Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-28

rcpfesenssfloH OF ladies was % attfHuunces anu
! on the floor were many specsatorsto the proceed
| ipgs.
Tho President. alter calling the body 10 order.
announced u. the first busiaess the rsport Of the
Secretaries appointed 10 scale the vote Inst night.
Ono If the Secretaries announced that the rep"rt
was not yet campiete.
SIR. WINS. c. wickham. from the sixth CON
gressional District, reported The following rcsolu-
| lion from tho delegation. which was adopted:
Rcsolred, That the Central Executive Com
mi,,ee be empowered To GIL any vacancies that may
oxist or occur IN the various elcctorships inkthe
State.
Col.John F. Lewis presented the following report
from his delegation:
At u meeting of the Delegates from the 18th
Congressional District at Exchange Hotel, on
Saturday, 25th inst, 1t was unanimously.
Resoircd, That rs so many Of the members from
that District hive left the city as TO make IT mex
pcdcnt and improper 10 nominate Delegate ana
an Alternate. to the National Convention. now.
it is recommended to the members Of the Opposi-
ton party of that District to holt Convention at
Stanton on the 4th Monday Of March, TO appoint
the said Delegate AMI Alternate.
Mr.. imhoden offered compromise. that
Hon. A. H. II. Stuart be appointed the delegate
to the National Convention; and Col. Charles IL.
Lewis rs alternate.
Col. John b. Baldwin was opposed TO any such
compromise Col Charles III. Lewis could not
entertaining the views he does.
Col. Lewis asked Mr.. lmboicn to withdraw
his name. 1t had bccu presonted without his
knowledge
Mr.. Imboden had presented his motion MS n
compromise. Col Baldwin did not think his dis
tr,t would support Mr.. Bolts if he was noniina
ted for The President.
Col. Baldwin Tho gcntlemaa is not author.
lied To say what my opinions are. am not in
struetcd to say what the district will do in the
event Of the nomination of Mr.. Bolts. only in
tended to say that he coul not represent tho dis.
trict, to assist in making that nomination.
Col. G. H. Lewis made an explanation. To
had been steadfast Wing all hs liic-had la
bored ardently and zealously in tho Wing cause
in Rockingham county. and whoever the nominee
might be, he would support him with all his ie,-
bic ability.
After further remarks by Messrs. Williams G.
Wckham, lmboden and others, tho report of tho
drlrgn ion and the substitute by Mr. Imhoden,
referred to the delegation from the lth dis
trct
Mr. Crane, of Richmond desired to make a
statement. lie read from the New York Herald
Of Feb. 81. the following statement, dated Rich
mond. Feb. y
1.-The Convention appointed full list of dele
gates Ia the Opposition National Convention. to-
dnv There il bur one delegate in favor Of John
NJ, Bolts out Of the whole number, the balance
"
nominated for the Presidency. The object Of the
Opposition party is said t, DO to make u nomina-
ton before the Republicans make theirs, with the
hop" that tho Republicans may take their cundi.
date"
Mr. Crane pronounced the statement an utro-
cous lihcl, and commented with severity upon the
author. lilo desired 10 DO distinctly understood
that hc did not charge it upon the regular cores
pendent of that paper but took the responsibility
Of all he suid.
The Secretaries announced their readiness to
report the scale vote referred 10 Thorn last night
Whole number of votes 81 1886. Ayes 1906
263o.
~ tho President announced tho defeat Of the
substitute.
Tqe President stated tho question to be on the
report of the mn infity Of the committee.
Mr.. james b. Bingham, Of Petersburg. offered
the following rs nn amrndmtpt TO the last resolu-
ton at the mn GRITTY report:
Remlrei Tint this Convention cordially Gu
dprso the proposition Tor the formation If II great
conservative national party, upon tho basis OF "thc
Constitution, the Union, and the enforcement ut
the laws
Mr.. bingham stated that he had no objection to
the resolutions reported from the majority Of the
comm aec-that they were rs good now as when
WHOM they had heretofore been adopted. But he
saw no nnta2ouism between the platform and his
substitute. Ifo. as II public journalist, was com
tonud tnion movement, and he would not stultiy
is convictions to suit the whims and caprice OF
any rian or set of men. The gentlemen arguing
ia favor of the majority report had taken entirely
different ground. and in thar way had secure the
defeat of the minority. lie knew the fact. that as
warm friends of the Union movement as existed
anywhere had voted against the minority report.
ills substitute proposed to endorse it. lie was
committed 10 it, Every mnn from Petersburg was
committed 10 il by resolutions adopted ut the time
they were appointed delegates, and the leaders
aud politicians who bad assumed 10 direct every
/ thing, would find that, however they might sue
coed in stiilng the popular voice here they would
! hear rebuke from the public press and tho poo
pie which would open their eyes lilo was for
| principles. and also f,r tho Union movement,
Which had been admitted by Mr.. Scott. OF Fau~
/ Quier, to be the direct course Ia victory. lie
Thought the party in Virginia very much needed
| the prestige of victory.
Mr.. Wiekham appealed to tho mover of the res
olu'on to withdraw it. lie had voted for the sab
stitu'c-that had been defea,G.l-and he desired
To sea no iirebrand thrown into midst. lie
waS IN favor Of recognizing the old Wing party.
and hoped the resolution would not he pressed.
Mr.. Crane had no idea of engaging in a guer-
rila warfare. The substitute had been defeated
in pitched battle, and hc would row onp,sc the
resolution.
Mr.. Ridgway proposed the following MS n sub
stltute to BIO offered an addition to the tcntl,
resolution of tho ajori:y report:
bat in taking this action this Convention doe.
not mean to discourage the great movement nov
being made in other parts OF this Union for the
formation of great National Conservative Union,
party"
MIR. Bingham accepted tho substitute offered
by MIR. Rdgway; which would affect all he dcsir-
cd
The resolution, as amended, reads as fol.
lows:
10th, Resotrea That we approve Of the adj
dress OF the Central Union Constitutional Commit
tee, in 80 faro only it contains a recommendation
10 send delegates from this State to the National
| Cnnv nntnn To be held In The city oi Ral.i.naHe -