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L he vote oil Tue CONVENTION was taken on The
abyc pHtli9h Of The repurl, aud unanimously
at0pted-wbereuppu the chair WAS vacated aud
the President elect, uperii ny it, returned his
thanks 10 The Cu1venihn for lie homer c,uliyr red,
in a SPORT AID neat address calling upon the
members TO preserve harmony in AT their Ielibe.
. ralons
The following RESOLUTIONS we're also off,fedby
the.contnllce, accompanied by Some eNplahafo-
~ rematk$SGor the goyernmeuI OF The Cnneen.
ton. These RESOLUTIONS were voted.u upon sepa
fHtey,~ and after some discussion, aud Slight
nfolAeationEs we4el- all passed by a dec .ded ma
jority: .
RfS6lred, Thai every County in this Congress.
siona .DsHiGt, represented in this 'Conventlon,
shah be represented ia said Convention by Gle.
number Of Democratic votes Ihey respectively
cast in tue lsr Presidential election.
Rsdifed, Thai The Democratic votes Of eac,
If The Counties shall BIZ equally divided among
the Delegates in attendance, from thcr.tcspecf
tive Counties in the selection Of 4 candidate 70
X represent This d strict. Each Delegate shall
The uf1Grd 10 him uudcr Ire above ap.
ponionmcnt, aud tliat ppan all other questions
maitrty otf1he DELEGATION III any one County.
may deiaAh a vote u tile Convention In Tie
sam way
K Resolrcd, That in order to facilitate business
nthis Convention, and 10 preserve harmony IN
its deliberations, every Delegate shall have lie
Der d( votes 10 which he may be entitled as may
seeusbest 10 him, without any. prcvious OF lor-
mai domination OF candidates
ReS1lred, That Whosnever shall receive a ma.
ilfity ol tire Democratic vote OF This Compression.
al District, cast by The Delegates in attendance
at SAID Gonvenlioe7sh shah be declared the nomi-
nee Of said CQnvcntion
vote was taken whether The majority or
two. lhird rule should govern the action OF the,
- a Il
III favor 81 the majority rule
The Convention then took recess unlthree
O'Clock p. NJ ~sr
AT three O'clock the President called the Com.
yeniian TO order.
Mr.. NORRIS, Of Berkeley, offered a resolution
proposing taat the Convention should ADJOURN
untl August Text-whe,eupog a lengthy discus
sion took pace-and upon taking the vote Tie
Convention refused to adluarn
The Convention ihen proceeded 10 vote for a
. nominee-77-M hich, upeu The first ballot, resulted
as follows
For Henry Hedinger. Or Jearrsod, lsl5
Richard 4 Byrd, y Frederick, s3l
Thomas Sioan, Of Hampshire, 172
r TlckeA, Of Frederick, 1l8
Whereupon, llENgY BEpINGER OF Jefferson,
having teceiveda majority ofthe whole vote cast,
%Nas declared lie nominee 81 The Convention
Or motion u J. r. TucKER--
AfNVSlft, y ttnt rose HlSlHlhPIa " lus inRffn4
lpmrik uuiedty aid il lie election al HENEy
liEDiNS ~, .Eq for lie next1 onsfesS lrom lEts
/. Distuct
Mr.. TlueHGE, upou dfefing The above resoIu-
ten, mailt sttorsg aIiieai 10 the Democracy of
lie Dlsircl in behAit ~ The nominee
Col kEYsEg was then called Tor, and promised
for the npminrr 4 c"tt5i4I support tom Page
The resolution wa> Ii.en adopted unanimously
On-iho;iou si ". G. SiNGLgroN, o; Frederick
Resoired, That committee oil one from each
county be appointed by the President TO poiify
Henry BEpHGER. Esq Of bis nomination by This
Convention, and respectfully request his accept
ance.
The President appoiniedthe following gentle
mea committee 10 notify Mr. BEpIxGEG Of his
nomination:
w. G Singleton Of Frederick, Col Andrew
Keyser OF PAGE, Col. James Castleman Of Clarke,
Robert w Baylor Of JelIerson, Alex. Newcomer
on motion-Tbe President ofthe Convention
was added To The committee.
Ga motion OF A. NEWCOMER. Of Berkeley
vote OF thanks was tend4fed UNANIMOUSLY 10 the
officers oil lhis Convention,
On notion Resulted. That the proceedings Of
This Convention be @ignea by the President and
Secretaries, nj lh The request tllat they he pub
lished by the Democratic papers throughout The
District
I. The Convention then adjourned.
TIl0S. s. PAGE, President.
B A. NADEaBoUscH, S...a,..
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