The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-28

convention meeting at 10 o'clock that day.
Personally we then favored tho nomina-
ton of Mr.. Seward. Before the final bal
lot was taken we did not. We had learned
of Mr.. Greeleys intended visit to the dele
cation, and communicated The fact to the
Seward Vermonters outside of the deega-
ton. Immediately upon the fact being
made known to them, several friends of
Mr.. Seward, not of the delegation, impro-
vised committee composed of Edward s.
Isham, esq, son of hon. Perpont Isham,
resident of Chicago then, as now Norman
Williams, esq, of Woodstock, then prac-
ticing his profession in Chicago and the
writer of this editorial, to invite Hon. Will
liam M. Evarts of New York, Mr.. Stewards
leading champion, to come before the dele
cation, and answer Mr.. Greeley.
In this proposition the members of the
delegation readily concurred, and MIR.
Greeley and Mr.. Evarts together came be-
fore them, in public meeting, at the delega-
tons rooms.
MIR. Greeley, who was territorial dele
gate from Oregon, by courtesy, said he now
felt at home among Vermonters, and
made a strong and convincing statement Of
fact, and argument to show wherein il
would be impossible to carry Pennsylvania,
| Illinois, Indiana and Ohio for SEWARD sub
stimulating bis assertions by correspon-
dence or conversations with the nominated
gubernatorial candidates in those states !;
closing with the remark that four years
ago we made gallant fight for Fremont
and Dayton to establish the republican
party, now let lis give the labor of the
coming campaign 10 win victory for the
principles of the party so gloriously found
ed.
Mr.. Evarts met these statements with a
mastery and eloquent speech. Meantime
Mr.. Greeley had retired to attend to other
duties, and at the close of Mr. Evarts adj
dress Hon. Hugh Henry asked the privil-
eye of proposing STEW questions" to Mr..
! Evarts.
1t was in the questions, answers and
brief debate then following that Mr.. Henry
made bis mark at the "Chcago convention
sixteen years ago"
We think the appointed delegates were
not all present Unless our memory Is
more ireacherou9 than it IS apt to be Hon.
H G Root aud others were present as
alternates for absent members.
BY the ordinary allotment of names in
the list, and by common precedent, Hon.
Ebenezer N. Briggs of Brandon, was chair
man of the delegation, and in its several
mcetings had acted as its presiding officer.
But next, after the close of this last meet
ing lin chambers, the delegation would
meet in "wigwam," where many thou
sands would congregate, and it was felt by
the delegation that the presence and voice
of Mr.. Briggs was hardly suited for the
performance of the duty that might be re.
quired'of the chairman of Vcrmont's rep
resentation in a national convention,
larger than any that had ever assembled in
our country. After conveying to Dir.
Briggs, by unanimous vote and personal
assurance, their great respect and esteem
for him, the delegation by an equally
unanimous vote chose Hon. Peter T.
Washburn TO act as chairman of the dele
CATION in the convention.
1t was the third day.of the convention
when bslloting commenced 1t was the
third ballot that nominated a candidate
On the first ballot Vermont gave its vote
complimentary aud entire for Hon. Jacot
Collamer. In this ballot 465 votes were
cast; necessary for choice 1888. Mr.
Seward had 1913! Mr.. Lincoln 102. The
others largely diversified. On the secont
ballot New Hampshire was Mr.. Lincoln's
first gam.
Next came Vermont, and how strang,
the recollection will seem to any of the ter
thousand and more people then present il
that vast concourse, that the silence of in
tense anxiety was oppressive. 1t was al
enthusiastic convention.
Then, too, there fingered the deep regre
which we all felt, when the patriarch
Joshua II. Giddings, walked out of th,
convention against the boisterous protcsta
tions of the multitude, because his radica
anll-slayery paragraph was not made
plank in the platform. Thus the conven
ton had been sometimes sorrowful as wei
as jubilant. But silent anxiety was tn,
prevailing and all-absorbing element when
the name Of Vermont was called
In the midst of this quiet calm, Mr.
Washburn arose, and with that impressif,
dignity which always characterized him
whether addressing court or Jury, com
manding his regiment on the field of battle
or honorng our state as its governor, CAV,
the first enthusiastic enunciation of
change of vote that had been made, by EN-
phatcally proclaiming
"Vermont casts her ten votes for HOMES
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS !.
1t is unnecessary to write of the wilt
cheers that swayed the throng at this an
nouncement. There were also other an,
deeper emotions of joy and gladness, anc
many handkerchiefs that waved in jublan
exultation at lesser events in the conven
tons progress, were moistened with ex
preston of a feeling deeper and better thai
words or cheers could express. Then, ant
not till Men, it was known that the Marty
Lincoln was to be the president of our re
public in its days of most terrible peril
In this ballot Mr.. Lincoln gained 70 vote
and on the third ballot, Immediately fol
lowing, was nominated by large majority
and his nomination, on motion of Mr.. Ev
arts, was made unanimous.
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