Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-16
NINTH ELECTORAL DISTRICT CONVEN-
rI0N

The Delegates, or portion Of them, from the .eve-
raj counties Of the Ninth Electoral District OF Virgil
na, assembled in Democratic Convention In arren'
ton, on the 3Uth of April, 1856.
Coll w Minor, vi lIoudoun, called the Convention
10 order, and on his mOon lnman Horner, ut Eau
ouier, WIS elected President OF the Convention D.
H. Morrison, of Fauquier, and K Smith, o Ale1an'
dria were elected Secretaries.
The rolls Of Delegates from The several counties,
were then called, when the following delegates re-
ported themselves as present:
ALExANpxIA.-G w Brent, Turner Dixon, l.
Brock cit JAS Fussett Jas SlIeehy, j L Johnston, y
Wood, 5 Cover, NJ Smith, w d Wallach, S
Douglass ] A Evans, II W Vnudegrif Joshua lay
Tor, II X Bradshaw, Hugh Latham, j X Nickin,
Enoch Grimes.
FAIRFAX.-Alfred Moss
Ps1scE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lynn, Robt Weldon,
Johnson, Eppu Hunton, d Tyler, l. Norvill, 4
Gains X Brawner, r Tyler, John a Harrison, +
W Petty, w w Thornton, B L Harrison, l. Macrae.
FAuaUIER.-lnnan Horner, Austin Jennings X
Tongue, WIN X Smith, } II KIips,ein John Is Hun
ton, john Blackwell, G Cochran, b Smith, X Ii
Frances, Jas Priest, II Carter, w Lake, McCor-
mick, ir, X W Down,nan, J Morrison, X 7 w Gar.
nett, Tebbs. II Gordon, Hun!on, WIN E
Gaskius, w W Carter, Thos Wngfed.
LuupouS.-John w Minor, j McGea!h.
CULPEPER.-T B Alexander, Shackelford, w.
Wharton, J NJ Spindle, Hill. j Sedwck, G G rhonp.
son, II D Luckert, T Hill jr, c Crutcher Barbour,
T C Gibson, K Stallard rhos Rees Geo NJ Green,
james Barbour, E w Gray,J G Field Edwin Bar
bour. George L Fitzhugh, Massey. a Bowers,
| WIN Humphreys, VI C"rbin, Albert Thomas.
RAPrAHANNocK.-E T jones, 4 Is Massey, P {
| Eastman VI Kelley, Alb Joriou, George w Dyson, X
: Voss isaiah Corbn, James Colbert, Lawson East
| ham, J Il Nelson, j Meucfee, DR.. j 5 Hughes.
STAFFORD -Johu Seldom, A Smith, 1 Stoue
| D S Coakl-y,
Mr.. Seldom, of Stafford offered the following reso-
! luton, which WAS adopted:
Resolved rnat committee Of one from each county
in the District be selected by the President to prepare
rules aud regulations for the action of the Convention
Tine following were appointed the committee under
| the above resolution:
| CIV Brent, of Alexandria, Alfred Moss, Of Fairfax
| b Z Harrison, OF Prince William, w Minor, OF
Louduuu ohu Blackwell, OF FuuGuier, Ohm Seldom
vt Stafford, Thomas Hi, SRI OF CuIpeper, and Lawson
| Eastman OF Rappahauuuck.
Mr.J w Bell, Of Cupeper offered the following
resolutions, which, his motion, were referred to The
! Committee On Organization.
Resolved, That the Democratic vote nj each couu.
| ty in the last Guberuatorial Eecliou shall be the
! vote to be cast by the delegation therefrom, on al
questions 10 be voted on; that where the delegate
| from II county may have been appointed ut large
aud without reference to the districts thereof, The
| vote of each county shall be equally divided among
the delegates in attendance terefruu, to be several
" cast by them in accordance with the supposed pre-.
fer-nces of their respective constituents; and tha'
when the delegates have been appointed from Elec
ton Districts, they shall, upon the principles before
stated rs to counties, vote the Democratic vote OF
| their several districts
| Resolved, That the members of this Convention
recognizing the representative obligation, aud the
| ,uty of faithfully observing il, desiring 10 inspire
confidence and give satisfaction. pledge themselves
to eac other to vote according to their believed pre-
, fereuce, and not otherwise.
Resolved, That full journal Of the proceedings
Of this Convention shall be kept by the Secretary
signed by the President aud Secretary aud forward
cd to the Democratic papers OF this District for pub
| LEGATION.
Hon. w. w. Payne Of Fauquier, offered resclu
ton declaring the preference OF this Convention tor
Erankiin Pidcc any other Northern uau, as Inc
Democratic candidate Tor the Presidency.
| The Convention took recess TO 8, 2. VI.
The Convention assembled at o'clock, the Presi
dent in the Chair.
Mr.. Brent, from the Committee on Organization
made the following report:
| The Committee 10 whom referred the resolu.
tions upon "rues resolu:ions, have had the same
under consideration and respectfully report the fol-
| lowing for adoption by the Convention
Isl. Resolved That the rules Of the House OF Del.
.gaes shall be the rules OF THE Convention 60 far
applicable.
I'd. Resolved, That each county represented in this
Convention shall cast the full Democratic vote given
by said county ct the last Guberusossl election, and