The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-08

and the call was sustained. Another half
hour wassthensspent incalling over the list
of over 200 names.
The main question was ordered, and the
I Convention proceeded to ballot for Attor-
Eney-G General, with the following result
Booker, 1I3; Bowden, 30; banner, Il
A. M. Crane, L. Total number OF votes
cast, Els. .......,.s....ss~.,
! Mr.. Booker was then declared the nomi-
nee of the Republican party for Attorney
General. The nomination WAS made unan-
| imous.
CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE.
On motion, persons making nominations
for this position were ordered to limit their
speeches to FIVE minutes. ;i.sa
A Richmond negro nominated A. NJ.
Crane, of Winchester.
"James River" james nominated James
H. Platte, Jr., of Petersburg.
Burnham Wardwell nominated John
Hawxhurst, of Alexandria. !.
H. NJ. Bowden, Of Norfolk, was also nomi-
mated, but declined to allow his name to be
used.
After On hour spent in speech-making,
the Convention proceeded to ballot, with the
following result: Platte, 96; Crane, 60 /;
Hawxhurst, So. Whole number of votes
cast, 208. AS 105 votes were necessary to
choice, there was no nomination.
Tucker, of Alexandria, took the liberty
of Withdrawing the name of Hawxhurst in
favor of Crane.
On the second ballot, the vote stood :
Crane, lO6; Platte, 95 !; 7. r. Bowden,
| H. NJ. Bowden, l. Number of votes cast,
204; necessary to choice, lO3.
A. NJ. Crane, of Winchester, was then de-
clared the nominee of the Convention for
Congressman at large.
Captain Platte, the unsuccessful candi-
date, being called upon for a speech, ex-
pressed his thanks for the support OF his
! friends, and said that he did not regret the
result, but claimed the privilege of moving
that Cranes nomination be made unani-
nous. The motion was carried.
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
On motion of Mr.. Bowden, of Norfolk
the Chair was requested to appoint an
executive committee for the State, consist
ing of nineteen members.
The Chair appointed D. B. White, w. W.
Douglas, James H. Platte, E. G. Corprew, H
G. Bond, Franklin Stearns, John Oliver inc
gro), W. H. Samuel, William Leahy, c. Y.
1 Thomas, w. W. Forbes, G. G. Curtis, j. W.
;EJenkins, L. E. Dudley, I. p. Baldwin, 0.
he. Hine, G. W. Henderlite, G. S. Smith,
4 Andrew Washburne.
1 PLATFORM.
The Committee on Resolutions reported,
recommending the adoption of the follow
ing:
The Republican party of the State of
Virginia, assembled in Convention on the
9th day of May, 1868, fully recognizing the
responsibility which it assumes in entering
upon the first general political canvass
which has occurred since the great revolu-
ton blotted out old party lines and annihi-
lated old organizations, deem it solemn
duty to declare in unequivocal terms the
fundamental principles held by the party,
the platform on which it stands, as we'll Us
the invitation which it extends to all the
people of the State to meet with us on that
platform, and unite in an earnest effort to
restore the old Commonwealth to her station
as State IN the Union. Also, to preserve
sacred and inyiolate her plighted faith by
the payment of her honest debts to do
justly by making and impartially enforcing
just and equal laws to improve and elevate
her people by educating all her children ;
to enrich by developing her stores of mines,
strife by removing the causes of irritation !;
to create harmony and friendship by bury
ing enmities; and thus make the State
powerful and the people prosperous, con-
tented, and happy. Therefore be it
"Resolred, l. That the carly restoration
of this State TO the Federal Union, clothed
with all the rights and privileges of the
most favored States, is required by the
obligations which the Government owes to
the several States is necessary to the just
independence, dignity, and character of the
State; and is demanded by every considera-
ton of patriotism as well as of interest;
but that this return can now take place only
under the authority of Congress, i'll the way
pointed out by the reconstruction acts, and
by the adoption Of the Constitution soon to
be submitted to the people.
90. That the sublime declaration Of the
fathers of the country, that all men are Gre
ated free and equal, has become not only a
theory, but a great living, eternal, estab-
lshed fact-established by, and one Of
the chief fruits of, the bloody war through
which we have Just passed. BY the amend
ment to the Constitution it has been made
perpetually part of the organic law of the
whole country, and canonized in the hearts
of all good men everywhere for the noble
homage which it pays to the DEGREES of the
Almighty Ruler of the universe, and to the
rights of universal humanity. All men in
this Commonwealth are, indeed, free and
equal. All persons born in the United
States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are,
and of right ought to be- citizens Of the
United States and Of the State wherein they
reside. No State ought or lawfully can
deny to any citizen within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the laws, or the pos
session and enjoyment of the rights and
privileges which it grants, on account of
race, color, prior condition, or religious
faith.
SO. That in the Constitution now about
to be submitted to the people for ratification
we find q clearly expressed recognition of
the equality in rights Of oil citizens, with
out regard to race or color; q just and pro-
per provision for the education of the peo-
pie an improved and more equal system
Of taxation; and reasonable provision for
the security of q home, the necessaries Of
life, and the means of support, exempt from
forced levy and sale; which will add to the
comforts and improve the condition of the
poor of our people without impairing the
faith of contracts or the security upon
which credit must rest. We believe the
Constitution, although not perfect instru-
ment, must challenge approval MS by far the |
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