Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-02-28

content With tnat. lie Wuuleu du oiuci
made and entered upon the journal, direct
ing the Secretary to give him the original
letter received that day from the ladies OF
Richmond, and he must have it. He wish
ed to take it home with him, to show to one
most dear to him what the ladies of Rich
mond had said, and he knew he would be
greeted with the plaudit of "well done, thou
good and faithful servant" Applause. =
He did not mean to fatter the lades-he
would leave that for younger mentor he
did not think they could be fattered. They
were good and pure; and what is pure can
not be fattered He had been called veneer
able two or three times during the ConVen-
ton. He was not venerable, and should
have called the speakers to order when they
used the term, had the audiance been such
as at present. Great applause. Many
pleasant things have been said that produ-
ced laughter, and yet gave pain to the heart.
Whilst listening to the wit and humor OF
Mr.. Gilmer, in the morning. and enjoying
it very much, he could not help from feel
ing a pain at heart whilst looking over the
sea of pleasant faces before him, when the
thought occurred that he should never be-
hold them again.
Mr.. j. next referred to the harmony and
enthusiasm that pervaded the Convention,
and hoped that it would be kept alive. In
this very building, said he, hundreds OF a
different race, whilst sitting here and hear
ing the word of God, resolve, for the future,
to perform the active duties of life with zeal !,
but before they get two squares from the
building those good resolves are forgotten
Do you mean to follow that example? Do
you mean to forget the enthusiastic and pa
triotic resolves we have here made, when
you leave here? Cries of ''no'-"no' :
| sincerely trust not Your country needs
your services, and ! trust you will give
them. [Cries, "we will" But you will
need ammunition in the fight which is about
to commence Oliver Cromwell, on GER
tain occasion, told his army to preach and
pray as much as they pleased, but to keep
their powder dry. | tell you where to get
your ammunition for the coming fight. Take
the report made by your late Governor in
the defalcation of Van Buren's administers
tion-take his Louisa letter-take his mem
orable ''instinct letter" and if you need
more, then take Andrew Jackson's farewell
address. These will lead you to the dis
covery of other and equally valuable docu-
ments.
Mr.. j. then advocated the formation Of a
national party-one in which the Conser-
natives of the South and the North can meet
together in defence of the Constitution and
the Union, if the Black Republicans cannot
be put down Everett and Winthrop and
Dickinson and patriots Of their stamp can
not remain there. They must seek an asy-
lum amongst us, painful as II will be to leave
the ashes of their relatives and friends
among the enemies Of the Union. Let them
come Let them bring with them every
stone of Bunker Hill, from the foundation
to the apex, and we will erect 1t anew at
Yorktown, where we ought to have erected
one long since. Let them bring the por-
traits of the old patriots that now embellish
Faneuil Hall-and not leave behind the
statue Of that great man, Daniel Webster
who persisted politically in 1852, III the de-
fence of the Constitution and the Union
We will put it near that cluster of great
men-Wa shington, Mason, Jefferson and
Henry-the fathers of that great instru-
meut in the defence of which Webster sac
crifced himself. Applause. Mr.. }. con
cluded by again thanking the Convention
for the honor conferred upon him and his
county, and bid the members farewell.
The Convention was then declared ad-
journed sine die
DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The following is a complete list Of the del
egates to the National Constitutional Union
Convention" and the alternates, whose APP
pointments from the several Electoral Dis
tricts, of this State were confirmed by the
State Convention.
lst. Dstrict.-Samuel Watts, Of Norfolk
county. Alternate. -Thos. L. Pretlow, of
Southampton.
I'd. Distrct.-Travis II. Epes, OF Motto
way Alternate-Daniel Lyon, Of the city
of Petersburg.
Sd. District. Martin, of Henry
Alternate.-George Townes, Of Plttsylya-
MIA.
4th. District.-Edward D. Christian, Of
the city of Lynchburg. Alternately. W.
Henry, of Charlotte.
5th. District-Wm. L. Goggin, Of Bed
ford Alternate-Alexande Riyes, Of Al
bemarle
9th. District Marmaduke johnson, Of
Richmond. Alternate Clayton G. Cole
man, of Louisa.
7th. District-Geo. T. VERIFY, Of North
ampton. Alternate.-Robert Saunders, Of
the city of Williamsburg.
9Th. District.-E L. Tayloe, Of King
George. Alternate. George W. Lewis, Of
Westmoreland
9th. District-Roht L. Scott Of Fauquier
Alternate. Henry w. Thomas, Of Fairfax
10th. District.-N. b. Meade, Of Clarke
Alternate-Wm. Andrews, Of Frederick.
llth District-A. IL. ii. Stuart, Of Au-
gusta. Acknowledgements Ill. Lewis, Of
Rockingham.
-. Dstrict.-Alen T. Caperton, Of Mon
roe Alternate Samuel Price, Of Green
brier.
18th. District William J. Dickinson, Of
Russell. Alternate.-lsaac }. Leftwich, Of
Wythe
18th. District.-Geo. W Summers, Of Ka-
nawha. MISUNDERSTANDING |. Boreman, Of
Wood.
18th. District. Waitman L. Wiley, Of
Monongala. Alternate.-Jas. s. Wheat, Of
Ohio.
The will of Mr.. John Rose, a retired mer-
chant of the city of New York, whose de-
cease was announced some weeks ago, makes
conditional bequest of 100000 to the
city of New York, for the education in agri-
culture of INDECENT white children. The
condition is that n CORRESPONDING sum should