East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-09-07

of individuals. If there is a good
reasons to believe that persons are
giving aid and information the enemy,
it is Of course necessary to arrest them,
but have always found that it is tho
tendency of subordinates to make ar
rest mostly ON suspicion" Gen. Geo.
ID. Mcclellan in these letters speaks
for himself. "Cheers." He said in
North Carolina, where Gen. Burnside
went, he was to impress the people
with the importance of maintaining
tho Union--with the Importance of
what carried him there. So in Mis-
souri, and so in Kentucky. Despite
the vindictive assaults here INDUCED
in, George d. Mcclellan, to-day is as
deeply and firmly imbeded in the
hearts Of the American people as tho
granite in the mountains and the iron
ore-beds Of his native Pennsylvania.
cloud and enthusiastic applause"
Mr.. Holsman, Of New Jersey: l
move that the nominations close, and
that wo proceed to vote for the candi-
date for President by States; and
upon that motion move the previ-
Gus question.
Mr.. Fries, Of Ohio: / rise to priv
LEGGED question. move that we ad-
journ till tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
The President: That is not priv
LEGGED question.
Mr.. Fries Then / move tho mo-
ton for the previous question be laid
on the table, and that the vote be taken
by States.
The President The chair decides
that the motion to lay on the table is
not in order.
Mr.. Fries I appeal from that de-
cision.
The President The decision of the
chair is that the motion is not in or
der, the motion before the convention
being for the previous question. The
gentleman from Ohio, "Mr. Fries" ap-
peals fom this decision Of the chair
The question being, "Shall the de-
cision Of the chair stand as tho judg-'
ment of the convention" it was SO or
dored.
Mr.. Fries, Of Ohio; / would ask if
it is the expectation Of the members
Of this convention that we shall be
able to conclude our proceedings to-
night? "Voices Of yes and no." /
ask the gentlemen who say Eyes"
what preparation has been made to
tighten this room to enable us to make
any progress. /, for one, now state
that l do not propose to sit here in the
dark.
The motion to adjourn being sub
mitted was lost.
The President: I would call the at
tention of tho gentlemen of the con-
vention to the fact that it is utterly
impossible to transact business in this
confusion.
Mr.. Bigler, of Pennsylvania: I rise
in the name of one of the great States
of this Union to appeal to my broth
or delegates to act at least in common
order and good feeling. We have
now reached point in our delibera-
tons at which we can terminate them
directly and unequivocally in the
morning, while it may be truly said
we cannot do so tonight. Let us,
therefore, by common consent, fix an
hour at which we will assemble in the
morning Those in favor of adjourn
ing will say aye. "Many voices,
aye, and much laughter" l beg the
pardon of the chair. / do not mean
to be taken quite so literally. Iaugh-
ter and applause" Mr.. President, L
move that we do now adjourn until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The President: wish to make an
announcement. The chairman of tho
several delegations will call at tho
rooms Of the National Committee, at
the Sherman House, at 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning, to receive their tick
cts of admission. 1t is moved and
seconded that tho convention adjourn
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
Those in favor of that motion will
say faye" and those of contrary
opinion will say "no."
The motion prevailed, and the con-
vention adjourned until Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Wednesddg's Proceedings.
Convention called to order at fifteen
minutes past ten, A. NJ, Rev. Halsey,
ID. d., of Chicago, opened with prayer.
Mr. Wicklitfe, of Kentucky: 1 de-
sire to offer a resolution, which / re-
gard as privileged question, in ref
erence to the future existence and tho
continuance Of the organization Of
this convention. hope, if it is not q
privileged question, there will be unan-
4mous consent upon it. 1 am satisfied
there can be no exception to it. The
delegations from the West, including
that State, to which / am attached are
of the opinion that circumstances may
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