The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-01
ends, raised against them, or fling ob1oquy /
upon them or their motives.
And wnI1ld have Virpirin aar this In m i

ends, raised against them, or fling obloduy
upon them or their motives.
And would have Virginia say this in url- /
mistakab1c tones. The time has past for
muffiing the voice of Virginia in national
conventions. Well it would have been four
years ago il she had dared to raise her voice
in 4 Democratic convention. No one pro-
poses TINT Virginia shall present a candidate
for the place Of President, but I, for one, be-
lieve that Virginia and her sister States of
the South, upon whom the burthen of this
fight, as all admit, must fall, and whose in
terest in.the issue surpasses that of all other
sections, should be heard-heard fully and
respectfully-in the st. Louis Convention,
and should utter her view OF policy with no
uncertain sound.
When the Convention utters its will and
presents its candidate, let that will and that
candidate represent the best wisdom and
the highest patriotism of Virginia, as well
as OF the most potential States Of the North,
and all will again be well with us.
And happily for our success in this fight,
there never was time when the best Of
Virginia's sons were more patriotically re-
solved to do their whole duty without self
rating. / have never seen less Of q dispo-
sition to contend for the honors of the cam
vas, and If may, finally, be indulged in
one personal word, as it is the last shall
probably utter here, want to say, what /
am proud to say for the Convention at large,
that while / am candidate for no Office at
the hands Of the Convention or OF my own
delegation, / am an uncommissioned que
rilla in that fight, and ready everywhere
and anywhere to do battle for the great
cause OF pure government, henest admins
tration, and equal justice to States and peo-
pie. . -"
HAJOR BAKER p. LEE
was next invited to the stage, and addressed
the Convention as to the course Virginia
should pursue in the st. Louis Convention.
He thought that we should vote in that
Convention for the strongest man. He then
alluded to the candidates s-Bayard, Hen
bricks, Davis, Tilden, and the others-and
declared that it was our duty to unite upon
TIE man who would lead the party to vic
tory. At the mention OF Tilden's name
there was burst OF applause from every
part OF the building.
| IN THE COMNITTEE-RooN.
The Committee on Permanent Organiza-
tion was organized, after retiring, with
General Fitz. Lee as chairman, and Colonel
S. A. Swami, OF Caroline, as secretary. For
President OF the Convention Hon. Thomas
| S. Bocock, of Lynchburg; General Z. r.
Bagwell, Of Accomac; General w. 3. Talia-
ferro, OF Gloucester; General w. II. F.
Lee, of Fairfax; and Hon. John L. Marye,
of Fredericksburg, were named. On the
first ballot Mr.. Bocock was dropped, on the
second General Lee, on the third General
Bagwell. On the fourth ballot the vote
stood: Taliafcrro, 13; Marye, IA; and Mr..
Marye was accordingly declared elected, and
his election was made unanimous.
| For secretary Mr.. James r. Fisher, OF
Richmond, and Colonel A. Q. Holiday, OF
Mr.. Fisher was subsequently withdrawn,
nous vote.
The contests over the places Of vice-pres-
idents were not exciting.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION EFFECTED.
At the conclusion OF Major Lees address,
| General Fitzhugh Lee, from the Committee
on Permanent Organization, presented the
following report:
| For President Hon.. John L. Marye, OF
| Spotsylvania.
Vice Presidents: First district, General
William B. Taliaierro; second, Colonel Will
liam Lamb, Norfolk; third, James II: Cox,
|
| fifth, Langhorne Scruggs; sixth, Hon.
Thomas Whitehead; seventh, E. j. Arm
strong; eighth, General W. II. F. Lee !;
ninth, General James A. Walker.
Secretary: A. Q. Holiday, and such as
sistant secretaries as he may select.
The committee also presented the follow
ing:
PesolUed, That the Konservative kam-
paign Klub be requested to retain charge OF
the hall under their present management.
Resolved, That the rules Of the Virginia
Senate be adopted by the Convention for the
conduct OF its proceedings.
The report was agreed to unanimously.
The secretary appointed Mr.. James r.
Fisher as his assistant.
The Chair appointed Messrs. A. W. Now
lin, j. II. Kelley, and J. Armistead Carter
to wait upon the permanent President and
inform him OF his election.
The committee performed its duty, and
presented
EX-L1EUTENA MARYE
to the Convention as its permanent Presl-
dent. [Applause.]
Upon taking the gavel ex-Lieutenant-
Governor Marye said:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen,-I return
you my grateful Acknowledgements for
your invitation to occupy this chair. Al
! though accustomed to administer the rules
which govern delibcrative bodies, the size OF
this Convention will compel me to invoke
your cooperation in the maintenance OF its
orderly procedure, and am glad to know
that this appeal is never unheeded by true
Virginia assembly.
Permit me to say few words at this
threshold OF your deliberations.
You meet as the representatives OF the
great Conservative party Of virginia.
party which comprises with but slight eX-
ception the property-interests, the intellect,
the culture, the social worth and stake OF the
Commonwealth. You come to contribute
the counsel OF Virginia in the approaching
Convention of the National Democratic
party, whose function Will be to supply the
present paramount need of the country and
furnish to the republic an honest and capa-
bic President
The auspices which attend your work are
most favorable. That corrupt and wicked
party which has ruled our country for ten
wears has. during this dreary decade OF mis-
rule and oppression, so swelled the cata-
losue of it's evil deeds, so betrayed the conf
dence, prostrated the material interests, Of
tended the honorable pride, and outraged
the moral sense OF all the people, that tne
enlightened patriotism and intelligent self
interest of all sections of the republic Is
aroused, and the demand IS now gong out
from all quarters OF the country for q
thorough reform and publication in national
affairs. So manifest is this that the leading
Radical organs take this popular oisconteni
and Indignation for their text, and call
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