The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-23

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the result OF eyents and the manifest dissen-
sions Of it's opponents made II highly probable
that the keDublican candidates would succeed.
There were two wings in the Democratic party,
those who sustained and those who opposed
the Little Giant" Of the West stephen A.
Douglas. When the Democratic convention
met in Institute hail. Charleston on the 23d OF
April 1860, ii Was evident that the struggie
would be long and severe one. The Southern
delegates were mostly resolved that Douglas
should not be the candidate; the West was en-
Enthusiastically in his favor. For seven days the
and 1t was not till the afternoon OF the eighth
day that ballot was reached. The vote was
proceeded with amidst intense excitement. and
It's result was follows: Douglas. l4513
James Guthrie, 3511 Daniel S. Dickinson
X. NJ. Il. Hunter, AZ Andrew Johnson, IL
Joseph ane, G; Jefferson Davis, l1S Isaac
Toucey, 211 Pierce l. For three days the
convention balloted Intellectually Douglas lead
ing with 1903 till the twenty-third ballot,
when he gained two on the thirty-sixth ballot
he fell to l5l15, which he continued to poll
until the tfty-seventh ballot. Failing TO nomi-
nate hintby the necessary two-thirds vote, the
convention adjourned in despair to meet in
Baltimore on the 18th OF June.
Before 1t ieassemblcd, the Republican con-
yentlon had met at Chicago, May l6 and made
It's choice. Here Mr. Seward was at first the
strongest candidate. Having made their plat
form, the delegates proceeded TO vote as fol-
lows Seward, 173 Lincoln, l02 Bates, As
Cameron, so; Chase, 40 Mclean, II. Dayton
IA ; Collamer, 10. The greatest excitement
now prevailed and 1t was seen that the strug-
gle was between Seward and Lincoln. On the
second ballot the latter gained very largely,
Pennsylvania casting her votes for him. This
ballot stood: Seward 1874 Lincoln 1Sl
Chase AZ Bates, 80. On the third, Lincoln
had gone up to Isl, and Seward fallen TO $50.
THIS settled the contest and Lincoln was then
unanimously nominated. The struggle for
Vice-president was brief for Hannibal Hamlin
was chosen on the second ballot Cassius NJ.
Clay being his chief competitor
The Southern Democrats, who had seeded
from the Charleston convention, met at Rich
mond early in June, but adjourned daily to
await events at Baltimore. At the reassemDled
convention at Baltimore, Douglas was at last
nominated by ISL votes, to- for Breckenridge
and for Guthrie. Then the seceders lost no
time in putting Breckenridge and Lane into the
field.
The Constitutional Union" party, CON-
prised OF old Wings and Khow-nothings held
a convention at Baltimore in May and Sc
lected John Bell and Edward Everett rs their
candidates.
The subsequent conventions are in the
recollection OF most of our readers /; and We
have occupied 80 much space in our rapid
sketch Of these interesting bodiea down to
the rebellion that there Is none in which to
detail those which have followed Lincoln was
renominated, with Andrew Johnson for Vice
president, in 1864, his opponent being Gen.
Mcclellan. Both nominstio were foregone
conclusions, and hencescomparative little inter
est attached to the bodies which made them.
The same was the case with the fore-ordained
nomination and denomination of Gen. Grant
in 1868 and 1872, the interest in the republican
conventions Of those years centering upon the
contests for Vice-president. The Democratic
convention which nominated HOratiO SavmOur
at New York in 1868 was an exciting, though
not a very eventful ono, AZ it already seemed
certain that Grant would be elected. The
Liberal Republican" convention which met
at Cincinnati in 1872 was watched with deep
interest. The contest there was between
Charles Francis Adams, Lyman Trumbull, and
Horace Greeley; and when the latter was
finally nominated, the Democrats had only to
meet and adopt their old foe OF the Tribune a.
their candidate.