East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-03-11

johnson, IL, +. II. Lothrop, 2; G. w.
Peck, /. -
The ballot not resulting in an cleo ton,
the convention proceeded to- a secoHd
tosnai, ballot, Withheld GLOWING result I:
! III. II. IhIoy, BIS; r. II. Thomson, 1879.
~ H. Ihley, ofHst. Joseph, was then de-
chrt'l unanimously elected President oi
tin CQatcutma. ~ Y "
MeSslss hotlpop, dfsSt Joseph, and
RedfeldHof Wayne, were appointed to
conduct the President to the chair.
The President said on taking the
chair:
!, GfSFEkNgS eF fHE .CoSyEsrIox--I am not IN
sensible 90 tile honor conferred upon me by my
election 10 the Office Of PRECEDENT Of this convention
IL gives nae great pleasure 70 mect once more in a
deliberaiive body pien who, Ia times past, through
all the changes OF nrfy hive ever remained firm ~
those cardinal prneiplesnpon which our government
i founded and has for many years Of its existence
been administered. And now, when all our energies
arc summoned 10 meet tho great national crisis
which oycrshadows u.s. we still turn 10 the constitu-
ton as our hope, and the great conservative barrier
between northern abolitionsm and southern seces-
sionisp, and The only satatan OF the eeantry. We
are not an antisl4ysfy party, nor pro-slavery
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then, full in the faith Of the past, remem bering,
6rst'and last our princpiesI our country our whole
country and netting but our country nif,iv
On motion Of Mr.. Stuart, of Kalalna-
zoo, a committee consisting Of ono from
each Congressional district was appointed
to report the names of four persons from
each district who shall act as Vice Presi-
dents of the convention.
The President appointed the following
commttce. First district, ID. Johnson;
second district, A. ii. Redield; third dis
trict, Q, E.. Stuart; fourth district, Cyrus
Peabody. The committee reported the
following Vice Presidents Titus bort,
Ii. "A. Hayden, Ira b. Gard, Joseph
Smith, Miles Soule, II. w. Hewitt,
Stephen Reeves, and A. Thaycr, They
also reporteii, the following secretaries
VIM. A. Moore, w. Ii. Cleveland, Henry
Chamberlain, aud Charles ID. Little
The Vice Presidents and Secretaries
then took their seats upon the platform
and the convention then proceeded to
business.
Mr.. Blackman, Of Cass, moved that q
bcommitteo of three from each Congress.
sional district be appointed to report a
series of resolutions to be acted upon by
the convention,
Mr.. Joslin, Of Washtenaw, moved
that the committee be instructed to have
a thousand copies of the resolutions
printed FOR circulation among the mem
bers Of the convention. He said he had
sat here for the last time to vote on q
series of resolutions read from the plat.
form without the chance of reading and
inwardly digesting them. At such q
time as this, when, perhaps, the destiny
of the nation may hang upon single
Psrd, he was not prepared tovote hastily
on this important subject. There bad
been times when he was willing to vote
for any resolution that might be reported
by committee, but now is not the time
for such hasty action. ia
CT. w. Peck, of Ingham, was in favor
of having the committee report in print
He wanted every man to scrutinize wha,
he was to vote upon. IL was customary,
in large bodies of this character, TO have
the resolutions laid upon the table O
each member, 50 that they might full,
understand them. The Importance o
these resolutions at this time must b,
fully understood. Tho convention mus
take no step without fully understanding
it's import.
The amendment OF Mr.. Joslin, to
gethor with the original resolution, wa
adopted.
On motion, Hon. Lewis Cass, Hon. +
j. Littlejohn, Hon. Ross Wilkins, Hon
b. f. III. Witherell and Hon. A. ID
Fraser were invited to seats upon tn,
platform.
The President announced the following
as the committee on resolutions A. II
Redfeld, G.. Josln, o. w. Bennett, G. Fl
Dewey, f.. III. Lothrop, e. G. Morton
G. +. Stuart, Fred. Hall, r. Twombley
e. ii. Thomson, w. l.. Z. Little, anC
@. H. Palmer.
T.. II. Lothrop, Of st. Joseph, Offered
a resolution that it is inexpedient at Thu
time to nominate candidates for Stat,
Offices to be supported at the fall election
The resolution was adopted almost unan
imously. io1
Hon. b. j. Littleiohn being upon tn,
platform was loudly called for, and in re
spouse addressed the convention in
speech of touching eloquencc and power
We shall publish it in future issue.
! The speech was received Throughout
with the most vociferous applause, mem
bers frequently rising to their feet an,
swinging their hats with enthusiast
cheers. At the conclusion, three cheer
were given for the speaker.
The convention then adjourned to NEE
at Z p. M. a,,
EVENING SESSION
At seven o'clock the convention agai