Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-11
THE NOMINATION OF SEYMOUR
HOW III WAS DONE.

THE NOMINATION OF sEYMOUR-.
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
Ga the twenty-second ballot California
voted solid for Hendricks; Minnesota gave
Hendricks her 4 Missouri gave Hen
bricks s; Nevada gave him 8 New York
adhered to him North Carolina gave him
her 9. Great cheers.
General McCook, Of Ohio-Mr. Chair
man, / arise at the unanimous request and
demand Of the delegation from Ohio, and
with lhe consent and approval of every
public man in the State, including George
ii. Pendleton, 10 again place in nomination
against his inclination, bat no longer
against his honor, the name of Horatio
Seymour, Of New York. Cheers and long
continued applause Let us vote, Mr..
Chairman and gentlemen of the conyen-
ton, for man whom the Presidency has
sought, but who has not sought the Presi-
dency. lApplause.l
believe 10 my heart that it is the solu-
ton Of the problem which has been eu-
gaging the minds Of the Democratic ard
Conservative men of this nation for The
last six months [Good, good. 7 believe
il will prove a solution which will drive
from power the Vandals who now possess
the Capitol Of the nation Applause. /
believe it will receive the unanimous assent
and approval Of the great belt from the
Atlantic, through New York, PennsyIva-
MIA, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and away
west to the Pacific ocean. Applause
/ say he has not sought the Presidency,
and ask that this convention shall de-
mand of him that, sinking his own incli-
nation and well-known desires of his heart,
he shall yield to what We believe will be
| the almost unanimous wish and desire Of
the delegates TO this great convention.
[Great applause and three cheers. In my
earnest enthusiasm / had almost forgotten
to cast the twenty-one votes of Ohio for
Horatio Seymour Tremendous excite
ment, and nine cheers for Seymour1
The President, Hon. Horatio Seymour,
here advanced to the front Of the stage, and
as soon as the enthusiasm would permit OF
his being heard, addressed the convention
as follows:
Gentlemen of the convention-The mo-
ton Just made by the gentlemen from Ohio
exciles in my mind the most Mingled emo
tons Applause. have no terms in
which to express my gratitude for the gen
erosity of this convention. Cheers /
have no terms in which to tell of my regret
| that my name has been brought before this
convention. God knows my life and all
value in life | would give for the good OF
my country, which believe to be identical
with my own. lApplause and cries OF
| Take the nomination" I..r.
do not stand here as a man proud OF
his opinions or obstinate in his purposes,
but upon a question of honor / must stand
upon my own convictions against the
world. Applause, and voice "God bless
/ you, HoratiO Seymour. Gentlemen, when
| said here at an early day that honor for
babe my accepting a nomination by this
convention, meant it. When in the course
of my intercourse with those of my own
delegation and my friends, | said that ]
could not be a candidate, / meant it /; and
now permit me here to say that know,
after all that has taken place, could NOT
receive the nomination without placing
not only myself, but the Democratic party
in false position. Applause.
But, gentleman of the convention, more
than that, we have had to-day an exhibi-
ton from the distinguished citizen of Ohio
that has touched my heart az it has touched
yours. Cheers. l thank God, and
congratulate this country, that there is in
the great State Of Ohio, whose magnificent
position gives it 80 great a control over the
action Of our country, q young man rising
in the estimation OF his cOuntrymen, and
whose future is all glorious, who has told
the world he could tread beneath his feel
every other consideration than that of duty
and when he expressed to his delegation
and expressed in more than direct terms
that he was willing that should be nomi
mated who stood in such opposition to hi:
own nomination, | should feel dishOnored
now if could not tread the same houOra-
bic path which he has marked out. Great
| applause. Gentlemen, | thank you, and
may God bless you for your kindness 10
me, but your candidate ] cannot be. Three
cheers for Seymour.
| Mr.. Nallandigham, of OhiO-Mr. Presi-
dent, in times of great public exigeney, in
times of great public calamity, every per
sonal consideration must be yielded 10 the
| public good. Applause. The safety OF
the people is the supreme law, and the
safety of the American public demands the
nomination of HoratiO Seymour, of New
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not accept his declination, and her twenty
one votes shall stand recorded in his name.
| [Cries Of good, good, and Cheers And
now l call upon the delegations from all
the States represented on this floor, upon
the delegations from ell the States in the
Union, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
from the Great Lakes to the Gull, disre-
garding those minor considerations which
Justly, it may be properly, tend to sway
them in casting their ballots, TO make this
nomination unanimous, and before God |
believe the judgment Of this convention
wall be confirmed and ratified by the peo-
pie of the United States Applause. Let
the vote of Ohio stand recorded then,
twenty-One votes for Horalio Seymour.
Applause
1t was after brief speech from Mr..
Herman, of New York, that Tennessee
gave her ten votes for Seymour, when the
break was complete and he was nomi-
mated as soon as the changes could
be made