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tI-‘DEMOCRATIC MEETING.At a meeting of the friend* of the present national administration, held at the Court house in Rockville, County of Parke, Indiana, on Saturday, the 29th day of December, 1838, for the purpoee of appoint!ng delegates to represent the said County of Parke in the general convention to be held at Lafayette, for the purpose of nominating a Democratic Candidate to represent the Seventh Congressional District in the next Congress of the United States,The meeting was called to order by Matthew Noel, Esq., and was thereupon organised by the unanimous appointment of Gen. Gcokgb K. Steele as President, and James McGinnis and William Huxford as Vice Presidents, and Levi Sidwell and Erabtcs M. Benson as Secretaries.Whereupon the President briefly stated the objects of the meeting.On motion of John G. Davis, Esq., the following resolutions were unanimously adopted, to wit:1. Resolved, That we approve of the policy of bolding a democratic convention at Lafayette on the @th day of January next, to nominate a suitable candidate to represent thi» (7th) congressional district in the next congress of the United States.2. Resolved, That this meeting will appoint Delegates to represent the county of ParkeInhC8/tf*1%IClt;1riaatfteri6t1dg‘tef.8’8i md9I-(TaI-Wy:h«-icl-ryofe.thd-!ieatryscV-rc:hoflielylyaye ;IIid,)rsofbye»n ive indiodialateindlv-mdroofing, it thetheep-ias,in said proposed convention.3. Resolved, That a committee of beappointed by the President of this meeting, to select and report the names of —— persons to be appointed as such delegatee.Whereupon on motion of Col. John J, Meach-am, Resolved, That the blank in the 2nd resolution be filled with the number “forty-two.*’On motion of Matthew Noel, Esq , Resolved, That the blank in the 3rd resolution be filled with the number “five.”Whereupon the President appointed the following committee in pursuance of the 3rd resolution, to wit: John G. Davis, Matthew Noel, John Sunderland, Esquires, Gen. Arthur Patterson, and Col. Samuel H. Johnson. And thereupon the said committee reported to the meeting the following delegates to represent the said county of Parke, in the said proposed convention, to wit :Gen. George K. Steele, Col. Samuel H. Johnson, and Joseph Strain, of JackBon town-thip.Thomas Wolverton and John Miller, jr., of Union township.John Vincent, Esq., Capt. Robert Clark, RevM Aaron Harlan, James Williams and James Dogoett, of Greene township.R. H. Gatewood, Esq., Harrison M. Bussell, and Walter Clark, Esq., of Sugar-; Creek township.Rev’d David Shirk of Liberty township. Joseph Stephenson, Kliphalet Allen, Ksqre., C. W. Huxford, and John McKinney,of Reserve township.Samuel Laverty, William Kilgore, and James Hawarth, Esqrs. of Wabash township.Randolph H. Wedding, and John M. Doty, Eaqrs. of Florida township.Wesley Watson, and Alexander Elder of Washington township.Tobias Miller, Jeptha Garrigus, Esqrs., and Hon. James Strange, of Raccoon township.Matthew Noel, Joseph A. Wright, Robert M. Gilkeson, JohnG. Davis, Henry Anderson, E6qrs.,Gen. Arthur Patterson,Col. John J. Mkacuam, Capt. Cyrus Wolverton, Levi Sidwell, Dioclesian Cox, John Sunderland, Capt. Gabriel Houghman, Robert N. Allen, Ebastus M. Benson, and William M. Ginnis, of Adams township.Which report, on motion of Austin M. Puett,Esq., was unanimously adopted.On motion of John G. Davis, Esq., Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be drawn up by the Secretaries, eigned by the President and Vice President, countersigned by the Secretaries, and a copy thereof furnished the editor of the Crawfordsville Record and other Democratic editors in the 7th congressional district for publication.On motion, Resolved, that the thanks of thii meeting be tendered to the President, Vice Presidents, and Secretaries, for the faithful and dignified manner in which they have discharged their several duties upon the present occasion.On motion of A. M. Puett, Esq., the meeting adjourned. G. K.STEELE, President.WM. HUXFORD,) ViceJ. McGINNIS, ] Presidents.E.M. BENSON, )s iefiL. SIDWELL, ^retanes.
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Terre Haute Wabash Enquirer
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sat, Jan 05, 1839
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