THE CHSSTITI'TIOH—HTATE EIHHTH. "RICHMOND WHIG. | Mlt'RDAY .nOKMNU, WAY It, 1860. TO ( OH HKSPOJIDBJITA p^y l4ttv| burnt**** mutt b4 to Ul* Biitor of 1*4 A%.-1~ eHm. <*• Nett '>/ “• pi/xe «*B a* dajmWtaA d T\tt it O ruU ie*H7 nf.it.iing, ought U t>t k~n.nct to r a* .nlvorUtotnotU. •Jf* W» KV ERETT, or MASSACHlVETra. Eduard bverell. Edward Everett, the state-man, orator and man of letters, was t>orn to Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 11, 17S4. He entered Harvard college in 114**7. at the early ] age of 13, and was graduated in 1811, with the higites: honors, in a class containing more than an aver age arnouut of ability While an undergraduate, be was the principal conductor of a magazine published by the •indents, called the - Harvard Lyceum.* He left be hind him at the college a very brilliant reputaiiou as a scholar and writer, which long lingered there in tradition. >or some time after leaving college, he was employed there as a tutor, at the same time pursuing his studies in divinity, the profession which ho had selected. In 1812 he delivered a spirited poem before the Phi Beta Kappa society on American poets. In 1313 he was settled as pastor orer the Brattle street church in Boston, filticg Die place left vacant by the death of the laiucutcd Buck min-ter. He immediately won great admiration bv the eloquence and power ot his pulpit discourses. In 1SI4 he published a work entitled - Defence of Christianity,” against the work ot George Bethuoe English, entitled the “ Grounds of Christianity Eva wined, by comparing J the Ne* Testament with the Did." Iu the same year lie was CXKKWil ot cur}H>r*uuu ui uan&rii irvurgr iu fill the chair of Greek literature, a professorship then recently created hr the bounty oi the late Samuel Eiiot With a view oi qualifying himself for the duties of this post, he entered upon an extended course oi European travel and study, leaving home in the spring of 1815, and ! returning in the autumn of 1 tilth Alter a brief stay in Eugland, he proceeded to the university of Gottingen, where he remained for 2 years. In the winter of 1S17 -’IS he was iu Paris. In the spring of IMS he went over to England, where he was kindly received by many of the leading men of the day, including Scott, Byron, Jeffrey, Campbell, Mackintosh, Roinilly, and Davy. Lie spent a day or two under Scott's hospitable roof at Ab botsford. Returning to the coutiueut, he passed the winter iu Italy, and thence made a journey into Greece, returning through Wu'.Uckia and lluugary to Vienna.— During his residence in Europe, his range of study em braced the ancient classics, the modem languages, the history and principles of the civil and public law, as theu taught in the German universities, and a comprehen sive examination of the existing political system of Eu rope. Upon his return home, he eutered upon the duties of his professorship. He gave a new impulse to the study of classical literature by a series of brilliant lectures upon Greek literature and ancient art, first delivered to the students at Cambridge, aud afterwards repented be fore large audiences iu Boston. At the same time he took the editorship of the “ North American Review,” which he conducted till 1 >2E His object iu assuming the charge of this periodical was to imbue it with a thor oughly national spirit; and in pursuance of it, he con tributed a series ot articles in which this couutry was defended with great spirit again.-t the shallow and uip p oil attacks of several foreign travellers. He also found t me to prepare and publish a translation of Butlman’s Greek Grammar. Iu Evil he made his first essay in that department of demonstrative oratory, which he has since cultivated with such signal success, bv the delivery of a d.-course betore the Phi Beta Kappa society on the "Cir cuit stances favorable to the Progress of Literature in America.” Au immense audience catue to hear him, at tracted partly by his own fame, aud paitly by the wish to t>ehold Lafayette, who was present at the orator’s side. He was heard with the great* St enthusiasm aud delight. Our own recollections confirm the strong statements of a writer in the ‘'Christian Examiner” for Nov. 18311: "The sympathies of his audience went with him in a rushing Stream, as he painted, in glowing hues, the political, so cial, and literary future oi our country. They drai.k with thirsty cars his rapid generalizations and his -|>ark ling rhetoric. The whole assembly put on one counte nance of admiration and as.-cnt. As with skillful and firing band the oratot ran over the chords of national pride aud patriotic feeling, every bosom throbbed in unison to bis touch; and when the fervid declamation Ot the concluding paragraph was terminated by the sim ple pathos of the per.-oual address to Lafayette, his hear ers were left in a state of emotion far too deep for tumul tuous applause.” This was the first of a series ot dis courses pronounced by Mr. Everett on public occasions between that time and the present, embracing every variety ot topic connected witn our national history, character, and prospects, and which combine in an emi nent degree tbe peculiar charm of popular oratory, with those substantial merits of thought and style which bear the cold criticism of the closet. .Mr. Everett's public life b. gan in 1821. when he was nominated and elected to Congress by the constituency of the district in which he resided. Hie nomination was made without his being • wM, and was a spontaneous movement on the pait o’ the young men of hi* district, almost without distinc tion of party. lie was l.nusvlt, as might naturally be expected, a supporter of the administration of Mi. Ad ams, theu just elected President. Mr. Everett served, by successive re-elections, 1> years in Congress, and !d iriuc the whole period he was a member of the com mittee of foreign all airs, perhaps toe most important one at that time in the hou-e. In the 2*»th Congress, thougn generally acting with the nunoritv he was chairman of that committee, haring been selected for that post by the Democratic speaker, Mr Stevenson of Virginia. He also held a place on ail tbe most important select com mittee? raised while he was qj Congress, and iu every instance he was selected to diaw either the m -jority or minaivv report, la the l.'thCotgr.--*, though then just •levied to the House, and the youngest member of the committee ol lorvign affairs, he drew the celebrated re port ou the Panama tubaton, the leadiug measure of ihxt o ssion. Iu the 20th Cougress, forming with Mr. John K-rgeant of Pniladelphia the minority of the well-known retrenchment committee, he drew up all those portions of its report which relate to the deptrtiueuts of Slate and of War. He waa chairman of the select committee, dur ing Mi. Adam's Ptesideucv, on the Heor^i* controversy, and was always zealous and j.r jininent in his efforts 10 secure good treatment to the Indians, tk drew the re port fot the committee ui favor of the heirs ol Fulton.— With liov. Ellsworth ot Connective: he formed the mi nority of the bank investigating committee which was sent to Philadelphia in 133-1, and drew np the minority report. He wrote the minority report of the committee of foreign relations upon the eontroversey with France in the spring of 1333, and look a leadiug part in the de bate upon the subject. He made two or three reports ou tbe subject ol the claims of American citizens on for eign powers, for spoliations committed on our commerce during tbe Freuch continental system, and continued the discussion lurther in the “ North American Review. — j He always served on tbe library committee, and gener ally on tnat for public buildiugs. Iu 1327 he addressed a series ot letters to Mr. Canning on the colonial trad •, •which were extensively read. In the summer of 1323, in tbe congressional vacation, he made an extensive tour through tho Southwestern and Western States, and was everywhere received with marked distinction. At N’aah ■vuie at Lexiegtou, and at the Yellow Spring- in Ohio, lie was complimented with putLv dinners, and charmed his host* by beautiful specimens of that specie* of i lo <1 ieoc« in which he is generally admitted to hold the fir-t p ace ameng h « cor.temporaries. The poiuts of Mr. Ev erett's congreeaional carter whkh we have indicated form but a small part of hi* labors and services in the House of K-pieventativfs. He was a faithful and a-siduou* at tendant Of die sessions, an l a diligrut observer of the proceeding* of that body. He was a frequent but not an obtrusive debater. Hie speeches were carefully prepar ed, full of information, weighty in substance, polished in form, and perfectly free from thoee indecorum* and personalities which sometimes deface congressional de hat -s. la his attention to the private affair* of hi* con Mttocuu he was always prompt and patient. Occupied ee be wee with public buaineee during hie congreeaional |ife, hie regular tod ‘T*Tiki- habits of industry enabled iim to find time for literary labor. Reside the elaborate i jubli • addresses which he occasionally delivered, he pre- < pared several articles of high merit for the "North Amer- t ican Review.” Among them may be mentioned with ( particular commendation a paper in the number for Oct. ( 1' ■ >, in which the South Carolina doctrine ot nullifica tion is discussed and controverted with masterly ability. To thl« article Mr. Madison’s letter on the subject, ad dressed to Mr. Everett, was with the author's permission appended. In the autumn of 1831 he declined a rc-nom inatiou to Congress, as his political frieuus in Massachu setts were desirous of presenting his name as candidate for the office of governor, to which he was cho-en by a large majority in the ensuing election. He was after ward S times re-elected, holding the executive office 4 years. His administration was dignified, useful and pop ular. Among the measures which marked the period of his official service were the subscription of the State to the stock of the Western railroad, the organisation of the board of education and the establishment of normal schools, the scientific and agricultural surveys of the State, aud the establishment of a commission for the re vision of the criminal law. In the discharge of what may be called the ceremonial duties of las station, (lovernor Everett was eminently happy, llis manuer in presiding wa- dignified, graceful, and courteous. To the natural de-ire of his constituents to hear him speak he responded with the roo-t good-natured readiuess, and the many occasional speeches he delivered were uniformly spirited and happv. In the autumn of 183'.*, after an animated struggle, he was defeated by Marcus Mortou by a ma jority of one vote. Relieved from public duty, he was led by the -late of his own health aud that of his family to visit Europe a second time. lie sailed with his family in June, 1 S4«». They passed the summer in France, and the following winter iu Italy, most of it in Florence and its neighborhood. He intended to pass another w inter in Italy, but the course of political events at home inter fered with his purpose, aud sent him upon a new path of public duty. lien. Harrison was chosen President in Is-4>>, and Mr. Webster, the Secretary of State, Mr. Ev eiett’g warm personal and political friend, perceived his eminent titne-s to represent the couutry at the court of St. J unes, aud to tin-post he was accordingly appointed. Our relations with England at that time were grave.— The controversy touching the Northeastern boundary, which for half a century had beeu a subject of difference, seemed to have reach'd a po.ut beyoud which au amica ble adjustment was hopeless. The recent burniugo! the Cart'll' e. and the arrest of McLeod, hid inflamed the public a..ad in b th countries. The ease of the Creole, uid tpjes ions connected with Oregon and Texas, were a!.-o eiemeu' • ot irritation. American Tes.-els had been I - ,/vJ an 1 ih: dued by British cruisers ou the coast of Atri u The confidence reposed in him by the Admbtra tion at hon.e was shown by the fact that he was sent to -aructions from th Government ol the Uuitcd States, but evetv thing was left to bis owru unfettered judgment. Entering at once up^it the discharge of his arduous and delicate duties, he justified bv his ability, discretion, aud tact, the largo confidence which had been reposed in him. Though the setth incut of the Northeastern boundary, aud of the Oregon question, was transferred to Washing ton by the appointment of Lord Ashburton as special ambas-udor, yet many important questions were left iu Mr. Everett’s charge. Among the most important was that involving the construction of the first article of tie convention between the two countries on the subject of the fisheries. Mr. Everett secured for our fishermen the long disputed right to take fish iu the bay of Fundy. He procured at various times, and in the face of great ob stacles, the release from the penal colony of Van Die men's Land of fit) or 70 American citizens convicted of participation in the Canadian rebellion. Mr. Everett’s position at the court of St. James must have been ren dered more difficult by the frequent changes in the de partment of State. Mr. Webster retired in the spring of 184 . atid was succeeded within a brief period bv Mr. Up-hur, Mr. Legarc, and Mr. Calhoun. But by all these gentlemen Mr. Everett’s services were duly appreciated, at'dhe t: •-v-d the confidence of all. Mr. Everett’s-Otil position in Ettglaud was equally honorable and agreeable to hint, and a source of just pride to his couutrymen.— H - cultivation aud accomplishments were everywhere recognized and his public speeches were received with enthusiasm. In the spring of 181" he was appointed to fill the newly constituted tui-sion to China, with a view to establish commercial relations with that country, whit h honorable trust he was compelled to decline. Itmuedi at- iy ipon his return to the Tutted States in tho autumn of 1543, Mr. Everett was chosen presidint of Harvard university. 11 entered unou the duties ol this new tru-t with charscterL-tie energy and enthusiasm, and it was a tubjeet of great regret to the friends of the college that [lie burdensome details and monotonous confinement of His official life wore so ht avily upon his health as to com pel him to resign his post at the end of :> years, before he 1 Had been able to carry into effect his important plans for educational improvement. Mr. Everett gave a portion ‘ »f his lei.-ure, alter resigning the presidenev, to the pro- , pa ration of a collected edition of his orations and speech i-s, which appeared in 2 vols. 8vo. in Iv5i). He alse su- 1 perintended the publication of the new edition of the , works of Mr. Webster, at his special request, and prepar- ' i-d an elaborate memoir, which was prefixed to the first 1 volume. Upon the lamented death of that great states, mau, in Nov. 1852, Mr. Everett was ealled upon by l’re- , •ideal Fillmore to fill the vacant place of Secretary of I State. He held the office during the last four months of ' President Fillmore's administration, and the condition of j the public business made them mouths of most severe , labor, and nothing but his iudefatigable industry and ] great patience could have carried him through what he was called upon to do. Besides paying the most consci- j entious attention to the regular business of the depart- , ment, always heavy, and in this case greatly accumula ted, he adjusted the perplexing affairs of the Crescent City steamer aud the Lobos islands, prosecuted with en- 1 vrgv the difficult negotiations pertaining to the fisheries, concluded an international copyright convention with i Great Britain and a consular convention with France, »nd reviewed the whole subject of Central American af- 1 lairs in their relations to the government of the United j S ate* and Great Britain, and recommended and induced Irai America. But the question which attracted most of 1 the public interest during Mr. Everett’s administration of th*- department of State was the joint proposition of Britain and France to enter with the United States < : to a tripartite convention, guaranteeing to Spain in J perpetuity the exclusive posse-ston if Cuba. This pro- , ;>u-ition was declined by the United States, iu a diplo- , m itic note of great ability drawn up by Mr. Everett.— 1 His exposition of the policy of this country was received with very general approbation by the people and the press without distinction of party. XothwifhsUndii g ] bi-s arduous official duties, be found time to prepire an I ,.i.i„ rr address for the anr tal meeting of the Ameri can coloi.i/atiim society in Washington, in 1853, in ex- . j, and delcnce of the objects of that association.— ' H tore leaving the department of Slate Mr. Everett was i elected by the Legislature of Massachusetts to the Sen- ’ K# of the United States, took his seat in that body at the commencement of the special executive session in i March, 1 $53, and made an able aud elaborate speech on the Oeutral American question. In the summer and autumn ot 183 beside an address before the Xew York -iori, J society on colonization and emigration, and a , reply to the protest of Lord John Russell against the doctrines asserted by our governtneut in the Dote decli- j iiing the tripartite convention. Mr. Everett spoke more than once in opposition to the proposed new constitution , iu Massachusetts. I’pou the assembling of the 33d Con gr* -s. in Dec , 1833, Mr. Everett, as might have been expected, found laiusclf in a state of impaired health from tbe severe and uninterrupted labors of the previous i : - months, but he applied himself with his usual industry to the discharge of the duties that lay before him. Had j ihc session proved one of no more than average labor > »nd ex-dement, perhaps his strength would have enabled ' mu to meet the duties of his post; but such was not the j •haraeter of the session. The introduction of the bill for ( the repeal of the Missouri compromise, commonly called ^ he Xebraska-Ksnsas bill, produced great agitation 1 hroughout the count! y, and brought tbe opposing par es in the Senate iuto violent and protracted antagonism. ( for manv weeks tbe sessions were long continued, and ( he discussions of the most vehement aud i in pas- i iaued character. Mr. Everett delivered a speech against - he bill, on Feb. 8, 1834, characterized by his usual mod -rate aud conservative views, as well as good b.v tacte and ( ;ood temper. His health, under the pressure of official ( oil and exc U^uent, grew constantly worse, aud in tbe ■ olio* n; M ty, under the imperative advice of his physi- 1 ian, he resigned his scat. A few months of rest and ^ luiet restored him ; and now there began a new phase , n h* life, and the opening of a new and peculiar sphere f if action. In the year ls33 the project of purchasing * lount Yertion by private subscription was first started J >y Mi-s Aon Pamelia Cunningham, in an address to the a iomen of the United States, uuder tbe signature of “A d iotilbern Matron." The proposal was favorably receive d i1 aid association* of ladies began to be formed in several J if the State*, tor the gurpoae of collecting funds. M . t; nvereU, having been applied te by the mercantile libra- a 7 —OBialton of Bunion to deliver a lecture during their a oerae of 18*4-4, propomd that the association should jj tiebrtie if>« next anaivyraarj of the birth-day of Wash- j, ,^1————■ jgton, and offei-ed to prepare for that occasion a dis ci urse upon hi* character, the proceeds to be applied to ome commemorative purpose. The offer was accepted; ,nd on Kcb. 22, 1856, Mr. Everett pronounced his oration in Washington, lor the first time, before an immense au lience at the tnusie hall in Boston. It was immediately epeated at New York, New Haven, and Baltimore ; and ihe proceeds were applied to various objects. It was de ivered for the first time for the benefit of the Mount Vernon fund at Richmond, A a., on March 19, 1856 ;and down to the present time, (Juqe, 1859) it has been de livered in various parts of the country 129 times, always except in 7 cases, for the benefit of the Mount Vernon fund. No deduction has ever been made by Mr. Everett from the amounts received on account of his expenses, which have been uniformly paid by himself; they have been much reduced bv the hospitality with which he has been received, and the liberality of railroad corporations and the proprietors of steamboats. The proceeds received were deposited by him in the hands of a board of tnts trustees appointed by himself. They have paid over to the general trer.surer of the fund at different times the sum of 853,893 81, aud haoe now on hand the further sura of *1,709 75. In the course of the autumn of 1858 Mr. Everett entered into an engagement with Mr. Robert Bouuer, editor and proprietor of the New A ork Ledger, to furnish an article weekly for that paper for one veai in consideration of $ 10,600 to be paid in advance to the Mount Vernon fund. This sum has been paid to the treasurer of the fund. In the first of these articles, Mr. Everett invited the readers of the “ Ledger” to transmil each the sum of 50 cents or more toward the increase ol the Mount Vernon fund. Many persons have responded to this call, and the net amount received from this source is $ 2,929 94, which is included in this sum of $53,393, 81 meutioued above as having been paid over to the general treasurer. The aggregate sum total of realized in the various wavs above meutioued, and paid over tc the Mount Vernon fund and sundry public or charitable associations, including the proceeds of the 7 repetitions of the Washington discourse, which were not for the ben efit of the fund, will not fall short of $90,000.—Xen American Cyclopedia. THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL UNION CONVENTION. FIRST MY—WKIi.NKSMY, May 9th. [continued.] LIST OF DELEGATES. Arkansas—C. C. Dauly, y. K. Underwood, John Bradlv. Alternate—J. B. Cates. Alabama—N. W. Shelley, Philip Morgan, Johu y. Dure. Connecticut—Dtlepalet at I.arije.—llou. John A. Rockwell, Hon. Austin Baldwin. AUtrnatce.—E. M. Shcl 'on, F. 11. Whitmore. District.—llezekuh Hunting don Hou Ezra Clarke, Jr., H. C. Miles, 0. R. Alsopp, u\ A. Lewis, Henry Burr, C. H. Leeds, I). W. Pierce, S. H. White, Wait, M. Hawley, Walter II. Bacon, Lvtnan W. Cole, F. F. Loomis, Hou. J. Dunnam, R. E. Hitch .ock, B. A. Hawley. UKLAW.tRB— nm. i rnipip, uuswrpii i R. Lothnd. Chas. M. Culling, Wm. Ellcgood, Luban I.. Lvons, J. M. liar, H. P. BUndy, Geo. W. Karsner.— Alternates—A. Stock ley, Thomas Wallace, John M. Denning, Manlove Hays, Wm. LotUnd, Wm. Witson, [.. G. Gooch, Dr. J K. Wilson, Keese G. Wolfe, Henry F. Fookes. Gkoroia—R. A. T. Ridley, Hon. Joshua Hill, lion. Hios. Hardeman, Jr., H. Hopkins, J. A. Lee, James M. Dilhoun, Geo. W. Adair, J. K. Patrol, Thos. W. Wal ter, Isaiah Fairview, Z. U. Clarke, Willard Boynton. Indiana—John J. Ueytlon, U. W. Thompson, Jamc? Montgomery, Lewis Howe, J. M. Havrou, Dennis Gregg, J. A. Bridgland, 11. M. Graw, A. H Davidson, C. W. IVather, W. K Edwards, John I*. Early, J. M. Smith, J. IF. Dawson, Thos. B. Loug, Jas L. Bradley. Illinois—Gen. John Wilson,Chairman; Geo. V. Byrd, Jo-iuh Snow, Juo. T. Stuart, Allred Dutch, D. J. Snow, a • Blip! .let Wood, D. W. Ford, Alternate. Kkstvcky—State at Large— Lo-lie ( ombs, Laban T. Moore, Gib on Mallory, James S. Jacksou. Districts— I. D. M. Goodwin, Benjamin Bury. F. M. Bristow, S. G. sudd irth, B. B. Thompson, C. F. Burnham. Juo Barber, J K. Goodloe, William li. Duncan, Johu W. Finnell.— Alternates—Thomas A. Duke, S. G. Rhea, Blanton Dun au, A. U. Sneed, G. W. Foriuun, I). A. Sayre, W. C. Whitaker S. F. Gauo, J. J. Miller. Satn’l Davis. M tiNi_s. K. Hanson, Jos R Brozier, PhineasBarnes, 5aiu’l T.ivlor, Goo. E. B. Jackson, Samuel P. Shaw, Geo. J. Getchell, Daniel L Choate. M assacih stars.—Delegates—Hon. Jos. Grinuell, Col. I is. \V. Leva, Hon. Marshall I’. Wilder, Hon. S L. Croe ccr, Leverett Salstoustall, lion. George S. Hillard, Benj. Allen, Col. Wiuthrop Faulkner, Jonathan Johnson, Wm. B. May, Hon. Luther V. Bell, lion. Abel 8. Lewis, lieiirv White. Alternates—Franklin Weston, N. F. Jaflord, J. L. Baker, llou. D. Warren. Missut'at.—Delegates—Sol. Smith. Wm. F. Swiizler, Edward M. Samuel, John P. Bruce, Matthew II. Moore, fhomas A. Harris, John Scott, Joseph B. Terry, Adol jhus M is8 T. Alternate*—J. T. Clements, J. E. Barron, It. ii. port. r. J. It. Hammond, J. 11. \\ ilium.*. Mississippi.—Delegates—Hon. W. L. Sharkey, Hon. i. w. 0. Watson, Col. J. M. Pitridge, K F. McGehee, lick Bell, K. H. Rivers, T. B. Mosely. J. K. Yerger, Jo eph Regan, W. II. \assir, A. S. Mitchell. Nzw York —At Large.—Washington Hunt, F.rastus J rooks, B. David Noxen, Jonas C. Hearts— Districts— Seorge A. Halsey, Allred Doolon, Thomas R. Webb, J JePevster Ogden, Charles Beck. Horace 11. Day, A. M lininger, Fred'k A. Tallmage, Clark Peck, Daniel R. St. lohn. Peter Cantine, A K. Chandler, George B. Warren, lames Kvdd, Clarence Buck, .lames I. Smith, Charles H. 'rtemau. Alternate*— John S. Van Rennsalier, Edwin I. Brown, A. W. Northrup, Aaron Mitchell. Newton B t F. Stevens, Frederick C. Wagner, Jacob I*. Fourottc, Charles Corvetl, Harle Haikes, Satu'l J. Wilken, D. W. Pom Boson, Krastus S. Mack, G. A Scrotrcs. James W. lerard, Orville Page, Louis Lillie, John P. Dodge, Alfred Watkiiis, Jonas Bartlett, Wm. J. Bunce, Harrison Hall, ,Vin. II. Falconer, Wm. T. Jennings, Johu G. Ham, Fen Ion II trbrouek, 0 B. Wheeler, Win. Duer, Silas Swain, tufus Ripley, W. D. Murphy, Wm. Burling, John Lcve idge, Abel Smith, Harvey Smith, Jouathau Munn, W. M. .'oukev, Daniel I.. Couch, Alfred Wolkyn, A. G. Mynck, )ani*fS. Baker, Anson Spenser. S. L. Huggins, U. H. ioff. M. F. Robertson, John H. White, John F. Morton, .. L. l’latt. New Jersey.—Senatorial Delegates.—Hon. Jos F. tiudolph, Hon Jas. Bishop. Alternate*.—Dr Charles J. McChesnv, Elisha Day. Delegates.—Jesse E. Peyon, ’ol J. W. Allen, Hon. Peter J. Clark, Samuel G. A. Van .ain, James A. Williamson. Alternate.* —George M. tobenson, Jacob Herbert, Hon Abr’m V. Schenck, Au gustus W. Coulter, Peter S. Duryea. Xorth Carolina.— State at Large.—Hon. John M. forehead, Hon. Richard S. Donnell, Hon N'atbaniel Bov len. Districts.—David A. Barnes, D D. Ferebie, E. ,V. Jones, Richard U. Smith, Joseph B. Cherry, W. H. Plark, John H. Haughton, W. Foy, Walter Dunn, Thos. iparrow, E. C. Yellowby, Daniel L. Russell, E. J. Hale, vi t ..:«A 4 V lU.xMa.ll .Takhn 1* Hliif» R McVnir ion. Robert B. Gilliam, Win. II Harrison, Hon. Edwin i. Reade, John Maiming. John M. Cloud, R. W. Whar on, Hon. J. M. Leach, T. C. Ham, Thomas 8. Ash, Rufus iarringer, Samuel U. Walkup, Tod R. Caldwell, Wm. M. Shipp, A. S. Merritnon. Ohio—Senatorial Delegates—Gov. Allen Trimble, Hon lohu Scott Harr sou. Congressional Districts—N. G. Jendleton, Gilbert Kennedy, .1. R. Nelson, A. J. Throp, s. Me Beth, Dr. J. Way, Jos N. Snyder, M. J. N. Glover, 1. T. Barns, C. I Garro, James H. Laws, J. T. Hyatt, foel Funk, R. R. Seymour, R. H. Geary, Jas H. Emmin ;er, J. M. Bushfi.'ld, Amos Glover. Pennsylvania—Senatorial Delegates—Hon. Joseph R. ugersoli, Geu Abraham Markley. Alternates—Col. II. 1 Fuller, Alfred Howell. Congressional Districts—E. ». Molvucaux, Chas C. Freeman, Wm. S. Elder, E. Har >er JetVrics, William II. Slinglufl', Capt. Frank Smith, M. iundv, Jno H Banks, 11. K. Killian, Henry Keller, Mer iu Abbott, Col. Joseph Paxton, J. W. Martein, Edward > lippen, E. C. Pechin, J. D. Bayne, John A. Ettinger, 'hos Ilaynev,-Patten, K. W. Grayson, J K. McDo laid, Jos. il. Irwin, Gen. Wm. Shall, A. S Redstreake, I. II. Hicks. Alternates—Sam’lM. M. Lee,F. 8. Altemus, 1 noSlemer, Joliu Hell Robinson, John S. Littell, T. W. iVoodward, Wm. GraetT, U. C. Foudersmitb, C. C. La hrop, Wm. II. Pierce, Wm. Hillman, C H. Briesler, Ro. d. McClure, E. P. Borden, Col. W. Lee, Charles Chad rick. Tennessee—W. G. Brownlow, Baily Payton, John 8. Jrieu, G. A. Henrv, W. Brazleton, Robt. Craighead, lohn J. Craig, N. 8. Brown, Ed. H. Ew ing, J. W. Rich irdson, A. J. Donelson, Win. Homar, O. P. Temple, C. Trigg, R. Brabson, Jos. Picket, Wm. Ilickerson, 8. H. ?ombt>, Jordan Stokes, R. S. Northcott, A. S. Colzar, leurv Cooper, L. J. Polk, J. C. Brown, W. P. Kendrick, los. C. Starke, J. H. Callender, Clay Roberts, Joseph larbien, J. M. Parker, T. A. R. Nelson, II. Maynard, iVm. Stokes, Robt. Hatton, Jas. M. Quarles, Em. Ether dge, P. W. Maxcev. Texas—A. Barring Norton, B. II. Epperson, A. M. •entry,-Evans. Virginia—District Delegates—Samuel Watts, Travis I. Epes, Wm. Martin, Edward D. Christian, Win. L. ioggin. Marraaduke Johnson, George T. Yerbv, E. T. 'avloe, Ro. E. Scott, N. B. Meade, A. H. H. Stuart, Jas. Vitherow, Wm. J. Dickinson, Geo. W. Summers, Wait uan T. Willey. Alternates—Thos. L. Pretlow, Daniel .yon, George Towns, W. W. Henry, Alex. Rives, Pey on G. Coleman, Robert Saunders, Geo. W. Lewis,Henry V. Thomas, Wm. Andrews, Chas. H. Lewis, Wm. Cope iud, Isaac J. Leftwich, Arthur J. Boreman, James S. Vlieat. Vermont—At Large—John Wheeler, R. McKinley irrosby. Alternates—E. J. Phelps, R. A. Stebbins.— Congressional District*—J. M. Knox, M. Cottrill, I)an sl Tilden. Alternates—Abel Brown, Andrew Tracy, -JewitL ADDRESS or THE PRESIDENT. The President addressed the Convention as follows; ientlemen of the Convention —I thank you for this un x pec ted manifestation of your kindness to me. It fills jy brea*t with emotions which render me utterly inca able of uttering my feelings of gratitude. The being ailed upon to preside over such an assemblage as this, mbracing so many gentlemen eminent for public ser iee, lor patriotism, for high iutelligeuee, for public and jr private virtue, is an honor whicti I most highly prize ud which I shall remember with profound gratitude du ng my whole life. [ Applause ] I canuot but regret that lis honor bad not fallen upon some one more worthy nd better able to fill it. I tcel you have given me a ouble portion of iinduess to-day, and I could wish that had been otherwise; but, since it is your pleasure, I >el bound to respond to your call, and, according to the eat of my ability, 1 will endeavor to discharge the du es devolving on me in the position to which you have ■eig. ied me. I feel I may rely with perfect confidence pon your kind co-operation and courteey for the pre trvation of the ipirit and order which should pervade lie body. I see before me gentlemen who, I know, taUj estimate the importance of deliberation, of order, ami decorum, in transacting the business of deliberative assemblies, and 1 trust that, under the course of our pro ceedings, we may be able to impress the country that it is not yet tco late for geutlemeo to come together and deliberate with sentiments of mutual deference. We come here as the representatives of the indepen dent States of the Union, Statet which have united their doctrines together for great and noble purposes. Hut, gentlemen, we will not dismiss the fact that we come from 8tates widely separated by distance, separated, per haps, to some extent, by difference of institutions, clime, and social organization, and that our Uniou embraces two classes and sections of States, which are sometimes, at this modern day, placed in an ultilude of antagonism and hostility to each other. I mean the peculiar diffe rences which exist in the social and democratic organi zations. There are those who would magnify and ex aggerate these differences to such a degree that the peo ple shall no longer regard themselves as fr ends and brothers. Yes, there are such in both sections of this glorious Union of ours. I grieve to say it. There are men in this country who will organize strife into a sys tem, but God forbid that the people of this broad land, either North or South, or anywhere else, should give their sanction or approval to those who would kindle those fires of domes ic discord and sectional strife. On the other baud, there is i class of people. North and South, (1 rejoice to see them represented here to-day) who desire to put away these causes of contention,and who tecl and understand and kuotv that our Government and Constitution were not intcuded to engender these antag onisms and distrusts between sections, but to promote peace and harmouy and unity between these members of the confederation. [Applause.] There are those, (1 am one of them, gentlemen,) w ho would, if possible, bring back the public mind of the country to the consideration of those great and harmonious principles on which we can all stand together—one and inseparable. [Applause.] Be it our part, however, to promote and diffuse a spirit ot broad and generous national feeling of forbearance and moderation. So far as the broad question is concerned, which has been made the bane of our politics, it has fur nished to a class of politicians the fiercest elements of strife and discord. But let us remember that, from our positions, differences of educations, of surroundings, of habit, of social interest, and domestic construction of so ciety there will still be certain shades of difference. It was always so. It was so from the beginning; but did that prevent the great men of the Republic from coming together to form a system of political freedom aud of self-government which shall enable us to move on as one nation ; to protec t us from all external assault, and to cul tivate amongst ourselves peacu, concord and domestic tranquility V [Applause.] These difference that estrange and divide the people of this country should not prevent us from going forward to discharge the great work of self government, and to encounter all the responsibility rela tive to those great interests which are national, which are commercial, and which we all hold in common; which we are ready to sustain and defend in common, and which possess the strongest claim npoa our loyaltv, patriotism, and allegiance to the Constitution and the Uuion—which we have received from the bauds of our patriotic ances tors. [Applause.] A few days sgo, having occasion to visit one of the Western Slates of the Union, I was tempted to extend my journey farther on, aud, for the first time, 1 saw the glorious Misei-rsippi—that noble and magnificent river which connects the North and South, and which by ns tore’* orgiiDie law, has declared that we are to bn one. As 1 floated upon the placid bosom of the Father of Waters, in my ri flections 1 could not hut think and feel that, since the beneficeoie of creative power has given us suoh a bond of onion, intended to carry civilization, prosperity and happiness to a kindred people, from its (a its iiAiifi.a kAur vain hflW lilVl if k- ft* I flit <4 14 thp tollv of man, which would separate those whom f*od hithjoiucd together, [applause] How small ami piti ful the effort seems of those w ho would divide the Mis sissippi and interpose commercial regulations, and cus tom house and tonnage duties upon the people ot this American Union! find forbid, gentlemen, that any of us, or any considerable portion ol the people ol this country, should ever give their function to sentiments of such a nature. We are one pfOple and one country; we go forth under one flusr; we ataud upon national ground, representing the interests of a great continent which Providence has entrusted to oi.r charge; and I b. licve the people will yet prove themselves equal to the destiny which has been given them and hand it over, as one harmonious nation, to those who are to come after u<. [ Applause. ] 1 am detaining you too long, gentlemen, for I have no thought of making a second speech. lu conclusion, I will only repeat the sentiment I expressed on a former occasion—that is, that our deliberations and proceed ings may be characterized by harmony, bv decorum, and by d'gnity, and that no disturbing element may come in. I trust we shall not be very much embarrassed in the construction of a platform. (Laughter and ap plause.) We ought not to endeavor strongly to estab lish uniformity of opinion on a question which we all know and understand—a question that every man will at least think and feel according to his own judgment. We have not come here to contest the difference between the various distinctions aud the shadowy forms of popu lar sovereignty and territorial j' risdiction which have foi some time been presented, and occupied so large a part of the attention of Congress and of the country.— This is not the question wbicli we have come to settle, and I do not think we can settit it, if we w ould. I prefer to leave them all where the Constitution 1 a< left them— (applause)—leaving every State in the full enjoyment ol its own rights and its own independence. All we ask. gentlemen, (I speak now of conservative men in that portion of the country from which I come,) is that you will manage, govern, and regulate your own internal af fairs accotdittg to your own will and pleasure. On the other hand, we propose to do precisely the same thing for ourselves. (Applause.) We do not in'end to burden our consciences with your olleitces, neither do we want yoi to burden yours with ours, but let each and every part answer lor itself. Tnat is the sentiment which ought to pervade, and which, 1 trust, will once more pervade, tie people of this coun try. A spirit of generous deliberation will then once more become the order of the day, and I think I see signs that such is to become the pervading spirit—a spirit that has lieen going on ever since th; repeal of the Missouri compromise. I trust the time is come when the people will not be Jriposed to encourage their representatives in either section in burling invective and reproach upon the people and representatives of other sections—to place themselves upon judgment of the conductor other sec tions of our country, but will consult and cousult delibe rate upon those great measures which concern the wel fare and prosperity of the country at large, Nurth or South, East or West. [Applause.) Once more I in voke the spirit of harmony to preside over our deliliera tion-, relying upou your kind aid aud co-operation to enable me to discharge the duties which it has been your plea-n re to devolve upon me. [kpplause.] At the conclusion of the address a motion was made to proceed immediately to the nomination of candidates for I’tesident and Vice President of the United States.— [Cheers.] Mr. Shipped, of Pennsylvania, offered the following as an amendment: Reiolvtd, That each State shall now nominate one person as a candidate for the Presidency of the United States, and one person for Vice President, and that this Convention thereupon proceed u> the election of such officers from the nominations thus to be made, and that after the first three ballots, the candidates having the lowest number of votes on each successive ballot shall be dropped, and the ballot continued until a candidate shall be duly elected by a majority of the whole number of votes cast. Sir. Randolph, of New Jersey would beg leave to in terrupt the regular course ot business to state tu it tie had just conducted to a seat by tie side of the President one of the oldest, most esteemed, and most honored citi zens of New Jersey ; a man sufficiently old to have been the companion, associate and compatriot of Madison, Jefferson and .Monroe ; one who had never allowed fa naticism or sectionalism to swerve him from his love of the Union aud the Constitution, aud who stood now, as he had stood in the early days of the Rt-publ'c, devoted to all sections of his common country. He therefore moved that the IIou. Lewis Condit, of New Jersey, be declared au honorary Vice President of this Conveuiion. [Cheers ] The Pie'ident then presented to the audience the vet eran Vice President, who was received with great enthu siasm. Mr. Grayson, of Pennsylvania, said: Mr. President and gentlemen of the Convention—I wish to speak my individual opinion, and not utter oue word as the mouth piece of the delegation from Pennsylvania. When I came here, sir, I came with the expectation that wc bad an infinitely more important work to do than to nomi nate a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. I take it, sir, that we are about to initiate a great conser vative national party. [Applause. | And, sir, whether we are successful to-day or next year, or in the next quarter of a century, I for oue w .sh it to be understood, that whpn this party of ours shali triumph, it shall tri umph, not upou men, but upon principle. [Applause.] I am here not for any uomiuatiot. 1 know, sir, that the Constitutional Union party embraces within its ranks a host of men, either one of whom would dignify and do honor to the high office of the chief magistrate ot the United States. [Applause] Bu, sir, in these political days upon which we have tallen and they are days of trouble and distrust,) I tell you that whatever may be the antecedents of any statesman, I would not, looking to the doubtful future, trust him, iiuless he puts himself upon a definite platform. [Applause.] I am here, sir, with my whole heart swelling within me with but one feeling, and that is a feeling for the Constitution and the Union. [A pplause. ] Mr. Littell, of Pennsylvania, hoped that the resolution of his colleague would not be hud oil the table. He thought we all had sufficient time to consult as to the character, standing aud fitness of tie distinguished states men who have been mentioned in connection with the nomination. What further do we want to know of that distinguished man, John Bell, of Tennessee? [Cheers.] He has been before the eouutry for a quarter ot a centu ry. We all know him, and the country knows him. He has been tried in high positions, both by his State and the Union—his record is clear and unmistakable, without a stain or blemish to be discovered by his bitterest poli tical oppouent. With such a man we want no platform. He has stood through life a defender of the Constitution as it is, and of the Union as one and indivisible. He therefore could see no reason for delay, and no possible reason for the appointment of a Committee on Nomina tions. I am not here, sir, to disturb with one single word that I may utter that harmonious sentiment which I should wish to see pervade and animate the councils of this most patriotic Convention. But, air, wc are standing iu a very peculiar and very perilous position. We are ar rayed as a party of peace—as a party whose mission it is to save the country from the rash strife of the ene mies of the Uuiou and the Constitution ou the North nnd on the South. (Applause.) Now, sir, in order that we go into this contest, (which is to be a most stirring and important one for the destinies of this nation in all time to come,) we should define our position as a party, and, in order to do that, we should ascertalu and understand most precisely, sir, the attitude which is occupied by the two great and formidable organisations which it is our duty and destiny to oppose m the coming campaign.— Wbat is lbs position < ceupie 1 to-day by the Republican and the Democratic party on .he jther aide? It ia use mmmmmbbm—— less for us to shut our eyes to the fact that the only issue , that has engrossed the whole attention of the people | of the United States, in so far as they have acted through | their Legislatures and their great National Convention , at Washington, in one single question which involves nothing more nor less than the interpretation and mean ing Of the Constitution of the United States ; and that , question is this : Whether or not the Congress of the Uni- , ted States, under the Constitution, has or has not a right to legislate in regard to the subject of slavery in the Territories? [Hisses.] I am not going to introduce this at all. [Laughter.] What I mean by that, Mr. Chairman, is this, that we may avoid this whole difficulty simply by enunciating, before we go into a nomination of candi dates, a plain platform of principles which shall leave to tally out of view this distracting question. [Applause.] 1 want to shut that question entirely out of this coming contest, in so far as the Constitutional Union party is con corned ; and 1 trust, that, before we appoint a commit tee for the purpose of going into a nomination of a can didate for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, we should, either in general Convention, or by a Select Committee, appointed for the purpose, declare that we are for the Union ami the Constitution,as interpreted by the Supremo Court of the United States, and the enforcement of the laws. (Applause.) Mr. N. 0. Peudleton, of Ohio, offered the following amendment to the resolution, ^striking out all after thu word resolve, and inserting— Renolvcd, That the delegations from each State be re quested to appoint one of their number to constitute a Central Committee, aud that each person thus nominated shall bring to that Committee the general opinion of his delegation. Mr. Harris, of Missouri, desired not to be misunder stood as desiring to obstruct the action of the Conven tion by the proposition he had introduced for the appoint ing of a Nominating Committee. I desire such a Com mittee with no view of having a platform reported, as I do not desire a pi itform. There are delegates from four or five Stiles, 1 would further remark, not now repre sented, w ho are now en route, aud will be here to-morrow. For this reason, also, I think we should not now proceed to ballot, so that they may have the opportunity of join ing in the nomination. This I regard as essential and proper, and in the mean time we could appoint the Com mittee proposed to noiniuate caudidates for President aud Vice President. Mr. Breslcr, of Pennsylvania, asked the reading of the resolution of Mr. Shippeo, aud on its being read, stated that he would preface bis motion with the remark that he was desirous of casting the vote of his district on this tloor, and not to vole by States in making a nomination. He therefore proposed an amendment. That we should immediately proceed to nominate candidates for Presi dent aud Vice President, without the intervention of any committee. Mr. Watson, of MUsi-sippi, thought the best course to pursue was ‘-to make haste slowly." He would therefore propose that wo resolve to proceed to ballot at ten o'clock to-morrow. All wc want is to be better acquaint ed with each other before we proceed to business. Down where Hive we have been so long abusing Massachusetts and Massachusetts has been so long abusing us, that I thought when I arrived in Baltimore I would like to ascer tain for myself what kind of men there were wav down East. ( Laughter. ] In accordance wiib ibis determination,! paid a visit last night to the Massacliusetls delegation, and a nobler set of men I have not met with lately. We al so compared views on the exciting topics of tlie day, and 1 found that their views were mv views, and that my views were their views. I could not find one point of difference between us. All we wanted was the Union as it is, and the Constitution and the laws. I therefore came to the conclusion that we should remain for a little time to consult together and all will be well. I tell *mi Jr that there ia nn lir.riJntr the ner.nle North, South, K tsi and West, and we are delegated here j to perform no ordinary duty. Let us do nothing with un- ( due haste, au.i our action here will be suuh as cannot fail ( to perpetunte infinitely those institutions, which, by fa- , naticisin, have been so repeatedly endangered. L-'t the | subject of a platform be referred to a committee. [Voice, , “We want no platform.”] Well, let the question be re- , ferred, and let the committee consider the subject, and | report-that we want no platform, if such is the will of | the Convention. I want such a committee to come to gether and consult, and become belter acquainted with | each other. In the meantime, he hoped that his propo sition to postpope the balloting for President and Vice Prrsident until noon to morrow, would be adopted. General Leslie Coombs, said:—Mr. President and gen tlemen—I have given much thought to the question now presented for the considerstiou of this Convention. So deeply have I been impressed with the importance of a platform to a great political party that I have taken upon mvself the labor of preparing three—[laughter]; one for the harmonious Democracy—[laughter]—who have late ly agreed together so beautifully at Charleston—| laugh ter J ; one for the •‘irrepressible conflict” gentlemen, who are about to assemble at Chicago—[laughter]—and ano ther for the Natioual Unionists now before and around j us. [Applause ] First, then, for the harmonious De mocracy, t propose the Virginia and Kentucky resolu- „ lions of ''.'8—’#9 ; one in favor of excluding slavery fro.j ( the Territories, and the other in favor of forcing it into c them—[laughter]—both to be adopted unanimously, ' without debate, under the previous question, and no . questions a^kt d afterwards. [Laughter.] For the “ irre- * pressible contlietists,” about to assemble at Chicago, 1 , suggest the Blue Laws of Connecticut; first, in reference t to the right of a man to kiss his wifeou Sunday—[laugh- j ler|—and the second, in reference to the burning of s w itches; provided, that wires shall have the privilege to _. be kissed, and old witches to be burned. [Laughter.] _ The third is the Constitution of the United Slates as it is, and the Union under it, nowr and forever. [Immense , applause.] 1 »ill not - peak with reference to the first, | at large, but 1 will venture to say that it will be as ititel- s ligiblc thereafter to the wide spread Democracy as it has v beeu heretofore—[laughter ;] and, beiug as intelligible, t I venture to state, on all that I am worth, that not one t out of five hundred ever read these resolutions ; and of r those who did, not one in five hundred understood them. [Laughter and applause.] In reference to our platform, f the legislative, judicial and executive departments shall , he independent and supreme. I thiuk that will be plat- t form enough for a Union party to stand upon. (Ap- , plause ] The Congress of the United States to indicate the laws; the judicial department to interpret them, y, and the executive to have them executed. That is ail , we need. Why, sir, if I were iu an assemblage of Chris- , linns about to establish a platform, do you think I would take “sprinklings” or “dippings" for its planks? No!— „ 1 would take nothing but the Bible os it ia. and leave all n to construe it, and be responsible to God for the cou- ,■ struetion. [Applause.] ^ Mr. Switzler of Missouri, was about to speak, when the Chair announced (hit the delegation from Texas were at , the door of the building aud desired admittance. c This announcement was received with deafening ap- ( plause, and the delegation proceeded to the Secretaries’ , desk and presented their credentials. The chairman of t the delegation, A. B. Norton, w'ore a beard reaching , nearly to his waist, which attracted great attention,— « whereupon, J General Leslie Coombs rose, and thought it proper to j account to the Convention for the extraordinary hairy 0 appearance of the gentleman from Texas. Some fifteen u years ago he had made a vow that he never would cut n bis beard until Henry Clay was elected President of the , United States—and it will be perceived he has most reli- f giously kept his vow. [Vociferous applause.] Mr. Switzler, of Missouri, tlen proceeded. He said : that he spoke as the representative of a State which had , been overridden for the past 25 years by political dema -__i..r___ _ oft --- " . ..., „ and he would say in this connection that the Missouri (l delegation stood two for and twelve against adopting any g platform. The people of Missouri wanted no better 0 platform than the Coi stitution and the Union, and with j such a one it would bo an easy matter to override the a political plunderers at Washington. He was not op- tl posed to discussing matters relating to the public welfare, (| but ibi-question of plitform was di-graced before the country. The people considered them mere humbugs, _ designed only to catch voters. As, for instance, w hat (| was the Cincinnati plitform ? (A voice, “nothing.") It g was, in tils opinion, like a piece of gutt.u perdu (a voice ^ “India rubber.”) It was capable of being cut and put together again. In conclusion, he would remark that he hoped the Courcntion would not peril the success of 0 the present movement by adopting any platform ; but j take the Constitution and tlio Union, and with that go n before the country. | Applause ) The Hon. Thos Swmjn, who, on taking the floor, was ^ greeted with great applause, said : 1 arise, Mr. President, for the purpose of seconding the motion of the gentleman (j who hasjust spoken. (Applause ) The State of Mary j; laud is here to-day, sir, prepared to make a nomination ‘ She lias welcomed, sir, the delegations from the different • Slates of this great Union, and she believes that the time ^ is near at baud when this Convention will be able to agree upon such a platform that shall give confidence to this whole country. (Applause.) Mr. President, gentlemen have talked about platforms. We hive a great deal to say upon the subject of platforms, if that question is opened up ; but, sir, for myself, (without meaning to represent the sentiment of those with whom 1 am associ ated here,) I say, sir, that when the distinguish men who inaugurated this Convention appeared upon that platform to-day (applause) that was platform enough for the State of Maryland. (Immense applause.) Show us the man, and we will tell you his platform. We want men who stand upon the Constitution aud the execution of the laws. (Applause.) We want no other platform here (applause) so far as the little State of Maryland is con cerned. (Applause.) Mr. President, we arc here at a most important period of our political history. It cannot be denied, sir, that for months past a feeling of distrust and growing rest lessness as to our political future has taken strong hold upon the minds of the people of this country. The question is asked, “ How long is this state of things to continue? Is this glorious Union realiy in danger?”— We are here in a period of calm to take our reckoning, and ascertain how far the old ship of state has drifted from its true course—to estimate the dangers through which we has passed, and by which we are now surround ed, aud to calculate the chances that lie before us in the future. If wo wish to give confidence to the people of . this couutry, I sav, representing, as I believe, the voice 11 of the State of Maryland, that we should repudiate all e platforms but the Constitution. [Applause.] Now, sir, from the distinguished names that have been presented to the consideration of the State of Maryland, we are “ prepared, in a spirit of compromise, to make a judicious n selection. We are here for the purpose of repudiating I all ultraism, both North and South. There are good men, constitutional men, and national m meu in the North as well as the South, aud we are not tr to be intimidated in the choice which we shall make by - that cry which is raised bj the Democratic party whene- j ver a gentleman is presented who raav be supposed to r| affiliate with Northern seutimeut*. We desire to stand upon a conservative platform, and we say when you re- ■■ pudiate the Supreme Court of tj>e United States and its ' decision, we are at sea, and we might as well return snd _ go borne to our constituents. [Applause.] With this J view I feel bound to say that the State of Maryland is not prepared to go into a nomination at the present mo- ( ment. She asks tor tune. Sbe will be willing to-morrow - morning, after she bat had an interchange with ber brethren, North and South, and I am satisfied, sir, from ( the intimations that have been given here to-day, that we shall be able to present a man without a platform—a man that we oan trust upon hia antecedents, and upou the po> 1 ition which be occupies before the country. t who »o§se«srs that spirit which haa been a. ptriel fiom by hose who are now in powtr. and which will live ooofi l<*nc<) to our ooutitry, both Nurth and Bmtb, Kutand Vest. [Applause] Mr. Hopkins, of Georgia, desired to say a few words >n this question of pUtfOfpv, *ud he would, in so doing, letain the convention hot a few minutes. He would sug jest a platform in a very lew words. He represented the irst district of Georgia, and he was instructed, by such non as Judge Lord, and by consultation with the most ntelligent citizens in his section of the State, to demand t pUtlorm. After souudiug public opinion in Georgia, le had cousullcd with citizens of North Carolina, and :bcy had perfectly coincided with him, not only that we ihould have a platform, but we agreed iu all its planks, riiey thought there would be no difficulty in giving the South a platform—a platform that three millions of vo ters could stand upon, without regard to the section of Bountry in which they reside. That platform was there Bord of the Hero of San Jacinto, General Sam Houston. [ Applause.] I ask the gentlemen from Kentucky, from Indiana, from Tennessee, if he is not the man for the times ? Other distinguished gentlemen have been nam ed, hut thev are the representatives of a defunct party— of the old Whig party. cannot rally men to the sup port of a candidate who has been resusiUted from a dead body. We want a live tr.kn, who, like General Harrison, will lead us to triumph. We tried the gallant Henry Clay, but notwithstanding li'is brilliant civic services to the country, we were doom ed to defeat. We then tried General Taylor, a candidate who was not known to the country, eicept for his bril liant services on the battle field, and he led us on to a brilliant victory. We now want a man of military renown. Cries of “No! No!") I fjuhmit it to Kentucky, to Indi ana, to the South? I appeal to the North, lor he has fought the battles of our common country, and although you may oppose him because you have other more favor ite candidates, you must admit his high claims to the norn ination. Wiih the hero Of Buena Vista we drove the Democracy from their strotigholds, and with the herool San Jacinto a similar victor^ may be obtained. With such i platform as I have proposed I would go hack and tell the planters of Georgia that Sam Houston is the platform an which I stand—and I wtjuld do so confident of success, so far as the vote of that Slate was concerned. Hon. Erostus Brooks, bf the New York delegation, •aid: Mr. President—Thai discussion of the questions, either of men or of platforms, even to the exteut already Indulged in, is prematura and unfortunate. I think 1 may be permitted to say, for thirty-five delegates, and for their thirty-five alternates—seventy men upon this floor from the State of New York—with one heart and one voice, that they have resolved to ask this Conven tion to present no platform to the country save the Con stitution of the United States. (Applause.) A uuiou of the States and the cnlorceracnt of the laws. (Applause.) And on that platform, interpreted by the constituted au thorities of the land, we feel that wc can meet our breth ren, South and North, East and West, with a proper spirit. This course will also promise a degree of sue •ess before the people which shall establish the fact, that neither the extreme party of the North or South •hall longer administer the affairs of this country. (Ap plause.) Sir, let gentleman remember how brief is the age of :hia party of which we have the honor to be representa :ives. I t U hardly half a year old, and in that brief pe ■iod it is represented hare to day bv nearly every State if our American Union. It is wise to leant, as long as ve may live under one government under one constitu ion, (and with one destiny iu view we must learn,) to he nlerantnnd just towards each other. [Applause.] That ustiee and union and concord better become the people if a government like this than any platform which any .* _ !_I I-•-.-1 erience lias demonstrated, and hat is that your party platforms are meant to deceive he people of the country, for they have their Northern ace and their Southern face. They have one set of geu lemen to interpret them in one section, uud another lass in a different section. There must be some tribunal o which we eau all recur, and let that tribunal be the iwh of tbe land as constituted and interpreted by its ugliest judicial authority. | Applause. | We invite you, gentlemen of the South to meet us icre to-day or to-moirow, as in your judgment you may leem best. I feel, in the diversity of opiniou which has ieen expressed here to-day, that it is necessary, whale er we may do, to do it m decency and in order; and rhelbcr it is proposed to adopt a platform of one or hree lines, it U proper that a ccmmittee, representing very State in the Union, should take whatever proport ions may have been prepared, uud present them, as the oice of all the States, to this National Convention. [Ap* lause. j When such committee rhall report, whether it e from the thirty-three or thirty Slates, that report will e unanimous: and, being unanimous, I am sure that it rill not only meet your hearty concurrence, but be as timed to by those whom you represent. Then we shall o on conquering and to conquer. We have, iu my own State, a conservative class, who re in favor of the fugitive slave law, and in favor of the ^institution of the United States. Then we have another lass of men who follow iu the wak# of these. They re for preaching, as the great architect of the party reached at Cleveland, for a higher law than the Con titution of the United States. 1 am tired uud weary of bese disputes, Gentlemen will at times differ in regard 3 the powers of Congress, and in regard to the judicial iterpretation oven of the Constitution of the Uuited tales, but we owe it to ourselves as good citizens to ubtnit to the law and abide by it. |Appliuse. J lain rood to say this is the voice of the E npire Slate. There re five propositions before the convention. Obviously. - wo or three of them are out of order. Kor tbe time, at u«t, all, I hope, will be withdrawn, in order that i may uhniit a motion which will he convenient to tbe eon ention, and which is that until otherwise authorized, ic rules and regulations of the House of Representa ves be the rules for tbe government of this body. | -Vp lause.] Mr. Ooggin, of Virginia, said: There is a venerable •iend of mine, Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, that I ould respectfully suggest be invited to take a real on ic platform, and I do so in the name both of the North i nd the South. ' The announcement of this was received with applause, ut it was found that Mr. C. was not in tbe hall ti take I be sett which had been unanimously accorded him by * ic convention. Thomas A. Harris, of Ml-souri, thought that a com- , uttee should be appointed to take into consideration i ud report to the Convention tbe names of candidates >r President and Vice President. He was in favor of lillard Fillmore. [Cheers ] He was tbe choice of Mis >uri, but 1 have no choice that I cannot yield, and Mis 3uri has no such choice. And, if I can lay him down I in lay any man down who will be brought before this (invention. We, of the Missouri delegation, know who ould be acceptable in Missouri; we hare do doubt on lat point. But we want time to consult and ascertain ho will be the most pn ferable candidate in all the tates. We are forming a party that is to continue, he nppd, to the end of lime, not a mere ephemeral organ :*tion for the present moment. We, therefore, have ther duties to perform besides those of seeking to nomi ate our personal fsvorites. Our aim should be to nomi ate those who will meet with the heartiest support from le people.of the whole Union. We look to no section >r countenance and support, but to each and all; and in le selection of candidates we should have a similar ob *ot in view. A little time, therefore, spent in cultiva ng friendship, and comparing views, which can be so ell done in a committee of the kind I have proposed, ould be advisable before proceeding to ballot. No one t ere has stronger preferences than I have, but I want I >me means of ascertaining whether my views are those t f gentlemen from other sections of the (,'onfederacy.— I therefore, with the view of moving the appointment of 1 Committee on Nominations, move that the resolution ) proceed at once to ballot for President and Vice Presi ent be laid upon the table. The several resolutions were then withdrawn by their lovers, and the question was taken on Mr. Brooks’ mo on to adopt the rules of the House of Representatives, > far as they may be applicable, lor the government of 1 te Convention. COMMITTEE ON Rt'SINESS. t Mr. Brooks then moved that a committee of one from icb State here represented be appointed by the several ( L-legations, which shall be instructed to prepare busi- t i ss for the Consideration of the Convention, which will * subtle*.* be prepared to report by the hour of assent- { ling to-morrow (Thursday) morning. i Mr. McClure, of Pennsylvania, desired no platform etter than that proposed by Mr. Coombs, of Kentucky. 4 e thought, however, that a platform should be adopt 1, or at bast soma action should be taken on the sub- j ct. 1 The Prisideut explained that tVe Committee on Busi es*, just ordered, would attend to that matter. The Secretary then proceeded to call the roll of States, . hen the following gentlemen were named by the re icctive delegations as the Committee on Business. ' Alabama—A F. Alexander. Arkansas—M. S Keuuard. Connecticut—Austin Baldwin. Delaware—Charles F. Cullon. ( Georgia—Hon. Joshua Hill. r Indiana—R. W. Thompson. Illinois—John Wilson. k Kentucky—C. F. Burnham. Maine—George E. B. Jackson. Massachusetts—A. S. Lewis. Minnesota—F. J. Burnett. Maryland—G A Pearce. Mississippi—J. W. C. Watson. Missouri—Thomas A. Harris. , New York—Erast us Brooks. v New Jersey—Jos. F. Randolph. * North Carolina—Richard G. Donald. Ohio—N. G. Pendleton. Pennsylvania—Joseph R. Ingersoll. Texas—A. B. Norton. Tennessee—Bailie Peyton. n Vermont—John Wheeler. I Virginia—Robert E. Scott. ! The President announced tiiat the Committee on Bus ess would meet at the Eutaw House at 8 o’clock last feDing. < On motion, thi Convention then adjourned to meet at ] » o’clock Thursday morning. -I ri^< I*ONn« NILE OF PAIHT- 1 Is- - t - ISG8 AT CORINTHIAN HALL.—la conaeqneoce of - latrnes* of the ) our, l‘ was to mil Impoiatble to go through th ail lb* plot urea intruded for the aale /rater lay. ' huae re- j xiulog, than fore, will be offered at the tame hour, (4 o'clock) * la (Saturday) evening. m/IB-ll I ItHKIM.X. : bbla No. 1 Halifax Cut llcrrinp 134 do No. 1 vnd 2 Halifax Gibbetl Her- ■ iga, for aale by 1> myl2 __LEWIS WKBB A JOHN O. WADE. a iriflTE CKKASE.-loObbl* for aale by If a.si* I. * 0. B. DAVENPORT. - IV OH A I L1C CBM F BIT.—MO bbl*. Roeeadale. for J mall_aale by_I * (i B. DAVENPORT. - UAKET WINE —200 caae* BA Julian Major f«r aale by l J mailI A G. B. DAVENPORT. 1 ST. CHAKLEfl HOTEL, Corner Wall and Main Streets | RICHMOND, VA. j myS—8m SiARTlV'MAOl%X, | FropEldOH, ' ASTHMA ,0* TH* ""**» BELIEF JIM 11A A. MANENT CUBE .f IH. dtotr ££ BRONCHIA "CIGARETTES Mad. by a B BETMOCR A CO. IDT N ABA AI gTgggy’l, y Frit, f- pet box ; lint free by pott. FORHALRATALLDRCUGIST9 nuU-dMlIa ir n .Jltlnr la nrerawu ry, tie HmiHr. ||,it Pill*.—They are a* pleasant as a truly effective — ha. n to true you miy take purgatives which will operat- whil**. pain, bee suae they take the balsamic parts from the bUe.d *p 1 to worse than being bled, wone than having the vital Bud J„i,u, ed. Bear tec of them luimm'i Fill* oaly take hold «f ip, t matters whi:h the body, when sick, wants to cvacnst. Tt. solely an saitotanl of nature,—nothing more, nothing less y,," do not foi cs ; they merely assist; and herein to their great rt'.’ Til* man s thrice blessed who to so fortona e as to b« *»,,,, with Uil« food and almost perfect gift to man, because he (,** p, a great extent his body Insured In health hy Ihelr occasion*],,, Frlnclpaliofflce, 994 Canal street, New Tork. bold hy all ,-p,* aide d. a(er* In medicine*. d rAwlra Roma Eva BtLaiu — Hundred* of persons of scrofulous h.b t arc dlstigured by rednesi or rawness of the Eyelids, r >mmonly ed s re eyes, who, by using tho Balssm msy obtain almost la... diate relief, and after • fsw application* Bn I Ihemselvcs perfe ey _ _ _ dA.ur CKISTADOKO'ft i:\< F.I.MOK |>V|; la uniiralled In the world. No o'her dye has been analysed, No other dye produces such faultless colors, No other dye can be aopltrd so rapidly, ' No other dye Is so listlog In Its rif.-ts No other dye Improves the texture of the hair. It hat ANALYZED BY UK. CHILTON. Chemist to the Croton Water Board of hew York, an t certltl.,' he him to be as harmless *s Croton Water HI* certificate mar ,1 seen at the establishment of the proprietor, bold everwher* appl'ed hy all hair dreiser*. CklfTxMWO, No. d Astnr H ,j. York. may- dkelm ‘•Not dangerous to the Human Family," " Rata come out of ther hole* to die " V E R M I N . “ Cottar's ” « Cottar’s” Rat, Roach, Ac. Exterminator, “ Cottar’s ” “Cc-ttir's” Bod bug Exterminator. « CtMtar'n ” « Cottar'* ” Electric Powdor. fnr Injects, Ac. PKSTBlIY* IS-TAStl T Bats—Roachen—Mice—Moles—Ground Mice— Red Bugs Amt Moths Mnsc.ulties— Ftesa— Insect* on Plamt, Fowls, Animals A. Ac.—In short, every species of • VERMIN. 10 Years established In New York tidy—used hy the City p up Of!lee--the C ty Prison* and btatlon Houet-the Cltv Ship*, Ac.—the Cltv Hotels, “ Astor," *‘bt Nicholas, Ac.—and hV more than 90,000 private families |W Druggists and Retailers everywhere tell them (W Wholesale Aecnte lu wail the Urge Cities and Town*. jT" ''' IlKwaaa !'! of spurious imitations. |BE* |l Du Sample Boxee *ent hy Mail. fW~ Addrees ordrni—or for * Clreu ar lo Dealers " to HENRY R. COSTAR, rarsciPAt Dtror, 619 BaoanirtT, (Opposite Bt Nichols* Hotel i \ y Sold hy PI'RCEI.I., HDD 4 CO myl— dAwlm Wholesale and Retail, Richmond, Va. A CARD.-DU. RoRERT HI NTFK ^s- TJ . of New Yotk, has arrived 'n Richmond, and tsie* room* at the Poal.atan HI* stay to d«finitely limited t, TWO W kilt Kb. lie will devote hit time, while In Richmond, to < ot suit* lions and to the treatments of all dl.eases o’ tip lr ,- *0. ma -ft AUHAhU VIltd.lNIA DISOOVKKT.-dh month! since, oar excellent townsman, NxpmiLi Ezrxixi.ln fortned u« hat be had prepared a halrreatnrtr with wlu.h he »u experimenting upon hi* own hea l, whoae lop was entirely bai.1 — We taw him two day# since, an t on the plsre si bald four nioniu since, a fine crop of hair hat sprung up with a vigorous gr .wth. rs eonrineed It Mr. Kxxiixl of Uie eflcacy of hU dwcovrrv, ihsi he has named It "THE INFALLIBLE VIRGINIA HAIR RESTORER.’ Mr K. It about going loto an extensive manufacture of an art.•!, which Is destined to prove of analout Interest to our bald pavj friends. — FYiwn Richmond ffVu/ulrer, /iFOR JI'IHjSF OF THE HI NT IN MS COURT.-PEACHY R ORA1TAN l-u. mah tile |T^iELECTIO!l NOTICE.—Tho regul.r Annual Murt'np of iMflMIlMin*ftb*TIlwllA HRK AN ^ If A h IS E INSURANCE COMPANY, wffl he Kid it tie )ffic** *.f the Company, oo MONDAY, May Slat, at 1‘2 o'rl. ck M , it which mec'ln* lh« e'ertloO of aeventeen Director* for the Con* •any, lo Merit the eoauiog twelve month*, will take place. mal«»—tilcia WM. WILLIS, J*., ikc^. RELIEF IIV TisH Uni FLV BRYANS PULMONIC^ WAFERS t T\* moot oortatn and op**dy romtdy errs ManotroA for aU of (Aa Chut and Lnaft, Ok**As, Ootdi, Arthmu, CnmumpUim, Bron-httU, /ndu. tnao, Boarunut, Inflcuit Brtnthin^, Boro Throat, Sc., So. THESE Waters give the moat Instantaneous and perfect ruHaff, ind when persevered with according to directions, never fall to el ect a rapid and lasting cur*. Thousands hsvs been restored to i«rfect health who have tried other means In vain. To all dusts ind a'd constitution! they art squally a blessing end a curs—note ited despair, no matter how long the disease may have existed, or lowsrsr sever* it may be, provided the organic structure of the vi al organs Is not hopelessly decayed. Every ont afflicted should' Ive them an Impartial trial. To Vocaum tan Pcauc Sratxna, theee Wafer* are peeaHarly aluable ; they will In oai oar remove the moet eevere oceaaloea oartefieaa; and their regular u>* for a few day* will, al all Umaa, acreage the power and flexibility of the voice, greatly lmprortif I* tone, compnai and clearneaa, for which purpoie they are reg» arly need by many profeealonal vocalUte. JOB MOSES. Sole PropHetor, Rochester, New Toth. Price *fl eenla per bo*. For eale by all regpectable Duu*gl*a. malt—eodldy I >ICON IIAMS.-I.’-W ex'ra Sugar Cured lltnj-flf n, LB Unt'i. John Shav'a, and J. Morriion k Co.'l braidl, fir >*l« y K. H. SKISKKR k CO._ __my'l NOTICE. 11 HR FIRM OF I’l Ll.l t V| A nRTTl hiTlog'Mi . day ceaaed iVILLU.M II SETTS will continue In the Neijro kuclloii Hiullifitn, %nd has takrti int* Oo»p*rtaeraH|> la K. J GKMIORY They will conduct the builnes* under ’IK* rmrf BBTTM k OMR GORY, *t th-lr Males Ho«m. -n Frank!.n tree), four do»u b-low Wall Street, and about one square below former nf'lc •* <»f NBm ■* Bella, and reapedful;) i Hidtaco# nuance of th» patronage which w»a so liberally eatewded Ui »*• I. II. tta while in the fl in of Pu lUn k Betts. Tht y have obtained the service# of Mr lU'sna-.i* II. Fl«<‘A*i ** ierk who has an interest in the basinets. II M H MYTH, my 10—y K. J. GRKGOki. JKILY IIADKIII I WINK. j 10 half pipe* M M. Wine 1ft ar. do. do do 6 Jo. do Tendon Tackculae Win*). In store for sale by tnalft EuMOM). DAVfMPORT A CO. rA Vi AND MOCHA COPPER. -«• b^a. man and bales superior Java and Mocha C<»ff e. for aaie by my in I k U nAVlBPOBT __ larscioTHiiflt isn curaiian DIHKirOTr, IIAKKIS A lO. have j«.t received Ihclr wo ml eu(■ ply . f Boy* Clothing, and are now prepare > atll them lower than ever bef re having bought the* at mu'i. edurd ratea owing to the aeaaoo beiug advanced We »ou . leretnre, coafdenaiy Invtte all In want of good and nice *-<• lothlng, at tery low pric- *, to glee ut a call before buying, ai »■ now we can acll anything In the IIOV8 line, very low. UAKKACOTT, HaRRI* k CO, 8ucceaioii to Merchant, Welaleer A On, my 10 No. II* Mala **■ . SpriiiU ami SuuniMT Clulliiug lytHHAI Of r, MAHHIN a- CO. •****?*’ Is receiving a choice alock of Spring and Summer Ch" “I. tcrnily bougnt. and manufacturei expreaaly for their retail tra e, nd would Invite all pericni wi»hlng lo he uat-L dreried, and a aax low coat, In give them a call, being determined to tell al lo ■ the *veal. UARRAOGIT, HARRIS A CO No. 11* Halo S reet, mylO Succeeaora to Mrrch.nl, WcUiger A 10-_ Removal, and Mam hut Opeiiius AT C. R.IRTON will remorefrom No It V to N" *£ *»" v. Street, four doo'i above Sth Street, on MONPl*. 1 i.L, and will ooen ou TUESDAY, the Hth Init., with a fr. ,h»»P ly of Freni h Plow ere, Klbbou., mid hu,u, lonil.t*. Will a *o open, at the lame time, a urge “ reach Lace Mantilla lling Pmtere_mir y — H( NOT! ETUI NO NEW. r HAVE thlj day received the new and beautiful FLORA TM< L Pl.t DRIVING IUT lor young into, atjs Malu FARE TliROUGH FROM IICH.HO.HDTO BUCKINGHAMCT. nOI «i 45. -AN tod after May »th, my STAGE LINK, from p ./ New ( anion to llu. k trig ham C. Z. T ■ I., will connect with R. fcdmond A Co. • PACKH 1,0A ‘ alng and rcturtdng. p if , Leave Richmond Monday. Wedneeday and Friday at - ,jr nd arrive at the Court Houae next evening »» • , ■are the Court House at G A M. Tuesday, Thursday * nd arrive lo Richmond next A. M. at i. Houae. Fare through received on lb* boat* and at ibe Cean w[IITg jwyF-lw _ __ * — L1HENCH BRANDY.-30 *. carta P«« ROM* f ma'i-lw _Forealaby JVM WALLAt* r/\ a,BLN. RXTHA C. COPPER >0 bbla. A Coffee »uga>; »t.bla. Cut Loaf Sugar IS^ M ( b/ on Powderad Huger W bbda. N. 0. *ud P K ■ * » gohA m»»-lw- -- ’ TIRKCRB PHI.ME K m/i lii*. PH IMS H A LI FA* heh HJO *SGA Whalfd. i *^c*‘’iJTixyll*A'aAEWBW -