Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-09
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC con-
VENTION.

THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON.
vENTION.
NEW YORK, July 7th.-The Conven-
tion was called to order at l0:40 A. n.
Prayer was offered by DR.. Plummer, in
the purse of which he referred with
feeling to the sudden death of Peter
Cagger, a delegate to the Convention.
A delegate from Delaware submitted
resolutions from Alexander H. Stephens
of Georgia, which were read.
Richardson of Illinois, moved that all
resolutions hereafter submitted be re-
ferred without reading.
During the discussion on this motion,
Henry @. Murphy, from the Committee
on Platform, reported tho resolutions.
The first eight are precisely such as the
abstract sent on Monday.
The ninth denounces the usnrpation
and tyranny of the Radical party in the
violation of its pledges to conduct the
war only for the preservation Of the
Union and not for the subjugation Of
States, or the overthrow of the freedom
| of speech or the press. It declares that,
instead thereof the Radicals have estab-
lished a system of espionage, in disre-
gard of the ha6eas corpus have made the
National Capitol a bastile, and threaten
now to destroy the original jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court, and have malign-
ed its Chief Justice because Of his in
tegrity on the trial Of the President.
The platform continues at c%onsidern-
BILE length to reiterate these abuses, and
in conclusion declares the privileges
and trust of suffrage belongs exclusively
to the control of each State, and that
Congress has usurped it in violation Of
the Constitution.
The platform further specifically de-
nounces the Reconstruction Acts Of
Congress as usurpatiou, unconstitutional
and void, aud demands that tho PEN
sions of soldiers and sailors shall be
faithfully paid and the public lands
should be reserved for homesteads. 1t
thanks Andrew johnson for resisting
the aggressions of Congress.
Great cheers were given on conclusion
Of the platform, which invites men Of
all parties to unite upon this platform.
It contains four demands, as follows /:
Payment of the public debt OF the
United States as rapidly rs practicable /;
that all money drawn from the people
by taxation, except so much MS is
requisite for the necessities Of Govern
ment economically administered, shall
be honestly applied to such payment,
and when obligations of Government
do not expressly state upon their face
and the law under which they were
issued does o provide they shall be
paid in coin, that they ought in right
and justice to be paid in lawful money
of the United States.
Murphy moved the previous question
on the adoption Of the platform, which
was carried, and the platform WAS
adopted amidst the widest cheering.
Bigler offered q resolution that the
Convention now proceed to nominate q
candidate for President. Carried, amid
some confusion.
Seymourthen explained the two-thirds
rule, being anxious that no misappre-
hension should arise.
After q ballot was taken he invited
discussion by the Convention, whether
the two-thirds of the whole Convention
or t~wo-thirds of the delegates voting
should determine the ballot.
Richardson moved that tw~o-thirds Of
the delegates voting should determine.
He denounced the two-thirds rule as
mischievous. Finally, however, after
discussion, he withdrew his motion, and
the Chair ruled that two-thirds of all
the delegates shall be necessary for q
nomination.
The Convention then proceeded to re-
ceive nominations.
Connecticut nominated Governor
English.
Maine nominated General Hancock.
New Jersey nominated Governor
Packer.
New York nominated Sanford f.
Church.
Ohio nominated Geo. H. Pendleton.
Pennsylvania nominated William F.
Parker.
Tennessee nominated A. Johnson.
Wisconsin nominated Jas. r. Doolittle.
Each nomination was accompanied
by q brief speech, which was received
with applause.
A delegate inquired whether nomina-
tions could be made after the balloting
had commenced? He was answered in
the affirmative.
First ballot-total vote, 3l7-neces-
sary to q choice, 2l2. The result was
as follows
Pendleton received los ; Johnson, ca;
Church, "a; English, l6; Doolittle, IA;
Hancock, 33A Parker, 10: Packer, &c.
The balance was scattering. Several
other ballots were then taken.
The sixth ballot stood-English, G;
Hancock, At Pendleton, 1921 Parker,
ID Z; Church, 80 Packer, ~ Johnson,
81; Doolittle, IL; Hendricks, 30;
Blair, s.
A communication was received from
the Soldiers and Sailors Convention,
announcing the adoption of a resolution
approving and indorsing the platform Of
the Democratic Convention.
A motion for recess was rejected, and
q motion to adjourn till 10 A. n. to-
morrow was carried.