Randolph County AlArchives News.....Public Meeting  February 20, 1849
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Jacksonville Republican February 20, 1849
On the 24th of January 1849, a portion of the democratic party met in the Court 
House in the town of Wedowee, taken into consideration the propriety of calling 
upon the freemen of the County of Randolph, to appoint delegates to represent 
the democracy, in a convent on hereafter to meet, to nominate a Candidate to 
represent the 7th Congressional District in the next Congress of the United 
States, and also delegates to a Convention to meet in Montgomery, to nominate a 
candidate for Governor of the State, and to accomplish the appointment of 
delegates In said Convention, as well as to produce harmony amongst the 
different aspirants to seats in the next Legislature in the House of 
Representatives On motion of J. W. Guinn, Jeptha V. Smith was called to the 
Chair, and W. H. Wood requested to act as Secretary. After the object of the 
meeting was explained by the Chairman, Col. A Q. Nix, being called upon, 
addressed the meeting with his accustomed force and eloquence; upon the 
conclusion of which, J. W. Guinn introduced the following resolutions which were 
unanimously adopted: 
Resolved: That we invite the democracy of the 7th Congressional District Ip meet 
in Convention, at Wedowee, on the first Monday in May next, to nominate a 
candidate to be supported by the freeman of said district, in the approaching 
election, for a member of Congress for said district. 
Resolved: That we invite the members of the Democratic party to select five 
delegates from each beat in said county, to meet in the town of Wedowee, on the 
first Monday in April next, whose duty it shall be to select five delegates to 
represent Randolph County in the proposed Congressional Convention, to meet the 
first Monday in May next, at Wedowee, to nominate a candidate for Congress for 
the 7th, district. 
Resolved Further: That said County Convention nominate three delegates to 
represent Randolph County, in the proposed Convention to meet at Montgomery, in 
the spring, to nominate a candidate for Governor of the State. 
Resolved Further: That we invite the democracy of the County of Randolph, to 
clothe their delegates to the County Convention with power, if they deem the 
same expedient, to nominate two suitable persons to be supported by the 
republican party for seats in the next session of the Legislature. 
On motion, it was resolved that these proceedings be published in the 
Jacksonville Republican, and other papers of the district. 
Resolved: That these proceedings be signed by the Chairman and Secretary. 
On motion the meeting then adjourned. J. V. SMITH, Cnr'm, W.H. Wood, Sec'y.

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