The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-18
VOL. XVII.--NO. 4
Assistants ia Senatorial Distriets. am

assis,ants In countiss.--Ohio--A. ). ran
nell Brooke--Wm. Jones; hSneocx-nenJan" Me1sna
usD IL. Stewart, Wet2el-Wm. A. Newman
Ty,er-.Johu ". Mccoy, Marion-Dr }. IL |
Ryand: Alarshall-kobt. w. Conneii.
The various delegations having concinoed
,,a,r ranor;s .he President called upon the |
S.or.,ar,es 10 state the result Of the scaled |
vote. A. ~r. .,,. ,,-,~ ,r,ar
.,,,ed hv y delegate from Morgan, who de-
.irad 10 know If a member, who was not pre-
s.n; last night, had no, right TO recosd MS
go his morning Two OF the counties in his
district had lost their inolai Weigat py so.,ns
IN opnosition, and he therefore wished the pri-
-. Of voting upon the question.
presiaent.-The gentleman has not right 10
csst his vote this morning.
Mer,ber--We have adopted the rules OF
tho House of Delegates, as far as appiicabie,
IA Nv those rules n member has a right to
Vote a. any time before the result Is ah-
nounced ;s ,ho ,,,,,,,or b,s not a
rich, 10 cast his vote.
a Member.-Then appeal from the decision
Of the Chair. ~ tim.
the member "lthuie" Ai' A"o'i'-N " ~
TO cast his vote
MIR r McMullen.-I 'esire TO castd so'e Oh
the resolution for the counties on ovott al"
Smy,he. When the vote was 'anei 'a.l,, tne .en,
ing before. was engssfed Wfsh my aeiesatioh
in raoo..mending Electors, ana therefore HISS
| Cd the opportunity to cast my Vo'e.
prssideut-The Gentleman can only vote oy
leave Of the Convention he men tnem pus pr,,he ,h
| question .'Shall the gentleman from o'hy the
| ha aIIov,e5 TO east the vote of ms couhtles =
| and the vote being taken 1t was oeeioeo III 'he
| affirmative. A., ~,,
| MIR McMullen.-I don't thank tne ConNeh-
| ton for the courtesy. daughter
| President.-The Secretaries VIII now report
| the scale vote. x,, 49,
Mr.. n. TYLER then reported as follows: ayes
i0,9i0 noes ~, 2s,4o3--lnaJoTi'y io1 'he
| 1887 ;a NTH ,ord
| and deatening shouts OF applause, which con-
| timed for several seconas: ,,
| President-So the resolution upon witch
| The scale vote was adogted, has been carried
| in the affirmative.
| The resolution is as follows:
| "R.solr,d That any Democrat pTescnt.irom any
| county whlc has delegate on tins iio"r' De IN
yited - deliberate IN the proceedings "i this meet
! Mr. r. B Douglass-There seems 10 me to
| he same error in the report just made by the
| Secretaries | desire TO know Ii the scare Wits
| made bv the vote between Buchanan ana Fill
| more in 1856. - ,o..
| u,s the vote npon which the scale was made
Dr Dove and myself did the sealing but
| gentleman who has attended the Convention.
| made the addition. ..
| Mr. Dousiass-I did not mean to intimate
| ,hatanything unfair had been done.
| Gen. A. A. Chapman, OF Monroe. obtaineo
| the floor and was recognized by the President
! ttp said he arose TO nTSSPU 4 "hANA
| he hoped would meet with the corulli cohcui
| renee IF every Democrat in Virginia lie ue-
| signed asking an expression OF preference oi
| The Democracy Of the State for weii-trien
and faithful son OF the oid Doihlnion, io'
| next President of the United States-an ex
| oressiou Of preference Tor the noble the gal
liant. Constitution-ioving. Henry "A. Wise
IApplause1 Men are born for great occa
sions and Henry a. Wise is the man fol
this important crisis [Applause.] His nam'
creates an enthusiasm throughout the Sta'e
in which old and young, and even the chiiu,el 81
! and the ladies, cordially paruclpae- zap
plause1 1t will be said here thar in DECLARING
| this preference We are departing from tn
time -honored usages of the party; ont let III
| tell those gentlemen that for more than hall
| century Virginia has had no candidate 10
| President or Vice President. and for that rea
| son has had no preference TO declare tAp
; nlausel Virginia has asked nothing 1or lori
| wears aud now when she comes up with ne
| own noble. gallant and Well-trlea son, ca
| there he any reason why she should not de
clare her preference flor him over all others
[Applause and cries of mo y no
Col. Nc McMullen.-1 arise 70 Il point OF oroe
There is now no business before the house
=; | my friend Gen. Chapman, has resolution
offer. he should do SO 1T once, SO as to ha'
q | something to speak TO.
Gen. Chapman had indicated the TENOR
: his proposition, and then read the tolioWln
| resolution 49, .
:, Rssolred, That it is the opinion of this Convel
tion that Henry A. Wlse s the chf;ue "i s1e penn
The reading was received with great al
: rlause and repeated cheers by the 1rieno.
= Mr.. Wise
Il 10 read the following, which ne proposed
- offer as a substitute for the above Eesoiutio
4 at the proper time -
y Leave being granted, Mr.. W. read as 10
lows:
:. | the selection of Democratic electoral candldat
and to organize the party throughout virginia
C; seives 10 the support of any national ticket tn
r NAV be nominated by the Charleston Conventle
k; IN accordance with the usases oi such Democ'a
r. - '"R, RS,,oIr,d Turihfr, That dscaim ns the right
o. nnvent;nn' either directly or indirectly, to
d iuence the action of the several district eonv
II. mons which are the constituent bodies TO se e
,hnse dele gates, they ,ender the FOREGOING plet
TO the Democracy of the several states M, as
H. minion is new az ever before. true the dny
, hooking alone to the CONSERVATION ol Ieihocia
H. nj without reference to the fortunes oi
iiy,dnal gentlemen who may be candidates Tor
e. Charleston Conventions nomination.
b. The substitute was loudly applauded, q
ld cries of "question" were made
e Prpsident-The question is now on the re-
Iutiou of Gen. Chapman, and that gentlem
is entitled TO the fioor.
m. MT Stoyall-The President is mistake,
The question is upon the substitute. IL
IL President.-The gentleman himself is m
of taken. Gen Chapman merely yielded the IL
for the reading of the substitute, when v
Ia, not be in order Until his remarks are G.
OF ciuded. [Cries OF "Righ', 'Io on e'c'l
u G.n. ChapInAn--I may be willing to vote
n the frst resolution of the substitute Whei
IA comes up, for expect to vote for the homi
of the Charleston Convention, (appiause]
that does not prevent me ron oefiai ua ~
II; preference for the gifted and gallant Henr.
Wise the copies candidate. lCheers.I
xe ticians may try to defeat his nomination,
er, he great body Of the people OF Virginia
Co. coming mp in their strehe'H " H.' SaHp
ny, and declaring that Henry A. Wise is their
Ed. | choice-that he is. the man for the tilhe
fApplausel GeH. G. then referred 10
course of Gov Wise on the KNOWN ON
As question in 1856, and declarea 'ma,, a.s :. N
ng- mated. he would start in the canvass
the entire strength of all the foreign vot
sta, He next referred to his course IN relatlon
i. the Harpers Ferry raid, when ne oeie
an, would give him strength with the conee,
,iyes of the North, and with the lovers % q
or; Union everywhere. The voice OF the .
cannot be heard by electoral dist Deo' :" "
rial a large majority Of the Democratic voteis y
rial districts are east Of that line. How, then,
TO he arrived at! Here, and only mere, WI
the delegates are fresh from 'he peopIe.
ms. them declare our preference LOT MN, as
oe ; | constituents would do. Let the Union "A!
mt that Henry A. Wise is the choice OF sns'
and he will 20 into the Charleston CohSen
'oD, with a prestige that will ensure success :
Mr.. nl,usp Let him be nominated Dy thhe
!. J. yention, and there will go up one louu ~
of qualification from the seaboard 10
of mountains And when he is elected,
ny; | will be. if nominated. You will see the
I, Of bow signal of returning peace archlhg VI
tas declare there is no further oahger ~
OF Union. GApplanseI
l.. Al this poin, the confusion In the mai
ne came very great aud cries OF Mr. PRESIDE
J, OF ..Uouglass, "order," were heard IN ever.
ry rectiOn. D,~
r, OF The President recognized MT Douglass
W. announced him Is entitled to the floor