The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-03-25
For the Hawkeye and Patriot. 81
MEETING OF, LEE
COUNTY F

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For the Hawkeyc and Patriot. 3,
ADJOURNED MEETING OF LEE
COUNTY. .5Iaasc aa
At large and enthusiastic meeting oil
the Democratic Wings Of Lee County,
held in pursuance Of adjournment. at For,
Madison, on Saturday 18th inst, a,
which Timothy Fox, Esq, acted as
Chairman, and Edward Kilbourn and C
=. Stone, as Secretaries. s.3,
On motion of Joshua Owen, Esq., a
Committee Of six was appointed by the
Chair, to nominate suitable persons to
the meeting as delegates to the Territorial
Convention: the following gentleman
composed said Committee,
Gen. J. B. Browne, Joshua Owen, DR.
Richey, Felix G. Brown, Geo. w. See
and Cyrus Peck. ,ass .i. a.ts
In the absence of the Committee, the
following resolutions were introduced ant
adopted: .or adt al ssl as
Resolved, That we have undiminish
ed confidence in the moral and politica
worth Of our esteemed fellow citizen
Alfred Rich, Esq, and earnestly desire
that he may be selected by the Daven
port Convention, as the Wing Candidate
for delegate to Congress.
| Resolved, That our delegates to the
Davenport Convention be, and are here
by instructed to inform the Convention
of the desire of the Wings Of Lee Coun
ty, for the nomination OF Mr. Rich, ant
that with his nomination, we shall Ger
tainly redeem the County from the thral
dom of Loco Focoism. a.,Y as.s
The Committee appointed to report Il
the meeting the names of suitable per
sons as delegates to the Davenport Con
vention, reported as follows: 5ss
i Gen. J. B. Browne, John A. Drake
James Edwards, John H. Lines, Ed
ward kilbourn, Thomas J. Chenowith
Elias Smith, Jesse Wood, William Stu
art, and William Alexander which re
port was adopted. m
On motion of Joshua Owen, Esq.
Resolved, That in case any vacanc,
should occur, the remaining delegate!
are authorized 10 fill the same. tas.
On motion of Edward Kilbourn, tn,
following resolution was unanimously a
dopted. . III /,
/ Resolved, That, laying aside all per
sonal predictions and preferences. th'
Wings of Lee County, pledge them
selves to support the nominee ofthe Da
venport Observation-Disclosures h
! may 6e---and con6dentialy believe, W,
shall be able to give him an overwhelm
ing majority. a5 a4a
On motion of G. W. Gee, Esq.
Resolved, That delegation, consist
ing of 4O members be appointed to at
Tend County Convention at West Point
: the first Saturday in June next, for tn,
nomination of County officers, and mem
bers of the next House of Representa-
tives.
On molten Of j. D.. Neal, the follow
ing gentlemen were appointed Com
ml,tee TO apportion the delegates in thu
different precincts, viz: ,a
/ James. l.. Estes, DIR. j. J.tePhares
/ William Alexander, ]. E.. Neal, A. M
Bissell and A. B. Fuller who reportee
the. number of delegates to which eact
precinct shall be entitled as follows:
+. Fort MadisonvTen,
! West Point-Eight,
Denmark-Four, W
/ Montrose-Seven,
Keokuk-Three,
! fCedar-One,
/ Meek 's-One, "a I'll
! Hinckle 's-Three.
On motion, the report of the Commit
lee was adopted. @
/ On motion, r * nd
/ Resolved, That it be recommended IL
the Wings Of Lee County, to meet il
their respective precincts, on the las,
Saturday an Nay, for the purpose o
selecting delegates to the County Con
]. vention.
On motion Of Hugh r. Reid, Esq.
| the following gentlemen were appoint
ed by the Chair, to notify the people OIL
the respective precincts in which they
reside. of the time and place of meeting.
i Edward Kilbourn-Montrose,
/ L. ]. Chenowith-Keokuk, at
Daniel F. Miller-Fort Madison, Il
i E. A. Hills-Denmark, &
4 G. E. Stone-West Point, J,
i Felix G. Brown--Franklin, SD
j Jesse Wood-Hnckle's,
Samuel Hern--Meek's
4 Isaac Anderson-Cedar. jls-a b.
i Animated addresses were delivered b,
Messrs Webster, Richey, Reid, Neal
Rich, and Kilbourn. 49,
i On motion, .s,.
Resolved, That the proceedings of ,bi
meeting be signed by the Chairman ane
Secretaries, and published in the Hawk
4 Eye and Patriot. a
/ On motion, ,,..8 san KS.
/ The meeting adjourned. e1
/ TIMOTHY FOX.
\ EDw. KILBouRN, Chairman.
Il z. q, STONE, Secy's.
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