Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-06-24

menoous Jury that some discharges
of the cannon were absolutely not
heard by those on the stage. Puffs
Of smoke, drifting by the open doors,
and the swell of gunpowder, told
what was going on.
"The moment that half a dozen
men, who were on their chairs max.
ing motions at the president, could
be heard. they changed the votes of
their states to Mr.. Lincoln. This
was a mere formalisy, and a cheap
way for men to distinguish them.
selves. The proper and orderly pro.
ceeding would nave been to an.
nounce the vote, and then for mo-
ton to have come from New York
to make tho nomination unanimous.
New York was prepared to make
this motion, but not out of order.
Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, Mime.
sofa, Virginia, California, Texas,
District of Columbia, Kansas, Ne
brasks and Oregon insisted upon
casting unanimous votes for old
Abe Lincoln before the vote was
declared.
"Wnile these votes were being
given the applause continued, and a
photograph of Abe Lincoln which
hung in one of the side rooms was
brought 10, and held up before the
surging and screaming masses. The
places of the various delegations
were indicated by stats, to which
were attached the names of the
states, printed in large, black letters
on pasteboard. As the Lincoln en-,
thusiasm increased. delegates tore
these standards of the states from
their places and swung them above
their head5. A rush was made to
get the New York standard and
swing 1t with the rest, but the New
Workers would not allow it to be
moved, and were wrathy at the
suggestion.
when the vote was declared, Mr..
Evarts, the Now York spokesman
mounted tho seoretary's table aud
handsomely and impressively ex.
pressed his grief at the failure oil
ao convention to nominate Seward
and in melancholy tones, moved
that the nomination be made unanl.
nous.
"Mr. Andrews of Massachusetts,
seconded the nomination in q speech
in which his vanity as q citizen OF
the wealth Of Massachusetts
was ventilated. and he said it had
not been for Massachugetts to strike
down William Henry Seward, con.
Guiding by promise to give the
nominee of that convention 100000
majority.
"Carl Sohurz, in behalf of Wiscon.
sin, again seconded the motion, but
not so effectively in his speech as
an orator would have warranted us
in expecting There was little
clap trap and something of anti.
climax in shouting Lincoln and vic.
tory aud talking of 'defying the
whole slave power and tho whole
vassalago of hell
Mr.. Blair of Michigan made the
speech of the hour. He said:
Michigan from fret to last has
cast her vote for the great states
man OF New York. Sho has nothing
to take back. She has not sent me
forward to worship the rising sun,
but she has put mo forward to say
that ct your behosts here to-day
she lays down her frat, best beloved
candidate TO take up yours, with
some beating of heart, som quiverc
ing OF veins much applause1; but
she does not fear that tho fame oil
Seward will suffer, for she knows
that his fame is a portion of the
American Union. Ii will be writ,
ten. and read, and beloved long af.
tor the temporary excitement OF
this day has passed away, and pres
idents themselves are forgotten in
the oblivion which comes over all
temporal things. We stand by him
still. We have followed him with
an eye single and with unwavering
faith in times past. We marshal
now behind him in the grand col.
umn which shall go out TO battle for
Lincoln.
"After rather dull speech fro m
Mr.. Browning of Illinois, respond.
ing in behalf Of Lincoln, the nomi.
nation was made unanimous, aud
the convention adjourned for dinner.
The town was full of the news OF
Lincoln's nomination, and could
hardly contain itself. There were
bands of music playing and process,
sions marching, and joyous cries
were heard on every hand, from the
trumpeters for Lincoln Of illinois
and the thousands who are always
enthusiastic on the winning side.
But hundreds of men who had been
in the W gwam we're 50 Frustrated
by tho excitement they had endured
and their exeTtions in shrieking for
Seward or Lincoln. that they were
hardly able to walk to their hotels.
There were men who had not tasted
liquor who staggered about like
druukards, unable to manage them
selves. The Seward man were ter.
ribly stricken down. They were
mortified beyond all expression an q
walked thoughtfully and silently
away from the slaughter house,
more ashamed than embittered.
They aoquieseed in the nomination,
but did not pretend to be pleased
with it, ard the tone of their con-
VIBRATIONS as to the prospect OF
eleclipg the candidate was not hope
full. II was their funeral, end they
would not make merry.
The fierce excitement Of the pres
ideaual nomination took the interest
ont Of what was to fellow.
Hamlin was nominated for Vice
Presiden. after very brief and
comparatively uninteresting strug-
gle. The convention adjourned and
The delegates went hnms through q
country all sfAmo SiJa an onthusi.
asm ~ which che still lightning that
flashed slong the slowly gathering
storm clouds in the South was little
thought of
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