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carried it ca,sas the original resolution with


adopted this morning to be that wnen a vote
oy States was 70 - taken del & ites should
nrst nave nve minutes for consultation and
The Presidsnt-Yes; vote by States is now
called ioF, ana in i've INMATES from this time
Il viii be taken.
the adoption Of the rssolution of the gentlsnan
from Connecticu;, (0r. Eaton,) that he G9n-
yention now recoDsider the res olution which
was adopted this moaning. tCriss Of "Ques-
/ A vote By States was called for, and the
Chairman announce . recess Of five minutes
to enable the different delegates to consult their
presidents. The first vote is upon the mo ion
The motion to adjourn being put, was de-
Convention adjourn, it adjourn TO meet To-
morrow morning ~ ten o'clock; and that here.
ate: the Convention, upon adjourn ment, will
h2 nth thai pn hour for meeans CMrisd.
States in Their order, Tor the purpose of taxing
their votes upon the Fesolution before the Ooi-
+ ny Finch, of Iowa. move thar this Con.
v+nlion now adjourn.
The motion to adjourn was nut, and declared
adopt on Of The re olu,ion offered by the gem
tleman from Pennsylvania hrs morning.
MI. Eaton.-l move that the resolution lie on
the tahle. The original resolution which has
Mr.. VIM. Bigler, Of Pennsylvania Mr..
President, if the gentleman from Connecticut
MIR. Eaton will permit me, desire 10 modify
MIR. Eaton, of Conn.-f the gentlsman will
give way L will withdraw my motion. aad
move that this Conven ton now proceed TO ote
tor candidate tor the Presidency of the United
States.
The question before the Opn ventiou is the
resolution OF the gentleman from Pennsylva-
MIA. A delegate from California has moved an
mt IN h0t .Nl tsnn h ah,
order. 1t will BE- read by the clrrk. 1t was
In the hands OF the Chair before other resolu-
TONS
The clerk read the resolution of Mr.. Ham
mond, OF California, substitute for that of Mr.
Eaton, as follows:
Resofred, That candidates for President may
now be put in nomination, but that no ballot
be had until a platform of principles is adopt
ed.
The President.-The motion of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania was this: Not that the
Convention should proceed to ballot but that
the Convention should proceed to nominate
candidates. The gentleman from California
proposes, by his amendment so to modify tn At
resolution inst Lo vote shall be taken to nomi-
nate until after the adoption of the platform
The Chair thinks there Is a resolution different
from any that has been offered heretofore, and
is a modification Of the resolution OF the gentle.
man from Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Graves, OF Kentucky, moved the pre- Ous
question.
The motion rot being seconded, the yot, was
taken on the amendment of Mr.. Hammond,
and the question decided in the negative
Mr. BIgler's resolution WAS adopted
At 6 y. m. motion to adjourn was made
and the vote taken by States, with the follow
ing result: Yeas 200, nays lU6; and the Conven-
ton ad lourned to this morning at 10 o'clock
GOVERNOR sEYMoURs SPEECH
Governor Seymour, in taking the chair as
the Permanent President of the Convention. at
the morning session yesterday, delivered an
address, which was referred to in our special
IE1 hos IaSf 10 Gatl -
thanked them for the honor done him: they
hod met in order to deliberate upon a question
of great interest; they had not met under SIM
liar circumstances ever before, and no prpiu-
deliberations. He proceeded 10 review at some
length the "a assertions in the resolutions put
forth by the late Republican Convention, say
ing:
''In the first place they congratulate the per-
picked man OF business, the burdened tax
payer, the lahorer whose hours of toll are
lesgthe hed out by the growing costs OF the
neeCs s.ries OF life, upon the success OF that re.
on~truction policy which has brought all
these evils upon them by the cost of its mill
tary despotlsn and corruption Of its bureau
agencies. In one resolution they denounce all
forms Of reputation as a national crime
Then why did they put upon the statute books
OF the nation, the laws which invite the citi-
sens who borrow coin to force their creditors
TO take debased paper, and thus wrong him
out OF large share of his claim, IN violation
OF the most Colemn compact! GLouu cheering
our burden of debt is SO 10 improve our credit
that cspitalits will seek 10 loln US money at
lower rates OF interest than We now paw, and
must continue to so long as reputation, par
tai, total open, or covert, is threatened or sus-
rected. Then, why have they used full
S5OOOOU,OUU of the taxes drawn from the people
OF this country to uphold a despotic military
authority, and 10 crush out the life of the
a'es, when II this money had been used To
pay of cur debts, capitalists would now seek to
irId us money at lower rates of INTEREST," But
tor h fS H..
would not be tainted in the markets Of the
world. fApplause.l Again, they declare of
all who were faithful in the TRIALS of the late
war there were none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who
endured the hardships of campaign and cruise
and imperiled their lives In the service of the
country. The bountes and pensions prov ided
by the laws are obligations never to be forgot
ten. The widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are the wards OF the people-a sacred
trust bequeathed TO the nations care. How
nave the sacred trusts been performed! They
pay to the MANNED man, to the widow, or to the
orphan, a currency which they have sunk one
quarter below its rightful value by their policy
OF hate OF waste, and OF military despotism
and pinched down % per cent below the yaIue
of that coin when he had right to
expect Loud cheering Is there no covert
repndiat,on in this (Applause. Again, they
say, foreign immigration, which in the past has
added 30 much to the wealth, de velopmeut and
resources, and increase of power TO this Re-
puonc-the asylum OF the oppressed of all
nations-should be fostered and encouraged by
a liberal and Just policy. Is this foreign i'm.
migration. fostered by policy which, in cruel
mockery OF laws Just past declaring eight hours
to be a legal days labor But the cost of Gov.
eminent and of swarms of officials 50 swelIs
the cost Of living that men must toll on to meet
these exactions. [Cheers.l But he would not
go through the indictment which they have
made against themselves. There are still ten
States where the Declaration Of Independence
cannot he read with safety. Having declared
that the principles of the Declaration Of indie.
pendence should be made living Reality on
every inch Of American soil, they put in nom
inauon military cheftain who stands at the
mead OF that system Of despotlsms that CT ushed
Declaration Of Independence. fCheers
ContII uing ID the same strain at some length
he closed by saying ain the spirit then of
George Washington and of the patriots of the
revolution, let us take the steps to inaug urate
our Government, to start il once again on ITS
course 10 greatness and prosperity loud
cheers. May Almighty God give us the wis
dom TO carry out our purposes, to give every
Stale OF our Union the blessings of peace
good order, and fraternal affection"
Mr.. Seymour closed amid great cheering.
INCIDENTS OF THE CONVENTION
Our dispatches, of course, furnish the latest
news concerning the proceedings OF the Demo-
cratic National Con ven ton. The following in.
c!dents, speculations, &C. are taken from the
New ork papers:
The Commercial .tdccrttSer of last evening has
the following:
RESOLUTION on THE REDEMPTION OF THE