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states. A committee on credentials was then appointed by 
the president of the convention. This committee consisted 
of nine men. Felix Grundy made a speech in which he pro- 
tested in no modest terms against the campaign methods of 
the Whigs and declared his entire confidence in the success 
of the Democratic party in the election of 1840.^® 
Senator Clement C. Clay of Alabama from the committee 
on permanent organization then reported the names of the men 
nominated as officers of the convention. They were: presi- 
dent, Governor William Carroll of Tennessee; vice-presidents: 
William T. Rogers of Pennsylvania, Governor C. P. Van 
Ness of Vermont, William N. Edwards of North Carolina, 
Dr. Charles Parry of Indiana, John Nelson of Maryland, 
Hon. Alexander Mouton of Louisiana; secretaries: George A. 
Starkweather of New York, C. J. McNulty of Ohio, G. B. 
Adran of New Jersey, Albert F. Baker of New Hampshire.^® 
The report of the committee was unanimously concurred in, 
and the permanent president was conducted to the chair. 
The president took the chair, and, on motion of Mr. Grundy, 
the convention adjourned till 4 o’clock in the afternoon.^® 
When the convention assembled in the afternoon, the presi- 
dent made a short address in which he admonished the dele- 
gates to stand together and to avoid all discord, as harmony 
was necessary to assure success for the party at the polls. 
Resolutions were then passed for appointing one committee 
to draft resolutions declaratory of the principles of the re- 
publican party of the Union, and another to prepare an ad- 
dress to the people in support of the principles of the party. 
These committees were then appointed by the delegates, each 
delegation selecting one from its number to serve on each of 
the two committees. 
Mr. Clay of Alabama then offered a resolution for the ap- 
pointment of a committee, consisting of one member from 
each state, for the purpose of taking into consideration and 
reporting at the next session of the convention upon the sub- 
ject of the nominations for the presidency and vice-presi- 
dency. The resolution was adopted, and the committee was 
appointed. The convention then adjourned to meet at 10 
Niles’ Register, LVIII, 147, 148. 
■^'•>Ibid., LVIII, 148. 
-ojbid., LVIII, 148. 
^^Ibid., LVIII, 149. 
