The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-11

n,r,naratiC convention
-,c TWENTY SECOND BALLOT.
ho twenty second ballot California
"a soI;l for Hendricks.
VOC ,,:,,rso;a gave Hendricks her four, Mis-
" "; ave Hendricks eight, Nevada gave
sour ,hrcr New York adhered to him,
T ,;'r Carolina gave him her nine. ldreat
cheeisI ..
SEYMOUR AGAIN NOMINATED.
r,oo Ohio was called Mr.. McCook, by
mons direction of his delegation and
h. ,bc assent of every public man in that
=. ;ncudng Pendleton, put in nomina-
,o,,;nst his inclination, but no longer
:ns, his honor, Hon. Horatio Seymour.
49, vote for man who the Presidency
so,,ht. and who has not sought the
,.;5cTcv. This he believed would drive
y, rowcr the Radical cabal at Washing
he believed this nomination would COM
nj the unanimous approval of Demo
=. and Conservative men of all sections.
qlscd on behalf Of the country that MIR.
ymour should yield to this wish of the
INVENTION. [Great excitement and ap-
mise. Delegations rising and cheering
Mr.. McCook cast twenty-one votes for
ratio Seymour. Renewed cheering.I
GOVERNOR SEYMOUR DECLINES.
Mr.. Seymour rose and said the motion
Il made excited most mingled emotions.
had no language in which to thank the
INVENTION and to express his regret that
name had been presented. But IN
e.tIon affecting his duty and honor he
-; stand by his opinion against the world.
couM not be nominated without putting
,yolf and the Democratic party III peril.
49,, he declined the nomination he meant
f., closing, he paid an eloquent tribute to
pcndleton and his magnanimity, and
! thanking the Convention, Your can
Ente cannot be-
rIAypIGHAM CoAxEs HIM TO ACCEPT.
~ vallandigham said; In times ofgreat
,.nry and calamity, every personal con-
sra,;on must give way. He insisted that
ratio SEYMOUR must yield to the demon
,,ion in his behalf. Ohio's vote must
should stand for Horatio Seymour. He
ed upon the several delegates to follow
that lead.
Mr., Herman, of New York, to relieve
everybody in the New York delegation
they have no part in this movement of
ohio. They had heard something Of it, but
declined to take any part IN 1t out OF regard
for the proper sen5iti7eness OF the Presl-
dent Of the Convention until other States
should show by their action that Seymour
was demanded by the party in the Con-
ycn;iOn.
He urged the necessity of success in this
expressed his opinion that Sey-
rour could now accept the Judgment of the
Convention with honor; and that he should
Weld as q matter Of duty to its wishes.
With him as their candidate, New York was
rood for 100 900 majority. The call Of the
-o! was then proceeded with.
TIE SEYMOUR BALL ROLLING.
Tennessee gave Horatio Seymour ten.
When Wisconsin was called, Mr.. Palmer
seconded the State Of Ohio, and cast eight
votes for Seymour. [Great cheering.l
Kentucky gave Seymour her eleven votes.
[Grcat cheering
Massachusetts gave twelve for Horatio
Seymour.
North Carolina changed her nine votes
from Hendricks to Seymour. Checrs.1
PENNSYLVANIA asked that her vote be not
recorded for the present.
Mississippi changed from Hancock to
Iomto Seymour. Great cheering and
confusion cnsucd; delegates standing up
on their seats. Cries Of SIT down III
front" "Order."l
Mr.. Price took the chair, and insisted
that the gentlemen must take their seats,
and would recognize no ono until order was
restored.
Mr.. Woodward, of Pennsylvania, now
rose and transferred her twenty-six votes to
loratio Seymour. [Great cheering and dis
order. Cries of delegates all over the
house other respective chairmen, Change
our yote."l
Half a dozen States ut once wanted to
change their votes.
Missouri changed to Seymour, eleven !;
Illinois followed en- maSSe for Seymour ire
mendous cheering, indescribable cOnfu-
sionI; Indiana changed solidly thirteen to
Seymour; Iowa came next, eight for Sey-
incur; Texas cast her six.
Here the cannon on the street began to
fire a salute for the nominee. State after
State came in, but the confusion and noise
were so great that not word could be dis
ungulshed OF what anybody said.
Seymour is clearly nominated.
The confusion subsiding, Alabama,
Maine, Kansas, and Arkansas, followed
successfully with unanimous vote for Sey-
mour.
Mr.. Dawson, of Pennsylvania, moved that
the nomination be made by reclamation,
but there was too much confusion, and
nothing was done with it.
4 delegate from Minnesota, frantically
waving one Of the State standards, attracted
the attention of the chairman, and cast the
vote Of Minnesota for Seymour.
Georgia paid its tribute to Hancock, the
most knighty soldier of the war, who she
had supported earnestly, but she now uni
ted IN voting unanimously for Seymour.
Louisiana gave her seven votes for Sey-
m0ur.
Mr.. Stuart, of Michigan, said that State
came TO the Convention with the single pur-
pose to nominate candidate who could GER
ialnly be elected that position she oceu-
pied to-day.
lie proceeded to eulogize Seymour as the
greatest statesman now living, and cast
eight votes for him.
The band on Fourteenth street struck up
" The Battle-cry of Freedom" The can
non Il still Saluting.
delegate from South Carolina said he
WAC IRON a State which felt most heavily
i u chains and oppression of Radical rule.
lie SAID South Carolina came here caring
more Tor men than measures. They were
satisfied with the platform adopted SO unan-
lmolsly; and South Carolina, with the in
vocation ' Of Gods blessing on the party On