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NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Whig nomination o. Candi-
dates for President and
Viee+President 81 the
United States.
Fem ne Ballimors .41arrisa,,.

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The DELIGHTS were in fallai,esdssee. Rad The
Church was eresded 10 osesso~sas ssiss, ese,s and
seTnesl spessasprs.
RsFsrdy JslnsOa. Esq. sailed akSs genscns:oo ,o
fosdsr.-
Senator Huntington Or Connee,ieos. .,:acuneed ,e
organization a follows; Mr. ii sail The d.s and
hour had srttved, and be se,la propose tie
iion- ARTHUR [. HOPKINS Of. gslsbana, asI're-
silent If ,hesCenyenton. pro TEN
This name. Was received With Ct s,rs Mr. Hon
kins took The csir and submitted ,asSe cousen,ion
thai tbs blessing Of God should be iscksd upon The
assembly on she occasion. For lhat pitpase The Rev
MIR. JoaSs would proaounee the IL 81 prayer made
before the Continental Congress.
The Lords Prayer was then ut,ertd, follow ca by
s1me ofthe most appropriate prayers 81 the t,sco-
pal service. rhe immense assembl, stood while
the prayers were read, and the scene wa, MOST inn
Egffressive.
Smother OF the city elergymep, Rev Mr.. VII
IlAMs, resd appropriate passages frua the Werd oil
God, exhorting The people !" 10 walk worthy of their
vocation"
1 The following officers were then nOFainsteds
PRESIDENT:
Hon. AMBROSE SPENCER. ofiNe~ York.
s3ieE PRESlDENTst,
&. w. Crosby, n Maine Samuel sl,fssgs. or Md.
J Goodwin, OF y, t.. b w. L5isA, IL Va
I. satonstsl', 81 Mass. Richard llsIes, 81 NJ c,
/ > r. Mann, oil " Jacob Bprtttit, ~ Ohio.
Charles Pane, aif At Samuel ilasl al Intliana.
! Wv. ELLSWORTH of Conn Henry hiLman, Of Mich.
| + Root, of New York Henry Joi.Rson. OF la.
| J y. Aycriggs sf N ]. James Dupf;e, Il Miss,
| JAY. rhompsals OF Del. Il. a. Ewing, offAio. !
john Slrobm, of Penn. Cyrus Edwards. III III
/ d n 1 8
VIM. Mating 81 Tenn. J Z. Preston, CTS c.
.l'has. Metealle, 3ot KY Jas. Y. Walker, ozark
SECRETARIES
Isaac Munroe, of Md. o. G. Norveil. II Tenn.
Geo. NJ. Grsharp, ofIl4a Noah Smith, Of Maine.
r. f. Horner, Of N }. +. J. Hale, ,ur n. c.
The name OF the Hon. Ambrose SPENCER was re-
eeised with applause and vii the Officers appeared
give eitire satisfaction sl Abe n,mbers Of lie
Convention. ha names were unani nstsiy accepted.
The gentleneh nominated we're CONDUCT 70 the
t;hairby Alr. Ateher, Of Va. and Ms johnson, 81
Md, -
tpud applause greeted Mr.. Spencer is he took
the stand, and tic fray OF distinguished men from
Al parts Of the eouatry upon The platform very
| imposing.
The PRESIDENT on taking the Chair, made an eIo-
qneht and forei bic address. which Mas listened ID
with profound atcnton, aud elected ihe highest APP
plsdse.
Aiter4he President had coneluIetIs
] elr. NatkinsA.eigh. OF Virginia, 10 bfirf termi
stated the oceasion under which The Convention had
met The gr al object was to nominate saoditlstes
tor President aud Vice President Fol the first Of
flee there was hearty unapJtnity fortHENllY
J Ola LA word that expressed MORE Enthusiasm
thai had in il more elcquence than die names OF
Ch.thap Burke, PafEirk Henry ae,l 10 US than an}
othtr and all other me9l together. AIe Leigh pro-
posed the following resolution
RES0LTE2. THAT THIS CONVENTION
UNANIMOUSIY4sN OMiNATE AND RECON-
MEND 10 THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES. HE.S'RI' CL.4E. or. KEN
TUCKY, AS. PRESIDENT OF THESE UNI
TED STATES.
A thousand voices sounded almost lhousana
times ''AMENn and "AaEN,n aceoneanied b,
such cheers and clappine OF hands as The world
never heard before. The cheers were proleng
ed Tor many minutes, and with such deaienlne
| shouts as made The charshq quake.
! motion @asmade that a committee Of FIVE
members Ie Appointed to inform MI Clay oil his
nomination. The following eommIaee was 40
pointed 10 inform Mr. Clay OF his nomination
Messrs. Berrlen Of Georgia Lawrence Of
Massachusetts, iEAtcher Of Virginia Burnett OF
Ohio and Erastus Root OF New Yoik. .h
A motion wasEmade by Delegate from II Y
! 10 invite Mr. Clay to attend the Convention TO-
morrow (Thursaay.) The eConyen,on were
divided as 10 lhelpfopFieiy ofthis step when a
Delegate from Maryland read letter from Hem
| X Clay, the good sense Of which all present &C
NJ. Ciays Lstter.
| WAsgiNoroN, April 90, l644.
| Ny Dear Sir Il cannot reconcile il 10 my
sense of deiicacy and proprleiy TO attend ether
of lhe Wing CotYeniions this week ID Baltimore
Such i NY deliberate judgment. i hope nv
friends viii ac9psesee IN my determination. and
not urge rae q revoke il, which caunol do.
Il. YeuIs, faithfully
II CLAY.
To Reysrdy Jokason. Esq, Baltimore
| A letter was3Eead from the Hon George e.
vans, declining Tie nomination for Vice Prrsi.
deni, which Macy 81 his friends were so ark
iou< thai be should receive.
letter from the Hon John NJ CLAYTON Of
Delawate, was also read --decIiuidg 10 be in the
way Of any olherlman. and pIecglhg himself in
| advance TO sGPpdrt the, nomination, whueyer
mighrbe The candidate 7
Nj Thomas II McKernan of Pa offTeda
Resolution Of lhadk log George EesDs aud J ptsn
NJ. Clayton for their pairiorio and: noble letters
gentleman ff6m Ohio read q letter from the
Hon. John Mclean, Judge Of The sapfeme
coutt from Onio, declining tho namt4eii0n fof
Vice President add expressing respeci, kindness
aud preference fgT Henry Clay.
Various modes we've suggested for taking The
role fGt the Vice Presidency, when
81. Johnson zaf1 MI proposed THAI ALI The
pending propositions be laid upon The lstle. and
that the Delegates be called upon to ybie ripa
uoce All other PROPOSITIONS we're withdrawn e.
ceps that Of Mr. Johnson, which vas teduc-
ga u wiring, and which proposed ihas he mem
beis Of The Canyeuiian be seserally called up0p
to name some candidate for The Vice P.esiden-
cy, aud Is no unc shall hage majority 8pt,if the
FIRST call. The gales shasl be called anews. an
til a msisfiiy Yois Shall have been obtained aud
that the candidate ieceisng HE largess number
Of votes shall be The candidate Of Inc Convention.
MIR Begrien Of Nls2fgia, desired thas The Dele
gates should BE- called 81 votes. anil afiee some
delay. the Delegates according 10 the humber Of
'Seaators and Representatives ii Congsess were
called, beginning viii Maine anS guls5 through
ill.,. States.
The ealofiwo hundred and seventy ave names
occupied about one hour.
1,he names Of Delegates has4lg been eai.el
GEO Climbers, Esq III IA proposed tsial eaeia
Stale presentis faaoriie candidate 70 ~ sCoti-
veuliou. The Pennsylvania Dtiegs9ea had n
unanimously instructed him 70 noninsts JsAo
Sergeant.
oblaie The sense Of ire Convention as q The can-
didsie Tcr Vice President,
Mi Spencer Of ~ \. namel MlllsId FIJI
more.
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