Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-04-13

District Convention.

\
sembled at Harrisonburg. on the 9th of
April, 1860, at II o'clock.
On motion Of Capt JOHN A. HARsAw,
of Augusta, DR.. A. NJ. NEWMAN. Of
Rockingham, was elected President, and
SAMUEL GILLocK, JNo. B. Warts, JNo, III
WARTMANN, H. T. WARrMANN, GEo W.
MURPHY and VIM Nick. WARrNANS. Esqs. !,
were elected Secretaries.
The following delegates were present:
| Rockingham. Jacob Biesly, DR. S A
Cofman, DR. NJ H Harris. A Gray, ] N
Cowan, 2 Roller, Hiram Marta, NJ Irvine,
D Pennybacker, J @ Winfield, s Ruebush,
| W w Carpenter, b r Lincoln, E Bowman,
I L Yancey, z D Gilmer. " " West, W
. smith, DR. B Rust. Q A Stands, J Il
Wartmann, R A Gray, w johnson. Dori-
las Martz, Col E 5 Yancey, P 2 Koontz,
Reuben Hoffman, Med Harris, } N Llg-
gett, N D Cofman, L W Gambil, r Wise,
B D Bowman, w Mex Wartmann, p I H
Warren, Isaac Wright, P Long, 3 Coff-
man, A S Byrd, w II EGnger, A NJ New
man. s H Moffett, G R Rush, A Il Brew
er. J 4 Koogler, Giles Devier, G Branner,
~ IL Thomas, Lineweaver, Il keezlc, u
G Strayer, John G Woodson, J K Moore,
J D Williamson, j S Speck, J Peale, G 4
Gibbons, B Ewing.
August0.-John A Hartman, W u
Bell, S B Brown, s M Yost. A W Hartman,
R W Stevenson, j B Watts. r H Fisher,
NJ G Hartman, A Lynn, A W CARRIER, I L
Hartman. NJ McAleer, J Hannah, D Bour-
land, E Burke. j B Scherer, B J Bagby,
+ Wood, D Doom, D Peace, M Swink. W
Baskins, H Laughhn, J Peer, Derbora,
R Terrell, J Beck, G H Saupe, W P john
SOD, W A Abney, W H Watts, G F click,
7 Burke, W H Peyton, w Jordan, W D
Anderson, H j Shomo. P N Powell, w
Grimsley, ] Shuey, G. M Cochran, jr, II
l. Opie, W S H Baylor, H Skinner, p b
Hinton, B f Walker, r Simmons, III
Long, Martin Coiner. B F Abney, Jacob
Slower, w Swink, MVB Swink, j III
Swink, Silling, N Beard, NJ G Stanton,
NJ A Blair, J Wanger, W Howell, John P
Butterfly, E W Whisman, Marquis, j
T Burns, T Niche
Shenamdodh.-J S,Trout, Mark Welsh,
R Allen. P Ptman, Geo w Windle, w F
Rupp, P B Mofett, A Neese, p Zirkle, J
w Clinedinst, E W Sibert, J Clover. j S
Stirewalt, f Zeiler, NM Seibert, W M
Seibert, J R Miller, G K Moore, J Hass,
tG w Murphy, Lands, DR. L Triplett,
DR. w H Triplett, G A Morse.
Rochb1idge. "A Graham, j g Paxton,
Is Gillock, } Wallace, j H Paxton, Fl
Letcher, James W Massie.
Pendleton NJ Newman, j H Wart-
mann, alternatcs.
| J. H Skinner, Esq, Of Augusta, offer
ed the following resolutions, which we're
unanimously adopted:
| Resoluel, That the rules governing the
House of Delegates be adopted as the par
liamentary law of this Convention SO far as
the same may be applicable.
Resolved, That all questions in the Con-
vention shall be decided by the usoa uoce
vote, unless scaled vote be called for, which
shall be taken, whenever demanded by any
twenty members of the Convention.
Resogued, That whenever scaled vote
shall be called for. the vote shall be given
by the counties, each delegate counting his
relative proportion OF the vote of the coun-
| ties he may represent. and that the Demo-
cratic vote of the Presidential election in
| 1856 be taken as the basis of the Democratic
strength of the several counties represented
in this Convention
On motion of Hiram Martz, Esq, of
Rockingham, the Convention took recess
until l o'clock, p m.
The Convention re assembled at the hour.
On motion, the Convention proceeded to the
election Of two delegates and two alternates
to the Charleston Convention.
DR.. S. A. Cofmap, of Rockingham,
nominated SAMUEL Mop. YosT, of Augusta
The nomination was seconded by Capt. W.
S. H. Baylor, Of Augusta.
Maj. John Haas, of Shenandoah, nomi-
mated DR.. SAMUEL H. MoFFErr, of Rocking
ham. The nomination was seconded by
Capt Hiram Martz, of Rockingham
VIM NJ. Seibert, Esq, of Shenandoah,
nominated J. GARDNER PAXTON, Esq, of
Rockbridg e'-seconded by Philip Pitman,
Esq, of Shenandoah.
On motion of Geo. NJ. Cochran, jr, of
Augusta, it was Resolved, That the caudi-
dates be requested to state to the Conven-
ton the line of policy they would pursue as
delegates to the Charleston Convention, and
for whom-of the various candidates for the
Presidency-they were in favor Of casting
the vote Of Virginia.
Mr.. Yosr, being first in nomination, was
called to the stand. He remarked that as,
through the partiality of friends, his name
had been presented to the Convention for the
position Of delegate to Charleston, and as
the wish had been expressed by the Conven-
ton that his views and opinions pertinent to
the occasion be made known, he would pro-
coed frankly; candidly and without hesita-
ton to comply with the request. He was in
favor Of casting the vote Of Virginia as a
unit, and for r. NJ r. Hunter. He would
not 90 to Charleston, however, as the un
compromising partizan of Mr.. Hunter, nor
with any captious opposition to Henry A.
Wise, who had ever held warm place in
the hearts of Virginians. The great END to
be accomplished was the nomination Of a
man at Charleston WHO could defeat the Black
Republican party. fit was ascertained that
that man could not come from the South,
then he would cast his vote and use what
influence he possessed to secure the nomina-
ton of another man who could the most
surely accomplish that result. He regret
ted that any division in the Democratic party
as to men had been created in this State -
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