Canandaigua, Oct. 21, 1852.

Friend Douglass:—I wish to say through your paper that the Free Democracy of Ontario County, at their Convention, held at Canandaigua yesterday, nominated the following ticket for the county. They are thorough temperance men, most of their names have been adopted by the Temperance Alliance, and I trust to see some, if not all of them, elected in November:

For Member of Congress, 26th District—E. Willard Frisbit, of Ontario.

For Sheriff—Wm. SearySeary, William

, of Victor.

For County Clerk—Wm. M. ChapmanChapman, William M.

, of Canandaigua.

For District Attorney—Jacob A. WaderWader, Jacob A.

, of Phelps.

For Overseer of the Poor—Zenas S. WheelerWheeler, Zenas S

, of Phelps.

For First Assembly District—John S. HogarthHogarth, John S.

, of Seneca.

For Second Assembly District—Stephen A. CaddingCadding, Stephen A.

of Bristol.

The Convention was numerously attended, and was eloquently addressed by Asa B. Smith, E. M. K. GlenGlen, Elijah McKinney

Elijah McKinney Glen (1807–1879) of Minaville, Montgomery County, New York. Glen was an agent of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society in the 1830s and ran for the state senate in 1840 on the Liberty party ticket. Glen was still lecturing for the Liberty party in 1849 and shared a platform with Douglass at an antislavery meeting in Penn Yan, New York, on 20 February of that year. Glen held several other political posts including the warden of the Sing Sing prison and postmaster of Macedon from 1861 to1866. In 1868, he was elected to the New York state assembly from the first district of Wayne County. Later in life, Glen moved to Rochester where he passed the last few years of his life. New York Emancipator, 20 August, 22 October 1840; Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle, 16 October, 1879; Alice H. Henderson, "The History of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society" (Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 1963), 273, 319, 347. , and J. W. Johnson.

Delegates from the various towns gave encouraging reports for the Free Democratic cause in their various localities. You will hear from us early in November.

Yours,

John MosherMosher, John

.