The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-03

hted the democrats the ausptci0us aspect OF the
political sky. which, he said, gave the most cheering
promise that the great democratic column was
marching on to yictory-a victory that viii place
New York's fav0rtte son ct the head Of govern
ment and restore the constitution and prosperity to
our country and happiness 10 the people.
At this point delegate proposed cheers for Henry
c. Murphy, which were given. Immediately after
wards another delegate called for cheers for Mr..
Holman, which were also given with o hearty
ON motion Of Mr.. WIN. Il. TWEED, Messrs. T.
Houghtaiing, OF Cayuga, VIM. 8. Hawley, Of Rensse
iaer, and Richard Smith, Of Queens, were appointed
temporary secretaries.
Mr.. CALVERT CoMsrocK. Of Oneida moved the ap-
polntment OF one from each judicial district, to re-
port the names Of officers for permanent organlza.
A delegate from Queens moved that no name be
ieP0fted ior permanent ONCE unless the person Is
MT: W. NJ. TWEED moved that all resolutions re-
garding the Platform be referred to the committee
On resolutions hereafter to be appointed. Without
The roll OF delegates was then called, and q full
attendance was found to be present. .A-
The only seat contested was I'll = of Isaac M.
u OF hicnmond county. HIS seat Is contested
Teierred 70 committee OF three, composed Of Messrs
Beach, Tweed and Ross.
W.
Mr.. JOHN Fox moved the following, which was re-
ferrcd:- "
Resolved That Excise laws should enacted except
STATE and that The execution .ucS collection
the medium of the local authorities Of each county,
COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
The CHAIR announced the following Committee on
Permanent Organization:-Calvert Comstock, John
Joseph Russell, 8. I. Arnot, John R. Burke and Ed
Mr.. JAMES B. CRAIG moved the appointment Of
committee OF two from each judicial district to re-
port platform and resolutions. The motion was
The Convention then took recess until three
O'Clock.
Afternoon Session.
COMMITTEES ON RESOLUTIONS.
The Convention was called to order at halfpast
three O'Clock, when the President announced the
Committee on Resolutions, as follows:-First dis
trict-A. Oakley Hall and George H. Pierson, of New
York. Second-James B. Craig Of Kings; Benjamin
J. Amber OF Westminster Third-Eli Perry, Of
Albany; William F. Russell, Of Ulster. Fourth
William Coleman, of Washington; william II. Wal
lace, OF st. Lawrence. Fifth-Luke Wells, OF Onon
daga; Andrew Cornwall, of Jefferson. Sixth-C. L.
Grant, Of Tompkins; M. D. Hall, Of Schuyler
Seventh-Isaac Butts, Of Monroe; John CuykendaIl
Of Cayuga. Eighth-James Jackson, Jr.. of Niagara
Grover Cleveland, Of Erie.
THE TATE COMMITTEE.
Mr.. TEN EYCK, Of Seneca, moved that hereafter
the State Commit tee be composed of thirty three
members. He s aid that the committee as now con
sti uted is altogether too small. When the present
number was ad opted the State was comparatively
small in population, and the party much smaller
than it now is. Since then the party mas doubled
its numbers and its interests and the duties tha
those interests devolve upon the committee have
vastly ncre aeed. He offered the resolution believing
that the interest OF the party would be best sub
served by It's adoption. He had no fault to lind
with the present committee nor with the manner In
W hich they had hitherto performed their arduous
laDor
Mr.. GEORGE II. PuRsER. of New York, thought
the resolution involved an important question and
one that emnently belonged to the permanent or
ganzation. He therefore moved to lay the luton
Oh the table for the present.
This was assen ted to.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATIONS
Mr.. CALVERT CoMsrOCK, OF Oneida, reported the
following list Of permanent officers, which report
was adopted by accamatiOn:-
For observation-disclosures Earl, of Herkmer.
Wee Prestdents.First district, John Fox and Nj
McCutcheon, OF orange, and Aaron A. Degraw, Of
Queens; Third district, Robert H. Waterman, of
Fourth dist .o Daniei Maeoon Jr., Of St. LAWRENCE
and II. Q. NJ .oE, Of Saratoga; Fifth district, Deios
sixth district Henry s. Randall, Of Cortland and j.
Reyes, Of Otsego; Seventh district, Daniel McNaugh
ton, Of Monroe, and Samuel 8. Ellsworth Of Yates;
Eighth district, ]. K Button, OF Cattaraugus and
secretaries-Frst distrct-Thomas Conan, of
New York; SecOnd-Dr. Louis Bauer, OF Kings:
Third-A. Melome Osborne OF Greene; Fourth-A.
B. Waldo, Of Essex; Fifth-Alex. T. Goodwin, OF
oneida; slxth-Frank McElroy, Of Madison; Sew
enth-S. H. Houghtalng, OF Cayuga; Eighth-B. r.
Messrs. Hail, Of New York, and Folsom, of Erie,
were appointed committee TO conduct Mr.. Earl to
the chair.
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT EARL.
Mr.. EARL on taking the chair addressed the Con-
GENTLEMEN-I thank you for the honor you have
conferred upon me as your presiding oflcer Permit
me to say that We are here In the midst OF great
crisis Of our nation. The institutions Of country
are in peril. Three and half years have elapsed
bellion was closed, and we have standing army OF
sixty thousand men-hve times as great as 1t was
before the warunder the absurd theory that eleven
OF the war, been taken out or the Union, and
that secession had thus become an accomplished
fact. radical Congress determined that they must
be reconstructed and admitted anew into the Union
Is States, and for this purpose they subjected
absolute and despotc than the powers possessed by
any sovereign In the civilized world. They conferred
he Of the
Bureau, that they were unit to take care OF them.
selves in the ordinary affairs Of life. They forced
upon the people Of seven Of these States constitutions
against their will, containing provisions which they
abhor and under which no people could live and
10 representation the floors Of Congress by repre-.
sentatives who have no feeling. sympathies,
traditions or interests In common with the
people whom they pretend to represent,
who In fact represent communities In the
North, and who went down South merely to prey
upon the land. Cheers.) Three Of the States have
not been admitted into the Union, and still kept
under military government and their people de-
prived Of all the guarantees Of the constitution In
those three States-one Of which Ia Virginia, the
mother OF statesmen that gave birth to Washington,
Patrick Henry, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
cheers)-i 1t Is made penal offence by Congressional
enactments for any American citizen TO vote for
President and Vice President What Ii still worse,
this done confessedly outside OF the constitution.
IL was confessed on the door OF Congress by the
great leader who did more than any other and per-
haps all others, to naugurate this system, that 1t
was entirely outside OF the constitution. They are
by minority OF majority, possessing the wealth,
intelligence and influence OF the community In
which they live; and II that experiment IL not q
failure oil history has been written In vain, all the
traditions Of the AngloSaxon race are the merest
fables. Cheersl In order to ACCOMPLISH this the