Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-06-12


John Browns b,dy is marching on"
For ten minutes the building shook with
cheers and old Conventionists pronunced
IL the grandest sight ever witnessed.
WILSON'S nomination was wildly ap-
plauded. Pennsylvania secured his NOM
ination and the workingmens delegations
from several States pledged il labor votes.
The ticket gives universal satisfaction and
its success is everywhere conceded.
Pcnnsylvanians are confident with Will
son and the good platform.
Alabama and Mississippi each gave
Maynard n vote. He polled twenty-six
votes. He speaks tonight.
The streets are illuminated and the
crowd are cheering wildly for Grant and
Wilson.
PRESS DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Pennsylvania
Will vote for Wilson. His friends are san
Euine of success on the second ballot.
1t Is stated that ColfaX has written n
letter, ordering the withdrawal of his
name under certain circumstances.
The platform committee were in session
till dawn this morning.
The colored part of the Virginia delega-
tion have kicked in the traces and resolved
to go for ColfaX.
A Gentle delegation from Utah was ad-
mitted.
The Convention is densely packed. Ey-
cry State and Territory is represented.
The States will be called alphabetically
upon all questions.
The platform will toe disposed of before
nominations.
The roll shall be called on nominations
when majority has been reached for any
candidate.
The question of unanimity shall be put
when the chairman of q delegation shall
state the vote for each candidate or promo
sition.
Resolutions will he referred to a commit
tee on resolutions without reading, but
resolutions from the Union League will
be ordered to he read, by vote of the Con-
vention.
The National Committee consists of: Al
ALBANIA, Spencer Arkansas, Clayton; Flor
ida, GleasoIG Georgia, Tanning; Ken
lucky, Goodloe /; Louisiana, Cassanaul !:
Maryland, Fulton Mississippi. French !;
South Carolina, Moses Ten ,3esss z, May
r; nard; Virginia, Millsi took (, firss4
The proceedings, while waiting for n re-
port from the platform committee, were
somewhat incoherent, the blacks and
whites contending for the rostrum.
The Nfules were then suspended and
Grant was nominated by accsamation.
The vote for Grant was Wflauimous. In
casting tile votes OF the defs cations, each
ShtNhA'bth iioNC ~ 1fttit SltttH NItit9i WIS
received with great good humor. The fol-
lowing is not among the most extravaganza:
Popham, of Virginia, said her Republi-
can people were marching forward under
her banner sic-sempcr tyrannis. Indeed
next autumn she will put her armed shield
upon the head of the Democratic party.
The Gods are just, and Virginia must and
will be redeemed. [Chcers.1
The Convention united in singing "John
Brown" when the nomination was an
nounced. After Henry Burley subsidized,
motion was made to suspend the rules and
nominate a Vice President. Carried.
Pennsylvania nominated Wilson and
Massachusetts seconded the motion. In
diana nominated COlfaX and Michigan
seconded the nomination, Mississippi also
seconded the nomination, Lynch, color
ed saying it seemed to him as if the spirit
of Lincoln is here, and he remembered what
that patriot said on one occasion, when he
said il was not a safe time to swap horses
The proceedings were interrupted by the
entrance ofthe platform committee, which
reported in effect rs follows:
The resolutions speak of the great ceur-
age of and the duties performed by the
Republican party in supprcssing the re-
bellion, emancipating slaves, enforcing
the laws, developing the internal resources
of the country, encouraging and prOmot-
ing immigration, collecting the revenues
and reducing the national debt and eX-
press the belief that the country will not
entrust the government to any party or
composed chiefly of those
who ha ge resisted every step Of this bene-
fetal progress. They hold that the recent
to the Constitution must he
sustained and carried out and that honora-
ble peace with foreign nations should be
That the civil service should be reform
ed that no further grants of public lands
should be made to corporations that the
revenue should he such as to furnish
moderate balance to be applied to the re-
duction of the public debt and that the
revenue, except such as is raised from to-
baCco and spirits, should be raised by du-
ties OH imports, which duties should be ad-
wages To labor and pro-
noting the industries, prosperity
and growth of the whole country
that the future bounty of the govern
ment should be extended to the soldiers
and sailors of the late war that the
American doctrine Standardization should
he maintained that the franking privi-
lege should be abolished and postage re-
duced that the relations of labor and
capital should be recognized and protect
ed that the public credit must be pre-
served, and that specie payments should be
; that the claim for woman suf-
frage should be treated with respectful con-
sideration the amnesty action of Congress
Is approved, also its anti kukluX legisla-
ticn ; the rights reserved TO States must
be respected; finally, confidence is ex-