Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-02-28


nations fight your battles for the Constitution
and the Union, applause and if the ELECTION OF
President goes to the House of Representatives,
let it go there. [Applause.I Fight tor the Con-
Stitution and the U ulcn, under your own banner,
ard leave the result with the God Of battles and
| the storin."
On etnrning, the Committee submitted the
following report, which was adopted;
For President.
John Janney, OF Loudoun.
Wee Presidents.
Valentine W. Southail, Albemarle
VIM Ballard Preston, Montgomery,
Beverly r. Johnston, Washington,
Waldo II. Golf, Harrison,
Chas. T. Urluhart, Southampton,
Richard T. Taylor, Amelia,
VIM Martin, Henry,
! Thos III. Bondurant, buckingham,
William @. Wicknan, Hanover,
Thos Il. Wilson, Charles City,
Allen Harrison, Prince William,
| WIN. Quesenberry, Caroline,
| Hugh PeEdleton, Jefferson,
| John McCue. Augusta,
| John Brady, ONO.
Principle Secretaries
! Robert Ridgway,
| d. I. BlsDle.
assistant Secretaries
The editors of Wing papers present.
The President having been escorted to his
seat, delivered a speech, earnestly urging the
formation of Union party. They were called
here to- day, he said, because of sectional strife
between two great parties, who were distract
ing and dividing the country, on gu stion, too,
which was settled in 1850. Who broke that
pledge. let history tell. Ali other great ques-
tions have been sinotAered in this. The present
n i W. wit :
900 in the Treasury. They sqnandered that
have expended $7O,000,000 annually, aud now
have debt OF 500, 100000 to be hereafter pro-
vided for. He referred to broken faith in re-
spect to Post Office contracts-and to the Presi-
dents asking $40, 000,0 900 TO traffic with Spain
about CUBA, aud that, too without right to
make treaty. He also spoke OF the President
negotiating a treaty with a faction in Mexico,
against majority OF thai country. If reliance
is to be placed in Democratic authority, the
Government is teeming with corruption in
every department. The timbers are rotton and
worm eaten, and our object here is to supply
those which are new aud sound. Applause. ]
We have been charged with giving AID and COM
fort to the North The charge has been made
and repeated for twenty years.
The Hon. w. A. Lake, OF Miss, and Messrs.
A. NJ Beninger and j. Dodge, of N. Y. were
A proposition was submitted for the appoint
ment of Committee on business, which was
debated till the hour of adjournment.
AT O'clock, the President resumed the chair,
and resolution was adopted for the appoint
ment of a business cOmmittee--one for each
electoral district.
Mr. Thomas then offered resolution request
ing the delegates from the respective districts to
recommend electors, and also two delegates for
each district to the National Convention. Mr..
Crane OF Richmond objected to the latter clause,
and after some debate Mr.. Thomas withdrew it
and the resolution was passed. The President
requested the several delegations to report the
names of members to serve on the business COM
mittee.
The Convention adjourned till half past 10
| O'clock, Thursday morning.
SECOND DAY.
When the Convention was called to order, at
ten minutes to eleven O'Clock, the body OF the
church was literally packed with Delegates and
visitors, the aises being SO sodly jatnmed that
it was impossible to force passage along them.
The ladies overfowed the galleries, and occupied
some of the seats on the floor.
The lists of Electors recommended by the
several delegations were read by one of the Sec
retaries, viz
| lst. L. H. Chandler, Norfolk.
End. I. h. Eppes, Nottoway.
erd Thos. Bruce, Halifax.
45h Jno. I. Thornton, Prince Edward.
| 5th j. F. Johnson, Bedford.
! 9th. W. @. Scott, Powhatan.
9Th. 1. j. Bowden, Williamsburg.
9Th. Joseph Christian, Mlddlesex.
9Th. B. Il. Shack eford, Eauqgier.
10th. A. E. Kennedy, jefferson.
11th. s. McD. Moore, Rock bridge.
18th. W. r. Staples, Montgomery.
| 18th. Walter Preston, Washington.
14lh J. J. jackson, jr., Wood
18th. A. B. Caldwell, Ohio.
| The following are the recommendations in full
for the 18th Electoral District
| For the District.-S. Med. Moore, of Rock
bridge.
Assistant - Hugh W. Shelley, of Augusta.
Senatorial Electors.
| Augusta-Robt. L. Doyle.
| Rockbridge, etc-Samuel Goode, Of Bath
| Rockingham, etc-Charles II. Lewis, of Rock
ingham.
County Electors.
Augusta Powell Harrison, George W. limbo
den and james Buingardner, Jr Pendeton.-
John B. Moormau. Rockbridge Alphonso
Smith. Hardy.-Jno. Fl. Cassin. Rockingham.
Dr. George T. Gilmer, G. S Fortney and DR.. T.
W. Cosby. SHENANDOAH. n. Hite.
The lists having been read, Mr.. Moore, of
Rockbridge, rose to make o personal explana-
tion He understood that his appointment as
Elector was objected to because he had signed
the request for the publication of the Ruffner
pamphlet. He proceeded to vindicate his sound
ness on the slavery question At one time lie
thought it would be an advantage to his section
of the State TO get rid Of the slaves, not by set