The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-29
nonrln. county conv.ntIon.

scinbled IN THIS CITY on TUESDAY ,nnd which
was called to order by W. j. Burwell,
Chairman Of the Douglas Central Com
mittce. More appropriately and more in
accordance with the feelings and actions
Of the delegates, might We term it the
"Conness County Convention" To show
the complexion Of the Convention and
how nominations had been arranged be-
fore it convened, it is only necessary to
state q single circumstance, and that is,
that Breckenridge Democrats offered to
bet they could nsmO the full county tick
ct, and that In doing so in no single in.
stance did they make 4 mistake. All the
nominations for county officers were given
to Mr. ConncsS' particular friends-to the
"Old Guard" who had stood by him in
times past It is significant but not re.
mnrkable, that the new converts, the men
who had formerly opposed ConncSs. the
men who had belonged to the "Gwin
faction" were left "out il toe cold"
They were evidently in the wrong pew"
with those who doubted their sincerity,
questioned their motives and werc deter.
mined to rebuke their presumption in 20.
liciting a nomination. The programme
Vas distinctly marked out by outsiders,
and it was not departed from in the least.
This may have been the result Of acci.
dent, but it was too systematically pur.
sued to leave tina, impression; and even
the unsophSiicatcd "smelt a mice" long
before tho CONVENTION adjourned. The
county was fully represented. and much
interest was manifested in the dclibcra.
tons Of the Convention, which were
smoothly conducted, owing tn the one.
sided complexion Of the delegates.
DR.. Harvey, on motion Of Mr.. Sloss,
was unanimously elected temporary Chair.
man, and Messrs. Curtis and Fraser Sec.
retaries. On taking the Chair, DR.. liar
vey made brief speech suitable to the
OCCASION" A committee of one from
each Township was appointed on Crcdcn-
tials. when the Convention took a recess
for one hour.
On re.asSOmblirg, the Committee on
Credentials reported. and the report was
unanimously adopt. motion Of Mr..
Chapman, a Committee OF one from each
Township waS appointed on Permanent
Organization and, on motion OF Mr.. Sloss
a similar COMMITTEES was sppointcd 10 sc.
lect thrty.Six delegates TO the State Con.
vention. Tho Convention then adjourned
one hour and half. At the expiration
Of tho time, the Chairman again called the
Convention 10 order. The Chairman Of
the Committee on Permanent Organiza.
ton submitted the following report, which
was adopted: President, 0. Harvey; Vice
Presidents, R. K. Berry and N. G. Bos.
wei Secretaries, D. c. McKcnncy and
John Fraser.
Tho delegates selected By the Commit.
teo to the State Convention were then re.
ported, ana tho report Of the Committee
was adopted. A committee Of one from
each township, OH motion Of Col. Jack.
johnson, was appointed by the President,
on platform.
The following resolution, offered By A.
j. Gould, ESQ, was adopted by acclama-
ton:
RtaDlrAd, That the Democracy Of Ell Dorado
! county present iha name Of Hon John Cnnncas
10 the State Union Democratic Convention, ns
their first choice for Governor Of the State OF
California; and the delegates from this county
are hereby instructed 10 nae all honorable
means to secure his nomination.
A committee Of thrcc was appointed to
invite Mr. CONFESS to address the Con-
veniion; and with rare good taste, it may
be little sly malice, two Of the commit.
tee appointed By the President had, but q
few years ago, Indignantly assnilcd, if not
villided, the very man they now smiled
upon. ITO what base uses do We come
at last" Mr.. Conncss, with the step of q
conqIeror, walked upon the platform, and
with smile half Scornful, half exultant,
surveyed the delegates. many of whom
he knew hated while they greeted him.
The President, with that matchless grace
and elegance Of diction (ridS supplement
El Dorado County Union) for which he is
distinguished, introduced Mr.. CONFESS.
Dir. CONFESS made characteristic speech
bold, defiant, mystcriouS-.hinting at
something in the future-a dangerous
conspiracy-which no could and would
crush. What It was. its power. tho per.
sons engaged in it, he did mot condescend
to explain. IIo said it was not money,
not honor-these things he desvised-he
wanted, but power-power to make others
tremblc. He spoke strongly. earnestly,
bitterly. uncompromi>ingly. and his
speech was vchemcntly sppla.ded. At
It's conclusion the Convention took 4 recess
until 0 o'clock, Tuesday morning.
On reaSsembling, the committee on
platform presented the following:
Rssolr&f. That We. the Democracy of Fl m.
RADIO county. in Convention assembled, d. re.
1ttirm our adhesion to the principles Of the
Cincinnati platform.
Rss'tDNd, That We welcome Iiuvite?1 all citi.
Gems to act with us 40 fellow Democrats, who
are nncondi'ionally in favor Of maintaining the
integrity and perpctmty of our Federal Union
the Conatiniion Of the United States and the
laws Of Congress-. as expounded BY the judc.
Iary ut our country, independent and regard.
less AZ n whom they may have supp orted at
our last Presidential election.
The candidates for county Offices were
then nominated. AleI. Hunter was nom.
mated for Sheriff; Robert Bell, for Col.
lector; Thomas II. Patton for Clork