Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-05-25
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
SECOND DISTRICT.

The Wings met in Convention at Dan
vile, on the llth May all the counties of
the District represented.
The Convention was called to order by
Maj. w. w. Smell, ofCallaway, upon whose
motion, Russell w. Moss, of Marion, was
called TO the chair, and on motion, Mai. w.
w. Smell, of Galloway, and VIM. Newland,
of Rails, were elected Vice Presidents, and
]. G. provinces, OF Boone, and j. NJ. Bean, of
Monroe, were chosen Secretaries.
After fixing the vote of 1852, for Cover
nor, as the basis, nominations were called
for,
Maj. James S. Rollins. of Boone, arose
and said, in substance, that the Boone dele
CATION had been instructed to cast the vote
Of their county for him; and that while he
felt highly honored with so distinguished a
mark OF favor, coming from those with whom
he has lived and battled in the Wing cause
for many years, and TO whom he felt CRATE
ful for many evidences Of their confidence
in him, and favors received ct their
hands-but it was quite evident that ma
jorily of the Wings of the District had
clearly and fairly expressed a preference
for another-a distinguished gentleman, and
a true, Wing ore who had borne aloft the
Wing banner in more than one contest with
the enemy-and believing th:t that gentle
mans nomination was a"fxed fact" he
therefore put Ill nomination Hon. Gilchrist
Porter.
]. NJ. Bean, of Monroe seconded the
nomination; and in doing so, he briefly sta
ted the position the delegation from Mon
roe occupied before the convention. That
they had come instructed to vote and urge
the claims of their distinguished fellow citi
zen, Maj. VIM. ]. Howell, one of theil
most talented, true and steadrast Wigs;
gentleman well known TO many of the mem
bers of this Convention as one of the mos
prominent men of North East Missouri
but, as has already been intimated, major
ity of the Wings of the several counties il
their several meetings, having clearly poin
ted out Hon. Gllchrist Porter, as the ''mal
of their choice" and knowing that his nom
, ination was inevitable, and that he was wor
thy OF the confidence and support of tn
L. Wings OF the second district, they woul
follow the example of "Old Boone" by nt
presenting the name Of the first choice {
| their county, and would most cheerfuliy ca.
the vote f"Old Monroe" for Gilchrist POI
ter.
: Col. Switzler, of Boone, moved that Hol
: Gilchrist Porter be nominated by ACCLAIM;
g tion--pretacing the motion by few happ
and we'll timed remarks, coinciding in ii
= views expressed by Maj. Rollins, and pa,
ing high compliment TO that gentleman,
a citizen, Wing and a statesman; and a
: sured the Convention that "Old Boone
would give Mr. Porter one of her old fasl
!, iOned majorities.
Which motion was carried unanimousl
: and Mr.. Porter declared the unanimo,
choice of this convention, as the Whig ca
= didate for Congress in the second district.
Mr.. Porter was present-accepted Il
= nomination, and will enter upon the ca
vass.
The following resolution, offered by NJ
p, Newland, was adopted.
" Resolved, That ''union and harmonu
should be the watch-word of the whig pa
ty Of Missouri during the present canva.
~ and that with view to the election o.
United States Senator, and other impor,a
- political questions, likely to come before t
next General Assembly, it is earnestly
" commended to the wings of every county
- this Congressional district, to discard all 4
nor issues, run but one ticket, composed
their bas. men, and TO use every fair a
" honorable effort 10 secure their election.
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