The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-09

men who have SO long besn unde- the ban
Of silence-rnany 0fsuiom have Br9"1
gray in the service Of cur c~ountry-r1se ana
put forth all their poFers, and that. zoo,
with an utter disregard ~of self-aisd Hotd
party ines,alVirginian cannot help looking
forward to . brighter day for the dear old
State.
The differences that existed between the
.speakersa re1 doubtless ellunderstoodS
the mere settlement Of the general
seround takenin the beginning of the dis
cussion, as we merely state the sides taken
blythe speakers without entering into their
arguments. t9I az f!2 3aG.
The nomination for Lieutenant-G Governor
wns declared nextin order.
Mr.. Weisiger nominated Mr.. John {L:iMa-
Mr.. Thomas Jefferson Randolph asked
leave to make this nomination. MIR. Welsh
ger=yielded. alsl k&-
This nomination was subsequently with
drawn, it appearing that the general wish
was to have Mr.. Marye for the nominee for
the place Of Acknowledgement.
Mr.. Jacob N. Liggatt, of Rockbridge,
was put in nomination, but his name was
subsequently withdrawn.
Mr.. Keller nominated General James
Walker
General Echols nominated Colonel Frede-
rick W. NJ. Holiday, of Winchester.
Mr.. Holidays name was withdrawn. =,
General Walker was chosen as the noml-
nee by reclamation.
Mr.. John L. Marye, Jr., was chosen
unanimously as the candidate for Attorney
General. He was called upon to speak. He
said that he was surprised at the honor that
had been conferred upon him, inasmueh as
he had been o member of the Zebra Com
%yention, and had supposed that it would De
necessary for him to go into quarantine De-
fore he could mingle again. with white men.
He declared his pupose to devote his time
and energies to the grand object in view. &
A resolution appointing a=eommltteeS 10
make nominations for delegates to New
York Convention was adopted, the 1oi-
lowing committee appeiHtsd;
J J J ! : : :
sfSH7 ~ 8*& 6&R 49, 3hven-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BonIdin, William McLaugh-
lin, ". R. Staples CIV. Brent. George Boiling
: TsTRIGIs.. p 5 B Sa1se Douglas, A. s. Neal
Ki HfSG" and Thomas syY Il. Daniel
ThiTd.-James Barbour, g., w. Richardson, Ro-
bert ould, and j. q. Kelly.
FoartA.-Robert Ridgxay, II. H. Darlington,
Thomas F; Goode; F. Irving, r,.a,, w,n,,rn
Sirth.-J. 6. southall, a. W. Graves, Samuel c.
Coffman, Bolivar Christian,
u Serenh.-John r. Tucker, B. h. Shackclford,
Robert Y. Conrad. Eppa Hunton; ru,
Eighth:-JoseRh Kent, Joseph I. Campbell VII
llaui D. hStol, ~ huShSo' asrI
The following resolution was offered and
adopted u e-a:
s.Resolved, That this Convention do recommend
to the people Of Virginia the address of the Con-
s~ervative members Of the Convention to form u
Constitution"
The thanks of the Convention were ten
dered the officers of the Convention to
Colonel Darlington, proprietor of the Ex-
change Hotel, for the use of his room ; and
to the public conveyances Of the State
which had granted their privileges to the
members of the Convention.
A committee was appointed to wait on
Colonel johnson to apprise him of his nomi-
nation. The. committee retired, and after
o while returned with. Colonel Johnson.
He thanked the Convention for the honor
it had conferred upon him, and responded
eloquently and appropriately.
Mr.. Boiling offered the following resolu-
ton: zGIf
ssWhereas, in all the political contests which
have occurred In Virginia since the passage of the
so-called reconstruction measures. the influence
and suffrage Of ,. our nat natur "a t1e , reilowts't Of ths
white race against negro domination, as exempii-
fled In the nearly unanimous vote cast by our natu-
ralized fellow-cititens OF the CITY or kichmona, no
in acknowledging the grateful sense IN which we
receive this assurance Of the cooperation OF those
,SnOt have cast sSan their lot s amSn 4s, us tb aTd a neT bv tn nataps
Identified In race and civilization g=.1. 4
This resolution was unanimously adopted.
The Convention then al adjourned sine die.
+" DIED,