The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-06
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.

At about haf-past 8, or nearly 10 O'Clock, the dee-
gates commenced assembling, ana soon the body OF
the hall was filed to overfoWing by delegates u mon
League members, and ladies. The reports Of the
Committees on Resolutions Address was the uni
yersal subject of conversation and the rumor that
negro suffrage would be successfully opposed in the
Convention caused, at times, considerable excite.
ment, and the periodical luIl would be follow by
Obub of increased vehemence.
At twenty minutes to II O'Clock the Convention
was called to order by President Speed, with the
announcement that Gods essing would be suppli-
Gated on the proceedings of the Convention by Rev.
DR.. Nadal. HIS supp lcation was at once impas.
stoned, eloquent, ana OF a charitable tendency He
pray ed most ierv sntiy for Andrew johnson that
Providence might ms piTe him with regard for the
good the citizens and the present and future veal
of the country. Immediately upon the conclusion
of the prayer the sac ed silence abruptly broken
by one of the Maryland delegation, who offered a
resolution.
The report of the Committee on Address was called
for ana the President asked them to ADVANCE to the
platform Senator Creswe, OF Maryland, advanced
to the platform and commenced reading the address.
From the first word unparalleled and Doisterous en-
thusiasm prevailed. Various sentiments expressive
Of the traitorous policy of the President, and the
loyalty of the Union. loving Republicans OF the
South, received with lOng-cOntinued and ener.
getc plaudits. Particularly the three following that
in Andrew johnson "tbey had eGpected a benetGctor
but diScoUered perSecVtor," and quotation from
Abraham Llncoln's address al Gettysburg, that the
Government "ofttc people By the people, and tor the
people, shall not perish from the earth" aud besides,
that rtkere tCers sin IN the south those lcR9 cere
strong enough to resist tSe tyrcHmy or treason"
called forth expressions OF appreciation in
loud and continued cheers; the delegates rose
with impulse to their teet, the ladies waved
their handkercLieis and an uproar ensued tnat for
time threa ened to rend the root asunder Upon the
conclusion OF the reading Of tn address, and after
quiet was again restored, Mr. Bolts, OF Virglna,
arose and commenced to suggest o slight amend.
ment of the address. On account or his speaking
last night in the open air, ne exceedingly
hoarse, and upon beng called upon re-
peatedy to raise his voice he became slightly
indignant, and roared out like a Stentor, that he
found fault in but single Dne IN tle Address which
was that, "Democratc literature prescribed IN
| the south and declared incendiary" when, on the
| contrary Democratic literature the only kind
that was tolerated thore lie therefore moved that
the Address be adopted ny acclamation, onntting
| only the above paragraph
| He had hardly concluded his motion when
one of his colleagues and THAI action
on the adoption of the Address be deferred until to-
morrow. He was interrupted in his motion by loud
expressions of dsapproDation. lie shouted them
down by an emphat declaration that he would De
heard, on winch determinate assertion perfect
ouIet was secured. AS reason for his mo-.
ton he said that he wished that the Addre3
be published and circulated among the delegates,
so that it can be studied, as the gentleman from
Virginia had evidently done and lIOm principle he
refused to accede to the adoption of an Address of
the tenor of the contents OF which he knew but
little He was interrupted in his explanation by Mr..
Sherwood, of Texas, who said the document ex.
pressed sentiments OF character gratifying to the
delegates of this Conventions but it was not alone to
prescribe the policy OF Andrew johnson for which
they lad convened. He therefore offered another
address as substitute, expressing more of the senti
ments of the Southern people, and more of the rea.
| sons that called them together.