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Excerpt from Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Men: Proceedings of the Democratic Republican State Convention at Syracuse, July 24, 1856; The Address and Resolutions, With a List of Delegates In response to a call, signed by a large number of Democrats in various parts of the state, the Convention assembled at Syracuse on the 24th of July, 1856. The Convention met at 11 o'clock, and was called to order by Platt Potter, Esq, of Schenectady, who nominated Benjamin Welch, Jr., of Erie, for temporary Chairman. Carried, with applause. H. H. Van Dyck, of Albany, nominated Mr. Eaton (editor of the Herkimer Courier) for Secretary. Agreed to. Hon. Thomas Carroll, of Rensselaer, nominated Mr. Carr, of Rensselaer, for second Secretary. Agreed to. J. C. Smith, of Ontario, moved a Committee be appointed to report permanent officers. The motion was adopted. The Committee consisted of two from each Judicial District, as follows: 1st Dist. - Messrs. Kennedy and Northrup. 2d " - Messrs. Floyd and Dennison. 3d " - Messrs. Wilder and Pulver. 4th " - Messrs. Cochrane and Chapin. 5th " - Messrs. Hunt and Outwater. 6th " - Messrs. Gregg and Chase. 7th ' - Messrs. James C. Smith and Godfrey. 8th " - Messrs. Fargo and Bristol. David Dudley Field, Esq., of New-York, moved the appointment of a Committee of two from each judicial district, to prepare Resolutions and an Address. Carried. The Committee was appointed as follows: Messrs. Field, Robinson, Dennison, Floyd, Van Dyck, Wynckoop, Churchill, Adams, Jenkins, Morgan, Campbell, Huson, Barlow, Denin, Thayer, Davis. Adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.