The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-11
NIGHT Session

NIGHT SESSION.
At o'clock, the President called the Couvsu.
| tiou to order.
At an early hour the church was literally mack
ed, alses, galleries. ehd every available SPOT with
| men Of all ages-the front gallery beiog filled
with ladies.
| The President then announced the following
| CJnta,Hee on Rtsoiutioas- Vim Martin OF ttory
leo Lewis OF Westmoreiand. W .iier ~ pIes q;
| Montgomery, John Bott, Of t.ichmond. john nj
Ja. Bingham CT wheeng Il Booths Of w
:, II obsnaier of Norfolk, Alex Little of Frsdericks
burg.
Electors "A n otion was made ard adopted. djrsct.
ipg the state Central Committee to appont t!n,,
gres.ional Senatorial and County Electors and As
sstant- aad the various gati0rs were re-
furnish lists OF suitable persons be apponted
htBHRT SCOTT, g., vas loudly "a led for. but
failed to RI spend not beirg III the ,onm
| Calls were in III made fur MARMiDUKs JoHysoN
| ESQ., and the Convention refusing to excuse rim h.
assembled the platform and delivered brief addres
| VIII ch warmly received and loudly appau ed
Spirit of the departed-said Mr j J-tae dead come "a
life on tho righteous mission OF putting the living
TO death Alter c0mpmenting the ladies in al.
tendance. and making some telling hits At the de.
mocracy fer their eX;ravagaut waste OF the peope-
means, be adv.rted 10 John Letcher, the democrat
nominee-to his abolition Northumberland exhorIed
his brother wings 10 bear his history ia mind and
to let the people Sncw his antecedents on tina: ip
pOrtant subject. Ia sliuding 10 Mr. LetcheI's " il.
imyness to divide Western from East. rn virginia
TO make the fol mer free state, Mr. declared
that Re had no doubt, that had the division besu
| nsde and Mr. l. tcher elected dovel ror of TIE W.
| the first Internal iInpr vyement he would bava re
commencei would have been to make an under
gr und railro Ad, to rCn slaves from Ea,tero Virgi
| MA t. Uh'O Loud cheers MIR j declares! thai bs
had Lever heard of any recantation Oh the pars 81
since, for high position. Mr. concluded with :
| glowing exhoi tation TO Ihs wings Of the state n
put their aIn3r and forward to battle Tor the;,
country and their country's cause.
! RoEgRT scoTr, Esq. OF FAuQuIer, took the stand
d tlos yR,ls sIa the Con
true 10 tht II irSlcpess upon the su3cesJof which
| tbs prosperity OF the country delends He would
not sag thar they were to achieve any gr at sue
| at once in the elections, buG he hoped That thew
would stand by their principles and by honest sr.
gu ueut endeavor 10 win the people to them -
years, and he result is, that sectional diseord
Is so ireat thst the perpetuity OF the Union 10
| threatened, and no Statesman steppibg forward
10 present remedy for the evil Ia the Soulh.
ern States the Democracy has assumed supreme
| the ecuiiar Interests OF ,hosa people Aud what
has b. the resultt In Va egton it has resutsa
in squa'ter sovereignty. and In Virgins, IN Ruiz
5ors OF the peculiar guardians OF the South. And
The NoithSrn DenOcra:s are their natural all, a.
They ct together in Presidential times adopt re.
sou tioGs on the subject Of slavery Ambiguous as
10 admit of many inter pretatiohs. and thus Join to
gether 10 and divide tbs spc:is They fai,
| proclaimed q udity OF feeling. aud thus deceived
aud deluced the people. Betorethi CJnyention ad-
journed lie topped platform would be PUT Z. h
upon which every true .rginian could stand
\ platform exc U,ive tor Virginia, without regard
10 Northern or Southern allies ard yet adap,.
states Wien We eT,ct platform upon which we
ourselves stand, it will be found T. have prvpor.
ions enough for all the patriot, CT the iaud TO sta nd
upon There is coasery atism at The North aud to
bring it 10 cur aid We have only to lay ,wn Just
principles. Mr :. s.con'inued his ren aIks at length,
oa The rights of tie south, and the principles OF the
Wing and Democratic parties
Mr.. kIDGTAY, by request. was permitted to read
an Attract of private letter frcni Hon GEokGg w
SUMMERS TO gent enan in this city. excusing hila-
self not at ending the Convention, and urging.
the n omir alton OF strong ticket AMI The appoint
Ysf Qt Alb fha matt and
tie pe}p.e on the corruption of the democracy.
LIrTlEroS TAzswfLL. Esq aitsr repeased calls,
| amusing speeches for which he is 50 Competent.
He was in favor of re-oi gauZiag the old hiz
party under the banner OF Henry Clay, and fight
Ing under that gicrious banner. What is the De
m cratic party: Everything tosvery section, pro-
Tar in Pennsylvania, antLtarif in Ecu h Carolina
liz Virginia. After teiing lwo or three amusing
anecdotes, aud applying them TO the Democracy
he to mp the @ e1srayasa;oee OF the Administration
| t@o years, that BCchanan had iLyo,yed the coun.
tIy IN a debt OF Slc6 100000 Not content with tins
tae the President has han the nnblushng erohty 10
asa % 001,50 mere 10 Legotiate for the
OF Cute Mr. L. then reviewed the conduct Of Mr
Bu ,hanan in tie ae III nOis election well rs the
political erglversstions oil Stephen A. Douglas. the
arch demagogue AMI prince Of squatter reignry
who was now iaboring TO build up party for his
Mr RlDGwAY read letter from Hon. THos STAN
HOPE FLoURNoY reerettng his inability to attena The
Convention becau O. serious i8dis position Of rel
,ive bus urging the nominAt tim OF strong ticket
and pied ing himself to do all his power 10 secure
the election of the nominees.
Il Wx. MARTIN, Esq OF Heary, was called upon and
addressed the Conse iti1n hri,ny in opposition tt
the Democracy. He alluded TO the number o
| changes made in the n8ms CT The DemacTats-ie @
| yerted to the history OF rhe country in lSp. com
| pared it with that OF the preseni-tirew a compsr:
! son between Letcber and Gogsin. and gave Hs hi
opinion that the Wings had reasons to ho for
! cess N the approaching contest When memb,
OF the House OF Delegates. whn the Internal In,
provement question ~as unpopular, Nr Goggin Wa
of lis fast friends, and Is now. hat has Johi
| Letsher ne for Virginia. ENDORSED the Ruff -ei
pam phlat-favored tha diyisi n OF the state in or
der - abolish slavery in tie Wet, and In tie Con
vention wRs TIA most uncon promising opponent o
the institutions OF this tion OF the ate Afie
referring to Mr. Leteh course and the zeal will
AIRED that if his rarity did rot succeed, they wou'
scare them terribly, and concluded By t,.iiug al
an-cdote of a hunfsmap. wh1 winged q wild turke
and gave chase after It, bus finding II Impossible
oseFtase IL. Stopped and d. elared thatn ne old no
get him hat time he At least was pretty certat
the hw would roost tocer In all time to come. TIE
Z m. Csapp,ause
Dr PISkSEY. Of Maryland. Submitted few re
: marks on the purchase of Cuba and tho osfsn
4 Iraty. aud urged the Whixs and American
Z nr ughoat the State to rally to the standard {
. uoggin and the Union.
= var hiDawAf read the f,lIowing dispatch froI
tae Eanant Whsgs Of little Petersburg:
i Nne eneefs tor Gog2ia aud Botts Petersbur
. ~. IT, so s,.. nv hspinees glorious support"
~ IN no,son, s ,n the convention adjourned 10 nae,
asain ~ ie O'Clock this morning