Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-25


Il opposition 10 dtsmQp. thoy only spoke the sen.
timents et large maortiy o. the Ps9ple q Alaba-
break up the Democrats psft % tlsi The b0ndi q
ooedi (Cries 81 sno, no. shall Il b. said that
1870 shgll zee the grave Of lho gpionl lNo;l They
Gulf States rom the cotton states Of the SOUTH the
heart Of tho whole south viii throh with enthuaiasm
Union The convention had been .oid that the dele.
gates now present from Alabama did not Tgpresgnt
I box iof D rcfltation Of this charge. a...
Jones Of Pennsylvania, raised point Of ordar.
Ths President decided that 81 remarks we're out Of
order ne desired g present g ne convention iM9
i lrcm the delegates from Georgia.
Payag Of Ohio, moved to suspend the reading and
Amer some skirmishing this course was agreed
Loud calls for tho question were then made
4 The President roso and begged the indulgence Of
the oonvontion. When be accepted the position Of
i ChaiTmgn Of the eonventionl be Wes aware q ne
cd IN TIE Convention IN ha sect In the hoPe that har-
Spy q e9qns woaid A s't P5ys b,s Is9t ,,S S9RS
he prsaont smersency while tsndsring his graceful
asknogleog 9 az gEu msn ieF ne g aEtssysA
SiasTSa With hin ip 'poiiey, 9na while o1preasing
bis personal regard and eoraill fSspeel % all thS
aoW TssrS n 10 s ~ Ia q Ohio, his sat 10 The chair
lepd and s1eden eaTs5 q spglsnss broke ioT. ,
sAeaA 80 - = -FF-~~N
ne President rapp,ng to order added, amidst the
by the action Of his isilow delegates
The appla1,9 continued several minuies
tion rose waving their hats and hsndk erchies and
elapping their hands, mingled with cries Of Good.
Mr.. Tod, tbs Vice President Of the eonvUntion,
took She chair amidst loud applause
for over thirty yoarS be he'd fought under The Demo
,rstle tanner In the 9iddings district Gnd should
enco OF the convention Wills endsav0rlng TO dis
charge the duties which had deyolved upon him.
vention would not llstsn 70 him, when scene ofths
utmost confusion prevailed.
10 keep quiet, when order once more became re-
stored.
Several attempts were made to interrupt the pro-
oeedngs, but the chair quietly and steadily insisted
On the preservation q order sd an Immediate vote
On the motion On which ne previous question had
Ths resolution 70 proessd % ballot for candidate
for President was then adopted.
The roll was called, and when Massachusetts, was
reached, Butler again claimed the noor to explain
obiSetiops Sers nSds, bHt he CbaiT decijsd that
whom State called the Chairman Of the delega-
ton bad right 70 explain the vote or position ofths
M Butler then on the part Of the delegation pre-
sented protest against the unjust exclusion q one
of their number ffom the convention and withdrew
from further action with the convention. (Loud
applause, followed By cries Of "Good, good, go
HT Butler then resumed, uayins that he desired to
place the WithdraWal on the ground that majority
ho could not act With convention In which gen
tleman had advocated the rs-oPeninG Of tbs African
Loud laughter, yells and hisses.)
Mr.. Butler then retired with others Of the Massa-
ehusetts deleg9tions amidst applause from the con-
Mr.. Parsons Of Alabama, arose and said that
they were prepared 70 meet the seceders now,
and the issue Of disunion, as they view Il, on
the same issue Of 1851. he cast the vote Of Ala
bama IS unit for Stephen A. Douglas. lfrernen-
dOuH applanse
soule Of Louisiana, next addressed the con
ventiOn. He was greeted with applause.
Sherman, Of Arkansas, here signihed his inten
tion as an individual member from his State, 10
withdraw.
Several delegates rose as different States were
called, giving allegiance 10 Judge Douglas.
Dawson, OF Pennsylvania, stated that dele
One PennsylvGnia delegate east his vote for
A letter was then read from Seymour withdraw
ing his name.
The vote was then announced as fOlloWs:
Douglas i73N; Guthrie 9; Breckinridge 5; Sey-
mOur /; BOcOck /: Wise I; Dickinson /; Blank
votes q. Whole No. Of votes 2l21-
Every State was represented except Delaware,
South Carolina Florida, Mississippi, California
Georgia was represented in part, but refused to
vote.
New York was explained, another vote was IA
ken Douglas getting lslk votes, the rest scatter
4 resolution was then unanimously adopted
declaring Douglas nominated according to the
usages OF the Democratic party and rnles Of Con
gresl, BY q twO-third vote.
Cheer npOn cheer now arose, every person in
the Theater rising and waving their hats and
handkerChiefs, and eyincing the utmost eDthusi
asm. The scene could not be exceeded in excite
ment.
From the upper tier banners, long kept in re
serve were unfurled and waved before the audi /
cnce On the stage appeared q number of ban
ners one of which bore the inscription, " Penn /
sylvania good for 1000 majority for Douglas" /
Cheers for the Little Giant we're responded TO by
the people outside till all was perfect inside
and outside the building.
Stephen A. Douglas was then declared by /
unanimous vote the candidate Of the Democratic \
party Of the Union.
The convention then rose en- masse, cheering |
tremendously.
a number Of speeches was then made giving /
to DOuglas, by John COchrane of New 1
York. and Others, when the convention took l
recess till pm.
SATURDAY, P. NJ.
The reqular convention has nominated BENJAMIN i
Fitzpatrick, Of Ala, for Vice President
Richardson, Of Illinois, presented q letter from 1
Douglas dated " Washington, 10th inst, asking the /
withdrawal of his name II il would produce i
peace and harmony in the Democratic ranks, but \
RichardsOn said that the course of the seoeders /
had been such as to prevent the friends Of Doug /
las from making any such use Of the letter.
The convention, after passing several unimp0rt-
ant resolutions, adjourned sine die