, 1860-05-05
BY TELEGRAPH.



=. CHARLESTON, May The Southern Conrcu.
'iqn y, met as noon, 40 delegates being present.
ino motion pending va, that the Convention
express pi reference for candidates for Pre.i-
dent and Vice President.
a delegate from Texas moved that the resolu.
tlon % referred 10 a Committee Of one from
each Stste. AS-'A
Ar. Meek Of Alabama presented resolution
nars - - eommlttee be appointed merely to pre-.
pursued. VIVA '0
several speeches were made. some favorin1
Immediate action, others for postpouemeut~
A., As' 6a1ry OF Mississippi hoped this Convex
M4a 1rq would separate ia union aud harmony.
:. mere is soutn Carolina, that she is not ready
70 respond to the extremest doctrine OF State
t'9os! tdpplsuse. lie deemed it uuueces-
sa9y 70 usgs those doctrines here; we arc ali
nolteo on them in some form or olher, sud it is
mnnneeessaTyto express them here. The other
convention bos not disbanded It. it has uertIv
ao1oer Cd. :. Why then should we d,sband H.
ssesa ol aojoufnlng, to meet elsewhere, it We
talnk n proper! The platfoEm mar be opened at
nalIamoFe and maJ be changed 10 meet our
Tnn.;a v!s*a t1lnk We are delegates to that Con-
sentlon, and that We ought 70 60 to ballot. II
cur const'tuents choose to fiji our places will,
otoer delegates, they cau do 80. We are a. vet.
however, still members Of thst Convention. ind
no ohe except our constituents can take our
credentials from Us; therefore be hoped the
course he urged @oulJ 30 adopted.
The president-0L! that viii not do,
o,;4ion at A9opsr 9a Mississippi opposed the
gates to the other Convention. We separated
from them on principle, aud .he w8s unwilling
that they ahonld carry them 10 DAlumofe u. \.
adjunct to that Convention. Ii ve adiour,
without doing ANYTHING Or saying anything, NJ
WILL htaltlfy ourselves. If we we,e to follow
them to Baltimore, We would lose all the ulora
tlona now, manful'y aud boldly. lie was TO,
acting. We are here for an otject ind pur
pose. aud If VIC 70 home without ac.iou, VIZ " il
merely be enunc'at1ng sentiment upon wbict
there ID no difference u opinion in all the South
ern States. THIS is the time and The ptuce foI
acting promptly and boldly.
Nr. l&nc.y Of Afaoama approved Of h,
proposition Of Judge .sieek for appointiug .
think it would either save or break The Tn;on
Fhe delegate from Georgia, In predicting dis
union movement By disuoiou leaders. Looked r.
the Alanama delegation, but declined to nam,
who and what he meant. another Georgia drl
sssasa to TO- fhaigs gS him Yaocey hing
Mr.. Jackson Of Georgia. certainly ueve,
intima'ed that the gentleman from Alabama san.
pa4ns to the Union. Certainly no one willeye1
charge him with such an offence. liz rem ia
we're directed rather to my. colleague. who.
thought, WAS placing Georgia in q wrong posi-
tlon. lie did not wish Georgia 10 be in uosi
ton OF singing paans 20 tho Union.
Ar. fancey would not mis1eprese,t GEORGIA
but he did not wish any movement to 70 forth tt
the country either as movement to preserve
or destroy the Uoiou, but rather to preserve
the constitutions! righss Of the South, detuiIing
*ho
from the Convention, and their subsequent
action. We have adopted the maiority plat
form which that Convention rejected, and We
propose TO Preserve it as the head stone for the
builders upon which the Democracy of the
Union can rely. We therefore cons;der1' es
scntlaf that an address should be prepared, con.
tanning oil these facts io the simplest and briei.
ess 1ofm. 1or The country, in a true constisu.
ttouai aud national position.
The question was demanded. The resolution
is as follows:
1ssotrfd, Tint committee Of one from each
state represented be appointed to prepare au
address, to the people Of The United States ex.
Plan 4tory Of the reasons which bare actuated
this Convention in adopting the courae it has
pursued, and In Tindication Of its principles tor
action.
Gen. Simmons Of South Carolina was unwill,
ing to allow any Committee to put forth an
address respecting him, which be would have
no opportunity Of previously examining. H.
did not like some features Of the platform, es,
pecially those relatiug to the P4citic r .llroad
ana that which declares duty 10 the uniou Of
superior to the Southern States. He though,
there Vas no necessity for an address, nor
Mould be follow the Convention 10 Butimore
"hoo he came out he left there forever.
Ar. Bryan Of Texas was in faFor Of both
nominations and an address,
SiF. jackson nf Ce ,roia nff.,,ad .. rrh.+;
tute resolution that alt who faror the action
Of the seeding delegates meet them in Wash.
ington On the second Mond. Of June.
~ motion, the Convention then sdjourned
till r. n. The delegates we're requested to re-
nlaln Tor private consultation On the PROPOSE
tion before the Convention,
The Convention Fe-assembIed at elcht o'clork
?. n.
Mr, BaJard immediately left the chair and all
dressed the Convention. He reviewed the po.
81 ION OF the Seoeders; he approved of ths
platform, but it was not in language that be
would prefer. In regard TO the resolution fpt
preparing an address and re.Xssembline Ut
Washington one week anterior to the Reopen
ing Of the Convention at Baltimore, be wou' d
to the preparation Of IN address oy commit
Zee, hieh was to 60 forth to the country before
ae could bare an opportunity Of examining it.
da could noE trust sny man, or set ot men, how
eF' aote or patriotic they might be, to speak To
the public for h1m. lie therefore should on
pose the reaolution.
iie continued 10 speak nearly an hour, de-
timing his position, reviewing the course Of the
Nat.oual Convention, and said that sixteen
Northern non Democratic States f,ad voted
down sereptceu Democratic States. he desired
the unity OF the Democratic party, and ia > pre-
pared to support their nominee, it he should
reaily prove National man, His personal ef
forts we're for Senator Hunter. lie stylea the
New York Soft delegation as q band Of political
gamblers, and concluded BIZ Saving that he
could mt retain seat in this Convention, if
that resolution was passed. He therefore asked
permission Of the Couveuti,n to deci1ne tho
position in which they had placed him and to
retire.
lie spoke for two hours very eloquently against
dtsunion. and on 6uithipg took bis hat and re-
tlted from the Convention.
hubert scott, Of Alabama, Was then chosen
President.
Judge Meek called up The resolution, but ~
and Texas objected to an address. it
was Withdrawn
Mr: Jackson, Of Georgia, then offered bis re.
sousion for Southern Convention. to be held
at Washington on the second Monday ia June.
y '1eh was adopted with but f1re or SIX dissent.
ing voices.
resolution providing that an address on tho
grounds on which the Southern States seeded
from the Convention be prepared and publish
Ed, together With the proceedings Of this Con-
sensaon, vas adopted, when the Convention I'D
iourned sias die.