Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-11-16
DEMOCRATIC NETTING IN ONsLOw.

Pursuant to roticc the Democratic party 81 On
slow CO. held mcc,in: IN the court house. In Jack
sonvillc. ON Monl,y the 9Th November is'a -.
The mec,in. was called In orlcr by l. W.
Humphrey, upon whose motion Jasper hshcr'isc
was called to preside and ". II. llowrr;on appoint
Cd Secretary.
After an explanation Of the object Of the meet.
ing Nv tn. chairman /. W. Humphrey introduced
the following resolutions:
The Democratic State Executive Committee hsv.
ing appointed Thursday the s,h DAY u March -
the time and the city cf Raleigh as the place Tor
candidate Tor Governor and appoint ionr delegates
to represent the State at large in the National lcn'
cratic Convention to b. he'll in Charleston; and
having recommended that District Conventions he
held = in each Congressional District for the pur-
nose of ccctins two delegates and their al,crnstes
to represent the aid Districts in the National Con.
ventinn ": therefore,
R.snlrej, That we approve the action ut the CON-
m;ttrc and their recommendations.
R,olred. That VIC have un,minishci conati.ner
in the ability AMI integrity of his Exc~ilcncy John
W. Fills. and that We approve his administration;
and We take this occasion to xprcss our prcfvrcnsr
for his denomination. not much hccausc 1t u in
accordance with custom il i hscausc Inc Is our
first choice.
ResoIrs.i. That the chairman Of this meeting he
authorized to appoint delegates To represent the
The Committee having recommended that Die
trrt Conventions be held Tor the purposes aforesaid.
and that when We hold county meetings to appoint
delegates to the State Convention shall al>o ap
point delegates the District Convention therefore.
Resoirsd That We respectfully Suggest In our
brethren Of the second Congressional District that
We hold our convention in Ncwhcrr.
Hrsoi,ei, That the chairman of this meeting nc
anthorzr, tO appoint twenty delegates to represent
On>low in the Ncwhcrn District Convention.
The counties Composing the second Congressional
District being the same As those composing the Sec
onl Electoral district; therefore.
R.s,lrtd That the delegates hereby appointed tn
attend tic said Ncwtcrn District Convention In
elect delegates to the Charleston Convention. arc
date for Elcctor fr this Electoral District, should
the Convention decide to make such nomination.
On motion Of J. II. foy, the resolutions were
unanimously adopted
On motion Of L. W. Fonvi.ie twenty delegates
were appointed TO attend each Of the said Conves,.
tons.
On motion Of James W. Wootcn committee II
five arpoin,e,, by the chairman an Executive
Committee for the county of On>low. The follow
ing gentlemen compose the Coz ,mit,cc. viz: T. W.
Fonvic. chm; Elisha Porter. Bryant Switzerland.
d. W. Simmons and Christopher Stephens.
The chairman appointed the following delegates to
the State Convention, viz: J. W. Woo:cn. ". h
Cox, l. w. Humphrey, J. u. foy, Bryant Kcllun,.
Thos Bell h. r. Henderson J. e. Cas:cn, stephen
Henderson, James Mat,ocks. ThoS. Holland Levi
Newbol.s Richard Ward, \. j. Hurst. T. Porter.
J. W. IIardison. John Sheppard, j. y. Gray. ". d.
Humphrey, and Jos. Scott.
And the following to the Distric, Convection viz
Charles Duffy. J. p Cox, Bryan Southcrlanl. T. u.
Koonce. ID. T. Sindlin, W. T. Burns. H. W. Sim.
mons, Green liatchcll Tho>. Henderson. J. Smith.
Jr. D. \. Humphrey. X. $. Mclean. = W. roavillc,
s. Gronto Jno. d. Spcvr. Jarrett Gronto. H. H.
Sandlin, o. B. Sanders T. ". Ward, AMI Stephen
| Dixon.
On motion the aforesaid delegation to tho DiStric,
Convention was commissioned also tn the State Con
vention and the delegates aforesaid tn the State
Convention commissioned also To the District Con
| vcntion.
On motion Of J. II. roy, the second Thursday IL
January next was the day recommended o. the tim,
for holding our Di>tnc. Convention.
| On motion the Chairman and Secretary wcr,
added to the list Of delegates
| On motion the GOl>i,oro' Tris.ss, Raleigh .Siaad
ard, and Newborn Progy,ss were requested tn pull,
lish the proceedings ii this meeting. and that al
Democratic papers bc requested to copy.
| On motion the meeting adjourned
! JASPER ETIlERlDGE, President
j. II. HowErrOS, Secretary.