Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-02-14
THE STATE CONVENTION.
,t,rNU DAY-uuR>I>G SESSION.
Rrruyo>p. Feb. llth. 1850.

upon to address the Convention. and mad" a
brief response. Vim. II. Duiany. esq, Of
Fairfax, was then summoned 10 the stand,
and spoke for about twenty minutes i'll re-
view of Mr. LetcherS record. The next
speaker was b. II. Shackcltord, esq. OF fau-
quier, who animadverted upon ia" Inc"n-
sstenrcS and rorrupting tnllIrN Of Loroio-
cniSm.
r. T.. Scott. Of Fau1ui"r. chairman Of the
nominating committee. arose and SAID:
Mr.. President The committee vino were
charged with the duty of recommending to
the Convention suitable persons 10 till tn"
offices ol Governor Lieut. tinycrn4r. and
Attorney General. have directed me, this
morning, to max" further report. On yr'-
/ day. the committee had the good fortune ri
recommending to the Convention "A gentle
man To fill the office Of Chief Magistrat" "t
this State, and to find their selrction--unanI-
nous among msclycS-unanlln"usly ap-
proved. (Applausc.j We presented on that
occasion Iirg inian. without fear and with
out reproach. | trust that. i'll announcing
the names Of those We have selected Tor the
Offices Of Lieut.. I0NrrnOrand Ntt"rney-''"n-
eral. it will be seen that we have "a irw more
left of the same sort am directed I" re-
commend to You for RI" Office Of Lieut.. 'iu'-
ernor WAlTHAN I. WILEY. of MonongaIla !:
. great applause and for Att"rncy-'icn"ral,
WALTER PWEsTuN, of the county 81 Wash
ington. Renewed and enthusiastic aP-
| plause.J
The recommendations of the committee
were forthwith ratified by reclamation.
Nocifrrous calls for Bolts" then proceed
ed from all parts Of the building, and in "A
| few moment, that gentleman approached the
stand, greeted by dcal"ning applause. g in"
cheers for Bolts were called for. and given
with hearty good will.
In commencing his speech. Mr.. Bolts re-
quested the reporter, not to make any report
Of the remarks which he designed to submit.
rs he would prepare report himself for the
press. He then proceeded to address the
Convention, and wa. attentiSely listened 10,
for upwards of two hours. by the largest au-
dcrce, perhaps. which has ever assembled
within the walls of the African Church.
The three galleries We're filled with ladies'.
whose presence lent grace to the scene, and
perfected IL tut ensmhh which has not been
presented ut any political gathering III this
city, since the days of 10 and n.
Mr.. Bolts, in the course of his speech. said
that there would he but two great parties in
the contes, of lS60-the "lmposition' and
the "Opposi;ion' The coalition Of those
opposed 10 the Democracy would we'll ronsti-
tuie the Opposition Party" while the De,
mocracy would be- appropriately rcr"Sniz"!
~ the Imposition Party. Let the var cry
be ''Oppnsition' To "impos!tion
At the conclusion Of Mr.. BoIt>s speech
! James +. johnson. esq. ot Bedford county.
came forward, in respon<. to numerous call,
and addressed the Convention. He assured
the body that MIR. Goggin, whose county he
represented. would accept the nomination,
and will, at once, enter Lcaluu>ly upon the
canvass throughout the State. In referring
To Mr.. Goggin. he said that he stood seventy
two inches in height, and was every inch Il
Wing. He has been Wing in prosperity
and in adversely III, arnor had never rust
ed. but he has ever been in the front rank Of
the glorious Wing army, III III" tllckeSt oi
the fight. striking for his country. Mr. j. 5
remarks were received with great applause.
\ delegate. whose name we did not learn,
proposed the collection of Il fund Ia be placed
II the disposal of the Contra! Committee,
and to be used in drfraying III" publication
and dissemination Of documents. and cspe-
cially of the speech delivered this day by
Mr.. Bolts.
Il. H. Daniel. esq. suggested that contriLu-
lions hp handed in 10 Capt. Wyatt VI. Elliot.
at the Wing office. In this form IA" pgopo-
sition was adopted
l.. l.. Chandler, esq of Norfolk, was the
next speaker He ELECTED shouts of laugh
ter and applause, hy ai,rrt;ng {" the ditto
rial in the morning : Enquirer. ridiculns Tie
Convention. tn" writer prcflrcd his article
with the coupet
THE day Of jubilee has come.
Return you wanirfin. sinners home,
where" asked Mr.. c., would the Exec
utive of this Commonwealth he. should This
invocation be obcycd by all the wandering
sinners? Would not he make his appear
ance in this Hall. with his shield hacked in
hundred fights with the Democracy. and
his brow rnrircled with III" memorable s"nti
ment-"Thc union of the Wigs for til" sake
of the Union go
H. W. Thomas. esq. OF FairtaN. was mex!
called for and on ascending tn" rostrum. r&-
pressed the reluctance he felt in coming for
ward to speak. inaSmuch a. he might be ms
taken for the big Wing" mentioned by his
friend Mr.. Ridgway, in the columns of the
| Wing. Several Voices in the meeting called
| out. here he is--hcres the big Wing. F"
Mr. L. invited him 10 the stand. An elderly
and very portly gentleman was escorted t.
the platform. amidst uproarious laughter and
applause. Mr. Thomas said that the big
Wing tMr. Benz. E>tis. Of PittSylyana.j
beat him i'll avoirlupo, weight about hun
dred pounds. but could hot >urpaS> linn i'll
devotion to Wing principles. Mr. I. then
proceeded to touch upon til" prospects of the
Opposition party in the ensuing campaign.
and upon other subjects Of political interest.
When he closed his remarks. on motion of
Mr.. Ridgwav. the Convention adjourned um-
I'll O'Clock. p. M.-Ricb. why
NIGHT SEs>roN.-Wc have only time and
room t" report. this morning that Mr.. Mar
tin, from the Committee appointed for the
purpose. presented the following resolutions,
which were adopted unanimously:
RSOlred. !. That thercck les extravaganza
of the preceding and present administra-
ton, Of the Federal Government, by which
the public expenditures have been Increased
from fifty 10 nearly one hundred millions IF
dollars. aud the public debt is greatly "mlarg-
ed, is wrong that must b" corrected and
should be rcbukeL.
>. That the recommendations Of the Pres
ident that Congress shall divcst itself of the
war and treaty making power, aud confer