The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-11
WV. A. " DaR2. Secretaries.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CONVENTION
SIXTH DISTRICT,

Pursuant to a call of the Secretaries of the las
Convention, the delegates from the several counties
assembled IN Convention at r. Brewers Hotel II
Bath, on Thursday the Goth Of September, to nomi
nate candidate to be supported by the democrats o
the 9th Senatorial district
WILLIAM SEYMOUR, Of Broome, was appoint
ed President and VIM C.RHoApEs aud Jogy Bo,pp
MAN, Secretaries.
The following delegates appeared and took the
seats In the Convention
Cataraugus-John Boardman, Dan r. Wheeler
Living ,ton-Frederc House.
Alleguany Brown, Chas. Gmer
Steuben-William Hunter, John hl'Burney, Thos
J. Reynolds
Chcmung-Will lam c. Rhoades
Tloga-Charles p. Avery
Tompkns-Caspar Miles, Alfred Wells
Broome-Wilam Seymour.
Chenan2o-samuel A. Smith, Jabez Robinson, 81
la, She burne.
On motion, a committee Of five was appointed IL
draft resolutions for The consideration of the conyen
uon "hereupon the chair appointed Messrs. Ave
~, Brown, Wells, and Wheeler
On motion, the convention proceeded TO ballot 70,
candidate for Senator, and the formal balloting
GEORGE ID. BEERS, of Tompkns having a ma
Jorly oil the votes OF the convention, was declared
unanimously nominated.
The committee on resolutions reported the follow.
ing, which were unanimously adopted
Resolved, That in relation to the result of the mr..
sent political campaign, we have an abidine cane
dence IN ia" honesty OF the people and that the
oody forming The democracy Of the naton will never
sunsr 'heir political destnes TO pass into the hand.
OF Henry Clay "he great Embodiment ~ of ali Tho, -
offensive IN morals aud corrupt IN politics and ha,
we utterly repudiae the leading measures of na,oni
poucy on which ne IS The peculiar Representative
hSoiptd, nat as democrats we will ,ecoy,;so
those principles Of democracy which marked ,he ~
illustrations oil Jefferson, jackson and Van Buren,
prIuclP'es "hich-in The language Of their immortal
iounoer-'Iorm The bright constellation which has
gone before us, and guided our steps through an
81 revolution and reformation and that we have the
luest confidence That those principles will be rum
phany sustained in the present crisis by the electoo
OF JAmrs h. Polk and GEoRcr M. Dl,.. and
handed down by them unimpaired as a sacred Legacy
to succeeding ADMINISTRATIONS
Resotved, That Silas Wright and Addi.o, c,arl,...
are empbaticsy Democrats whom the peoole al,
TO honor, and that by ntrusting the helm Of The r.
plre State IN such hands, we have no rea.o, 10
prehend that our political destines can lie s,a,da
90 the quick sands Of Federalism.
R-'o red, That we approve Of the measure. IF n.
Presen' democratic Administration, aud particularly
OF the debt paying policy Of 1912
Resoiued, That we hold It as an axiom Il, .,,,.--
that :" the people are capable Of seIfooyeFnraa,
they are cspabls of choosing their own ruler. anJ
that we are, therefore, In favor of restoring .,
people the right so as II can be consist nly done 81
bringing the merits OF every candidate for every cub
nc NICE 10 stand the test Of the ballot box.
Resolved, hat in the language of Tbamas I.g..
'on, we believe that each renerati n ia a. nden.a
dent OF the one preceding it, as that wa. of ON ba,
had gone before" II has then, like them. rich, ~
choose for itself the form Of Goverpmen, il b.l,s,.
DC most productive Of its own hsppines.-conss