The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-07-25

District Central committee, and that Jas. G.
Haly, Esq. be appointed member Of the
Representative Central Committee for this
county, and that this convention recommend
that the Senatorial convention be called al
Woodville, on the 10Th day Of July next, and
that the Representative Convention be cali
ed at Maumee city, on the 2lst day Of July
next, and that our committee men be re-
quesled 10 correspond with the other mem.
bers Of the central committee in the district,
for the purpose Of having them called atthc
time specified above.
On motion Of j. G. Haly,
The chair was directed TO appoint COM
mittee of three, for The purpose of drafting
and submitting resolutions for the considera.
lion Of the convention. The Chair appoint.
ed J. G. Haly, M. Comfy, and s. H. Sieed-
man.
! On motion, MI
| q. Laihrop was loudly called for, and in
an eloquent speech, gave The reasons why
he opposed Taylor, and why he gave General
Cass, of Michigan, his vote and hearty sup
port for the next Presidency. Lathrop
struck a vein Of sentiment and remark in
harmony with the feelings Of the democracy,
and so magnetlzed what few wings there
were present, that they sat still bound with
their mouths gaping wide open, and,
unfortunately, they were not capable Of clos
ing them for some time after he had done
speaking. The following was offered by W.
j. jackson: ttsEsFg ssaDxNsA
Resolued, That this Convention postpone
the nomination Of county officers until the
4th day Of July next (he time for holding
the Muly Conyeniion.) Argued by Jackson
and Siebbins in favor, and Haly and E. Shef
field againsl--resolution rejected.
On motion,
The Convention proceeded To nominate
county officers. Result--B. M. Bennett,
for Sheriff: Jonas Scofiield Surveyor; s. H.
Hopkins, Coroner; ard A. Scoffield, and Da-
vid Girsey, county Commissioners.
| On motion, tns
A. H. Tyler offered the following resolu-
ton, which was almost unanimously adopted
by the Conventions: 6af i
Whereas local questions affecting the har-
mony Of the democracy Of Henry County
have arisen, endangering its ascendancy un-
til such questions are in some form settled.
Therefore il is declared, as the sehse of this
Convention, that the nominees thereof for
the Office of county Commissioners should,
after the next session Of the General Assem-
bly,, proceed with the erection of public
buildings at such place as The county seat
may then be. a.
On motion, d;NH
The Chair was directed TO appoint cen
tral Committee, TO consis, of five persons, 10
act as the Henry County Democratic Cen
tral Committee for the ensuing year. The
Chair appointed David Harry. Of Florida, A.
Fl. Tyler, J. 6. Haly, and Wm. Dodd, Of Ma
poleon, and A. Smith. of Texas.
The committee on Resolutions, by J. G.
Haly, their Chairman, made report which
was accepted. The Resolutions, after be-
ing separately read and considered, were
unanimously adopted as follows:
Resolped, That the Democratic electors
of Henry county respond with pride to the
nominees Of The Baltimore Convention for
the Presidency and Wee Presidency of the
United States,-that in LEWIS CAss, Of MI
chigan, and WILLIAM o. BUTLER, OF Ken
lucky, we have presented for our votes, two
Of our most illusrious ciizens--men who
have earned the highest distinction for them
selves, and conferred enduring honor upon
the Country as citizens, soldiers and states
men.
| II
Resolped, That while we respect General
TAYLOR for his bravery in the war.with Mexi-
CO, we cannot give him our support for Pres.
ident, because he is now leagued with those
who would have starved his brave little army
in the feld--who bid his enemies welcome
him and the patriotic citizens he command.
ed TO bloody grades, and who wished to see
the stars and stripes--ihe emblem of Amer
ican freedom irampled in the dust, for the
unholy purpose of disgracing tho patriotic Ad.
ministration ofJames K. Polk.
ResoIped, That while we cannot support
Gen. Taylor for the reason that he refuses
to avow his principles, (if he has any,) on
any Of the great leading questions at issue
before the country, we feel indignant as Nor
thern freemen, at tha effort being made by
Southern Shareholders and taskmasters, aid
ed and backed up by lean hungry Office
seeking dough-faced wings Of The North, to
choke Taylor, with his two hundred halfsiar
we'd, and half clothed negroes down the
throats Of the freemen Of this country.
Resolued, That Milard Fillmore, the whig
nominee for the Vice Presidency, has moth.
ing TO recommend him 10 the favor Of the
American People but his service as secret
Attorney ofthe old rotten Bank Of the Uni
ted States. 5s
Resolped, That we heartily approve Of the
selec,ion of Col Iohn r Wnller nc the