Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-06-15
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

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more on the 9TH inst, and continued in scs
sion two days. The result was the re-nom-
inaticn of Abraham Lincoln for President
and Andrew johnson of Tennessee for
Vice President We give the resolutions
adopted, in another column.
A correspondent of the Burlington
Free Press gives very clear account of
the proceedings He writes:
Some of our Vermont delegates arrived
Monday night; but the delegation was
not complete till Tuesday morning.
Tuesday morning the delegation met at
Mr.. Foot's room at Barnum's, which had
been made the headquarters of the delega-
ton. Mr.. Foot was chosen Chairman Mr.
Stowell of Cambridge, Vice President.
and Mr.. Fairbanks. Secretary Of the del
cgatlon. Mr.. Walton was selected as the
Vermont member Of the committee on the
platform Mr.. Hammond member of tho
committee on credentials; and Mr.. Gard
liner of the committee on permanent or.
gauization of the convention. An iu.
formal ballot was then taken to indicate
the preferences Of the delegation as to
the Vice Presidency. and resulted in the
unanimous selection of Hon. Solomon
Foot, of Vermont. Mr.. Foot thanked
the gentlemen for the compliment; but
begged them to understand that it could
be nothing but compliment, as among
themselves, and that no vote ought to be
thrown away on himself in the convcn
ton. A second ballot indicated Mr..
Haml.n as the unanimous choice of the
Vermont delegation. This was subse-
quently reconsidered and quite a different
result arrived at, At the time the mem
bers who came to the convention from
Washington, as several did, came strong
in the conviction that Mr.. Hamlin's re.
nomination was the thing to be done. and
that be was sure to be re-nominted with
Mr.. Lincoln. Their view had its natural
effect on the delegation as whole; but
subsequent consultation showed all that
the course. was not so clear, and in the
event Mr.. Hamlim received but one fifth
of the vote of the Vermont delegation.
At noon of Tuesday, the convention
opened. Front Street Theatre, which
had been selected aud fitted up for the oc.
casion by the city council of Baltimore,
was filled as never before.
The members of the convention were a
good intelligent, substantial looking
crowd If all were postmasters or Gus
tom house officials then Uncle Sam has a
very fair.looking set of servants at the
present time.
Gov. Morgan. of New York, Chairman
of the National Committee. calls the con-
vent,on to order, and makes short aud
pertinent opening speech He nominates
for temporary chairman, DR.. Robert j..
Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, who takes
the chair amid tumultuous applause. You
will have read his speech before this can
reach you; but you cannot understand
the cffe't it produced. The high charac-
ter of that noble old gentleman; his VEN
erablc ppearance-reminding somewhat
in countenance and long beard of streak
ed white and grey. the picture of John
brown Though he probably would not
thank me for the comparison); his posi-
ton as leader of the Presby terian Church
in Kentucky; his well-known family con-
nection with rel els high in rank and pow
er-thc uncle of John G. Breckenridge
general and arch traitor, and father of
two sous in the rebel army his freedom
from party tics; his presence fresh from
tic hot arena OF border warfare the
earnestness and s6emnity of his manner,
all added wonderfully to the effect of
his words; and when he declared that no
Government bad ever found enduring
foundations without cementing them with
the blood of traitors; that every blow we
strike and every rebel we kill and every
battle we win. dreadful as it is to do it, is
adding, it may be years, it may be centu-
ries tu the life of our Government and
the freedom of our children; he declared