Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-08
CoIijn County Convention.

Pursuant to notice the citizens OF Colin
= county met at the the Court-house on sat
'urday the 18th April 1861.
! On motion, Il. DeArmond was called to
| thc chair for the purpose OF explaining tne
4 object of the meeting. He did so by read
I ing the call for State Convention, to be
| held at Dallas, on the 9Th May next, for
| The purpose of nominating cand.dhtes Tor
| Governor Lieut.. Governor and Commission
| er of the General Land Oiiicc, addressed to
y the friends of the Confederate States OF
tAmerica; and concluded by asking the CO.
Generation of all persons frlendly 10 saiu
4 call, and who sustained the late oIale Con
4 veniion in adopting the permanent Consti-
tuition of the Confederate States OF America
Tho meeting then proceeded to organize by
eloctine r.. DeArmond, President and Geo.
White, Secty.
On motion the chair appointed }. j.. Howe
:Jno C. Easlon, +. l.. Gates, j. j. Harrison,
Isaac Graves and Nj. W. Allen, committee
to draft resolutions expressive of lhe SENSE
of the meeting and to nominate delegates
After retiring few minutes the committee
r,cported the following resolutions which
were unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS, n call has been made Tor con-
yention of the friends of the Confederate
States, to be held in Dallas, on the 4th
Monday in May next, to nominate cahdl-
dates for Governor, Lit. Governor ana
,>,issioner General Land Office, and
WHEREAS, We cordially approve holding the
same; therefore, >.
Resolyed. 1st That we coraiai'y eieolsc
the Constitution of the Conie2era'e ot"1I'
adopted at Montgomery, Alabama, Mar.
1861, and pledge ourselves 10 upnoiu Nv ,p'a
lorond tho same at all hazards and to lhe
last extremity.
\ 1d Thai in the selection of men for Gov
| crnor Lit. Governor, &c, It is our higheS'
| dutv and interest to see that no man is nom-
mated whose anecedcnts do not give I'M
mistakable evidence of his loyalty to the
State of Texas. and to the Government OF
the Confederate States.
3. That we deprecate the attempt to array
one portion of our fellow-citizens against
the peacefully constituted authorities OF our
State, and to interrupt the operations OF our
State Government, believing the same would
be attended with the most mischieyous con-
seouences, and should be frowned down by
ali the patoiots in the land.
4th. That the following persons be ap-
pointed delegates to represent the county
Of Collin in the Dallas Convention, to-wit;
Lewis Shirley, Geo. W. Barnett, J.. Z. Fore
man, Waiter Yeary, }. d. Nayior, b. T.
Gregg, C. Il. Breedlove, p. W. Collier, JessI
Fields, j. C. Thomas, 5. 2. Brown and ). >
Robinson.
On motion Of J. C. Easton, the meeting
proceeded TO appoint a iditional delegates
whereupon the following persons were sew
orally nominated and elected: J. j. Harri.
son. j. II. Lovejoy, L. l.. Gates, d. F. Mat
thcws, J. G. Easton, NJ. W. Allen, Geo
White. r. DeArmond and Geo. Z. Lucas.
Ii was then resolved that the proceeding;
be published in ihe "Dallas Herald, ''GIay-
son Monitor, and "Thc Standard, and al
olher papers friendly TO the cause Of -
| souih aud the callof i.ie Dalia. ccnvcni eif
R nEhIzlipNb, President.
Csc. WHl1E ssernlaTy.