Upon the conclusion of Colonel Cochrane's speech, loud and repeated calls being made for the Secretary of War, Mr. Cameron came before the regiment, and said: confiscation, in the land; to implant upon this our soil the Never, no never, will you succeed until that spirit is once hideous doctrine of the right of secession, so that when one more manifested and developed which actuated the soldiers State secedes another may secede, and still another, and of Cromwell, who, on the field, invoked the Lord their God still another, so that within forty-eight hours, by the light to arise. So let it be with us. We must be at least one of their reason and the exactness of their judgment, you with Him in spirit. Let us, like Cromwell, invoke the Almay establish on this continent thirty-four independent mighty blessing, and, clothed with the panoply of patriotgovernments. Thirty-four, did I say? Why, no, not thirty-ism and religion, strike for our homes and our country. [1mfour merely, but every county and every city, and every mense cheering.] Let us-oh, let us-without reference to village and hamlet; nay, every person who suffers from in- any differences of the past, keep our eyes steadfastly on the digestion at the dinner table may claim the same right; great object to be achieved, the nationality and independand thus. soldiers, we shall have the confusion and disorder ence of this country, the salvation of civilization from the which will plunge into dismay and ruin the best and most insults and assaults of barbarism: and then, but not till benevolent government in the world. Now, what is our then, will you be worthy to be recognized as a distinguished object? It is simply to arrest the sway of this fell spirit of portion of our great American army. [Long continued secession. It is to maintain our Government, to establish choering from the whole regiment.] and vindicate law and order, without which neither happiness nor prosperity can exist. You are engaged, too, by the strength of your arms, to protect our commerce with other nations, and when victory crowns your dovotion to your country's cause-as it assuredly will--you will be proudly pointed at as the champions of American rights, as men who have maintained their dearest principles, and as those who, from this time forward, shall live in the most grateful remembrance of the living, and whose names shall descend with marks of imperishable honor to the remotest posterity. But, soldiers, to accomplish all this, not merely arms are necessary, not merely men to carry them, but that powerful and overwhelming spirit which constitutes and makes us men, that spirit which lifts us above the creeping things of the earth, and brings near the Deity, in accomplishing his work on earth. Oh, then, let us not think that the battle is to the strong"-let us not merely depend on discipline and order, but with that fervidness of soul which inspired our fathers at Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, and Yorktown, come forward and give effect to all that is valuable in the name of patriotism, and honor, and religion. Soldiers: It is too late for me to make you a speech to night, but I will say that I heartily approve every sentiment uttered by your noble commander. The doctrines which he has laid down I approve of as if they were my own words. They are my sentiments-sentiments which will not only lead you to victory, but which will in the end reconstruct this our glorious Federal Constitution. It is idle to talk about treating with these rebels upon their own terms. We must meet them as our enemies, treat them as enemies, and punish them as enemies, until they shall learn to behave themselves. Every means which God has placed in our hands it is our duty to use for the purpose of protecting ourselves. I am glad of the opportunity to say here, what I have already said elsewhere, in these few words, that I approve the doctrines this evening enunciated by Colonel Coch rane. [Loud and prolonged cheering.] APPENDIX. Democratic National Convention. 1864, August 29-The body met at 12 o'clock, in Chicago, Ill., and was called to order by the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, August Belmont, who said: GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: We are assembled here to-day, at the National Democratic Convention, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States. This task, at all times a most important and arduous one, has, by the sad events of our civil war, assumed an importance and responsibility of the most fearful nature. Never, since the formation of our government, has there been an assemblage, the proceedings of which were fraught with more momentous and vital results, than those which must flow from your action. Towards you, gentlemen, are directed at this moment the anxious fears and doubts, not only of millions of American citizens, but also of every lover of civil liberty throughout the world. [Cheers.] In your hands rests, under the ruling of an all-wise Providence, the future of this Republic. Four years of misrule by a sectional, fanatical and corrupt party, have brought our country to the very verge of ruin. The past and present are sufficient warnings of the disastrous consequences which would befall us if Mr. Lincoln's re-election should be made possible by our want of patriotism and unity. The inevitable results of such a calamity must be the utter disintegration of our whole political and social system amidst bloodshed and anarchy, with the great problems of liberal progress and self-government jeopardized for generations to come. The American people have at last awakened to the conviction that a change of policy and administration can alone stay our downward course; and they will rush to the support of your candidate and platform, provided you will offer to their suffrage a tried patriot, who has proved his devotion to the Union and the Constitution, and provided that you pledge him and yourselves to maintain that halJowed inheritance by every effort and sacrifice in your power. [Loud applause.] Let us, at the very outset of our proceedings, bear in mind that the dissensions of the last democratic convention were one of the principal causes which gave the reins of government into the hands of our opponents; and let us beware not to fall again into the same fatal error. We must bring at the altar of our country the sacrifice of our prejudices, opinions and convictions-however dear and long cherished they may befrom the moment they threaten the harmony and unity of action so indispensable to our success. We are here not as war democrats, nor as peace democrats, but as citizens of the great Republic, which we will strive to bring back to its former greatness and prosperity, without one single star taken from the brilliant constellation that once encircled its youthful brow. Cheers.] Let peace and disinterested patriotism, tempered by moderation and forbearance, preside over our deliberations; and, under the blessings of the Almighty, the sacred cause of the Union, the constitution and the laws, must prevail against fanaticism and treason. [Loud cheering.] Mr. Belmont named as temporary chairman Ex-Governor William Bigler, of Pennsylvania, who said: GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: I am greatly honored in your selection of me to preside over the preliminary deliberations of this body. My acknowledgments for this high complim nt, and for the kind greetings just extended to nie by this vast concourse of my fellow citizens, will be best manifested by a proper discharge of the duties of the position to which you have called me. It is not expected, nor would it be befitting in one assuming the temporary Presidency of the convention, that be should enter upon any general discussion of the many 27 | interesting topics suggested by the unhappy condition of our country. A brief allusion to the occasion and purposes of our assembling is all that will be necessary. No similar before it, or to which such a vast proportion of the Ameribody ever assembled in America with mightier objects can people looked with such profound solicitude for measures to promote the welfare of the country and advance their individual happiness. The termination of democratic rule in this country was the end of peaceful relations between the States and the people. The elevation of a sectional party to authority at Washington, the culmination of a long indulged and acrimonious war of crimination and re-crimination between extreme men of the North and South, was promptly followed by dissolution and civil war. And in the progress of that war the very bulwarks of civil liberty have been imperiled and the whole fabric brought to the very verge of destruction. And now, at the end of more than three years of a war unparalleled in modern times, for its magnitude and for its barbarous desolations-after more than two millions of men have been called into the field, on our side alone, after the land has been literally drenched in fraternal blood, and wailings and lamentations are heard in every corner of our common country, the hopes of the Union, our cherished object, are in nowise improved. The men now in authority, because of the feud which they have so long maintained with violent and unwise men of the South, and because of a blind fanaticism about an institution of some of the States, in relation to which they have no duties to perform and no responsibilities to bear, are rendered incapable of adopting the proper means to rescue our country-our whole country-from its present lamentable condition. Then, gentlemen, it is apparent that the first indispensable step to the accomplishment of this great work is the overthrow, by the ballot, of the present administration, and the inauguration of another in its stead, which shall directly and zealously, but temperately and justly, wield all the influence and power of the government to bring about a speedy settlement of the national troubles on the principles of the constitution and on terms honorable and just to all sections, North and South, East and West; one which shall stand unfalteringly by civil and religious liberty; one which, instead of relying solely on its own peculiar dogmas and doctrines and the ravages of the sword, shall refer the national troubles to the people, the fountain of political authority, and to the States under the forms of the constitution; one which shall have no conditions precedent to the restoration of the Union, but which shall diligently seek that result as the consummation of permanent peace amongst the States and renewed fra ternity amongst the people. Gentlemen, we have been commissioned by the people to come here and initiate steps to accomplish these great objects; to select an agent and the agencies in this good work. That the task will be well performed I have unfaltering faith; and that the people may sanction and God may bless these means to the desired end, is my sincere prayer. Rev. Dr. Robert H. Clarkson, of the Episcopal Church, offered a prayer, after which the names of delegates were called, and Commitand Resolutions. The latter was thus composed: tees appointed on Credentials, Organization, Committee on Resolutions-Maine, John W. Dana; New Hampshire, Edwin Pease; Massachusetts, George Lunt; Connecticut, Charles R. Ingersoll; Vermont, T. P. Redfield; Rhode Island, Charles S. Bradley; New York, Samuel J. Tilden; New Jersey, Abraham Browning; Pennsylvania, William A. Wallace; Delaware, Charles Brown; Maryland, Thomas G. Pratt; Kentucky, Thomas N. Lindsey and James Guthrie; Ohio, Clement L. Vallandigham; Indiana, James M. Hanna; Illinois, S. S. Marshall; Michigan, Augustus C. Baldwin; Missouri, William A. Hall; Minne sota, E. O. Hamlin; Wisconsin, George B. Smith; Iowa, 417 James F. Bates; California, John B. Weller; Kansas, Wm. ing our rulers, that we may rescue our beloved country and C. McDowell, Oregon, Benjamin Stark. And to it were referred the res:lutions offered in open convention, as follows: By Washington Hunt, of New York: Resolved, That in the future, as in the past, we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union and the Constitution, and insist on maintaining our national unity as the only solid foundation of our strength, security and happiness as a people, and as a framework of government, equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States both Northern and Southern; and, with a view to terminate the pending conflict and restore the blessings of peace, we are in favor of an armistice, and of earnest, honorable efforts to adjust the terms of settlement and Union on the basis of the constitution of the United States: and, for the final solution of all differences, we would recommend a convention of the States to review the constitution, and adopt such amendments and modifications as may seem necessary, more fully to insure to each State the enjoyment of all its rights and the undisturbed control of its domestic concerns, according to the original intent and purpose of the Federal compact. By Thomas L Price, of Missouri : Resolved, That, in this great crisis of our national history, the freedom and purity of the elective franchise-that sacred right of freemen secured to us by the blood of our fathers, and the guaranties of the constitution, must be maintained against all assaults, intimidation, or interference; and we hereby pledge, each to the other, and all of us to our common country, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honors, to make common cause with the people of any and every State where the same may be assailed or trampled upon; to the end that the constitutional expression of the popular will and the inestimable right of selfgovernment may be secured for ourselves and our posterity. By Alexander Long, of Ohio: Resolved, That a committee, to be composed of one member from each State represented in this Convention, to be selected by the respective delegations thereof, be appointed for the purpose of proceeding forthwith to the city of Washington, and, on behalf of this Convention and the people, to ask Mr. Lincoln to suspend the operation of the pending draft for 500,000 more men until the people shall have an opportunity through the ballot box in a free election-uninfluenced in any manner by military orders or military interference of deciding the question, now fairly presented to them, of war or peace, at the approaching election in November; and that said committee be and they are hereby instructed to urge upon Mr. Lincoln, by whatever argument they can employ, to stay the flow of fraternal blood, at least so far as the pending draft will continue to augment it, until the people, the source of all power, shall have an opportunity of expressing their will for or against the further prosecution of the war in the choice of candidates for the Presidency. the liberties of the people from certain ruin. Resolved, That we will use all honorable means known to civilized nations to bring to a speedy termination the unhappy difficulties that disturb our country. August 30-The permanent organization was made, with Governor Horatio Seymour, of New York, as President. On taking the chair, he said: GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: I thank you for the high honor you have conferred upon me in making me President of this body. The importance of the occasion has already been expressed in fitting words by your temporary chairman. I have not language to tell with what anxious solicitude the people of this country watch our proceedings. The prayers of men and women in ten thousand homes go up to heaven that we may be so guided in our deliberations that our action may conduce to the restoration of our Union, to the return of peace, and the maintenance of liberty in this land. [Cheers.] It is not for me to forecast your action-it is not for me to say what methods may be adopted to relieve this afflicted country of ours. But while I may not speak on that subject, I can, with propriety, allude to the sentiments which animate you all. There is no man here who does not love the Union. [Cheers.] There is no man here who does not desire peace. [Cheers.] There is no man here who is not resolved to uphold the great principles of constitutional freedom. [Applause.] I know that the utmost importance attaches to all your proceedings. I know it is of vital consequence that you should select such men, as your candidates, as enjoy the confidence of the American people. But beyond platforms and beyond candidates, there are other considerations of still greater significance and importance. When you wish to know what the policy of party will be, you must strive to learn the passions and sentiments which animate that party. Four years ago, in this city, there was an assemblage of citizens from the different parts of our country, who met here for the purpose of placing in nomination à candidate for the Presidency. They put forth declarations that they would not interfere with the rights of the States of this Union. They did not intend to destroy our country-they did not mean to break down its institutions. But unhap pily they were influenced by sectional prejudices, by fanaticism, by bigotry, and by intolerance; and we have found in the course of the last four years that their animating sentiments have overruled their declarations and their promises, and swept them on, step by step, until they have been carried on to actions from which at the outset they would have shrunk away with horror. Even now, when war has desolated our land, has laid its heavy burthens upon labor, when bankruptcy and ruin overbang us, they will not have Union except upon conditions unknown to our constitution; they will not let the shedding of blood cease, even for a little time, to see if Christian charity, or the wisdom of statesmanship may not work out a method to save our country. Nay, more than this, they will not listen to a proposal for peace which does not offer that which this government has no right to ask. By Hamilton Alricks, of Pennsylvania: This administration cannot now save this Union if it We, the representatives of the democratic party of the United States of America, in National Convention assem- would. It has, by its proclamations, by vindictive legislabled, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the high tion, by displays of hate and passion, placed obstacles in offices of President and Vice President, to be voted for at its own pathway which it cannot overcome, and has hamthe ensuing election, point with pride and satisfaction to pered its own freedom of action by unconstitutional acts. the past history of our common country, her great and It cannot be said that the failure of its policy is due to the marvelous prosperity, under democratic administration. want of courage and devotion on the part of our armies. Therefore, in order to restore and preserve the integrity of [Cheers.] Never in the world's history have soldiers given our once happy Union, re-establish justice and domestic up their lives more freely than have those of the armies tranquility throughout our borders, promote the general which have battled for the flag of our Union in the Southwelfare, and secure the return of the blessings of liberty ern States. The world will hold that they have done all Vouchsafed to us by our forefathers, we here renew and that arms can do; and had wise statesmanship secured the declare our unalterable attachment to the Union, and that fruits of their victories, to-day there would have been peace But while our soldiers it must be preserved in its integrity. Believing that the in our laud. [Much applause.] desirable object can be obtained if we profit by the wisdom have desperately struggled to carry our banner southward of our forefathers, we here adopt as our sure and broad to the Gulf of Mexico, even now the government declares platform the constitution of the United States in its length that rebellious discontent has worked northward to the and breadth, and pledge our candidates to maintain, pre-shores of the great lakes. The guaranteed right of the serve, protect, and defend the same. Resolved, That we cannot view with indifference the open repudiation and violation of the Monroe doctrine, the establishment of an empire on the ruins of a neighboring republic; and that we view with greater alarm and distrust the fearful strides of the general administration at our national capital towards despotism, in their repeated interference with State rights, with the liberty of speech, of the press, and the right of private property; wherefore, we call on all true and incorruptible patriots to lay aside their partisan prejudices, to look our bleeding country's troubles in the face, calmly to consider the fearful waste of blood and treasure through the unwise acts and misguided policy of the present national administration, and assist in chang people to bear arms has been suspended by the edict of a General up to the very borders of Canada; so that American servitude is put in bold contrast with British liberty. This *Supposed to refer to this order: HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN DEPARTMENT, administration thus declares to the world it has now no faith in the people of States whose votes placed it in power; and it also admits by such edict that these people have no faith in this administration. While those in power, without remorse, sacrifice the blood and treasure of our people, they will not give up their own passions for the public good. This Union is not held asunder by military ambition. If our political troubles could be referred to the peaceful arbitrament of the contending armies in the field, our Union would be restored, the rights of States wonld be guaranteed, the sacredness of homes and persons again respected, and an insulted judiciary would again administer the law of the land. Let not the ruin of our country be charged to our soldiers. It is not due to their teachings or their fanaticism. In my constant official intercourse with them, I have never heard uttered one sentiment of hatred towards the people of the South. Beyond all men they value the blessings of peace and the virtues of mercy, of gentleness and of charity; while many who stay at home cry havoc, and demand that no mercy shall be shown. The bigotry of fanatics and the intrigues of placemen have made the bloody pages of the history of the past three years. But if the administration cannot save this Union, we can. [Loud applause.] Mr. Lincoln values many things above the Union; we put it first of all. [Continued cheering.] He thinks a proclamation worth more than peace; we think the blood of our people more precious than the edicts of the President. [Cheers.] There are no hindrances in our pathways to Union and to peace. We demand no conditions for the restoration of our Union; we are shackled with no hates, no prejudices, no passions. We wish for fraternal relationship with the people of the South. [Applause.] We demand for them what we demand for ourselves the full recognition of the rights of States. We mean that every star on our nation's banner shall shine with an equal lustre. In the coming election men must decide with which of the two parties, into which our people are divided, they will act. If they wish for the Union they will act with that party which does now and always did love and reverence that Union. If they wish for peace, they will act with those who sought to avert this war, and who now seek to restore good will and harmony among all sections of our country. If they care for their rights as persons and the sacredness of their homes, they will act with those who have stood up to resist arbitrary arrests, despotic legislation, and the overthrow of the judiciary. [Loud and continued applause.] If, upon the other hand, they are willing to continue the present policy of government and condition of affairs, let them act with that organization which made the present condition of our country. And there are many good men who will be led to do this by their passions and prejudices; and our land swarms with placemen who will hold upon power and plunder with a deadly grasp. But as for us, we are resolved that the party who have made the history of our country, since their advent to power, seem like some unnatural and terrible dream shall be overthrown. [Applause.] Four years ago it had its birth upon this spot. Let us see, by our action, that it shall die here where it was born. [Loud and continued cheering.] In the political contest in which we are now engaged, we do not seek partisan advantages. We are battling for the rights of those who belong to all political organizations. We mean that their rights of speech shall be unimpaired, although that right may be used to denounce us. We intend that rights of conscience shall be protected, although mistaken views of duty may turn the temples of religion into theatres for partisan denunciation. We mean that home rights and the sacredness of the fireside shall be respected by those in authority, no matter what political views may be held by those who sit beneath their roof-without a permit from these headquarters; from Gen. A. P. Hovey, Indianapolis, Indiana; Gen. H. E. Paine, Springfield, Illinois; or Lieut. Col. B. H. Hill, Detroit, Michigan, unless shipped by or delivered to an authorized officer of the United States Government. Dealers in these articles, or others having them in their possession, will in no event be permitted to sell or deliver them during that time. It is the duty of all military commanders and all provost marshals and their assistants to see that this order is enforced, and to seize all such articles as may be clandestinely sold, shipped, or delivered in evasion of it. Such property will at once be reported to these headquarters for the decision of the commander as to its disposition. Forwarding, selling, or delivering such articles during this timo, if now in transitu, excepting that they may be forwarded by such railroads as now have them in possession for safe keeping, will be considered an evasion of this order. The facts of sth forwarding will be reported to these headquarters. By command of Major-General Heintzelman: trees. When the democratic party shall have gained power, we shall not be less, bu' mere tenacious upon these subjects. We have forborne auch because those who are now charged with the conduct of public affairs knew but little about the principles of our government. We were unwilling to present an appearance of factious opposition. But when we shall have gained power, that official who shall violate one principle of law, one single right of the humblest man in our land, shall be punished by the full rigor of the law; it matters not if he sits in the Presidential chair or holds a humbler office under our government. [Cheers.] We have had upon this floor a touching and significant proof of the folly of this administration, who have driven from its support those upon whom it chiefly leaned at the outset of this rebellion; when their hopes, even for their own personal safety, hung upon the noble men of the border States, [loud and continued cheering,] who, under circumstances most trying, severed family relations and ancient associations, to uphold the flag of our Union. Many of these men are members of this convention. They bear impressed upon their countenances and manifest in their persons the high and generous purposes which animate them; and yet it is true-great God, that it should be true!-that they are stung with a sense of the injustice and ingratitude of low and unworthy men, who have insulted and wronged them, their families and their rights, by vindictive legislation or through the agency of miserable dishonored subordinates. [Cheers.] Gentlemen, I trust that our proceedings will be marked by harmony. I believe we shall all be animated by the greatness of this occasion. It may be-in all probability it is true-that the future destinies of our country hang upon our action. Let this consideration inspire us with a spirit of harmony. God of our fathers bless us now; lift us above all personal consideration; fill us with a just sense of the great responsibilities which rest upon us, and give again to our land its Union, its peace, and its liberty. [Enthusiastic and long continued cheering followed the conclusion of Gov. Seymour's remarks. The entire assetnblage participated, and thousands of voices united in pouring forth round after round of tumultuous applause. When the enthusiasm had only partially subsided.] The President came forward, and addressing the assemblage, said: I wish to say one word to the audience here assembled. The delegates who compose this convention have come up from different parts of the Union for the purpose of acting upon your most important interests. We are most happy that you should be the witnesses of our proceedings, but one thing you must bear in mind: That you are not members of this body, and, while our hearts will be cheered to find that patriotic sentiments are received as patriotic sentiments should be by the American people, you must not undertake to attempt to influence the deliberations of the Convention, or allow your feelings to take such form of expression as are unbecoming in the presence of those upon whom rest the responsibilities of the occasion. [Cheers, followed by loud calls for Vallandigham, mingled with applause and hisses.] THE PLATFORM was then adopted, as reported by Mr. Guthrie, Chairman of the Committee: Resolved, That in the future, as in the past, we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the Constitution as the only solid foundation of our strength, security and happiness as a people, and as a framework of government equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both northern and southern. Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired-justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare demand that inimediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States. Resolved, That the direct interference of the military authorities of the United States in the recent elections held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and Delaware, was a shameful violation of the Constitution; and a repetition of such acts in the approaching election will be held as revolutionary, and resisted with all the means and power under our control. Resolved, That the aim and object of the Democratic party is to preserve the Federal Union and the rights of the States unimpaired; and they hereby declare that they con sider that the administrative usurpation of extraordinary and dangerous powers not granted by the constitution; the subversion of the civil by military law in States not in insurrection; the arbitrary military arrest, imprisonment, trial and sentence of American citizens in States where civil law exists in full force; the suppression of freedom of speech and of the press; the denial of the right of asylum; the open and avowed disregard of State rights; the employment of unusual test-oaths, and the interference with and denial of the right of the people to bear arms in their defence, is calculated to prevent a restoration of the Union and the perpetuation of a government deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed. Resolved, That the shameful disregard of the administration to its duty in respect to our fellow-citizens who now are, and long have been, prisoners of war in a suffering condition, deserves the severest reprobation, on the score alike of public policy and common humanity. Resolved, That the sympathy of the Democratic party is heartily and earnestly extended to the soldiery of our army and sailors of one navy, who are, and have been in the field and on the sea, under the flag of their country; and, in the event of its attaining power, they will receive all the care, protection, and regard that the brave soldiers and sailors of the Republic have so nobly earned. NOMINATIONS OF GEO B. M'CLELLAN AND GEORGE H. PENDLETON. Mr. John P. Stockton, of New Jersey, in behalf of the delegation of that State, nominated General George B. McClellan. Mr. S. S. Cox, of Ohio, seconded the nomination. Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, nominated Governor Pow. ell, of Kentucky. Mr. Powell returned his thanks to the gentleman, but he firmly believed the crisis demanded the candidate of the party should come from a non-slaveholding State. Believing so, he begged the gentleman and his colleague from the gallant State of Delaware to withdraw his name. Mr. Stuart, on behalf of a portion of the Ohio delegation, nominated Thomas II. Seymour. Mr. Wickliffe, on behalf of a portion of the delegation from Kentucy, nominated Franklin Pierce, but subsequently withdrew it. The day was spent in debate upon the merits of the candidates. Maine-seven for McClellan. New Hampshire-five for McClellan. Ohio-fifteen for McClellan, six for Thomas H. Seymour. Indiana--nine and a half for McClellan, and three and a half for Thomas II. Seymour. Illinois-sixteen for McClellan. The Convention then proceeded to vote for Vice Presi dent. The first ballot resulted as follows: James Guthrie, 65; George H. Pendleton, 551⁄2; Daniel W. Voorhees, 13; George W. Cass, 26: Augustus C. Dodge, 9; J. H. Caton, 16; L. W. Powell, 322; John S. Phelps, 8; blank, . On the second ballot New York threw its whole vote for Mr. Pendleton, its chairman stating that its former vote for Guthrie was against his wishes. The other candidates were then withdrawn, and Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, was unanimously nominated, who then took the stand, and said: MR. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: I have received with profound sensibility this mark of the confidence and kindness of the Democracy of the United States. I can say no more than this now. You will consider said all that is proper for me to say upon an occasion of this kind. I can only promise, in future, to endeavor, with the same fidelity that I have tried to exercise in the past-in entire devotion to those principles which lie at the very foundation of our government, and which are the basis of the Federal Constitution and of the rights of the States and of the liberties of the individual citizens-[immense applause]-shall endeavor to be faithful to those principles which lie at the very bottom of the organization mated with the fervent hope that if by the selection of proof the democratic party. And I hope, aye, my friends, aniper men, we can give a true and faithful application to those principles, we will again build up the shattered fabric of our government and hand it to the next generation as we received it from the past-the most beautiful structure of government which the world has ever seen. I again teuder to you, gentlemen, my grateful acknowledgments for the compliment you have done me, and leave the floor. [Loud and long-continued cheers.] After a vote of thanks to the officers of the Convention, with nine cheers for the ticket, the Convention adjourned, subject to the call of the National Committee, in pursuance of this action, taken early in the session: the opinion that circumstances may occur between now and the 4th of March next which will make it proper for the Democracy of the country to meet in convention again, and he therefore moved the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Mr. Wickliffe said the delegates from the West were of Resolved, That the Convention shall not be dissolved by adjournment at the close of its business, but shall remain as organized, subject to be called at any time and place that the Executive National Committee shall designate. Gen. McClellan's Acceptance. LETTER ANNOUNCING THE NOMINATION. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN: SIR: The undersigned were appointed a Committee by the National Democratic Convention, which met at Chicago on the 29th of August, to advise you of your unanimous nomination by that body as the candidate of the Democratic party for President of the United States, and also to present to you a copy of the proceedings and resolutions of the Convention. It gives us great pleasure to perform this duty, and to act as the representatives of that Convention whose deliberations were witnessed by a vast assemblage of citizens, who attended and watched its proceedings with intense interest. Be assured that those for whom we speak were animated with the most earnest, devoted and prayerful desire for the salvation of the American Union, and preservation of the Constitution of the United States; and that the accomplishment of these objects was the guiding and impel Missouri-seven for McClellan, four for Thomas H. Sey-ling motive in every mind. mour. Minnesota-four for McClellan. Wisconsin-eight for McClellan. Iowa-eight for McClellan. Kansas-three for McClellan. California-five for McClellan. Oregon--three for McClellan. Mr. Vallandigham moved that the nomination of George B. McClellan be made the unanimous sense of the Convention, which was seconded by Mr. McKeon. Governor Powell briefly addressed the Convention, pledging his most earnest efforts for the success of the ticket. Judge Allen, of Ohio, and others, made brief speeches, and the question was then taken on making the nomination unanimous, which was declared carried amid deafening applause. Mr. Wickliffe offered a resolution to the effect that Kentucky expects the first act of McClellan, when inaugurated in March next, will be to open Abraham Lincoln's prison doors and let the captives free. And we may be permitted to add, that their purpose to maintain the Union is manifested in their selection, as their candidate, of one whose life has been devoted to its cause; while it is their carnest hope and confident belief that your election will restore to our country Union. Peace, and Constitutional Liberty. We have the honor to be your obedient servants, John Bigler, of California. |