Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-03-02

therefore.
Received That it is inexp, lent ,hatthi.
Convention should express ans yr-tersnt tyr
either at The individuals who's names have
been presented and canvasssI a. suitable
candidate, Tor the Presidency.
'R-so vel. That the m..nb,rs OF this Con-
ve1ii'n hereby pledge their b-st e|xrrlipus IN
secure The sscccss ut wh1m,l-v-r may b.
liz nomInre Of the Nitionsi Convention.
Mr. Nm Ballard Preston. OF Montgomery.
followed IN al animated aud i.r.ibl- arru.
n"Ht l1 supp1ttOi the resolution uf the r1tn-
ntitce end ag'inst the substitute PROPOSED BY
Mr. Bots. Mr. b. briefly replied.
Mr. Scott OF F. made a iev remarks in re-
ply u Mr. Bots, which drew IRON the latter
grutirmin q brief rejoinisr.
The q%srsirou was then l3uljv called Tor:
anI the vote was taken by counties. on thc
substitute Of Mr. Bolts, with the following
result.
Ayes-Albamarie .. A'exandria |; Brri-
sNicA, tii,lir'J, Caroline ]; Chesterfield J.:
hsss1, tit'iisd); Fairfax i; Fuyanua L.
Gloucester !. tepchiaui g.: Groenbncr /:
Hanover ! HfnFico / Isle OF Wright |; kiag
George ! Richmond aud Lancaster; Lopiouu
}; l. ulsa ] buuenburs |; Marshall I; Nelson,
tmenbefs ahsenD; Northampton ! Norhum-
br,iant /; Petersburg l., P1whttoul; Prluc,
George |; We>tnorsiani /; Wool. DJdnlgs
AMI Tyler. (diyided)-27.
Niys-Ameiis |; Amher.t /; Appomattox
!, Augusta 2. Bah |; Brllurl ?; Berklcv ?.
Botetourt J. BraSlon. Lewis and Gilmef J.:
Buckingham ! Cibeli sad Wayne l.; C4mp.
oil >, Charles Cay aul New Kent /; Cbar.
to'te ]; CulpfPer !; Cumberland l.. Dinwillie
|, Elizabeth and Warwick /. Fsuquier ,.
Fayette and Nicholas !; Floyil. Franklin 2:
Fredericksburg :; GiImer AMI Mercer |; Gray
son and Carol /; Greenscille / HALIFAX 2;
t!1nly ! Harrison AMI DJlddjgs !; Henry L.;
James City, York AMI Williamsburg |, JEFF r.
sou ?, hanawha |; King and Queen |; King
William ! Logan aud Bnns O.. Madison l..
Marion !. Matthew's and Midiles,r |; NJ son
and Jackson |, aleckl-nburg ?, Nanongllla l.
Notfoe Montgomery aul Pulaski l.
Naasemond ]; Norfolk city / Norfolk coaa.
ty2' Orange aud Grecne l. rdtfi.k /; Penlle-
ton /, Fltsylyania =; Preston l. Ran lulph
aul Bdro)ur ! Rappihaunack ! Rich
Roanoke / Rockbridge =; Russell |; Symthe
!, Southampton /; S5oisyi,anil /; Siaf,ri
] Taylor !; Tyler. Dottnig- and Welz / l.:
Warren and Clarke |, Washington /; Wythe
and Puiuski l-S2.
Tie substitute was therefore rejected; an
MIR. William H.. Mac'arlaud. OF Richmond,
proposed 10 lake a sepatoie vote upon the
l"o resolutions of tn committee. Wilde
there was some diversity OF opinion in r~gdrl
TO the first, he was sdusff Il that he secaud
would receive the unauim as vote OF The
Convention. He awaited himself of this oc-
ct,ian 10 say, to-, that in his opposition 10
TIE adoption OF The first resolution he was
not luA ienccl by any duubt OF Gen. Tat-
iors political orthodoxy whatever. and should
that gentleman be nominated by the Natl ~.
dl Convention, he would receive his (Mr. Ms
z%'alous support.
MIR. Go. W. Lewis. OF Westmore,snd,
(the driega ion from which county had voted
tor the substitute, } after adverting 10 the re-
markabie ability OF the discussion, proposed
that the committees first resolution should
b. adopted by accia nation.
DR. VERIFY Of Northampton ,(the vote OF
which county had likeuis- been giving Tor
the substit ute seconded ia. suggestion.
lie had carried ont the ~inslruc. ions OF his
constituents by voting for the sdb,dtue, AMI
he was now prepared, IN a splrlt oi %colcllia
ton ana harmony, To yield to The manifest
CPiuion oil the majority OF his l%o,itical breIh-
rem.
Mr %Janney, ofLouloun, said that he would
cheerlally atqlIcsce IN this sug 5%estion, ii he
coati do 50 without a Surrender OF his CON
- Aptti l&tIlS. bAA he Udu iEdlA
nothlng, since he had been here, in the shape
OF evidence, TO change the opl1ion which
he broutht with him 10 this b rly, notwiih-
standing the eloquent aud poseriul or,u-
ments ON The other side. He stood. theretorr,
as he had at inst done, III regart TO the reia-
tive availability OF the two caUiidates. He
could not, therefore, consistently, vote Tor the
first resolution OF the committee.
Mr. BOtts knew al nothing that could hap
pen, IN a political pointol view, which could
give him 81 much paln as a SEPARATION. III o.
pan II or IN action, from the Wbig party OF
Nlfginla. Bat he could not, " it'll tn seuti-
meuts h. entertained and which he had ex-
pressed, vote Tor the first res luton OF the
committee. He had not head anything To
change his opinion. Abiding 10 the intclii-
gence received from Kentucky aud North Car
DINA, by leleeraphic dispatches, that the i"r-
mer had appointed Taylor Electors TO the Ma
tional Convention, aud that IN the Stat Con-
vention OF The latter a decided maJority OF the
members were in favor OF Gen Tdyior, he sall,
I'VE have been to-day struck b. lighieuing.i
aud he attributed 10 the s~uddtnness ol the
stroke the effect the an uuclatIou OF This IN
formation bad produced. Yet, Obliged as he
was TO vote agiinst tha first resolution o the
committee he would pledge himself this Tar,
Ni' "a NV HpHiitidbiOi VI iiin SoHNtklAlbti
shall be ratified by the National Convention,
he would give to the nominee his earnest sup
port, aud that his blows (to which pre,i-
Gus illusions had been made should Le struck
hard and last against the common cnrmy.
Mr. Magruirr, OF Albenarle. could not
vote Tor the resolution OF the committee. be-
cause IN doing so, he would be acting IN op
position 10 his Conscientious convictions, and
! =, The az tr,,t..~. - T.. ut
resolution, he said, may assert q iacl. but he
had no evidence sufficient to satisfy his minI
OF It's truth. he expressed bis lear that tic
Convention had fallen into a fatal err1r-but
he, nevertheless, hoped that il the EXPRESSION
OF preference in favor OF Gen Taylor by this
Convention shall b. ratified il Philadelphia
Ia June next, that the Wings OF Virginia will
z%ealously sustain il IN November.
Mr. Alacldrland sud, that he could not vote
ir the irst resolution OF the committee,
strong as was his desire Tor entire h~dr,nnny.
Bat gentlemen might b. assured that his re-
~luclance TO do 50 Was occisioned by no *
cttemrnt produced IN the progress OF lie dis.
cusS'an. tie would cordially concur, as he
had before said, III the second ~resolu,i N
al would IN ST heartily unite in the means
necessary TO produce the great result the til
umph OF the Wing party.
The hFat resolution Was then adopted by
the following vote.
For the rraulujion.-Alexsndria, |; Amel-
IA, !; Amherst, /; ~Appouatlox, /, Augus's.
/, Bath. =; Bedford. ,; Berkriy. 2; Botrtourt.
l. Bnxton, Lewis. GiImer, / Buckingham,
| Cabell and Wayne, !; C4mpbrll, ?: C,r-
oIine, }; Charles City and New Kent, +;
Charlotte, |; Chesterfield, l., Culpepper. /;
Cumberland l.; Dlnwidtie, Il Elizabeth City