Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-01-19
NUMBER 1873

ing rs it does, delegates from nealry every
c ,unty in the State. g g*l -'e..A
= MIR D. spoke Of the objects Of the meet.
ing-the necessity Of union and harmony
- self denial and confession on the part OF
those present, that In the coming contest
the democracy may present an .unbroken
front TO, the. enemy. ..<s.s...
The conventions, he said; was composed
of the best material in Ohio. n looking
around him he saw many familiar faces
men who are famed for eloquence--men
known in the counc Is Of the State and ma:
lion, and whose fame was not confined to
Ohio alone, but spread as, far and as wide
Eas the Union itself. 80 81 S'' ssts'N
10 see such mdss To see men AZ every
avocatlon come up at this incIenlent season
oi The year to renew their Etith, md to
tske counsel one with another, argued well
for the cause. From this moment he, Mr.
Disney, felt that the divisions which have
heretofore prostra;ed the Ohio democracy
are past and gone, and that hencefor,h We
will act inledly, and struggle like freemen
determined to redeem our State, ahd again
to place our principles in the ascendant
/. Again, he thanked the Convention for
the honor conferred, and, to the best OF his
ability, he would discharge the duty OF pre-
siding over tho deliberations of TIE Con.
sention.
+ Mr. Mulvany, from The Committee on
credentials, made report OF The names Of
delegates from seventy eight counties, which
was accepted.
! MIR Wilson, Of seneca, offered for ndop.
tion a resolution for. the appointment OF
committee Of five, to draft an address 10
the people Of Ohio, on The subject matter
embraced in the divisions Of the two great
parties. =
Mr. Cheney offered substitute for the
appointment Of a committee Of one from
each district to appoint State Central
Committee whose duty it shall be TO draft
an address to the people Of Dhio
The motion and substitute were discuss.
ed at some length, when ON motion Of Mr.
Taylor, the subject was laid on the table.
MIR Taylor offered for adoption resolu.
.tion that for the purpose Of nscerlaininy
the sentiments ofthe people Of Ohio on the
subject of calling convention to amend
the constitution, that they endorse upon
upon their tickets the words "convention,'
or ''no-convention." 'a
MIR Smith of Montgomery, preferred a
single resolution declaring that the democ.
racy OF Ohio was in favor oil q change of
the constitutions 80
MIR i'appan thought the resolution should
declare that the people Of Ohio, irrespec.
tive ofparty, were in favor of an amsnd.
ment 90
Mr. Monfort moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Lost 81.
Mr. Thurman moved to refcr the resolu.
ton to the committee on resolutions. Car.
ried. ----r ~. =. -,
r. Mr. spalding offered resolution In ia.
svor Of the nomination Of Gen Cass Us
President G. '
Mr. McCormic, Of Adams, moved to
strike from the resolution the name of Lew.
is Cass. T ttvzsi itz -ef ss
a Mr. Finn moved to lay the resolution
on the table. ,'h .e. ss r@
The resolution was debated at much
length by Messrs. Baldwin, Taylor, Brin.
kerhooh, Edgerton, Spuldihg and Drake,
and the question being taken, the resolu.
tions were referred 10 the committee on
Z esolutions.
Mr. Morgan moved that the convention
now proceed TO viva voce nomination for
which after discussion was a.
greed to. t-t.-.s,
The counties being called, the delegates
proceeded to vote, and the following was
the result Of the first ballotting: