H.CRAWFORD was selected as the candidate representing the southern portion of the confederacy.

These were all men of eminence and of acknowledged talents.
They were worthy competitors for the highest honors of the Republic.
The friends of Mr.Adams rested his claims for the presidency on no factitious qualities.

They urged that his characteristics were such as to commend him to the confidence of every true republican and well-wisher of his country.

While his attainments were not of the showy and popular cast possessed by many public men, they yet were of that solid, practical and valuable description which must ever receive the sanction of intelligent and reflecting minds.
The qualifications on which his supporters depended, and to which they called the attention of the American people, as reasons for elevating him to the head of the General Government, may be summarily enumerated as follows:--1.

The purity of his private character--the simplicity of his personal habits--his unbending integrity and uprightness, even beyond suspicion.2.His commanding talents, and his acquirements both as a scholar and a statesman.3.His love of country--his truly American feelings, in all that concerned the welfare and honor of the United States.4.His long experience in public affairs, especially his familiarity with our foreign relations, and his perfect knowledge of the institutions, the internal condition and policy of European nations.