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into Oregon to their utmost. That it was a dread of the free negro, quite as much as a sentiment against slavery, which governed the makers of the constitution and voters upon it, is made apparent by the first form of that instrument and the votes which decided its final form.

The constitutional convention assembled at the Salem court-house on the 17th of August, and made A. L. Lovejoy president pro tern. 18 On the follow ing day M. P. Deady was chosen president of the convention, with N. C. Terry and M. C, Barkwell as secretaries. 19 The first resolution offered was by Applegate, that the discussion of slavery would be out of place; not adopted. The convention remained

18 Members: Marion county, Geo. H. Williams, L. F. Grover, J. C. Peebles, Joseph Cox, Nicholas Shrum, Davis Shannon, Richard Miller; Linn, Delazon Smith, J. T. Brooks, Luther Elkins, J. H. Brattain, Jas Shields, Jr, R. S. Coyle; Lane, E. Hoult, W. W. Bristow, Jesse Cox, A. J. Campbell, "f-L R. Moores, tPaul Brattain; Benton, John Kelsay, *H. C. Lewis, *H. B. Nich ols, * William Matzger; Polk and Tillamook, A. D. Babcock; Polk, R. P. Boise, F. VVaymire, Benj. F. Burch; Yamhill, *W. Olds, *R. V. Short, *R. C. Kinney, *J. R. McBride; Clackamas, J. K. Kelly, A. L. Lovejoy, \V. A. Starkweather, H. Campbell, Nathaniel Robbins; Washington and Multnomah,

• Thos J. Dryer; Multnomah, S. J. McCormick, William H. Farrar, *David

Logan; Washington, *E. D. Shattuck, *John S. White, *Levl Anderson; Wasco, C. R. Meigs; Clatsop, tCyrus Olney; Columbia, *John W. Watts; Josephine, S. Hendershott, *W. H. Watkins; Jackson, L. J. C. Duncan, J. H. Reed, Daniel Newcomb, P. P. Prim; Coos, *T. G. Lockhart; Curry, William H. Packwood; Umpqua, *Jesse Applegate, *Levi Scott; Douglas, M. P. Deady, S. F. Chadwick, Solomon Fitzhugh, Thomas Whitted. Those marked (*) were opposition; t, elected on opposition ticket, but claiming to be democrats, and understood to approve of the platform of the last territo rial democratic convention; , elected on the democratic ticket, but said to be opposed to the democratic organization; , position not known. Lockhart s election was contested by P. B. Marple, who obtained his seat in the conven tion.

The nativity of the members is as follows: Applegate, Anderson, Bristow, Coyle, Fitzhugh, Kelsay, Moores, Shields, 8, Kentucky; Brattain of Linn, Prim. Shrum, White, Whitted, 5, Tennessee; Brattain of Lane, Logan, 2, North Carolina; Babcock, Dryer, Lewis, Olney, Smith, Williams, Watkins, 7, New York; Boise, Campbell of Clackamas, Lovejoy, Olds, 4, Massachu setts; Burch, Cox of Lane, McBride, Watts, 4, Missouri; Cox of Marion, Way mire, 2, Ohio; Crooks, Holt, Marple, Newcomb, Robbins, 5, Virginia; Campbell of Lane, Shannon, 2, Indiana; Chadwick, Meigs, Starkweather, Nichols, 4, Connecticut; Deady, Miller, 2, Maryland; Duncan, 1, Georgia; Elkins, Kelly, Peebles, Reed, Short, 5, Pennsylvania; Farrar, 1, New Hamp shire; Grover, 1, Maine; Hendershott, Kinney, Packwood, Scott, 4, Illinois; Matzger, 1, Germany; McCormick, 1, Ireland; Shattuck, 1, Vermont.

19 John Baker, sergeant-at-arms; another John Baker, door-keeper, the latter defeating a candidate whose name was Baker.