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Meeting of the Democracy of the 7th Congressional Uistnct. jCon veil (ion met at 10 o'clock ami or* gaiuaed by appointing Del mm It. Eck-. eltj of Putnam, Chairman, a^l Joseph ? Wake id Vigo uml Murray Urigga ui Sullivan SecretAt! the count ic* in the District being.(epi townied, the ratio of tho clifterem. counties was fixed as follow* : \ igo 21volet;, Sullivan 19, tSrevu 15, Parke 14H Owen 16, Clay 15, Putnam 21, VermiMlion 11.Tho following icsohition, offered by | Mr. Scott of Pumam, was tiueni mouidy j, adopted : 1 } lResolved, Thai as the usage of the 1 party to assemble in State Convention|• ou the 8th of January lias boon changed 1 •to the District *y»tein, it is the ilnty of1tins Convention to nominate atid aj*. point two delegate* And two alternate• delegates to the National Convention,I ami one Elector niul one contingent f! Elector for ibis DUliicl. 1A motion by James M. Maiitm to ap-i ! point a committee on raulutioufi was j J adopted, and the Chair appointed* James I M. Hanna nf Sullivan, Andrew Hum- j . pbievK of Green, Jacob Wolfe ot Uweit,I Arch. Johnson tf Putwum, Buy lean Hun-• na of Vigo, William box of Verbiiflion, •George \V. Thompson ol Parke, mid '.Jqdkii Ellington of Clay, *aid ouiu-• mitte.Tho following wtis offered by A. John-. bull, ot pHtnum, ami adopted unanimous-!1 ly : !*' Resolved. Thwt all resolution* on.J • Platform be referred to tho Committee ; on Resolution* without debate. 'The following wurfjilso adopted umm* j ini oils-ly :Whmueas, If is desirous to get I - through with tlie business ot this f'oi:- i volition mI us early an hour as possible,* be if there! oreRemHoctf, That no person ho allowed j ‘1* to speak at one time mure than ten niitiC t. utcs, ui i.lore than twice on the fwinci 0’.subject, until all have spoken who wisltM ;];tu. ^ ’The Committee on Resolutions then I Ie : retired to tho committee rnnin, and the Ii*f meeting adjourned till IJ o'clock r. 1. ] Hai.i r.\st i se o’fi.ot’K j*. m.—Con-jj vent ion met as plt;?r adjournment. m The Committee ou Resolution.?, byi;their Chairman, Judge Hauna, reporte/ the following, which, after some discus-’ ’ ir.sion, Were adopted ur.aniiuocvly : !•iUsult’.J, That the events of the last [ three years have proved that war, with! iiill its attusnhtiif evils, is not a properj nouedv to heal the di Here tiers betwweirefthe North and flic South, we are ihereto: o in favor of peacr Ici-ni upon a pm-’ umitcul e»mpronijc of iho.se Jillci cuces •'I —p;wrvjug mul securing the inlegidy, U of tin* the equality and rights ofj. the States and tlie citizens thereof, guaiatf ieed by f |mi t 'on?titi:tionIte.vi/m/. Ilint tin* proposition of the |lt;*i IVsident, contained in his late mcs.-age \q and. proclamation, as to the ahrugution (r id’old State goiernrncnts and the cum ^ tiuii of new urns, meets with our uinjiial* j ili*:d condemnation, became, among oth-,er filings°cd s ly?. The President has no authorityi|] fo make srjeli propositions, uuJ it ist therefore uslirpiisun.U«l. It, Is a violation oft ha Const it u-;ve tioii, if attempted by any department ol j tin* General Govern intuit.ILL It is mi utteiupt to build up pre- j tended mid fal*e guvermnenfs in I he j dd • South, that the party in power may be I rr-i continued therein through electors ciio-! „s | sen by non-residents, to* wit: dihhonestf followers of the army, and slave* pro-J° claimed lo be free, who may form such 00; pretended governments.; 4lh. It recognizes tho fnturu equality,c , of the white and black raeus.iif’Suhrd, In view of recent uvouls in '** the !)onler States, we declare that it i*the duty of every citizen who ptvfpis a! , republican form of guvcrnmcnt to a mil*. ri itary despotism, to maintain in ovory ( la inude in InV power the purity of the bn I -1 ts lot box agai*iftt fraud, corruption and to violence from every quarter. kj. That every repreRentotivc( of this Cong rational District be instructed to carry uni in ail hie representative 1 net ion the principles of the foregoing resolution*. •us' On motion of /James M. Hamn, of ;t,: Sullivnu, ArcliibaiJ Johnson, of Put-1 jn! nnm, was selected aj Elector for the . Serunth Congrohsiorml District. Ajid 1 upon an election being had for a contio-J 1 gent elector, fe«»rgc \V. Thompson, of y** Darke, was chosen hy t^ t'onventiun.• An I'lrction being had for delegates to1.1 V* . • ■ / lt;*tho National on veil r ion, i exulted in the . strive lion of Andrew lhnnpliroys, of1 •11 it.'cue, and John G. Davis, of Vigo, n*y fie locates, and Melvin McKee and rite-I-. olnu G, JJurlon as alternates.* •, On iiiuthui of 15. H. Oornwell, it was!, unanimotirifv ievolved that this Ocmvon-1 , Lion reeotnnifirl to the State. IV/nven-’; lion the appoiii'iucnt ol the Him. Jaiiie.O * M ll/iuiia, of Sn.Mivan; one of the tlec-!« :i tuis lor tlie State at large. ;I., Ordered that the Democratic pnpors ‘ of I lie State aud all ot.her Democratic ‘ •‘Xl ’, : paj»ers he ami are hfiob'v rcqnustctl to ; ilrj ]iublili :hfl*e proceedinga in thuir res-- peel i vc pnpoi r%..o1 Un motiuu the Convention adjourncJ , inc die. i lt;DEL AX A It. ECKELS. Chr’n. J. ! J . II. lit. llif:, ) j IMlruav liiiicns, } «**rourie*. Itil * i
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Bowling Green Clay County Democrat
Bowling Green, Indiana, US
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