. Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler; Butler's book . That delegation also wanted there shouldbe an explicit declaration in favor of slavery in .the platform. Whenthe platform was adopted the South Carolina delegation, headed byGovernor Barry, seceded from the convention in a body, so that theState might not be bound by the action of the convention, and weadjourned for dinner. BUTLERS BOOK. 137 This performance of South Carolina, applauded by several ofthe Southern Atlantic and Gulf States, suddenly and stronglyforeshadowed to me certain consequences in t
. Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler; Butler's book . That delegation also wanted there shouldbe an explicit declaration in favor of slavery in .the platform. Whenthe platform was adopted the South Carolina delegation, headed byGovernor Barry, seceded from the convention in a body, so that theState might not be bound by the action of the convention, and weadjourned for dinner. BUTLERS BOOK. 137 This performance of South Carolina, applauded by several ofthe Southern Atlantic and Gulf States, suddenly and stronglyforeshadowed to me certain consequences in the near appeared to me inevitable. An incident will show howstrongly I was impressed. I took dinner at the Mills House withGovernor Barry of the South Carolina delegation, at his invitation,given a day or two dinner we werepacing up and down the veranda of the MillsHouse, not in a verytalkative mood, and Icast my eye over thebuilding, counting itsstories and looking at itsextent. Barry, to rallyme, said : kt Why, But-ler, what are you ex- amining this building so. Secession Hall, Charleston, S. C. critically for ? Are youthinking of coming downhere and setting up as atavern-keeper ? Oh, no, Governor,I answered; u I wasthinking of somethingvery different from that,because of South Caro-linas secession from the convention this morning. I was making a mental calculation as tohow many troops could be comfortably quartered in this hotel. 44 Oh, said he, it wont come to that. 44 God grant that it may not, was my reply. The friends of Mr. Douglas had not the least hope of carrying theconvention if the two thirds rule of national Democratic conventions,established in 1844, under which Polk was nominated as against VanBuren, should be sustained. 1 also learned that the Douglas leadershad formulated the plan that if they could get a majority vote for 138 BUTLERS BOOK. Douglas, they would, before proceeding to ballot further, move torescind that rule of the convent
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