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Il will he seen from The proceedings Of the Demo-
cratic Conv4ntion, that the Hon HENRx BspaxoEa.
81 Jefferson. has received the nomination as a can
didais f5r Congress from The I0shy Congressional
pistFfct. ohr neighbor Of the Spivit says M
We eanHot say that The Convention was al,o-
gEiher Harmonious IN its delibeFatou or usied i'll
in action The Public sentiment Of This District
lar fhr last several months has 50 CLEARLY pointed
n tie nomlnee OF the Convention as the man whom
ihe District desired as their candidate FOR Consress
mat he trieds no less Than the several other sss
rants 10 The District have regarded their oppcsSohE
IA a4qrlotn hope and have thereby been driven i1F
eTWenaiies. May who were opposed TO the norni-
nation Of ta3s Individual 10 the first place refused
ta go into lid Convention in The second place hoe
who did SATISFIED Of their weakness threw eyeryJ
obstacle and diihcuity in the way 6f harmonious
action, apd daim and deliberate councils"
Oar nsighbor is correct when be says that theA
Convention was not altogether harmonious
when We ehtered the Convention we found some
5f the members wooling each other with great
ezrnestness. But as the election is some mouths
otf and the Democrats have il an their own way in
she District Ire shall defer until future time further
remark.
We gire he remarks Of The Winchester virgin.
ian on the otcasion:-
N" There vas Convention on Thur.day last
e3mPeset oidelegaies from six count IS of The Dis
tFict Inc representation froP. the n was anything
batiulh 9~ihs TO me noiorie I> general mpTessioa
t4at 30 po91nauon VOID be made, and thar ting
paIy would DC lets q sest during the six moFlhs
intervening Petors y month Of the election quietly
~ shap Pc as II sh-s preference and organization
hls COM etton moi only kept Two Of the strongest
'eanoc .aiie counties, Hampshire and Morgan, cast
siHg iemocFaic vote of S13 away but il also kept
al lone nehrir The entire country delegations u
frederick, Warren and Page The latter coaatyE
was reptesehted entirely as will be seen from me
official proceedings in another column, by i've gent
tiemen all dr. the same family and personals prefer
eBce The day, agreed upon in de!erepce 10 The
wishes 81 Jefferson was al best not Favorable enc
fDr full abundance; and when. after that agree
ment, The unexpected passage Of The postpone MI
hIll by the Legislature be- anne known farmers wefe
a4once decided against leaving their busy fielIis
merely to aid their votes to what they thought
would NECESSARILY be an overwhelming ma3erly vi
favor OF adjustment When a week before The day
Appointed ID became apparently the purpose Of the
ihe special friends Of particulaE gentleman 70 force
anoininaoh on the district at aft hazardS we urged
ioH all The delegates paper reached, ID attend
and secure al fair and fulta representation Of the
district as possible. II loo late Some Jet be1
lisved tbere would be no Convention mere than
tpete wuhla he no nomination, and perhaps a stitH
Larger nqmtfr that whatever was do1e, il angthing
lcHuid net bt done in the name of The district as
Hampshire would necessarily be absent
So much tbr the relations between The Conven
tjDn Of Fhur kday and the general sentiment, O. ihe
District All TO The state Of things in, the Convex
o4Bcial'rbcarE mi IL r.t ~, iar4stT H MI
,1f iarn III ;as,,,c ,h,t T. -, - ' ~
Question III ajaurnnent adrciJe5t sfe,, IN tbrac
e@nnties of III six rer,ssrIe S ~ ~, ~ ~ 49,;
Il tire:.whiIe z fonrlb CLARKE Vas ncariy eo,,aiiy
darided Now, ,base ,rassf, -, ra,s
Vote Of which Is larger bv Dyer Two hundred fbanE
Thar Of abv oEber Ionty MOI ,nera iba, G,,r ~
IL ,he negatlvr The mainri,y 81 tahopt. .t9ih
AZ the whole mnmhbr Of v,,es !, Il was F,aied 49,
I'll by IN ~, II, ~ ~ 3i,, ,S,, ~
and paaa M ~ go o. !,
III, prssE1s;ai aia.,71, ~ .;
,Sese we ad3,be ia ~ u,m,,i,ir. ,,d sibta,n