Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-06-27
Senatorial District Convention.

Joliet in the county of Will, and state of
Illinois, on the 22d day of June, ls4s, a |
temporary organization was made, by ap. |
pointing Gen. Jacob Fry of Will. Chair.
man, and William o Parke of Kendall,
Secretary.
On calling the roll Of delegates, the fol.
lowing gentlemen appeared and took their
seats as members of the convention, to.
wit:
Iroquois Coco w Newkirk, Joseph
Thomas, David Lynds. John F Wagner,
s 8 Case. M Stanley, John Chamberlain.
Wal Cor w Smith, L ID Selfridge,
NJ Spelman, G w Brown, Abijah Row.
ley, r Boylan, Timothy Kelly, Jacob
Fry, Franklin Mitchell, II J Lang. H
Bloom. N ID Elwood, J B Schermerhorn,
G w Bradley, Thomas McMahan. Abra-
ham Francis. H E Maynard, Richard
Doolittle.
Kendall Co.-G L Collins, IT Boyd,
J 8 Pitzer, T H Brady. G NJ Hadden.
8 C Collins, r D Miller, T o Martin, w
o Parke. ] H Steward, VIM Briggs.
Du Page Coz Bonney. Geo Roush,
Charles Carey, Henry Sherman, M
Warren. G Sewers, E Carey. Rid
dler, F Graves, Israel Mathers, J Nj
Dodge, Nathan Allen, I w Smith.
On motion, the chair appointed r w
Smith and G w Bradley. J 8 PitzeI. Geo
Roush, and Nj Stanley, a committee to re.
port permanent officers for the convention,
who, through their chairman. reported,
Gen. Jacob Fry, President; ] T H Bra
dy, J NJ Warren, and David Lynds, Vice
Presidents; VIM o Parke and J Rid.
dler. Secretaries.
On motion, the following persons, viz
N D Elwood. H E Maynard, NJ Stanley,
J 8 Pitzer, and T w Smith, were appoint
ed a committee to prepare resolutions for
the consideration Ofthe convention.
The convention then, on motion, pro-
ceeded to the nominations for which it was
convened, and thereupon, on motion Of N
Allen, Esq, Hon. Joel A Maueson, was
nominated for Senator, by reclamation.
Warren L Wheaton. of Du Page, and
Lorenzo ID Brady of Kendall, having been
severally named for Representatives in
the General Assembly of this state, were
thereupon nominated by reclamation.
The convention then proceeded to the
nomination of the remaining Representa-.
tive, by ballot, and William E Little, of
Will, having received majority of the
votes of the convention on the second bal.
lot, was thereupon declared the choice Of
the convention, and also received the nom.
ination by reclamation.
On motion oil Mr.. Chamberlain of Iro
quois, Resolved, That after the approach.
ing election for Senator and Representa-.
tives, from this district shall have passed,
there shall be taken, in all subsequent
elections under the existing apportionment
a candidate for Representative from the
county of Iroquois.
N ID Elwood, Esq, from the committee,
reported the following, which were unan
imously adopted.
Resolved, That we have an abiding
confidence in the capacity of the American
people for self government.
Resolved, That the constitution of the
United States was established as the fun.
damental law Of the land, by concession
and compromise and that the same spirit
which enabled its trainers to unite on the
glorious system of government under
which we live, should still actuate all the
American people, and guide in the coun-
ellis of the nation.
RESOLVED, That in administering the
government under that sacred instrument
the constitutional is far less danger.
GUS to err, if err we must, on the side Of
''strict construction" which contends that
our government is one of limited and ex.
pressly delegated powers, than to indulge
in the doctrine of "loose construction"
contendiug for implicit powers. which, if
practised on, would soon leave the author.
ity of the Federal head without bound or
limit. No doubtful power should ever
be exercised by the government of the U.
nited States.
ReSoIUed, That the great cause of par.
ty strife-the feature in political creeds
which has so long agitated and still agi-
tates our country between two oontending
parties, bad its origin in the time of Jeffer-
son and Hamilton-the former contending
for strict construction of the constitution,
and the latter, doubling the capacity ofthe
people for self government, for liberal
construction of that instrument SO as to
give more power to the arm of the nation.
al government--and that from this basis
arise the main differences between the
parties of the present day, The other
Issues are collateral, and grow out of this
great destructive feature between the po- |
litical treeds ofthe men of this country.
ReSolued, That as democrats of the
Jefferson school, we should not lose sight
Of the platform on which as party, we
started, and on which our government has
been successfully administered during
near three fourths of its existence, nor be |
led astray from the republican path by the |
collateral, exciting, and perhaps danger.