The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-04
THE OLD POINT COSVEN ZION.
The Southern Transatlantic Steamahip
Scheme.
The Hon. Dudley Nann's Expedition Of its
advantages.
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Speeches Of Messrs 8. II. Chambers, Joseph seqar
and Captain Page.
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PLENTY or PROFESSIONS BUT LITTLE MONEY,
&C. &C., 90
THE OLD POINT CONVEN CION.
SECOND DAYS PRO oEEDINCs.


OlD PolsT, Va July 80, 1857.
Tho Convention me. this morning ~ 10 O'CLOCK pursuant
70 adj urpmen. yes.erd.y.
The President The rst busDass ordr 10 b.
the report from ,hs business commit4ee, wbereapon
Alexander Dudley, bq chairman VI the ommt.ee, sab
noiued tho folowb Z resolurocs -
R, olvsd rhsi IN hs opinion # tbs Convention the citizens
and espec a avail ,hsp,sel e. OF every sdysndls
soSdI BY witch she ooud hana md loot BY Ss other
FIJI ogn eDa he ya rsso ss uns.s aha % se
he 1 ss ard % o s.1 o. e ~" q, ss s
tom he people bald up and support thai por ION If
hesolved, Tia, me proeeed ocrsn sersy q roa steam
as. S ss s' H. ss and sy as
cit zso Of III. say.ho eng ss,.s da.sd AasasiS
rsn 50 much stsrs sA not our s1
K,sCSsd ThSi 70 he o'p,on Of III ven ,A. grad
,,. ia.ry ds ,vDs the
We a,.s a"d b. ,..s. IN r ,s c o- and oan
ssaS me end '0' " m '' 'r
hs 1eT s :. r,ad this plan tpr a.
port Of the ouhen commercial Convention 70 assemble 9.
keso1ea iht each Of se counties ci.s and q ns
s and sas s ~. a. .. IN ss,ss NO
I,lues'-o &s'ry a, .el- 70 NEE. In ,rsy a.em
npih $40 oS &C., sd .,'o e .pI"lu: rrsD:. en-
to eo','spa s Ss me Hon A. Dudley Mani IL regard - no
asa =: 1o9 Dudley s,nr ;, he rssaSssso
mercd orvshuon to assemble nj Knor'tie on Tho seh
rrso we'd hs. the N. Dudley Mann be requested 10
ase barge q al % req 'adeasa con sc'ed a. he pro
pr posa line ter Ia,"d - correspond IN aim At Wash
,'soved, That ssh svas-deer 20 rsqnrtsi % :ss
IN OF dollar in # hs suDscri Jon, in rider 10 do
fray ,ro ,n,Da'y ,spnsss.
Be'ore tre Iussoa reese re'outon' ~as pat, gene
vi ce'ro expre0ed 70 hear the vie~s OF Dol Mann
upon II. steamship erprse Be forward In
obedience 'ha visa aud delivered me fo <trg sddron:
HON. A. DUDLEY MAEE's sPgEo3.
Mr. PRECEDENT, iailea anu senteoen--A pub duty,
viii do mt consider myself at nbsdy 10 disregard,
brirsr before you, painfully tepsibe - an q my
instb.y In thus appealing TO reane your nsos:
,uooersie expectations. Nor could I possibly hare
sun oned ,prcen, resolution TO undertake TO rs,s ny
yocc. for rho delivery Of address upon
icss important ths tho pr@eptaa ,cas,on rendered
more I'M, or,ans ny W. naii,.ed ground o" Walsh 40
oAne a~skentl nov v,vlov places ooup,-y's ITO
tory before -ycsthe boa,op VI hops T., despair
ing coonss, under hose pereverog auspce, ,ne
scr Of ADgf Saxon civilization Wa my planted In 'ois
bemis h,r, May scts ~ day 20 ins,,unsa,~, In
mailing II NJ r. sbs oeao OF hope snch rprNs
spa hgy OF he commercial ndepenoence Il toe ]i.h
(Appaore The tG,u,o NJ the cuter hich
ted my stli MI alm~t exciu,vsy Tor tho lss, too
ysAsh y presume generally snowp sl, l4t~ no -svcr,
sgan a. iba,s nveraby s,a, from the bevionios .nss
it's NJ broadest sense Southern snio'pr-o, oc' VIZ
Old tor NOW oAhh " sur,eS, 10 consequence Of has
being no mn.i vv~syable sDd thu aTscus OF too
70 ipdiv,a,s al 10 ,noscriss ior mars teso |,
..ry,a ,h~,e 81 400 or ~ H,a until every
sou h~in citizen .nAl have besu sr ~ded p,vtoni.1
tns,cute rue share thereof The OBJECT hmts on
g. ismille tho citS"us Of the Data 9TH tho opera
tons 81 conmeroo aud navigation aud III p-rI etiAa
the eperpTl'c by endearing To dcsc"ndsnts rom
generation 20 gfneFapon not tpft.qucnty tnA
come pto ire osssssiop " ay,icl.s ~h d a,pys
cais 20 highly that the slIu. Of msnsy car
Tempt nst ecimrnv@ with hem MAJ DOT the ahrs- 10
The steam 'efry become inch, ans bs belnesbsd fom
"a ner 70 son sers,fe an un'everaoie bond ~ union
tops het postcrJ To the hnndroos OF thoa.snds vhp
shsn 2 om time 10 tine DO their po.sessor-f tssin, II
capitalists we're even d-pccd W sub cyi W. s-ssiy tho
eptsrpPe, i quito natural thai upess lnsr.,t ing
dvio,bds should BE- declared from hs o n memo r1sns
they would dSpo-e 81 their Dt'rrsis 10 enpcy
pioc'tjS "a more profitable iuvestmeat rnsreio-e too
ve-ssa might prooa5l be Transferred ~ sY,ic, La
early age Of ineir performsnccs rbo on~ share
principle will render the prize q per snspeut nc--
pnie'tv, compe;ol ideruf, Ing II ana u most ns.,.f "
part of Southern soil rhrs tho aprses OF ,hs stn. O.
char go caDnoi humI vin also o,.erye tha. ITO -.
ierpre fM no Connection with nor II IN opp~u~i ",
any other eaie,prsc VI movement relstpg OCEAN ran
na'iss ION q tho mnrobanu OF epher of tho ss~n4sa
t board clueh dCtrc tie eStabilshmett Il hue 10 "a
ropRep port far Tho advancement Of their lne,c w.
would be oeYs Ia the last de, stesos Ferry
nebt : ih relation an United Sou B. n toe c,is,ns
thereof rcqare line fos c0n-un ma ~ NJ pe.ssres
sons 4, =, - sea spoo se OK
the suirit % nbsrAhr will ranin uisf BY re
merchant Of o.ch Of hose cities Tho eoterp',o
20 york 'anfaiy Tor 5ry Southern ot vrh roe nal
favorinsm b either Bai u do inneasuroaoy
moe; d m'ans 20 so,s DOT only faithfully no sanoess.
fully, Tor every Southern c,uzen n IL ncUl1 DO
c'IteDt wi watching party inerc. pa-f q hal
no higher % Other ambition Than 10 ssues, this %
that PARTICULAR ocaiiy, rrospesse Of tbs generl vel.
bsiae II the sav-bodng sta,os II had nevo, hal y. or
gp 70 ny por BRAN. (Aprsuse) Sputhorn eour.s,-
eoI y oep n'eac,, general commeraal 90 any vas -
idta hh 10 lnenced ia conception From Idea 90
uhose pai'ioisn !, superior 10 his sehs hness ~
Nth y 70 ieo,,t Too project b., been frrociOudy AZ
,ped In tie Sorti tnu very North when i 4g~ sedr.
lovely tying % plan stm Un n des,royp "
rro,e' sSc lave met -pb na.uaioUs Ia a sdva.
sere frehCasd w.t. belief that such IL ia-y ,,hc
hnoencfs. = Is difieah 30 de'crmlae .hich ofu rcr
eperv,pg q ibe stvere-t repro ,auon-lns oas ~. ~
reckless ntndacly, or the o,hes foy 10 crcsehlsg
uiony (.ppsu,e.) The prorct bss NJ such hisaen
purp~e IN cobi nTis,n A. ov'son Of inc ss., tho
cetrary one q W. primary ohjecs IL W hiroLstann Tho
comp onis,. Cf tho coBsttuta tnoe con.
csIved in wido ssj peril led BY stloa m, .hicb
he only reliable suarcans o. nsroai oOhncs syse
without fa hinl observsnoe 81 ~nicn On me
rsr Of tie FEDERAL severn Dent that system
true 10 txs. IN ofttr Thea there might be po.sibls
miscouccraon 81 the se,gp Of the prov,sed eperpriss
~" earefu 10 state q the psuphles when gaze pao1-
city, that
Oratesa a 2, ss.p. he poi issi % q
mo- NO. r sSI .y sae sS d IN T d m, ON
s. W. spe bow - s1 sss ss- s vel = ,s
I'D are gregaI.d 70 ,sgen-s WIN u,srn-i.ie SSsna-- Al
s bs sssae .ri ae" ,cr sra ~. ~ s S'
.ynss Of right fas honorable union re mas be
Now sir, ~ this be unlcn Destroying soc,rae then an
ooio 80 svow hat shsli pever desire honorable
desnucton than to DO found in the fUas r.nk
ri the army Of The dssiTucpycs (Appisn,e shpiii
despte The tEDenoe which I cherish II could
so'erain or express sentiments the suoIeh ce,ipg
Tom tDoie nIoh iDuDaed FOR general circulation. for
should regard myuf A. mcanly sltbls~s " rsht ani
poor craven in principle (Appaue) II y % Unlon.
dividing 10 epdeavor W secure permanently the interests
OF The south, then Washington Uuoi nivder Tue
steam Terry rror aine at pOthng mft than 60 npee
otveop n,b o. Toe policy which that God se psr,anage
himself di.trcts Inflated Immediately sfer the afheve
toeut cf out ~ al Independence lie .oDe foressv,
~hen The W a, 't his rao~p.d cocmgo arcs seem 70
have bees r'fc - In relation 10 ne dsenos, ~hM me
country beSepd tae spslachlsu chain vas uun'teI 70
bscUme BIZ ueTirg sRkacly peD arated INC III sns
niufe and ta oldpg 3h the tspy Of re- " te v&,t
arpHbcatop Of hat coon ~ %" Intention
sbch m,p ao paarict ~ r req alec ns satesmsa-
hin He " NJ. ,' susd, from the meut our IT,
h, rues we o wun. With the paramount importance
e opening through tho Ohesspeske pay 40 oules
IN Ire prtxuru aud ipets 70 tho supplies
OF ne weft tho northwest aud Sut-sest To
acc-mphsh great Direct there va |. Ia all ne evgr
gpsertc, 4 no txettot be rsde W which he SD rot
uro b,3sep ga al-no prvs'ioa - snderga IN Shicb
do ro Unrom saiBsly submit Toe kno edge sn'ch
no acorpd ss nc OIthfui subject ef king. By cssena