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At a meetirg of tbe Democrats of Walton county, at Monroe, Ga., Dr. Francis S. Colley was called to the Chair, and J. P. Edwards requested to act at Secretary.Rev. G. A. Nunnally explained the object of the meeting.A committee of five to report business was appointed, consisting of tbe following gentlemen: Rev. G. A. Nunnally, A. W. Clay, Archibald Tanner, H. T. Colquitt, and W. R. Smith.The following resolutions were adopted:The Democratic Party of Walton county, confident that the only hope of securing to tbe country a return to local self-government, the subordination of the Military to the Civil authority, the preservation of the writ of Habeas Corpus, and the checking of the centralizing tendencies of the Federal Government, lies in the harmonious action of the party in National Convention, do resolve, 1st. That this meeting appoint nine delegates to the State Convention of the Democratic party, with instructions to strive to preserve the harmony consistent with the principles of the party, by the selection of such delegates to the Baltimore Convention as may be safely trusted to represent the Democratic party of Georgia upon the important questions to he there determined.2d. That we approve of the administration of His Excellency Gov. James M. Smith, as honest and wise.The following gentlemen were elected as delegates to the State Convention, with power to appoint alternates:Judge Orion Stroud, Calvin .G. Nowell, Chas. L. Bowie, John M.‘ Ammons, John J. Hammons, Wm. Smith, Senior, Oscar L. Graves, Green W. Smith and Thomas W. Sheats.Copies of the proceedings were ordered to be furnished the Athens papers, The Atlanta Sun and Constitution, and the Walton Journal. '
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Atlanta Weekly Sun
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Wed, Jun 12, 1872
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