Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-24
The pre vious ouestiop was seconde,

1 was IOSt.N go
| The amendment for three membel
was voted down. ~ ~ - 80 -.
The original motion of Col Hudso
i was almost unanimously adopted.
| Oh motion of Chaplain Lozier, th
Secretary called over the Districts, an
the folloRing Committee was selected.
/ l. Colonel James G. Jones, of Var
derburgb, and Hon, Cyrus M, Allen, e
I 2. General Walter @ Gresham, Q
Floyd, and Benjamin Parke Dewey, Q
Clark. g9iT
| Henry R. 'Prichard, of Bartholo
NEW, and Hon. John z Crayens, 0
| Jefferson. 1si,.4ss sIzafa4
| A Hon; James Morgan, of Decatur
and Judge r n. Lamb, of Switzerland
s. Gen. Silas Colgrove, Of Randolph
and J. b Julian, of Wayne. sas
6 Gen Ben Harrison, Of Marion, ant
Col. S p. 0yler, Of johnson. M CIV
Z Higgins Lane, of Pntnam, and Col
r N Hudson of Vigo. aH @
g. Thomas J. Cason, of Boone, ans
James Buchanan, Of Fountain.
Aaron Gurney, Of Porter and Jas
! N. TyDar, of Miami -. - : l.ss.l,a n +,
i TO- Col. Charles W. Chapman, of Kos
ciusko, and Hon. Martin \. Shuey, o
Elkhart.
III. General j. p. c.. Shauks, of Jay
aud Colonel Harvey Craven, Of Hamil
ton. a ~
On motion of DR. Elliott, of Marion
the nomination. of the COMMITTEES 4sRaI
made unanimous.
Colonel Will @. Moreau, of Henry
asked might be submitted 70 the Com.
mittee, with instructions to engraft the
same in their platform. iisat
Colonel Hudson announced that the
Committee on Resolutions would meet
imm ediately at the Supreme Cour'
Room. s.sa IS .sss,
Judge March, OF Delaware, moved
the appoin tfnent Of committee Of two
from each Congressional District, to re-
porta permanent organization. -
The Chairman ruled the motion out OF
order, so long as Colonel Moreau held
the floor, unless the Convention should
decide to proceed with the organiza alton
in the absence of rules. I. - I,
Judge March's motion was adopted,
with the amendment that the COMMITTEES
report rules for the government of the
Convention.
On call of Districts, the following
Committee was named: uaaG
COMMITTEE ON eRGANlz aTIox. !. g
l. j. c. Donald, of Gibson, and A. T.
Robinson, OF Vanaerburgh.a
o Inbr n Alhamk &C fnmommn 4 rTs
w. Mccoy, of Clark I8 ,zlIsK no3
George w. Carr, Of jackson, and
L W. Gordon, of Switzerland. -
4 Wm d. Ward, Of Ripley, and Colo
mel James Gavin, of Decatur.
5, Hon. John Yaryan. of Wayne, and
Hon. Walter March, of Delaware.
g. DR.. Levi Ritter, of Hendricks, and
J. j johnson. of Morgan.
Colonel Rose, of Oven, and Col W.
K Edwards, of Vigo.
s. Gen. George ID. Wagner, of War
rem, and Judge Chas II. Test, Of Tippe-
canoe. Aa
g. Hon. W. W. Higgins, of Lsporte,
and DR.. j. NJ Justice. of Cass. :
10 Hon. VIM Il Smith, of Allen,
and w. W. Griswold. OF D.Kalb.
Ia Hon. John u. Petit, of Wabash,
and Col VIM. Carver, of Hamilton. 6
Colonel Ellis, Of Goshen, moved the
appointm ens of com mittee of two from
each District, on apportionment of the
votes of the counties
Judge Kilgore moved that the Con
vention be deemed Mass Convention,
instead of Delegate. Al Is. .ss5-ia a.a,
The motion of Colonel Ellis was adopt.
ed, and the committee was named, as
follows: 20
1st District-Wm. Hawthorne, Of Pike;
=. NJ. 1h.yer of Van ierburgh.
2 W. W. Curry, of Floyd; Judge W.
A. Porter, OF FL lrrison, ~ - EY
8. Joseph J. Irwin, of Bartholomew; R
G. Foster. of Monroe.
A. E W. Johnson, of Ripley; r. N
Swift, of Franklin TAwM
5 Major W. NJ. Smith, of FaYstte
VIM. s. Ballenger, of Wayne AA-A =. :
6. DR.. Ccnger, of Shelby, and Henry
o. Swope, of Hancock. -
Z. A DAggy, of Putnam, and W. c
Montgomery. of Owen.
s John Beard, of Montgomery, anC
J. P. Luse, of Tippecanoe. ~ g
9 R A Cameron, Of Porter, andgO o
Fl, P b liley, of Marshall
10 Moses Drake, of Allen, and Thos
s. Taylor, Of Lagrange. y
IL Hon. VIM. A Bonham, of Black
ford, and Judge Kelly. of Wab lsh.
On motion of Ger. Bennett, the Con
vention adjourned uutil p H. yAz ~
The recess was spent in hearing al
address from Gov Paris C Dunning.
Gov. Danning said he would only max,
short speech, but perhaps that woul,
be its best quality. He was not unac
customed to speaking, but did not ik'
to thrust himself on an audience whicl
did not want to hear him He was one
Of the first men to come out in favor o
sappressing the rebellion. Applauss
While the war was in progress be favor
ed its prosecution He said il necessa
~ to free the slaves, free them; if nee
essary to crush the white population o
the States in rebellion, crush them. Tar
plause But when they should be viii
ing for peace, which they could alway
have had, and to acknowledge sllegi
snce to the Government, let hostilitie
cease. We have suppressed the rebel
lion against the Government, now let a
have no rebellion in the Republican par
ty. IApplause. The Democratic par
ty is not so completely dead and damn
ed as some persons believe ELaughte
and applause We must be united
The Democrats are anxiously watchin
this Convention, and hope for diyisio
: of the Union party. He did not il
} tend to be privy to any split in tn
party, and urged gentlemen to b
1 cautious and act like statesme
: and Christians. Do not suffer zeal fc
e peculiar idees to take you off from th
: party, and to withhold your support freI
the nominees. If defeated, he wishe
the gentlemen TO remember it woul
: not be because Of any advice from hin
He had his feelings on these subject
Q but he had bride on his tongue. Gen
tlemen should sacrifice some Of the
{ own preferences for the public good, q
Q men rehDquish some natural rights
/. order to establish Government. H
: again advised caution. There was nj
D enough difference between Congress an
the President to split the Repuhlica
4 party. TApplause. Wemu be uni
ted to annihilate the Democratic part
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