The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-09-12

rison as general and statesmen, and n.
cluded speech, Astounding with able argu-
ments and logical deductions, by an clio.
qnent and cogent appealto the assemhIage,
in favor Of change in the measures Of our
government and the men who administer il.
Thomas l.. Dobyns, Esq. next addressed
the assembly. Mr.. Dobyns defended Gen.
Harrison with great ability, from the char
ges of his enemies; recapilulated in the
most eloquent and forcibIe manner the civil
and military services of that distinguished
individual, and proved by the public re-
cords of the country the soundness of his
sentiments in relation to our ancient patri-
archal institutions. Mr.. Dobyns examined
the constitutional doctrines advanced by
John ID. Freeman at the Fort Gibson meet
ing-sanctioned by the Democratic party
Of Claiborne county, and showed them to be
utterly subversiye of the rights and peculiar
interests of the South. On this point Mr..
Dobyns was unusually severe, and such a
scathing as Freeman's speech received al
his hands. we have rarely listened to. The
flashing which Freeman received was emf
nently deserved by the radicaism of his
published speech, and his reported black
guard attack upon Mr. Dobyns, in his alb
sence, at public meeting in Nstchez.
After Mr.. Dobyns had concluded his re-
marks, the company adjourned TO tables of
refreshments prepared by the Club =
These tables were literally loaded with the
choicest viands, barbecued in the most ap-
proved style. "There was enough and TO
spere,"-in fact the preparations were
made on the largest and most liberal scale
After dinner, Gustavus II. Wilcox, Esq,
addressed the assembly in a speech OF
about an hour. Mr.. Wilcox adverted to
the high hopes which such gatherings of the
people inspired; 10 the long years of disas-
ter and defeat through which we had trav-
eled; to the faithfulness to duty and to prin-
ciple which had marked the course of the
opponents of misrule; and congratulated the
assembly upon the approaching reward #
all their labors and all their sacrifices. He
reviewed the successive humbugs by which
the people had been misled; the violated
pledges and abortive experiments of the
pastand present administrations, particular
| ly i'll relation TO the currency, and dwell
upon the war cry under which the spoilers
in this State trumphed in November last
He counted, on the shin-plaster banner
brought from Naichez, by Mr.. Mitchell, the
notes Of about twenty Banks for which III.
leading Locos of the State voted; ridiculeC
the horror Of banks by which the party de
ceived the unwary at the last election; pro
nounced the contents OF the banner to b.
s'the better currency" promised by Mr.. Ia
ney under the direction of Gen. Jackson
and declared himself authorized by th'
owner of the banner, to exchange its con
tents Brandon, Holly Springs, &c } for tn
notes Of the u. S. Bank. He would eyei
take the sold ISSUE" the "resurrectio
t notes. Mr.. Wilcox defended General Hai
J rson from the charge of Federali m, an
J proved by the testimony Of Judge Burne'
and the public history of the country, tia
) he had been an acknowledged champion {
!. Jeffersonian democracy, SO long as the oil
5 division of parties existed. For the corree
/. ness of these statements, Mr.. Wilcox az
3 pealed to Capt. Isaac McClutchie, then i
{. attendance, who had been an old citizen {
!. Hamilton county, Ohio, and a neighbor {
r Gen. Harrison. Mr.. Wilcox commente
: with great severity upon the humanity e
forts made to blight the fame of vatera
: soIdier-the only General officer to whoI
I British army surrendered during the LAT
war-the charge of cowardice made againl
7 the hero of Fort Meigs, the Thames, an
J; Tippecanoe, by the supporters Of MART
e Van Buren,, who has times without humble
d submitted to the grossest personal indign
d ties, without resentment, or an attempt ;
= redress. For the resources in difficulty an
i the GOODNESS in peril which has aIway
It characterized Gen. Harrison's military CT
# reer, Mr.. Wilcox referred, by permission,
IS one of his soldiers at Fort Meigs, then
e attendance, DIR. S. G.. Cloud. 1t was int,