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قراءة كتاب Address to the People of the United States, together with the Proceedings and Resolutions of the Pro-Slavery Convention of Missouri, Held at Lexington, July 1855
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Address to the People of the United States, together with the Proceedings and Resolutions of the Pro-Slavery Convention of Missouri, Held at Lexington, July 1855
Sawyer, of Lafayette "
C. F. Jackson, of Saline "
Wm. Hudgins, of Livingston "
W. H. Russell, of Cass "
John Dougherty, of Clay "
Joseph Davis, of Henry "
Capt. Head, of Randolph "
John A. Leppard, of Daviess "
Wm. H. Buffington, of Cole "
On motion of Mr. Russell, of Cass county, Resolved, That the delegations from the different counties furnish the Secretary of this Convention with a list of delegates from their counties.
On further motion of Mr. Russell, of Cass county, permission was given to the committee on resolutions, &c., to retire and draft resolutions, to report as soon as practicable.
On motion of Mr. Field, of Lafayette, a committee, consisting of Messrs. Field, of Lafayette, Bayless, of Platte, and Boyce, of Ray, was appointed to wait upon Messrs. D. R. Atchison and A. W. Doniphan, and invite them to address the Convention.
Mr. Moss, of Clay, offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That all persons who are present from the different counties, although not appointed as delegates by their several counties, be considered as delegates to this Convention.
Mr. Peabody, of Boone county, moved to amend so as to read, That all persons from the different counties of the State, friendly to the object of this Convention, be considered as delegates.
Pending which question, on leave granted, Mr. Field, of Lafayette county, from the committee appointed to wait on Messrs. D. R. Atchison and A. W. Doniphan, made their report, stating that those gentlemen declined addressing the Convention at the present time.
On motion of Mr. Bryant, of Saline, the Convention adjourned. to meet at 2 o'clock, P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention was called to order by the President, when, on motion of Mr. Slack, of Livingston, the resolution offered by Mr. Moss, of Clay, together with the amendment offered by Mr. Peabody, which was pending when the Convention adjourned, was laid on the table.
On motion of Mr. Field, of Lafayette, Major M. Oliver was requested to address the Convention, and to give his views on the different subjects now agitating this country, and which would be brought before this Convention; which he was proceeding to do, when the committee on resolutions, &c., asked leave to make their report, which was granted.
The committee then, through their Chairman, Hon. A. A. King, submitted the following report:
The Committee to whom was assigned the duty of designating permanent officers for this Convention, beg leave to report the following:
Hon. John J. Lowry, of Howard "
L. A. Wisely, of Platte "
Major Bradley, of Cooper county,
Dr. Bayless, of Platte "
B. F. Willis, of Clinton "
S. A. Young, of Boone "
Wade M. Jackson, of Howard "
Martin Slaughter, of Lafayette "
Stephen Stafford, of Carroll "
W. B. Napton, of Saline "
W. S. Pollard, of Caldwell "
W. Y. Slack, of Livingston "
J. S. Williams, of Linn "
G. D. Hansbrough, of Cass "
Sam. H. Woodson, of Jackson "
James H. Moss, of Clay "
M. Oliver, of Ray "
D. C. Stone, of Henry "
Robert Wilson, of Andrew "
B. W. Grover, of Johnson "
John S. Jones, of Pettis "
John A. Leppard, of Daviess "
A. G. Blakey, of Benton "
John Head, of Randolph "
W. H. Buffington, of Cole "
The committee also offered the following resolution, which was adopted by the Convention:
Resolved, That to ascertain the sense of this Convention on all propositions submitted for its action, each county represented shall be permitted to cast the same number of votes that it is entitled to cast in the Lower House of the General Assembly of this State.
On motion of Col. Young, of Boone, a committee, consisting of Messrs. Young, of Boone, Napton, of Saline, and Russell, of Cass, was appointed to wait on the President, Hon. W. T. Wood, and escort him to the chair.
On motion of Dr. McCabe, of Cooper, the Convention took a recess for one hour.
The Convention was again called to order by the President, Hon. W. T. Wood, when the following gentlemen appeared as delegates, and took their seats:
Andrew Co.—Robert Wilson and Edwin Toole.
Benton Co.—A. G. Blakey.
Boone Co.—Saml. A. Young, Dr. Peabody, Dr. Thomas, Col. G. H. C. Melody, Sterling Price, Jr., and James Shannon.
Caldwell Co.—W. S. Pollard, David Thomson, Wm. Griffey, Albert G. Davis.
Carroll Co.—S. Barker, S. Stafford, W. J. Poindexter, R. H. Courts, C. Haskins, H. Wilcoxen, Judge Thomas, Hyram Willson.
Cass Co.—Wm. Palmer, J. F. Callaway, F. R. Martin, J. G. Martin, T. Railey, J. T. Thornton, C. T. Worley, W. H. Russell, S. R. Crockett, T. F. Freeman, C. Vanhoy, G. D. Hansbrough, S. G. Allen, H. D. Russell, J. T. Martin.
Clay Co.—J. T. V. Thompson, John Dougherty, A. W. Doniphan, J. G. Price, D. J. Adkins, W. E. Price, W. McNealy, J. H. Moss, J. H. Adams, G. W. Withers, T. McCarty, E. P. Moore, J. M. Jones, L. A. Talbott, R. J. Lamb, J. Lincoln, W. D. Hubble, T. M. Dawson, H. L. Rout, R. H. Miller, J. A. Poague, L. W. Burris, S. R. Shrader, G. Elgin, H. Corwine.
Cooper Co.—J. W. Torbert, J. K. Ragland, Wm. Bradly, H. E. Moore, Geo. S. Cockrell, Thomas S. Cockrell, Horace W. Ferguson, R. Ellis, J. K. McCabe, Jacob Alstadt, H. Tracy.
Clinton Co.—John Reed, B. F. Williss, C. C. Birch, M. Summers, T. E. Birch, J. T. Hughes.
Cole Co.—W. H. Buffington, R. R. Jefferson, J. C. Rogers, C. Eckler.
Chariton Co.—W. S. Hyde, S. J. Cortes, L. Salisbury.
Daviess Co.—B. Weldon, J. A. Leppard.
Howard Co.—J. J. Lowry, S. Graves, W. Payne, R. Basket, M. Taylor, B. W. Lewis, H. Cooper, J. B. Clark, R. Patterson.
Henry Co.—D. A. Gillespie, Jo. Davis, D. C. Stone, R. T. Lindsay, H. Lewis.