ramsey H. Fl.
S1BLEY E. O. HAMLIN, of Benton; E. A.
RICE, of Waseca A. M. FR1DLEY, of Ma
nomin GOLD T. CURTIS, of Washington ;
LEVI w. FOLSOM, of Chisago B. F. PRATT,
of Nicolet; j. TRAVIS RossER, of Blue
Earth; W. w. PHELPS, of Goodhue +;
FRANKLIN STEELE, of Hennepin GEO,
BRADLEY, of Scott WIN. S. HALL, WIN. NJ.
CoRooRAN, D. A. ROBERTSON, and JOHN NJ
GILMAN, of Ramsey.
The Convention then proceeded to vote
viva voce, for delegate to Charleston, with
the following result:
Whole number of votes cast. 800. Ill
Geo. L. Becker received. ......... lO2
H. H. Sibley 6 .......... 3
| D. A. Robertson ..........
j. NJ. Gilman g .........
| w. A. German 6 ~
Gro T, REcKER wac doclaroJ Tho ,,,,x;