The Portland daily press., 1868-08-05

| "A committee consisting OF MeSSrS. Poor of
Portland, Washburn OF Woodstock, VT. and
Derby of Boston, was appointed to report per-
| manent officers for the convention. Suisse
| quently they reported the following. For per-
| manent President:
| HON. SAMUEL MERRILL, Governor of Iowa.
| VICE PRESIDENTS.
Hon. Stephen Tobin of Halifax N, s.
Hon. Thos. X: Jones Of St. John, N. B.
| Hon. "a. A. Mcdonald of Charlottestown. Prince
| Hon. William Workman, Mayor of Montreal.
Hon. 7. M. Gibbs, M. p of Oshaun, of Ontario.
| j. ID. Standish Esq, of Detroit, Michigan.
Hon. Thomas Allen OF st. Louis Missouri.
Hon. James W. Taylor OF st. Paul, Minnesota.
Hon. VIM. Pitt Fessenden of Portland, Me-
Hon. Eli v. Brewster Mayor Of over, n II.
| Gen. Peter Il. Washburn Of Woodstock, VT.
Hon. Amasa Walker Of North Brookfeld, Mass.
Hon. George FOLSOM of New York.
Hon. Horatio King of Washington, d. G.
Hon. Ill. w. Corbett of Portland, Oregon.
SECRETARIES.
Hon. Frederick Robbie of Portland Maine
Hon. o. E. Fowler of Bristol, N. H.
James A: Dupee, Esq, Of Boston, Mass.
E.. G. Perry, Esq, of Montreal, Canada.
John Cain, Esq, of Rutland Vermont
"he following gentlemen were appointed a
Committee on Business.
Hon. Peter T. Washburn OF Woodstock.
Hon. Henry Blow OF st. Louis.
Hon. james W. Taylor, st. Paul, MINI.
w. H. Craig of Detroit
W. j. Patterson, Esq, Montreal.
Hon. John A. Poor, Portland, Me.
ii. Hill of Boston.
John D. Nash, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Hon. Chas. Fisher, New Brunswick.
Hon. f. Brickin, Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Hon. F. Smith, Manchester, Nh.
The Convention then adjourned to P. M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Wbi1a ba Comp,ttaa on Ordor of n,,,;ao,a
was waiting to report, Col Robbie read letters
from Gov. Chamberlain, w. II. Seward, Sec
retary of State. o. III. Browning, Secretary of
the Interior, Senator Sherman, Gov. Pope, o f
Vermont, Senator Harlan, Senator Morgan,
Secretary McCulloch and others; all sympa-
thizing with the objects of the Convention.
On motion OF John A. Po)r, j. w. Taylor
of st. Paul addressed the Convention. Mr.
Taylor spoke eloquently, declaring that the
great West, the granary of the world, de-
mands, ,and will have,an outlet for her products;
that the direct line of transportation is by the
ST. Lawrence and the Lakes; that the building
of the Niagara Ship Canal is required to bear
away the surplus products of the country; that
the division line between the United States
and Canada should be line only in name
The West is now in favor of her trade-it is
in favor of the trade with Canada, Mexico and
the Sandwich Islands. The best civilization
of the world demands the unifcation of the
of trade, and one flag.
Perhaps the most Impressive portion of Mr..
Taylor's speech was that in which he spoke of
the relations of the British possessions in the
Norehwest to the United States He pro-
fessed the most friendly feeling toward both
Canada and the mother country" but insist
ed that it was incumbent upon those countries,
if they concluded to retain possession of the
immense territory now nominally under their
nfrnlf Grca t,t tha haioh Of
gumeut" and make ample provision for bring.
ing its inhabitants into communication with
the rest of the world. Ii they should fail in
this duty, the United States would not be re-
quired to see a region that is destined to be
the granary of the world still locked in the
embrace of obsolete trading monepolies. The
alternative he would present boldly and frank
ly, though he hoped not Extensively to gentle
men from the Dominion who might be present.
either Senator Ramsay's proposition for the
purchase of British Columbia and the Hudson
Bay territory, or railway communication must
at once be extended to the people OF those
regions.
Mr.. Taylor's views are of delightfully."- broad
and liberal character. If his ideas were to be
accepted no such thing as geographical line
would be known TO the commercial world.
Failing to obtain a recognition of the Western
doctrine, he would compromise by making it
applicable to the American nationalities alone
In this way the prOtect'OniStS would be re-
lieved from the horrible bugbear of competi-
ton with the "pauper labor" of the Eastern
continent while America would obtain the full
advantage of free commercial interchange
General P. L. Washburn, of Vermont from
the Committee on Order of Business, reported
that Committee of seven be appointed to re-
port resolutions upon each OF the following
topics: Railroads across the Continent; Lake,
River and Canal navigation, and international
Commercial relations.
On motion of Senator Corbitt, the Chair ap-
ppinted the following Committees. On Rail
roads Across the Contradictions. j. w. Cor
bett, Oregon, H. 7. Blow, Missouri, George L.
Ward, Massachusetts,, 2. T. Washburne, YER
mont, j. S. Poor, Maine, III. S. Hill, Boston, r.
d. Rice, Maine.
On Lake. River and Canal NAVIGATION
Hons. j. w. Taylor, st. Paul, Thomas Allen,
st. Louis, r. H. Anderson. Detroit, George o,
Carpenter, Boston, j. b. Brown, Portland.
John Cain, Rutland, I. Hersey, Portland.
On International Commercial Relations
Hons. William H. Craig, Detroit William
Deering, Portland. Joseph Fl. Converse, Bos-
ton, William j. Palmer, st. Louis, Frederick
Smyth, Manchester, Amasa Walker, Brook
field, Eugene Pringle, jackson. The Conven-
ton then adjourned to ten o'clock this morn
ing.
We would remind the citizens of Portland
that this meeting of the business men of the
country, is not designed to be attended by del
egates only. We hope that there will be full
attendance of our people to-day, as the mat
ters to be discussed are of great Importance
to the prosperity of Portland and the State.