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perhaps, whilat he did not apeak for the
delegation, (or he wan not ita chairman,
that personally, he had l»een gov.-rned more
by the qucation ot expediency than by per-
aonal choice. He entered early into the
Union organisation. Jt never occurred to
him in doing aotbat when thia Convention
assembled, il they should nominate a man
from the lar off North, such a man, lor in
stance. as Edward Everett, that he should
h<iitau> one moment in giving his cordial
support to him.
In regard to the nomination now made,
il it had no higher claim to his admiration,
it waa enough (or him that* in the pleni
tude of the power ol Andrew Jackaon,
John Bell had the manlineva and character
to beard the lion in hia den in hie own
State, and the power o( hia intellect and
the lorco ol hia patriotism were so gieat
that ha overcame aii the patronage and in
fluence that the old hero could wield. Emi
nently conservative, he wac entitled to the
support o( the Umoi
enure land, and ha
illation the moat beartlelt approval.
The Chairman ol the Georg'a delegation
laid, 'hai there were nine delegates from
that 8.ate who were io favor ol making
the nomination ot John (Jell unanimous.
Hence he - ould ask tlio favor ol the Con.
vention to change the vote of Georgia, so
far as she was concerned, on the last ballot,
so >hat the would give nine votes lor John
Bell and one voto lor Win. A. Graham.
THR Nom.VATIOJV UKARIMOVaLY CONFIRMED.
The President—Gentlemen ol the Con
vention, 1 rise to discharge the proudest
duty ot my Itle. I aak you, in putting the
motion which has jurt been submitted by
my colleague from New York (Mr. Brooks),
that this Convention will now make the
nomii elion ol John Bell, of Tennessee,
unanimous. I now put the question—ail
....... the
candidate ol the Constitutional Union Par
ly lor President ol the United Htates, will
rusks ii manifest by aaying aye.
In response thereto there was one uni
versal "aye” from all parts ol the Hall,
wttn waving ol hata a .d handkerchiefs,
and cheer repealed alter cheer.
Tha Prea.dent—I believe the vote ia
unanimous. I now declare that John Bell
ol Tcniieaaeo. by (he unanimous voto ol
thia Convention, ia the candidate ol tin.
Union Conaiituiionai Party of ilia United
Hiatus tor the Presidency. (Loud and pro
longed cheering.)
AN ADDRESS BY A ORANDSON Of PATRICK
hen ay,
Mr. Henry, of To.mesaee, then ascended
the platlorm amid great cheering. Ho said;
Having bestowed the compliment ol a norm
nation hy thia groat Convention upon oui
distinguished fellow citizen of Tennessee,
ii become a an imperative duly, as il is a
pleasure, for one ot the citizens of Tonnes.
e*e 10 return to thia Convention the pro
found thanks of that ftfato for your liber
ality anu generous support. I thank ynu,
gentleman, fur tbs nomination that lias been
conlerred upon John Boil upon the present
occaaion. We have presented him to the
Union party ol the country, believing that
he wus sound, coostituiional and able, and
that the country cannot, under any circum
stances, do better titan to elect him to tlm
Presidential Chair. (Applause.)
1 have watched hia political career ainco
1 have been a buy. Not one word whs
ever utt- red by or fell Iroin tha lips ol
that distinguished man that did not look to
ihe glory, honor and character ol tho
whole country. (Applause.) You may
take a volume of hia speeches and you
will find that no sectional advice ever soiled
the stiesi upon * Elicit Ins speeche a wen.
written. Ii you will look at hia course in
regard to in ertial improvement)*, you will
find Him he was always ready io advance
the honor and glory ol the country, either
at the North or the South, the East or
SVea . Ills whole hie haa been devoted In
lilt common good and waliare ol America.
* ou have the guarantee, in hia paal Itislo-
flamee the once loved record of our fathers'
deeda ; scatter tho sacred dust of Washing,
ton. ["Never. Teach your hoys to for
get his name ; and never let a pilgrim'* loot
again tread the consecrated ground »»f
Mount Vernon.
Il we of the Union party, surrounded by
all these bright and glorious hopes, do thia,
we arc the moat recreant of nil mankind,
and the enraej ot all time will cling upon
ua like the shirt of Ness us.' We have a fair
chance to redeem the land. [Cries of "We
will do ii.”J The Democratic party have
woken to pieces at Charleston. The lie*
.uhlican party, n week from now, will share
he same late at Chicago, One stranded, an
ou aptly r< marked vesterday, Mr. J’resi-
den:, upon the rock of squatter sovereignty,
and the other will b* broken down under
tbe weight of the irrepressible conflict,
while the vessel that bcara us along, shall
"Walk the waters like a thing of life.”
[Applause.] Storms ahall rage, but it will
not he upon our house. The waters of
conflict eftslt divide, upon tbe right hand
and ihe left, and we will piss through ihe
Red Sea, unhurt and unharmed.
(Jn my iourney 1 saw some of the dele
gates corning from Charleston, nnd 1 dec.are
to you I never sawn more broken.down and
denpondi ig sc.t. [Daughter.) They were
tired, worn out, sleepy,disheartened, and, I
may say without a figure of speech, un
washed. [Great laughter ] I said to them,
"Gentleman, in the name of Heaven, what
ia the matter with you now f” "Oh,” any*
one man, "Our national Democratic piny
ia broken up and the lamentations of rhn
whole world will attend it.” “Oh, yca, ,,
mm at iho
just like the broken columns of Nspoleon'i
army on their return from tho conflict be
fore the wulls of Moscow.
Here and ih'-ro I caught one, nrid 1 asked
him to toll mo what occurred down there.
One said, ”1 have not si*pi n wink for lour
nights.” [Daughter.] I *oid to one, who I
thought fronted mo a little scurvily,
There, gentlemen, that is John J. Critten- I speech is no*, becoming t
dcn.ot Kentucky. Hia untiring Zealand inese fluwers aro not il
patriotic devotion mine public welfare will
-mpare most favorably wiiti that of any
stfttenniBU of the land. He will retire from
tbe stage of pebltc service in ihe course
of the next year, and his place will hr tilled
in the Senate by John C. Breckeuridge, a
man of whom it tins been said, but 1 do
not esy it. " has done less for ihe Demo
cratic party, and received more from it than
any oiner man in the country.” [Laugh
ter.J But who can fill tho position ut such
he liku other men, and
trust, good, pairi -lie, Union loving
[ Applause.J We have stood lor yearn where
men and women id r-xtremo opinions flanr
ish ; h r let mo say, begging paidon <d tbe la
die-, that one ball tho mischief iuourSt.iio i
marfo by tho ladita, [laughter] who, 1 am
sorry to nay, are almost fCepunb
the great services of theae dlstlo- j
length of I
Banned
The President, after rpeaking at
tha ambient service* which the dWtinj
INtlnguUlicI eandl-l
past, closed as follow* r
[Laughter.] Wo have stood
band oi Union loving men lie tween flic
1 sen myself reported this afternoon, lioiglita ol Republican fanaticism on the nue
along with my delegation, as casting tlm j side and Dm deep ecu of Democracy on the
voto ol Kentucky thia morning lor JUr. other: keepings Threniopyw:, as ii wire,
Goggm. of Virginia, and, although this is in defence ni the Constitution and iho
erroneous, I will say tbst next to Critten- j Union. We have kept it right maiilollf,
den there la no maul would sooner vote nod thin day, nud this hour, wc have our
for, for lie has dune a* much as any oilier reward ; lor the mop! atmosphere ol tbi*
,s " 1 place inspires patndFiam and zeal, and id to
me like a winter wind with health and in-
vi^ raii 'ii in it* breath. 1 led it in every
pulse of hi y frame.
Although there may bn many in Mnrsachu-
who go to extremes, there area good-
ry, that tbs administration ol John Bull,
• '•mild he be eli-cted.Jwill be pure, cons'itu
■ tonal, economical ami patriotic. (Ap-
S ian*** ) 1 hey say somoittnos of John
oil that he la slow and cautious. (Ap-
plauBti.t That Venerable man (pointing to
the portrait ol Washington over the Proai-
dent’* chair,) who led our armies to victory
in the darkest hour ol tho Revolution,
was alway* cautious. (Applause.) Cau-
litiuaiiesa is the mother everywhere ol
wisdom. He nloneought not to bo trusted
wnois raan, und he who is cautious has
the helm ol reason to guido hia conduct,
and will seldom err. Such a man, gentle
men, is John Boll. (Applause.) 1 ask yoi
il he is not a ht representative for the par
ty that have assembled here/ We aro no
Whigs or Democrats, we are mu Atneri
cans or opposition men; but wo are Union
man. (Applause.) For inyaeil, I could
have been brought into this canvass under
no other banner, lor, aa God ia my judge. I
know no divtiiioliou between Ihe people ol
Massachusetts or Maine, and those ol Ten
nessee or Louisiana. (Applause.) I hail
them as brothers everywhere. My only
devotion is to ihe union id ihe States. (An-
plause.) v *
Ueiiilemen, I (rust I may bo pardoned
for talking a In do about the national and
revolutionary blood that i« in , ny V oim*
(A voice—Hi ia the grandson ol Patrick
Jirnry ) (Applause.) l can light under no
o:her banner upon earth than that which
looks to the glory and honor, ami perpotuU
ly ol our glorious country. I ought to be
excused, 1 Bay, for dwelling a little lm
upon the union ol the Antes. The rovo-
luiionary blood that buatasml throbs in my
veois (applause.) would prevent me from
wielding or bearing nloli any oilier banner.
Inere i a cry that comes to me Iron, the
battle In-Ida ul tha revolution. It comes I
It is ringing in my ears! It is in the air
that ia around me! it comes from the
bloody held ol Guil'ord! It is the cry ol
my lutliui a blood that appeala to mo from
the grave, by the (flood that wna slird on
me held ol Umllord, and charges me to be
true to the nation. (Warm spplauae.) I
m.end m obey that voice, and respond to
that seimmuut. Why, gentlemen, should
wu an by and see this glorious Union din
solve f (Crira ol " never") Should we
aland h) and are it torn down f »" N, ver.”)
While the D.-unionists at the Ho nil. duairo
to mar t down, and the Abolitionists at
the North to destroy it, u, |,k„ ni-nner
(tie ciiarg. is upon you and upon me u is
U|KMI u. ill—lo -land by iho Union In cho
(leant [Applause]
Wn.i would no the conspqucnrnn of a
dissolution n! tins Union t May I
iiieiii to you hut lor a single moment f—
i lie grume I ; I lit* moat glorious, und the
must ;n "pendent country upon the lace ol
(he wide *artu, where inttn la happiest, and
whers ns Is freest, ought wo not to deleml
it with oui lives and our blood f (Crtca of
*' *'*’•;* “" d «'®*t cheering.] Suppose you
dissolve it, wnat would bfl.ow F Why, sir,
there cornea up the e< und of war from
umtmg neighboring State , between broth
ers on ihs one side and ilia other. Our
y-ung Rout hern men merry girls that come
from Now England, New York and Penn
sylvania. Are iltetr children to be brought
into deauly ouitll ct of atriln and ol battlo
upon the It Idol internal discord f ("No.
No.’ ) Think [tut lor a aolunry moment
ol the consequences! I have but two
brothers now living. One of them ia
here lr«>tt> the Sta e of Tennessee ; the
other labors in the State ol Iowa, tit tbe
t >wn ol Hu-lingtoi , on ii.,. Mtsaisaippt
river- Suppose mil discord should reign
in our la»d and iho tocsin ol war be sound-
bd, the shrill lite end ttio spirit-stirring
Utile good brandy would cheer yon."-
"No,” said he, "burnt brandy would m
save me.’* [Laughter.] And, upon my
word, I expect that every one ol them will
die very toon, and we shall have tho mourn
I ul peiu of rending their obimnrie* in the
newspapers. The truth is, however, they
have,had just an much as they can hear.
We have all heard ol the cniricl having Ilia
hack so heavily laden that one a nglo fontlicr
moro would break it. So it in with the
Democratic party. It in broken down
atich a condition that it never can rally.
i party again, and ) will tell
like snow in die ditch, lor il is only held to-
H< liter by die coheeivo power of plunder.
[Laughter and Hpplu.iNe.]
Now, gentlemen, what will you do with
the If*.•publican party t I have no bard
feeling* to indulge in. I know a great
many of ilium : Many of thorn aro right
elavar, and many of them arn quite the reverse —
[Daughter.) Hut I ran never appmva of Kepuldl-
raoUio. And *by? llraau*e it I* against my
blood—bervuvn II fs agninsi my InnUticl—because
thay are sectional and not national. | Applause,,
1
"|
would rote ior one of tli-m.
la-t nin talk about that for a mamrnt. |)o you lx-
Ileraa ninjorlif <*f 111- ;.'■• t Dim I n Iled HUtm
believe they want to break down thia l.'i,Ion? !><•
Imlh-rn Ilia majority *.r the people at Iho North
Ih*o pa rami (bruslnx that word ham
srn In favor ot tbnnvorfarting r
MBPMMMpbafvol
(and to iiMilt again. I»o you I
* r nlthnWrif dn-aolvlii,: this I
ad togathnr hit no man put asumh-i.
In my humtila opinion tin re Is a vast majority of
i« people of Du* United Matas who am now
latlug with iiaand wltliour opinion-. 11 ev*rv man
tha poopl* ul tha United htataa wh<
latlug with uaan
In Amarlra would coin* out boldly and
" - la and faallngs of hia heart, ana rarord his
at tha ballut-box. with hlsganultm real Muti-
iiients, John hell would l*-eler(e<l by an orarw hsliu
lug majority. [Apnlaiim.| Tha vast msjorlty
our peopla am oalther Hsiaorrats nor Uvpuhllrai
Tho vast majority of tho Ni.rth am not lt>-|,ul>llrans,
* I’rwald
ItepubllrailM.
'tepubllrans,
.’on* ell lion,
(tha I
sdniiratl-
. (tha Pros),
dnili
l insjorltr
that fart wall. Ut me t.
danl» that tils riiur**- h»- onriu-l
“ g| jApph
and If tha? rota th-|r sentiment'
Hell will baaliK-ted Why should n d froainnn vola
thalr own sentliiionts ’ I ram not whnth* r there Is
murh exrltainent In Die r on fast or n<d. It Is the
nail<Mial,roi,* a rratlTi-saullni(.'o' . . \ . .
Il, Uiouuhll I;
Vou Will
itth If arnry man horaand or'.iry man In Amarlra
f rarord his vote 'irrnrding to that opinion. Then
will be triumphantly sin-n-sful—sucem* ml |..r
purpose of tbe ■p-lla—lor no desire of tbe gain
tho ioare. sndtlshr* j laughter. | Mean* lore
clllsena, not as offlee-hoM* |Applau«r! There
tha fire o
» wtda rarth that I
fieoplo
l fight and
,;ca. and the etorttt of battle, and the
••it shower ol dasth ia hurled around ua,
I I may hu brought in conflict with him.
»*/ bo o nttpol .-d to dyo oi) sward
Mouth
uu sinks him d . w MM
and by_ (us oisiiisf God, 1 would rsther be
**”"* llftJfi'WlB# applause.) [ would
O. bow revolting is Die idea !
I bs hung,
riiouat tbe scatlold wiifT^a much
■ bridegroom ..cemt. , 0 |,„ blid ,| ; h ; nl .
her heh.re I would „„„ „ d d
tn fraternal blood.
10 ,trik * row blind
b * ,ore my cyeeabsll
(1 .n. n»rlir blind
ever Belli upon s held of battle that is made
it-d v% *• Ii the blood ul brothers ; ai. j may l
be deal before my ears ever hoar Die Head
• d armies, where tbe brother tljrcs Ins hand
in the heart's blood of hie brother ! Wo an-
! h '. l,| !'." n P?opla. Shall wu throw ii »w«> r j i..,ve"ior’iiiV"imi'
But before I
imrllon of III* e.-iitUiiinii liy whom I am sun*<im I
•<f Wear* for tha muntry, and not for tha oflW.
IAl.pl.ua. (
1 •aid tlirra w.*s no ofUre I would li*<l<l In the world,
1 ilpslro to rorraet that. 1 <tr»)i« to U< »frr||y » man
irl truth bsforvlhli most Intwlllgi-at boilyof Amur-
loans. There Is one oflloe I w. ol 1 l. I l ror thlrtr
darib and thirty days only. Il h.. u ld U- the l>n-I
est admlnUtratioii Dial mv you i-iw during that
Dine. I Ihilighter. J I would lV-o to lw Pri-sl.leiit
Just thirty days. I t i | | v. ,u!d put :i small
"thy a
Dir hed
t I would
will 1,11 <
lm rerv r|«ar Ind.—I to add to
glreutbee." luslna-l'rl
I would -Io. At errry i
from Ihs it? of Wash'll •
pla*ed to iW-ti the r> ;m
| Mug liter |
I deelti • I speak to
sprn li Ihai till- pH-scnt guvcrniiK-nl of I
Mates Is tin- most corrupt on tin- r.nv of llu* «i.i,
earth. Tho expenditures of Dip liuo-ral U .i.n
input have run up since |witl from fnriy uillll. . i
dollars so i-lglity llUllibllS ; nud Ito dt-lu>£ti>),rd
Hag- of Wheatland dsri n mi ■ ■:
yet, In three years, he l.nm ' t ii from forty up to
nearly eighty millions Now, if In Din e \ . ir* lie
would raise Dip exnpndllnre of the (iovsrument from
forty to eighty millions of dollars, crying out all Dm
lime reform in Die reduction of pulihr funds, Imw
long do yon suppose II would tako to hrlug Du -n
down forty uiUllonsY ll.augliti r.)
1 recollect or rending n -lory that Illustrates that
thing most hsautlfulty: "A sehoolma.-tr r said r.
a boy one*, "Here, John, I have got a *11111 lor
you to wark out. A t at Is dewn 111 a well thirty
feat. Kvrry dav she rooms up ..uc foot stu- ( flit
down two. 1 wnnt you to tell me how long It will he
Dll she reaehai Dm top." Tlie l>»v wok.-d .ill day,
and covrred both *t.l. - of hl« >1511' will. ti d m. . ||,'
l-e for
laadlng
* they were running,
wllhniit the figure of
B-itlng *
t this Dilng
"Is she 1
master. Hnbl the hoy ;
fur from
downhill
Hays Jol
ell,.
•nigh II ”
sler. Hi
I at nil
If wav «l
That Is n
lb- 4
•tmrn of
Mr. Uui-liannii is carry Inc
enuoi iii. Tli>» are sit illi.g by the
absolute?aided by mi. unu .■
Ib-i win fi 1 • I- , ' i, 1
behalf of aroi.ipAu. tlu-re fur Di- |
log a contract, an-l Dial If the r..nti
1
ol think she I* getting
| Daughter mid applause |
oocurmt tlmt I *
the face for mm
, gcnDemcn,
Her being
I walked up to It
steps unit
After being 1
patrlolWni I
ing with that ps
tree Virginia iroin Democratic rulo.
Why, my frienda, I would sooner live un
der any oilier government under heaven
than under the Democratic misrule that 1
reside, under in ruy own native Hiate.
They have disfranchised Louisville ; they
have disfranchised Lexington, the scat of
civilization, where I myself live. [Laugh-
] They have introduced among ua n
police who will arrest a Wing and dis
charge a Democrat. [Daughter.] Ami
, Mr. President, I have concluded, 1
deemed it my duty to »ay this much, and
wish it put oil record, that I wouiu hnvu
voted for Gog gin aa my second choice.
Now. Mr. Clerk, pli.-jro record that, (turn*
iiigiottm reporter* of tho press,) and you
put it it down too, or I will have you shot
under Die second section. (Great laughter
and nppiau*e.)
NOMINATION TOR TIIE VICE PRESIDENCY.
Mr. Hwitzier ol Missouri, desired to
know il Dm nomination of a candidate fur
the Vice ('residency wu in order.
The I'residcnl stated that it
Mr. Hwnzlcr— I move tnon that wc pro
ceed to nominate* nnd will make a nomina
tion. (Cries ol no. no,—ballot, ballot.)
Mr. Bwitzler resumed—Well, J won’t
niuk« one ; 1 *uly atoud up on the bench
in order, though i urn a modest man, that
the ladies might see and hear ; but before 1
get flown 1 will merely mention the name
ol Edward Everett, and il you don't vote
lor him Dm ladies will. (Loud applause. 1
Mr. Henry, ol Tonneasee, moved that by
aelta, the candidate «d Dm Coiiatitutiufioi
Union i'arty for Vice i'rcbidcnt ol Die
United Dial' s.
At this period Dm cheering and npplnuao
waa rn grtai that 11 was with some difficul
ty that order was restored.
Erast ns Brooks, of Now York, rose and
stud, that hu desired to present the name
ol Edward Everett us tiiu unanimous
choice of the New York delegation. (Re
peated cheering.)
Ex-Governor Morohoad, of North Caro
lina, said that however sovereign tDo
people might he, lit* delegation hud been
instructed when leaving home to vote a
certain way. The fact waa that Edward
the hearts ol tliopooplc
ly number ol conservative men who, lor tho
last low years, have taken but little part
■ ri politics; und you must not therctoro
juflpoby mere casual impressions. You
recollect, possibly, Burk's story oi the
grasshoppers whicn were hupping noout in
a held wfiere cattle were iccdmg. Now
any one would be very much mistaken who
suppooc-d that hccaueo Die grasshoppers
make all tbe noise they wtro the only in
habitants ol Die field ; and Dus is just the
cosoin Massaehust.tta. We hive a great
many political grasshoppers, who make a
great deal of noise, but any one would 'be
much mistaken who -upposed they were
to are grnttionrn fr*
cumin* together
each "ih«-i*fairly
» /HNerriit Rtatr- «
;*rthrr In interrhany*- »*-r Draruta and *«•*
■ Ucr. and Io asaur* each
and ln'rr.d tn br, one united
xlorious ImUtutiuni hr the action ami pmceedlnirx
' thia day.
How important It l*. gentlemen, that the people of
la country should know and understand each
her better. If the men of the North could ree
ore of the people of the Houtli, and If tbe peoplt-
tbe Houth could sue more of tbe people of the
n both side*, that
Irrepressible conflict
tie n*.
between tu, gontleineo, but a generous and patriotic
'SS; to 1 .....
bonds of Die I iflon—preserve
ill ere neither ia nor can be an
There should be
' P * ‘ * L'lilon—plj
>11 .lid Constitution
.pinnae]
Tli.t is the only strip
Getting <»vcr the Pence ou the Wrong
Hide.
IT ■> Titurg (now that its at-home ed tor
has, aa be admits, been "thawed nut" of a
chill by tbe nomination of Bell and Everett)
spurns tbe imputation that it ia "on tbe
fence," and jumps down upon terra firma.
We aro sorry to see that it baa landed on
the wrung tide, and appear* to be "squat
ting" at that. It ia slightly
protection, but will not insist on it—will
"let the question go"—if the Democratic
Since we last paid our editorial respects - P #rt J f i- lo be tJ j Tide ^ *>y in..sting
In the Georgia branch of the party, many ' ^ 8
>»t to strengthen I
uphold the
heart, No
there will
Tlie Convention
, Is prepared, and I trust that
1 end to every other contention
fto forward and .-inivyle
"."ami I t
■plause.]
1st In liod that it will pre-
adjourned nine dir, with
the Slate, which will be
our candidates, ami who
n:
Bui, Mr. I
om ’ # b :Jt
Everett
ol thia Htulo—in iho hearts
id daughters—that they must propose
m. (Applause.)
.Mr. Danlcy of ArkaiiBRs, would, in bo-
tlf ol Ins (lelegMliuti, endorse the Hon.
Eflwoitl Evcroti. ii wo could not dee',
m* wo could, at least, full with lace* to
0 foe. (Loud cheering.)
Mr. Hummer*, ol Virginia, said in boliali
of Dio Virginia delegation, he roeo to en
dorse tho nomination ol Edward Evorcti.
In bolmlf of Dm Htalu of Virginia, tnu
homo 0>l VVasliirigtsil, in brlmll *,| ||m
women of Virginia, the delegation cordial
ly endarso bis Humiliation. (Applaitao.)
A delegate from Ivonlut-ky *mk] that in
bnlnll ol Dm Kontucky delegation lie would
notninaio lor the Vice I’lcufleticy tlm iiou.
Washington il ant, uf Now York, I'restdcnt
ut thia Convent ton.
Tim Hon. Washington Hunt rose, amidst
aiithuaiastiu cheering, and said :
1 thank you lor tho honor, but tny sonar
0/ ptoprioty forbids me arceptiug it, nnd I
Will say, lurlber, that Willie this conflict is
going on and it is nccossary tn but no lor
principles, I doairo to bo tliainivrcsu-d
und unlettered, nud to placu itiysoll in no
position wlac* 10 I would lm uunhlo to battle
lor tho cauHo nnd liavn nn opportunity to
Irucly exproaa toy opinion. No, gent.emeu,
it ia honor enough lor me to preside over
your Deliberations, uml il 1 was tin ambi
tious titan 1 would ovoii thou be satislird.
t accept any oflico within tho
gill (.1 tho people, no, not even tor thirty
days, although that In tlm period lor which
Dm grandson ol Patrick Henry, who haa
spoken before to-day, would like tu have
■■ [Dnughter.] I might toko it, though,
lor twnniy-fourihours io aid in i*auiug Die
rescripts in carrying out his plana. | Ap
plause.] Bui 1 huvo said ton much, ami
vill concludo by repeating Dint under no
ircun stance* can I allow my naum to lm
used, and God forbid it should lot used in
Competition witli that ol Edward Everett,
Massachusetts, or that any other man
should bo placed agninsl him alter the de
votion that lias been displayed by ibis Colt •
vmtion ut tho very mon'ion ul hm name.
(AppInuHO.)
Mr. tlaiio, of Kentucky, withdrew the
nomination of Mr. Hunt, and cn-t tho vote
ol Kontucky for Edward Everett.
Judge Hharki-y, Irom Mississippi, tatitl
that hia delegation would not daro to disre
gard a nomination mad*In the naum ol Dm
(l*aughti-r.) 'The delegate* were
. married men, and must know very
well that it wn* Ho use in oppose the ladles.
ilfht hold out lor n little while, hill
it ultimately ended in subjection, [Laugh-
would, tliercloro, say that Dm
Mississippi delegation endorsed Edward
Mr. Comcgys, of Delaware, said Dint
hisntntuwus 0110 of tho amalbat ol Dm
I, hut aim was nctually In luvo
with Edward Even-tt, and it would not do to
keep ilmin apart. 80,to lacllitata matters.
Dd- Delaware delegation would endorse tlm
Hon. Edward Everett. (Applause.)
Tondloion. ol Uhm, rote and JTiIVi Ui-.i
I of lb! Ohio dilf|iiion lot
Edward Everett. (Enthusiastic cm. nog ) . * ' " 1 '
Mr. Randolph, ol New Jurse) , vat I that ' ■
alter tho war ol Dm revolution, it had kut-n I 1
I "I Washington that lm stood hrst in Dm Ms;
L first in puace, and first in Dm hc-ariu "“lioatu-i
Hcountr ymen. When the immortal '
tlje sole tnhabii
reserved lorco 11
brougltt out by
waul just such 1
i rejoice that in this instance]
disregards: tho miserable doemne ol avail-
ability and determined to appeal to principle
and reason. Ava lability appeals only to
Dm lowest panaion-j ol our nature. It is
high lime lo submit to reason. Address
the reason uud comm on sense ol i.'m psopic,
and us Dm ocusu rises to meat the moon, eo
will Dm patriotic people nan up all
Dm North, will hail Dm iiiieiligci.ee ol
the prospect olp.-ucu nnd union witn a din If
ol joyous dt light. Ail over the land Die
dt-mca'cif to mis Coiivi.-niion will bo called
blcasi'd, and u* you go bourn you will be
bulled with expression-, ol joy lor your el*
Ion* m hehail ol Die Union. [Appiauao.J
Whe^^ogobaik to New England ovur
llcys, ju*t Icelmg lliu gentle
Baltimore and a compact to forget and
forgivo the little retrangrincnt (bat has
produced such an unnecessary interest.
Mc-str*. Toombs, Cobb ct al. side with the
Seceders, while Stephens, Wright ct al. are
equally explicit in sustaining the course of
tho majority. But aa they all counsel tho
sending of delegates to Baltimore lo re-
the parly (tbu* virtually condemning
j and repudiating the action ol Dm Secedera
Charleston in rolling the Kichnrmd
j Convention), wo anlicipato very little per-
Kdltor ' OTincut rebellion and look for nn ea*y
patching up of all disruptions by the "cohe
sive power” of which Mr. Calhoun spoke.
We are Not Implicated, j I 1 * g evident that a basis for this rr-union
The Timet think* it "funny” that wc can j ha* already be*n discovered, and that many
approve of the course of tho srci-.ders at J aecedcrs are only swatting the opportunity to
Columbus (SuqutrcrJJ
••Oil N 11. MAltTlN,....
Tuesday Horning, May 22. i«60.
The Democratic Tribulation.
Our space has been ao much occupied,
for several days, by (he proceedings of our
Constitutipnal Union Convention, that wc
have been compelled lo alight and neglect
the travailing Democracy, and we fear that
some of nur readers aro loving “tho run" of
that inlrreating but squabbling family. We
apolog ze for liiia scorning indifference, and
proniiso hereafter to keep one eye steadily
upon the divided Democracy and the pro
gress of (heir joint * flirts at rc-unicn.
itorial respects I P* Tl y '*
accommodating, beyond a doubt;
letter* from their leaders have been elicited j * nd a ® ' l ** B ,urre nder of principle for tho
as if by magic, and though they differ very j "* ke of P trt * uoi, 7‘ lh « Accommodation is
much in loue and sentiment, they al! point j lbe raoro T, lua to those to whom it ia
conclusion, viz: a rc-union at conccded * OI course, if the Timet speaks
the sentiment of the Southern wing of the
parly, it will bo threatened with division in
caae it insists on-protection, for tha Doug-
laaites aro already adverlited in advance
that they have only to tlcinvtid squatter
sovereignty or a division, and the South
will givo them the farmer rather than incur
tho latter!
But the Times justifies this contingent
surrender of principle on the ground that
it i* not of "a* much importance aa to brtok
up the Democratic party"; for, it soys,
"V\e have tho Executive, the Judiciary
and the law on our side, theic i* no com
plaint coming up from the Territories cf
tights trampled upon, there ia no necessity
for immediate legislation upon the question,
and tho Territories likely tv be admitted
Two Days Lato from Europe
Arrival or the Eu ro „.
Liverpool „„„ “
8a.es ol tbe week, in tbe Liter'
market, 73,090 bale*. MarktJ’f
Bteady. Home circulars qu., (( . >j 1
on jhe lower grade*. " "
pool Cotton Market.—Of ih*.
the week speculators took d
favor of { exporters 11,000 bales. The
Upland* Vv i to offering tr. ■ i,
disposition to presa sxle«
Friday were 10,000 ba
d exporter* took
tmarke closed firm
the authorized qu-n&Tin
Fair Orlean# T- .1 |
Tnc
The i
' *•« | Mi.i
‘ -«t | Mid.
Charleston in demanding of their Conven
tion a repudiation of squatter sovemignty,
when our own Constitutional Union Con
vention ut Baliimura did nut denounco that
herray. "The pot call* I ho krltl* black,"
say* the Times, and it laughs hysterically
over Iho supposed inconsistency. We did
not know that tho Huulhern Democratic
party were In a condition to approcisto
her hill*
rays of llioLpringt'ii
ol joy will wu linu pcivadlng t
emu*, and penetrating i-vai
bis quiet country homo t
men who have not voted b
willing to Kumo lorih and
caiii|>aigu with tmiHuataaiii
"ilow iicautilul on me uiotin
who bring
enjoy “fun just now,
to see them laughing t
What havo we or c
make the lir*t advances upon it. That
haai* ia the evasive "Tennessee Platform,”
which at Charleston was unacceptable to
both wings, but which ia now discovered to
poaccBR a virtue similar to that of "Spald
ing’* Glue" and has therefore appreciated
in value fully one thousand per cent, since
the split at Charleston. It is true, there ia
some liltlu fear that extreme expressions of
plnnsed j opinion by the people of the two sections of
r absur- Hie Union may impede a actilcmrut on
r imaginary ahaur- j un, «“ >»"y impede a actllcmcut
this basis—for the people are not always
parly tu do with I informed or observant of Iho trick* of parly
your tqualtcr sovereignty dillicultii-s or your I Raders, and have to bo curbed nnd tain-
Democratic division* T I* them a man in a K c| i Id prevent their interference with their
our ranks suspected ol favoring mjiMttrr arrangement*. We already observe at tho
sovereignty ? Did not those of our 8outh-
erv Opposition party who »upportcd the
Kanais-Ncbrar'ka bill protest ut tho time
against Hh squatter sovereignty feature !
I llus that opposition been ever ubalcd
Ir-ct ol ihn-o who bring dm gi j, i a, “ " u ‘’ , ' ,at M I , f°*“ ,on been ever ubalol
PB.M,'- .11(1 inu I Iiol.jy, in ,ol llii. Hajt 1 liij w. mu, in I86H, il.noui
minnini .i'll'.T.n .‘.'..IL. ..ft I Linninn.il riallorm, .ml Hi. Nutlln
the bundH ul pc
fond MubtNCi- iijion Uie altar ol
haX l<-( u- luvr
arid our ronunm
WiMfiSuaion, lot *
ountrjr, tor our cmukItj'
Hnz nud |>«lrlnl|c *;»cc
1‘reslduMl Whecitr ■>
for liU Hisie hy |>*>liij
(Inlia'd not barn u
> of K'lwarif Kv. i
■I Males. Tii-y h
^ lltifrd Uiow Ill-Ill
uluillblM.
caiiBtfiul** unlil Co
Oonneotlful—(i
liiilians- ilan
Hlliiois-ll.iii.
John Hi,,
biurtl> ||.m. \j..
Doiiiocratic construction of it, os u licence
of squatter sovereignty ! and im* it not
amce shown, by its practical operation, that
we were cm reel • Do not Dio D#n»crary
llietnaolvue, in tfieir prrannt quarrel* witix
ono unotlivr, mlrnit that wo were correct t
is it our fault that aiavrry lm* hern driven
out of ICnnsas and Nebraska by squatter
sovereignty legislation T
Nortii indications that Dm Douglz* Do
racy ol that region (the people, we mean)
are opposed to making any confession
whatever and urn di-poaed to stand stub
bornly by both the platform adopted and
Douglas aa tho candidate. We allude to
llirso manifestations now, that our rampant
secession Democracy of tho Mouth may bo
advised of tho prevailing sentiment of the
Northern Democracy mid may "sing email”
accordingly; it won’t do to iirituto tho
Douglas majority any further. Forney’*
Pres* (IGuntly announces that the time for
couipromiso haa passed, and that "Douglas
or nobody" is Dm ultimatum of tlm party
which it represent*. Tho Washington
Tho exclusion of tho Houlb from tho j states tauntingly declare* that tho 8t-ccs-
Teriiloiit-S of Kansas and Nebraska has sioniuls am now much more anxious to gel
been tho joint work of iho Democracy nnd back into Dm Democratic fold at Baltimore
Dio Black Republican*. No man can deny | than ever they were to leave it ut Charles-
that proposition. And Judge Douglas, Dm «‘>n. (It ought, then, lo he prepared lo kill
leading cnndidatn of tho Democratic party fho "fatted calf " in rejoicing over the
turning prodigal.)
lor tlm 1'rcaidency, wu* greatly instrumen
tal in bringing about this result, and lm
stands committed to Dm auppoit of tho
squatters in their prohibition of kiaverj.
Moreover, it was ascertained by tent votes
in thu Charleston Convention thot a rnu-
jurily in that body wore in favor ol both
squatter sovereignly and Judge Dougina.
Ilow, then, can Dm Mouihern Democracy,
opposed to that Itercsj und lo ita practical
mischiefs, net with tho Douglas wing of
Dm patty without o repudiation of Douglas
and bi* doctrine T Without such repudia
tion, they would bo regarded n« fully com
mitted to tho auppurt of this now system of
warfare against tlnvory—the only system
that ia now at all .dangerous, or that pre-
•enls u practical issue to bo decided.
Douglas himself, in
the Mcnulo tho other day, when Mr. Davis
(mis speaking of Ihe terms on which the
Moutbern Democracy would act further with
their Northern allies, scornfully replied that
"il was for Ihe victor lu grant terms; lor
liiinnelf, Im asked none” ! Wo observe, too
that tlm Democratic asiemblsgra nl the
North aro enthusiastically declaring their
devotion to Douglas and to Dio platform
adopted ; wo havo seen no manifestations
ol u yielding spirit. And even the t-oulh.
ern Douglas papers are reproaching and
crowing over tho Mrcrder* with interns
satisfaction. Wo liuve already copied srv-
orul expressions of this sort from tho Mobil#
Htgister • and, coming nearer home, we
now quota from tho last Augu»la Cunititu-
On tlm other hand, the candidates of tho j Hhnu/tsl: "Let none* deceive themselves
Union party are not in tlia slightest degree | w,, h the hope of concession from the North,
implicated in the running of slavery out of * or *h° New York resolutions, which the
Kansas and Nebraska. They havo steadily I L'luirmnn of the Georgia delegation refers
opposed a>l tho processes by which the lo * Wcr< * no1 v °ico of tho State delega-
Dt-rn-irracy nnd the Black Republicans havo ••on, and Dm Virginia ultimatum was the
brought about that result—including tbe | ’J’« ! »"«c**rc resolution which was Irt die
into tho Union are adopted to slavery and
south of the line, and the proximity to
slaveholders, the climate, the Executive, the
decisions Of the Courts and the laws will
protect and maintain slavery.”
Now, in the fuce of this boost of security,
wo have tho facts that the Territories of
Kantas and Nebraska have already prohib
ited and abolished slavery by the process of
squatter sovereignty, and that the Northern
wing of the Democratic party, headed by
Douglas, sided und are pledged to sustain
Diem in this action ; and there is no preaerit
redress lor the Mouth. Why, tbe Southern
Democracy do not even venture to introduce
and press in Congress a bill annulling these
acta of Territorial Legislatures—not even
when they see ono branch of Congress
pushing U bill to annul Die Territorial law
ol New Mexico protecting skveiy ! Tbe
truth ia, the Wilmol Proviso, or direct Con
gressional prohibith n, is dead and beyond
the reach of resurrection. Even in the
present anti-slavery House of Representa
tives, il has to few to do it reverence, that
it was lust week repudiated by a large
majority on five successive votes upon Ter
ritorial bills embracing territory b
pool was 818 000 ba?ea? C
Manchester advice* were
Yarns closed firm and advanc
some cases ail qualities have
Havre Cotton Market.—New I
Ordinaire was quoted at U'tfl.
lions wore bnrely maintained.
, of the week 13.000 bale*. fSi 0
| 273,000 bales.
Latest—Liverpool (via Quc?m
day atternoon —The -ales of «o
urday were b,000 bale*, ol wine;,
and exporters took 3 000bales,
closed steady.
London Money Market.—Tlie
the Bank ul England bus incrv
000. Cons'da w. re quoted m y;
money and account.
Tbe weather lias boon favoral.
Tc Reform bill passed in iik
t see 11 stated to il
he Arch-Bishop of York t
re continued advance in i
nee will cau*e Die imspi
rt o| corn to England,
he hill modifying the Tttr
ifdy approved by the Lt-gi
Tariff will probably go m
ol May.
azzmi urges Die Sicilian*
Illack Pi-publican Con
Btcsoo, May If!.—At the a:
. Hon. George Ashman, oi
id i
line. But
i of the (.Id Missouri Compromise plait'
nmom.'i’i them
drmnatio
tgniy.
qual'.rr sovereignly lives and
operates, and cannot tu overthrown unit-**
it is opposed and denounced by the Demo
cratic party —perhaps not even then. It
now hold* two i'errilories, and defies (hv
Mouth to assert the right of her citizens to
carry their property into them. None ot
them d*ro to do ii, and not n Southern
Democrat date* to propose a bill in Con-
grt*8 fur tbe protection of slavery in them
—for ita protection ngaiust n prohibition
which they authorized the Territorial Leg
islatures to enact, hy their Kan.oa-N’ebraska
bill!
And yet the 'Times sayv that "there is no
complaint from the Territories ol rights
trampled upon,” and "no nocravity for leg- I mpni ng nmit Da'
illation." That thesu Territories are now
barred against slavery is certain, and that a
wrong upon tho Mouth has been committed
is equally certain ; nor ia it st all question-
able that the Democratic party are response J’^ nl /^ su |g Wl
III. for permitting, ..ul tlie lil.,k Kepubli- Comoicni.l inter!
carts for instigating tbe Territorial aquatters The Michigan
to prrpelralo thia wrong. The question l, y Goopor (Dam
now is, is there no remedy ! Can there be I C"' P ub *'
one while Douglas' wing of tbe Democracy Hon. Vanus^.^G
is taken into fellowship by the Mouth ! i n bill ol tin- fi -
Kans'ia into iho U
Seward and I.ii
most promtner't on
Abe l.tiiroin, o
Wa«hikutun. M
Dint Abe Lincoln
publican Cor.vt.i'i
Ciiicaoo. Mav 1
Iianibal Hamlin,
noon noniinoud
Candida e lor tbe
Dougl.t-
House.—The i’c
unnniiiiously in f,i-
L’arlo* Butterfield, I
I between New Orluai
ii"
c-d bis •
i organic
triumpfial j«
WaBhinglon had visited tlm
Josscv in which lm resided,
arch had been erected for bit
dor, nnd his way strived wittifl ,
the daughters ol tho Inmf. und n m ut.> w ■*
placed on Dio nrch hy the women ol Did
lie that protected Dio motharn
will di I -nd Dm daughters ” Tho women
Jeney loved the ineninry of Wash-
inaton, and loved ina historian ; and, sir,
wtion Bell was nominated tho bctles oi
Now Jciauy would never Itovo been aatiatied,
il I ho iiamu of Ev trait was not svaociamd
Willi it. (i.aughlet and applause.)
Cannacticut, ssid Dint
iforsed tho
squatter sovereignty lice mm
act, Dm election of Buchanan with u plat,
form and construction acknowledging that
license, “emigrant aid” colonization, and
Mharp'n rifle intervention. In itddiiiun to
thi*, oui
Iho Dei
unnoticed. o think that compromise mu!
\ argument u\.s exhausted at Charleston."
Ut the Tennessee I’lstfonn itself (which
is now proposed ns the basis of reconcilia
tion), Die Richmond Enquirer, nn anti-
rc-aflirin squatter
eignty by^ro-pausing tho Cincinnati Flat-
form, nor by rtjocling icsolutiona repudm-
tiug thu doctrine. There wm, therefore, no
occasion for our Convention to express an
opinion upon this Democratic and Black
Republican bone of contention, r
any reason whatever to suspect
candidates of favoring squatter n
.liJ not, like Dtmocmic piper, "It ii of
vercigtity.
The U. C,
alter
Mr. Rc
e delegation fro
mi nation of Edwnrd Ever
Tlm lion. Jo.rpl, H. |„,<
nmidsi groat
oil.
-ded I
Gooeral Lenho Cooinba, ol Kunti
various Sittlos had spukru
I Addri-s*, .• ■it 1 |i't.
Mast
| Ml .‘lid
g Edwnrd Everett, but no
chuvetts hsd stated w hether he wmiiu !
illation. He hoped Iho Hon.
of Dio third day's
session «»l Die Conviction ol this order, at
Kaleigh, a resolution was passed establish
ing tlm head-quarters of the Legion "at
Knoxville, Trim., until tho fust Jay of
November, ISOO, .Jt,-, wltich it .lull Im it
•ho second degree pass word"; also, a reso
lution appointing a committee to prepare
an uddrrss to tlit) Mouthem people. On
Hits committee si* Gen. George Dickh-v,
chairman, Col. N. G. Hcott, Maj. Caatella-
nos, Maj. John H.Htnle, Geo. Goldihwaila
EmI-, Col. F. CV. Dillard and Col. J. A.
Mhinglei—tho last two of this city.
•hi the fourth day, resolutions wrro
rd~ lsi
m7iitr°»'lu • , ! , A, ' pl ‘ l
Mr. Hilliard, ol i\
> | | arlmenu ; 2J, for <
, I dttig to the new hot
< | her* ; 3d, establish
Iho various officer:
it tlt.ir wvcr.1 tlr
ren initiation, nrcor
of sll present mern
■r,rd o
u-llfy »itr di-rd a
si •H*t!ni-t1y n> I
Ituwii upon *11 dial
sr break Uie cord U
pie. [Applause.] TklsUlh- ml
upon to tlWliargc. Till* I* the u.
Uit*u»k'" of one •>( Mar>laud'*
liow dead, and round gt*
nation have hern shed -I »**,
—I have
I Man
• SI. -.1 *5, :tj $10;.i
chrrrlnf, and thr OouvcuUou adjoutnrd to :•
AFTIRROon atastox.
The Convention ra-aaxembted ato’clock
order by Dio
called
Chair.
Immediately on the opettim
vent too, Goo. Coombs, ul 1
["No. 1 Hour can wo avoid the responst.
utbiy oi standing up and defending it t With
wh»t fats coutd wo moot tho wondering
nations, il, by strife and hate und blinded
council, at d the blaslrd away ol accurati
demagogue*, wo throw away ibis riches
heritage Gudavcr gave to matif [Applause.
tail
lew woivla i
zen, John J. Ciiltendi
(Cheers.) I have been
peUUcal tn. .tmy Ul
forty years lio ha* been
Ed* ;
iept tho nomination •
'ordially tendered. I t
cak dchntU'ly ,m Dits I *
tty iBust
, It" ii
eht Id y
be fixed by C.
j or important
| Maryland di
unanimously pti
hrroafter
ID *
adopted —
r lirigli
Ilia t
Biot our lair escutcheon to all coining time- he waa -v...
qiirnch the bre ol freedom and ol ligli. State* when
wherever u may dawn, and bid the lovers ht* c
of mankind dejiart. If such mutt be our
country's early tomb; il all our ptide.our
power, and cherished hope, our atrt;>es, our
stare, our heritage of glory, and the bright
names we have taught our obildret.,—all
ntust end in Due! Never let freemen meet
■gam ' An early louib, wherein to escape
Die k-zaea and acorn of all mankind, were
sursiv a belter doom. Taar down your
will
o Foiled
age, and
lug It and pai-
iugs; burn yourcapttol; dismiss your navy;
Uisuaud your army ; let our commerce rot ;
.'•(turn all your monuments, hore in Halit-
**0/1' and vvrrywhsi* else, give lo the
node deeds, with the h ghrst ol bis
II. ."t,».d lb. .rtvic ot lu.Si.t.
*tlDOUi a blemish on In* name, and hu
will leave it apolleaa and pure on the pages
ol historv. Ilia modesty induced us to
withdraw lua name to-day, or mere is no
knowledge what tho result might hive
been. [Applause ] I naver flatter nnv
man, but will say mat l hold him tu higher
esteem thananv other man. ilecould run
lua par-ilfl with Cato lor honesty—wuh
Julius L.tsar for courage—Aristides lor
juiticci and with Ctcvru lot eloquence.
. — — »v>moibing »•»■
less than human n ho could host- j’ r '
late to acrcp'.’tiiQ nomination. ‘ ,4 ’
It ia true Dint Matsachuseita had hoped, iJ
hi* name would stand first, but she came TU.
her® with a spirit of patriotism, ready to •
renounce nil preferences, and when she j u '"
discovered that a majority were in favor ol i
equally illustrioua son ol Tennessee, Alas.-- i \u v
achmmtta gave way, and in doing so l | VC | ! ,
confident that she only did what Edward u "
Everett himself would have counseled and i “J
desired. 1 think that there is no more pa *’ *
triotio man in tuis country than Everett, ^
and 1 dust that he will feel what Lady t-u
Macbeth said i—"Miami not upon the ordtr p«i
ol your going, bui go at once." Thai la !
If' 1 ,0 ^ htto House—Everett and j J*!
Bell, Bell and Everett—u maiivrs not which, I '
bo Dial ttiuy both go there. J rtfc .|
-^ r * President, hardly had the I »UI«
delegation seated themselves | 1
Southern geoile- r .?i
• •I, t.
Ily sustaining and
| vindicating .Gen. Bu-kley in Ina New Or-
j ,r * n '’ ‘"HDovet.y. It was ordered that a
; Military Convention of tho order be held
i al Atlanta, Ga., on tho Ut day of August
next, to which meeting tho rlection of a
I l’oatmtsu-r General was postponed.
Gapt. P. J. Meiumre, ot thia city, was by
ballot unanimously elected Bngadicr Gen-
oral ol tho order. Adjourned.
haruclrr ot platform against which all
parties, North and Mouth, Douglas uud anti-
Douglas, are emphatically pledged, it is
umlugiiuti*, equivocal and uncertain, and
every prominent man of either aeclion
ut GtiailrsU-n drclaivd against any such
ia (hero I P laUorQ ‘-"
i or our j Thrao indications ought to satisfy nur
reprntunt accession friends of the danger
tu the platform <>l sny r.nh language which
thry rimy use at the meetings which they
control, 1 hey arc in still greater dnnger
of Having Douglas forced upon them, no
ina trr tvhat may Do the pisiform, lu the
hallotings al Charleston, tho full vote of all
tlm Breeding Mtatd was counted agaiiut
Dougla*, und si II ho obtained a clear major
ity ol all the Elrctoral votes of tbe Union.
But when flic seceding Mute* are repre
sented. every individual vote which they
may cast for him will bo ao much gain.
For tnalanco, tho ten votes of Georgia wero
J counted against him at Charleston, becauso
i Georgia was not represented, but one quar
ter ot the delegates from the Mtatn wire for
I Doug's*. Should the aame delegates bo
j sent to Baltimore, thrn, Douglas will gti
| tvv.> snd -v lull votes from Georgia, and tho
I opposition tn him only seven and a half;
j instead of ten majority against him, the
Mintc vv ill only east five, in Alabama, Iho
i squatter sovereignty men will send their
thry will make a dijjerei
| Douglas voto a* counted
, at Bait more. D. Eou.sii
that the Douglas men ex
The Democratic Meeting.
Thera waa u pretty largo meetirg at
I einperance Hall on Tuesday night, where
and when Dio Democracy assembled lu take I The lion Jcfiers
counsel together in reference to their dis- I rC |j l ” I ^ l E "^. ( -p^ r p
traded condition. Dr. J. F. Bozeman was UI , an "amend men \
called to the chair, and R. E. Dixon, Esq., tho steamriiip l*n
to the secrotory s desk. Immediately after Charleston Ul " 1
tho organization. A - ID Lamar, Esq., offured I
a resolution approving the course of the n
seceding Georgia deli-gatea at Charleston, *
In roiponi. i ell finite for him, Judge ue^eeil ChurleeS and li.vu
Benning took the stsnd and spoke at length Wasimnuio.v, .May 1*.—
and with much eurneatueas and logical d iy, Ale—ra. I) nglas at
,.m.e, in f..u, of the pU.fonn" | ‘‘“J [“]
Only
lay 17.—Tho Ii .
ship In
and tho eourse of tho aecedrrs.
very severe—not in tho use of harsh Ian-
guage, hut in the clear and unsparing |
exposure of hia inconsistencies and absurd
ities—upon Judgo Douglas; nor did he
spare hn
Treasury,
i the
his chief fugleman and heir apparent ! Embassy a
is Miste, Hon. A. 11. Stephens. Wc* ! * l * r ‘* * * *
, . * They foi
not space at present to say more of I
postage. ——
Tito J&paucsc Htnlia
VVAitiuxci ros, May 15.—Tit
luxunuuDy quart!
have not space at present
Judge Benning's able speech ; but, as one
of the Opposition party, we thank him for
ins lucid vindication ol principles which
w« hold fo be the tine covenants of the
Constitution and the just policy of the
Government.
While Judge Benning was yet speaking,
at a late hour, the gas lights in the Hall
were extinguished, by some defert or inter
ference with the metre or pipes, and the
meeting Wus brought to au abrupt adjourn
ment in tho dark, without finishing the
business for which it convened.
Another meeting will |>« held to-night, in
Temperance Hall. a*. B o’clock.
> Japs
.'.•rv
uli,
iCiudll
C'ovodc It.v
.• p«rp«ti
me itivcrsilj of «
in Dus building
man ciinc and wanted to look
dcniiy wishing to see D we had the features
snd linssnssnts fal humanity. He wantr.i I vstly doubt vudka^Uta
to sec vv list kind Ol men w e Were. I SRI between swell names m joty
sorry for hia sake that the lot has not fal* ' J "'Ultaw A.t.rxhawsmdHam it
• i. . . I •«“• Uw other naurs w?ikh wav*- pc«s«iw«d t
u»«\ ) Nxt.irs worthy ot |<
•ountry u» which they t
--KJST1? 1,10 'Vaahtnglon correspondent of
J the New \ ork Herat J telegraphs us follows ;
ii*'*I "The address which has been circulating
sUoTi"''^n'l'hai I for among Southern men inviting
Iaud'the’frtvnS delegates to join the June
vadl'aud thaVwr ^* onv * l ‘ llou •* Baltiuiore iloea not grt on
»t Uwaegiorioos *®ry wrll, and, unless some new life is
mim.'liiulj mlu.rj into it. «,u cerUinl;
l i..ert po.tliv.ly
"> cl l! ‘™ *-Z • ni.jority
\V are admitted
■ ./ rigilun
Gharh stun an J
i. tho prospect is
carry the day in
a joint Mtatr Convention, ami instead of
*n vote# against him, Louisiana will cast
j •“ for Douglas. Tho same transpo-
j stiton is probable in Arkansas. Tho send-
| ing of delegate* to Baltimore, therefore,
! cannot possibly increase the vote against
j Douglas, but will probably materially in-
: crease his strength til tho Convention.
NN e make these crude suggestions to the
distressed Democracy, and offer them with
I our "pious regards"—claiming lo be an
i honest if not au acceptable comforter.
■atprlli'U |«
.. anu vne ou
then myself to lonranU.M
more comely —. . U|umiHW , ld
speak lor the delegation, lor, Mr. President. *ud honoi fr<-w
**ciparts has many a coutUvr man thau 1 ” —oss»*a under which
l.uughter and applause.] Bullet me tell ' so J]!r w ^ r ““'lVI.V. ,fc ’
>ou mat we of Masssctiusctts aro men, —
xealttus patriotic men, devoted to theUniou. I you, sflvra lrt« knUrehanz* of s»uUiacot,ln asidr..
At tuts point a number ot boquets were i °f pairiotle fotupnnuU*»W.| eaucwslon, you itnatlv
throw II tho speaker Irom the ladles' sal- * rr >**' 1 • '•»•«*•*» u " lu which the vh.de eounlry
irrtea, which were handed by the President ! ? UI **1* suwlnau-d John Bril, ot
amidst loud cheering. Taausosta, and Mvrard krerett, of M*»»art.u»*tu.
tatrita and claims of the
loua eouadaUa wheat n«mr««nr prsssnftsd to
i, after a Irt* knUrehanzs of s»uUincot, jwg *
-Mr. Uflhard resumed ; 1 hopo that Iny | U'i l occ#iluu,at tuka l*t« huur.L Uctpmyvuluy'atiy
Motrit Carulixx—It u known that Orr
«V Go. took a “snap judgment" against the
Southern Rights portion of their party iu
Mouth Carolina, and tent delegates to
Charleston to maze the best bargain they
could lor their lavorile. The unrepresented
or “fire-eating” wing stem resolved not to
be hcaJrd oil m that way again, but aro
now participating in tho selection of dele-
Exion C'oxybxtiom.—Th# j galea to a State Convention. NV# think it
composed the delega- likely that Mouth Carolina, by their action,
•ft sttendance on the will send delegates only to Richmond, and
lato Baltimore Convention : R. A. T. Rid- will have nothing to do with Baltimore.
l.y, Hon. Joabui Hill, Hon. Tho«. H.rvlc I
'• V - H ' H-Pt"-. J-- A. L. Leo. j CV TU. New Yo,k Tribun, l,.,n. horn
J... M. L.lhoun. Uoo. W. Ad.„, J. H. lb. b.« .ulborhy tb.l .he ,nn.or 'hit
irrott.l ho,. W. Wilber. Jo.hu, Kannio, AKhb,.hop Hn,he, ii to be tniJc a Lai.
••• Clark, agd NV'iltsrd Uoyutou. • •• t- 1
successfully
••stimony given
udriinird tlist tut-
e in expectation 01
(futureday throug
should they attempt admittance
the Baltimore Convention."
folldWIUg gcntliU
lion from this Mtate
I dinal is entuely unfounded.
1'rolii and Lou,
he steamer Mpauidmg, which took t!.e ;
sjchusetta delegation fr»m Boston to
Cimrlratou, and buck, started hoiioi with |
t"o fugitive slaves concealed on board.
One ot them was discovered during t..c
passage, slid wa- pul aboard a vessel tall* n
til with, bound lor Baltimore. No doubt
thu runaway has been restored to hi* ownrr. i
But the other—a -lave named Norn*, be- i expressly lor tho purp.
longing to Dio estate ot Thus. 1
Georgia remained conceal'd Until the ,
strum* r arrived at Boston, v. hen ho t-nn-rg« J .
from his hiding placu and was at onco j
hurrud oil to C'annda. We aro not so j
uncharitable as to believe that the Maaaa- ;
. ,, , . „ eminent patronage.
chusclts Democratic delegate* to Charleston NVasUisotok, Mav U.—L.
knowingly aided in the escape and conceal- examinations made before tbe G'ovouef-
ment of this negro, notwithstanding ths
suggestions to that effect by Black Repub
lican papers of Boston. But the fact that t>"Uncetneni of the result,
two slaves found refuge in the Spaulding, a datVa oI cm cks ^wfitch^were 1
vessel chaitered and occupied by these Jel- purposo ul paying 1
egates, sod that one of them was permitted
to remain undiscovered alter the detection
of the other, and finally effected his escape ! It ia said that Attorney
without any reported resistance or attempt ! ’
to apprehend him, doea not speak well of
their zeal in behalf of the Mouth. It is, at j
least, not a matter to be regretted that
other Democratic National Convention will
be held fl» Charleston for many years
come, if ever. Decidedly, the late one d
not pay.
by the Comm.1
"Hie Inv
valued iheiusii
I has notified 1
next vxanitnation <d Mciineitul.
tfluite u lively.time is expected fr
tain parties.
Hon. Uooert J. NYalksr hasg>t
papers prepared, and will close bis 1
ny belwie lit* Committee as soon a:
[Telegraphed to kloutgomery Advertiser ]
NN AauikGToR, May 17.—The outrageous
attack ut Douslta upon the Democracy ul
Alabama and Ysncev would have been re
pelled had uot Mr. Clay bren conti.icd to
ins room Iroin a serious attack of Asthma.
He haa been sick tor a week, and suffered
much. The tone of Douglas’ iqveech is
insolent toward Die South, but Davis’.- re-
roply is pointed auJ ifioroiigb.
Among the jiapera now in the han<
tne Commitu-e ia found an orig.nal pl ]
Mr. NValker’a inaugural addiess.
manuscript hss a groat many inisrlinezti
whicn appear to be in the hsiulwriid
the {’resident.
The document ia rep'.ete on the sub e.
a subuiisaiou ol the Cuiisuiuiioii to the
pie.
Tbe Southern address, urging the se
ing delrgatuma at D.e Charievton C ,r
lion 10 return, was written by
'i'oout bs,