Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-06-15
COLUMBIA COUNTY
Democratic Convention.

Democratic Convention.
In pursuance of the notice given by the
Democratic Standing Committee, the Dele
gates elected by the Democratic voters ot
Columbia county, met in Convention, at
the Court House, in Bloomsbury, on Mon
day, the 10th Of June, 1861, at 2 o'clock,
P. NJ, for th purpose of nominating some
person for Congress, to be supported at the
ensuing special election, on the 22d day Of
June.
The townships were nearly all represcn.
ted, much better than we had expected
considering the busy season.
The Convention being called to order,
on motion of L. L. Tate, of Bloomsbury,
the Hon. PETER ENT, was appointed
President of the Convention and on mo.
ton of VIM. H. Jacoby, A. B. TATE, of
Berwick, and BENZ. f. FRUIT, of Madi-
son, were chosed Secretaries.
On motion of Andrew Freas, the town.
ships were called over in alphabetical or.
der, and the Delegates responded as fol-
lows:
Bloom-Levi L. Tate, VIM. II. Jacoby.
Bor. Berwick-A. B. Tate, Lewis Enke.
Benton--Abruham Young Val Fell.
Beaver-Joel Bredbender, NJ Meyer.
Briarcreek-Wm. Lamon, Jos. Kester
Centre-Andrew Freas, Jacob Hess.
Cattawissa-Geo. Scott, Casper Rain.
Fshingcreek-Hugh Mcbride, Daniel
McHenry.
Greenwood-A. j. Albertson, William
Eyer.
Hemlock-Frank Mcbride, Jesse Oil.
Decentralization McHenry, William
E. Roberts.
Locust-Alex. Mears, Jacob Yeager
Maine-Wm. 7. Shuman, j. r. Jami-
son.
Mifflin-Charles H. Hess, DR.. D. H
Montgomery.
Madison-Benj F. Fruit, Conrad Krea
mer.
MOntour-John Deiterick, Evan We'll
liver.
Mt Pleasant-Hiram Thomas, A. X
Heacock.
Orangc-Hon. H. R. Kline, jeremiah
Hess.
Pine-Benj. Winterstcen, Albert Hun
ter.
Roaringcreek-Philip Cool, Mich1 Fed
croft.
scott-Hon. Peter Ent, Philip T. Hart
man.
Sugarloaf-Alinas Cole, David Lewis.
On motion, the Convention proceeded tc
make Congressional nomination, when
Charles H. Hess, of Mifllin, nominated the
Hon. LEONARD b. RUPERT, of Blooms
burg, and there being no other candidate.
before the Convention, on motion of Wm
Fl. Jacoby, his nomination was made by
reclamation as the unanimous choice of the
Convention.
On motion of Hugh Mcbride, L. l.
Tate and WIN. H. Jacoby, were appointed
Congressional Conferees to meet simila,
Conferees of the District at Wilkesbarre
on Tuesday the lth day of June, instant
to assist in making a Congressional nomi-
nation.
On motion of Hon. Geo. Scott, the Con
vention instructed the Conferees to use al
fair and honorable means to secure the
nomination of Hon. l.. B. Rupert.
On motion of L.. L. Tate, a Committee
of five were appointed by the chair to draf
Resolutions expressive of the sense of thu
Democracy of Columbia county. On mo-
ton of H. r. Kline, the Committee wa.
increased to uine. The following are the
gentlemen
Col. L. L. Tate, VIM. 7. Shuman, H
H. Kline, Casper Rain, B. f. Fruit, An
drew Freas, Hon. Geo. Scott, Alex. NIears
and VIM. Lamon.
The Committee retired to a room and
prepared the following preamble of reso
lu'ions which were read to the Convention
by the Chairman of said Committee and
adopted unanimously:
WHEREAS, Civil war has been inaucu-
rated simultaneously with a Republican
administration; and whereas, it has eve,
been the Democratic faith that abolitionism
or other sectionalism, must inevitably be-