Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-04-18
DAIEY IIRGINIAN.
Eda1o,ial Correspondence.


CHARLESTON. :. c., April IL, 1854.
The Convention was called to order At 9 O'Clock
he the President, and the minutes of the pre-
c.,;r,.- meeting. we're read by the Secretary
The President submitted a letter from the Com
mittee of Arrangements, requesting the Deio'
rates to wear their badges; stating that the lie
centon Room is open from a. M TO III p M
and requesting the Committee of the Convention
10 use the Reception Room when the Theatre is
occupied.
On motion by Mr.. Okey of La, the President
was requested to furnish the presiding Secretary
with n eopy of his address ON taking the char as
President that the same may be published with
the proceedings of this Convention
Mr.. Conner of S. c. presented letter from j.
p. DeBow. esq and other papers which were
road. and on his motion, were referred TO the
Committee on Business.
Tho arrival of other delegates, there being
now nresent members from each OF the slave
States. as also one from Indiana, was announced
and their names entered on the lst OF delegates
Many resolutions were offered, and all refer
red, except one, submitted by Gov Jones oil iehh''
in favor of the construction of Railroad to The
Pacific which upon his motion was laid upon the
table. 10 be taken up tomorrow morning at y
o,cloek. when Cow. will address the Convention
on the subject
Just previous to adjournment the eccentric
parson Brownlow, of Tenn, was loudly called
for by the Convention, who came forward and
delivered a short characteristic speech upon
Cuba and Temperance. He commenced 10y say
ing that he was regarded at home as the overseer
of the morals. the interests, and the religion OF
Tennessee. He did not expect in body OF 50
much talent TO make speech lie had on hls
way to this Convention spoken on all Imaginable
subjects. every day--sometimes twlee-a-day'--
He did not suppose the Convention had called
him out TO make a speech, but only to I'LL up the
Tina in the absence of the Committee. lie there
fore declined to make n speech. Ho would say
one word on peculiar notion. When our pill
grim fathers landed at Plymouth they assem-
bled and passed these resolution; lst' Kos
olyed. that the earth is the Lords and the full
ness thereof End. That the Lord made the
earth and the fulness thereof for ls saints -
and. Bird. That ace his saints So he said
Ist Resolved. that Cuba is tho Lords aud
the fulness thereof. 2nd That IT, Lord made
Cuba and the fulness thereof ion his saints
and. Bird. Resolved, that we, the sople OF the
South, are his saints. Mr.. Il. VII then about 10
stop, but there being loud cries of go on Ego
on. he said he would not say another word 10
the gentlemen-he had something TO say to the
ladies' In Difference to the opinions of other gen-
Il emen, he might be regarded as good specimen
of Tennessee beauty. The Parson is tall,
sharp. hyena-visage. ugly, half staryed looking
customer as you ever beheld--in the opinion of
ALL (f the parson viii excuse us,) save the ladies'
He would advise the Indies of Charleston to do.
as did the ladies of large and intelligent town
in ohio-they resolved in general meeting that
they would not walk with any young man, or en.
courage his attentions who drank liquor. Whom
the young men heard of it, of them made n
bet with a comrade that he could make one of
the ladies violate her pledge-for she had been
dead in love with with him for more than year
He approached the young lady in few days in
church, and, advancing TO her, offered her his
arm She sirainh.a,ad .-rt ~.-a - asri5 ~ MS
prefer 10 see her home, answered, mo sir
He advanced second time, but she moving fur
Their off, and raising her voice, answered, NO
stree. He advanced the third time-whon she
told him that she had solemnly resolved, and did
not mean to violate it, ''that she had run her arm
through jug handle for the last time" There
upon the Rev. gentlemen resumed his seat