The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-04

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CHARLESTON. May a-The Convention re-
assembled this morning At 10 O'Clock.
Mr.. Russell, Of Va, offered tho following
resolution:
Rssslrsd. That whom this Convention adjourn
s,S y II %ss to o meet t. .1a States.
ave now unrepressnted, an opportunity I" NIL up
Mr. Mason. KY, raised q point Of order
that the resolution should lie over one day
under the rule.
The President decided the resolution to be
in order.
mo ZION to suspend balIoting, was carried
AYES l.s, nays SIS.
The excitement here was so great that it was
Impossible for speakers voice to be recog
LIzed or his language understood.
Several Intellectual motions were made to
change the place OF meeting named in the reso-
luton, TO Philadelphia.
The resolution was then adopted-Ayes l66
nays IS.
(sKCOND DIsPATCH.1
CHARLESTON, May 3.-TAe adjournment OF
the Convention to Baltimore was effected by
the Douglas men, under instructions to that
effect from their leaders in Washington.
The vote on the resolution to adjourn was
ayes 1876 nays S..
Before adjourning, Mr.. Gushing, the 'Presi-
dent, delivered Il valedictory, containing a
powerful appeal in behalf Of the National De-
mocracy, and for harmony in the ranks.
THKsECEDERs.
The Southern (seceders) Convention as
sembled at noon. Only about 40 delegates were
present.
Alabama and Texas were anxious to express
apreterence for candidates for President and
Vice President
Mr.. Meek. of Alabama, urged the nomna-
ton Of Hon. JEFF. Davis, OF Miss, and Senator
Bayard, OF Del; but yielded to the general
feeling against expressing any preference.
Several leading members, In their remarks,
repndiated the inference that the secession of
tional Convention could be construed into an
intention to dissolve the Union.
THIRD DISPATCH
CHARLESTON, May "a salute OF 100 guns
was fired on the Battery to-day, in honor Of
the Southern seceders. There is great enthu-
siasm in the city and much excitement.
THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.
The Charles ton papers received last night
give fuller account of the secession Of The
cotton States from the Convention on Monday !:
Mr. Walker of Alabama, desired to say that
the entleman from Michigan had Withdrawn
his motion in order 10 enable him to address
the House. He then presented and read the
protest Of the Alabama Delegation, (as pub
lished yesterday and, with his colleagues,
withdrew from the Convention.
Mr.. Barry. of Mississippi, next arose He
was desired to state to the Conven ton, on the
part of the Delegation from Mississippi, that
under the authority from which they derive
ton with this Convention. They had pro-
test to present to the Convention which, by
some accident, was not in his possession, but
would be presently presented. They had also
adopted 4 resolution that no one could repre-.
sent the State OF Mississippi in the COnven-
ton.
Mr.. Mouton, of Louisiana. l have but short
communication to make to this Convention l
do not do SO in my individual NAME / am in
structed by the Delegates of Louisiana, whom
l represent, to say that they will not partici-
pate any more in the proceedings of the Con.
vention. Heretofore we have been in the habit
OF saying, that the Democracy OF the country
were harmonious; but can we say so day
with any truth Are we not divided, and di.
vided in such 4 manner that We can never be
again united and reconcliated, because we are
divided upon! principle Can we adopt this
Platform voted for by the majority of the
Convention! Can we go home TO our constit-
uents, and put one construction upon it, and
the Northern Democrats another! No. l
think speak the sentiment OF my State when
say, she never will place double construc-
ton upon Platform.
If we are to fight the Black Republicans. let
us do it with a bold front, and together. Let
us take the same arms-let US sus tain the same
regiment. We say that the Douglas princi.
Piles, adopted to-day by the majority, can new
er be the principles of the South. And let
ME say, at the same time, that / should have
suggested the propriety of dispensing with all
these votes, and have come at once to the con-
cluslOn We have now reached.
Mr.. NJ. then argued on the principles of the
two platforms, and declared his conviction
that the only way To meet and to check Black
Repu bllcan aggression was to adopt the doc
trine OF protection by Congress to the proper
~ Of Southern citizens in all the Territories
of the Union. He withdrew, with his COL
leagues, from the Convention.
MIR. James SimOns, OF South Carolina, next
arose. lie was Instructed by his delegation to
present to this Convention the protest of the
State against its action, signed by all but three
" - ha
test as published yesterday.
MIR. Glenn, OF MISSISSIPPI, arose. lie said !:
For the first time, for the only t,me tor the
last time, and in the name of the State he had
the honor i'll part TO represent, he desired to
say 4 few words. He held in his hand the
solemn act of the Mississippi delegation upon
this floor. 1t was not hasty act, not con.
ceived in passion or carried out from mere
caprice or disappointment 1t was the firm
resolve of the great body they represented
which was expressed in the Conven ton who
sent them here, and that resolve that people,
we, their representatives, will maintain a; all
times and at all costs. They came not 10 die
tate, and since their arrival, the intercourse
has been courteous with their brethren
from other State Conventions, as far per-
SOnallty was concerned. But that was not all
They claimed the exercise Of the principles
upon which the party must stand. He did no
ask them to adopt Platform opposed to their
conscientious principles. He claimed TO come
AS an equal member of the common Confede-
racy, with the simple desire OF an acknow-
ledgment of their equal rights within that
Contederacy. What was the construction of
the Platform of 1856! You of the North said
it meant one thing; we Of the South another
Either you were right or we wrong They ask
which was right and which wrong! The
North had maintained their position, but
while doing so, they did not acknowledge the
rights of the South. Turn back to one OF their
leading men, once representing a sovereign
State in the Union. who then voted that Csn-
gress had the Constitutional power to pass
thA limo lie,
when the Supreme Court has said it is in that
power, he comes forward and says that Con-
gress is impotent to protect slave property.
The speaker then referred to the gentleman
from ONO, who. Il few days since, said if
Territorial Legislature should misuse its
powers or abuse them, Congress can wine it
out altogether. They would part with their
lives before they would acknowl ledge the prin-
ciples for which they contend. We say go
your way, and we will go ours. The South
leaves not like Hagar in the wilderness; but he
would tell them that In less than sixty days
they would hnd 4 united South, standing
shoulder to shoulder.
The protest Of Florida was then read.
Mr.. Milton spoke in high terms OF the noble
men OF the Northwest, whom he had met up
on this occasion. He warned the Democrats
OF the increasing force of the Black Republi-
cans, who claim higher law. They had been
met here with much generosity by the States
of California and Oregon, and by some GAL
liant souls from the good old State or Penn
sylvania.
With the exception of a few, we bid you
farewell without feeling regret; as you have
hardened your hearts and stiffened your necks
to the lights of the South. The speaker also
alluded 10 the noble action OF New Jersey AS
also from part OF Massachusetts. The others
had abandoned the Cons IN ton and when ask
ed for cooperation upon the Constitution to
respect that higher law doctrine, they par ted
with no unkind feeling, and as gentlemen,
the Con yention had their respect Differing as
they did upon principles and the virtai inter-
ests of the country, we bid you most re-
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