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


pie the issues which shall govern their action in the
test-instead of discussing prncples-they had
unrelenting war against individual, presumed to be
the avore othe people of the United States (applause)
war wagsd by army of unprincpled and unscrupu
ous politicians, leagued with power which could not be
eXered on that side without disgusting itself and dis
gusting the nation. (Applause) 1t presumed, by
those who assembled at Charleston inriguers out
side of the Convention who were manoeuvrine the
wires that would he in their power after raising the
storm to master it, but it will be found that
eight hours had elapsed hey found in that
eventually to sink and disappear applause for it was
idle for Southern to disguise the true object that
movement Secession from the Democratic party could
be nothing else but the disruption of that party at the
very moment when tn hopes of the whole nation Were
hanging upon its continuity and fervor (AppIause)
Secession was word intended to conceal another
OF more significance and If secession find echo
am the people of this great confederacy then no
er could this Republic boast that the structure which
their fathers had erected at much
a noble experiment Secession beget disunion.-
Upon what pretence the predcated? What
ever Dreence they might give, the truth could not
disguised that they in the hands intriguers and
tha they were engaged in movement which must
sarily lead them isunion 1t was said that tbev who
seeded carried with them the sympahies of the South
Be1eye it not (Applause.l
lie had in his own experience in the past certain strong
reasons why he could not bring his mind the suppo
siton hat the South, under the present
could respond to that movement In lS49 and so when
California was about being admitted into this Union the
souin rose against her admisslHn passed resolution upon
resolution to impress upon the mind of the North
the outrage perpetrated she would the
Union Many OF us who were then the representatives of the
South in the national councils, believing that South
was considering ourselves bound follow
in her footsteps fought the battle only because Cali
forna coming into the Union, completely obIiterat
ing the lines of the Missouri Compromise and because she
was coming into the Union without having through
the ordeal of territorial life but because her entrance into
the Union was going to destroy the ervo of the South
They engaged in the battle and contended for the
of the South to the last but when the question the
test State after another from
position because they considered and nv considered
that even an impending wrong be put in the
scale with the preservation Of this glorious confederacy
The only compensation which the South could
aS he Conn
was the doctrine of Non interv vention AppauseD That
was the only boon offered to the South
for the great sacrifice which asked their hands
they accepted the compromise and the compromise be
came the law OF the nation He was surprised at the
extreme sensibility exhibited by of the
onintervention. John C. Calhoun, when the
famous compromise rendered by Mr. Clayton of Della
ware was being discussed in the Senate of the United
States, said that placing in the hands of the
judicial tribunals the question Of the extent of power
the territories was sufficient guarantee to make the
compromise acceptabe-and where John C. Calhoun
could stand Southern men need not fear tn stand
He had said that secession meant disunion, and he
would now show upon what considerations that opinion
was predicated On the hand Northern and estern
Aboltonsts demanded the exclusion of slavery from the
territories On the other hand, intervention for the
pose of protecting slavery in the territories demand
ed Now, he would ask Southern gentlemen. here and
ed OUT when the whole strength of the North
bned with the great strength the West for excluding
slavery from the terrtoresin asking submit the pro
tecton OF their people to the keeping of such
might be sent from the North and West to constitute
majority in Congress. (Cries of "No - ''No.'O
There not paper at the South which did not TEEN
with denuncations, that majority in both Houses were
to all ntents and purposes opposed to slavery and vet
these men who set up the preension of being
friends of slavery at the South, asked that protec-
ton of slavery should be put into the keeping that
power which they represented being bent upon de-
strucon From the moment that the power slavery
was recognized existing in Congress-whatever views
they might entertain of the in which that power
was to be eXerted-from that moment there was not
Southern man that did not beat with the conviction that
slavery gone Was the South ready for the battle
They were not, and the very obvious The
gentlemen who had seeded from this Convention knew
that the mass of their people at home would respond
to the call which had been made upon him. and the
proof of it was, that State where delegations had
seeded had the seceders called fair Convention of the
people to put to the test their pretensons. Appause
louisiana mindful wi at she owed to her sister
States of the South, ready to in with
them, when actual aggression called for resistance
Louisiana was unwilling to risk her future and the
OF this Union upon impraccable issues and she could
not be so far obviou of his past and
to disown that fearless and indomtable champion of
popular rights and of the equality Of the States against
whom SUCH an unreenting warfare had been waged in
his own State, and he would give the entire of
Louisiana Tor Stephen A Douglas tGreat applause.)
When Arkansas was called
Mr., STIRMAN said he had followed the Convention
through all its vcisstudes both Charleston Bati
more He had remained by it, hoping that something
might take place t. Ndng to harmonze the party such
had been the case, and therefore he felt as much as
he regretted it, compelled to leave the Convention this
time.
Gov. FLoURNoY, of Arkansas, rose to explain The
compliment had been paid him that he was he head and
foot of the Douglas party in his State proud
of IT. He then went to explain his at Charles
ton He had done all he could for Mr. Douglas. He was
Southern man in heart and in principle. Everything
he held dear on earth identified with slavery and if
this vast theatre mighty magazine he would an
ply the match and blow the whole affair into atoms
er tah TO knowingly DO wrong lie should in accord
ance with instructions cast onehalf for Breckin
ridge and one vote for Douglas.
Mr.. CLARK, in few words explained the vote of Mis-
souri,.
Mr.. McCooK, when the vote of Ohio called, said
Ohio faithful at the first she will be faithful to the last
three for A
Mr.. DoDGE, of Iowa, when his State was called said
that the State of Iowa true to the South the Com
promise question when Delaware deserted her
If his State thought that if Mr.. Douglas would not be
liberal to the South in the disposition Offices patron
instead of loving and hOnorng him he would
and spurn him. He would cast the four votes of his State
for Stephen A. Douglas
When Pennsy lvauia called, the Chairman in cast
ing the vote said that nine of the delegates declined
ing. Therefore only seventeen voted.
The result of the ballot was then announced as fol-
lows:
FIRST BALLOT
,,l Douglas-Maine 5k New Hampshire 5; Vermont s.
Massachusetts To- Rhode Island a. Connecticut x; New
York So; New Jersey 2h4h declining to vote; Penn
syvana 10; Mary land-half decined-2%; Virginia H
North Carolina /; Alabama O. Louisiana 6. Arkansas j.
Missouri N; Tennessee 3; Ohio % Indiana Is; Illinois
II; Michigan 6; Wisconsin 5; Iowa a; Minnesota IN
total l73
Guthrie-Pennsylvania 3; Missouri X. Kentucky K
total 9.
Dickinson Virginia ~
Breckinridge.-Connecticut l; Pennsylvania 5; Mary
land y; Arkansas y; Minnesota h-tota 6%
Maryland cast vote for Wise, Virginia vote for Bo
Before the ballot announced letter was read from
Mr. Seymour, announcing that he candidate for
nomination.
1t will be that the States of Delaware Georgia
South Carolina Mississippi Texas, California Oregon
did not vote. Eleven members who remained on the
floor declined voting.
Mr. STANsBURY Of Maryland withdrew his vote for Mr.
Breckinridge, and declined voting for any one.
Mr.. CHURCH. of New York; offer for the consideration
of the Convention the following resolution
ReSolred, That Stephen Douglas of the State of Il
linois, having received twothrds all the votes
given in this Convention he is hereby declared in ac
cordance with the rules governing this body, and in
cordance with the uniform custom and rules of former
National Democratic Conventions the regular nominee
the Democratic party of the Union office of
dent of the United States.
Mr.. FLoURNoY wou like to take another ballot first,
because they could make the great deal
Mr.. JONES, Of Pennsylvania said he came here pre-
pared to support the nominee of this Convention so
as he should be nominated according the rules the
Democratic party and this Convention. But in Charles
ton they adopted rule requiring two thirds of the
electoral vote to nominate and that rule adopted by
the unanimous vote of the great state of New York
Mr. GoRMAN called the gentleman to order. They were
acting under the previous question: and therefore the
resolution not debatable.
Mr. JONES would then make point of order that
ing the previous question, the resolution could be
trOduced.
The PRESIDENT ruled that the resolution was in order
and debatable.
Mr. JONES then point of order that the resolu
ton was in direct conravenon of one of the nes of the
Convention adopted at Charleston that rule could
not be repealed without giving one days notice.
Mr.. CHURCH maintained that the rule referred to at
Charleston merey resolution of instruction to the
President and resolution of construction the original
rule The then President decided that it did not
alter or change the rule. His resolution therefore
simply changed the instruction the President and also
changing the construction which the Convention had
given TO the rule and was therefore strictly in
order.
New York to this Convention for peace and har-
mony they came to oil upon the troubled waters;
and for sixteen long days and nights they had been yield
ing thing but personal honor to heal the divi
sions of this Convention They had been asked to yield
this that and the other point and had failed to
respond until they required to yield everything
which distinguished their manhood and the manhood
the 200 600 Democrats behind them at home When they
that point. when they asked admit the
seceders, who the doors of the Convention not
with tears o. repentence not with determination to
abide by their action but demanding the surrender
their princpleswhen they were asked besides give
their candidate, candidate who would sweep New York
with whirwind they replied firmly, No, gentlemen
we cannot with honor comply with your wishes.
The New York delegation asked at Charleston,
by the Southern delegates who did secede if thew
would not for the sake of harmony in this body for the
sake of solving the difficulty surrounding them
this resolution, and they responded that they would.
They told that if they passed that resolution
quring two-thirds of~the full Convention nominate,
and if would make slight amendment the
PLATFORM they would in the Convention and stand
by its action, and fight the disunion seceders until
the bitter end (Applause They 1.-THE New York deega-
ton opposed to altering the rule. They thought it
an outrage to require twohirds to nominate. New
York had often given its vote in National Conventions
to repeal that rule He remembered thatn 1914 rule
was passed upon them and defeated the fvorite candi
date of New York They opposed the twothirds
rule ITSELF but they asked by this construction
of the rule increase the number necessary to
from twothirds to about ve-sXhs of the Convention
They thought it unjust despotic and wrong but they
said to their delegation, 1n Gods let do all
for peace and harmony" Kentucky Tennessee North
Carolina and other gallant States had held communion
with them, and asked of them this and
they made the sacrifice.
They did it for peaceofferng and for harmony and