Official proceedings of the National Democratic convention, held in Cincinnati, June 2-6, 1856. Pub. by order of the Convention:

50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
The Administration of General Pierce requires no eulogium from
me. True to the Constitution, to the principles and policy of the
Democratic party, we say in a spirit of justice: " Well done, good
and faithful servant." [Loud cheers.]
As Pennsylvanians, the representatives on this floor of a State,
which, in all the elements of greatness, we claim in a spirit of patriotic
attachment, is inferior to none in the Union-one of the " Old
Thirteen"-are proud that the towering greatness of her son has
secured to her the well-merited and distinguished honor. [Loud and
long continued applause.] His nomination is a guaranty to the
country of an administration of the Constitution in its purity, with a
just regard to all sections, and without partial aInd modern constructions of its spirit and provisions. [Renewed applause.] His election
will restore confidence, secure peace to a restless people, and kindle
anew the fires of patriotism and love of the Union in bosoms where
those sentiments had begun to smoulder. He will receive a large and(
overwhelming majority in the Keystone State. [Enthusiastic cheers.]
A majority demanded by her numerical power consistent with the
integrity of her people and their loyalty to the Constitution and the
Union of the States. Her gallant sons will rally from the Delaware
to the Ohio; on the loftiest summit of her mountain range they will
fling our banner to the breeze, bearing upon it the inscription of the
honored name of "James Buchanan, our country and the Constitution," and victory as certain as that which attended the American
arms upon the immortal battle fields of our national history will
brighten in letters of living light upon its broad and ample folds as it
will wave so gracefully and gallantly in triumph over the land.
[Hearty and long-continued applause.]
Delaware casts her 3 votes for James Buchanan, Maryland 8,
and Virginia 15.
When North Carolina was called,
Mr. Avery, Chairman of the North Carolina delegation, said-Mr.
President, The delegation of No'th Carolina appeared in this Convention, with the view to battle for great principles, not for men. The
platform adopted by the Convention commanded their most hearty
approval; it is broad enough to hold every national man within the
limits of the republic; nothing can be taken from it without impairing
its symmetry; nothing can be added to it without marring its fair
proportions. Under these circumstances we have been prepared to
sustain the nominee who may be placed upon that platform with no
ordinary zeal. We adhered to Franklin Pierce through many ballotings, not only as a matter of choice as being preferred by us above all
others at this time, but because we conceived it a duty imposed upon
the South to support him in view of the bold and manly stand taken
by his Administration in maintaining the laws under the Constitution,
and upholding the rights of all the States in this Union. When the State
of New Hampshire, in a spirit of conciliation, abandoned her favorite
son, we felt it a duty to pay a tribute of respect and gratitude to the
distinguished son of Illinois, Stephen A. Douglas. And, General