The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-11

tons will exert material influence upon the per
manent welfare of this great country and with the mos
ardent solicitation that they may promote union and har
mony amongst its various portions beg
you and your associates my desire to witne
wise, prudent and patriotic result to your labors
E F. CHAMBERS.
The President also announced the reception O
the following telegraphic despatch from Washing
ton city, which was read by the Secretary:
| For platform give the Constitution and Washing
toms Farewell Address-thOugh old they are good ant
WIN. c. HAsBRouck,
Washngton's Headquarters.
! Both the above communications were received
with cheers. The roll of States was called, wher
the President called on the Committee on Busines.
! for their report
Erastus Brooks said that the report would be
presented by Hon. Joseph c. Ingersoll, who had
been chosen chairman of the committee.
MIR. Ingersoll stepped forward to the secretaries
desk. He received with marked demonstra
tions of applause He said:
Mr.. President take great pleasure in communicating
to this highly respectable body the results of the com
mittee's labors We met with entire cordialty-com
muncated with each other with great harmony and
concluded with great unanmity, and, might say patr
otism The men sat WITH for courtesy and Kindness
have never seen surpassed The following report
which will read
WHEREAS, Experience has demonstrated that MIA
forms adopted by the partisan Conventions of the coun
try have had the effect to misead deceive the people
and the to widen the political divisions o
the country by the creation and announcement of
graphical and sectional parties therefore,
Resolred That is both the part patriotism and Of
duty, to reorganze no political principles other than
1.-THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY
THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAws.D
And that as the representatives of the Constitutional
Union men of the country, in National Convention as
sembled, we here pledge ourselves to maintain pro
tect and defend separately and unitedly great
principles Of public liberty and national safety against
all enemies at home and abroad believing that thereby
peace he restored to the county the Just
rights of the people and of the States reestabshe and
the government again placed in that condition of Justice
fraternity and equality which, under the examnIa ma
constitution Of fathers has solemny bound evry ct
zen of the United States to maintain more perfect
union establish justice insure domestic tranquility pro
vide for the general welfare and the blessings
liberty to ourselves and posterity Immense Cheers
Mr.. IngersoI continned-I have further re-
port to make which / hope will be received with
kindness. 1t refers to the manner in which the bu
date must be conducted. l hope it will be received
with the cordiality with which the regular
report has been.
Resolued That each State shall be entitled to the
number of votes in this Convention electoral vote
and that each delegation shall for itself determine in
which way its votes may be cast.
RESOLVED, That in baoting for President and Vice
President ballots shall be taken until candidate nom
mated shall receive majority of all the votes cast
that the candidate for President shall balloted
for and selected and then the candidate Vice Pres
dent. ..... ...
Mr.. W. p. Hickerson, of Tennessee, asked if the
resolutions gave the majority of State delegation
the power to control the minority. That is, said
he, can the majority of a delegation cast the
entire vote of the State, and thus smother the
minority
Mr.. Brooks said that he did not think the reso
lutions were properly understood. and as there
certainly was no diversity of opinion in regard to
the first part of the report, he asked for division
OF the question. Let the votes be taken on the
hrst resolutions, and leave the Others for discus
sion. "
The question was divided, and the first resolu.
tn ha Of
cept "The Constitution of the country, the Union
OF the States, and the enforcement OF the laws y
was put, and unanimously adopted, amid immense
applause
Mr.. Cantine, of New York, was opposed to the
adoption OF the other resolutions reported by the
Committee, as under such rule the minority in
any delegation could only be heard by the courtesy
of the delegation; whereas, if majority of the del
egation desired, they could outvote the minority
and silence it.
N. &. Pendleton, of Ohio, said that the Commit
tee had supposed that it would defy human inge
nuity to put double construction on the meanin !,
OF the resolutions. As for his part he could not see
how a few plain words such as were in the resolu.
tion could be misunderstood. The resolution mere
y leaves the matter of how the votes of each dele.
CATION shall be cast, to be settled by the delega-
! tions themselves, instead of bv the Convention.
The delegates could settle how they pleased IN
cast their votes.
| Daniel Warner, of Massachusetts, said that the
Convention was here to represent the sentiments OF
the people OF the different sections of the country
They were here, not as party, but to eschew par.
| ty. And yet almost the first proposition offered
by the Committee was an old party trick for the
purpose of silencing the minority. No rule could
be adopted by the Convention which would make
him vote against the known wishes of his constitu
ency. He did not think the Convention had pow
er to convey authority to any State delegation to
say how each and all its members should vote As
for himself he would vote he had been instructed
Geo. A. Pearre, of Nd, sad-The gentleman
from Massachusetts is certainly mistaken, and does
the Committee great injustice in asserting that thew
have attempted to foist on the Convention an old
party trick.
Mr.. Warner-I had no such intention.
Mr.. Pearre-The gentleman having dscaimed
any intention of charging the committee with a
ly question of policy. The committee presum ed
that, in adopting this proposition, a generous
feeling would prevail IN the delegations, and that
in no instance would the minority be treated with
disrespect. The committee expected that each del
egate composing the Convention would cast his
vote he chose, and only desired that the delega
| tions should settle among themselves how they
would vote and, through their chairman an
nounce the to the Convention. Last night.
my brethren of Maryland held meeting in which
the question as to who should be supported came
up. There division of sentiment in the dele
cation. But we agreed to allow our chairman to
cast the vote, giving each delegates vote as the
delegate should direct. The committee expected
to find the same generosity in all the delegations
and it was only for the purpose of facilitating the
business of the Convention that it offered.
Mr.. Partridge, of Miss, said that he thought the
members of the Convention thoroughly understood
the question, and he, therefore, moved the pre-
vious question.
| Cries of 'No, no." "Withdraw it." when Gov.
Morehead, of North Carolina, was recognized By
| the Speaker.
Mr.. Morehead-Don't exercise gag law here.
Let the subject be ventilated.
| Mr.. Partridge withdraw the call for the previ
Gus question. fl.
| Mr.. Morehead-I agree entirelySith the gentle
man from Maryland in his views, with the excep.
ton of its application. Let take into consdera-
ton the practical workings of this principle Take
| the State of New York, for instance Il do not
name the State of New York through any disre-
spect with the insinuation that it will be So
Eighteen of her votes may be in favor of Houston
and seventeen in favor OF some other gentleman
The eighteen choose to exercise this principle and
| consequently they decide that my vote shall be
cast unit. If so, the seventeen votes are not
only silenced, but actually used for the nomiua-
| tion OF one who may be repugnant to them 1t is
Just easy for me, chairman, to cast the votes
! of my State as each individual delegate may de.
sire, it is to cast it unit. A delegate NAV
be here selected by Congressional district, and by
that district instructed yet by adopting the pro-
posed resolutions, the majority of the delegation to
| which he may belong, may, by vote, cast the
vote of the delegate contrary to the wishes of his
| constituency sos
| X. F. Stevens, of New York, offered an amend
ment. "that each State represented shall be enti.
tied to two votes for State electors and that each
district delegate shall be entitled to one voe to be
| given BY the Chairman of the State delegation, or
by the delegates, as the State delegations shall de-
| eide. la. ..tti... 4
| Cries of ''No; don't let the delegates vote ndi
| yidualy, it will take up too much time"
/ Several other delegates offered amendments and
/ substitutes, and great confusion prevailed when
| VIM. l.. Goggn, of Va, offered the following as a
| substitute: -
Resolved That the chairman of each delegation shall
the of his State for each delegate from such
State and in such way he may be instructed by the
delegate entitled to VOTE and when there is fu
representation any State, then majority of
delegation shall decide how the vote of the district
represented and when there be two delegates dis
trc who agree each of such delegates shall be
| entitled to half a vote.
Tha resolution W. ranniVnd with annlauaa an6