The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-23

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Messrs. James A. ScQtt, II. g. 1872 80
James Mcdonald, weeg chosen .'"n ~ "A
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Mr.. A. J. CnAsE, in reshs Sc = ~e e -,
and moved that commttye ~ .assss - -
pointed BY the Chair, te fp0i. $3.50
0' The motion was csy led and TIE Chair app
pointed the Commit1 2, Ioilows. M = =.
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smith. WIN. Allf, Joseph Pleasants:
Whi,a ,is cou7hittee were absent, Mr.. GAR
xrrr IF serEas called to the stand. He ex-
$500, y Tho na7y to rally to the support Of the
grast standaG which which they were about
70 rear H7sas here to pledge TO the meeting
responss2 70 its action from his county. Zap
p' Calls kre then made upon Mr. MARMApUKE
von~sk who arose amid an outburst of en-
,hnsisTic cheers. He had Che said) been call
cd to2he stand, but there was no question be-
foralhe meeting TO be discusset1-there was no
di orence OF opinion TO be argued. When
nZrIy all of this community was in favor of
YuN MINOR Boris for President, what was
Iere for him to say 4 fGreat applausel He
lover Of his country but ought to feel a
deep solicitude for the public veal when
contemplating the present condition of af-
fairs; and IL he were in Congress, and at
the head of the Committee of Ways and
Means, he would say, as he now said, that the
best way and the best means to rescue the
Government from its present ENHANCEMENT,
would be to elect JOHN MINOR Boris to the
Presidency. [Cheers Mr.. JOHNSON proceeded
to consider the state of public affairs, brought
about by the administrative power; and in
continuation, deprecated sectional parties as
the greatest of calamities which could befal
this country. The agitation of the North and
the agitation of the South must be put down.
The people are beginning TO see that in the
struggle for the spoils the Constitution will
be trampled upon, and they are determined
to stand by the Constitution, let the spoils
go to whom they may. lApplanse.l The
placed by the Constitution, and if this is not
done, the people will say to the agitators, "Get
thee behind me, Satan!' He wished to bring
the minds Of the meeting to the man of the
tirnes-to man who had always stood firm to
the principles advocated by Henry Ciay--prin-
ciples which, in our belief, are essential to the
salvation of the countrywide man who would
administer the affairs of the nation upon con-
sentative principles-and that man is John
Minor Bolts. (The speaker continued to eulo-
giZe Mr.. Bolts, in the course of which there
were frequent demonstrations of applause9
Mr.. CRANE, from the Committee on Resolu-
tons. stated that he had been instructed to
make the following report:
Considering that period has arrived IN the condi-
ton OF this country which linperiously demands
cordial union of the wise and the patriotic throus
out its borders in order arrest the spirit OF fac
ton, to put down msrue, to rebuke corruption. to
restrain proigacy, to check lawessness, to dignity
official position, to elevate public morality, to pro
mote true and healhtul pros ress to spread abroad
the blessings of fraternal concord at home, and to
honor of American citizens abroad:
sderinS how much the country has been acked by
sectional and proftless dlscord, and mised by as
pIrng and INSCRIPTIONS men-how the best inter-
ests OF the nation ITS peace and prosperity, have
been made subordinate to party triumph and to
lievins that the time has when the unbollSht
untrammeled, intelligent conservative, Union
arise in their mght throus hout the length and
breadth of the land from the Canada line to Mexl-
and make united, concerted, fraterna, effort to
reerect the affairs of republican liberty, at which
our fathers so wisely and 50 peacefully worship,
ped to bring back the stream OF governmental
power and influence into legal constitutional and
virtuous channels. to Danish the national disgrace
which fingers with brazen front In our Cong
al lis, to secure the well earned BLESSINGS of pro-
lection to American industry; to bring back AMIGA
bic repose among our own citizens, and courteous
respect from forei. people believing that, to
cure these ends, much depends upon the int gritty
hmness ability ana ana me n
these States-and believing that these eminent
qualities possessed TO degree so as to make him
fit and peculiar person to be clothed with the vast
power. and to be entrusted with the mi. hty conf
dance which that offce hestows, by. the Hon. John
stern Republican, the unfnchin5 patriot, the in
domitahle advocate of Ri hit, the consistent self
statesman, the faithiai friend Of the always unfer
gotten Barry of the West; We, members of the
Opposition party OF the cty OF Richmond and the
adjacent country, in mass meeting assembled, do
cordially, confidently. enthusiastically and unanl
nously present his name for the consideration,
CONFIDENCE and support OF or fellow conntrymen,
for the 9ee Of President ,s Of the United States
of the following:
Resolved, That this meeting cordially respond to
tho recommendation of the Richmond Whis to
hold Convention of the Opposition party of the
State in this city, during this fall, and we hereby
request the State Central Committee to indicate
publicly the day for holdin= it, and the number and
manner of appointing delegates thereto from the
several counties and cities.
Mr. JAS. X. LEE, after the report was read
stated that he was the last person in the world
TO throw discord into this meeting He came
here, however with his mind fully made up
that it was inexpedient to express any prefer
euce as TO candidate for the office of Pres-
dent. He was Whig-had always been one
and the first vote he ever gave was for Mr..
Bolts; but, having his mind fully made up,
he thought ii his duty to present a minority
report, as folio VS.:
Resolved, That ii is inexpedent at this time to
express any preference rs to a candidate for the
office of President of the United States.
Mr.. CRANE expressed his surprise that Mr..
Lee should have presented that report with
out giving any reasons for so doing. The rea-
son was, however, that il was " too early
He believed that this was the time for action.
1t is the only method of ascertaining the state
of public sentiment Mr.. CRANE briefly re-
viewed the report of the committee, against
the adoption of which no good reason could
exist, and he hoped it would pass unanimously.
Mr.. Lee made a brief explanations after
which Mr.. Geo. r. Peake arose and said the
question was q great one, and all the meeting
had TO do was to obey the mandate of that
committee.
The question was then taken upon accepting
the minority report and it was promptly re-
jected; after which, the report of the commit
tee was unanimously adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.