Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-07-24

mort relative to tho nomination Of Supervisors,
was stricken out
On motion of Col Handy, the report Of the
committee was adopted.
Col. Handy moved that each township nom
mate a delegate to the Democratic State con-
yention and that Placerville be allowed three.
Mr. Strout offered the following as substl-
tute:
Resolred, That each Township be entitled
to one delegate, and the Townships 1'la-
cervillc, Coloma, Diamond Springs, Geofge-
town, Greenwood and Mountain be entitled to
one additional delegate to represent this cOun-
ty in the Democratic State Convention to he
holden in the city of Sacramento, on the
4th day of August next; and that the dele
gates present from each Township select said
delegates and report their names to this Con-
vcntiOn for confirmation.
Substitute accepted.
Mr.. Loot bourrcw moved to strike out
Greenwood and insert Costumes.
Before the motion was put ut the Suggcs-
ton Of some of the members, he modified his
motion so that each Township select one del
egatc to the State Convention, and the re-
manning six be divided among the Townships
that gave the highest Democratic vote at the
last election. Adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Ioofbourrow the r"lcs
were suspended in order to permit him to in
trOducc the following resolution, which was
carried unanimously
Hesoired, That committee Of one from
each Township be appointed by the Chair to
present platform and resolutions
Mr.. Lootbourrow moved that u committee
of one from each Township be appointed by
the President to report nominations for Il
Democratic County Central Committee. Car
rcd
The President announced the following
committees:
On platform and resolutions. Mc>srs Boear
dus, Watson, Bates, McMulry, Cru>on, ia
binc, Hudson, Stone, Kincaih, Harvey, No
Z land and Spcnccr
On Central Committee Mcs>rs. Loofbour-
row, Handy, Bennett, Dacdy, Miles, Borne.
man, kincald, Wade. Boyd, Jack >on, smith
(of Grecnwood) and lIat,>.
On motion Of Mr.. lulson, the Convention
took n recess until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention rr.aSScmblcd at o'clock, the
President in the chair and sixty members an
Swcring to their names.
On motipn of L. Foster, the resolution an.
thoiizing the appointment Of a committee t"
report the names of delegates To- State all'!
/ District Convention, was rvto',-hltr'l.
Mr.. Loofbourrow moved to indefinitely
postpone the resolution. Carried.
Mr. Hudson offered the following re- olution ::
HCmlrtd, That the time Of speaking la
limited to five minutes, and that no Sp, akcr
occupy the floor more than once on the ,aInr
subject. Adopted.
Mr.. Ioothourrow moved that the commit.
tee on resolutions be requested {" report i'm.
mediatcly. Carried.
Capt. l'osarduS, Chairman If the Commit.
tee, handed in the following resolutions;
HrS"|Ctd, 10y the Democracy Of Fl Doraio
county in Convention assembled.
That we are now, rs we always have been,
attached 10 the principles of the Kansas
Nebraska Act. aud the doctrine Of popular
sovereignty in the most comprehensive sense
which the term is susceptible; and VIC will
defend that doctrine. rs we have before tr-
umphdntly dome, against the assaults Of It.
Blark Republican foes and all its other opru
nrntS, in whatsoever disguise thrv max as.
sail it.
That in the National Administration of
James Buchanan, and in the State Admins
tration Of John b. Weller. we rrrognizt Adj
miniStrationS truly Democratic, purely patti
Otir and anti sectional, and roInotivc Of the
welfare Of the whole Union and the State.
That we have to regret that any question
should have arisen Of a character t. author.
iZc diff, renee of opinion among good Ma.
tiOmal Democrats but the Democracy are fully
compete to and should "managc their own
domestic affairs in their own way" and will
tolerate no interference by tac scctionnlisis
and factionistS
That as National Democrats, devoted to
principles not men, We are content with the
final action Of the Democrats in Congress on
the Kansas difficulty; that We regard o;po.
Sition to il as pr,iudicial aud Iactional and
beneficial only to the Back Republicans, AMI
that rs the original and consistent friends aud
supporters -uf the tiortritie If - ,tiattef Soy
crcignty, in the language Of that pure patriot
and enlightened statesman, General CnSS, "wc
shall cling 10 it as the mariner clingS To the
last plank, when night and the tempest close
around him."
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
The convention then went into tie election
Of delegates to the State Convention.
On motion Of DR.. Stone, the rules were
suspended in order to allow him to Introduce
the following resolution:
ReSolrnd, That Thomas II. TIcwcs is the
unanimous choice of the Democracy Of FL
Dorado county for Judge Of the Eleventh Ju.
dicial District, and that the delegates to the
District Convention be- and they are hereby
instructed 10 cast tie .tiH roic ~ Ms county
for him. first, last and all the time
Mr.. Hawley moved to amend by inserting
" that the delegates to the State Convention
be instructed to vote for Col Handy for Judge
of the Supreme Court.
Amendment lost-original resolution adop-
ted unanimously.
The following gentlemen were then selected
to represent the Democracy of FL Dorado in
the Democratic State Convention:
N. &. Griffith, W. II. Stone s. j. X. Han.
dy, A. St. {. Denver, Theron Foster, L. S.
Dorsey, L. Bogardus, c. Mclean, l.. Borne.
man, WIN. Gum, II. Kincade, ID. NJ Boyd,
d. w. Gclwicks, L, Foster \. d. Waldron,
ID. Fairchild, y. Irvine, j. l.. NJ. Wade.
The committee, that was authorized to pre-
sent the names of gentlemen to the Convcn-
ton to compose the Democratic County Cen
trail Committee for the ensuing year, submit
ted the following report:
The committee TO whom was referred the
selection Of names to constitute q Central
Committee for the ensuing year, beg leave to
report the following persons:
Placervillc-D. w. Gclwicks, (Chairman.)
Coloma-R. V. Clark.
MOuntain-C. McLain.