Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-01

10 slAVsfs N sfkasi Hs 2hjestsa .sisf " tae
amendment, on the gfoand that it ASHAMED
that slavery was not already dead.
He moved the following amendment;
"That the slaveholder's rebellion must be
IMPRESSED by the removal of its motive
power and principal support, slavery" He
also suggested that an amendment be adopt
ed to the effect that either by an anti slavery
construction of the constitution or BY its
amendment, slavery must be removed.
Mr.. Foster moved as a substitute thst the
rebellion renders null and void all the oon
stitutional guarantees of slavery. This was
lost. running debate ensued, participated
in by Messrs GoodelI, Butz, Edgar, Catlin,
Gilbert, johnson, and ',thers, in which sew
eraI other amendments were proposed, the
same in substance as Mr.; GOOdelI's The
chairman, however, hurried matters through
With a strong hand, all the amendments were
voted down, and the resolution adopted.
The eighth resolution was amended so as
to read thae the establishment of auti-repub-
lican government on this continent by for
eigu po,oer, cannot be tolerated.
DEBATE ON THE DOMINATION.
The remainder of the resolutions weIe
adopted, and the whole was declar. to be
the platform of the convention.
Col. Moss Immediately took the floor and
moved that the convention proceed to the
nomination of President. This was hailed
BY the Fremonters with a delighted burst of
applause. But the Grant men saw that they
would be beaten if they went into nOmina-
ton and made an effort to stave it Off NJ.
Ran.~-,v " rvew Jersey, spoke in favor of
pOstpOnement, followed by Mr.. Demers of
Albany.
The young man had evidently fully stud
led his plea for Grant, and although the Mis-.
souri, fellows who ruled the Convention hiss-
ed him several times, he concluded that good
lungs and perseverance would be an antidote
for Kissing. He, accordingly, in a very trag-
ic voice informed the assembly of that fact,
whereuPon they sweetIy quieted down. The
young gentleman, who was obviously the OK
ponent of the unfortunate few from New
York, who wanted a postponemsnt, informed
the Missourians it would not do to como q
snsp judgement upon the Grant men, declar
ing, at the same time, that Fremont could
not carry New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio,
and therefore he wanted convention in
September. His zeal, in this behalf, led the
tribe headed by Moss, of Missouri, to suspect
the young man Demers was a Lincoln hire
ing, which he Indignantly denied, declaring
hat Grant must and would be President.
He was radical enough and no good OBJ
lection could be urged why he should be op-
posed. He informed the MissOurians that
the great seaboard States, in whose interest
he spoke, would bolt the nomination unless
Grant we're the mca, for they could not con-
sent to run man who would throw the cleo
tiOn into the hands of the coppsrheads.
Colonel Moss, who is Militia Colonel in
Missouri, who sports brass buttons and still
more brszen voice, whemths German Red Re-
publicans of St. Louis pushed forward as their
champion, replied to the young New York
gentleman. by the overwhelming statement
that Missouri had come to act. He, there
fore moved the unanimous nomination of
John C. Fremont. At this dozen poor fell
lows, struggling against fate and Lager Bier,
tried to defer the nomination by various
amendments.
Nothing would do, however, for the St
Louis Germans, who voted not to recognize
Gods hand in the war, but to nominate Fre-
mont.
General Fremont was nominated by ac-
clamation.
The 5000 delegates, with whom the city was
said to swarm yesterday, by the imaginative
Plain Dealer, chsered heartily over the good
work.
After FrOmont's nomination, General Coch.
rans, of New York, who is a very oily and
srtfuI orator, bid graoiOusIy for the Vice
Presidency, by a coy, maidenish reluctance,
that secured his nomination by accIamation.
The party thus brought into life, yet re-
mained unnamed. The naming of the bant-
ling was deferred until night, as names have
much to do with political parties.
THH MEETING LAST NIGHT.
A few remnants of the Mass convention
collected last night to hold sort of ratifca-
ton meeting. Mr.. Parker PiIIsbury and
Mr.. Foster, of Abbey Kelley antessdonts,
we're the chief spokesmen.