Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-04-07

nave reserved three votes OF his delegas
ton.
Mr.. Aylctt said he had received his APP
pointment from the Chairman in whose
hands the power had been placed by the
vote Of the Convention, and that he did
not intend to surrender it at the dictation
of anybody.
After the committee had retired, Mr..
Patton was loudly called for, and ad-
dressed few conciliatory remarks to the
Convention.
Mr. James A. Seldom Was then called
for. He said that he had seen many De-
mocratic Conventions assemble, but never
any one with fairer prospects than this
Tho few flashes of asperity and the scat
tering clouds Of discussion with which
personal preferences had already over
cast the sky, he was sure would soon pass
away.
Mr.. Bsdinger was loudly called for
Mr.. Bsdinger said all the gentlemen who
had bssn called upon had utterly failed TO
amuSe the Convention, and how could it
expect him, DEAD MAN, to do any better.
Yes; he MAS dead. Whether lie had fall
len beneath tho knives of traitors and as
sAssins, or by tho javelin Of an open foe,
he would say-but he certainly died last
October. Ho had fallen far over the
mountain, and his feeble groans had been
unheard amid the burst Of triumph which
had swept over tho State-though he had
nevertheless fallen with the bauner Of
States Rights Wrspt around lis form. Yet
when he had loft bGmo TO attend the con-
vention, it had occurred to him, that some
body at it might want to "heArkon from
tho tomb" and call on tho dead to speak,
and he had arranged few curls and laid
away some choice metaphors for the cmcr-
gcncy, But no sooner had he entered
that building than did the WAR or GIANTS
commence. He had become 80 frighten
cd that if no could have gotten out of the
press, lie believed he should have started
for home on foot. Although somewhat
recovered now, he MAS still incompetent
TO address the Convention. If he could,
however, at some later period, c-arrGngs
the modest boquot he had intended Tor
the Convention, &c, &c.
Tho Committee returning, the Chair
man said he was about to make report
which would strike tcrror-into the heart
Of no Democrat.
The agony waI ovcr--tho Committee
reported the maine of a President, who
was All old fogie, yet SlIo not too old to
DO the standard bearer of tho d" 7 Dung
DemocrRcy"-thG name of John s. Bar
bour, ST., of Culpeper.
Tico P,cIiRsntS.-Charles TAncy, Of
Buckingham George Rust, of Loudoun
E. d. Robinson, of Norfolk f. ". Scott,
Of Caroline; ]. NJ. Bennett, of Lewis
Bra1ton Davenport, Of Joa'erson; A. NJ
Newman, Of Pendloson; J. II. Cox, of
Chesterfield; w. J. Robertoon, of Abe
marie George Booker of Elizabeth City;
Alo1. Wade, of MononghliG; d. B. Laync,
OF Allegheny; w. II. Edwards of Frank
lin; John Cowan, Of Russell; w. O..
Goode, Of MecElenburg.
SecretQries-W. f. Richie, j. NJ. Dan
icl, w. D. NYNllAck, G. II. BcAle. II. A.
Pryor, s. G. Davis, II. G. Mclaughlin,
a. ]. O'Bannon.
Mr.. Barbour was escorted to the Chair
by Messrs. Wise and Claiborne. The
customary address was delivered by him
with elegance Of dictIon and dignity Of
manner.
Mr. Wise moved that tho Chair appoint
committee on Resolutions, a committee
on Electors, n committee ON MiscellAneou,
Subjects; and also moved that the fol-
lowing rules he adopted for the govern
ment of the convention:
RtSOlrca, That the existing rules for
the government of the proceedings of tho
House of Delegates be and they are here
by adopted for the government of the
so far as tho same arc Nppli-
cable to its proceedings.
Rcsotrcd, That any fifty members of the
Convention may require Eny vote be tS-
ken by the counties, corporations and
election districts. and when 80 taken, the
delegations from each shall give the vote
thereof in the manner following, to wit
Each county, corporation and election dis
trlct shall give one vote for every ono
same at the last Presidential election; and
where there shall be fractional part of
one hundred votes exceeding fifty votes
so cast, huch fraction shall be sounted As
equal To ono hundred votes.
The following committees were an
bounced:
Miscellaneous Con,nhco.-F. NJ. Boy
kin, LIST District; n, IL, Campbell, end
Samuel Major, 3rd A. NJ, TRIBE, 4th
NJ. D. Newman, 9th II. L. Hopkins,
9Th; j. IL. French, 7th EuItacs Con-
way, 9th ], 7, Johnston, 9th; J. S. Da-
viSon, 10th G. +. Dcnealc, 18th Ro.
Craig, 18th; FAyette MMullen, 18th
G. S. Lewis, 18th; A. Mcdonald, 18th.
ConmiNee on ResolutionS.--Simeon
Wheeler. LIST District; Thomas Wallace,
end j. B. Stovnll, 3rd S. d. McDsGr-
mon, 4th; II. g. Morris, 9Th; James A.
Seldom, 9th Henry A. Wise, 7th NJ,
X. II. Garnett, 9Th Horny ShAcklsford,
9th; Henry Bedinger, 10th; Hiram Martz,
nth +. b. Miller, l2sh J. B. Floyd,
18th Wm. l.. jackson, l4th j. 7. Mar
tin. 10Th.