The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-01-24
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVEN-
TlON

TlON.
Pursuant to a call of the Executive
G Dmmittee, the Democratic State Con-
vention assembled at Jackson, in the
Hall of the House of Representatives,
on the sth day of January, A. D.,
1856.
When on motion Of S. r. Adams,
WM ii. JOHNSON, of Warren, was call
ed to the chair for the purpose Of or
ganiZation.
On motion of w. d. Roy, S. NJ.
MEEK, G. S. McMLLEN, II. ii. SMYrH
and T. M. HARros were appointed
Secretaries.
On motion, the counties were called
alphabetically, when the following
came forward and enrolled their
names:
Here follows the names of tho
delegates from the different C counties,
which we omit
On motion of H. J. Harris, ofWar-
rem, ths following resolution was a.
dopted:
Rcsolred, That a com ittce of two
from each Congressional District, and
five from the State at large, be ap-
pointed by the chair to select perma j..
nent officers of the Convention.
Committee for selecting permanent Off,
GERS:
Isl District-J. NJ. Autry of Mar
shall, w. IL. II. Tison, of Tishomingo.
I'd District-A. X. Blythe, of Yallo-
busha, X. Davis. of Monroe.
3I District--B. Matthews, of
Lowndes, p. F. Liddell, of Choctaw.
4M Districts. Il. Adams. of Jas.
per, w. S. Balfour, of Madison.
5lh District-G. II. Gordon, OWL
kinson, w. 7. Harris, of Lawrence.
State at La,gr-O. r. Singleton. of
Madison, J. B. hewitt, of Adams, J. J.
Pettus, of kemper, J. Whitfield of
Lowndcs.
On motion "a. NJ. Paxton, ofWar-
rem, the Hon. John Perkins was invi-
ted to address the Convention at such
time as would suit his convenience.
and on the further motion of Mr..
Sharp, Of Yazoo the following com
mlttce was appointed to wait on Mr..
Perkins and inform him of the wishes
of the Convention: Messrs. Shape,
Wharton, Harris.
Mr.. Whitfield on behalf of the COM
mittee, reported the following gentle
men as permanent officers ofthe Con-
vention, which on motion of Mr.. Tarp-
ley, was adopted:
For President.
WV. Il. CANNON, ofLownlcs.
For Vice Presidents:
JAMES DRASE, of Choctaw,
I. ID. DUNN, of Noxnbee,
j. NJ. AcKER, of Monroe,
J. J. SHANNON, of Jasper,
w. l.. BALFoUR, of Madison,
j. B. NEvrrr, of Adams,
H. F. JOHNSON, ofSimpson,
SIMEON OLIVER, of DcSoto,
joins w. THOMPSON of Tippah.
For Secretaries:
G.. S. McMillan, of Lawrence,
Francis G. Baldwin, of Lowndes,
Z. G. Grasty, of Calhoun,
T.J Hudson, of Marshall,
S. R. Adams, of Jasper.
On motion of Mr.. Whitfield, the
chair appointed a committee of three
to wait on Mr. Cannon and conduct
him to the chair, which committee con
sisted of Mcssrs. Whitfield, Ncvitt,
Tarpley.
On motion of II. F. Johnson, of
Simpson, Col. d. C. Glenn was invi-
ted to address the Convention at such
time as would suit his convenience.
On motion, Mr.. Powhattan Ellis
was invited to take q seat in the Con-
ventiOn.
On motion, w. d. Harris, J. d.
Freeman, J. w. Clapp, w. NJ. Estclle,
James Phelan, w. s. Featherston and
w. S. Barry, were invited to address
the Convention at such time as would
suit their convenience.
On motion of Mr.. Buckner, of Scott,
Mr.. o. r. Singleton was invited to
address the Convention.
On motion of Mr. Singleton, G. r.
Fall was invited to take seat in the
as a delegate from Wash
ington county.
On motion of Mr.. Stone of Law
renee, the following resolution was
Resolved, That the Convention will
to select ten electors for the
State at large, each coanty casting as
many votes as it has Representatives;
and that the delegates from each Dis
trict select an electOr for such District,
and report such selection to this Con-
vention.
On motion, the Convention took a
recess until three o'clock.
THREE O'Clock, p. NJ.
Convention met pursuant to ad.
lournment.
On motion of Mr.. Tarpley, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That committee of ten
be appointed by the President, whose
duty it shall be to report to the Con-
vention such resolutions as shall con-
stitute the basis of action of our Dele
gates to the Cincinnati Convention
And to such committee when appoin
ted all resolutions ON that subject