The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-17
For the North Carolina Standard
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

At convention composed of delegates from
different counties of this Congressional District
sembled in the court room at Lawrenceyille
Montgomery County, on Wednesday, the 3rd
inst according to previous appointment of Con-
ventions held in the respective counties in said
District, for the purpose of nominating delegate
to represent the democrats of this District in the
Convention which is to assemble in Baltimore, in
May nexi, to select suitable candidates, 70 run on
the Democratic ticket for President and Vice Pre-
sident of the United States. Joseph Medly, Esq,
of Anson, after the Convention called to order,
was unanimously elected president, and James l.
Gaines, appointed Secretary.
After the objects of the Convention were set
FORTH in brief and sensible manner, by Mr. Med
ly, Edward McCallum, Esq, of Montgomery, in
troduced the following resolutions, aHd moved
their adoption by the Convention.
Resolued, That the executive peto POIceT wisely
placed in the hands peoples national executive and
third of both houses OF Congress is conservative
principle in Constitution, without which, the people
and states would have went into the Union and
that its destruction mast necessarily tend to an early dis
solution.
Resolued, That we believe the wisdom and virtue
manifested by the American people, in the selection Of
suitable administrators of other departments Of gene
raj government ndubtabe evidence Of their a6ill
y choose honest capable and faithful trustees their
national finances, without the Intervention of United
States BG'sk, any other corrupng moneyed corpora
ton.
Resolred That we are opposed to the distribution of
the proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands
mong the States.
and viewed system, o6ous, unjust and oppressive,
imposing heavy burdens on the interest of larger por
ton of our citizens, for the protection and advancement
of the interest of the smaller. -
ResoEped That relief granted under the late retro
speetDe voluntary Ba'arupt laac passed by our whig
opponents during their late cetng ascendancy was OF
different character from that promised by its authors.
and suted to the moral sense OF the American peo-
Pile, that they who established 1t must be PresumPtuous
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ResoIued That opposed to the national payment,
assumption g0rGnty' OF the debts OF the individual
States.
tion by our late State Democratic Convention, Of
distinguished fellow citizen, Michael Hoke Of Lincoln,
as next candidate for Governor OF North
that we will use every audable means to place him in
The foregoing resolutions having been read by
| Mr. McCaIlun, and their adoption seconded and
the sense of the Convention taken by the Presi-
dent in relation to them, were unanimously adopt
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James L. Gaines, offered the following resolu-
ton, and moved its adoption by the Convention.
Resolvcd That we approve Of convention. which is
to meet in Baltimore in May next Tor the purpose OF
nominating Democratic Candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency and that nominate and appoint
Walter F. Leake Esq, of Richmond county, the dele
gate o this Congressional District to that Convention.
leaving him unresralned and u1instructsd as 70 what
Leake fails ordecnes to act as our delegate In that
we nominate and appoint Col Neil Nicholson, OF Mont
gomery county, as a delegate in Mr.. Leake's stead:
The motion for the adoption of this resolution
was seconded, and on being put by the President,
the resolution was unanimously adopted
Upon motion of James L. Gaines, the President
APPOINTED Edward McCallum and Mr.. Farquhar
to inform Mr.. Leake and Colonsl Nicholson,
of the proceedings of this Convention, and that
they have been appointed delegates to the Balti-
more Convention, from this Congressional Dis
trict as stated in the last resolution.
Upon motion of Maj Cole, of Anson, the name
of James L. Gaines, was added.
The proceedings of the Convention were order
ed to be signed by the President and Secretary,
and to be published in the North Carolinian, Ra-
leigh Standard,a ,aand Mecklenburg Jefersonian.
The Convention then adjourned.
JOSEPH MEDLY, President.
JAMES L. GAINES, Secretary.