The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-08-17
Democratic State Convention.


the ablest and most prominent men of the State.
The attendance was large, and the proceedings
harmonious throughout. The Convention was
organized by the selection of the Hon. Il. G..
Kilbourne, of Anne Arundel county, as Presi-
dent, with the usual Vice Presidents and Sec
retares. After the organization and the vari-
GUS committees were appointed, the convention
took a recess until clock, P. NJ.
On its reassembling the Baltimore San says ::
COL Hamilton, from the committc on the APP
pointment Of delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
vention, reported the following
For the State at large-Hon. Thos. G. Pratt
of Baltimore; II. G. S. Key, of st. Mary coun-
ty: Judge Richard B. Carmichael, of Queen
Annes county; Isaac D. Jones, of Somerset.
The respective delegations then reported the
following from the different congressional dis
tricts First district, Joseph A. Wickes of
Kent and Daniel NJ. Henry, Of Dorchester 4; for
the second district, Richard Grason, Of Balti-
more, and Henry w. Archer, of Hartford for the
third district, VIM H Collins of Baltimore city,
and l. hewitt Steele ofBaltimore county for the
fourth district, Jacob Ponder, of Carroll and R.
E. Cooke, of Washington county; for the fifth
district, John d. Bowling, of Prince Georges,
and DR.. Ben. F. Watkins, of Howard.
by the convention.
Judge VIM. NJ. Merrick chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions, submitted the following,
prefacing the reading with remarks TO the effect
that the committee had thought proper to con-
fine all expression to the specific object which
the convention had in view on the present occa-
sion
Be it Resolved by the delegates of the demo-
cratic and conservative citizens of Maryland, as
;,,o in t,a ftu Of al
timore, to consult together for the preservation
of the Constitution of the United States, the res
toraton of the Union and the dignity, equality
and rights of all the States, and the promotion
of national harmony that it is the pal amount
duty of all patriotic citizens, without regard to
past political creeds or present political organi-
cations, to Operate for the rescue of the nation
from the dangerous practices and doctrines which
now threaten the destruction of our cherished
form of government.
Resolved That the courage, frmness and pru-
dence with which President Johnson has resisted
the open efforts and the secret Vaccinations of
the radical ma orities Of the present Congress :;
his unceasing endeavors TO establish all the States
in their Just representation in the national legis-
lature, and his humane and conciaory policy
towards those lately in arms against the federal
government, accredit him to all men as the faith
full, honored and trusted chief magistrate of the
American people.
Rosolurd, That the constitution of the United
States cannot be rightfully amended until the
representatives of all the States shall have been
admitted to an equal voice in proposing, and
their several legislatures to q free choice in adop-
ting or rejecting all contemplated amendments
according to the letter and spirit, and in the
mode prescribed in that sacred instrument.
Resolved, That we recognize in the National
Convention which is called to meet in Philadel-
phia, on the 18th inst, gathering of the patri-
OTIS and statesmen from every party and from
every section of the United States, for the pur-
pose of devising the most etfectual means of sus-
tanning the national administration, of COM
pletely restoring the Union under the consitu-
tlon and of healing all sectional strife; and that
weare prepared to hail their happy labors for the
restoration as our fathers hailed the work of those
who founded our beloved institutions.
ResolOed, That the spirit of the call of the Phil
adelphia Convention would not be fully met I'M
less each and all of the recognized political organ
izations of this and of every State who accept
the national situation, and who desire to see
truly national convention assembled under the
flag Of our country, are represented by delegates
in that convention; and is the sense of this body
that the democratic, the conservative and the
Union organizations ought to be distinctly rep
resented i'll their individuality as well as COL
lecGvely in the unity of their purposes and OBJ
objects in that august assemblage. And there
fore this convention do firmly accept the prof
tered faith of the Union convention, which as
sembed in this city on the 25th of July last;
and in return we pledge the delegates whom we
shall select to cooperate, on fair and equal terms
with the delegates whom they have appointed,
to the end that all men may know that the patri-
otto hearts of Maryland are as the heart of one
man, devoted to the support of the constitution,
the Union, and the government ofthe United
States.
The resolutions were adopted unanimously,
the members all rising and voting Three cheers
were proposed and given for the chairman of the
committee on resolutions.
Agreeably to loud calls from the members,
short addresses were made by Mcssrs. Isaac D.
Jones, Samuel Hambleton, j. Lloyd Martin, and
Gen. Tbos. F. Bowie. The latter gentleman ex-
tended his remarks to some length, congratula-
ting the members on the fact that after all the
trouble Of the past four years the Democratic
party found itself where it ever had been, in the
front rank battling for the Union, the Constitu-
tion and the Laws, against the radicals and IA
natics. The members Of the convention had,
however, come up here, not in the spirit ofparty,
but rs American citizens, ready to unite with all
patriotic men in the spirit of the resolutions
adopted here to day, and for the high purposes
to be accomplished at PHILADELPHIA.
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PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. are informed that
Rev. Mr.. Smith, President of the School Board,
has completed the laborious task of examining
the Public School teachers, with the following
results Is received certificates; % received
permits for three terms received permits for
two TERMS and for one term. In the county
are 80 teachers in ALL "a of whom are entitled to