The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-23

votes TO one hundred and tOrty-one for all
others, and was unanimously nominated on
the third ballot.
The fifth convention was held at Baltl-
more, June Cd, 1862, with John w. Davis,
of Indiana, as president, General Cass was
the leading candidate for the nomination,
and received one hundred and sixteen votes
on the first ballot, to nisety-three for
James Buchanan; twenty-seven for vii
liam L. Marcy, of New York twenty tor
Stephen A. Douglass, of Illinois, thirteen
for Joseph Lane, of Oregon eight for
Saml Houston, of Texas three for Henry
d dye, of Wisconsin two for William o.
Butler, of Kentucky md ono for Daniel
5. Dickinson, Of New York. The vote for
General Cas- then began to decrease, run
ming down to twenty-seven on the twenty
ninth ballot, and then going up again until
he received one hundred and thirty one, his
highest number, on the thirty-fifth ballot
On this ballot, franklin Pierce, of New
Hampshire, fret appeared as II candidate,
receiving fifteen votes. buchanan run up
to one hundred and three votes, on the
twenty-thrd and twenty-fourth ballots;
Douglass TO nnety-two, on the thirtieth
and thirty first ballots; and Marcy to nine
ty-seven, on the forty-sixth and forty
seventh ballots. On the for'y-eight ballot,
there appeared no prospect of nonin-
alton, General Pierce having only fifty five
votes to ninety for Marcy, seventy-three
for Cass, ihirty-three for Douglass, twenty
eight for Buchanan, and eight divided be-
tween three other candidates but on the
forty ninth ballot, Franklin Pierce was
nominated, receiving two hundred and
egAtyitY' aHC' Butler. William r. King,
of Alabama, was unanimously nominated
for vice-president on the second ballot.
The sixth convention convened at Gin
cinnati, June 2, 1856, with John f. Ward,
of Georgia, for president. On the first
ballot for candidate for president of the
United States, James Buchanan received
one hundred and thrty-6ve votes, Franklin
Pierce one hundred and twenty-five,
>tephen A. Douglass eighty-three, and
General Cass five. AS early as the twelfth
ballot, Mr. Buchanan received one-half the
vote of the convention, and upon every
succeeding ballot a majority, until the
seventeenth, when he was unanimously
nominated. On the second ballot for vice
president, John G. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, was unanimously nominated.
The seventh convention assembled at
Charleston, South Carolina, April 90, 1860,
with Caleb Gushing, of Massachusetts, as
president. Time would fail US in the at
tempt TO recite, even the most briefly, the
history of the struggle which grew out of
the attempt to adopt a platform which
should reconcile the differences relative of
the slavery question, and it is sufficient to
say that platform was adopted, that sew
eral delegations and parts of delegations
withdrew in consequence thereof, and that
the remnant of the convention finally came
to ballot for candidate for president of
the United States, May l, with the follow
ing result: Stephen a. Douglass, of Hi
uois, one hundred and forty.fve and one
half Robert NJ. r. Hunter, of Virginia,
fortY-two; James Guthrie, of Kentucky,
twenty-five and one-half Andrew
Johnson, of Tennessee, twelve; Daniel S.
Dickinson, of New York, seven Joseph
Lane of Oregon. fix Isaac Toucey, of
Connecticut, two and one-half; Jefferson
DAVIS, of Mississippi, one and one-half; and
Franklin Pierce, OF New Hampshire, one.
AS the convention had voted that two
thirds of full Commemorative hundred
and two votes-should be requisite for a
nomination, there was no choice, and the
convention continued to vote until May
10, when, after the fifty-sevenih ballot,
with about the same result, an adjourn
men, was had until June 10, at Baltimore.
The convention reassembied at Baltimore
ut the day named, and on the second ballot
Mr.. Douglass was declared nominated.
the rule requiring two-thirds of full con-
vention to nominate remaining in full force
he receiving one hundred and eighty one
and oHe-haIf votes, to seven and one.half
for John G. Breckenridge, and five and
onehalt for Mr.. Guthrie. Benjamin Fitz-
patrick, of Alabama, wss nominated for
vice-president receiving one hundred and
ninety-eght and one-half votes, to one for
William G. Alexander of New Jersey.
Fitzpatrick subsequently declined the no.
mnation, and Herschel V. johnson of
Georgia was substituted by the national
committee.
The delegates who had seeded met, and
organized with James A. Bayard, of Della
ware, for president adopted a platform,
and adjourned to meet in Richmond, Vir-
ginis, on the second Monday 10 June. They
Teassembed, adjourned from day to day,
and finally nominated John q. Brecken-
ridge for president, and Joseph Lane for
vice-president. who had, previously been