The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-12

/ offered prayer, when
On motion, a committee on credentials
was appointed. as follows:
Texas, James H. Beel; Tennessee, Horace
81. Maynard; Louisiana, W. R. Craner; Vir-
GINA, George K. Gilmer; West Virginia,
Gen. R. s. Northcott; Georgia. George W.
Ashburn; Alabama, D. H. Bingham; Ken
lucky, R. c. Gwathney; Mississippi, Jos. H.
Field; Arkansas, Col. F. T. Lederberger;
North Carolina, A. K. Tourgee; Maryland,
Gen. A. w. Dennison Delaware, John 81.
| Adams; Florida, G. L. Robinson; District
of Columbia, D. G. Forney.
On adjournment this committee held a
meeting at once.
fhe following committee was appointed
on permanent organization:
Geo. Rye, Norfolk, Virginia Geo. Mad
ison Miller, Missouri; Henry Slackbridge,
Maryland; Cornelius Curtis, Florida; Je-
rome Kinds, Alabama; Joseph L. Dem
ming, Georgia. R. O. Sidney, Mississippi;
G. Caldwell, Texas; John H. Atkinson, West
Virginia; Max Cohnheim, District of Col
umbia; A. j. Fletcher, Tennessee; II. w.
I Halves, Kentucky; H. G. Warmth, Louis
lana Daniel R. Goodloe, North Carolina
John A. Alderice, Delaware; Geo. Rodgers,
Arkansas.
The Convention then adjourned until Tues
! day morning, 10 o'clock.
The Northern delegations assembled in an
other room and organized by electing Gov.
Curtin temporary chairman.
| The following States were represented =
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts,, New York, Connecti-
cut, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kan
sas, California, Oregon, Nevada and Colorado.
| Committees on credentials and permanent
! organization were appointed, when the Con-
vention adjourned with great enthusiasm.
Speeches were made by Col. ]. W. Forney,
Maj. Gen. Burnside. Senator Wilson, Judge
Kelly and others during the day and evening.
The Northern and Southern delegations
were to fuse, by agreement, at an early day.
| SECOND DAY.
On Tuesday morning the Convention re-
assembled, and was opened with prayer.
The committee on credentials reported
S9s delegates present from the Southern
States
The committee on permanent organization
reported the following officers:
Hon. James Speed, of KY, president.
And the following vice-presidents:
Texas, E. M. Pease; Louisiana, Anthony
Fernandez; Mississippi, Joseph W. Field;
Alabama, D. H. Bingham Florida, Colonel
o. B. Hart; Tennessee, Gov. w. G. Brown
low; Kentucy, Jos. Glover; Missouri Geo.
P. Strong; Georgia, H. C. Cole; North Car
DINA, Rev. Hope Baine; Virginia, Hon. Jno
Minor Bolts; West Virginia, Gov. A. l. Bore
man; District of Columbia, Gen. Jos. Ger
hardt; Maryland, Hon. j. A. j. Creswell;
Arkansas, A. A. G. Rodgers; Delaware, T. B.
Coursey.
The following secretaries were chosen
Tennessee, Saml c. Mercer; Missouri Col.
Western Flint; Maryland, John T. Enson !;
Mississippi, Henry w. Davis; Kentucky,
Col. Chas. G. Gill; Georgia, c. G. Baylor !,
North Carolina, j. w. Wynne; Delaware. j.
A. Adams; Alabama, Judge N. ]. Saffold !;
| Virginia, Dr. G. K Grimer; West Virginia,
]. N. Boyd; Texas, Jesse Stencil Arkansas,
Peter A Fennerty; Louisiana, E. Hiestand !;
Florida, John W. Price; District of Column
bia, d. B. Brown.
The report was adopted when Gov. HAM
ilton, of Texas, and Mr.. Hill, of Va, escorted
Nh. Speed to the chair, who came forward
and addressed the Convention.
He thanked them for the honor, which to
| him seemed the highest he had yet
| enjoyed. But why were they there9 For
the purpose of reasserting their loyalty to
the Union, and renewing their pledges to
stand by the government. The speaker
then alluded to the triumphs of the Union
armies, and in common with those soldiers
expressed his desire for peace established
only upon the principles for which they
fought-equalju justice, equal rights and secu-
rits for every human being within the juris-
dicti0n Of the United States.
The Convention then proceeded to bust
ness.
Committees on resolutions and address
were raised, to whom all resolutions were to
be referred, as follows:
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
Mississippi, James W. Field; Missouri,
Gov. Thos. T. Fletcher; Arkansas, Col A.
H. G. Rodgers; North Carolina, Hon. A. h.
Jones; Maryland, Charles c.. Foot; Delaware
James Moore; Florida, Colonel o. B. Hart !;
District of Columbia, Dr. VIM. Boyce !;
Texas, A. J. Hamilton; Tennessee, Hon. w.
B. Stokes; Louisiana, Hon. Thomas ]. Dur
ant; Virginia, Lysander Hill; West Virginia,
A. j. W. Campbell; Kentucky, DR.. Breckin-
ridge; Georgia, j. E. Bryant; Alabama, AL
bert Griffin.
COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS
Texas, Hon. George W. Paschall Louisi-
ana, Hon. R. R. Fink; Tennessee, DR.. Ash
ton, W. Hawkins; Virginia, J. W. Hunnicutt;
West Virginia, John H. Atkinson; Georgia,
G. w. Ashburn; Alabama, Hon. N. J. Saff-
old; Kentucky, Dr. Thomas W. Colestock /;
Mississippi, R. o. Sidney; Missouri, Hon.
Samuel Knox Arkansas, J. w. Babe; North
Carolina Hon. d. r. Goodloe; Maryland,
Hon. J. A. ]. Creswell; Delaware, j. A. Al
derdice; Florida, Hon. Phillip Frazer; Dis
trict of Columbia, D. c. Forney.
Dispatches and communications were
read, received from Union meetings and
prominent persons in various parts of the
country, of "a cheering nature.
A communication was received from the
Union League of New York inviting the
presence of the delegates at a grand mass
meeting in that City. A committee was APP
pointed on this subject.
On motion, it was then ordered that a COM
mittee of one from each State be appointed
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