Southern shield., 1840-07-31

|, oy oii "aio heard II one of hi
 happiest efforts:
 It belng announced that letter had bee receiVed oy committee appointed by in
 ilppecanoe Club of Pulaski countv fror the Hon 5 5. Prentiss, of Mississinni 2 tne call oi the convention Capt Pike noun
 ed the speakers stand, and read to then winch was received with loud acclam 2 tions.) the following letter
 tacksburg, June Is, lS4O. I GENTLEMEN:-I have just received ro,
 favor of the 9th inst, inviting me in behal of the Pulaski county Tippscanoe clnh f, vislt your City and participate with tn, young Wings of Arkansas, in the Conven ton which they propose holding on tn, seconf Monday of July next. I acknowl cage, With sentiments of lively gratitude this mark of their kind consideration, ano deeply regret the necessity which compels me to forego the pleasure of mingling with them m social and political intercourse.
 At the time of holding your Convention my private engagements obige me to be in another and distant State beg, however to convey through you. to the Convention the sincere and ardent good wishes of one of the hnmblest of the co-laborers in inc great work of Reform and Restoration- rgofm or the abuse of the government, and restoration of the principles of the Consti. tution
 itis stirring and glorious sight to be- hold the Young Men of a State collecting together, and taking counsel of each other how they may best preserve their inheri. tance, and wrench it from the hands of a prohigate and squandering administrati That inheritance is constitutional libertv and to the Young Men of the country pe. culiarly belong the duty of guarding it; for at their hands will the next generation re. qure 1t. Too much honor cannot he ac- corded to the Wings of Arkansas. for the vigorous and noble exertions which tbev are making for the regeneration of their young and flourishing state.
 The tremendous influence exercised bv the Executive over the new States. throuqh the medium of it's power and patronage has heretofore been such, as to render the con. test almost hopeless on the part of the Wings But from what we now learn, we expect that Arkansas will show m the coming Presidential election-thatI one of the youngest of our great est political family, she has acquired thatI maturity of wisdom and promptness oil character which will enable her to act ac. cordlng 10 the dictates of good con- science alike regardless of the smiles and rowns of power
 Success attend her noblo aa... H. ,ules like may she. ever in her cradle, ,trangle the snakes whose poisonous ,yeath has so long infected the political 
 Mississippi will not be backward in the pod cause. Already are her Whig sons riding on their armor, and the light of vic ory beams from their faces. Loco-foco- Sm stands aghast-and like some Ioath- ome leper as it approaches its inevitable nd, becomes each moment more disgust 1g and less capable. In this State we ave one foot upon the serpent, though you nay still occasionally hear it, shaking It's attles, as it fiercely endeavors to dsen- age itself--In November next it will die; rushed beneath the iron heel of an indig- ant people-whom for years it has been enormously stingng, The old. honest emocrats are disappearing from Van Blu en thick as autumnal leaves,"' and be- cath the "log-cabih" banner they find fighting for their early princi- les and their ancient faith. In sober 'uth ] do not hesitate to express 1t as my ecided opinion that Mississippi will cast CT electoral vote for the Farmer of North 'end"
 Again, gentlemen, permit me to express 1y regret, that l cannot be with yon. l -ust on some future occasion, shall have le eradication. which have long covet- .d, of visiting your beautiful and hospita. le city, which has long been endeared to le, through the associations of private riendship as well as political congenialities.
 To the Pulaski county Tippecanoe Club, beg leave to tender my grateful thanks or the honor conferred upon me. Accept pr yourselves, gentlemen, assurances of 1y highest regard and wishes
 Very Respectfully,
 Your o'bt serv't.
 s. s. PRENTISS.
 To Messrs M. Cunningham, Chairman,
 C. Graham, J. K. Taylor, Albert Pike Vm. F. Pope, Ebenezer Cummins, Wm ,rown, Sr., B. F. Harris, J. P Norman, and B. Keats, Committee.
 Mir Cooke then renewed his motion for he appointment of committee to draft reamble and resolutions. Also an ad ress to the people of the State, which at the of Judge Trimble, of Hemp tead, was made to consist of eleven lp lumber, to be selected by the Chair.
 The following gentlemen constitute said committee: Messrs Cooke, Owens, Trim le, Thruston, McPherson. Stewart Den on, Preston, Wright Byers, and Pike
 On motion of Mr. Pike the Convention hen adjourned to meet on tomorrow