Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-08-29
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BACKING OUT
OF THE LOCO FOCOS.


The Democrat may employ such terms as best
suits its own taste ur the taste Of its readers
"hctcwth to attempt tie disparagelnent of the
Wing speakers on Moncay ast.-but it mistakes
the public intelligence if it hopes either to thus
avoid the main and true issue, or in anywse affect
The respectable strangers who invited to ad-
dress the assembly, 1t was doubtless deemed n
convenient mode 10 SKIP orcr the broad and unqual
flied denial which was given by Mr.. Hunton to the
caiumni"9 which were "ReSUlved" by the previous
democratic meeting respecting the Harrisburg Con-
yenlion, Of which he was mcmber-and the COM
mtice men, and other leaders who "skulked off to
the college, instead Of staying to defend and prove
The truth Of their char es against that body, are
doubtless content to put upon "Cush" the task Of
S2andsriag the man whom they were afraid to meet.
So much for all that. As TO Major Rolns--we
arc truly happy to discover that he is still alive,
and betting on the "war horse" 1t was doubtless
exceedingly Notifying 10 him 10 discover that his
figure" concerning the Presidential race did not
better accord with the taste of the connoiseurs of
the Dsmocrat'
As to the main results Of the day, we have al
ready received the commentator of being "Sworl
gaeSSer." We charged in our last paper that the
meeting of "the democracy" had been purpoSeiy
postponed to Monday, in order thereby to draw off
as many of the fair minded men of that totterlng
party as possible from the convincing and the with
ering FACTS with which our Wing speakers en-.
| terrain such assemb.ages as honor them with their
presence. The result proved our sagacty--for
which we claim no other credit than that we took
IF ~.
lne leaders of the Democracy, always when they
could, had shulled cut Of and evaded fair and open
dIscussion-and we hence predicted they would do
30 again They did! The Democrat admits that
an arrangement had been made by Dr. Lowry and
Col. BIRCH, by which ''the Democracy were to
aave the Court House two hours and Il half, first,
(lhough the Wigs mud Il right to PRECEDENCE
| having first UPpoinled their meeting) and the
Wings were then to hold their meeting So far.
20 good. Every body was peased--except the
mere o.i!cous and unfair Office holders, and a few
who speakas they tell them. 1t remained. there
'ore, to be disclosed, as it was subsequently dis
closed, that it was these Office holders and the ad-
Jpncts alluded to. who not only had 'tis tacsn but
the power, to Gbroglte AID aside an arrangement
which had been concluded, in the usual manner, be-
tween two honorable menOne representing each
political party, and speaking in its name. CI5-The
Committee men, in short, backed out" to the Col
| eye, just a. the same men, under like crcumsan-
ces, "Oacked out from the College" last Spring The
manly minded Democrats who were there, and wit.
messed this craven spirited proced ure. and who re-
manned the Court House throughout the whole of
the Wing meeting, notwithstanding at least one
Office holder came and tried TO get them out-we
repeat that these Democrats, at least, must have
LETT the house perfectly satisfied not only that there
was something radically wrong in the administra-
ton Of the government, but thai there was all the
difference in the world" between the leading men of
| tic two Tarics--in Howard, as welas elsewhere.
The meeting vas addressed by Col Birch and
| u,n Clark, by Captain Krtlcy and Major Rollins
Of Boon, by 1ir. Hun.on OF St. Louis, and in con-
cusion, by cur talented and promising young friend
| WIN. F. Swi,a,or, \ detailed account Of the pro-
ceyd,ug5 was designed and promised us bya rem
! teman who was present, but his subsequent en-
-agoments otherwise have prevented his compli-
u ICE. 1t may suffice, therefore, to add that the
| Wings had their strength renewed" and that at
least change Of Jtciag has been manifested by
the Democrats. Il IS because such ha. unirersallq
uatn the effect where the upright and candid of
he garty lave attended the meetings aud listened
t, the iacts and arguments Of the Wings, that the
! leal5rs-?lrtaular.y the Office holders of the Lo-
c's--stligo with craven Perinacity to prevent any
v, 'her party from attending
We have not the heart, However, to comment
upon their conduct here Us it deserves. The bril-
! liant news from North CAROLINA Kentucky, Ala.
baIna and Indiana operates upon them like the YER
dict Of "gUtHy' upon the nerves and the rountc.
nance Of the urraigngl maleiuctor-and leaving
theta TO the certainty Of that general doom which
has already been pronounced upon them IN antic-
patton of November, We shall content ourselves by
showing that there are nearly, if not quite ma
IJ'ity of the people of Missouri who are free and
nnsubdpabc, aad who will be proud to record it 50
in their ballots for Harrison aad Tyler.
The following Preamble and Resolutions, offered
by different gentlemen through the course of the
evening vii! show the uniisscntng sense Of
meeting Of citizens unusually large, respectable
aud intelligent
Whereas We are again called 10 regret the
measures which have been adoped by portion of
our adyersaie, TO prevon ia more full participation
on the part Of our Democratic friends aud neigh
boroi yet retaining ON abiding confidence in The