Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-05-05
The Southern Convention.

CHARLESTON, May 3.-The Southern Convention
assembled at noon. About forty delegates were
present.
The motion pending was that the Convention
express q preference for candidates for President
| and Vice President.
A delegate from Texas moved that the resolu-
tiOn be referred to a committee OF one from each
State
they were pepared to act at once on the resOlu-
| ton.
Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, withdrew the resolution
to express preference for candidates.
Mr.. Burrows, of Arkansas, presented a resolution
| for appointing a standing committee of one from
each State to issue address to the Democratic
party of the Union. This Convention has in its pos
session the ark of the covenant
| The resolution was adopted by Il States of this
| Union and it was a point around which the coun-
| try would rally.
J Mr.. Meek, Of Alabama, moved as a substitute
! that a committee be appointed merely to prepare
address, giving reasons for the course pursued.
! He further said that any Southern State that shall
go into the Baltimore Convention goes in ap-
| proven of Squatter Sovereignty doctrines The
| resolution adopted at their adjournment invites
| the Southern States to fill up the vacancies
/ CasiOned by our secession, declaring our seats
vacant. He was in favor Of nominating jeff
Davis and Bayard, but he yielded to the wishes of
others to fOrego the expression of any preference
at this time
Mr.; Burrows withdrew his proposition.
Mr.. Hill of Georgia stated that if the object
to make this disuniOn movement he and his col
leagues were prepared to leave at once. His con-
stituents would approve of nothing that would tend
to disuniOn.
Mr. Yancey asked who he alluded to as favorIng
disuniOn
Mr.. Hill asked to be excused from answering
Mr. Hancey demanded an answer. as he wanted it
to go the country that there had been word
deed tending to the dissolution Of the Union
Mr. Hill admitted that there had been nothing said
or done, but the position we would be put in by
this action would make a dlsuulOn combination
our attitude would be disunOn attitude.
Mr. Meek, of Alabama, had always been Union
man, and was so still if the constitutional rights of
the South were respected.
A delegate from Louisiana denied that there had
been any disunion sentiments here. He thought the
course proposed, of disbandng, a regular one.
We are about separating without recommending or
taking any action with regard to the Presidency.
He, therefore, moved that, should the Baltimore
Convention repudiate the resolutions passed here,
that committee be authorized to call a National
Convention.
Mr.. Jackson, of Georgia, thought this was no time
TO cry Union. There no man in Georgia who
would shout for Union at the expense Of the rights
of the South. [ShOuts of applause When the
rghtJ of the South sacrificed to the North, lam
for liberty first and Union afterwards. [Cheers.l
If these be nobody here to stand by me must quit
the South.
Mr.. Whitley, of Delaware, moved to Law the res
The delegates from each State can give to their
States their reasons for the course pursued. He
opposed to any general address He therefore NOV
ed that this Convention do now adjourn.
Mr.. Meek appealed to Mr.. Whitley to withdraw
his motion, and SAID if any one supposed him to be
devoted TO the Union at the expense of Southern
rights he mistaken. Sever the Constitution
and the Union is gone. He wished to vndicate be-
fore the world, well the Union, their position.
He wanted this great movement to be properly I'M
derstOOd.
Mr.. Barry, of Miss. hoped this Convention would
separate in union and harmony. Where is South
Carolina that she is not ready TO respond to the
tremsst doctrines of State rights. [Applausel He
deemed it unnecessary to urge those doctrines here
We are all united on them in some form or other,
and it is unnecessary to express them here. The
other Convention has not disbanded. 1t has merely
adjourned Why then should we disband, instead
of adjOurning to meet elsewhere if we should think
proper!
New York, May 3-The Tribme's correspondence
says Mayor Wood appeared to-day in the Seceders'
Convention and explained that he had been invited
to attend their meeting last night but he felt HIM
self delicately situated Without further action, Mr.
Iancey delicately gave HIM the cold shoulder by
suggesting that the convention was composed of re-
firing delegations, and regretted that he had not
been admitted, as to be in that category. Mr..
Wood took the hint. and has made virtue of neces-
sity, bya written protest against tue proceedings.
The Times correspondent says Fernando Wood
and his delegation left this afternoon in the Jas.
Adger for New York Since he is nOn-commtta to
either convention it is stated that portion of Vir
ginia will break eff and that the Douglas party
pect an accession from it tonight. They confidently
say they will either nominate him or adjourn to
New York.
Charles OConor, of New York, is now spoken of
as a candidate for Vice President in the secession
convention.