The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-07-21
The copper-Johnson Convention.


The Copper-Johnson Convention.
We propose 10 give our readers an account Of
the " new party Convention which assembled
In his Town o. Wednesday last, and in doing 30
wll try 10 te a. charitable As possible 10 the poor
fellows Who formed hat nleeiing.
Many 81 the delegates reached our town al an
saFiy hour. bai a great deal Of log-rOlling aud
uire-pauiug had 10 be attended 70, and eonse-
queutly the hour Of twelve bad arrived before
he Meeting proceeded 10 business The COnven-
tion was then temporarily organized BY the
elsetioa Of Mr. Geo. SloIhOwer as President and
oliver Charles Warield, the g irrepressible, "
As Secretary A committee on credentials was
appointed. and while they were absent, the Con-
veutiou permanently organized by electing Sam
uel n. Rankin, Esq, President, Mr.. Slothower,
as yice-President, and the Mr. Warfeld as
Secretary All this was plain sailing, and easily
disposed Of but the Committee on credentials
had an arduous time of it. They found two sets
of delegates from the Sixth District very much
opposed to each other in their views and opinions,
but both representing themselves to be the prop
erly constituted delegates, and both claiming adj
mission. After a long time spent in the discus
sion of the knotty problem here presented, the
committee agreed upon report, admitting both
sets of delegates from the Sixth District, but Civ
ing either the privilege Of retiring, privilege
promptly awaited Of by the delegation headed by
Mr.. VIM. H. Hoffman, who publicly withdrew
from the Convention, congratuating themselves
for the chance of Withdrawing from the concern,
The other delegates from the Sixth remained, but
were very quiet taking no part in the meeting
and apparently not at all pleased with the look
of things The list OF delegates we give below
Isl District-Samuel Robinson, o. G.. Warfeld,
Thomas Webb, John McCauey, Joshua Mellor.
I'd do.-George Slothower, George w. Aler,
J. Dixon O'Dell, John K. Harvey, Evan T. Petit
cord. 94sFt8 efai -f
8e Sd do.-Wm. H. Purnell, Frank l.. Morning,
Robert Sullivan, O. G. Leaf, George Ford.
,4th do.-Dr James J. Given, Walter j. Ford,
George W. Fisher, John 7. Marshall, Ephraim
Bergman. ,sg .aias-rk
5.a ao.-Thomas H. Scott, Abraham Bosom,
Benjamin Gorsuch, Richard c.. Tracey, Joseph
6M do.-Daniel B. Wilhelm, Nelson Cuttings,
Joseph Parsons John Cooper, Jr., John Wisner.
l(ctf90ttOft--tf
Tough, Charles Burke. John Spicer Nathaniel
Spicer. I'D" 1of5fr ss9fp
7th Distriet--Daniel W Cameron Thomas f.
EnsOr, Dr.. John w Barton, Eli Matthews, Thorn
as J. Miller. ~ f..t... rr...~ ..eero1
sh do.--No meeting held. .s...
9h do.-Lewis j. Roberts, Chas. II. Nicolai,
Gideon Herbert, John knight, Caleb S. Taylor.
lOh do.-Levi Curtis, John g. Patterson,
VIM. II. Hutehins, Dennis N Matthews, Thomas
lIh do.--Samuel NJ. Rankin, leonard G..
Qninlin, Edward R. Sparks, James Haney, Josh
IA JessOp. iv fsre' eff el6efs5l y
l2Md0.--Charles II. Whittemore, Louis Bonsall
Francis c. Fossett J. Fl. Wagner, Bradford Sick
les.
IsA do-George W. Wade, F. G. r. Waite
meyer Martin Hedian, Thomas Pndell, John
SiansbHry nteeb nM 1ne
i number of these delegates did not avail
themselves of the privilege OF attending Taken
altogether they present very queer amagama-
ton. Some of them have been known in the
past as the frAest Union men, some as followers
of thef sore-head party that has been trying
to do something for the last two or three cam
paigns, while others have been out-and-out reb-
els Leonard G. Quinlin, Esq, delegate from
the Eleventh District, was a member of the rebel
legislature of 1861, and while in that body voted
with the majority IN FAVOR OF t'THE NINE
DATE RECOGNITION OF THE aINDEPEND-
e ENCE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATESr'
and for this and other acts of treason was arrest
ed and confined in Fort Lafayette and, we be-
leve in Fort Warren, for several months Mr..
Quiniin is not greater rebel, however, than ma
o.
TOR him, his record may be found among the pro-
ceedings of the Legislature Messrs Abraham
Bosom, Benjamin Gorsuch Caleb S. Taylor
Levi Curtis, VIVA. H. Hutchins Dennis u. Mat
thews, Thos- A. Elliott James Haney, and 9TH
ers Of the Convention, (some of whom are not
registered have not pretended TO act With the
Union party but are among its open and avowed
enemies Mr. Rankin, the President of the Con-
vention, has not acted with the regular Union
party for the last three years, In 1863 be was
before the Union County Convention, soliciting
she nomination for the Clerk ofthe Circuit Court
and was defeated. He then turned against the
party and has not acted with it since His efforts
TO break up the Union party and uniting now
with Mr.. Quinlin, bis fellow-delegate, seems to
have commended him to the special favor Of this
Convention and made him its President.
After the report of the committee on, ereden-
sials had been read and adopted. the Convention
proceeded TO ballot for seven delegates to The
State Convention, and the following gentlemen
we're declared elected, viz:--Chas. Fl. Nicofai
Robt. Sullivan, Robt Fowler, Jno X Harvey,
Joshua Jessop, Daniel W, Cameron, Chas. H.
Whittemore. ssr
motion was then made that new -Ezecp-
tive Committee for the county be appointed,
which led to discussion as to the right of this
meeting to make such appointment, and 1t was
finally resolved to fill up the vacancies made in
the Committee by the boiling ofsome of its mem
beers. The doctoying then took place, as follows
Samuel Robinson was appointed in the First
District, ia place of Robert H. Thompson Frank
L. Morling and Vim. H. Purnell, in the Sd Dis
trict in place Of Jasper N. Slack and John Ditch;
Ephraim Bergman and John T, Marshall in the
4th District, in place Of e. Z: Larsh and David
s. Longnecker Jos. Ensor in The 9Th district,
in place of BENZ. B. Bush Daniel W. Cameron
and Tbos 3. Ensor in the tn district, il place
of Capt. H. 6. McAllisisr and VIM Foster Dr..
Js, z. Jarrett Ii The 9th district In placs ofJnc,