The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-04

those who will assemble there. but il i
snail be decided to nominate. have M
hesitation in saying that believe tn,
hopes Of the people throughout the country
are resting upon General Grant as thu
candidate. He has displayed the qualities
winch give all men confidence. He hal
SHOWN himself possessed Of merit, skill
and ability, the uost indomitable courage
and the most unselfish devotion to The
couse Of his country. Victory has attend.
ed him wherever he has gone. 1915 /
| One year ago all confidence in the Ad-
mlnlstration was lost, The brilliant victo.
r1es which have since been won by Grant
| nave 90 sar restored it AZ to encourage the
administration to attempt to re-eleCtI It.
SELF on the strength Of his achievements
But, IN my judgment, we should let him
who has won the honors wear them, and
should eatrust power to one who has
shown that he knows how to WELD Il. We
shall then have 2 leader ct the head of af-
fairs In whom III loyal men win have con-
ndence, against whom there will be mo
prejuaiees, whom all will aid with alacrtty.
| ND lSignedl ,a, sf. yr9e- L. RoBINson. :
It was then decided to take up the resoiu-
tons separately. The LIST, ID, Sd, and 4th,
were adopted without dissent Mr.. Good.
o!l moved to amend the 5th by declaring
that slavery shall die instead Of saying
That It y dead; for, said the mover, alt6o' Il
Is legally dead there are over three mill
lions OF people now enslaved In the South
ern States. He moved to substitute these
words that slavery must be suppressed by
the destruction of its motive cause, which
was lost after debate. sa'fs -
Resolutions S, 8, 2, 8, 9, 10, II, II and 10
were then adopted. stt'd
Col. Moss moved that the convention
now proceed to the nomination OF candi-
dates for President and Vice President
upon this platform. Carried. Iul
Mr.. RANSOM moved to reconsider, be-
levlng that it would be the better, policy
70 walt until sfter the Baltimore Conven-
Mr.. Denyers, Of Troy, seconded the mo-
Ion VS0n, believing that any nominations at
lated 70 defeat the very objects of the Con-
Mr.. D. continued at length in an euloey
on General Grant, and insisted that L
would De unjust and unfair to press NOM
Colonel Moss moved that John G. Ere
mont be declared the nominee Of the Con.
vention for President Of the United states.
Mr. Ransom moved an amendment, that
the nominating convention be held in
Cfeveladd, on the first Wednesday in Sep
tember. each State to. have q representa-
ton equal to that in Congress. Lost, only
nine voting in the Affirmative.
M. Nichols, Of Washington, moved to
adjourn oyer to the Radical Convention at
on the 9th of June. Declared out of order.
The nomination of Fremont was then
made by exclamation. 9-t
General Cochran, B. Gratz Brown and
General Butler were named for Vice Pres
ident.
Mr.. Cochran said that it had been deem.
n ~
OF the Convention. He was satisfied with
that honor, satisfied with the proceedings,
for he saw in them the establishment OF q
great party. Henceforth he would be con-
tent to labor, not for party success, but for
the salvation OF the country. yHshs
Yesterday, for the first time, ne had heard
bus name mentioned In connection with the
nomination for Vice President. He doubt
ed the wisdom Of such . choice. twas
his opinion that if the convention would
nominate some gentleman who is plainly
identified with the war-worn democracy Of
the country, and place him side by side
with It's chosen champion, it will establish
q great and glorious party. whose princi-
pies are founded on justice and heartily
endorsing those principles. He begged
Mr.. Gilbert, taking the Chair, the ques-
ton wAs put, ana the nomination OF Gen,
COchrap was confirmed With but few voices
ia the negative. a.-,,8fsots4 ..ss,t#
Messrs. Gilbert, Moss, Grear, Butt and
johnson, were appointed 4 committee to
report . plan Of party organization, and q
name for theparty. Recess till 9P. n.
IRON Cairo. 7H7e st5
CAIRO, May 1.-THE steamer Holman,
from Memphis yesterday evening, has arr
rived. She has on board 50 bales OF cotton
for st. Louis. She was fred into at Island
No. Is, while on her way to New Orleans.
Also at Tunica Bend, two shells striking
her, and one exploding near her boiler
No one was hurt. al-e.g ftea +..sft@f
The rebels are said to have twenty five
steamers up the Red river, shove the high
est point yet reached BY our army.
The steamer Hilvermooh, nom Memphis
for Cincinnati, had 10 bales oficotton on
board. She says Gen. McArthur's COM
mAnd returned . Vicksburg on the 2Srd.
He had had engagement Of any impof-
tance with tho enemy. A few prisOnsfs
were brought in. t.gba 40. .--.g I'LL