Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-09-30
PEOPLES MEETING

PEOPLES MEETING.
Pursuant to previous notice, respect
able number of the cilizens of Williams
County, without distinction of party
having convened in the new frame school
house at Lafayette, on Friday, the 18th
inst. for the purpose of nominating can
didates for County Officers, to be sup
ported at the approaching October cleo
ton, who will feel perfectly free to dis.
charge the duties Of their respective Of
fees, untramelled by party or local in.
terest, and for the transaction of other
business.
On motion, JOSEPH Moss, Esq. was
called to the Chair, and JAMES G. Ca
LENDER, chosen Secretary. The objects
Of this meeting having been stated by the
Chair,-On motion, the meeting proceed
ed to ballot for Candidates, whereupon,
the following persons were declared du-
" nominated -
Jonathan B. Taylor, for Sheriff.
Woolery Coonrod, for Commissioner.
John Lewis, for Treasurer.
Amos Evans, for Prosecuting Att'ny.
N. B. Adams, for Coroner.
On Motion,
The following Preamble and Resolu.
tions were then read, and unanimously
adopted -
WHEREAS Conventions have recently
been held by both political parties in this
Senatorial and Representative District,
for the purpose of nominating candidates
for Senator and Representative to the
Ohio Legislature,-which Conventions
very partially attended by Delegates;-
and Whereas the Delegates of this Coun-
ty, who attended said Conventions were
appointed by previous meetings at De-
fance, without the knowledge or consent
of the people whom they were designed,
(nominaAO to represent and Whereas
the Delegates so appointed, (under the
fallacious pretence of representing the
public willy did meet with the Delegates
of other counties, and nominate certain
individuals as candidates for office, in
violation of public sentiment. and mani
testify contrary 10 the feelings, wishes
and interests of the people of this County
thereby attempting to palm personal
favorites upon the public, to occupy posts
which should be held only by men of ac-
knowledged experience, worth and pa
triotsm; and Whereas, at one of said
Conventions, the Delegates of all the
Counties, except Williams and Henry,
,caiUed their right in the nomination of
a Candidate for Representative, pledging
themselves, in effect, to sanction what
ever nomination might be made by ma
jority Of the Delegates of Williams and
Henry Counties, (Which said majority of
Delegates represented only small part
of the people ofsaid Counties) thus en-
powering the Delegates of three or four
Townships in too Counties, to nominate
a Candidate for Representative, to be
supported by the Electors of the WHOLE
DISTRICT in which this farcical bargain
was made and concluded Therefore,
Resolved. That we regard all assump-
tons of public opinion, by Conventions
or Caucuses, not fairly and fully attend
ed by the people or their Delegates, as
one of the many arts Of Demagogues, to
establish for themselves an ephemeral
popularity, at the expense of the public
good; and as an unwarrantable perver-
sion of the privileges of freemen, which
should receive an indignant rebuke from
every man, who feels an abiding inte-
rest in the, preservation Of the public vir-
tue.
Resolved, That we look upon the con-
duct of certain members OF Convention
recently held at Defiance, in waiuimg
their right in the selection ola Candidate
for Representative, either as a reckless
act of Indifference in regard to its insult,
or as the natural consequence of an ar
rangement, which deserves our severest
reprobation.
Resolved, That, though the polite ac-
complishments of a dandy may present
strong claims upon self.esteem, if not
upon the public sympathy yet we re-
gard those accomplishments, alone, as
insufficient qualifications for wise Le-
gislator.
Resolved, That a political ,oeather-
cock, however highly accomplished as
pettifogger, is not suitable person to
represent an enlightened people in either
branch Of the General Assembly.
Resolved, That, inasmuch as the people
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