The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-12-08
III. rnnvnntInn-

|. The lceofoco iCougrt~iopal DISTRICT Gonfsh
ton, held in this place last Thursday. was stteus
d,d by full delegations hom most OF the countie'
rud,am Snd yaeWftI Iwc0 Nc, JoptSep"d'
and raulling only had one delegate 10 cast her
three votes ttu H AlJo aHA
Cour, adjourned at 10 o'clock \. NJ to se-
comnodAte lho souvcn.isu which immediately
orsoniedS.Eug@ wuvGt gs.G
Our triend Knapp had not seen the cut'snd.
dried programme, aud therefore made great
hluroe, hy ynohnaiiaS Rev. o, Waters, ofFul
ten. Tor Chaiim,n. Mir w. ssc,vel, however
10 the sreN relief Of the csuvcuuon. and The
regular progrSmms was then esrried out by the
election VI Mi Haley. OF Nspo'eou. (ess OF
S,sedmaus pets.) President, and Knapp, of this
place. aud Mr. Plnmm1r OF Bryan Secretaries.
Committees on credentials and resolutions were
next appointed, Mr.. Parks, of the firm OF Parks
< Hayes, represented Wood county on the Gre.
dentals committee, ,and Bll Cnru,hcs rcprcsen.
ted our democracy on The Resolutions commit
tee.
The committee on resolution reported three re
solves; one in iOver Of the Cincinnati end Col
umhus platforms one iustructing the delegates
to the Charleston convention 10 Sapporl Sic
phen A, Douglas as long as he may b. cGndi
date before said convention, and one recomn,en.
ding tie State convention 10 appoint Abncr l..
BackuS delegate at laige,
Mr.. Plummyr, OF Byan, called ror the adcp.
| tion OF the resolutions separately, stating that
he was in favor Of the first two but opposed to
the last one, which caused htus Ruttsrpg
among the DackuS men, and Backus carried ms
clothes cut OF tho convention to avoid hearing
unpleasant things. Tho hrst two resolutions
were adopted, aud then our uei1hhor Knspp
moved to Sy the Bickus resolution on the table.
! This caused Same lhte sluru, aud Siredmpu
called on Parks * Hayes &Co., and they clicked
Knapp on and the motion 10 lay on the table
i, was withdrawn, wheu the chair very hdroiNy Put
ths thing through according to order 'H
Nr1t came the election Of delegates TO the
Charleston convention. Ed, Sh,lTclJ, of Napo-
+, Icon, made a short speech, commenting the
suspension Of the rules for the purpose of ecc.
! ting Jones Il. Stccdman by acclumalion. lie
i was followed by Mr., OummUgcr in u similar
; strain, Hnd Mr.. McCon, OF Napoleon, seconded
NV hH'lNli 1lIN ~ AiNN' WIFI uNN bUt UlSNCnt
ting voice, supposed to have come from one ol
the iaw aud order IocofucoS who supported Fitch
for Judge. General eeimsn gave the bold lcl-
low one OF his peculiar looks aud smiles and thou
} responded to a call from the couyeulion, thank.
ug them for his nomination aud suying some
thing about the great originator OF Popular Soy
i ereiguty, &c. ,En.s 15H3
i Then cnme the tug Of war, Mungen, "Ftd
Q der Bill" aud E!gerton were announced Al
= candidates for second delegates TO Charleston
: EiSerton sviiendy hsd the inside wacks an
> Mungen's cake hud the appearance Of brini
t. dough, but happy Thought struck the Sccdmnl
clan. who even prs(eued Muugen 70 Edserton
/ and they al once had MI. Il. Pheles Of Dsssuc,
II county, (Edgorton's own county9 smouucr,i VI
n candidate, aud this move secured the dees
't OF EiSenon snh the rke,iou Of Mmg-h oh th
lei third ballot Muugtn thhnktd the convcnto
+ in his usual happy style" commencing in th
ID middle of his remarks and coming cut at bot
ends
e. The next business in order wsS-the re-elcciio
At Of an ElcClor for this district SAclIi Id hu
" been good friend of Backus aud Slreduan thcr,
, fore he must be elected to that post, succeed n
Iy only on tho third ballOt-haying Just the sun
Of number Of votes that nominated Mungtn.
ID the combination proved successful and teel
to man aud Boc&uI had the thing "douc up' 10 Su
~ themselves.
iS d. s. Price, Eco, Of Toledo, stated thOt lie u,
. kderstood Mir. GrIhbcn, of Fiudiay, would be
e. candidate brfoTp the Atpte ruuVtnl ION inr 10
m - Wy w 'N ~ N'' ' ~ 'N
We ucy Grnersl, and he therefore Offered comma,
be datoy resolution. which received all almo
yc unanimous silent approval A leading dcmoer
,is was heard TO rema,k that "Gsibben must ha,
- an exalted opinion OF himself else he is lit
nE appreciated BY his friends" This brought Il
he he pro, eedinsS to fine point, and tIcy were C,
OF BY adjouruing