Mr. Brownlow spoke as follows:

Gentlemen of the Convention-I assure you you have to-night waked up the wrong passenger. I am a very sick man, and ought to be in my bed and not here. I have journeyed on, however, through great tribulation, to meet you. The last regular meal I took was on Saturday, upon a boat, and upon the Ŏhio river. I am sick-sick-and suffering-and I come forward because so enthusiastically called for, to make my bow to you, and my apology for not attempting to speak; but, before I take my seat, I know you will take of me kindly any suggestion I may make, or any rebuke I may attempt to administer to you. I am one of the elder brethren-one of the old apostles. [Laughter.] I have heard since I came to town that you had some doubt in your minds about the propriety of admitting a delegation from Tennessee-a State in rebellion. I hope you will pause, gentlemen, before you commit so rash an act as that, and thereby recognize Secession. We don't recognize it in Tennessee. [Applause.] We deny that we are out. [Applause.] We deny that we have been out. [Applause.] We maintain that a minority first voted us out, and then a majority whipped the minority out of the State with bayonets, winning over a portion of our men to their ranks. But we are here to participate in your deliberations and toils, and to share your honors. I pray you not to exclude us. We have a full delegation from Tennessee, a patriotic delegation, a talented delegation, always excepting the present speaker. [Laughter.] Our best men are here. We have in Tennessee, as you have in most of the Northern States, a Copperhead party, just beginning to come into existence. They have existed here a good while. I have fought the venomous reptiles for the last two years among you; but they are beginning to organize in Tennessee, and I confidently look for them to be represented at the forthcoming Chicago Convention, to send up a delegation there under the nose and scent of that pink of patriotism, loveliness and virtue, the editor of the Chicago Times. [Laughter.] The delegation that our State sends up to you would scorn to go to the Chicago Convention; they would decline having anything to do with the late Cleveland Convention. [Applause.] We are for the Baltimore-Lincoln-Arming-of-Negroes Convention. We are for the Convention and the party that are resolved to put down this wicked, this infernal Rebellion, at all hazards, and all cost of money and lives; and our Convention instructed us, before we left home, to advocate and vote for Abraham Lincoln first, last and all the time. [Applause.] He has got his hand in; he has learned the hang of the ropes, and we want to try him for a second term. Let us get along in harmony. There need be no detaining this Convention for two days in discussions of various kinds, and the idea I suggest to you as an inducement not to exclude our delegation is, that we may take it into our heads, before the thing is over, to present a candidate from that State in rebellion for the second office in the gift of the people. [Applause.] We have a man down there whom it has been my good luck and bad fortune to fight untiringly and perseveringly for the last twenty-five years -Andrew Johnson. [Applause.] For the first time, in the Providence of God, three years ago we got together on the same platform, and we are fighting the devil, Tom Walker and Jeff Davis side by side. [Applause.]

I again thank you, gentlemen of the Convention-[Go on, go on.] I never refuse to speak when I am able to speak, and my old friend, Deacon Bross, knows it well. I should like to help him canvass Illinois, and gouge for him among the Copperheads. If I were able to speak and could interest you, I would; but I am sick, and I must be excused. I thank you for the honor you have done me.

On motion, the Convention adjourned until to-morrow morning at ten o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1864. The PRESIDENT called the Convention to order at ten o'clock A. M.

PRAYER.

The Rev. M. P. GADDIS, one of the delegates from Ohio, offered the following prayer:

Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is done in Heaven; grant us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; lead us not into temptation; but grant, Thou Lord of Lords, and King of Kings, Thou who art the Infinite God, of all right, of all truth, and of all liberty, grant to imbue our hearts so with Thine own free Spirit as to lead us this morning in that way and manner that may confer honor upon Thy great name, and work out the good intended by the sovereign people of this country in thus assembling together in this National Convention. Hear us this morning, O our Father, as we thank Thee for the harmony of action and unity of purpose that has thus far attended our sittings; grant to let that harmony continue. Grant to let Thy Spirit operate upon those who have been thus honorably selected to represent the wishes of a great and free people, so that the ends and aims of this Convention may be fully subserved.

Hear us this morning, Thou God of liberty, as we thank Thee for the fact that Thou hast ever made this land the dwelling-place of the genius of freedom and of liberty. Hear us as we thank Thee for the triumph that Thou didst give to the arms of our fathers as they broke the shackles of oppression and of tyranny, and erected upon these shores the light of freedom and of liberty. Hear us, our Father, as we thank Thee for the prosperity that not only attended them in that hour, but in their efforts to found here a Republic whose influence and whose power should go down to the remotest period of coming time. Hear us, our Father, as we thank Thee for the prosperity that hath attended us financially, intellectually, morally and socially, throughout the length and breadth of the United States. Hear us, O our Father, as we thank Thee this morning for the respect that the United States of America has attained throughout the known world. Wherever the white sails of her commerce have been seen, where'er the starry banner hath been unfolded at the mast-head of our vessels as they have gone forth upon all oceans and upon all seas, that flag hath been honored, our country hath been respected.

Hear us, O our Father, as we thank Thee for the many men that American genius and the genius of American institutions have developed, who have gone forth to fill the halls of science, the chambers of literature, the councils of the nation, and gone to other lands to represent not only the dignity but the power and the influence of republican liberty. Hear us, O our Father, as we thank Thee for the rapid development Thou hast given to this mere child of freedom, that she has gone on from the rock-bound shores of New England to the Western wilds, and made them to bloom and blossom as the rose, and to send the echoing shouts of liberty across from the Pacific waters to those who had ne'er known it before. Hear us, O our Father, this morning, as we bless Thee for the success that hath attended us even in the midst of distress. We repent this morning of our sins; we bow before Thy Majesty in deep contrition of heart; we admit Thy judgments; but we bless Thee, our Father, that in our efforts to demonstrate that we were upon Thy side, Thou hast thus far crowned

us with success. Let this success continue, and, to that end, bless the President of these United States and all his constitutional advisers; may they be men of clean hands and of pure hearts; may they consult with the Infinite Good. Let Thy blessing rest upon all the plans and operations that they have devised for the success of our arms.

Bless our army and our navy, from the Commanders and Commodores down to the noble men that fill our ranks and tread the decks of our gallant vessels; and God grant that even in the midst of their present battles, while thundering at the gates of the rebel capital, to give them abundant success. And may the time soon come, our Father, when Americas hall be free, when the Rebellion shall be crushed, and when peace with its ten thousand hallowing blessings shall again reign from ocean to ocean and lake to gulf. Hasten the hour when the East shall embrace the West, when the North shall again kiss the South, and America become indeed that nation whose God is the Lord.

Guide us and direct us in the operations of this day, in all the deliberations of this Convention; and, O God, if we are right, grant that the nominees of this National Union Convention may be elected by such a majority as has never before been recorded in the history of our government. And Thy great name, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, shall have ceaseless and everlasting praises through a world without end, Amen.

CHAIRMEN OF DELEGATIONS.

The PRESIDENT.—I shall be obliged to the chairmen of the several delegations if, as the roll of States is now called, they will rise in their places and announce their names; the object being that the Chairman may be able to distinguish, from the location of the speakers from time to time, the delegations to which they belong.

The SECRETARY called the roll, and the chairmen of the respective delegations answered their names as follows:

Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont.

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New York..

New Jersey.
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland.
Kentucky

Ohio
Indiana.
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota.
California

Oregon

West Virginia.

Kansas

.LOT M. MORRILL.

WILLIAM HAILE.
..SOLOMON FOOT.

. ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK.

THOMAS DURFEE.

WILLIAM T. MINER.

.JOHN A. KING.

WILLIAM A. NEWELL.

SIMON CAMERON.

NATHANIEL B. SMITHERS.

HENRY W. HOFFMAN.

.R. K. WILLIAMS.

C. DELANO.

DANIEL MACE.

R. C. Cook,

AUSTIN BLAIR.

ALEXANDER W. RANDALL.
.D. D. CHASE.

.JOHN M'KUSICK.
.M: C. BRIGGS.

THOMAS H. PEARNE.

.LEROY C. KRAMER.

JAMES H. LANE.

RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS.

The PRESIDENT.-Is the Committee on the Order of Business ready to report?

Mr. CALVIN DAY, of Conn.-The Committee on the Order of Business are prepared to report, and I ask Mr. Drake, the Secretary of the Committee, to read the report.

Mr. E. F. DRAKE, of Ohio, proceeded to read the report as follows:

Rule 1. Upon all subjects before the Convention, the States shall be called in the following order: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, California, Oregon, West Virginia, Kansas, and other States and Territories declared by the Convention entitled to representation in the same, shall be called in the order in which they are added by the Convention.

Mr. J. H. LANE, of Kansas.-I think it is improper to put West Virginia before Kansas. We were born first.

Mr. E. F. DRAKE, of Ohio.-Allow me to explain to the gentleman that blanks were printed for the use of the Clerk, and it was convenient to name the States in the order there found.

The PRESIDENT.-The Chair supposes there is another reason. Kansas has been so gallant, and her history so full of heroic deeds, that she cannot be damaged, place her where you may [applause].

Mr. J. H. LANE, of Kansas.-In that regard Kansas claims no superiority over Western Virginia [applause]. Her children have been as gallant and fought as bravely as the children of any other State. It is a mere question of age.

The PRESIDENT.-The Chair will direct the Secretary to amend the roll agreeably to the suggestion of the gentleman from Kansas.

Mr. E. F. DRAKE, of Ohio, continued to read the report as follows:

Rule 2. Four votes shall be cast by the delegates at large of each State, and each congressional district shall be entitled to two votes. The votes of each delegation shall be reported by its chairman.

Rule 3. The report of the Committee on Credentials shall be disposed of before the report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions is acted upon, and the report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions shall be disposed of before the Convention proceeds to ballot for candidates for President and Vice-President.

Rule 4. That when it shall be determined by this Convention what States and Territories are entitled to representation in this Convention, together with the number of votes to which they may be entitled, a majority of all the votes so determined shall be requisite to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President.

Rule 5. When a majority of the delegations from any two States shall

demand that a vote be recorded, the same shall be taken by States, the Secretary calling the roll of States in the order heretofore stated.

Rule 6. In a recorded vote by States, the vote of each State shall be announced by the chairman of the respective delegations, and in case the vote of any State shall be divided, the chairman shall announce the number of votes cast for any candidate, or for or against any proposition.

Rule 7. That when the previous question shall be demanded by a majority of the delegation from any State, and the demand seconded by two or more States, and the call sustained by a majority of the Convention, the question shall then be proceeded with and disposed of according to the rules of the House of Representatives in similar cases.

Rule 8. No member shall speak more than once to the same question, nor longer than five minutes, without the unanimous consent of the Convention.

Rule 9. The rules of the House of Representatives shall continue to be the rules of this Convention, so far as they are applicable and not inconsistent with the foregoing rules.

The report was adopted.

Mr. E. F. DRAKE, of Ohio.-The Committee on the Order of Business have directed me to make this further report:

A National Union Committee shall be appointed, to consist of one member from each State, Territory and District represented in this Convention. The roll shall be called, and the delegation from each such State, Territory and District shall name a person to act as a member of said committee.

The report was adopted.

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REPORT ON CREDENTIALS.

Mr. PRESTON KING, of N. Y.-Mr. President, the Committee on Credentials, after a very patient hearing of the representations made by the gentlemen who have appeared and claimed seats in this Convention, wherever there has been a question of their right' to sit, from whatever cause that question may have arisen, have come to conclusions which they report as the report of the committee to the Convention, without, however, entire unanimity in the committee on some points. Upon the main questions a large majority of the committee have agreed. There will, on some points, be a minority report with the assent of the committee and of the Convention, by the member of the committee from West Va., with some one or two others joining him in it. I desired that our report should be regarded as the report of the committee without any minority report; but as I differed from the committee on two or three points, I gave them notice (and I have their assent), that I should move to amend the report upon my individual responsibility as a member of the Convention. I will now proceed to report to the Convention the points upon which the great mass of the committee agreed: