Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-04
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sFAUNTo4 CONVENTION.
Editorial correspondence Of the Richmond WI

Editorial correspondence ut the Richmond Wing.
SrAGNTaN, }Ith Nov. 1851
The Democratic Convention mt this morning
/ n Httle before twelve O'Clock. It's said. chow
true It IS nm unable To saw that the I.cake men
! ,2'k the advantage Of the Wiseite>. and assrm
hird before tn hour designate; thereby prurur-
| 'aS th' appointment OF II temporary chairman in
the Per>on"tone Nj. laylo who had necessa-
ny Inc appointment et several important com
nntttrs-thrsr committees having considerable
influence upon The issue before the convention,
II tins be So Nop can readily perceive aud ap-
ciate the feeling of dstrast which exists Among
the harmonious Democracy of Virginia. And
mat IL Is So have upon the authority of sun
df@ W Use men who feel immensely indignant at
The irnnd whlahis alleged to lave been perpctra-
ted upon them,
Bat this apart. have been the member and
tle sP 'ctatur ot mnny conventions, but honest
~ ami e"nsclentinu-y assure you that have
never had the misfortune 10 witness 81 disorder
" 50 turbulent aud rowdy I'M as~embage of
!arn a. that now convened IN the gnoaly and
hoSpltapIe town of Staunton. ltis impossible To
describe the confusion and the wild upruar which
haN prevailed during the entire day. Every
member at the convention seems 10 he at dag
gers points with his neghhor,audi they adjourn
without II ilstauf n street fight innumcra-
BILE number Of dhels in embryo, | shall certainly
be most aereeably disappointed.
! have only time 10 communicate the sum and
substance OF the first DAYS proceedings. In
the morling session, after calling the rob- Of
delegates, and exhibiting II great deal of bad
feeling, they adjourned 10 five o'clock waiting
meanwhile the conclusions of the committee,
who had been appointed 10 recommend officers
tor the permanent organization of the body
MIR. tratchteld, Speaker of the House of Dele
gates, was nominated for chairman, and Mr..
Richie and Mr.. Hughes for secretaries. Mr..
trutchieltl made very short speech upon ia
king the chair, entering upon mono of the
preferences or questions that divided the Demo
cratic laiety, and apparently much excited and
disturbed. He, however, amid the general dis
tGrbance. presided with much dignity aud
ability as could reasonably have been expected.
Immediately discussion arose upon II PROPOSE
ton 10 adopt the two thirds rule-a btter,acrimo.
thousand most lengthy discussion, g. might say
with great proprlcty,n most tedious and tatigulng
one. During this discussion, we came very near
having Sceat. The rules of the House of Dole
gates had been previousl y adopted for the gov
eminent OF the convention at the morning ses-
sion. But, Mr.. Denealc. the Senator from Rock
mgham, the most putrid aud offensive demagoguo
have ever seen, commended that the adoption of
the rules of the House of Delegates necessarily
carried with it the adoption of the majority rule.
llereupon Mr.. Irving. OF Lynchburg, arose and
stated that if that was the construction put upon
the ad option by the convention Of the rules of
the House of Delegates, he telt ~ hesitation IN
denouncing the whole proceeding .fraHd--
declaring in his own peculiar and chivalrous way,
that he held himself personally responsible t"
any gentleman that might consider himself ag
greyed by his remarks. Mr.. Deneale Sinnk,
us a matter of course
have only to state that after the most incon-
ceiyable confusion that ever prevailed i'll any
body, and after the bittcrest discussion | over
listened to, they called the roll upon the adop-
ton of the two-thirds or the majority rule They
adjourned without determining whether the two
thirds or the majority rule had been adopted
learn however, at the present hour-l0 o'clock
at night-that the majority rule is successful
in other words that Mr.. Wise Is nominated. |
venture the prediction that Mr.. Wise will be
nominated by decided minority. | shall write
to you again tomorro | merely say that |
have never been - amused and SO Disguised be-
fore.
In conjunction with Hon. Il. *. Meade, Mr..
Banks, Mr. Cowardn and many other gentle
men, am enjoying the elegant Inequalities of
the Hon. a. II. II. Stuart whose figure in the
political world every body knows, but whose so
cal cxceencies are unsurpassed. Il. Il.
=. S.-Thompson is acquitted, the Jury stay
ing out only half an hour. My impression is,
that the jury have been humbugged most egro-
giously. According to the evidence, Thompson
ought not only to have been hung bat he ought
to have been quarted also. X. X.