The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-09
Tho DeInocratio Convension,

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The New York papers, Of Sunday
and Monday. contain lengthy ac-
counts of the assembling Of the
Convention. The Herald says:
The new Tammany Hall In Eaat
Fourteenth street was formally dedi-
Gated yesterday morning, before the
assembling of the National Convene
tion, by the Sachems and brethren
of the Society of st. Tammany, who
formed in procession at the Temporal
ry wigwam in Thirteenth street, and
marched to the new building. The
Declaration of Independence was
read by Judge Cardozo, after which
Grand Sachem John T. Hoffman
pronounced the dedicatory address,
the ceremonies terminated, and the
hall was thrown open to the National
Convention.
All the excitement and enthusiasm
of the day eliminated at the hour
fixed for the formal opening of the
Convention. From an early hour,
I'll immense crowd began pouring
into Fourteenth street from Third
and Fourth avenues, filling up the
entire North side Of the street, the
only part of it left undisturbed by
the police. There was excitement
enough, for as the hours kept coming
and going in their order, the street
was kept alive by the marching of
troops. the music of bands, the
gathering of societies, tie active
exertions of the police in keeping
the streets clear and all the other
excitements natural to such time
and scene. The splendid new build
ing, to be known hereafter rs the
new Tammany Hall or Great Wig
wan, was decorated in very beauti-
full manner with flags and banners,
flowers and evergreens wrought and
interlaced into patriotic emblems
and notices, indicative of the great
event which was to find its initiation
within its spacious walls-an event
which is destined to spread like
concentric waves to the utmost
limits Of the land, and to affect the
peace, prosperity and greatness of
the whole people of this immense
continent. The decorations of the
hall and the beautiful arch which
spans the street were conceived in
good taste. and were in every respect
characteristic of the occasion.
A little after 10 o'clock, the mighty
wigwam, the dedicatory services of
which had just terminated, began to
fill rapidly. At a quarter past 12
o'clock, the gavel of the Chairman of
the Democratic National Executive
Committee was heard calling to
order. at once there rose the cry
from all sides, "sit down, sit down,
take your Seats" &c. Some little
time elapsed while delegates hurried
to their places, but when order was
again restored, the Chairman, Hon.
August Belmont, rose and proceeded
to address the Conventions:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION:
1t is my privilege to-day to welcome
you here in this hall, constructed
with so much artistic taste, and
rendered you by the time-honored
Society of Tammany. I welcome
you to this magnificent temple,
erected to the Goddess of Liberty by
her staunchest defenders and most
fervent worshippers; I welcome you
to this good city of New York, the
bulwark of Democracy, which has
rolled back the surging wave of
radicalism through all the storms of
the last eight years, and I welcome
you, gentlemen, to our Empire
State, which last fall redeemed her
self from disrule by majority of
nearly $4,000 votes, and which
claims the right to lead the vanguard
of victory in the great battle to be
fought next November, for the pre-
servation of our institutions, our
laws and our liberties It is a most
auspicious omen that we meet under
such circumstances, and are sur
rounded by such associations, and
share your own confident hope of
the overwhelming success of the
ticket and the platform which will be
the result of your deliberations; for
it is tho American people that our
appeal lies with; their final judgment
will be just. The American people
will no longer remain deaf to the
teachings of the past; they will re-
member that it was under successive
Democratic Administrations, based
upon our national principles, the
principle of constitutional liberty,
that our country rose to prosperity
and greatness unsurpassed in the
annals of history. They will remem-
ber the dnys when North md South