Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-06-30
,,-..-,,sc rsrr5sorjus Conoentfon.

Democratic 1erJ5sO5s"s
Afo,dav last being the day appointed lot
hold;oo = Democratic Territorial C""ve'''""
=, tho nomination Of a candidate for Delegate
- cooo,oss. we Joined the delegation ifo"
Lee county, and a. an early hour on that NOR
,;uo after slowing purse Ives away IN coaeh
for the trip, tbs lines were cast o"'
The p,ank pulled in. and by half past eleven
re f,uod ourselves safely landed at the Capt.
,o,. am,ds, congrega.ed multitude OF Loco
rocos. from all qnar,es Of the Territory.
The unanimi,y which prevailed throughout
tho Territory in regard to the name 10 De pre-
scented to tina, body for the nomination. us
appointment, heirg at time when our farmers
ara much engaged, had led US. as well as al
others, IL anticipate thin representation es'
perialy from The more distant counties. D"'
we were all agresably disappointed. De'e-
os,es were in attendance from all the Counties
organized for judicial purposes. except .,e"'y'
Washington, Clinton and Clayion we ."
M, reco,l.c, the number Of delegates from each
county, bu, the whole number TWAS about my
.,,v three Of whom we're from Johnson co""'
~ The Convention organized temp orar'ly AZ
,sn o'clock. by calling J. Fl. Gowe'' OF Gear.
~ the Chair. Committees were appointed 10
renort the names Of suitable persons TO act az
officers Of the convention. and 10 prepare a."
address to the Democracy Of Iowa, whe" the
convention adjourned ill TWO o'cIock.-A' the
snnoin,pd hour. the convention was permanent
" orranizei by the selection of Edward Lane'
worthy. Of Dubuque, as President and The az
1urer orrTrrarIrs. Truneurnrrry "rsr'' '"0 IN
eanizaion. the convention proceeded to the
domination Of candidate for Delegate. BY &C.
clama,ion. Upon taking the sense Of the con
yen,ion, Cen. AUGUSTUS c. DODGE was
proclaimed to be ,hr nominee. by UNANIMOUS
vote. The committee appointed for that p"r
pcse, then reported an Address to the Democ
yacy OF Iowa, which was adopted, and order
cd 10 be published in all The Democratic pa
pers Of the Territory. TO convince the De
mocracy iha, il was we'll written and well suit
ed to the present position of our party. we
need only say .ha, j. is from the pen Of Ed
Johnston Esq. Of Lee. The address. together
with TIE proceedings Of the conventions, vii
appear in our next.
The convention was addressed by Carlton
and Bates, Of Johnson, Rogers, Of Dubuque
and Johnson. Of Lee. in an able. eloquent a"'
spirited manner. We would be graiifed, aut
our readers we'll entertained. were we able Il
present even an outline Of the remarks made
on .ha, occasion by The several speakers. bu
wcuId do the speakers injustice, as all wer'
able aud appropriate, well calculated to aro"s'
the luke.warm. il any were there, and Sc
them firm upon the Democratic rock.
We have been surprised a, hearing from som'
of our Democratic friends that Carlton has ev
er been suspected Of the least tinge Of Wing
gerry. II there be any who yet doubt his Fl
deity to the Democratic party or its princi
piles, we would refer them to such wings a.
listened TO his address. They'll tell you Their,
is no whlsgery about him. Would that ,hei
voices could have been heard by every man i.
she Territory.
We have never seen body similarly
thrown together, that embraced such pro
portion Of in,elligen, looking faces, and TO us.
the language Of our face,ipus friend. Tommy
Young, of Lee, $50 many good looking fel
lows"
The delegates from all parts Of the Terrific
~, tell a fatering tale Of The prospects Of tn
party, so fa,iering at least. that we are Of o
pinion that he who is matched against Gen
Dodge will find himself badly beaten. tn,
unanimi,y with which Gen. Dodge has bee,
again brought before the people. must be
source Of the highes, qualification to him. am
from no quarter do we hear Of single individ
ual Of the Democratic panty. with whom Gen
Dodge is not the first choice.
CRoPs.-The weather for the last two Of
three weeks has been very favorable 10 crops
The cold damp weather " hirh followed plant.
ing time causing much Of the corn 10 70, i,
the ground. and giving tina, which grew sick.
ly color, excited fears thai the crop would fal
unusually short, bat the presen. fine weather
has dispelled them. Although, the corn cror
is little backward in growth, it looks hear,
and is now growing rapidly. bidding fair /,
turn on, as gotd as usual. The cmp Of fall
wheat. as we have before stated. was aimos,
entirely killed the pas. winter, but large ouan.
titles of Spring Wheat have heen soun ,,,
we are glad to see that j, looks fair and pro,n.
ising as ais, the crop Of oats. We conora,.
Mate cur farmers unnu iha nresena xxas....,