Year: 1872

So the report was adopted.


When the vote of Delaware was cast unanimously
in the negative there was good deal OF Kissing
and confusion In the hail. whereupon said


deliberative body to let each state vote its own
opinion without demonstration either for or
against Cries OF Good good1l 1t IS disre-
vote of q State Is declared


Mr.. GALLAGHER-The demonstrations come from
the galleries, and not from the delegates.


The PREsIDENT-Let the galleries understand that
while voting is proceeding in this body they have
strations until our proceedings closed.


Mr. MCHAE, OF Tennessee-When called by the
rule OF our t delegation n majority o & OF the ae1ega n
which there Is a call OF states. Under that rule the
majority OF our delegation has cast the entire vote
of the State IN favor OF sustaining the previous
question. Under the same rule a very large ma
jority of the delegation vote for the platform a


Mr. NERLEY, Of Virginia, when his State was
called, said II rise to question Of privilege The
Of II the t mas e
That has been done, as understand, pursuant to
rule established by the delegation, that
should be cast unit. desire to state that at
the time the rule was adopted was not in attend
was unable to be in the city. lCyies OF 'Order.'o
l desire to say, further, that while would
5 sd SSnd the action
press my voice at the time the rule was adopted,
! do not, under the circumstances feel myself so
shall be entered in the negative.


Unanimous consent was given Hon. ELI s..
SHORTER, Of Alabama to explain the vote Of that


He said Before I cast the vote Of Alabama
upon the adoption OF the platform, l observe that
principles announced 80 frankly in the
letter OF Horace Greeley--loud cheering
there sOse are 81 some 0s the xhc
Southern men cannot AFFORD to adopt without
seemingly at east-stultifying themselves and
only desire to make this statement that we
may be understood before the country. But we
here for the purpose Of doing all that may be in
our power to promote


PEACE AND HARMONY


and to secure success In the great cause In which
we are now all engaged, and therefore ask leave
twenty ayes. tApplause.)


The Secretary then announced the vote as already
given, and the Chair declared the report Of tho
Committee on Resolutions adopted.


Governor HOFFMAN, OF New York; desire 10
and Is signed by about ai1 fteen thousand German.
citizens OF the United States residing In the city or
New York tcheers) ask that the Secre.aly
may read the heading Of it for the Information Oh
the Convention. Cries Of Read IT,


The PREslDENr-Let the Convention pe IN ,otS ctSer
while this report is read that we may learn wnetaer
the Germans of New York are for Us or against Us.
(Applause.) .u,
PETITION OF THE GERMANS. ,
At meeting OF prominent German democrats
senteS by Mssnas Cross and unsnmOasy adopted
special committee was, on motion, appointed BY
ths Chairman g set the resolutions into effect the
to the circulars sent through the different wards Of
the city, endorsing the sentiments therein ex-
pressed. Only one-fourth Of the papers sent out
could for want OF time, be collected to become at-
tached to this memorial. The sentiment OF the
German democracy will be nearly unanimous for
Greeley and Brown In case OF their nomination BY
the National Democratic Convention:-


Whereas, at conference OF small number Of citizens
PaFts $ c s on me 81 Of
SPEAK q hc assa 70
ments utterly at variance with the opni9ns held by tho
undersigned and thousands thousands Of their
trymen in this city and all the Union; and whereas
the unfounded statements then and there made nrvs
threatened to he urged upon the National Democratic
Convention at Baltimore the sentiments entertained by
German voters the question OF choosing candidates