The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-07
THE PEACE: CONGRESS.
Account Of the observation-disclosures Al
dress of Ex-Prcsident Tyler.

gives the lolO"ttiS dccouHt ot tHe Hfst uas :
proceedings of the "Peace Congress ~
The proceedings were opened to-day by the
Rev. Mr.. GtIriey, Chaplain of the Senate,
with most patriotic and impressive prayer,
| in which the Commissioners all joined in fer
vent supplication to the Throne of Grace
The Committee on Permanent Organization
appointed yesterday, made their report this
morning, nominating Ex-President John Ty
| ler, of Virginia, as President, and the son of
| J udge :. &. White, of Ohio, as Secretary
A Committee on Credentials was previously
appointed, who reported the credentials of ali
| the Commissioners present as bearing the seal
OF the respective States, and the signatures of
| the Governors. The credentials of the Mary
land Delegates were pronounced all correct.
| On taking the Chair, President Tyler ad
dressed the Conference in most eloquent and
patriotic terms. His address produced in
tense enthusiasm and the members of the
| Convention fiocked around TO congratulate
| him. The best of feeling prevailed, and the
Commissioners assured mir. Tyler ''ttdt the
| lead Of Vfrgiaia tcould be foil0,eed, Us she
| pursued oaty the 2,afa Of ptytue and honor"
The following is IL report of the address
/ GENTLEAES l fear you have eommitteda
| great error i'll appointing me TO the honorable
position you have assigned me. A long sepa-
| ration from all deliberatiye bodies has ren-
| dered the rules Of their proceedings unfamiliar
to me, while should lind, in my own state OF
health, variable and tickle Us il is, sufficient
| reason to decline the honor OF being your pre-
| siding officer. But, Ill times like these, one
has but little option left him. Personal con-
balance The country Ill danger-it is enough.
! One must take the place ASST ,ned him i'll The
great Work OF reconciliation and adjustment
The voice OF Virginia has invited her CO.
! States TO meet her i'll council. In the initial
tion OF this Government that same voice WAS
heard and complied with, and the results of
| seventy odd years have fully attestud the wis
| dom OF the decisions then adopted. Is the ur-
gency of her call now less great than il WAS
! then Our Godlike fathers created, we have
| To preserve. They built up through their wis
dom and patriotism monuments which have
eternal alIZed their names. You have before you,
gentlemen, task equally grand, equally SUI
blime, quite rs fun of glory and immortality.
| Y 4ou have 10 snatch from ruin a great and glo-
rious Cenfederaiion-to preserve the Govern
ment and to renew and lnyigorate the Const
| tuition. If you reach the height of this great
occasion your chiidrens children will rise up
and call you bless ed.
l confess, myself, to be ambitious of sharing
| i'll the glory OF accomplishing this grand and
| magnificent result. TO have our names en-
rolied i'll the Capitol, to be respected by fu-
ture generations with grateful applause. This
| is an honor higher than the noun tains; more
enduring than monumental alahaster. Yes,
| Virginia s voice, as in the olden time has been
heard. Her sister States meet her this day at
| the council board. Vermont Is here, bringing
| with her the memories of the past reviying in
the memories of all, her Ethan Allen, and his
demand for the surrender of Ticonderoga in
the nome Of the great Jehovah and the Amer
| lean Congress.
! New Hampshire is here-her fame Is illus
| trated by memorable annals, and still more
lately rs the birthplace of him who won for
himself the name of I" Defender of the Con-
| stitution,' and who Wrote that letter to John
| Taylor, which has5 been enshrined i'll the
| hearts OF his countrymen. Massachusetts is
not here. Some member said she is coming
| l hope so, said Mr. Tyler, and that she Will
| bring with her her daugL ter Maine l did not
believe that it could well be that the voice
which, i'll other times, was so familiar TO her
ears, had been addressed TO her i'll vain.
| CONNECTICUT she |
not, in the spirit OF Roger Sherman, whose
| name, with our very children, mas become a
household word, and who was, i'll life, the EN- :
| bodiment OF that practical SENSE which befi Is
the great lawgivers and constructors of gov
| ernments. Rhode Island the land of Roger
| Williams, is here-One OF the two last States,
III her jealousy of the public liberty, to give in
her adhesion 10 the Constitution, and among
| the earliest TO hasten to its rescue. The great
| Empire State of New York, represented thus
far but by one delegate, is daily expected in
fuller force 10 join in the great work of heal
ing the discontents of the times, and restor-
ing the reign of fraternal feeling.
New Jersey is also here, with the memories
of the past covering her all over. Trenton
and Princeton live immortal in story The
plains CT the last, incrimsoned with the
hearts blood of Nirginias sons. Among her
delegation, rejoice 10 recognize gallant son
OF eigner of the immortal Declaration, which
announced to the world that thirteen Pro-
vinces had-b become thirteen Independent and
Sovereign States
| AND mere, 100, Is DeldW3re, the land OF the
Bayarus and the RoneyS, whose soil at Brandy
Wine was noistened by the blood of Virginia.
Youthful Monroe.
Here is Maryland whose massive columns
WELD into line with those of Virginia i'll the
contest for glory, and whose State House al
Annapolis was the theatre of the spec tacle OF
4 successful commander, who after liberating
his country gladly ungirthed his sword and
laid it down upon the altar of that country -
Then comes Pennsyl lyania, rich i'll revolut ION
airy lore, bringing with her the deathless names
OF Franklin and Morris, and i trust ready tC
renew from the beifry of Independence Hall
the chimes OF the old bell which announced
freedom and independence in former days.
All hail TO North Carolina with her Meek
| lenburg declaration i'll her hand, standing erec
| on the ground of her own probity and firm
ness i'll the cause of the public liberty, ane
represented in other attributes by her Marion
and i'll the assembly by her distinguished sol
at no great dista from me.
Four daughters of Virginia also cluster
around the council board on the invitation o
their ancient mother-the> eldest, Kentucky
whose sons, under that intrepid warrior An
thony Wayne, gave freedom of settlement Il
the territory OF her sister, Ohio, and extend
ing his hand daily and hourly across La Bell
Rtriere, to grasp the hand OF some one OF kin
dred blood, of the noble States of Indiana ant
| Illinois and Ohio, who have grown up int
) powerful States, already grand, potent, anC
almost imperial.
Tennessee is not here, but is coming-pre
} vented from being here only by the FLOODS
! which have swollen her rivers When she ar
riyes she will wear the badges on her warrio
| crest OF victories won in company with th
great West on many an ensanguined plain
and standards torn from the hands of the con
Querors Mt Waterloo.
: Missouri, and Iowa, and Michigan, Wiscon
sin, and Minnesota, still linger behind, but
, may be hoped that their hearts are with us il
the great work we have to do The eyes o
| the whole country are turned to- this halt, an
} to this assembly i'll expectation and hope.
l trust, gentlemen, that you may prov
yourselves worthy OF the great occasion. Gu
ancestors probably committed Il blunder il
Y | not having fixed upon every fifth decade for
| call of Il general Convention 10 assemble an
reform the Constitution On the contrar
| they have made the difficulties next TO insur
= mountable TO accomplish amendments 10 a
, instrument which was perfect for five millio
f of people, but not wholly so as 10 thirty mil
| lions.
Your patriotism will surmount the Difficult
ties, however great If You will accomplis
, but one triumph in advance, and that is n tr
a | umph over party. And what is party whe
d compared TO the task of rescuing ones eour
: try from danger? DO that and one long, lou
i shout of joy and giadness VIII resoun
: throughout the land.
e The scene nj the close of this address is ds
I scribed as most impressive. The deep an
: earnest patriotism evinced by the speakt
e melted the stoutest heart, and as he fnishe
L each member seemed to rise simultaneous
IA to his feet, and moved towards the yenerab
= speaker with words OF peace and good will
S All hearts Were filled with hope, and the Pre-
Q ident was followed by general eongratulatior
= from most of the States. Mr.. Chase, of Obi,
p expressed himself as particularly gratifies
d and assured MIR. Tyler, as most of the oths
y Commissioners did, that they :. icere ready
II JoitoW ,ohere Virginia led
= The resolutions adopted by the Illinois lie;
. isIature, for sending Commissioners, are nj
: derstood to have been prepared under the 81
pervision of Mr.. Lincoln. They are as TO