The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18
Second DAVIS Prooeedings.

PHILADELPHIA, August l5-The C0nven-
ton was called to order at noon. The Wig
wan was crowded with delegates and spec
tators-a large number of ladies being pres
ent General Dix in the chair Montgom-
cry Blair, from the Committee of Organiza-
tor, announced Doolittle, for permanent
President, which was received with great APP
plause
The meeting was very large and very en-
thusiastic. Nothing hke interest this
Convention excites has eve Zen known here,
The enthusiasm IS unparalleled
The best feeling prevails among the mem
bers. The scene of the members from Mas
sachusetts and South Carolina entering arm
in arm, yesterday, is indescribable. One
wild burst of applause followed and it was
minutes before order could be restored. 1t
was not without its effect throughout the city.
The Philadelphians are jubilant.
The Convention has given confidence and
tone TO the Conservatives, and sounded the
deathknell Of Radiealism.
The best men in the nation are IN the Con
vention including forty-fve Major-Generals,
late of the United States armies.
A committee of two from each State re-
port resolutions and an address to the pub
JIG tomorrow, when the Convention viii pro-
badly adjourn sine die
The Committee on Credentials reported in
The letter Of Eallandigham met with great
applause After stating that the Ohio dele
cation had passed resolutions endorsing him
as a duly elected delegate, his patriotism and
fitness to represent his constituency, and de-
claring their readiness to stand by him in
the assertion of his rights as a delegate,
should he see proper to present himself 70
the Convention. He says
Yielding my own deliberate conviction
of duty and right to the almost unanimous
opinion and desire of friends, whose wisdom,
soundness of Judgment, sincerity and purity
of motives, / may not question, and to the
end that there shall be no pretext from any
quarter for any controverting question or
disturbing element in the Convention to mar
its harmony, or hinder in any way the results
| to the cause of the Constitution, the Union
and public liberty which shall follow from
| its deliberations and its actions / hereby
withdraw from the Ohio delegation, and de-
cline taking my seat In the Convention; |
am profoundly conscious that the magnitude
of the interests involved in the present pc
| litical canvass in the United States, are too
momentous not to demand a sacrifice of any
| personal consideration, in struggle upon
| the issues of which depends, as I solemnly
believe, the present peace and ultimate exist
ence of Il free Republican Government on
this continent In conclusion, l trust that
| the proceedings will be harmonious, the ac-
tions wise, and that the results viii be crown
| ed with triumph"
The following dispatch was received from
the President:
Washiu gton. August 4.
ITO Hon. W. o. Brow ling and a. W. Randall
- thank you for your cheering and en-
couraging dispatch. The finger of ProYi-
dence is unerring and will guide you safely
through The people must be trusted, and
the country viii be restored. My faith is
mistaken as to their ultimate success.
(Signed) ANDREW JoHNsoN,
The Convention then adjourned until ten
! o'clock tomorrow, when the Committee on
/ Resolutions, of which Senator Cowan IS
| chairman, viii report.
A National Convention Of Soldiers Of the
/ North and South, is arranged to take place
/ in September, at Cincinnati. Leading Off
/ GERS of the Union and the Confederate
! armies are active IN this work 1t Will be a
/ movement cooperative with that Of the
/ FTniou Convention.