The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-16

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TennessGe, "a
Texas, Is
Vermont, 10
MssS N!ss''1, Virginia, ibia nom .0s5 IN.
Wisconsin, 90
Total, ''s'fs','-''r- $40 GO
The. Chairman of the Virginia deleea-
tion cast the entire vote of the State, 90
votes aye.
Mr.. Necley, of Virginia, changed his
vote to may" - :t77'a| 8'N F."' ,
r. Chairman of Georgia Delegation.
Mr.. President, I want to correct the
vote of Georgia. The vote should
stand, yeas 3, nays 10, instead of as an
nounced. ""', sac! .l: 90 Ph i.".
Mr. McHenry, of Kentucky. Mr..
President, the Chairman of tile Alaba-
ma delegation desires to make !. change
in the vote Of his State, and desires to
be allowed TO explain why he does SO.
| Cries of "cohseht u FIe desires the
unanimous Consent Of the Convention,
and'I hope it will be given to him.
| Cries of "Amen." and -.Yes."l r. n.
rt Unanimous consent was obtained, and
Mr.. Lawer then saids t"t.@'"d q :.
Mr.; President l always, sir, yield to
the rulings of the Chair, and l would
not speak now if it were not acceptable
to the members of this Convention. I
only desire TO say, sir, before l cast the
vote of Alabama, npon7 the platform,
that if the question were taken or the
endorsement of2the principles enuncial
ted so lucidly and SO frankly in the let
ter of Horace Greeley, the vote of'Alal
bama would have been unanimous in
favor of the adoption Applause. l.
But, sir, it must strike every gentleman
upon this floor that there are some state
ments, rather than principles, in the
platform Which Southern men cannot
vote to- oadopt without seeming, at ,leasr,
to staltify themselves. Cries Of Good,
and applause. 5"a3 - "r1 sHp !!
| But, sir, l only desired to make this
statement so that we might be under.
stood before the country But we are
here, sir, for the purpose of doing all
that lay in our power to promote peace
and harmony, and to secure success In
the great cause in which we are all now
engaged. l, . therefore, ask leave.-to
change the vote of Alabama to 90 yeas
I Loud 'applause.Ie. ila asa.,g Isl o.
The result Of the vote on the motion
to adopt the platform was then announ-
ced as follows :, 670 in the affirmative,
and 62 in the negative. Total 1872 Ap,
| plause .y..
The Chairman. Such being the vote
of the Convention it becomes the duty
Of the Chair to declare that this report
Of the Committee on Resolutions has
been adopted. Great applause. ai,i,I-
MIR. Hoffman, of New York; Mr.
President; If it isin' order I desire to
present 4 communication which relates
to candidates. 1t is signed by sabou,
10000 German citizens of theo United
States, residing in the city of New
York. Applause. 1 ask that the
Secretary may read the heading Of 4
for the information of the Convention
! The Chair. Let the Convention >6t
in order while we hear bythe reading O
this sreport whether the Germans of New
| York city are for US Or against us.nri ;.
ss' @ THE GERMANS OF new NEW YORK. -
| The Clerk read as follows:
I "Rhereas, At conference of a small
number of citizens from various part!
of the Union, held in one of the, par
4 iors, of hotel in New York city, or
the 20th and 2lst Of june a few men
without any authority whatever hay,
assumed to. speak as Representatives Q
\ the German Americans, and were re
1ported to have given expression to sch
4 timents utterly at variance with th
opinions held by the undersigned ant
thousands upon thousands Of thei
oouptrYmen in this, city, and all owe
the Union; land. -, ,..;,...5s-.
1".Whereas, The unfounded statements
then and there made are threatened t.
be urged upon the National Democratic
|tConyentien at Baltimore as the senti
ments entertained by the German vo
tiers on the question of choosing candi
Ifdates for the Presidency and Vice-Pres
ideney Of the United States; therefore
. be it .a:.i..,.,, ~ - ..'.-.... .
4 aResolged, That in our opinion th
ticket chosen by the Cincinnati Conven
: tion is a guarantee to peace, to a reun
ion Of hearts, as well as, hands, and t.
} honesty, economy, prosperity and prog
ress in the administration Of our ma
: tional affairs; 4 Applause. v ,.,-.r,'
!""Resolued, That we are firmly con
vineed that the nomination Of Horac,
t Greeley and B, Gratz Brown by tn
! Baltimore Convention will be enthusi
astically received and heartily. supper
ted by a vast majority, Of the Germai
Americans, without regard to their for
mer ASSOCIATIONS, for the simple reasol
that, in the present state of the countr
and parties, no more fitting and salts
factory nominations could be made.
;, "Resolred, That the. foregoing reso
lutions, together with the signatures at
tached 10 them, be handed by specia
delegation of German American Cit
zens to the Chairman Of the New Yorl
delegation to the Baltimore Conveh
ton" o.o,. ~.
Signed by $4,000 German Americans
The reading Of the above documen
was received with great enthusiasm
I 'Gi THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
4 Mr.. N. N. Ray, of Indiana. Mr. Pres
ident, submit to the Convention for i'm
mediate action the following resolution
"Resolred, That this Convention d
:, now proceed to vote for candidate 70
President of the United States, and
candidate for Vice" President of tn
United States, that the vote be calle
: by States" Applause. '"'-. =. s5..a'
Tie adoption of the resolutions mo
: we'd, when, pending action, Mr.. Snow
: hook, of Illinois, said: E1e1 # 1HA .