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*nrnYi6n.~A eor respondent; ifritds os as fed- ^», under' date. of CanHdge.City, the 9th J theajtfV-’ ‘ /;. ■- ^ [-A mat' • • ■* .* * * . • . ' i. . • f *..-1#’Pbe Democracy of; this District mot* ro- Odt»- *?te itioh in this city yesterday,be Bttj Of January, I ~14.' Hon. LareDeveiip 'pf Wayne and Hou. j 5”e.lli’am Applegate of Fayette were clioeen dele- yig esto the National BtemocraticCouVentiOn, II C.Daiif of Henry and Eli Pigrhaobf Unibn Bl)iititigents. James Brown .of Randolph .'. was C0I})sen Elector far the District, and .J tmes Elder oveWayne was recommended to the State Central ]thmifctee as Delegate for the Sia,te at large. Je”!The Convention was harmonious, and noJn- ?t]uctions were given to the delegates. I 3Yours, J. C. L. um‘ j acc—Meeting ok the Democracy of the 7th wai ngrbssionalDistrict.—Convention met at 10 ehu lock and organized by appointing Delana R. inti kels Of Patnam Chairman, and Joseph Blake tut Yigo and Murray Briggs of Sullivan Secre dueies. ‘ of.AH the counties in the District beiug repre- the ited, the ratio of the different counties was wil ed as follows: Vigo 21 votes, Sullivan 19, ter eene 15, Parke 14, Owen 16, Clay 15, Putnam wh , Vermillion 11. I belt;The Tallowing resolution, offered by Mr. Scott sesPutnam, was unanimously adopted: anResolved, That as the usage of the party to tioseroble in State Convention on the 8th of upnuary has been changed to the District system, it i is the duty of this Convention to nominate and pu point two delegates and two alternate delegates the Nationul Convention, ami one Elector and e contingent Elector for this District.A motion by James M, Hanna to appoint a ^ mtnittee on resolutions was adopted, and the 80 nair appointed James M. Hauna of Sullivan, □drew Humphreys of Greene, Jacob Wolfe of wen, Arch. Johnson of Putnam, Bay less Hanna ha Vigo, William Dox of Vermillion, George W. th hompson of Parke, and Jeptha Ellington of re lay, said cornmittee. mThe following was offered by A. Johnson, of Hi utuano, and adopted unanimously: 8?jResolved. That all resolutions on Platform be e* ferred to the Committee on Resolutions without P* ?bate. v orThe following was also adopted unanimously: Whereas. It U desirous to get through with t0 ie business of this Convention «t as early an $ jur as possible, be it therefore Resoloed, That no person be allowed to speak i oue time more than ten minutes, or more than 01 vice on the sauie subject, until all have spokeu ^ ho wish to. ^The Committee on Resolutions then retired to hlt; te committee room, and the meeting adjournedII o'clock p. m. flHalf'past One o'clock p. m.—Convention met g s per adjournmeut .The Committe on Resolutions, by their Chair- 1 jan, Judge Hanna, reported the following, which, ? fter some discussion, were adopted unaui-louslv: aResolved, That the events of the last threeears have proved that war, with all its .attendant j viJs, is not a proper remedy to heal the differ- ^ nces between the North and the South; we are herefore in favor of peace bn6ed upon a perma-ieut compromise o( those differences—preserving s ,nd securing the integrity of the Union, the ^ quality and rights of the Stales and the citizens ® hereof, as guaranteed by the Constitution. 0 Resolved. That the proposition of the Presi- ® lent,-contained in his late message and procla* Ion, as to the abrogation of old State govern- ? nents and the creation of new ones, meets with ] Kir unqualified condemnation* because, among . ther tiling?:1st. The President has no authority to make ^ luch proposition, and it is therefore usurpation.2d. It is a violation of the Constitution, if at e empted by any department of the General Gov*? f miraent,3. It is an attempt to build up pretended nnd * false governments in the South, that the party in \ power may be continued therein through electors 1 sbosen by non-residents, to-wit: dishonest followers of theartuy,and slaves proclaimed to be free, who may form such pretended governments. * 4th. It recognizes the future equality of the 1 white and black races. * !Resolved, In view of recent events in the bor 1 der States, we declare that it is the duty of every citizen who prefers a republican form of govern* 1 ment to a military despotism, to maintain in 1 every mode in bis power the purity of the ballot box against fraud, corruption and violence from every quarter.Resolved, That every representative of this Congressional District be instructed to carry out in all his representative action the principles of the foregoing resolutions.On motion of James M. Hanna, of Sullivan, Archibald Johnson, of Putnam* was selected as Elector for the Seventh Congressional District. And upon for A contingentelector, George W. 'Tompson, of Parke, was chosen by the OuhveotSpn. .An election $ebjg • to the Nationul Convener tMim M:Jiwe keleet4bn of Aodrew H uu? phfeyS* pfGHfch4) ffiitj John G. Davis, of -»iw . McKeea rid Steph eh G;On _ it was unanimously tj^On-emiun recommendto the :tlth appointment of theHon James^M. H^iinu, lt;f 'Sulliran, one of the Electors for the Sftate at hvrgie.Ordered the UjerspCTHttc papers of the State and all other Democratic papers be and are hereby reqtj^d do pubiieh:these proceedings in their respectiy*psd$3j3. . ^ .On motion the. ConventioB adpjurnetl sine die. DEliAN A JSQK’ELS, Clmirmaii.J. H. Blake, J Muaaay .-.wftfitfiwwi—-. c- t-•* /ivyi • • v
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Indianapolis Indiana State Sentinel
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Mon, Jan 18, 1864
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