The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-06-11

try. Let a desire to advance u person.
al wishes be lost in the greater duty OF
protecting the Constitution of our coun.
try from the assaults of it's enemies.
With an abiding confidence that the
kindness which has summoned me to
this place, will bear with me in the per-
Torrance of its duties /; that kindness
will pardon the errors l must commit,
aud forgive what may appear to them to
be erroneous and may really be so, l en-
ter on the discharge of that trust to
which you have summoned me.
The Vice Presidents and Secretaries
were then invited to take seats on the
stand.
Mr.. J. A. Eayard, of Delaware, sub
mitted the following:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON cREDEN.
TIAL
They proceeded yesterday after the
adjournment of the Convention, IN the
per IoI a of the duties assigned to
them, and find that all the States OF the
Union, except the State of New YORK,
are represented in the Convention by
Delegates duly elected in the several
States By State or district, organizations
of the Democratic party, and they aP,,
pended to this report as part thereon
full lists of delegates SO elected.
There were contesting claimants OF inc
seats held by the delegation from Mis-
souri,, who claimed to be admitted either
in part or In whole as delegates from
the Same State.
The following gentlemen, claiming to
be the regular delegation from the De
mocracy of Missouri, had OF the primo
fdcie evidence been assigned seats in the
Convention by the Committee of AR
engagements, viz:
W. \. Harris, E. d. Dewitt, James S
Green, N. ". Lamb, p. Ii. Mcbride
w. Shields, r. H. Stephens, S. r. Shra.
der, John S. McCraeken, Thos. b Eng.
lish. Jos. Coffman, Thos. B. Hudson, D
D. Berry, Fred. Kennett, DR.. w. Wat.
son, James Craig, and John S. Phelps
They were represented before the
committee by Messrs. Green and Phelps
The contesting parties who were ruled
out were il. Crafty Brown, Barton Able
p. J. McSherry, Stephen Rice, S. j
Lowe, Jacob Hal, Logan Clarke, JOIN
NJ. Richardson, A. Mccoy, John d
Stephenson, Thos. l.. Price, John G
Walker, Patrick II. Davis, Madison
Mullen and Samuel Simons, and were
represented before the committee By
Messrs. Price and Brown.
The committee deem it unnecessary
to recapitulate tho arguments or state
ment of facts of either side, and confined
themselves to the conclusion to which
they arrived.
After hearing fully the representa-
tives of each contestiug delegation thu
following resolution was unanimously
adopted
Rcsofvcd, That the Democratic, dele
gates from the State of Missouri repre-
sented before the Committee BY Messrs
Green and Phelps, are the duly elected
delegates of the Democracy of Missouri
and are entitled to their seats in the Ma
tional Convention to the exclusion of the
contesting claimants represented by
Messrs. Price-and Brown
The length of time occupied in hear
ing the parties to the contested seats il
Missouri has prevented any hearing Of
the two sets Of delegates from New
York, who claim respectively to repre-
sent the Democracy of New York; bnI
that hearing has been commenced thi!
morning and will be concluded as speed
ily as Justice to, the parties viii permit
and be made the subject of a further re
port.
All of which is respectfully suRmE