The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-03

Convention, for it is now a mere sec,iona,
gather!ng. few Southern delegates still re.
.sa.n ~ mere. out IT is IN the hope of being able
70 70 lndnce the majority to forego their Black
keph blican purposes
ne proposed that they should take no actio,
yet, but remain here TO watch the proceed in ps
a 80 ."e ucay ot whicn they were recently mem.
VIII men become their duty to present or re-.
commend 10 the people of the United States
candidaies for the offices OF Pres ident and vice
49,. ..ioen, @ on 4 National and Constitutional
oasls, ana therefore Southern basis. No ac.
lon should be taken by the seeding daIsg,tsc
until the proper time
MI Eayard, of Delaware, did not regard tho
;, ,Hn"nCe tha' oVerruied principles in the Ma
uonnl nl convention as so much the spirit OF
h'aek Repubiicansm as the struggle for poyy.
er ana plunder-the corruption and harqains
OF general scramble for Office He WAS very
49, on .ne New lcrk delegation, who came
mere processing to desire to join in uch nom
Ihatioh as would suit the South; but SO soon
as they Were given their seats, they have
'Inned their backs on the South.
lie trusted that other States would with
ara" from that Convention, and that it would
ne utterly dissolved. Hedid not consider tha I
me seceders had power to make regular nom.
inations. but he would recommend if it should
,, ue iouhu necessary, tEat they should join in
me recommendation OF some suitable can
didafes. with written address to their CON
StituentS.
Mr.. Matthews, of Louisiana, in behalf of
iaken Dy this body until we see if instead of
eSat States, IRE do not t0-noryo1r nuDaber fifteen
a"a pyhdpS ssrsHttsn StateSt We should wait
he said, until we see what is done tomorrow
tno we should DO nothing hastily until We
near from those States who asked for an ad-
Journmert in the Convention this evening
IA oraer 10 nave an opportunity of consulting
as 10 the course they should pursue
ca1i OF the States was then made, AMI when
New oIk was reached, DR.. Skinner, of the
" COO delegation, responded and said he had
come mere 10 attend Il National CJnvention
dcu had been sitting ont III the cold for eight
u'ys, MS delegation having been ousted from
thelr seats by fraud. He was a Hard" and
me dilleTehce between a Hard and a soft
was mat the former sacrificed place for prin-
cipies, and the latter principles tor place He
mao , no doubt that Mayor Wood would have
oeen mere II he had known of the meeting.
W hen Delaware was called Mr. Bayard and
one delegate came forward
maryland was next called, but no answer
was made.
Virginia was called, and Mr.. Fisher respond
ed, saying that there would he more of the
delegates OF that State here. lie said he had
sent An invitation to Mayor Wood to be here
SCUM Carolina was called, with the names
OF tnose delegates who had signed the protest
MIR. Read, of that Sta o said that he was one
OF the three whose names We're not signed 10
the protest. He had hesitaled about leaving
the Convention in the hope of securing har-
mony, but wherever Alabama goes there the
Caroiinas will go also, and he was satisfied
that Georgia will be with us before to-mor-
row night, and he hoped every other Southern
State.
When Georgia was called, MIR. Lamar re-
sponded hS delegate from that State, and
SAID he believed large majority of his delega-
tlon would. before Tomorrow morning. enroll
their names.
Florida being called, it was r-sro nded to by
me announcement that the entire delegation
from that State were present
All the other seeding States then came up
and signed the protest, and the meeting ad-
lourned to meet at such time tomorrow as
the Chairman may call them together.
Those in the hail now adjourned TO the City
Hall, where Mr.. Yancey made a stirring ad-
dress to large and enthusiastic gathering.
SECOND DISPATCH.
CHARLESTON, April 81 - Midnight. - The
seceders, before adiourning, ap
poin ted a committee on permanent organiza-
ton, and they will meet again at noon on
tuesday, when their organization Will be per-
fected.
The Douglas men profess to be perfectly
satisfied with the result. declaring that the Sc.
'eders do not represent the popular sentiment
If the States from which they come.