Col. S. A. Young moved to amend said motion by the following: That a committee be appointed to wait on President Shannon, and request a copy of his address for publication, and that the speech be published in connexion with, and as a part of the proceedings of this Convention.
Pending which motion, the Convention adjourned till 8 o'clock, to-night.
The Convention met, and was called to order by the President.
Col. Anderson explained his motion made previous to adjournment, and Col. Young withdrew his amendment; whereupon a discussion followed, when F. C. Sharp, Esq., of Lafayette, offered the following resolutions:
1st. Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention are hereby tendered to President Shannon, for his able and patriotic address delivered before us.
2d. That President Shannon is hereby requested to furnish a copy of his address to this Convention for publication; and the Convention hereby expresses the desire that he will deliver his address in as many counties in this State, as his duties will allow.
Pending the discussion of these resolutions, Mr. Sharp withdrew his resolutions and offered the following:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention are hereby tendered to President Shannon, for his address delivered before us, and he is hereby requested to furnish a copy of the same for publication.
And the vote being taken by counties, the resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Yeas—Boone, Carroll, Cooper, Howard, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Pettis, Platte, St. Louis, Ray.
Noes—Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Saline. Two other counties voting in the negative.
(The minutes of the clerk upon taking this vote being imperfect, the vote by counties cannot be given with certainty.)
Mr. Cook appeared as a delegate from St. Louis, and took his seat in the Convention.
On motion, the Convention adjourned till 8 o'clock, to-morrow morning.
SATURDAY MORNING, 8 o'clock.
The Convention met, and was called to order by the President.
The President announced the following named gentlemen, to compose the committee to draw up and publish an address, as required by the tenth resolution:
Hon. W. B. Napton, of Saline county, (Chairman;) Hon. M. Oliver, of Ray county; Gov. Sterling Price, Col. Sam. H. Woodson, of Jackson county, and Hon. A. A. King, of Ray county.
The President also announced the following committee, to procureand superintend the printing, under the action of this Convention, as required by the resolution of Mr. Peabody:
Wm. Shields, Edward Winsor, and Charles Patterson.
It is also made the duty of said last mentioned committee, to call on President Shannon, and obtain a copy of his speech for publication.
Col. S. A. Young rose and informed the Convention, that he had information that a letter had been received by a member of this Convention, Mr. Field, from a distinguished politician, advising and urging him, that unless certain resolutions were adopted by this Convention, to secede from the Convention and break it up in a row; and he wished this matter investigated, and the facts properly brought out.
Mr. Field required of Col. Young to give the name of the distinguished politician who had written the letter, and whether he referred to him.
Objection was made to the Convention hearing anything further of the matter complained of by Col. Young.
The President decided that Col. Young was out of order, there being no proposition before the Convention.
Mr. Moss, of Clay, moved that the Convention proceed to inquire into, and investigate the matters charged by Col. Young.
Gen. Clark moved to lay the motion of Mr. Moss on the table.
Mr. Field desired to make an explanation. He had called for the name of the author of the letter; did not get it; could not get him to say he was the member of the Convention alluded to, as having received the letter, but, from rumor, supposed he was the Field alluded to, and Maj. J. S. Rollins the alleged author of the supposed letter. He had a private letter from Maj. Rollins, which, amongst other things, spoke of this Convention and its objects, but in terms of approval—giving his opinions and views in strict accordance with the platform of, and principles adopted by, this Convention, and denied that there was one word of truth in the charge that Maj. Rollins advised a secession from the Convention, or to break it up in a row in any contingency. He said the letter of Maj. Rollins was at his office, and, although a private letter, any gentleman who desired could see it; that he had intended, if the investigation proceeded, to show it in Convention, and appealed to a number of members of the Convention who had seen the letter, to say whether he had not given a true statement as to its contents.
Col. Doniphan, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Grover, and Mr. Moss, who had seen the letter, confirmed the statement of Mr. Field, as to the contents of the letter.
Col. Young acknowledged himself satisfied, and expressed his gratification that the rumors on the street to Maj. Rollins' prejudice were so fully proven to be false and groundless, and said hisobject in bringing this matter up was to do but an act of justice to his friend and neighbor, Maj. Rollins.
The motions to lay on the table and for investigation were withdrawn.
On motion, the thanks of the Convention were tendered to the President and other officers of the Convention, for the faithful manner in which they had discharged their duties.
On motion of Maj. Morin, of Platte, a vote of thanks was tendered to the citizens of Lafayette, for their kind hospitality.
On motion, it was Resolved, That the proceedings of this Convention, together with the address to be prepared by the committee appointed for that purpose, be published in pamphlet form; that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair, to superintend their publication, and that a contribution be made by the delegates to this Convention and others present, to defray the expenses of said publication.
Resolved, That ten thousand copies of said proceedings and address be published, and that they be distributed to every part of the State, by the publishing committee, in such manner as may be practicable and advisable.
On motion of Mr. Staples, of Pettis, the Convention adjournedsine die.
WM. T. WOOD,President.
L. A. WISELY, }Secretaries.L. J. SHARP, }
L. A. WISELY, }Secretaries.L. J. SHARP, }
Transcriber Notes:On page 5, "manumiting" was replaced with "manumitting".On page 9, "statesmanshp" was replaced with "statesmanship".On page 9, "he ways" was replaced with "the ways".On page 16, "Resolved, that" was replaced with "Resolved, That".On page 17, "Johnson county" was replaced with two quotation marks.On page 17, "Davis" was replaced with "Daviess".On page 17, "Cass County" was replaced with "Cass county".On page 18, "W Y. Slack" was replaced with "W. Y. Slack".On page 19, "H. D. Russell" was replaced with "H. D. Russell".On page 19, "Clinton Co" was replaced with "Clinton Co.".On page 19, "Jackson, Co." was replaced with "Jackson Co.".On page 19, "J. M," was replaced with "J. M.".On page 19, "Manion." was replaced with "Manion,".On page 20, "Ray Co" was replaced with "Ray Co.".On page 20, the comma was removed after "Mr. C. T. Worley".On page 27, "upon t" was replaced with "upon it".
On page 5, "manumiting" was replaced with "manumitting".
On page 9, "statesmanshp" was replaced with "statesmanship".
On page 9, "he ways" was replaced with "the ways".
On page 16, "Resolved, that" was replaced with "Resolved, That".
On page 17, "Johnson county" was replaced with two quotation marks.
On page 17, "Davis" was replaced with "Daviess".
On page 17, "Cass County" was replaced with "Cass county".
On page 18, "W Y. Slack" was replaced with "W. Y. Slack".
On page 19, "H. D. Russell" was replaced with "H. D. Russell".
On page 19, "Clinton Co" was replaced with "Clinton Co.".
On page 19, "Jackson, Co." was replaced with "Jackson Co.".
On page 19, "J. M," was replaced with "J. M.".
On page 19, "Manion." was replaced with "Manion,".
On page 20, "Ray Co" was replaced with "Ray Co.".
On page 20, the comma was removed after "Mr. C. T. Worley".
On page 27, "upon t" was replaced with "upon it".