The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-09-08
The Chicago Convention.
sai Chicago, Aug. 8

shc- ShAkC1SO S0mtentIOns ~
a' - sh@@ CHICAGO, Aug. 31.a
The Democratic Wigwam is again
densely packed, and crowds standing
outside greater than before.
!. The convention was called to order
OF 10 o'clock. The proceedings opened
with prayer. s @
~ Mr. Wickliffe, of KY, said the dele
gates of the Northwest were of the
oninion that circumstances may occur
between now and the 4th of March for
4 the Democracy of the country to meet
in Convention, and he therefore moved
that the Convention would be desolved
by adjournment, but remain subject
to afcall of the Executive Committee.
e The Convention then received from
the Democratic National Committee a
resolution adopted by that Committee
in substance, Us follows. ~ sI,r.9r tes
Resolued, That it is the deliberate con-
viction of this Committee, that had the
life of, Stephen A. Douglas been spared,
his gigantic grasp of mind, taken in
connection with his declaration that
"war was disunion," would long since
have restored the power Of the Federal
compact, and avoid that horrible loss
of life for which nothing can compen-
safe. or ,f,s, MI. s-qs,a-4,.t ,,.ss n Et# t'-g
n The President then stated the ques-
tion before, the Convention to be on
ordering the previous question, and it
I ordered without dissent. Vote then
taken by States, the chairman Of each
delegation announcing the vote when
States were oalltd - Connecticut and
Ohio having been passed for moment,
the vote stood: One hundred and six
'ty-two for Nc Clellan; when different
delegations began to change their votes,
and the; final result was as follows
Nc Clelan, Z: New Hampshire, do 5 /;
Vermont, do 5; Massachusetts, do u /;
| Rhode Island, do 4; Connecticut, do 6 /;
New York, do SO; New jersey, z;
Pennsylvania, do 26 Delaware, II. II.
Seymour,3; Maryland do Z; Kentucky,
Mcclellan, II: Ohio, Mcclellan, Is,
Seymour, 6; Indiana, Met Clellan, 81,
Seymour 81; Illinois, Mcclellan 16 /;
Michigan, do 6; Missouri, Mcclellan,
2, Seymour4; Minnesota, Mcclellan,
4; w iseonsin do 8; Iowa, do s.; Kan
sas, do 3; California, do 5; Oregon,
do 8. Total Mcclellan, r2o21, Sey-
mour, 234. raiorr "a. r., 7r,e7,s,.,.. ..r-r
Several delegations having cast theif
votes for Horatio Seymour, when the
call of States was made. Seymour re-
marked that some gentleman had done
him the honor TO name him for the
nomination. 1t would be affectati6n
for him to say that their expressions
of preference ditlnoti give him pleasure,
but he owed it tor himself to say that
many months ago, he advised hrs friends
in New. York, that, for various reasons,
both private and public, he, could not
be a candidate. Having made that an
nouncenent, he would do. great inius-
tice to those friends to allow his name
to be used now. After Some further
remarks, he announced the vote, which
was received with rapturous applause,
the delegates and audience arising to
their feet. The cheers continued for
several minutes. harfstte waH haa agssa
eaoAlr; Nallandingham getting thesfoor,
said that, from the first moment, he
had been animated, by but one senti-
mont in this Convention, peaoe-to the
end that there might be peace in the
land, He then moved that the nomi-
nation Of Mcclellan be declared to. be
the unanimous sense Of the Convention.
Mckeon, of New York, seconded
and remarked that we were in need
less and bloody war, ana that If the
present Administration should be con
tinued, norman of note would be safe
hin his liberties and life and exhorted all
to JOIN with one heart, as one man in
efforts 'tofOverthrow it. ii Il a II
POWELL also, briefly addressed the
Convention, pledging his most earnest
| efforts for the success of the ticket, and
! expressing, from conviction, that the
ticket will come out Of the contest tri-
lrmphant, the liberties Of the people
restored and happiness and PROSPERITY
of the country secured. yn 6l'" 9oga
| Other prominent gentlemen followed
| in brief speeches, reviewing the history
of the country under Democratic rule,
in comparison with tlle present Admin
istratioh, and promising the return Of
lasting peace and continued happiness
with the success OF McClellan.9a gfi
a,s Thequestion was. then taken on max
ing the nomination unanimous, and it
was SO declared. ~. .,.'...
/. The shouts from the delegates and
the audience that responded wore al
i most deafening, f .''' ~ 2'i'a'' .s0' 'o
o Wicklife offered a resolution that
Kentucky expects that the first act of
Mcclellan, when elected, will be to open
Lincoln's prison doors, and set the cap
tive free. Carried unanimously =
Wfckliffe said many of our best and
most loyal citizens of kentucky, among Q
them twenty or thirty ladies', are now
imprisoned in Louisville, in damp, dirty
cells, with only straw to .lays,non, and
scommopestst prison fare, and the news
papers in Louisville forbidden, to make
the slightest allnsion to- this, terrible
state of affairs, He now proclaimed il
at the risk of his liberty and perhaps OF
his life. e '.''' - 90
Cox moved to proceed to the nomi-
nation of a Candidate for Vice Presi.
debt. Carried. 1s7" '5tsi s9doaeqs
Pendleton, Voorhees,, Geo. NJ Cass,
James Guthrie, A. O. ~Dodge iilnl John
). Phelps'were before the Con, entioa.