The announcement of the result was received with great applause. The PRESIDENT.—The Chair will now request the chairmen of the delegations from the States of Arkansas and Louisiana to furnish the Secretary with a list and number of the delegation from those two States.

Mr. A. H. REEDER, of Pennsylvania. I suggest, also, that they furnish a list of the congressional districts represented.

The PRESIDENT.-The Chair should first put the question on the motion as amended, the amendment only having been adopted. The motion as amended is, that the delegates from Arkansas and Louisiana be admitted with the right to vote.

The motion was agreed to.

The PRESIDENT.—The next question before the Convention relates to the Territories of Nebraska, Colorado and Nevada; and it is moved that the delegates present from those three Territories be admitted to all the rights of delegates in this Convention, including the right to vote.

Mr. J. H. LANE, of Kansas.-These three Territories are in course of organization as States, and will cast their votes for the nominees of this Convention at the November election. The day of election for the State organization in those Territories is fixed for the second Tuesday of September.

Mr. THADDEUS STEVENS, of Pennsylvania.-I call the gentleman to order. He knows that we are acting under the previous question.

The PRESIDENT.—The motion is to admit the delegates from these three Territories, with the right to vote.

The motion was agreed to.

The PRESIDENT.-The question now before the Convention is on the remaining portion of the majority report.

Mr. J. Y. SCAMMON, of Illinois.-I wish to know what, in the report, is done with Virginia and South Carolina.

The PRESIDENT.-The chairman of the committee will read the report in regard to that matter.

Mr. PRESTON KING, of New York.-The parts of the majority report which have not been acted upon, and have not been covered by the amendments made, propose to admit the delegates from Virginia and Florida without the right to vote, and to reject the delegates from South Carolina. It also admits the delegates from all the organized Territories, without the right to vote.

Mr. CAMPBELL TARR, of West Virginia.—I move that the report be amended by allowing the delegates from the State of Virginia to vote. Virginia has been put upon the back seat; and when delegates have been admitted from the other States, and even from Territories, I think she is certainly entitled to a place in the list.

Mr. J. A. J. CRESWELL, of Maryland.—I rise to a point of order. I make the point that the call for the previous question having been sustained, the amendment is not in order.

The PRESIDENT.-The point of order is well taken.

Mr. THADDEUS STEVENS, of Pennsylvania.-I move to reconsider the vote ordering the previous question, so as to allow amendments to be made. I think all ought now to come in alike. I move, therefore, to reconsider the vote ordering the previous question.

The motion to reconsider was not agreed to.

Mr. C. M. ALLEN, of Indiana.-What disposition does the report make of New Mexico and the District of Columbia?

Mr. PRESTON KING, of New York.--It admits their delegates to the Convention, with all the privileges of delegates, except that of voting.

Mr. E. D. SMITH, of South Carolina.—I ask, as chairman of the delegation sent here from South Carolina, whether or not it is in order for that delegation to be heard in favor of the claims of that State here, and whether it is not in order to make a motion to amend the report of the Committee which rejects those delegates from the floor altogether. I wish to know whether I may not be allowed to advocate the right of

that delegation to appear before this Convention to sit upon the floor without the privilege of voting, the same as the District of Columbia?

The PRESIDENT.-The Chair will inform the gentleman that, under the operation of the previous question, such a motion is out of order. The question before the Convention now is, as stated by the Chair, the adoption of the report of the majority of the Committee, as amended.

The report was adopted.

Mr. M. B. LOWRY, of Pennsylvania, addressed the Chair, and was recognized.

Mr. CAMPBELL TARR, of West Virginia.—I wish to know where the State of Virginia stands in this Convention?

The PRESIDENT.—Precisely where the Committee reported that it should stand. The delegates are admitted without the right to vote.

Mr. CAMPBELL TARR, of West Virginia.--I move a reconsideration. I demand that the State of Virginia shall have a right to vote on this floor.

The PRESIDENT.—The gentleman is not in order. Mr. Lowry, of Pennsylvania, is entitled to the floor.

Mr. M. B. LOWRY, of Pennsylvania.—I rise to inquire how many delegates are reported as coming from Nebraska, and who they are. I am told that there are two sets of delegates from that Territory.

The PRESIDENT.-The chairman of the delegation from Nebraska has not yet reported the list of delegates. He will please send his list to the Chair, as will the chairmen of the other territorial delegations.

Mr. J. F. HANKS, of Arkansas.-My origin was in New York, but I have lived in Arkansas for twenty-seven years, and I claim that we have a right to be taken to the bosom and under the protection of the Stars and Stripes. We thank the Convention for having admitted us to seats. Mr. J. H. LANE, of Kansas.—I move that the Committee on Resolutions be called upon to make their report.

Mr. A. BRANDAGEE, of Connecticut.-Do I understand that the report of the Committee on Credentials has been adopted?

The PRESIDENT.-It has been adopted as amended.

Mr. J. J. STEWART, of Maryland.-As one who voted for the adoption of that report for the purpose of moving a reconsideration, I now rise to make that motion, and I will state my reason for so doing. Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee have been admitted, but Virginia has been excluded. ("Order," "order.")

The PRESIDENT.-The gentleman is not in order. The gentleman from Kansas has made a motion calling for the report of the Committee

on Resolutions. The Chair rules that to be in order, and the question is on that motion.

The motion was agreed to.

RESOLUTIONS.

Mr. HENRY J. RAYMOND, of New York.-I am instructed by the Committee on Resolutions and Platform to present for the consideration and action of this Convention the following series of resolutions:

1. Resolved, That it is the highest duty of every American citizen to maintain against all their enemies the integrity of the Union and the paramount authority of the Constitution and laws of the United States; and that, laying aside all differences of political opinion, we pledge ourselves, as Union men, animated by a common sentiment and aiming at a common object, to do everything in our power to aid the Government in quelling by force of arms the Rebellion now raging against its authority, and in bringing to the punishment due to their crimes the Rebels and traitors arrayed against it. [Prolonged applause.]

2. Resolved, That we approve the determination of the Government of the United States not to compromise with Rebels, or to offer them any terms of peace, except such as may be based upon an unconditional surrender of their hostility and a return to their just allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and that we call upon the Government to maintain this position, and to prosecute the war with the utmost possible vigor to the complete suppression of the Rebellion, in full reliance upon the self-sacrificing patriotism, the heroic valor and the undying devotion of the American people to their country and its free institutions. [Applause.]

3. Resolved, That as Slavery was the cause, and now constitutes the strength, of this Rebellion, and as it must be, always and everywhere, hostile to the principles of Republican Government, justice and the National safety demand its utter and complete extirpation from the soil of the Republic [applause]:--and that, while we uphold and maintain the acts and proclamations by which the Government, in its own defence, has aimed a death-blow at this gigantic evil, we are in favor, furthermore, of such an amendment to the Constitution, to be made by the people in conformity with its provisions, as shall terminate and forever prohibit the existence of Slavery within the limits or the jurisdiction of the United States. [Tremendous applause, the delegates rising and waving their hats.]

4. Resolved, That the thanks of the American people are due to the soldiers and sailors of the Army and Navy [applause], who have periled their lives in defence of their country and in vindication of the honor of its flag; that the nation owes to them some permanent recognition of their patriotism and their valor, and ample and permanent provision for those of their survivors who have received disabling and honorable wounds in the service of the country; and that the memories of those who have fallen in its defence shall be held in grateful and everlasting remembrance. [Loud applause and cheers.]

5. Resolved, That we approve and applaud the practical wisdom, the unselfish patriotism and the unswerving fidelity to the Constitution and the principles of American liberty, with which ABRAHAM LINCOLN has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the Presidential office; that we approve and endorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation and as within the provisions of the Constitution, the measures and acts which he has adopted to defend the nation against its open and secret foes; that we approve, especially, the Proclamation of Emancipation, and the employment as Union sol

diers of men heretofore held in slavery [applause]; and that we have full confidence in his determination to carry these and all other Constitutional measures essential to the salvation of the country into full and complete effect. [Vociferous applause.]

6. Resolved, That we deem it essential to the general welfare that harmony should prevail in the National Councils, and we regard as worthy of public confidence and official trust those only who cordially endorse the principles proclaimed in these resolutions, and which should characterize the administration of the Government. [Applause.]

7. Resolved, That the Government owes to all men employed in its armies, without regard to distinction of color, the full protection of the laws of war[applause]-and that any violation of these laws, or of the usages of civilized nations in time of war, by the Rebels now in arms, should be made the subject of prompt and full redress. [Prolonged applause.]

8. Resolved, That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy. [Applause.]

9. Resolved. That we are in favor of the speedy construction of the Railroad to the Pacific coast. [Applause.]

10. Resolved, That the National faith, pledged for the redemption of the public debt, must be kept inviolate, and that for this purpose we recommend economy and rigid responsibility in the public expenditures, and a vigorous and just system of taxation; and that it is the duty of every loyal State to sustain the credit and promote the use of the National currency. [Applause.]

11. Resolved, That we approve the position taken by the Government that the people of the United States can never regard with indifference the attempt of any European Power to overthrow by force or to supplant by fraud the institutions of any Republican Government on the Western Continent-[prolonged applause] and that they will view with extreme jealousy, as menacing to the peace and independence of their own country, the efforts of any such power to

obtain new footholds for Monarchial Governments, sustained by foreign military force, in near proximity to the United States. [Long-continued applause.]

Mr. C. S. BUSHNELL, of Connecticut.-Those resolutions are their own argument. I move their adoption by acclamation.

The motion was agreed to, amid enthusiastic applause.

NOMINATION OF PRESIDENT.

Mr. C. DELANO, of Ohio.—I move that this Convention now proceed to the nomination of candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States. [Great applause.]

Mr. SIMON CAMERON, of Pennsylvania.—I move, as a substitute for the motion of the gentleman from Ohio, the following:

"Resolved, That ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois [great applause], be declared the choice of the Union party for the President, and HANNIBAL HAMLIN, of Maine, be the candidate for Vice-President of the same party."

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