Columbus Democrat., 1849-10-13
sLAvERY coNvENTIoN.

oAAAA pLA EASA NON E4N11ONe ~
iiMss Of the ConrsatiOn Of Delegates appOin.
"a By tss psepss u sAs Ssaas q Mississippi.
conrensd N the city Of jackson, on Monday,
October !, 1919.
On motion Of lion. Ill. Williams, Of Ponlo.
tpe. Hon. George Manchester, Of Adams, was
appointed President. pro tsia, otthe Convention.
Ga lnnlian Il lion. John |. Guion, Col. G. r.
Fail, Of llinds. was requested 10 actas Secretary;
snd on uDosion oi Gen r. n. Waul, Of yalla.
;u,ha ia, Orr 81 4 hickas'w, was appointed
assistant SecFelafy.
Fhe delegates from the various counties came
Forward and registered their llames.
tlninaion of Gen. Waa Hon. D. Wallace.
sc Seu.h Casoiina, was invited to seat within
the bar.
Onanotion 6f Hon. II II. Williams, a commit.
ZEE eof Ien WIS appentpdto recommend officers
ior.thc Convention,
fhu following gentlemen were appointed said
comniitsr by 1.-The caair.
Il. II. WiIlians, OF I'onlatoc; J. !. Guion. ot
s. liinds; Samuel Jayne, oi I.swrsnce;E n. Waul,
1t iallahusha;d. q, SSipwiih, Of IssaqGena
james WhiitleIdsof Lowndes; H: G. Chambers,
.;sAnAin; k.s Archer. d CEaiborue;J. AZ.
s Chiffon, Of Warren; ]. ". Sharpe. oi Yazoo.
The committee reIiredand through theirchair.
man, Hon. I. II. Williams, reported
For President Hon. Nm L. SHARKEY. N
Vice President, Ills Eacellency, Jos. wv
MATTHEW'S.
Secretaries, i 4. Orsof Chickasaw w. A
PaIdolp. y Holiness which repor. was received
aud tdapted
I he Hon. Nssl.. ShaIkey was conducted "a
tls chair, and addressed the Conyention HI alu
8 1isl aud lufcihle matner, splanatory ol the ob.
jects ior which ihey had convened,
Gu. GAG. Skipwith moved that tic counties
le rrpfeseniediii the Convention, inthe same
numbers rs the loweflLpnse nfthc legislature.
Ian. 4. Hutchinson asked The gentleman "a
ahsend his n4sulusfaa, ny inserting double the
number uf thesrcpS cpSespnaliyes III the iowerliouse
~ laree nuilIbrr Of The delegates having been
eiertpd under this rule
The amendment was accepted, and an motion,
sherrsolnon SO amended Was adopted
Judge Winrhestof said, that In view Of the
fact, that the Conventidn would likely draw up
Ais addfcss and resolutions on the subject tr
whichthey had consrnesi, Il was proper that
there should bea previous understanding Of their
scope and character Ihp great point q be kept
s ii kiew, was the preservation Of the Union, as
ii XII as ID sustain shs rights Il the South; and
q III latter, I'D cunceigrd, cOnd only be done by
3 the ptesefyitian ots0ur slave Institutions. Here
the Judge reada Tong exposition u bis peculiar
yiews.
J0dge tsliion aud Col. I. III. Williams, pres
senfed their cfedentiusas as slIerrnatesfr from Iisl.
enainro
i4le gions u. g. Wilkinson gave notice, thai
bA to-m0uow. e would Introduce resolution d
appoint ac0mnittee oE--sneinbers, Of whom The
iesideni oithis Convention shall bs Chairman
% prepare and fepvfi such resolntions Or address.
as They may deem expedient.
Uil motion tIe Convention adjourned until L
morrow IA 9Vclosk.
FUnsDAS ilDRHrxn. Oct. .. Isd9. 4
TIE Eosyentlon met Pursuant Ia Adjournment
Hon. ". 4. SaaFkey, President, addressed til
Convention tramp iiicaliou aud further elucida,
ton of Tie positions assumed by him On yrster
slay
Ou inoiiOn y Gen, Wadl, 4 call ofthe roll VA
Lid.
On motiiDI Of tlie Hon. Juhnl Guion, hi
Journal d yesterday pIDcAedings was read.
Theodore Filter and George r. Fall appear
edsas delegates from My county Of Kinds, 10 fl
shesacahcies of Gen. Jefferson and Df Catch
Gen. Patrick Henry, d delegate from III
county Of ofAiadison, appeared and 1esistered hi
name.
Al q. Bhins and A IIalchinson, appeared an
.ook thslr seats = delegates from the county {
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