The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-09-06
l have the honor, President, to be
very sincerely your friend,
GRANVILLE MOODY.
Union Congressional COmvcn-
liOn.

tiOn.
The delegates elected from the sew.
eral counties of the 18th Congrcssiona
district, for the nomination of Unior
candidate for Congress, met at Peck'l
Hall, Circleville, on August "a, 1866
at II O'Clock, q. m.
GEO. W. GRECO, Esq, Chairman O
the Union Central Committee of Pick
away, called the Convention to order
and on motion, JOHN REFER, Esq, O.
Fairfield, was elected temporary Chair
man, and SELDEN S. COOKE, of Ross
temporary Secretary, of the Conven
tion.
A committee on permanent organi'
cation was then appointed, consisting
Of P. G. Smith, of Pickaway, S. A. Girls
wold Of Fairfield, Mark Ellis, of Pike
DR.. Kinscy, of Ross, Mr. Colburn, Of
Perry, and Daniel Haynes, of Hook,
ing.
The following committee on Creden.
tials was then appointed Noble Por
ter, of Pickaway, And.ew Peters, Of
Fairfield, Daniel Thompson, of Ross
R. A. Starkey, of Pike, ]. II. Kelley
of Perry, and Wash. Virgins, of Hook
ing.
A Committee on Resolutions was
next appointed, consisting Of G. +
Shaefer, of Fairfield, Jesse G. Tbomp
son, of Pickaway, j, l. Throckmorton
of Ross, W. S. Jones, OF Pike, Joseph
Oldfeld, of Hooking, and John L.
Sheridan, of Perry.
On motion. it was
ReSolued, That the Convention dc
elect delegate. and an alternate; to
represent their Congressional district
in the Convention of Southern loyal
lists, to be held at Philadelphia on the
Sd of September next.
The Convention then adjourned un-
til afternoon.
2o'clock P. M.
Convention met again.
Tho G 'mmittee on Credentials then
reported the attendance of the dele
gates from all their counties, and the
number of votes to which each county
was entitled; which report was adopt
ed.
The Committee on permanent organ
ization next reported, as follows For
President of the Convention, WESLEY
CLAYpooL, of Ross--for Vice Pres.
dents, Samuel Luls, of Pickaway
Abraham Jones Of Ross, Andrew Pc
ters, of Fairfield, Col. W. II. Free, ol
Perry, Gen. W S. Jones, of Pike, and
W. Virgins, of Hooking for Secre.
tary, Seldcn S Cooke, of Ross.
On me ton, it was
Resolved, That the several delega.
tions present from each county, be en-.
titled to cast the full vote of their sew
eral counties and that a majority ol
all votes cast shall be necessary to a
choice.
Tho Convention then proceeded to
vote viva coce for candidate for Con,
gress. Whereupon, Gen, Wells S, Jones
of Pike County, and Edward Smith
Esq of Pickaway, were named as
candidates.
Tie vote vas then taken, and the
following was the result; Fer Gen
Jones, Pike, 8 votes-Ross, 9,-Picka'
way, 1O,-Fairfeld, 24-Perry, IL
Total G9 votes For Edward Smith
Ross 81 votcs-Pickaway 1l-Hock'
ing 13-Total 45.
Gen. Wells S. Jones was then de
clared the nominee of the Convention
for Congress.
On motion of Hooking county, thc
nomination was, by acclamation, then
made unanimous.
The Convention ne&t proceeded &c
elect u delegate and alternate to the
Philadelphia Convention. Whereupor
George W. Gregg, Esq, of Pickaw"y
was unanimously chosen the Delegate
and Alexander Ronick, Esq, Of Ross
the Alternate delegate, to said Convcn
ton.
The Committee on Resolutions. then
submitted the following as their re-
port:
ReSotued, That the Resolutions on,
tire, as passed by the late Union State
Convention at Columbus, are fully in
dorsed as ii just and true exposition Of
our political Iaith
ReSolued, That we concur with An
drew Johnson, in his speech accepting
the nomination for the Vice Presidency
that "lraitors should take back seat
in the work of restoration n"-"that trea
son must be made odious, by excluding
from all places of public trust, the
leaders of the rebellion "thaI
the traitor ceased to be citizen; and
that he, in joining in rebellion, became
public enemy"
ReSolved, That the work OF restor.
ing the late insurTectionary states tc
their proper relations with the Union
neceasarily devolveS upon the law