Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-08-24
Smiths suggestion /:
SrAUNToN, Aug, II.

M 1t HARMAN.
1t will be seen that Mr.. Hartman, in the
above dispatch, proposed to divide the cleo
tcral ticket, and put one neutral man upon
1t. 10 this proposition, Gov. Smith made
no reply. and will make none, as his Con-
vention has adjourned.
The Convention adjourned until s o'clock,
f. NJ, to hear from Charlottesville, and
Mr. Harman again sent the following des-
patch:
.STAuNTeN, Aug. II.
Hon YIN Smith:
Convention adjourned until 8 o'clock,
waiting reply from your Convention.
NJ G.. HARTMAN.
Impatient to hear frcm Charlottesville,
ana receiving still no reply from Governor
smith, MI. Hartman sent the following dis
patch to ). w. Massie, another member Of
|the committee.
SrAuNToN, Aug. II.
~. " Mzssie:
1 have telegraphed three times to Gov.
Smith, and can get no reply. What doyoa
propose to do? Answer.
NJ G HARTMAN.
10 this, Mr. Massie replied as follows:
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Aug. II.
70 n G. Harnraan:
| Gov. Smith says he has received no an
swer to his proposition of a joint ticket, nor
has he received any official proposition from
your body; and he has been waiting all
day for one. MAssIE.
The committee have only to reply to this,
that Gov Smith never made any official
proposition from his committee, but only as
will be seen by reading his dispatch, an in
dividual suggestion. They also call atten-
ten to the fact, that, while these negotia-
lions were pending, the other Convention
had appointed their electoral ticket-thus
showing that tkey never really desired a
compromise.
The committee met and sent the follow
ing dispatch:
STAUNToN, Aug. II.
70 Gov I'm Smith, j Alfred Jones, etc:
We have not received any official propo-
sition according to our understanding Of the
terms. We have received suggestion"
from Gev. Smith, which we cannot accede
to. Make definite one-an ultimate Off
cial proposition.
Signed by NJ G Hartman, James H Cox,
G Irving, j N Liggett, and James L Will
son.
In addition to this, Messrs. Hartman and
Wilson, two of the committee, sent the fol-
lowing dispatch:
STAUNqoN, Aug. II.
Con Smith, J " Massie, ETC.:
We propose that there shall be enc cleo
toral ticket, to be voted for by both wings
Of the party the electors, if elected, to cast
the vote of Virginia fer Breckenridge, if he
can be elected by said vote--for Douglas, if
he can be elected by said vote the vote in
any count to be cast for the strongest man
out of Virginia. We propose this on our
individual responsibility.
NJ G HARTMAN,
JAS WILSON
| After these proceedings, our Convention
| listened until late hour to an able speech
from Gov. Foote, and not hearing from
Charlottesville, and still anxious to effect
some honorable arrangement, Mr.. Harman
moved that the Convention adjourn until
Saturday morning, in the hope that we
might receive some reply from Gov. Smith.
Receiving none, four the committee deem
ed that respect for the Convention and them
selves, required that they should be dis
charged, and accordingly asked to be in the
following report:
The committee appointed to confer with
the committee Of the Charlottesville Con-
vention, having failed to receive any res
ponse to their last dispatches, which were
telegraphed to the Charlottesville commit
tee on last evening asked to be discharged
believing, as they do, from the failure and
neglect on the part Of the Charlottesville
committee to return even reply to our dis
patch, that the Charlottesville Convention
have no just terms of compromise to sub
nit. The dispatches are as follows: These
dispatches are published in the proceeding
of the second day.
Signed by NJ G Hartman, G Irving, Geo
VIM Brent, j N Liggett.
Mr.. Wilson made minority report as
follows:
[ beg respectfully to differ with the ma
jority Of the committee. and am opposed to
discharging the committee until we have
exhausted every honorable means of ad-
justing the difficulties existing between the
different wings of the Virginia Democracy,
and until we have acted upon some official
proposition which shall be the ultimatuns of
the Charlottesville Committee Of Conference,
or until the Charlottesville Committee shall
be discharged, or the Charlottesville Con-
vention shall have adjourned.
JAS Il WILSON.
After this, and after the adjournment of
the Charlottesville Convention, MIR. Har-
man received letter from Gov. Smith, en-
closing a copy Of resolutions which had been
adopted by that Convention, directing the
vote to be given to any one who could de-
feat Lincoln and Hamlin, if Breckenridge
and Lane could not be elected or carried in
to the House by the vote.
1t will be seen, in the first place. that the
committee Of the Charlottesville Convention
neglected TO treat with this committee or
Individual members Of the committee-that
they declined even to reply to dispatches
and we confidently appeal to a just public
in vindication Of our course. The Char
lottesville Convention appointed a commit
tee to confer with us. That committee has
never yet made proposition to us, and even
their chairman, Gov. Smith, treated US with
Indifference. As matter of course, we
were unable to negotiate with those who
failed to reply to any propositions Of ad