Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1876, Page 1

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Chairman, CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1876. THE TUG. That Gathering at St. Louis . Rapidly Approach- ing a Breal, Watterson, as Temporary Fires the Southern Heart. Yet His Friends Fail to Idake Him Perma- nent President. Gen. DMcClernand TFinally Selected for the Lat~ ter Position ; And Speaks the Speech the Democracy Have Al- ways Liked So Well. \ Who Were Chosen to Build the Party Platform, Dan Voorhees Blows Very Cold upon the Tilden Element. And Little Sunset Cox Comes to the New York Man's Rescue. Predictions Vary Little from Those of Monday. Tilden's Friends Agres upon Payne for the Second Place. The Nomination Will Likely Be Reached To-Day. The Kational Central Republican Committes- Contest for the Chairmanship. GETTING TO WORK.! " MORNING NOTES. THE FEBELING BEFORE THE EYE-OPENERS WARM- ED UP THE BOYS, Bpecial Dispatch to The Triduna. 8. Lowis, June 27.—Tho day opened upon & terelbly demorallzed crowd. Tho demonstrations Inat night were very unsatiafactory, and only re- wulted fn bringing on violent huadaches. The most bolsteraus croswd was that which centred about the Lindell and yelled for Tilden, but, thia morn- ing, 1lenrnad that it was & local demonstration under the pay and direction of that arrant Tilden demngugue, Stilson Hatchins, cditor of the Bt Louls 7Zimes. At the Southern Tlotel thu soft- monoy and rag-baby men from all parts of the country assembled, It wos intended s a Ilen- dricks demonstration, but thore wera Parker, Davis, Cooper, ond Hancock men prosent to wwoll the crowd. In fact, tho line that divides the Domocratic party was closcly dmwn last night. The hard-money mon hung about the Lindell, and the aoft-money man about the Southern Hotel. THE RAG-BABY A8 NO LANGUAGR BUT A CItY. The morning oponed on tho certain defeat of the latter. The position of the Democratic party on the money quostlon {a the samo os 1t is on tho quenjun of tepenling the two-thinis rule. Tho mass of the volers, the rafle, 1s unqueationably in favor ot the raghaby, an It I8 n favor of the repeal of the Lwo-thirda fuls, hut the lenders, the politlcians, dnre not commit themaclves to clther, ~ The Hen- drickn men virtnaily sdimit thefr defeat, but they aro viclos, and swear by tho Elernal that Tilden shall not win. dudge Jordan, the two Judges Bue- kirk, Alexander C. Dowuey, Dr. Faller, of In- dinnupolis, Judge Parrott and Col. Charllo Derby, of Kvankvlile, Gen. Mannon, Danicl W. Voorhees, Chivin Jones, Prof, McNutt of the Dloomington University, David §. Gooding, and, fn fact, the entiro Indiina crowd, dectaro they will have Hen- dricks_or_nobody, und, should’ tho Convention nominate Tllden, If thewo mon are to ba believed an anfo-da-fe will o celobrated in tho records and tropliles of the Deniocrailc, party inchucrated for the banofit and instruction of posterity. THAR ILLINOIS DELEGATION mot at 0 o'clock and elocted Sam Marshall, Albert . urr, and Lewls W. Ross, a8 distinguished I1il- nola Detugerats, 10 occupy the posts of honor sct apart fur thoin on tie x_;lmmrm in the Conventlon, and then adjonrued, 'The limitod accommodations of tho Conventlon hall anly atlowed each delegato to distribute two ticketa amonys Lis felends. OETTING TICKETH, . The cenc at the diffeeont Wentern Statca® hend- quarters wa ludiceous anid caciting, | Almostovery leguto ind from five to twenty fricnds preaent whio deslred sdmission to the great Sanhodrin, aud Now to miake two tickets serve the ambition of ton ora dozen partisan fricnds was the conundrum, Somo of thu delexates cut tho Gordlan knot b crcaph out of the wiidows, and thus avolded thelr patasitical frlendn. _ Last nizht, however, ad- milwaton tickets woro hawwked ubout th salu at 395, THE CONVENTION, Althongh called to mect at 12, yet at 11 o'clock the people began to fill up the hall. Credit ahould be glven where crodit {a due. The Chamber of Commerco hal) §s certalnly the most magniticent foom for a popniar sssembly in the United® States, ‘The Chalrman's dals has an clevation aud projec- tion siinllar to an orgun and organ loft, upon “the top of which a splendid Jocal band was placed, By 12 o'clock the hall was filled to overfluwing, cstimated at 6,200, Tho sub-gollery assigned to the distingulslied national Democrats was only half-alled, however, and the only prominent men \fiem Duke Gwinn, Benator Kernap, and Grate rown, CAN GItAY IIATNS MAKE FOLLY VENERADLE] ‘The Convention proper was an inte I(lnfi right. Not oven the French Acaaemy, the Evangolical Al- lance, or Ecumenical Councll, showed so many venerablo men. Five outof aix of the delegatos were bald-headed, They were vencrablo fossils, many or whom, for the first time since the ing out of the itebellion, showed themsul Nutional Convention, I saw befors me old pro- slavory Democrats who, during the five years of Civll War, had laid autin the swamps til} moss had grown on thelr backs, nnd whu, to escape Union troops, had crawled iu mud out of hoilaw toga 4} they bad worn the halr oft thelr heads, THE LINTED ACCOMMODATION Qf the hall had prevented a packing in the intercst of any ono candidate, but It wua Ghecrvable that the Thiden forces were very judiciously distributed, “The band insugurated tho proceodinie by playing **Flipmagoozie, " an Irish roundelay, or **wake d ost appropriate piece, Idering all nces, and a selection which will cost the Land its per dlom when Secretary Prince reads this in Tus Tainuse, — TIHE SCENE. SEATRD AND WAITING, &Spectal Dirpaich to The Tribuns, Sr. Lows, Mo., June 27.—Delegutes who have been sitting up of nighta and golug about by day wweating and awearing for and against Tilden; dolegates who bave tolled for lendricks and Han- cack, and who bave beon grooming Davis, sud ‘Thurman, and Parker, and the sovorslother atates- men who aro w be entered as **dark horses™; dolegatos who are for tho man who can win and for the }ife of them can't figure out, even by campaign figuring, who can win; hard-monoy Democrats, repudlation Democrats, Democrats without princl- ples, and the usual throng of politiclans, —all thesa weroin thelrscats balf sn hour before the Convention waa called to order. ‘Phers wasa prodiglous flut- ter of palm-leaf fans all over the hall, and the panting of thousands of peopie’ for breath, while walting for the work of the Conventlon to begln. LELMONT AND KELLY. . August Belmont eatered with hlsslatster smooth strosts for nens of manner, and engaged in & chat with Senator McDonald, wha don't know that Hendricks {s not a hard-toney man. Near elmont wan his most efcient ally, Grand Sachem of Tammany John Kelly, whowe herculean Lreadth of shoulder, bull-neck, heavy, squaro under Jaw, little, gleaming, steel-gray cyes, and mamivo head, considerably wider at the baso of the braln than ncroen the forehead, mark him fora power among the hull-necked and beavy-Jawed. With pug noss and low, natrow forchead, he looks mare the bull- dog than Morrissey, and of the bull.dng type of men might be consldered a represcntative type. Tie In here for & bull-dog fight, i1 the fight be forced Dy the Tildenites. The latter, howover, arc any- thing but anxious to provoke an open enconnter, but Kelly's slr waa that of & prize-ighter on his guard, ready to givo and take shen the timo came, but ready for & truce if his antagonlst chose to come down, LITTLEJONN AND DORSIIRIMER, A few neats remosed wos DeWitt Littlejohn, conspicnous among the Tilden host because of, his ablilly an a apeaker and parliamentarian. =~ Atéhis elhow was Scnator Kernau, tall, spare, and sharp. visaged, the very beanideal of a keen lawyer of the ol Achool. A few neata distant was tho harly Dorsheimer,’ whu, for the most part, docs the oratorical for den. ‘fidenites and ant!-Tildenites aliko wora the sir of men who, uncertaln of their adverraries’ rirength, were taking a breathing spell preliminary to the final strnggle, TIE JLENDRICKS POWER. ,0n tho right was the Hendricks Frnn . —Dan Voorhees, the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, ore herculean frame and flowing whiskers are familiar all over the West; Tlaylisa Hanna, awart and atout, with stratght, very black hair and goal- black eyes; Senatars McDonald and Cobb, of Vine cennen, who, at the Indiana State Deuoceatic Cone vention, demonxtruted his superlor ability as a pre- slding ofiicer over Democratic neremblages h{ ordering the drums beat ax often as thy unterrifled grew oxpecially nproarions, What these Hendricks Munagers are driving at romaine to be develu They nre the centre of a deal of Intrigne, an well, are doing a deal of Intrigning themselves, — all loc ktm} 10 & courolidation of the anti-Tilden forcen, which, if effected, no one supposea can bo made upon Hendricks. TILL PENNSTLYANIA DELEGATION war given back acatu on the left, whore the dele- ¥ates can go ahead runniug Hancock undisturbed, an they have beeu dolng with auch muccoss that he ¢ Is conceded to atand next to Tilden in the race, There was gencral llstlesaneaa while August Schell, Chinirman of the National Uommittce, was, Iy the most perfunctory fashlon, and ina volce in- audible, even on the front acats asalgned to dele- g::le», making his speech calling the Couvention to urder, WATTERSON. 118 SPRECH. Speclal Dispatch to The Tridune, 8r. Louis, Mo., June 27.—\When Henry Watter- #on, having been clioson temporary Chairman, ap- peared upon the platform, and, In & very pulpabio stage-fright, began bls pecch, on taking tho chalr, there was a hush of expectancy. The brill- lant Kentucky Journalist was known by reputation to averybady prescnt. 1o was known sa anardent Tilden man, And as o more addlcted than any other Democrat in the land to apeaking bls mind freely in print. 1ils youthful avpesrance waa manifestly s surprise to the great msjority of delegates and spectators, and, with somo ap- prehension, doubtless, that ho would get off romo radically dangerous utterances, they lstened, Ilo steered clear of anything of the sort, but his reference ta the Democrata' folly ss Instrumental in fetching nbont the very ilis of which Democrats complaln, and his moro polnted alluslons to the fact that nobody could measare tho capaclty of Demderata to fight each other, fell fiat upon the Conventlon. Nor could Mr. Watternon toncinde withont feiching In that absurd menti- menialiam that i tho bana of Southern politics, e talked about secaring for the South a fair living chance, as though the Houth wers not mccorde equal rights in the Conatitntion. 110W IIE RAN TN CONVENTION- Asa prosiding oficer, Mz, Watterson proved n regular brick. Without the silghtert regrd to parliumentary law, to knosledgeof which i makes ho_protoneions, He had. tbings tu Ligh Ol0 Ken. tncky fashion.' His ideas of order and points ur order waro not preclacly wa 1ald down by and Jefferson, Lut parilsmontary law didnot In thie least hamper tho odltor of the Courler-Journal. 1 n delegate rovs to make a point of order ato staxe when the point would have delayed wattcrs, Watterson mercly raled: **The gentieman will pleasn tako hls meat.™ If somenody elsc at- tempted to bo pertinacious about it, Watterson prompuig ruleds *+Tho gentlcman Wil take his sent. % When that bad hagpenod, and the delcgute abjccting wanted to know §f It was out of erder to make a potnt of order, Wattarson raled: entloman can’t_muke A polnt of order. ke his seat.” When Wallace, of Pennsylvania, ruse and ylolded a partof hin time to somebody cles, and tho question wan ralsed whother, nndor tho rules, Wallace was cutitled to any specified time, Witterson dlaposed of the whole queation by ruling that he would declde the question when occaslon arote, and proceeded to recug. nize the delegate to whom Wallace had grauted part of Lin the, a8 to which the very point wan ‘whether Wailaca had any time to allot (o anybody. And, 80 on, when Phwbe Couzing’ turn came 10 resont the female-suftrage nidross, and some nu= rrified claimed the floor, ** Everybody elso ls out of order " which restorcil good ‘humor, Then, when tho report of tho Committee on Credentl was mude, and an amendment 1o seat the District- of-Columbla delegation was offered, he ruied itout of order, and ao, rullug at random, despite the ald of the prompter who sat at his clbow, Mr, Watter- son drow busincas ight. ahcsd, showlng that par- lamentary tules are of n0 account anyhow tna Democratle Conventlon. HOW WATTEISON IMPRESSED ANOTHER CONRN- BIONDENT. Bpectal Dirpatch to The Tridune. 8r. Loviw 310, Jue s, ~scheilw opentog ad- drenn was tamely received, but when, af tho close, hementioned Watterson's name, there waa a labor- il effortei at applause by the Tilden and bard; moncy men. Watterson _came _forsard _and poned s thaugh ho were ataading tor Henty Clay, ull fength_(picturo), and began In the most a proved Bophomoric style, ¢ Lad hia address \eriticn, _but, s ho (£'aflicted with o defective vinton, ' ho avniled himeclf of tho services of & rompter. . 111w gesticnlation savored miore of the banch snd Judy style than anything elso. 1ie fwnng his arma on one hingo or what fa genarally known an tho pump-handle jerk. The volce was good, however, and the matter above the Demo- crutic average. + ORGANIZATION. M'CLERNAND'S ELECTION AS CHAIRMAN. Spectal Dispaich to The Tribune. B7. Lovis, June 27.—The Committee on Perma- nent Orgavization agreed npon (en. John A, Mc- Cleraand for Prosidont. The opportunity for bes ing the news to thecager multitude and for getting a drink waos too tempting to Gen. James 1. Steed- man, of Ohlo, 80 ho came out from tho sccret cau- cns and confidentlally informed Tuw TRIDUNE ro- porter, who as confidentisily told Woolen Dickin- son, of tha lndianapolls Sentinel, Tom Ryan, an Irish Democrat, aud other Hendricka men, There- upon the Hendricks men set up u shout and clalmed McClernand's election sa a Iondrickn victory. All this waas 8t the Southern. At the Lindell, head- quarters for Tilden, the hard-money men gave cheer after cheer, clsiming McClernand's election aa thelr triumph, SERETART. Ed Merritt, of the State Reglater, and Jerry Crowlcy, late Clerk of thellonee of Representa- tives, have been hard at work all day egging for tho position of Becratary from Iilinofs, but a former partner of E. M, Haines carried off the prize, 1lis name Ia A. C. Storey, and he I8 known iu Cook County as Twao-per-cent-n-manth Btorey. WILLIAMS. When the Convention rcassembled, the anly no- ticeable incldent was the appearance of Bluo-Jean Williams, the long, gaunt, hurrying-looking cun- didate for Governor of Indiuna. When Blus Dick touk hils place on the platform there was & gencrous auount of uppla M'CLEINAND'S RECITAL. ‘The Commiitce on Permsuent Organization mado ita report, and Watorson appolnted four of five men Lo conduct Gen. McClernand to the chalr. No attention was paid toihe announcement of the Commitise untll Dan Voorhees' uswme was an- nounced. McClemand nade a five tinutes® ex- tempore speach, and than began reading from manuserlpt, The fact tlat he read very poorly, and that be was leard with utter llstlessness, proved the report which had galned circulation Diat he' words. of iy ecch Wero put di his month, for, as soon as he wax done, Manton Mar- Lle grabbed the manuseriat and retlsed 1o give it u Lo the repbrters. "Adjournment waa epocdily forced. COMMENTS. After tho sclection of McClernand, the Indlana delegation began to weagen. Fartof the delega- tiou, it was pusitively assured, woull secede and go over to Tilden, and onthe quuation of sdjourn- ment it was noticeablo that New Yurk aud Indiana worked togetber, This gave rise 1o torsible aus- plclony, but they were lulled for the hour by the unanimity with which Vodrhecs was called out. VOOIIBES' SPEECH. L eech struck the key-uote of the majority of the Convention, and when he appealed to the South to wtand by tho great Northwest and the Misstesippl lllcy, the cheers were Juud and pro- longed. s :‘pu(h was a miscarrisge, out of tiwe and tune, and an injury to Til WUAT WAS LECUSA TO VOOLURES } Voorhees' apecch was a triumph, and an antls ‘Tilden victory., ..dn .fact, Voorhecs' spesch, strengthened the weak-kneed greenbackers, and rout dismay into the ranke of the forail Democeate, S0 carneat and sincere was Voorhees that the tears came to his eyes, and when he closed he was xo wenk and_nervoiis, eo entirely overcome, that he hiad 10 be helped back to hin scat, THE PROCEEDINGS. « PRELIMINARIES, QU3 SCHRLL'S REXARKS, 87. Tovs, June “The Convention wan called to order at 12:18 o'clck by Auguatus Schell, of New York, in the following words: GeNTLENEN: As Chairman of the Natlonal Dem- ocratic Committen, the duty haa been assigned to me o call this Convention to order, according to the usages of the Democratlc party, This large bady of representatives, men coming from every section of the Union, have assembled for the par- pore of nominating for the Democratlc party candidates for a President and Vice-President of the United States, whoso election wili make s change In the administration of the Government and stay the corruption which is now destroying {t. (Applause.] The momentous fsmue beforo the country 18 outlined and clear in dis- tinct turm and proportion. 1t cannot he overlooked, - underestimated, or avolded. Adininistrative reform Is demanded by the Ameri- can people of erery clnen (applauve] aud”uf all parties, ‘I'he corruptioh which now exlats in the Government whick Is enflerinz from it muat be PUNIPIED AND ELRVATED, and the anertiun 8 1o whose handa rhall be com- mitted the duty of cleansing and ralsing it. Shall it be committed to those whose unclean hands bave spoiled it? Nat! Inthls hour, when the na- tional nonor, publicvirtue, and the moral senti. ment of mankind demand reform, the duty must and shall be nesigned to the Democeatic party. {Gireat appluuse. | The people will not auppurt thinfden that the thing to be reforiied can L re- formed by jtaclf, Thia will anawer, yea is nece rary, inilo case of unludlvidual who isanswer- able'to his conrclence andfo bis God for his sins, hut what Is to become of public oficial tntegrity f the mon to whom js assigned the performance uf public trast sball abuse their power,—violnte their obligation «nd their ~ vatha? The people are generous aud contiding, and ure honest. Tuey ‘may be alow, hut in the erd I?Il’{llu intellizent ond eagacious. The people weil compruniend thelr rights and thelr intereats. Thoste rights have been ton fearfully violated and thoro Intetesls too shameflully negiecied to cver again trust the adininlatration of tnelr Government 10 the Nepublican party. [Great applause. ) OLD BAUS. There 15 alzo another fssuc which commands the coneideration of the country, and that is the cur- rency Imaue, The Detnucratic party has from its orlginand through all the time of its exisience been what §s known as the hurd-money varty of the country [applausc], and the subtle and sdroit effort on thie part of the Jtepublican party to charge upon the Democratic party the preeent condition of atlgirs, snd to insiet tnat that party s now the soft-nioney pnn(- is catlrely incorrect; for, let me ark, In what page of the statute, on what act of public authority in which the Democrats bave had the power and the control ix there written one word, oneline, one Taw which baw provided or caused tho pres dition of thinge? All the acts of thix Government recognizing thie feene of paper money, authorizing thelr une s o legul-tender, the actions of the Su- preme Court {n declariug the law conatitutional under which thess scts were authorized, were all done and_performed Quring the existence and power of the itepublican party. What has been the effect of it? Counncrce I8 paralyzed; the manufac- turing intorest aAlmost. destroyed dn the countryt prosperity haw disappeared, and want tus taken ity plsce, 1ow I8 it to be remedied? The Democeatic snrty, with its interents, will wee that the remedy fa"hiohed. of frugal and cconomical Government ond s diminution of taxation. 1t cunnot be brought ubout by forced contractlon. [A[:flfluw. It should not bo aseiated by — additional infiation, but we ftake the country aa It stands. [Applnnec.] YWe are called upon to apply the reinedy, aud onc remedy which commenda itaelf to every bonest man and” (o every resaunable Democrat Js {0 demuud the * REPEAL OF TILE BESUMPTION ACT. Applause.] lepeal thut act, put the Government n the power of the Democratic party, and let them pumue the conrse which they will ‘puranc of an economical adminlutration of that Government, nnd I assure you that the thue is not far disiant when specie paynients will be resumed, the pros- pority of the conntry will b restored, and the Wholo Ametican- peoplo be happy once more. [Applause. ] Tientlomony-sho (1de in: aumnicibne- and the oo- casion ia Illmictllw, Onn hundred years sgo tho first Democratic assemblage tnot in Philadelphia, reprenentatives of colonies of the Atlantic shoro of this country. [Applausc.] They there, under the gulde of that sage, that patriot, that man ever 10 be revered, Thomas Jdeflerson [I{JI’"IIIIIB;. laid the foundation of that cisll aud reflgious Mberty which our fatlers built, and which we now etjoy. On this occasion, this Centennial year, the Demo- cratic party hny ssscmbled In Convention ouce more to do that which our fathers did,—that fs tu say, proclalny the course and adopt the means wiiich eball bo necessary tu festure s to ot snclent prosperity. {Apyladre.] During ail the time that the power of the Government lias been in the hondw of the Dewmocratic party, during all that time prosperity has governcd Gur country; but, whenever that fiaz Las been dropped by the advance of Republican power, = surrow and shamo _ kavo becn our condition. [Ap- pluure.] Moy we not hope mow, after sixseen years of Republican power, that the Deme ocratic party may assume its tightful pusition be- fore tie country. {Applausc, | 1shinll not atlempt tu forecast the action of this Conventlon on the performance of the dutles which It fs called upon to perform, other than the nomi- nation of a President or Vicu-President of the Unlted States, or in the adoption of its platforu, The rules by ‘which this Convention s governcd are such 8 10 inaure the nomination of some gen- tlemun whose character and position as p xtates. man and as un individual s ripe in the experience of the one and puro and stainless in the other. You will sce that none other is nominated for elther of those oftices. “An to tho platform, thia Convention will act wise- 1y and in accordunce with the principle that those re besl, guverned who -aro least governed, [Ap- plunse.] "I doabt not that much will be left to tie energy, the management, and the economy of our Deopie, and Iews to Federal legialation, for the futuro government of our country . 1huve now tho honor, in the name of the Na- tfonal Conunittee, to propose for your tempomry Chalrman Mr. Henry Wattorson, "of Kentucky. [Cheers.) MHR. WATTERSON'S SPEECIL Mr, Watterson was unknimously elected tempo- rary Chalrman, and Scoator Barnum, of Cunnicce ticat, and Benator Hansom, of Norih Carolina, were appolated 8 committes ‘to conduct him to the chalr, Mr. Watternon ussumed tha chalr, and was recelved with olieers. Upon the subsidence of the spplunse, M, Wottorson addressod the Conventlon us_full GENTLEMEN OF THE CoXvENTION: We are called togethier tu determine by our wisdom whether an honest Governuient, adnilnistered by honeat men, shall be restored Lo tie American peaple, of 1o do- cide by our fully that it is tho destiny of this couns try topursucnn endless, ever-revolving clrcle of purtlsan punsion aud corruption, until, with the loss of our natioual well-being, wo lose the poor man's Juet best bope—clvil liberty [tsolf. ~Every citizen of the Republlc, behouf this party or the other, fecls, and hoa felt for many o day, the depressing ce of what aro called **liard timen." Wo we tee meglected fleids and he factory is closed, the furnace. door {s shut. There ure wyrisda of idle Liands. The happy uctivity of prosperous life is nowhere to Lo found. Loyallsts futten while bouest men starve. ] 2! Empty the mart, shipless the bay, What fs 1t? What hos wrought so gre Inn Iand that uuder the rule of sn tntell greantve, constitutions] party advancy & century frou tho conditlon of & huddle of petty anl squaild provinclal sovarelimtics o, forcinost plsco smong (he nations of the carth ? Tha reason of men tust anewer: partisin misrule and section- al misdirection, The Republicans, my fricnds, are not alono responsible, With thein rests thi dlygraces, with ua fhe follles, The twin agents of nstlons) ‘mischance, worklng under the mlerablo rule of coutrarics, have kept the peoplen of thu North anrd South_asunder, uud have auppliod aus- tenance to corruption. ’nwmuo dlsturbed val- ues, they have unsetti prices, thoy huve made our whole fnancinl sys- fom o8 chest sud a woare. ‘Thoy have driven the bet clements of political sucl- ¢ty Into_extlo, and have organized churlatantam 1uto a vort of & public polity, enabliug the rogus to get n chuap advantago of his dupa, end sacrificlng every Eupulnr interest to tho behest of that oligarchy which Las become su incrusted with pawer aw 10 bolievo itsolf entitled ta rulo by the wor force of ita own wreng-dolng. So pwch let ua et down to the convonient pretext of war; 80 much to the long account of doings between tho North and South, - 1t fa for you to say whether the mo contlict, with the conscquences tnnltiplied y of you bo luugeried \and West. 1 shall ot uuder- take, onan occaston of this kind, and ina pres- enca'so fnposiug, 10 enforce the familiar lesson of mutual forbesrunce, Nobody doubte oue capacity 10 mnke the battlo amony ourselves. Entreating you to direct your energfes to tho coramon enciny, § ak indulgencs ouly vn_my own behalt. You havo called iy 1o 4 placa ot wetely of distinctlun, but of ditliculty, —to & place whic! requires the best trnining of & better man than I, In taking it, I trust to your confidence and guod nture, and 10 s heart " Incapable and untalract. ‘The work befure ys 10 ideus ratber than fodividuale. not tho man, that whuuld engage us ~ Wo ha catite bieru 10 mak the people's, hot our, Aght for & Irce, 10 luus than an hanews government,—for the reforin of the public service and the regenera- tion of the public moralw, for udministrative reliet from adminbstrative nihillem, embraced In the aliplo creed of howe rule, Reduce the taxes and ¥ive a living chance fur the Bouth oa we the North, for both East and Weat. thing ~coies of “lhcae pracceding spriiig from he apldt “of sapiration and friendship which waruied tho followers of Andrew Jackeon and Silas Wright, of Henry 1.""E Daniel Webater, whore politieal drscendas together on common gronnd, at Iat. ta 17 t.the Government af their fathg tom the tiuvth of Iln‘fn and robhers, Federal, State, and municipal, and who mean to cxtirnaie these wherever they sre found, and whether they be Republican or Democratic, OPBNING PRATEM. At the conclusion of Mr. Watterson's remarka, which were recefved with great np{\hunm Bishop Marvin made tho following prayer, the aswemblage O Gind, we worship Thee. Thon art the Sover- elen of nations and of worlds, ‘Thy name ia uhove every place snd Thy authority roleth over all. With Thee the natlons sre a very little thing. ou takest up the fslen @s the dunt of - the earth, but Thon condescendent In infinite yoodne: to_ charze ‘Thyself will the Interesta and aflaira of s}l men Thou art not unconcerned with rezard to the hap- pinews of the czeatlon whom Thott iast made, We give Thee pralas for Thy mercy to us, for Thy kuodniess to our natinn, “Thou didat preserve the Amerlean Colunit 1u thelr inclpiency, In the pres- ince of hurtile savaces, and Thou hat raiked them into the power of ) Htates, and into a vast Gov- ornment. and hast vecn merciful to us in all the penthistary of our lives, " \We have sinned. e ave dunc ivickedjy before Thee. Private eriine and vice has run %iot in our country, and public corruption hae brought dishonor and reproach np- on our name, anil ot Thou hast been merclfnl 07 in the midst of all, “and our ample agricultare the basia of all proaperity, han fed all. sustained all, and cnriched all. The mincral wealth em- buweled In our mountains f opening ample ro- rources for the present and the future. Labor iy at conetant demand At foasonsble rowand: our fac- torlen, our warkrhopn are crowded with Intelligent, induafrioue, ingeniuus, akiliful Artisany, and xup: Pl our homes with every domand of clviized I ur commcrce goverua the whole carth, and levica a contributon upon all climes snd all natlons. to our comfurteand our Juzaries, and to the rolinc. ment ot domestic und of aoctal life. Our art Liaa touched our civilizution with it refinement and ite elcuance, and, O¢ Lord, we give Theo praire that achools and colleges abound, and religion hallows i by the purity of lix doctrines. the elesatlon of §ta wpirit, and the prevalence of ita rights, Hlessed beThy mame, O1 God, foe Why mefey, for Thou haat distingalehed ve." With goodness Thou hast mndn tis connplciions aimnuni! the nations of the earth; Thou hast nouriabed s fn peace and hast beeu gur panoply i war, The manifestations of Thy displeasurc have been few and occavlonal. Our hilstory has been a hilstory of davelopment and srowth; our natlunil boundsFies encomipans a vast omaia’ that liex upon two oceans, and tonchca upon the tropical and arctlc extreien. 0! God, Thoo bast brovzht us through the Srat centary of our independent existence, and lookest down to- day upon the fentiviticsand rejolcings of a mighty people. The future Iy with God. Visit not our #ina uponus, but crant us thy blessiny borders. tiraclous tod, look upon this Conven- tion, Gulde it in ita deliverations, and put Thy blesaing upot all the reauits of ita labore, My these contribute to national and sections) harmo- ny, and to restore the cordial goodfellowship that must be the basts of all right Government and pee- manent prosperity in our nation. May the reeulta of this Convention tend to publle purity and na- tional integrity in every department of the Admin- intration, and, in s!l fime to come, may a good Governuient and free tostitutions, fathfally ad. ministered, secure a prosperous commerce snd the growing Industries inull our land, and may public_virtue distinzulsh us ns the material resnurcen distinguish ta ariong=t the natlons of the earth: and when the last cutastrophc and final stroke of time shall sound may this natlon be found prosperoun and happy, united aud peaceful, And all these merclea we aak through Jesus Uhrist, our Crentorand Kedeemer, Amen, TEMPORARY $ECRETARIES, The Chalrman—The Chalr {s dirccted by the Democratic Natlonal Committee to anuounce as temporary Secretary of the Convention Mr, Fred. erick U, Prince, of Massachusetts, and ax serist. aut Becretaries Mr. Ty 0. Waiker, of Jows, and Mr. T. K. Doniphan, of Ohio. Before the Conven- tion proceeds to business the Chair would state as 2 matter of convenience to the reporters and the Conventlon, the gentlemnen who are recognized by the Chalr will call thelr nawe and State., Tho Converslon i= now reaiy for business, and the Chalr desires to know Its plennure. . Dan Able, in all our ‘The Chair further announced that M| of Missourl, hiad been sclocted a4 Sergoanieat- rus, COMMITTEES. A HITCH. Mr. Abbott, of Marsachuseits, offered a resoln- tion that the rules of the lust Natfonal Democratic Conventlon govern this body uatil athorwisa or- After some discussion tha resolation was adopted. ( Mr. Smalley, of Vermont, effcred & resolatton foracaliof theStates for the annonncement of Committees on Permonent Organization and on Credentlals, Agroedl to and tha call procceded with, : Tiefore tho Sccrotary had proceeded far some In- terroptions took placo, when Mr. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, moved to reconsider the vota by which tho foll waa being called for committocs in order to piva_the Conventlon an opportunity to understand clearly tho business, 3r. Wallace said: I now read Inanswer to the entieman trom Now York the resalution adopied n the Convention of 1808, Itin # thcse words: ““Thatthers shall be now two Conmiitces ap- polnted, each Commitice ta_conslet of one delee ate froin vach State, t be sclocted by the respect- ve delegutes thereof, one Committce to act as a Committee on Permanent Organization, und the other aa u Committee on Credentials. " 1 thorafore wubmit that It {8 n ordor to call the Statea for tho report of & Commlitteeman on Credentislnand a Committeeman on Organization. 1t belongs to the States o name, them. . The Chuir—The Chair will stata that the Secre- tary of the Conventlon haa been directed to call the roll by States. The gontleman {rom Pennsyl- vania moven that the vote by whicli the resolutfun was adopted be reconaidered. DOULITILE SUGGLSTS, Mr. Doolittle, of Wisconstn—Mr. Prealdent: T belicre what the gentloman from Pennsylvania de- sires and suggests will expedite oll this business, and probubly wreveut any recarrence of it in the futuse. 1L {s that we Bave a reading Sccretary tem- porarily D})pululzd. #0 that Lhe resolutions rend 1rom the chulr niay bo heard all over this house, Qur excellent Secretary fafla in that respect to ba heard in all purts of tiie chambor. 1 have heard the nawe of Mr. Herrington suggested. The Chalt—The genticman 1o out of order. The clection of a Sccretary is not in order. A Secreta. y has boen elected, and the gentleman is notin order. Mr. Doolittle—By leave of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, I made the suggestion. ‘The Chair—The question 18 on thy motion of the gentloman from Pencaylvania, to reconsidor the vote just passed. The molion was lost. The Chalr—Tho Sccretary will call the roll, 'The Sccretary then proceeded with the call of the roll for the apjolntment of the Committec on Cre- dentials und Feruanent Organization, RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Carroll, of Tennessee—1 desiro to offer the following resvlution: dtesolred, That the two Cummltlul{ st named be {natructed to reportat 5 o'clock this evening, and that when this Convention sdjourn It be to that hour . Tha rosolution was ldo[‘!bfl, 1 B} . Swith, of 1ilinols—I offor the following reso- ution Rtesolvad, That a committee of ons delegate from each State, to leselected by the delegations thergof, beappoluted to report resolutions, and thatjall reso- lations in relation to the platform of the Dema. cmlf party be roferred to sald Commlttce without e debal ICOMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. The Chalr—The Secretary of the Convention will call tho roll of tho Statée, nud as each Stato is called tho Chulrman of it delegation will sund the name of the deleguto appolnted by hls delegation upon the Commiftes o Kesolutions to ths Secra. ry. "Hhio Secrotary then called the rollfor tha appotat- ment of the Committes on lesolutions, with the followlng resalt: Alnbama, Leroy P. Walker; L. V. Mtornla, John 8. Hagar; Colorado, P! “ounecticut, R, 1. Hubbard; Dela. i Gray; Florids, John Weatcott; Geor- Iowell Tiinols, John: A, McClarnand; Trimble; Kentucky, Alvin Louisiana, P, 11 Mann; Maini Murylund, George Freans Edward Adarys Michlgan croft; Minneaota, Danicl Buck: f. Clayton: Missourl, C, H. Hardin; Nvbragk, ¢ Ellin; Now ware, Uvor; cis, C. P ndlans, D, W. Voorhices; lows, 1f, H. Missourl, Thomaa L. Duvall Davie; corgo L. Melien; Nevads, A. Hampahire, E, €. Hailey: 'New Joreey, 30 W, Gates; New York, Willlain Dorshiclmer; “North Carulina, Thoma L. Clinguian; Oblo, iomos Ewlng; "Oregon, M. V. Brown: Pennsylvania, Montcalm Hay; Rhode Iatand, William i, Head} Bouth_Carolins, Samuit McUowan: Tennessce, John C. raw Ashlel Smith; Vermont, Jnmes i Williams; Vi ol A, Meredith} ‘est Virginia, Jobn J. Dav auder Mltchell, WOMAN BUFFRAGII. Mi83 PUELE COUZINS HAS MER SAY, Mr. Weed, of New York—Mr. Chalrman, Imova that the Convention do now adjourn to 5 o'clock. The Chalrman—The gentleman from New York wlll be good enough to withdraw his motlon uatil tho Chalr makes an announcement? Mr. Weed—1 will, slr, Thoe Chatrmau—The Chalr desires to state that bo fs requested by delogatea from the Woman's Righta Natlousl Convention to state that represcntatives of thnt orgunization ars hero and dewiro about ten mlnutes to mako a statement Lo tho Louvontion [ *¢Uear thum| hear them!") Tho Chalrman—Withuut objection they will now bo heard. The Chale will appolnt Mr. Tweed, of New Yosk, and Mr, Sxalley, of Yermoat, & com- Wisconsin, Alex- PRICE FIVE CENTS. mittee to ercort the ladies form. (Agn plause and lnnghler.] 1R Bplat fi?t"fi:“l"_v"' I':;u!delnl‘—- air—No motlon s lady tan the floor, {Langhter. 0 arlles 4 Scilvo:rlthl vlm_cgl—tllr. o8l dent—— 0 Chalr—Qentlemen will takn thelr seats. The alr has stated that a lady hos thefloor. The Chintr_haa the honor to premont to the Convention. Miss Pheehe Couzins, of &t. Lonts, [Applauss. ] n‘,"fi’h"‘.“‘"—}h’“““fi" pnlnlt‘nl order, he Chajr—The gentleman sont of h’l{_%hln ncllflll?mc%lntuly. X mak emdac sud will e rame delegato--Can't I make a pointof 3 The Chair—No, sir. A lady hna mgonoor.'mgo Ffl"(‘lflflv"fv'}" 1sin ordor. [Cries of ** [urrah for Minn Couzins then stepped forwar the following address: o i sl el lyered. Mn. Pansiomr T2, SERCT. Mn, TXT AKD GENTLEWEX O - anniversary of onr national birthday le also happi- Iy ® Centcnnial leap-year. 1L |u(nnnicr then, [ fake It, not only to recalve proposals from faie women, but alao ta aceept them. g"nkln‘ advau- tage of thin right and of your courtosy, I, asa delexated suthority of the falr sex, am here, not only to renflirni for them the principles of Hberty and equality, hut to sue for the hand of thoss hera ;‘!;el;!"::‘ddmsn[nn‘léeconl\‘cnfla nd the L 3 mis o "‘;" l":“m_' g-u-l, nelthor larger nor smaller n the pwod old days of onr ancestors, it wat deemed an' nnpardonabile alfense 1f the Ir:ir}-n rivilege accorded 1o women were not nnhesitat. nzly acquiesced in, and hic who wonld not joyfully ray *tYes * to the sweet mafden's eoy woolng w regarded with supreme contemipt, and i {ho reo tlon of singic wiserabiences wied ere yet his rucq \waa run, unwept, unsing of women.® o, then, gentiemen. if an a parly “you would' live long, prospicrous and - hiappy, give heed to the warniog from ot tue gatcs of U'aradise, ** It in not good for mai to be alune, ™ and accept for yout com‘?lnlnn i the political hoosehold ** ahe wha bindnall the discordant elements of iife unto the Diving hsrmony. sweel nature’s batter-half, " dames Mudison ‘sald, let )t be remombored, that §i hna ever been the pride of Ameriea thut the rights for which she contended were the righta of human 2::!1;0;:1\(!. A’;ntl:men, we gnk their recognition 0t 29 women bul ks huinan belings. 3: Bt w ings. Our magna. EQUALITY OF RIGIUTS, and to-day we ue for thia, not by forco of migh and yuwu’, but by the inore potent volca of truth and justice, apeakinis to ovory thinking man's cone Acience In tones wore persusaive than thoss whick sppealed to King John on the fleld at Kunnymede, We cannot sascrt this right Ly 8 resuri to the sword. We confess uur inability 10 thundur forth our claim from the cannon’s mwuth, or to firg 8 shot that can be licard uround the world; but in this grand Centennlu! year, when oll others sre free, and when our souls, {30, are_rerponding ta the music of the uttorance of Jefleraon, of filll- cock, of Adama, and Patrick Henry, withmind ex- panding 1o a rénlization of their grandeur, wit Pulse beatlug for the froedom they broclalonsd, wa would fain pfuck a live conl fram off the altar of our libertlca that shall kindle In your souls & zead for RIONTS OF TNE ISDIVIDUAL, the universal humanity, such asour sathers had When they thnlled the hearis of tha people with thecry *tazation without representution Is tyr- anny," and with burning thoughts and noble ut- terances, they wrote by the tamp fires of the *Revolution that immortal truth ** All humanity i croated free and equal.™ Gientlemen, we lp{‘m:l to yonr sense of justica and the right, using but tho grand old truths of ous fathers to aupport vur clabins; und here we rest our case, conimendingto you in clusing the trath thnt s eenre of justiceis ihe soverelgn power of the human mind. Tho most unylelding of. any, it rewards witha higher sanction; it punishes with -y a deeper agony than any earthly tribunal; it nevos slumbers, never dles, " It constantly utters and demande Justice by the eternal rule of right, teath, and equity, and oi this oternal foundation-stone— right, truth, and equity—wo stand. FOUMAL ADDHESS, i 'Ir;ho addrees which Mies Couzine prescuted is aa ollows: Puuapsienra, Pa., June 20, 1870.—70 thy Prestdent and Memlert of the Nutlonal Democrate te Contentlon assemiled at St. Louls June 27, 1876—-GrxTLEMEN: In reading the call for yom Convention. the National Womnu-Suftraga Asso- clation were gratifiod to fnd that your invitation waa not limlted to voters, but cordially extended toall cliizens of the United States. We acconds ingly nend delegates from our Association, asking for them a volce in your procecdings, and also ¢ plank fn your platform duclaring the political Tighls of Women. Women are tic only class of citizenn atll] wholly unreprosented in the Govern- ment, and yet wu possers every qoalification re. quisite for votzrs [n the rcveral States. Women posscan property and: cducatiuni we take out natoralization papers und paseports; wo urc-empt lauds, pay tuxcs, and mufler’ for our own violation of the lawa; we arc ncitler {diots, lunatics, nor criminale, and actording to your Htate Constitn- tlons, lack but ona qualidéation for votcrs, namely: wcx, which I8 an insurmountable gualifi- cation. and therefure equivalent 10 a bill of sttainder azainat onc-half of the peopls, ~a powee noStato nor Congress can legally oxercise, being for- Dbidden in Art. L., Seca. 8 and 10 of the Conatitae Our rulers may have the rightto regulate tha but they caninot abollel it altogethor for of citlzenn, as has bhecn done in the casa of the women of this Republic, withoat direct vio- latiou of the faudamentsl law of the land, As you hinld the Constitution of the fathers to be a sacred lexracy o nn and our children forever, wo ask you 10 #0 Interpret that 130gua charia of human rights 8 80 secury JUSTICE AND EQUATITY TO ALL Unlted Statos citizens, Irrespective of sex. Wo deaire to call your attention o the vinlation of tha casential princple of self-government in the dise franchieeiment of the womeli of the several States, aud we appeal to you not only becausa as & minori- 1y you arc in a posltion to consider principles, but becanse you were tho party first to extend sullrago by removing the property quslification from all white men, and thua making the political status of he richest and poorest cliizen the same That act of justice to the laboring wnssses insared your on. [overs with but few latertuptions, autll the War, When' the District of Columbla Suftrage bili was under dixcusalon in 1860, it was a Democratic Sen- ator, Mr. Cowan, of Penneylvania, who proposed an amendment 16 strike out the word ** malo, " and thus oxtend the FEIK of sulrgo to the womon the a8 well o4 the black men of trict. That amendment discasslon on daya In the S N a Democratic Leglalature that accured the right of suffrage ta the women of Wyomlng, and we now ask you, in National Conventlon, to pledge tha Demacratic party to EXTEND TIII8 ACT OF JUSTICE to women thiroughout the natlon, and thus call to your side a new political force that will restore and perpatuata your power for years to come, The Ropublican party gave usa plank in thelr platform of 180 pledging thameclves to a wpaclal consideration of our demande. liut by thelr Con- stitutional {nterpretations, Jeglelative cuactments and judiclal decisions, #o far from redecmning thely pledie they have burfed our petitions and appesis under lawe In direct opposltion to thele high-sound- {nk promises and professlons, and now, in 1874, they lvo un anothor plank in’ thelr platform, ap- proving b substantial advance Wade towvanis he csiablishment of equal righta to women," cunningly that the prive fleyes ~ “and now _unjoy are all dus to legislation. Although nnder a Repnblican dynasty Inspectors of Dis- reminding clections have been arrested and fmprisoncd for taking the vutos of wonen; temparance women ar- rested and {mprisoned for T"i“’? in the atreets; ouses, lands, bonds, and wtock of women selzod and sold for thelr refasal 10 poy unjust tazation, and, more Aian &l wa have thls >singular spoctacle,—n Hepublican woman who had spoken for the Republican party throughout the last Prasi- dentiat caanalyn urreatid by & Ropublican oticer for voting the lepublican ticket, denied the right of trial by jury by u Hepublican uige, conticied and sentéucod to 8 ino of $100 and cosia of prose- cution, and il thia for ssscrtlig st the polts tho cred of all the righita of Ametleau citlzon- ip.—tho right of suffrge specifically socurcd by reccit Kepublican ameniments to the Feder Conatltutlun. Again, the Supreme Caurt ot the Unlted States, by lts recent declslon in tho Mines va. Lappersatt case, laa STULTIPIED ITS OWN INTERFRETATION of constitutiunal law, A uegro by, virtuc of hia Unitod Statea cltizenahip, v declarod under the re- centamendments & voter in every State inthe Uniun, but when 8 woman, by virtue of her United Statea ‘cltizonship, appliva to the buprome Court of tho United States for protection fu the exercias of thiv s0lu ight, »ho s remanded to the State by the unanimous de: of the nine Judges on Bench that the **Conatitution of the United State dosa nat confer tho right of sulltage upou sny ono. All concesslons of privileges of redress of griove ances are & mockery for any class that bas o volca in the lawe und liw-wakers, Heuce we dumand thoballot, thal aceptre of puwer n our own handa, 28 thio only sure protection foF our flgbts of person nd proporty undur all conditions. 1f tho few may grant or withhold rights ut thelr pleasurs, the auany cannot bo wstd to enjoy the bicsalngs of seifs government. Jutlerson vaid: **The God who gave ustlf kavo us liburty. At thu samo time, the hand of forco way destroy, but cannot disjoin them,” While (le firet and higheat motive' wa would urgo uh you la the recognfiiun tu sll your actlon of thu great principles of justice and equsll- ty that underlie vur form of Government, Itis nok pawrihy to renind you (bat o sarty fhat takes A tile onward step will reap s Just rgward. on beeded our appeats made to yo 1ail, Now York, 1n 1868, aud as in 1872, your varty tmight now Lave boea in puwor, asyou could have had what ueither party can Loast to-day,—s live lawuc ou which 10 fouss tha enthusizsurof tho psople. REFOMM 18 TUM WATCUWORD OF THE HOUR. Bat bow can we hops for houor and houesty In eliber parly In minor matters 80 long as both cone a¢nt Lo robone-half the people, their uwn mothers and sisicrs, wives Jud daughters, of their most sacred right? As s party you defended tha right of self-government in Loulsiana sbly and eloguently during the lust sceslon of Cobgress. Are ths rlghts of wowen [ all the Southorn States whoso alaves ure uow thelr ruless less sacred than those of $he wen of 1 T s Y ~ $VTha whals ark 0f Government," says Jales-