Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-08-16
Aitbmol}o Enquirer.
BY RITcHIE. pUNNAvANT, TYLER & WISE.
TUESDAY MORNING. August lG, 1859.
virginia Unit a. Cincinnati. The Spacics Of
Unity attempted there by the New FORK ''softs'
and the Allies.

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the Cincinnati Con,ention srcal iar item
selves, on s,,licci now mccI ag;,a,od =. 'l,.
newspapers
! From Tie "Jyprarl ~, r;e ;..5yar b.Icg..
.iol," NoaIay, Jpas End. 1856.
Mr. Bococi then nominated .Mr. Garnet: As
/ tic member from til, delegation Tor the Com
mittcc Oh Credentials Mr. Garnet was ais,
elected without opposition.
! Mr. Tucker offered the following resolution
Resolved, That the fifteen votes of Virginia
be cast for such candidates for the Presidency
and Ncc-Presidency As majority of the dele
: gate, shall determine
! TO thi& resolution Mr. Seldom offered IL.
! following amendment: Afcr the wcrd dele
gates, inser; voting 10y districts. The amend
mcnt CT Mr. Scd.ion was then discussed i'll the
affirmative ~ Mcssrs. Seldom and I:ocock. ana
in the negative by Mcssrs Tucker, llophi:s
and Floyd, and decided IL the AeyH';v" by the
following vote
"Aycs--Mcssrs lIaryie, Meade Bocock, Pow
ell, Seldom, Garnett, Conway lIuntcn and Bar
bour Total, ..
"Nocs-Mcssrs. Stands Edwards Clarke,
Thompson Hubbard Banks, Hopkins, Fisher,
Booker, Tucker, Isbcll, Williams. Graham,
Laync, Floyd, jenkins, jackson. Russell and
NccSon. Total, L..
The amendment Of llr. Sceion hariI- be'u
lost, Mr. fuckers resolution was decided in
the affirmative by the following vote
"Ayes-- Mc>Srs Shands. Edwards, Clarke,
Thompson. Hubbard. Banks, Hopkins, Fisher,
Tucker, Isbcll. Williams, Graham, Layne.
Floyd, Jenkins jackson. Russell and \ceSon.
Total, IS.
Noes no votes.
III: Gnrnett H." roso .;a& gfet No.iss Mat
! Tie Dcitgltio. rron, N, bA Ui.ri:t rcssrtc}
N. r:ga' "a sl,' nc rots ct'hIot District ,nrc-
,!raine2 tn ths rc'o'r,:ol ?f W. Trc&t. just
aJYtsd"
Mr. Bari,G: gave .i.e same notice ior the
delegates from the 9th District.
"Slr. seldom gave notice ;i.a, he reserved foi'
himself the right 70 iccdH whom rhs contiHg"a.
cv might arise.
Mr. Floyd offered the following resolution: /:
Resolved That the delegation from Eirg-
MIA cast the vote Of the Commonwealth tor
James buchanan, of Pennsylvania, lorthc Pre-.
sidcncv oi the United States.
Pending the consideration OF this resolution
the delegation adjourned 10 meet Oh Tuesday
at - o'clock, y. "
4.
The delegation met pursuant to adjourn
mcnt.
The resolution submitted last evening by
Mr Floyd was called up, and Nr. Scddon o.
ttrcd the following amendment:
Instead of the words James Buchanan, ol
Pennsylvania. insert Franklin Pierce. Of New
Hampshire.
~ vote being called upon Mr. Seldom
amendment. resulted as follows:
"Ayrs-Messrs Harvey, Bocock, Powell,
Seldom, Booker, Garnett, Conway Hunton,
Barbour uni McMullcn--total ~.
"Nors-Mcssrs. Shands, Edwards, Meade,
Clarke, Thompson, Hubbard, Banks, Hopkins,
Fisher. Isbcl Tucker Williams, Graham,
Chapman, I.aync, Floyd. jenkins, Jackson,
Russell and Neeson-total 90.
lost, Mr. Conway offered the following anend.
,ncnt to the resolution offered by Mr.. Floyd J.:
"Instcad of the words James Buchanan, oi
Pcnn<vlvania. insert Stephen ~ Douglas, oi
Illinois.
a vote being called upon the amendment
of Mr.. Conway, resulted rs follows:
".iygs-Mes>r:. Harvey, Bocock, Powell.
Scdon. Booker. Garnctt, Conway, llGnt"n.
Barbour and McMullcn-total 10.
..Nors-MeSSrs. Shands, Edwards, Meade,
Thompson, Hubbard Banks, Hopkins. Fisher,
( I>bcll, Tucker, Williams, Grafan, Chapman,
l.aync, Floyd, jenkins, jackson, Russell, Clarke
and Nccscn-loti! 20.
The amendment Of Mr.. Conway having
been lost. the origlual resolution offered by
Mr.. Floyd, was called up and adopted hy the
following vote; -
/ Clarke Thompson, Hubbard, Banks, Hopkins,
Booker. Fisher. I>bcls, Tucker, Williams, Ora
ham, Chapman. Iaync. Floyd, McMuilcn. Jen-
k;ns jackson. Russell. and Neeson-2:..
"Nors-Mcssrs. Harvey, Bocock Powell,
Seldom. Garnett, Conway. llun!on. and Bar
bour- s.
G.-The vote Of Virginia Has cast aS a
unit. for Mr.. Buchanan, on every ballot.
"WEDNESDAY, June i, lsj@.
The delegation met, pnrsuan; TO adjourn
mcnt. Mr.. Seddon Offered the t'ivin- rcso'
luton:
! "Resovcd. That in the even. Of v"t" be-
ing taken in the National Convention on any
proposition, whether cmana;lns from The com
/ mittce on resolutions or elsewhere, that the
government Of the Union ei"c aid To the cor
s;ruction Of the Pacic railroad, The vote "l
Virginia DC cast i'll the negative.
The resolution passed unanimously.
"Mr Fisher offered the following resolution
"Rcsolved. That in the opinion o! this dele
cation. the delegates Of the Hard Shell DE
Inocracy. of the State Of New York. ought tf
he received as the representatives irnm that
State in the National Convention. ana in Nc
event ought less than an equal number Of that
I, .I,, - ha Splt N h,.
ted into the convention as delegates.
"Mr. Tucker offered the following resolution
rs q substitute Cor the resolution offered by Mr
Fisher:
Resolved, That, unless the Ilards and Solt.
delegation from New York DC excluded IRON th'
Convention, they should bc admitted VII!
equal weight in casting the electora! vote.
"Nlr. Barbour moved that the delegation ii""
rise and meet again upon the ni'o'irn'ieh'
the National Convention.
(Which motion was adopted
Tie delegation retired from the Con'en
ton to vote upon the report OF the committee
On credentials, with the amendment suhinlttc'
by the Hon. Mr. Bayard, o! Delaware. POT
the amendment the vote was:
AYrs.-McsSrS Edwards. Mcade, Clarke
Thompson. Hubbard. DatlAS. rl>iier' iu.he'
Isbcll Graham, Williams, Floyd, jenkins
Jackson. Russell, Nrcson, Ilrn'on and llopkln
lis.
Nors.-Mcssr,. Shan,s, iIococl;, lIarve
McMullcn. Conway, Garnc't, Barbour, Setdo"
Chapman and Laync-io.
$50 the amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Stands stated tha, he voted in the ne
gative-desiring 10 exclude both delegations
From the journal of the National Detnocra
tic Convention at Cincinnati we make the io
lowing extract:
"Fcgyh U.'y', Fsoretdbg'
"MowSiSG Sr>>I"S, June D, ls35.
AT 10 o'clock the Presiien, called the Coz
vention to order
~. W. Stevenson, Of kentucky. after SON
preliminary remarks. offered on The part OF
majority of the Comn,uittec on Creden.ia.