Mr. BLAIR, of Missouri: I am commissioned by the representatives of the State of Missouri to present to this Convention the name of Edward Bates as a candidate for the Presidency. [Applause and cheers.]. Mr. AUSTIN BLAIR, of Michigan: In behalf of the delegation from the Michigan I second the nomination for President of the United States, of William H. Seward. [Immense applause and cheers.] Mr. THOMAS CORWIN, of Ohio: I rise, Mr. President, at the request of many gentlemen, part of them members of this Convention, and many of them of the most respectable gentlemen known to the history of this country and its politics, to present the name of John McLean. [Applause.] Mr. SCHURZ, of Wisconsin: I am commissioned by the delegation from the State of Wisconsin, to second the nomination of William H. Seward, of New York. [Warm applause.] Mr. NORTH, of Minnesota: I am commissioned on behalf of the delegation from Minnesota, to second the nomination of William H. Seward. [Applause.] Mr. WILDER, of Kansas: I am commissioned, not only by the delegation from Kansas, but by the people of Kansas, to present the name of Wm. H. Seward, of New York. Mr. DELANO, of Ohio: I rise on behalf of a portion of the delegation from Ohio, to put in nomination the man who knows how to split rails and maul democrats-Abraham Lincoln. [Great applause and laughter.] Mr. LOGAN, of Illinois: Mr. President, In order or out of order, I desire to move that this Convention, for itself and this vast audience, give three cheers for all the candidates presented by the Republican party. The PRESIDENT: The gentleman is out of order. A Delegate from Iowa: Mr. President, I rise in the name of two-thirds of the delegation of Iowa, again to second the nomination of Abraham Lincoln. [Great applause.] Mr. ANDREW, of Massachusetts: I move you that we proceed to vote. Mr. TRACY, of California: I wish to say, as there has been one vote cast for Mr. Fremont, that he is not a candidate before this Convention. When the State of Maryland was called, during the vote, Mr. COCHRANE, Chairman of the Delegation, said: The Republican State Convention of Maryland having requested that the delegation should vote as a unit, I therefore, in accordance with the wishes of a majority of the delegation, cast 11 votes for Edward Bates. [Applause.] Mr. COALE, of Maryland: I object to that. I am a freeman in Maryland, although surrounded by slavery. If I were going to look for a place to be immolated upon the altar of slavery, I should not come to Chicago. [Great confusion and cries of "order."] Well, hear my point then. We are not instructed to vote for Edward Bates. Such a resolution was presented there and was instantly voted down. [A Voiceyou are not in order.] Well, my point is that we were not instructed, and that we will not act according to the recommendation except so far as we please. Mr. ARMOUR, of Maryland: I will present the point of protestation a little clearer than my aged friend has done. [Cries of "Call the roll."] The PRESIDENT: It is not a subject of debate. The question is, shall the Convention receive the eleven votes from the State of Maryland for Mr. Bates? and this must be decided without debate. [Voices-"Call the roll," "hear him," and great confusion.] Mr. ARMOUR: I do not wish to debate the point. I wish to state succinctly and clearly the point of our protest. Have I leave? [Cries of "Yes," and "No."] At the Convention which assembled at Maryland, a resolution was offered instructing the delegates of the State of Maryland to vote as a unit. There was a general feeling against that resolution, and a number of gentlemen spoke against it, and I had risen to protest against it when some gentleman in my rear moved that we be simply "recommended." Not one man in that Convention considered that "recommend" and "instruct" were synonymous terms. Not one of us considered that the recommendation was equivalent to an instruction. Therefore, we let it pass, believing then and now that we were free to cast our votes for the man of our choice, and we now claim that right on the floor of the Convention. [Cries of "Good," and applause.] Mr. R. M. CORWINE, of Ohio: One of the rules adopted yesterday declares that the Chairman of each Delegation shall cast the vote of his delegation. A VOICE: No, no! it says he shall "announce" it. Mr. COALE: We will vote as we please, and we will not vote in any other way. The Chair then stated the question. Mr. FRANK P. BLAIR, of Missouri: I rise to a point of order. I desire to know whether this Convention is to be governed by its rules, or not? I call the attention of the President to the rule which we have adopted, and under which we must act, unless it is intended now to violate it. The PRESIDENT: The Chair is aware of the rule. The rule adopted was, that the vote of each State should be announced by its Chairman. A VOICE: He must but announce it and announce it truly. The PRESIDENT: And the Chair rules that he is bound to receive the report made by the Chairman of the delegation, and announce it to the Convention as their vote, unless it is rejected by the Convention; and the Chair, not wishing to take the responsibility of settling this question, may refer it to the Convention, and the Chair now puts the question to the Convention; Shall the vote announced by the Chairman be received by the Convention as the vote of the State of Maryland? The question was decided in the negative. At the conclusion of the voting, which occupied considerable time, the result was announced by the Secretary of the Convention, as follows: For Wm. H. Seward, of New York,. For Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois,.... For Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania,... 1731 102 48 501 12 For Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio,. For Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio,.. For William L. Dayton, of New Jersey,. Whole number of votes cast, 465; necessary to a choice, 233. THE PRESIDENT announced that no candidate having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast, the Convention would proceed to a second ballot. Mr. CALEB B. SMITH, of Indiana, being in the chair, the second ballot was proceeded with. It was as follows: |