Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-08-17

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towns there represented repaired in body
to the Court House, at o o'clock in the ai.
ternoon, and found he doors Of The public
room Of The county, locked against them
After using every exerton to obtain admis
sion, and waiting an hour in suspense, al
! organization was had in the lobby, by tn
appointment of Horalio Conaut Esq. oi
Maumee President, and Henry Reed Jr. Of
the same place, Secretary, when on full
expression of opinion upon the subject
an adjournment was resolved upon, to meet
at Swanton on the day following.
That the people of Toledo were deter
mined to abide by the resolutions Of the
meeting of the 18th of July, and sacrifice
the interests of the Wing party to the inte.
rests oftheir town appeers from the fact thrt
the organization III the lobby was deserted
entirely by the delegates chosen in Toledo,
although they were fully advised as to
what was going on, and to all appearance,
were completely trained and prepuredto act
separately so soon as, by delay and neglect,
they had driven those whom they feared
would oppose their designs, from the field.
Indeed, it has been stated, on good author
ty that the poll OF tke October cleo
ton were taken from the clerks office by
Toledoans, lest OH an organization by the
delegates from the other towns, they
should be able to fix the ratio OF township
representation. Such acts speak for them
selves.
Scarcely was an adjournment declared,
when the people Of Toledo threw open the
acclamation, IIezekiuh d. Mason, scaled
to the clair and Charles NJ. Dorr chosen
secretary, and thus pretended county
Wing convention went into business, pre-
sided over by a man, who on the ] 9th of Ju-
Iy had declared that his political principles
were nullity when brought in conflict with
his interests, and that he would vote for no
man who would not minister to his insatiatc
thirst for wealth.
What could honest men expect from the
administration of such presiding officer! 1t
will be seen in the sequel, that their foreLo-
dings were but too true, and that hew ho has
once departed from the path of freclt,ide i S
worthy of no confidence, however lofty may
be his pretentions.
After the adjournment of the meeting in
the lobby at the earnest solicitation of del
egntes from Sylvania, who came forward
with proposition, that the members from
the Northern and Western townships should
go IN and vote on question Of an adjourn
ment CT the meeting IN the court room, and
the calling of an other at som future day, a
few went in, and motion was mude and
carried to adjourn and call a County Con-
vention on Wednesday the 18th inst at the
same place.
The convention appointed at Swanton
was holGcn on the Sth and numerously at.
tended, but delegates still desiring to do
nothing to create n division in the whig
ranks, separated, after recommending suita
BILE candidates for the county Offices.
On the 18th the day set for the County
Convention at 1'oledo,a large number of
delegates attended; upon coming to order,
and without any motion to that effect, Hez
ekiah d. Mason and Charles NJ. Dorr as.
sumedthe places Of chairman and secretary of
of the Convention. A motion was made by
a delegate from Wayneslield township, to
raise Committee of one from each town
ship to nominate permanent officers FOR the
Convention. The reasons for this motion
as stated by the mover were as follows; first
1.-The chairman and secretary " ere not right
fully in their seats, not having been appoint
cd by any action of the Convention then
in session for, it will be recolected, the
delegates thenin attendance had beer elected
with a view to the present, and since any pre-
vious Convention, and that this was an orig
lnal and not an adjourned body: second,
that even s,ipposing the officers had right
TO hold over from the previous meeting, there
was no evidence that their election was
anything more than preliminary, aud that
the Importance Of theacts of the present body
demanded thlt the usual steps should be
taken in the selection of officers; and third,
that the officers having been elected when
Toledo had a large majority in the meeting.
it was no more than justice that the voice
of the rest of the county should be heard in
matter ofsomuchlmportance. The usurp.
ing occupant Of the chair refused to put
the question. An attempt was made to in
duce the delegates present to produce their
credentials to the officers of the meeting as
then organised. This was successful only
in part, large number of the delegates con-
slderlng the organization as entirely informal
and usurping; few did however pass up
their papers for the examination Of Messrs.
Mason and Dorr, from whose hands they
were afterwards unable In nroruro tham al