Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-10

III just made excited the most mingled emo
tions.- -had-no language in which 1,
! thank the Convention and to express hi
regret that his name had been presented
4 but on'a question affecting his duty an,
j honor he must stand by bis opinion agains
the world. He could not be nominated
without putting himself and the Demcrati
party in peril. When he declined the nom
ination he meant it. He paid an eloquen
tribute to Mr.. Pendleton and his mag
nanimity, and in closing, said, thankin;
not be-" a. N
i Mr.. Vallandigham said in times of grea
exigency and calamity every persona
consideration should be Withdrawn. H.
insisted that Horatio Seymour must yielt
to the demonstration in his behalf.E yOhio'
vote must and should stand for Horatit
Seymour. He called upon theseveral dele
gates to follow that lead.
| Mr.. Herman, of New York, to reliev,
everybody In the New York delegation
said they have had no lot nor part in thi
movement of Ohio. They bad heard some
thing OF 1t, but declined to take any par
in it, out of regard for the proper sensi
tiveness of the President of the Conven.
tioD until other States should show BY
heirlaction that Seymour was demanded
| by the party in Convention. He urged
the necessity of success in the campaign
| and expressed his opinion that Mr.. Sey.
| mour could now accept the judgment oi
| the Convention with honor, and that he
| should yield as matter of duty to the
| West, and with him as a candidate New
| York was good for 100000 msiority. E
The call of the roll was then proceeded
WITH E F8k SD fE
Tennessee gave Seymour 10. tsB
When Wisconsin was called, Mr.. Palmer
seconded the State of Ohio, and cast eight
votes for Seymour. Great cheering. J.
Kentucky gave Seymour her IL votes
[Great cheering.l Massachusetts, gave u
for Seymour North Carolina changed her
9 votes from Hendricks to Seymour.
lCheers.l Pennsylvania asked that her
vote be not recorded for the present Mis-
sissippi changed from Hancock to Sey-
mour. fss8s % J 6S ,5B ,giE
Cheering and confusion ensued, delega-
tions standing upon seats. [Cries of .'Sit
down." "Sit down in 'front.'" "Order."
Mr.. Price took the chair, and insisted
that gentlemen must take their seats, and
would recognize no one until order was re-
stored.
Mr.. Woodward, of Pennsylvia, now rose
and transferred her 26 votes to Seymour.
lGreat cheering and disorder There were
cries of delegates all over the house to their
respective chairman "Change our vote"
"Change our VOTE" * ezafevy
Halt dozen States at once wanted to
change their votes.
Maine changed to Seymour IL: Illinois
|
dous cheering and indescribable confusion
Indiana changed solid Is for Seymour
Iowa came next for Seymour. Texas cast
her 6.
Here the cannon in the street began to
fire salute for the nominee, as State after
State came in, but the noise was SO great
that not a word could be distinguished of
what anybody said.
Seymour was clearly nominated. 1Ea Ag4
The confusion subsiding, Alabama,
Maine, Kansas and Arkansas followed, Civ
ing their unanimous votes for Seymour.
The delegation for Minnesota, frantically
standing on the State standards, attracted
the attention of the chairman and cast the
vote of Minnesota for Seymour.
Georgia paid a last tribu se to Hancock,
the most knightly soldier of the war,
whom she had supported earnestly, but
she now united In voting unanimously for
Seymour.
Louisiana gave her seven to Seymour.
Mr.Stuart, of Miohgan,s said that State
came to the Convention with the single
purpose to nominate a candidate who could
certainly be elected. That position she oc-
cupied to-day. He proceeded to eulogize
Mr.. Seymour as the greatest statesman now
living, and cast Michigan for him.
The band on Fourteenth street struck up
1.-THE Battle Cry of Freedom the cannons
still ,saluting. zv sF,.-i =, 5.l-7-sts ~, rfss
A delegate from South Carolina said he
was from State which felt most heavily
the chains of oppression OF Radical rule
He said South Carolina, came here caring
more for men than measures. They were
satisfied with the platform adopted so unan-
imously, and South Carolina, with the in
vocation of Gods blessing on the party on
which rests the last hope of the country,
cast her vote for Seymour.
MARYLAND changed to Seymour.
Mr. Tilden, Of New York rose, great in;
cries of stake the platform" He spoke
from his place, however, and said he did
not last evening believe that the event
which has now occurred could have hap
pened. His remarks here were not distinct |
ly audible to the reporter, because of con-
versation in his vicinity. He was under
stood to say he had no expectation that
Ohio would have come to the support of so
distinguished citizen of the State of New
York, which had opposed Ohio's earnest |
wishes. In conclusion he announced the |
unanimous vote of New York for Horatio
Seymour.
Mr.. Clark, of Wisconsin, called for a rat
ification of the nomination by three cheers
for Horatio Seymour, which were given
with will.
4 The Chair announced the result. All the |
States having voted the result was for Sey-1
mour BIZ votes. Enthusiasm, cheering, the
whole Convention and audience rising and
Gall
several minutes. Loud calls for Mr.. Sey-
mour. (Cries of .'sit down in front."l
The Chair raped with his gavel aud
called to order in vain for several minutes.l
The Chair (Mr. Price,) announced that
Mr.. Seymour having received the unani-
nous vote of the Cons ention, was the |
standard bearer for the coming compaign. |
Mr.. Preston, of Kentucky, offered reso-
luton to proceed to nominate u candidate
for Vice President.
Mr.. Woodward seconded.
A new scene of confusion ensued on the |
call of Che States for the nomination of can
didates for Vice President. sE
One OF the delegates from California eu |
logized H. I'll. Haight, ofthat State, but was
understood to say that State presented no
candidate. EesfFs a.r.a- III
Mr.. Steele. of California, said this was
mistake; that majority of the delegation
nominated F. p. Blair. r3il
Mr.. Bigler. of Pennsylvania, urged that
the nomination for Vice President is a |
matter of great importance, and moved a |
recess for consultation. tfsBH 4r1 |
Mr.. Preston made point of order that
no motion to adjourn or take recess is in |
order while the roll of States is being |
called.
I Mr.. Woodward moved to suspend the |
rules in order to enable Pennsy lvania to |
make a nomination. Lost.
The Chair put the question on motionj
by Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, for a recess OF
one hour fS gss4 F@ i
The motion seemed clearly lost, but the |
Chair announced it to have been carried.
So q recess for one hour was taken.
When the roll of States had been called |
through and before the general changing
began, the 22d ballot stood as follows:
Alabama, Hancock s. Arkansas, Hem
bricks 5. California, Hendricks 5. Con-
necticut,. English 6. Delaware. Hancock 3,
Florida, Hendricks 8. Georgia, Hancock g.
Illinois, Hendricks 16., Indiana, Hendricks |