Official proceedings of the National Democratic convention, held at New York, July 4-9, 1868.: Reported by George Wakeman, official reporter of the Convention.

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Mr. TARBELL, of Ohio.- I move that without further delay we proceed to
the calling of the States.
Mr. GRAHAM V. FITCH, of Indiana. -Before proceeding with the call of the
States, Indiana claims the right heretofore conceded to other States, to present the name of one of her most talented citizens as a candidate for nomination by this Convention. The name is known to the Convention, for he has
already received a respectable vote here. That vote, however, came from
other than his own State, a tribute to the worth of one of the best and purest
men in the nation. (Applause.) Circumstances which occurred before the
connection of his name with the nomination rendered it, in the estimation of
the delegation from his State, highly proper and right that they should give
their vote a reasonable length of time for the distinguished candidate from
Ohio. In the opinion of a majority of the delegation from Indiana that time
has passed, and they are left to vote their own preference, and what they
believe to be the preference of their people. From this opinion a minority
of the delegation dissent, and deem that their obligation to sustain Mr. Pendleton is not yet discharged. The majority have no desire to control, and
make no attempt to control, even if there was the slightest probability of the
attempt being successful, the action of that minority. We concede to them
the best of motives, a desire merely to conscientiously discharge a delegated
trust. The citizen, whose name we are about to present, is a man of unimpeached private character and unimpeached public record. He is a gentleman, sir, in all the relations of life. He is not, he never was, an office-seeker
himself, but whatever position has been bestowed upon him by the partiality
of the citizens of his own State has been bestowed unsought and by acclamation. He is second to no man within Rur borders in ability, in devotion to
the Union, in attachment to the principles of Democracy, in integrity of purpose, and in firmness in the discharge of duty. That citizen is Thomas A.
Hendricks. (Loud applause.)
A DELEGATE from Indiana. - On behalfofthe minority of the delegation from
the State of Indiana, I claim the privilege here to state in a few words the
reasons that governed our action. A majority of the delegation following
in the lead of the votes being cast for Mr. Hendricks, a gentleman who commands the highest respect and confidence in the State of Indiana in all the
positions that he has held, and the one he now holds, have decided to cast
their votes for him. Without impugning the honor of any man from the
State of Indiana, I wish to give the reasons why I cannot go with them.
On the 5th day of January last the Democracy of Indiana assembled at Indianapolis in such array of numbers and talent as never before assembled in
that State, and they adopted a resolution expressing a preference for George
H. Pendleton (Cheers) over the most determined and persistent opposition.
In respect to that resolution, at the first meeting of the delegation in this city
(and no gentleman on the delegation will controvert it), it was agreed that
the vote of Indiana should be cast for Mr. Pendleton so long as there was a reasonable hope of his nomination. (Cheers.) A majority of the delegation
have rescinded that resolution, as I suppose they have a right to do. I
merely claim that by the record, and by my conscientious conviction, my
duty as a delegate of the State of Indiana is, so long as there is a reasonable
hope of his nomination, to vote for George H. Pendleton, of Ohio. (Cheers.)
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