Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-06

signing this reason. gentlemen had given
no evidence Of the fact; they had furnished
no proof that the present incumbent was
not as available q candidate as any that
this body could select. Had they not the
most pregnant proof that neither OF the
two other candidates were available, when
the gentlemen who were opposed to Mr..
R.x,er,s nomination could not agree who
Vas the most available candidate! lie
,bouobt tha,the displacement OF any officer
with marked ability. and against whose
character not whisper had been heard.
was calculated greatly to dissatisfy his
friends, and he must be permitted to say.
that no man had a more extensveacquain-
lance or warmer friends throughout the
broad limits of this Commonwealth, than
Sidney S. Baxter. Not only had Mr.. Bax-
ter filled an office which had made him
conspicuous. but from his practice in the
high court OF appeals in different portions
of the State. and ms connection with the
internal improvement policy of the Stare
bringing him in contact with the mem
bcrs Of the legislature-he had become
thoroughly known throughout the Com
monwealth. Mr.. NJ. then went en- to re.
fer to the factthat charges had been brought
in the legislature against the present At
torney General by leading and prominent
member Of the Democratic party, and that
after those charges had been fully investi-
gated by committee, of which the same
Democrat was the head, that committee
had brought in a report endorsing in most
complimentary terms Sidney S. Baxter,and
repelling, beyond all questions. all the inn
putations that had been cast upon him
Cheers. With this fact staring them in
the face. were they prepared, on the first
occasion afforded them, to remove an ohi-
Ger whom their opponents had never ven
tured TO removed He maintained that jus.
,icc and the harmony Of the Wing party
demanded, in the most emphatic terns,that
the Convention should unite in the almost
unanimous nomination Of Sidney S. Baxter
Lound cheers.
Mr.. Archer, Of Dinwiddie, said that he
came from the south side VT James river,
where there had been but little of the feed
portion of the Convention. He believed
he expressed the views of nearly all the
delegation from the south side, when he
said that they came here to consult and to
unite upon the most available candidate;
and the one who could bring the Wing
party the greatest number Of votes wasthc
man they were ready to support. They
had come here not 10 support men but prin-
ciples. and the most popular supporter of
these principles they would sustain. He
trusted that oil would be thrown upon the
troubled waters, and that they would con.
suit kindly together, and that the individual
who should receive the nomination would
receive the hearty and unanimous support
of every member of the Convention. He
was opposed to the creation Of this com
mittcc He believed it impossible for any
committee that might be selected by the
| chairman to express the full sense Of all
the delegates from every section in the
State. Suppose they selected a commit
| tee Of one from each congressional district,
was it possible, unless that committee con-
fcrred with every member from their diff
fercnt districts, that they should fully re
present their feelings and wishes! But let
every member have an opportunity in open
Convention TO express his views freely.
Then, as to the declaration of proscrip-
tion-supposc Willard Fillmore did not re-
ceive the nomination for President in 1852,
was he heretofore prescribed! They all
could bear testimony to the uprightness and
faithfulncss Of Mr.. Fillmore in the dis
charge Of his duties; yet, if another candi-
date was nominated for the next term of
the Presidency, was it any prescription of
Willard Fillmore! 1.-THE present Attorney
General was not nominated at the present
tine, was it any more of prescription than
in the case Of the Presidency! Again was
not this new Office under the new con-
sti,u,ionl The old state of things was a.
bout passing away. Was it not differ
ent organization Of state Government
How, then, could it prescription to noni
nate new candidatcl He was ready TO
vote for Mr. Baxter if he was the strongest
| man; but he desired to see the Wings who
could command the most united and strong
est vote nominated.
MIR. Doddridgc stated that at the request
of Mr. Irving his name had been Withdrawn
from the list of candidates. That dcrhna-
ton was in character with the usual habit
of that gentleman, never TO claim anything
for himself After further consultation a.
mong his friends, it had l.ccn decided upon
with all due Difference 10 Mr.. is wishes.
TO put him again in nominaiion. Hcwould
therefore again nominate Ii; Z. Irving, of
Richmond city, for the office of Attorney
General. [Chec9s.
Mr.. Imbodcn, Of Augusta, desired TO of
fer an amendment to the resolution. The
main object of this COMMITTEE was to Sc
cure as far as possible entire harmony, and
he thought larger committee representing
more fully the various portions of the State
would more eifectually attain that object.
He would move, therefore, that the nun
Der of the committee be fixed at thirty-two,
one from each senatorial district in the
State in lieu Of the number submitted bv
the gentleman from Albcmarlc, Mr. Rivcs.)
Mr.Rivcs would accept the amendment.
He would also. in ordert to avoid as far as
possible, all cause for dissension, withdraw
the name of Mr.. Mosby, of Lynchburg.
Applause.
The question being upon the adoption
of Mr.. Eivcs proposition as modified,
MIR Shcflcy asked to be permitted to say
u word before this question was put He
(Mr. 81 was radical member of the last
Statc Cpnvei ton and he did as lis friend
from Albcmarle (Mr Rivcs) had said, adj
vocate these great public reforms which
had been engrafted in the constitution, and
he gloried in having had part in so noble
awork. Cheers. But his anteccdents
had been brought TO the consideration Of
the Convention, and it was said that he had
wagcd war against the life tenure and for
oft repeated responsibility to the people at
regular intervals or elections, and that he
had now changed front and was the advo-
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