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

NArTIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
should select him as the standard-bearer most certain, in their opinion, to
win a triumph for the country next November. (Applause.) We leave it in
the hands of others, as we are constrained to do; but I give it as my judgment, for the past, the present and the future, that if we should select him as
the man upon whom we can all unite, New York will fall in and give a
majority of a hundred thousand without a canvass. (Great cheers.)
The roll of States continued to be called as follows, -
Oregon.- The Chairman of the Delegation: Three votes for Hendricks.
Pennsylvania.- The Chairman of the Delegation: Twenty-six votes for
General Hancock.
Rhode Island. - The Chairman of the Delegation: Rhode Island casts her
four votes for Doolittle.
Sooth Carolina.- The Chairman of the Delegation: Six votes for General
Hancock.
Tennessee.- The Chairman of the Delegation: Andrew Johnson, four
votes, Hendricks one and a half, Hancock three and a half, Seymour one.
Texas. -The Chairman of the Delegation: Six votes for Hancock.
Vermont.- The Chairman of the Delegation: Five votes for Hendricks.
Virginia.- The Chairman of the Delegation: Ten votes for Hancock.
West Virginia. -The Chairman of the Delegation: Five votes for Hendricks.
Wisconsin.- Mr. H. L. Palmer, of Wisconsin: The delegation from Wisconsin have steadily supported a distinguished citizen of that State for the
position of Presidelnt of the United States, but I am now instructed by
the delegation of the State to change that vote; and in making this change
I am instructed to second the State of Ohio (Applause), and to cast their
eight votes for Horatio Seymour. (Tremendous cheering.)
Keat?ncky. -The Chairman of the Delegation: Kentucky casts her eleven
votes for Horatio Seymour. (Wild enthusiasm.)
_Iassachtsetts.-Mr. Abbott, o~ Massachusetts: The State of Massachusetts
instructs me to cast her vote for one, whom Massachusetts, whom all the East,
so far as I know, has regarded for years past as the leader of the J)emocracy,
Horatio Seymour, of New York. (Cheering, and waving of hats and handkerchiefs.)
North Carolina. - Mr. Wright, of North Carolina: I am instructed by the
delegation from North Carolina to change their vote, and to cast it as they
originally cast it, for Horatio Seymour, of New York. (Great cheering.)
The Secretary then announced that the State of North Carolina
cast her nine votes for Horatio Seymour.
A scene of the wildest enthusiasm followed, the chairmen of a
dozen of the delegations present springing from their seats to obtain
a recognition from the chairman pro tern. to change their vobes to
Seymour.
Mr. FEATHERSTONE, of Miss.- I am instructed to change the vote of the
State of Mississippi from General Hancock to Horatio Seymour.
The annouincement was received throughout the building with
uproalrious applause, and the rising of delegates to their feet, and
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