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UNITED STATES. 



thereof, by vigorous war, and all apt and efficient 

 means, to send delegates to a Convention to assem- 

 ble at Baltimore on Tuesday the 7th day of June, 

 1864, at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of pre- 

 senting candidates for the offices ot President and 

 Vice-President of the United States. Each State 

 having a representation in Congress will be entitled 

 to as many delegates as shall be equal to twice the 

 number of electors to which such State is entitled in 

 the Electoral College of the United States. 



Edwin D. Morgan, N. Y., Chairman; Chas. J. Gil- 

 man, Me. ; E. H. Rollins, N. II. ; L. Brainerd, Vt. ; J. 

 Z. Goodrich, Mass. ; Thomas G. Turner, R. I. ; Gid- 

 eon Welles, Conn.; Denning Duer, N. J. ; Edward 

 McPherson, Pa. ; N. B. Smithers, Del. ; J. F. Wag- 

 ner, Md. ; Thomas Spooner, 0. ; H. S. Lane, Ind. ; 

 Samuel L. Casey, Ky. ; E. Peck, Illinois ; Herbert 

 M. Hoxie, Iowa ; Austin Blair, Mich. ; Carl Schurz, 

 Vis. ; W. D. Washburn, Minn. ; Cornelius Cole, 

 Cal. ; Wm. A. Phillips, Kan. ; 0. H. Irish, Neb. : 

 Jos. Gerhardt, D. C. 



la compliance with this call the Convention 

 assembled at Baltimore on June 7th. Delegates 

 were present from all the free States, and also 

 Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, West Virginia, 

 and Missouri; also from South Carolina, Flori- 

 da, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Vir- 

 ginia, and. from the Territories of Colorado, 

 Nebraska, and Nevada. The delegates from 

 South Carolina were rejected. Those from 

 Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee were regu- 

 larly admitted. Those from Virginia and Flor- 

 ida were admitted without the right to vote, 

 and also all other delegates from Territories 

 and the District of Columbia. Ex-Gov. "Wm. 

 Dennison, of Ohio, was chosen chairman. Mr. 

 Lincoln was nominated by 492 votes against 

 22 for Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson, of Ten- 

 nessee, was nominated for the vice-presidency. 



The views of the Convention were expressed 

 in the following resolutions: 



1. Resolved, That it is the highest duty of every 

 American citizen to maintain, against all their ene- 

 mies, the integrity of the Union and the paramount 

 authority of the Constitution and laws of the United 

 States ; and that, laying aside all differences and po- 

 litical opinions, we pledge ourselves, as Union men, 

 animated by a common sentiment and aiming at a 

 common object, to do every thing 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. 



2. Resolved, That we approve the determination of 

 the Government of the United States not to com- 

 promise with rebels, or to offer any terms of peace 

 except such as may be based upon an unconditional 

 surrender of their hostility, and a return to their first 

 allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the United 

 States; and that we call upon the Government to 

 maintain its position, and to prosecute the war 

 with the utmost possible vigor to the complete sup- 

 pression 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. 



3. Resolved, Thatas slavery was the cause and now 

 constitutes the strength of the rebellion, and as it 

 must be, always arid everywhere, hostile to the prin- 

 ciples of republican government, justice and the na- 

 tional safety demand its utter and complete extirpa- 

 tion from the soil of the Republic ; 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 o 

 the jurisdiction of the United States. 



4. Resolved, That the thanks of the American peo. 

 pie are due to the soldiers and sailors of the army 

 and navy who have perilled their lives in defence of 

 their country and in vindicating the honor of its flag; 

 that the nation owes to them some permanent recog- 

 nition 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. 

 _ 5. Resoh-ed, That we approve and applaud the prac- 

 tical wisdom, the unselfish patriotism, and the un- 

 swerving fidelity to the Constitution and the princi- 

 ples 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 provi- 

 sions 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 soldiers of men heretofore held in slavery ; 

 and that we have full confidence in his determination 

 to carry these and all other constitutional measures 

 essential to the elevation of the country into full and 

 complete effect. 



6. Resolved, That we deem it essential to the gen- 

 eral welfare tbat harmony shall prevail in the national 

 councils, and we regard as worthy of public confi- 

 dence and official trust those only who cordially en- 

 dorse the principles proclaimed in these resolutions, 

 and which should characterize the administration of 

 the Government. 



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, and 

 that any violation of those laws or 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. 



8. Resolved, That foreign immigration, which in 

 the past has added so much to the wealth, devel- 

 opment of resources, and increase of power of this 

 nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, 

 should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and 

 just policy. 



9. Resolved, That we are in favor of the speedy con- 

 struction of the railroad to the Pacific coast. 



10. Resolved, That the national faith pledged to 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. 



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 ; 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 foot- 

 holds for monarchical Governments, sustained by 

 foreign military force, in near proximity to the 

 United States. 



On the next day a Committee of the Conven- 

 tion, of which ex-Gov. Dennison, of Ohio, was 

 chairman, informed Mr. Lincoln of his nomina- 

 tion. Ex-Gov. Dennison said : 



