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On motionof Mr. EMMONS, of Hinsdale, the Convention then proceeded to the consideration of the remaining Resolutions reported by the Committee of which Mr. AUSTIN was chairman, 'When Mr. WEBSTER addressed the Convention.

On motion of Mr. DAVIS, of Worcester, the Convention then adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M. this day.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Convention met, pursuant to adjournment.

Mr. EVERETT, of Charlestown, chairman of the Commitee appointed to prepare an Address to the People on the subjects of the approaching State and National Elections, submitted a report of an Address, which was, on motion of Mr. Davis, of Worcester, unanimously adopted.

Voted, To adopt the remaining Resolutions reported by Mr. Austin, and the Resolutions accompanying the Report of the Committee on the nomination of Electors.

Mr. DEARBORN, from the Committee appointed to inform his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, and SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG, Esq., of their nominations to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth, for the ensuing political year, reported the following communications and answers:

WORCESTER, Oct. 12th, 1832.

To his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN,

SIR,-We have the honor of being charged with the duty of announcing that you have been nominated as Governor of this Commonwealth for the ensuing political year, by the National Republican Convention, now in session in this town, and we are instructed to request the favor of your answer to this nomination.

With high respect, we are your obedient servants,

H. A. S. DEARBORN,
CHARLES P. CURTIS,

ASAHEL HUNTINGTON,
A. D. FOSTER,
JAMES C. ALVord,

Committee.

WORCESTER, October 12th, 1832.

GENTLEMEN,-I have received, with deep sensibility, the communication of the pleasure of the numerous and distinguished Convention, which you represent, in proposing my reelection to the office, which, by the favor of my fellow-citizens, I have now the honor to sustain. The satisfaction expressed with the course of the Executive Administration of the Govern

ment, and the confidence implied by this renewed nomination, in my faithful endeavors to discharge the high trust, will remain with me, the most cherished reward for well-intended efforts in the public service.

On entering upon the term of office, at each successive Election, I have looked only for a continuance in it, to the constitutional period of its limitation, and have truly and anxiously sought, from year to year, to anticipate any manifestation of public sentiment in favor of my voluntary retirement. Conscious of being influenced by no other consideration, than that which requires of every citizen, in a free Government, the performance of his political duties, and a respectful deference to that expression of the popular will, which prescribes the sphere of his public action, I have now gratefully to submit myself, in the approaching canvass, to the disposal of those, who will best judge how far my humble abilities may be made instrumental in promoting the peace, honor, and prosperity of the State, in the administration of its affairs. With the political sentiments, views, and proposed measures of the Convention now assembled, as I understand them, I have the honor entirely to accord. A perilous crisis, in the condition of our beloved country, is fearfully impending. The institutions of civil liberty, the charter of the Constitution, the union of the States, the integrity and independence of the most sacred department of the Government, the redemption of the violated faith of the Nation in the treatment of the Indians, the advancement of the great interests of the People in the pursuits of domestic industry, the credit of the country in the purity and solidity of its currency, are involved in the issue now joined before the People, upon the Presidential question. No individual citizen can escape his share of responsibility for the consequences of the decision, and no true Patriot will shrink from committing himself, personally, to the hazards, the sacrifices, and the exertions, which the safety of the country demands.

Be pleased to communicate to the Convention my respectful acceptance of the nomination with which they have honored me, accompanied with an assurance of my sense of the many obligations to my fellow-citizens, under which I am, most truly, their, and your, obedient servant,

To Hon. HENRY A. S. DEARBORN.

CHARLES P. CURTIS.

ASAHEL HUNTINGTON.

A. D. FOSTER.

JAMES C. ALVORD, Esqrs.

LEVI LINCOLN.

Committee of the National Republican Convention.

WORCESTER, October 12, 1832.

Gentlemen,-Your communication, announcing that the Convention have nominated me for the office of Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth, is received with those sentiments of gratitude which that honor is calculated to inspire.

Should my fellow-citizens confirm the doings of their delegates, and confer on me the office to which I have been nominated, it will be my constant endeavor to show that this confidence has not been misplaced.

With sincere respect, your obedient servant,
SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG.

To GEN. H. A. S. DEARBORN.

CHARLES P. CURTIS.

ASAHEL HUNTINGTON.

A. D. FOSTER.

JAMES C. ALVORD, Esqrs.

Committee of the National Republican Convention now in session at Wor

cester.

On motion of Mr. SULLIVAN, of Boston, the following Resolutions were adopted :

Resolved, That this Convention entertain a grateful sense of the hospitality and kindness of the Inhabitants of the town of Worcester, on the occasion of this meeting.

Resolved, That the members of this Convention who see fit so to do, deliver to the principal Secretary such sum of money as they respectively think proper, and that the funds thus raised be appropriated to the payment of the expense of such printing as the Convention may order. And that if the Convention make no special order on the subject of printing, the publications to be made of the proceedings of this Convention be submitted to the direction and order of the Delegates from the town of Worcester.

On motion of Mr. DAVIS, of Worcester, the following Resolves were adopted :—

Resolved, That the Address to the People be signed by the President, Vice President, and Secretary of this Convention, and that it be published and distributed forthwith.

Resolved, That the Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER be requested to prepare a sketch of his remarks made this day to the Convention, to be published in connexion with the proceedings thereof.

On motion of Mr. BLAKE, of Boston,

Resolved, That His Honor THOMAS L. WINTHROP is, in the opinion of this Convention, entitled to the thanks of the people

of this Commonwealth, for the able and dignified manner in which he has for several successive years discharged his duties as Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth; and that we have felt sincere regret that any circumstance should have induced him to decline being considered a candidate for the same office at the approaching election.

Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed by the Chair, to wait upon His Honor, with a copy of the foregoing Resolves.

The following gentlemen were appointed to compose the Committee :

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On motion of Mr. BURNELL, of Nantucket,

Voted, That the thanks of this Convention be presented to the First Parish in Worcester, for the use of their Church during the sitting of the Convention.

On motion of Mr. EVERETT, of Boston,

Voted, That the thanks of this Convention be presented to the Rev. Dr. BANCROFT, for the able and impressive manner in which he performed religious services upon the opening of the Convention.

On motion of Mr. CARTWRIGHT, of Boston,

Voted, That 10,000 copies of the proceedings of this Convention, accompanied by the speech of Mr. WEBSTER, be printed for distribution, and that each member of the Convention be furnished with a copy.

On motion of THOMAS H. PERKINS, of Boston, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted :

Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be presented to the Hon. NATHANIEL SILSBEE, for the able, dignified and impartial manner in which he has discharged the arduous duties of presiding over their deliberations.

On motion of Mr. E. EVERETT, of Charlestown,

Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be presented to the Vice President, and the Secretaries, for the appropriate discharge of their respective duties of the several offices.

The Convention then adjourned sine die.

ADDRESS

TO THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS.

THE Convention of Delegates from the several towns in the State, assembled in unusual numbers at Worcester, for the purpose of recommending to their Constituents of the National Republican Party a list of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and Candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, beg leave to address their fellow-citizens on the subject of the approaching elections :—

They rejoice to have it in their power to congratulate the people of the Commonwealth upon the satisfactory aspect of the State Government. It is the peculiar privilege of the citizens of Massachusetts to have obtained for a series of years the services of a Chief Magistrate, eminently devoted to the principles and interests, with which the character and prosperity of the Commonwealth are blended. Called to the Executive trust by the earnest and repeated solicitations of his fellow-citizens, without distinction of party, he has not failed to requite their reasonable expectations. In the laborious and thorough discharge of ordinary duties, he has furnished an example of application and industry seldom witnessed in our public servants, and altogether deserving of special commendation. Conscientious and impartial in the exercise of the appointing power, he has filled the most important offices with the best men, and in respect, at least, to the purity of his intentions, has never afforded grounds of dissatisfaction and complaint. In superintending the relations of the State to the General Government, he has guarded our interests, with unceasing vigilance, and asserted our rights with becoming dignity and firmness. In the prosecution of public improvements, in the advancement of useful institutions, in the more convenient organization of the courts, and in the reformation of the prisons, his agency has been conspicuous and effective. In the suggestion of every practicable legislative expedient

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