Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-06-06

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! Meeting of the Democratic Standing
Committee OF Columbia County.
AT meeting Of the Democratic StanG
ing Committee of Columbia county, held
at the Registers Office in Bloomsburg
May 3Oth, A. D., 1868, the proceedings
were as follows: A quorum of the Com.
mittce being present OIL motion,
RESOLVED, That, whereas the Represen
tative conference of this Representative
District sitting at Laporte September 18th
! 1862 unanimously conceded the Delegate:
TO the next State Convention 10 the Coun
tiso of Columbia and Wyoming, in con-
sequence of Montour and Sullivan hav.
ing the Members Of the Legislature =
Now therefore, we hereby select and ap.
point Peter Ent and Peter X. Herbein
Representative Conferees from the Coun.
ty Of Columbia; and direct them to con.
cur in the selection made by Wyoming
county, by the above authority; and al,
SO direct them 10 secure the appointment
! by the Conference of Morrison 4. Jack
son, as the Representative Delegate, con.
ceded to Columbia county:
ReSoivea, That the Represe NATIVE Del.
egate Conference meet at the Exchange
Hotel in Bloomsbury, on Saturday, June
9th, 1868 at IL A. M.
Resolved, That the Representative Del
egates from Columbia county be instruc
ted and the other Delegate from the
District be requested to support for nom-
ination for Governor the Hon. Hester
| Clymer of Berks county.
Resoi0ed, That we recommend to the
Democracy of Columbia County the pres
ervaton of order, support of and obedience
to the law and the Constitution; knowing
that there is sovereign remedy for all
ills at the ballot box, as long as that is
free and unobstructed and we recon-.
mend to them the formation of Demo
cratic clubs under the foil owing constitu-
ton and by-laws, or something similar
preparatory 10 the organization necessary
for the fall campaign.
CONSTITUTION.
This Association shall be called the
O. Democratic Club"
Its object shall be the inculcation OF
the doctrines and principles of the Consti
tuition Of the United States and of the state
of Pennsylvania to disseminate iniorma
ton as to the proper construction of those
instruments, to instil into the public mind
a regard for their teachings and obedi.
enco to their requirements to oppose by
all legal and lawful ways and means any
and all infractions of either of them, OF
any infringement of the rights Of citizens
under them to ma intain the just equal
ty and the constitutional sovereignty, oI
the States of this Union, and to defend
the same from all illegal and unwarrant'
ed encroachments from any quarter; to do
all and whatsoever in US lies to re extend
the power and just authority Of the Con,
stitution and Government of the United
States over our whole territory, and to ro
unite in iraternal bonds all sections and
portions and States of our old Union un.
der our old Constitution.
The officers of this Association shall bC
President, Vice President, S,creta
ry and Treasurer,
The President shall hold his Office loi
six months, and until successor is duly
elected. He shall preside at all meetings
of the Club-and with the Vice Presiden
and Secretary shall call all special meet.
ings.
The Vice President shall hold his Office
for six months, and until successor shal
be duly elected. In the absence or disa
bility of the President, he shall be the
presiding officer and perform all the duties
of President.
The Secretary shall hold his Office fol
six months, and until successor is duly
elected. 1t shall be his duty to keep the
minutes of the meetings Of the Club, in {
book to be provided for that purposc-a
list of the members and of all the trans.
actions. He shall have charge of all Tho
books and papers Of the club, and hant