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THE EIGHT CONVENTION


was held in Charleston, s. c. in April, 1860.
After several days quarreling over the |
platform, on the slavery question, ballot
ing commenced with l451 for Douglas, 35
for Guthrie, AZ for Hunter, I for Dickin-
son, IL for Andrew Johnson, 6 for Joseph
Lane. pa for Toucey, u for Jefferson
Davis, for Franklin Pierce-total 24l3,
and giving Douglas 76 majority the first
ballot. A full convention was SOB, but
several states did not vote.
Illinois and the most intimate friends of
Douglas voted to abolish the odious two
thirds rule, but it was retained by l4l to
III.
The ballotiug continued for 81 ballots,
the last one giving Douglas 1872, and
the highest one 1923, or "A majority of a
full convention. Though having a
majority of full convention, ne could not
be nominated as 202 were necessary under
the twothirds rnle,
On the of May, after being in session
10 days, the convention adjourned to ueet
in Baltimore on the 18th of June The
southern delegates had seceeded and
others were chosen in their places, so that
when the convention met in Baltimore
Douglas received 1919 votes to so for all
others.
The seceders nominated Breckenridge.
The result was: Lincoln $50, Douglas IL,
Breckenridge y, Bell &c. OF the popular
vote Douglas received 1865, go. Brecken-
ridge SAT, 1858, Bell 59O,63l-tatal 2, sO4,-
$50. Mr. Lincoln received 1927 ,60l-in
a minority of nearly million.
THE NINTH CONVENTION.
In August 1864, the ninth convention
was held in Chicago, .When Mcclellan and
Pendleton were nominated. The first
and only ballot showed 1862 for Mcclellan
and 81 for all others, but before it was de-
clared saCh changes were made that it
showed 2024 for5McClellan to 20 for all
others. Mcclellan only carried states
KY, Del, and n j., casting q votes, and
Lincoln received 2l6 votes.
TIE TENTH CONVENTION.
On the 4th of July. 1868, the tenth con
vention was held 10 New York, and bal
loted for days, there being | | candidates,
the principal ones being Pendleton, who had
los votes, and Andrew Johnson, who had
IS. On the Dist ballot the vote stood 1853
for Gen Hancock, 1872 for Coy. Hendricks,
10 fer Gov English, IL for Judge boo
little. s for Judge Field. 5 for Johnson, 4
for Chase On the 22d ballot all voted
for Eloratio Seymour. Gen F. p. Blair
Was nominated for vice president,
The result was: Grant pa, Seymour
49, Nearly 5000, 900 votes were cast, OF
which Grant received 3,Ol2, 1913, and
Seymour 2,7O3,249
| THE ELEVENTH CONVENTION.
On the 10Th of July 1872 theI eleventh
and last Democratic national convention
was held in Baltimore, and nominate
Horace Greeley for president on the frs
Enthusiastically CSC, j. S. Black, of Pa
2l. Mr. Bayard. of Del. Is. Mr.. Groes
bick, of Ohio 2, blank 8. Mr.. Greeley ha6
previously, in May, been nominated by tn,
National Liberal Republican convention
at Cincinnati. on the 9th baliot-Greele,
1872, Charles Francis Adams 324, S. 7
Chase 30, scattering &c, The result of tn
! election was 292 electoral votes for Grant
and "a for Greeley, as follows: Georgi
] IL, Kentucky II, Maryland s, Louisiana s
Missouril5, Tennessee u, Texas S--tota
4 "a. Mr.. Greeley died on the Goth @
November aud when the electoral college
met the vote was scattered as follows
t Gov. Hendricks AZ, B. Gratz Brown Is
I Greeley 3, c. j. Jenkins 2, David Davis
1, blank s. The vote for. vice presden
was, B, Gratz Brown SIS G. w, Julian 5
! A. FL. Colquittt 5, John NJ. Palmer 3,T.E
Bramlett 3, w. S. Groesbech l., N. I
Banks /, w. B. Machen |,
THE TWELFTH CONVENTION
will be held 10 st. Louis, en- the 9th Q
this month
1t will be seen that, from Jefferson
first election. 10 the year 1900 to the III
fortunate quarrel at Charlestown, in 1861
the Democrats were never beaten bt
three times-frst, in 1924, because th
friends of Jackson, Clay and Adams refuse
to go into caucus or abide its results; mex
in 1910, mainly for the want of harmon
between the friends of Van Buren, a
the friends of Cass; and again in 1874
from the same cause From Jefferson
E time to the present hour there never h;
been day when the leading principl
of the Democratic party did not meet Il
approval of the American people, and '
never were beaten except by disseusio
and rivalries in our own ranks. i
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