American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-12-08
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0onvsntiOn. aS0s. ! s'slosE .:sl syenisg
before, the dslseaiss Ina outside pressure
cOnmenced aoekihe 10. The fight sp.
pearsd % b whether tAs 6OpysptiOn
shculd express : preference fSr seaasor
Douglas. OF not. Il soon bscAns spps.
rest .ihat ne anti.D Douglas nsn had the
politicians. md the rudn.~ofksrss bat ths
Douglas men had the honest, aFsisht9cr-
ward delsg9tes. - - a-T.sYs So ssiiss {.
Thehrst6ght was on the oEeAniEstien.
and in this the ami Douglas nsn Ssfs suo-
sessful,, ,Lorg before the OouseD tion was
fuii. eGtkip Dr.. DAYS Of yo1r place
moved ina. the Convention come % order.
By calling the Hon: 4. B. Cox, TO the
IchaiE. but on being reminded that the
O0uysntiou &ss not etfSlI, be was indu-
esd to withhold his motion for the time
being, and in short time renewed il. The
usual commitsse vas then appointed when
the Convention took q recess until aflsr
dinner. On 'rsassembling. ths report on
pernauent ofissrs was rsad and adopt
ed, when Mr., Sly.I mean Senator Sohlsich
Tearing that some Douglas man might get
ahssd Of him. rose and moved that th,
Convention then proceed to ballot for dele
gates TO the Charleston Convsntion. when
the President informed him that the com
mittee on credsntiols had not reported
yet, and that therefore be was too fast.
Committee on crededtiah then reported,
and Simultaneous with the announcement
Mr.. Sly renewed his motion that the Con.
Ventiob proceed to nominate two delegates
to the National Convention at Charleston.
A Mr.. Carlton Of Meigs. / believe. moved
70 lay Mr.. Sly,s motion on the table.
which was lost. He then moved 70 amend
BY Offering bis resolution. the Chair deci-
ded the resolution out Of order. Mr..
/ Carlton then moved 10 strike ontoi Mr.
Sly's resolution all after the word rgsoIve
ed, and insert resolution instrucling for
DougaAs. MF. Sly moved to lay the mo.
ton Of Mr.. Carlton on the table. which
after considerable debate was carried by a
small rmsioriy. This seemed to elate the
anti Douglas men very much. ss they re-
gsrded it as an in6ication that tie Conven,
ton were opposed to Instructions. Hon.
Lot L Smith Of Athens, and e. r. Bing.
bam of Vinton, were then selected as the
delegates. and Immediately upon the an.
nouueemeht OF the result, DR.. Davis ol
your phce, IN accordance as I supposed
4 with the programme, got upin caucus,
and moved that the Convention do now
adjourn sine die. but the Douglas men
had too much back bone 70 be thus easily
put OF. and the anti Douglas men being
sanguine of voting down instructions the
DIR. was induced to withdraw his motion
4 Whereupon Mr. Carlton {who seemed tc
be the leading spirit for Donglas) offered
resolution insirucfng the delegates to use
] all honorable means to nominate the Hon
fIS. A. Douglas. the standard bearer fol
1850. which being seconded, the motion
was put. aud do confess as an outsidel
} Iitwas what / would call predicament io
many of the delegates MSo had been elect
ed as Donglas men who at heart we're no
among them. I noticed some from you
B county. such as Dr.. Davis, Hon. Hewtol
. scbleioh and man I believe they csllet
o1Lyneh. The Douglas men from you
o Itown at least claimed them having beel
/. elected as such. When the delegatio
al from your comfy retired to take the vot
I noticed that this DR.. D, Wis did not retir
81 until big man who believe is your couu
4 lty Auditor, came to the door and calle
/. for DR.. Davis to come up aud face the mu
lsic.
! took The pains TO inquire ofone Of th
delegates how their vote stood from you
county. and was told It stood as follows
For the resolution, Dildine. Springer, Sn
der Boyle. Sharp. Brown, Basby. Hi
and larimer; against instructions. Schlsic
: Lynch. Davis. Fo,ssman, Chapman, Kis
ler. Carlisle. and Morsbaft. A portion
= the townships being unrepresehted,, Il
y majority claimed the right to cast the III
> represented vote. So that Fairfield stoo
:; for Douglas l7t against lOt. HocEiu
q was nearly unanimous for inAtruction
',1 Perry stood 7for against II, Meigs unar
3 imous for, Athens divided. vinton nnan
q nous against. When the count was ha,
.. il was ascertAinsd to be 6it for Dough
against All. This took the ansi Dohgl
= men BY surprise, and putthe Douglas mt
in ecstaciss. Col. McVeigh Of your p,a
d seemed ready to ..go up"at Uncs: !
Il. called for the three cheers for Dougl
III which was joined in BY the Contenti'
and crowd. until the Court House rul
,a with enthusiasm. Thsfsupon the Cohvs
!. ton adjourned. ~.
W. M Jerusalem has been making rap