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' . ■M '' p-V-X. s- 1 * .1 ■ t - 1,' : !J t * • r* ' •:.'^;Vr.v;f7v'--7 '. ■ \ ' '. ■ 0^ V, » 'r r '.y f V* y* • ' • "■ /' 4 • < .- : . -. ■ ;■ ’ ■■•■ -.i;f .>1*' V ■•■: - .-/J'.. s.,. ; . ...■ . ■■ i1 V-- -J- •> . .'-•■■'•• • V-. p- * " • t ■/’ N '• •' .-v A *. •/»> / N t A » ' ■ » >'. '•€ ‘/•J' '.; - ■% ■ v”"V” , .1V.1 V y,i V -I*. *• •->y ’. • ■' s ' 4 V’ - " ■, ‘ >1-1 ■■ • ‘ ■; ■■ { , ^ < . ^ .y•••"■ " .f' A- ■;-■ • ty- '.. ‘ t I • - if' l/ I* V ■ V ** . • ■ ''' , '• . » ‘r“ - 1. ¥ • . * -. •" '^i r. ' » • ■ / f .4S‘'y- y , V'/^v'''!'y'''■ "y'‘ 7 ' I. ■ ■ *■ ' t. ’. ■ ' . •» . v. '■ / t I. >v * ■■■( f. V.;-.- : s-' ^ ' . ’■“*■- " . ' : J ' y • 'li. FIRST DAY. Albany—Abraham Verplanck, Auj^uslus Pinck¬ ney, Erastiis Corning^, Henry L, Palmer. The Delegates to the Democratic State Con¬ Rroowe—Joseph E. Ely. Cattaraugus—Marcus H. Johnson. vention, chosen under the recommendation ot Cai/wga—Alexander Thompson, William H. the State Central Committee, organized tempo, Noble, Charles W. Pomeroy. rarily at the Mayor’s Court Room, in the City Chautauque—T. A. Osborne. Chenango—'EAisha B. Smith. Hall, on Wednesday morning, 26th of Janu¬ Clinton—Isaac W. R. Bromley. ary, 1848, at 10 o’clock a. m. Cofwwbio—Joseph D. Monell, Lucas Hoes. Cortland—Mathias Van Hoesen. Judge T. A. Osborne, of Chautauque, call¬ Dutchess—J. M, Ketchum. ed to order, and on his motion, Erie—William L. G. Smith, George W. Clin¬ Gen. CHARLES BORLAND, of Orange, ton, Jonathan Hoyt, Nathaniel M. Jones. Fulton and Hamilton—William Rob. was called to the chair, and ' Genesee—Mark Beecher, Frederick Follett. On motion of the Hon. J. D. Monell, of Greene—Sylvester Nichols, Matthew Yeomans. Columbia, Herkimer—George B. Judd, and J. M. Lyon. Jefferson—3. W. Tamblin, Isaac Munson, Har¬ GEORGE W. CLINTON, of Erie, and vey D. Parker. ELISHA B. SMITH, of Chenango, were ap¬ Aings—Joseph O. Hasbrouck, D. H. Feeks. Lewis—D. S. Howard. pointed secretaries. Madison—Henry T. Sumner, Ralph Tanner. On motion of Mr. S. C. Parker, of On¬ JUoTiroe—Joseph Sibley, Hubbard L. Allis,, ondaga, the counties were called, and the names Thomas Comes. of delegates enrolled—and credentials received. Montgomery—J. G. Snell, George Caldwell. New York—Andrew Clark, Thomas Hayes,. On motion of Mr. F. Follett, of Gene¬ Jesse 1 rush, William W. Dean, William Mc-- see, a committee of eight (one from each ju¬ Murray, Charles McVean, Dennis Garrison, Wil¬ liam D. Craft, William Furey, John Griffen,. dicial district) was directed to be appointed by Charles Hughes,Alexander M. Ailing, John T, the Chair, to report to the convention the Wymbs, Lorenzo B. Shepard. names of permanent officers thereof. Niagara—Milton Randall. Ojieida—Hiram Denio, Elon Comstock, Da¬ The Chair named the committee as fol¬ vid Moulton, Amasa S. Newberry. lows: Onondaga—Dorastus Lawrence, Sanford C, On the Organization of the Convention—Messrs. Parker, Miles W. Bennett. Follett, of the 8th; Alling, of the 1st; Hy¬ Ontario—George R. Parburt. att, of the 2nd; Bookstaver, of the 3rd; Brom¬ Orange—Charles Borland, J. C. Dimmick, ley, of the 4th; McWhorter, of the 5th; Pot¬ John W. Martin. ter, of the 6th; and Sibley, of the 7th. Osu'ego—Geo. H. M’Whorter, Isaac Hatch. Ofsego—Delos W. Dean, Benjamin D. North. On motion, the convention then adjourned Rensselaer—DaviCi L. Seymour, Isaac T. Grant, to meet in the Assembly Chamber at 3 o’clock Wm. Carmichael. in the afternoon. iSarafoga—Samuel Cheever, Joseph Baucus. Schenectady—Jo\\n C. Wright. Scbo/iarie—Thomas Lawyer, Joseph Bouck. Three o^clock, P. M. Steuben—Hiram Potter, F. C. Deninny, Alex¬ Tlie convention re-assembled in the Assem¬ ander H. Stevens. bly Chamber, at the Capitol, pursuant to ad¬ Tioga—Hiram A. Beebe. Tompkins—W. R. Humphrey. journment. Ulster—John L. Bookstaver, Samuel Reynolds. Gen. Borland, of Orange, the temporary Warren—Daniel G. Harris. chairman, called the convention to order. Washington—Jo\\n Mairs, Isaac W. Thompson.. Wayne—Frederick M. Smith. The roll of delegates was then called, as Westchester—Abraham Hyatt. follows: Yates—John L. Lewis. 4 Mr. Follett, of Genesee, from the com¬ tlemen, on which you have a right to speak—on which, I think it is your duty to speak—and to mittee on organization, reported the names of speak fearlessly, with firmness and plainness.— the following gentlemen as officers of the con¬ The causes of this state of things, I apprehend, should be fully developed, and so far as we can vention :— furnish facts, the public should be informed to For President. whose delinquency it is owing, (if there be ac- HIRAM DENIO, of Oneida. countabilily for it resting any where) that this great state is governed and its destinies :ind re¬ Vice-Presidents. sources wielded by authorities, elevated to place ^ 1st dist.—William McMurray, New York. by a minority of the people. And it will also ^ 2d dist.—Joseph O. Hasbrouck, Kings. be your duty to take such measures in reference 3d dist.—Joseph D. Monell, Columbia. to this matter, as to prevent, if possible, a re¬ 4ih dist.—Samuel Cheever, Saratoga. currence of a similar state of things. Tnis can 6th dist.—Dorastus Lawrence, Onondaga. be accomplished only by a steady inculcation of 6lh dist.—Mathias Van Hoesen, Cortland. the usages which have heretofore enabled the 7th dist.—William H. Noble, Cayuga. majority to triumph in our political contests. kh dist.—Marcus H. Johnson, Cattaraugus. Another feature of the times in which we are Secretaries.