The mountain Democrat., 1863-07-04
T1E MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
County COnvsntIOA Of the OHltsd
n0moeraeYs

shI.A al ('Donnelrs Theatre 10 this city, on
~ Ssth Of June. The Convention was called u
order by Judge johnson. whereuPon. Thos;
Wren was chosen Temporary Chairman ana
Thoa. b. Wade and Chas. T. lr~in' Secfe'A-
m vas moved and carried that Committee
an CredentiaIS. Of one from each township. be
sDDOin,ed. The Chair appointed The following;
81 @. Denver, COlOma; A. T. Lee, Co
sumnrs; Theron Foste-, White Oak; Ch"s; +;
Irwin. Diamond Springs J. Warf, Mud
Snr;n1s: Is. L. Crawfnrd, Greenwood; James
Hm9bee. Kelsey; Nj. X, Shearer, PlAcerville ;
E. II. Watson. Georgetown; Lew smith,
On motion, the Convention adjourned until
O'Clock P. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
rDou reassembling, the Committee on Gre
dentinIs reported that the foll wing Delegates
Ner,. entitled Ia seats in the Con ventiOn, which,
on motion, was received and adopted;
ROLL OF DELEGATES.
Blakely's-J. C. johnson, Fred. Smith.
Bottle Hill. r. williamson.
BrOckliss' Bridge-M. J. Monday.
Duroc House-Theron EwsSS,. P.J Moyer.
FL Dorado-Chas. Meredith, W. ii. Pavey,
g. u. SiiIlwell, T.J. Heniger, }. b. Richardson
Fairplay-GeOrge MerkindOar, J. D. Ran
ClarisviIIe-A. b. Bates, J. C. McManus. G..
Tong.
Garden Valley-A.J. Smith,. D. McMurray.
COIoma-A- St G. Denver, Henry Mahler.
GeUrgetOWn-E. II. Watson, John Ashton,
Thomas Wren, Henry Nelson.
Gold HID. T. LOOfbOurrow. II. b. Newell
Greenwood Valley-E. l.. Crawford.
.Spanish Flat n. 5. Frasier, J. H. Hughes,
III. Mayenbaum.
GriIzIy Flat. c. McGuire. c. C. Mclean,
Thouas Kerns. c. =. Young.
Hallway House-G. W. Boyer
Hanks Exchange-T Stapleton. l.. Wiley;
Henderson's Siore--J. W. Holman X. L..
Simpson. proxy.
Irish Flat-Daniel Heindel.
Brownsville-A. T. Lee.
Indian Diggings-Juhn Cable. Jos. Luptop.
Kelley Creeks. b. Pelton. q. Nicev.
Slorisman's IInll--Henty Culverson.
Spanish Camp-Wm. +. Reibsan, 4. J. Ad-
ans.
KeIsey--A. d. Rock, James Burke.
King's Store-A. G. Chau,In, Il. II. Duncan.
Mountain VIEW. kunke.
Maine Bar-John Hines.
Missouri Flat-Walter Miles, John Brown.
Newtown-S. T. Cnrum.
rIaccTville, First Ward-James J"hrs"n l.
=. TITUS, Lewis Van Chesterfield, John ii. Den
mis- and ID. W. GelwickS.
PIacerville, Secnnd Ward-T Il. Wade. d.
Walker, Augustus Ort, A. {. Ssarles. ID. w.
Noe, II. e. Sloss and Charles Broad.
l'iaccrville. THIRD Wsrd-The"dore Wich-
man. W. X. Chapman, u. h Shearer and A.
Hedder.
PlAcerville, Fourth Ward Charles Guilder
and c. Reagan.
Pleasant T.lley-R. J. Howard aud Samuel
Fleming.
Red Hill T.. Mortenseu and 7, Breese.
ReAeFVuir HIll--F IL pumadu.
Rack Brhge--N. Brazee.
St,rktOu's Store-W. Ballard f. II. Watson
proxV.1
SnIlth's Flat-H Sym"ns.
Centreville- -Jubn Bishop and ii. W. Foster
HOlcauovllle-C. :. BrAshrAr L. Ii. Watson
prOxVD
White Rock Henry Walker.
Wild Cat Bar-W. +. Z-'gler
Cniontnwn--Fnank skinner.
Crdarviile NJ. Il Newman.
Pattir's SaLs,n--E TrurhoI.
Buckeye FiAt--A J. Nart. u. heHey and
-J"hm MctEhrr. (1h"nas DAvIdsu rroN! for
Spanish Dry Diggings John Vide aud r.
Il Wiley.
BuzAn's Bridge In Baker.
Slv Park William R.I..y and Lew is lie Petit.
Cold Springs X. Meals and Th"s. QIirk /;
&C. W. GIhn. proxy Tor VI ans
Diam"ud Sprlng, Warren BRYANT. W. NJ.
Nuffi.t, e. +. lrNIn. George \. WaeN'ui L. A.
Irwin, proxy tr Wassnn
Hcntys nlggng> J Il TuIlcs.
Pheasant Grove + VI Ha-krns
Waugh : Storr--Jamrs Mur,h y. Gil
more, proxy.
The f.il"~ iug Delegates presented their ere
dentIals aud Nete adult. cd t" seats IA the Con
VentOn:
kAnaka flat C. T r ni-sin, re, for }. Z
IT~'n
Halfway S,ore-H ". HuHmn>rer.
a Ih..E L
for }. d. Skinner
-J.vhawk- :. Upton aad + Cooley.
On motion 1t 4. 3. Bates Il. Tong was ad'
omitted Ia Eeut ~ t!.r Convention AS u Dt'e'
gate. (r"an CIsJksT'ile.
Judge JOhnn4,u mos "a that { mmitiee "i
aine be app.dnIed iu draft and FeI"'rt reS'In
tinna tu the Con vention which u."ti"n Mas
adopted, and the Chair spp"inted as such Com
6nIIIee:
James johnson, J. II. Dennis. d. ". Gel
~ieks, J. e. Johnson. A. ST. {. Denrer, VI n
SheArer, CbAs. Meredith, A. d. Rock aud ).
Fleming.
Ou motion. Of l. ). THUS, a Committee of
one from each Township was appointed on
Permanent Organization and Order Of Business,
composed of the following delegates
Is. Titus and ". Z. Chapman. PlAcerville ;
Jas. Burke, Kelsey John Ashton. Ge'rGr-
town; X. B. Wiley. Greenwood W. VI Mnf'
fey, Diamond Springs; ). M. Suiwell. Mud
D.. ~. haDklO, O'bsuIhnca' D. - 81
Manns, White Oak H. Mahler, COluna; {. L.
Roussin, Salmon Falls.
The Convention then adjourned IN meet
At 4ls Pm.
Upon reassembling, the Committee on Per
enAnent Organization reported recommending
the following AS permanent officers "t tue Con
veutOa, which report was received and adopted
u. T. Loofbonrrow, President; A. b. Bates
and John K. Tulles, Vice Presidents; Thomas
IL Wade Secretary and GhAS F. Irwin ASSlS-
tant Secretary; d. Elmendorf, Sergeant-at-
Arms.
The Committee on Resolutions reported the
following, which were adopted unanimously :;
Resolved, That waving the expression ct our
views upon questions not rendered imperative
0T the Imperilled condition nf the country, we
,dec:sr4 that we will render the Government "nr
sincere RRa gn;ted support in the use OF ali ie,
gitimate means ~ suppress the rtbellicn ana
restore the UDiop as il EaS and maintain the
Constitution as il is, bel!eriEg that sacred m
stPument, founded 10 wisdom by Oar tAi!!eTE,
clothes the constituted authorities wlth full
power TO accomplish such purpose.
And whereas, in July, 1851, Congress, by a
unanimous vote, passed the following resOlu-
tiOn:
Resolved, That the present deplorable civil
war has been forced upon the country Ov tue
disuni0uisLs Of the Southern States now III arms
against the constitutional government anu 10
arms around the capitIl; that in this national
emergency Congress-, banishng all feelings of
mere passion or resentment, viii rec"llect only
their duty 70 the whole country; that thlS war
Is not waged, on their part, 10 any spirit "I "I'
,Qressiop or for any purpose oi conquest or Suo'
jugatiOn, OF purpose of Overthrovlng or inter.
fering With the rights or established institutions
of those States. but to desEnd and nlaiDtaln The
supremacy OF the Constitution and to preserve
the UniOn. With all the dignity equality aud