, 1864-09-11
The Knockdoypn in the u Dem ocratic,,
Natf0nnl Harris I1tts
The Wror z Man.

lIoI9eeponaenee or the Boston AdTertlacr.1
NJ. Harris, Of Maryland, spare, tau atlcal
looAipg man Of sixty, bald and s?ectac1ed,
rose to second the nomination Of Seymour,
and now began the excitement Of the occa-
son. fIevltus to this 1t had been the gen
eral opinion, since the platform had been SO
easily disposed Of, thst the candidates would
be nominated aud the Convention over In an
hour or 60. Mr. Harris, however, Was an
nn!ofeeen obstacle, and one most stubborn
ana pound mt to be overcome. With a de-
termination highly e1aapc1attng to the ms
!of1ty OF delegates and outsiders, eager to
complete the work 80 well begun, Of nomi.
mating Mcclellan In grand torrent of en-
thas1asm, AIR. Harris settled hinselfto his
taek OF making long speech against McClel-
!ae, against the will Of the Convention, aud
Pereelvtvg bis purpose, the thousands OF
efacnt and Inconsistent advocates in one
breath OF Mcclellan and peace. on-auY. Y.te1me,
VINO occupied the oufer semi circle, under.
1ook to defeat It By sheer force OF numbers
ena et,1 power Of lungs. Cheers TOR Mcclellan
followed every paragraph Of Mr. Harris ha.
isDguc. Personal Insults to himeelf. and ad-
1uratiors to ST. dowr Interrupted every SEN
ftnce. The attempt - choke Oft The peace
men VIVA not coutlued to the outstders-the
delegates themselves put In operation every
suit. The President OF the Convention fre,
qucntly interfered to urge the right Of free
speech and cain the Indignant throng, and
took occasion every time to appeal to the
enfant ttr1Ne, Mr. Harms, not to destroy the
hoasted harmony from which 60 much was
hoped.
The pertiEacfous obstfnacy which carried
Mr. Rarris on to q vote Of ceueura from his
colleagues at Washington last winter stood
by him slto On this occasion. He tbrew v
Rlances Of contempt at tho mob outside ths
railing. and hurled defiance In the teeth OF
the Delegates who attempted to put him
down b parliamentary tsctics: He read
THlBUNE-the politics Of which paper called
forth many jeers from the audieuce-Mc-
Cltllen'e famous order for the arrest Of the
Mar lard Legislature, and made It the text
for 4 1abored and often repezted dauuucls~
ton Of Mcclellan as identified with every
act Of arbitrary power with which the Dem
ocracy had charged the preseus Aamln1stfa-
tion At Washirgton-
Every moment that Mr.: Harris continued
Increased the turnult In the Wig FAN, aud
when be was finally adjudged BY Governor
Seymour to be ont OF order the point raised
the nominee OF tte Convention was not TT
to be member Of 1.-THE excitement was
vcrJ great Mr. Harris himself Was nearly
boiling over with wrath. As he passed
along the aisle to hts eeat he overheard q
gentleman in the Massachusetts delegation
character. This was drop too much. Nj.
Hsrz1s turned On his heel, and, on the genu-
Inc Irieh principle, hit the first head hs ssw
slashfng blow. The unfortunate individual
wss m unotending E member Of another dele
Ratiou, who was Standing in the als'e for the
eetfer hy surprise By the onset OF his fellow
copperhead. He tumbled ipglorlously to the
door-othar members rushed to the spot
aud there seemed for few minutes pros
pect that the great Convention Of the hars
after the fashion OF Donny brook Fair. Souo
prudtn Mt Individuals eucirc1ed the fiery Mar5-
lander, who Was waving his urms like
Windmill, and carried him along to hts seat
before the startled individual who had been
accorded the floor go suddenly had really dis
covered what hurt him.. And 50 ended the
frat sklrmish Of the campaign.
f~A 4 correspondent Of the Boston Put
-.4ton IN hat farrnn al that x{F and hfr4 T0m