Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1847-11-11

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WING STATE CONVENTION.
The delegates 70 the Wing State Con
veu.ion met at the Temple IL New Ha-
ven, Nov. 3D., at 10 o'clock A. M, and
were called to order by VIM. N. Maison,
ESQ.,. Of the State Committee. Hon.
Thomas Clarke Of Coventry, was appoini,
President pro tenn and John G. HOllisler,
Esq. Secretary pro tenn.
Reseiped, That committee of ! from
each Senatorial district be appointed by
nornIDatu n to select permanent officers
for the Convention.
Resolued, That Committee oftwo from
n County be appointed TO receive the ere
dentlals of delegates and prepare a roll
of the members for the Conventions.
Resolved, Tint The State, County, Dis
,ricl aud Town Committees and subsli-
,u,esbe invited io take seats III the Cons
vcntivn ard participate IN att the pro,
ceedings except voting.
Resolved, That the whig members Of
Congress now 10 the city, be Snyi,ssi 70.
take seats in the Conventioa rs honorary
members.
Resolved, That seats be furnished res
porters for the several Wing papersof
the State.
The Committee who were appointed 10
nomiFiiiie p:rmanen. officers of the Cons
ven,ion rnpo tel as follows;
president--REU BEN BOOTH, of Dan.
bury. ,s
Vice Pr. sidenis-- Solomon Cole, Hart
ford Co; Green Kendrick, New Havens;;
Nathaniel B Smith, Lilcatield Henry
K Harraii, Fairfield; Gnrdon e futnbuli,
New london; w. III. Mason, Wind ham !;
SamuelF West, Tolland; Henry faint
or, Middlesex.
secre,aries-.JohnSC. Holiissef Roger
H. Mills, 4, ss
A resolution was pissed appointing.
Mes>rs D. r. Robins,n, james Batl~
xcock, Charles w. Rockwell, Alexander
Hamilton. Thomas Gray, Trun,a n Smith,
Thomas Clark and George B. Hillafd 81
committee To propose resolutions iVf ttss
consideration IF the Conyenlions
AFTERNOON SESSION :.
Convention came to order ~ O'Clock.
Mr. Rockwell, IF Norwich. rs,sn, he
said, 10 perform a most painful duty -7-it
was IL at,nOuace the sad intelliaeace IT
The death Of the Hon. Senator Hunting
ton. He would ais, offer for ADOPTION BY
the Convention the following resolutions
as expressive Of the feelings Of the 'Den,-
bers on account of this sudden decease.
Resolved, that the intelligence ct the
sudden death OF the Hon. Jshez W..
Huntington, a Sena .or ofihis State in the
Congress Of the United States, is received
by this Convention with the de- prst sor-
row. So
Resolved, That tho Presidential this
Convention be requested to conway 70 The
family of the late Senator Hun,ingioti5
the unfeigned sympathy. Of its members
in their bereavement, and in the loss
which this State has sustained ct one of
it's mos, gifted men, and the SENATE OF the
United States OF one Of ils brightest 0rna-l
ments.
Hon. T. Smith, from the comnitieeson
Resolutions, presented u series of feselti-
tons. which were laid upon the tablefur
the present.
Repor, Of the Ccmmittee on CredentIals
was then read, corrected, and accepted.
The Committee 10 nominate State
Central Committee, reported as follows :;
and the gentlemen we're appointed ~
Jantas r Babcock, Henry Peck, Nsfsl
Woodward, johns. Boswell and VIM.
MatSOn. ~ 81
The reports from the several Con Tres
sional Dislricts OF their nonainations Tor
DelegatSB To the National Conveniions
were called for and read 10 order The
Report ii No. wss John H. Bfockway.
delegate, I. W.. Stuart, substitute NO =
Jamfs F. Bnbcncs. delegate, SasnA Fuss
ell substitute. No. 5 JohnsFs Tfunshall.
delegate, and Sampson AlUys subs HUE.
No. a, Nelson l. White, lie ies,sies and
Henry X. Hvrrall substituting. ~ e s'sy-r
eral reports wero accepted and the gen:
tlemen uamed. elected. Z
The Convention then proceeded 70 he
holce of delegates to the NATIONAL Conxen
ton Tor the State at large. The result on the
LIST haileting was a. follhws whole number
Of votes was 25i, Of which Charlss wa Rnck.-
well received 222, and was declared elected
On balioting for second delegate, onflff
6r st ballot The Hon Truman Saith recetNsd
$50 OF 1873, and was declared ohe elected "A
COMMITTEES Of one from county was sppaisst-
ed 70 nominate substitutes u the Nationn1
Conyentlon. who rerorten 4he names AZ
Thomas VI. Williams Of New London, and g.
Hawiey OF Stamford which report was acesplr
ed.
The following gentlemen were appointed
County Committees