The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-12
assessor and Treasurer.

lees Morgan,
George II. Norris,
County Surveyor.
George II. Norris, 81
Joseph II. Wagner. 6
Cyrus s. Woodwork,
Lawrence Dmmick, 5
Jabez Fitch,
Samuel Mackey having received ma
jority of all the votes for county commits.
sioner, Maurice Murphy for county com.
missioners' clerk. Thomas Larkin for
probate justice, Joel W. Armstrong for
recorder, Lorenzo Leland for school COM
missioner, Charles II. Noble for treasurer
and assessor, and George II. Norris for
county surveyor, they were declared du-
ly nominated.
On motion Of Mr.. Barber, II. G.. Cot
ton, VIM. Barber, Rees Morgan, G. A.
Southworlh, and VIM. Chumasero were
appointed by the chair committee to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense
of the convention.
The committee, by their chairman, Mr..
Cotton, presented the following resou.
tons, which were unanimously adopted ::
| RcsO(red, That we approve of the course of the
democratic members of the legislature at the las,
session and of the measures of Governor Ford
and that the course pursued by him iustifies the
confidence reposed in him by his constituents.
| ResOloed, That we are opposed to the creating
of bank of the United States, and also. to ali
the schemes for fiscal agent or exchequer bank
recommended by President Tyler or proposed by
the late congress- that the country does not re-
qure great regulator of the currency; for when
trade is carried on upon right principles, exchan-
ges upon different parts of the country will always
remain al low rate.
Rcsolred, That we approve Of the Independent
treasury as recommended by Martin Van Buren,,
because, under that sy STEM the public moneys are
retained under the custody of the law and cannot
be used as a capital upon which to issue millions
OF dollars of paper promises.
ResOlred, That we consider protective tariff
to be anti-deinocralic and prejudcial to the pro-
ducing and laborng classes OF the country; that
its direct tendency would be to increase the price
OF all manufactured articles; and that it would be
legislating expressly for the interests of the ma
nuiacturcr.
ReSOired, That we disapprove Of the law of con-
gress distributing the proceeds of the public lands
among the several states; that it required wing
congress to squander the funds of the general 60
vernment at a time when there were not sufficient
funds in the national treasury to pay the daily ex-
penses of the general government
ReSoired, That we consider the proposition
made by wing member of congress and sustain
ed by many Of The leading wing papers for the as
sumption of the state debts by the general govern
ment, to be unconstitutional: that, if any state
contract debts such state should provide the means
for paying its own engagements that, if the ge-
neral government assumes such debts, it releases
the states from the necessity of levyng taxes for
their payment thereby encouraging reckless spe-
culation and expenditures, and creates necessi-
ty for levying an indirect tax by the general 60
vernment upon all importa,ons, for the benefit Of
such indebted states.
Resolpd, That we approve of the bill introduced
by Mr.. Linn, of Missouri, into the senate of the
United States for the settlement and protection of
the Oregon Territory.
ResOlred, That we approve of national con-
vention for the nomination of candidates for pre-
sident and vice president on the fourth Monday
of November lS43, as recommended by the demo-
cratic party of the states Of Tennessee, Missouri
Virginia, and New York.
Resoiped, That we recommend to tho several
counties composing the 9th judicial district to
hold convention at Princeton, in Bureau coun-
ty, on the first Wednesday of September next, to
appoint delegate TO the national convention on
the 4th Monday of November next for the pur-
pose of nominating suitable candidates for presi-
dent and vice president, and that each county be
entitled to three delegates, and one additional de-
legate for each senator and representative from
the different counties in the district.
Resolved That the central committee be requcs
ted to take the necessary steps to carry out the
object of the above resolution.
On motion of G.. w. Armstrong,
Resolved That we recommend that the next
National Convention be held at Cincinnati, in
the State Of Ohio.
On motion of II. p. Woodwork,
III. G. Cotton, l.. Leland, NJ. Murphy,
w. Chumasero and William Barber,
were appointed corresponding commit
tee for La Sale county.
On motion,
VIM. Chumasero, VIM. Barber, ii. G.
Cotton, G. NJ. Newton and G. A. South
worth, were appointed committee TO
draft an address to the democratic citizens
of La Sale county.
On motion of G. r. Potter,
Resolved, That we will use all honorable means
TO secure the election Of the nominees of this con-
vention.
Resoiued, Tha, the proceedings Of this conven-
ton he signed by the chairman aud secretaries,
and published in the Ottawa Free Trader, and
that the Chicago Democrat and State Register be
requested to copy the same
l.. LELAND, Chairman.
G. r. R; Potter, Secretaries.
,Judre Ioung,-The recent Adams