M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-08-26
A New Political Secret Organ;-
zatiOn in New York.

ZatiOn in New YORK
In the State of New York a strenu.
Gus effort is being made by certain
"American" and Republican" politi.
clans to unite those factions at the en-
suing elections. These leaders have
held conferences and formed secret
society, in order to accomplish that
purpose. Thurlow Weed, Of the AL
bany Evening Journal, q strong
friend of Seward, and an opponent oi
the coalition, has obtained a copy o,
the constitution of this socoety. We
give it below. 1t is a bea utiiul docu,
ment and highly interesting to the
people:
"WHEREAs, 1t is necessary that q
Union be formed ofthe American and
Republican parties, and, indeed, ofall
such as are opposed to the present Ad.
ministration; and we hereby form our
selves into a society pledged to the
promotion of this great object. There
fore,
cart. /. This society shall be call
ed the Conservative Union, the name
of which is to be ultimately passed
upon at some future day, in general
convention.
cart. 9. This society shall consti-
tute a band for reciprocal aid, and for
the dissemination of information
throughout the State, in furthurance
ofthe great object above specified.
"Art. 3. This socity shall embrace,
first, ONE DEPUTY IN THE
STATE, AND ONE DEPUTY IN
EACH COUNTY; AND NOT LESS
THAN l, NOR MORE THAN q
i'm EACH TOWN OR WARD, BE
SIDES THE DEPUTY, UNLESS
SAID DEPUTY SHALL HAVE
GOOD REASONS FOR INCREAS,
ING THE NUMBER. These mem
ber8 shall be taken, as equally as may
be, from the American and Republi
can parties.
art. 4. There shall be A GEN
ERAL COMMITTEE, whose duty i
shall be to call State Convention, af
ter which the Deputy and each Coun.
ty shall designate the time and place
of County and Assembly District Con
ventions, and the several Deputies il
a Senatorial or Congressional Distric
shall perform the same duties for Dis
rict Conventions, by general call
published in the papers, AND TIE
MEMBERS OF THE UNION, ON
ILY, SHALL BE DELEGATES, IN
all cases, as far as practicable.
cart. 5. To carry out the spirit o
article fourth, and to the end that true
and capable men can be selected, al
though it shall be tile duty Of oacl
County Deputy TO e,ramine his co1n
Ity and make selections, by the use O
proper discretion, yet it is recommend
cd that all such selections shall be
men, competent not only TO fill tht
Qfce IF Delegate to Conventions, 5a1
to be Nominees also.
cart. 6. Itshall be the duty ofeach
County Deputy to take u list Of the
names Of all the members in his coun,
Ity, and send copy Of said list to the
State Deputy, together with the res
idcnce and postofiice address of each
u shall be tile duty Of the cOunts
Deputy to send to the State deputy
The names Of all delegates to con
centiOnS, aOhether they be memJers
@Me Society or not.
cart. Z. The members Of this soci,
ETY. in each town shall constitute com
mittee, whose duty it shall be, on {
call from the County Deputy, to can
yass their respective towns, and sen(
the result to the County Deputy, to bt
by him forwarded to the State Deputy
1t shall be tho duty Of the State Dep
uty to send back, for the information
of the County Deputies, the general
result of the canvass, whenever reques
ted by a County Deputy.
cart. s. The admission fec Of ench
member Of this society shall be so; tc
be paid to the County Deputy on ad
mission, one.half OF which sum shall be
sent to the State Deputy, to defray
travelling, printing and postage eX.
penses, and the other half to be retain.
eG by each County Deputy, to delray
his expenses of a like character"
cart. 9. Allc0unty Deputies shall
be appointed By the State Deputy,
and all questions of difficult solution,
or where doubts arise in the mind of a
Deputy, as to thepropcr course to pur.
| sue. he can be informed by epnlica,