Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-03-24
From the Cincinnati Republican.
GREAT CONVENTION.
On rTNIIE nIfNnl II OH nIIIn

we give below, another letter from one of
our county delegates at Columbus. 1t will be
found highly interesting. We conversed with
a number Of delegates yesterday, who have re-
turned from the convention. All agree that
there was not less than tloenty thousand per-
sons present, of which fifteen thousand were
delegates to the great meeting of the PEG
PIE.
Gen. Beall the President of the convention,
Mr. Grouse, and other Vice Presidents, Mr.
Buchanan, and one or two others ofthe Secre-
taries, were originally warm supporters Of Gen.
Jackson. So was Mr. Mayhem, and many
of the gentlemen composing the Electoral Tick
ct.
COLUMBUS, Friday Feb. Dist 1910.
| 1t is not in the power of man to describe the
scenes ofto-day. Ihave looked on with Won
der and amazement, and have sometimes had
doubts whether all saw was reality-such
scene has never before been witnessed in this
or any other country. / wish l could give
your readers some faint idea of all that has been
seen, and all that has been done In this city,
since daylight this mornng-but it IS entirely
out of my power. can only say that the PEG
: PIE, the real hard listed, Woodworking hon
: est yeomanary of the country have taken the
= affairs of the State into their own hands, and
have turned out, not by dozens or hundreds but
by thousands. The dongs of this day in CO.
: lumbus cannot be exaggerated.
e AT daylight, the roads leading to the city,
e were seen crowded with wagons and carriages
= of all descriptions, and horses, innumerable-
they soon came pouring into the city from eve
l. ry quarter, and confined coming in throughout
m the greater part of the day. They did not ap-
is pear TO be delegates of the people, but the peo-
pie themselves, for they came in companies o
FL 10 IL i
u CATION that would number as low as one hun
n dred. Every company had one or more ban
e. ners. wish could give you list OF the mot
he toes, on the various banners that have passed
through these streets to day. They were in
Vulnerable, and of every Investigation. Oh
u one,
tie FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE" an
III FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRY
h. MEN,"
nc Another" He as honest, he is capable, he
e. faithful TO the constitution"
ne Attached to a country wagon, filed with d
la legates; was a small banner, with the abbre
IA waited motto of /" Tip. and TYLER"
There were more than twenty banners wit
:" the appropriate motto of " The Log cabin an
he Hard cider candidQte'
&c. A log cabin was painted on many ofthe ban
bo ners; on the one brought by the Ross count
'eS standing at the door of the cabin, in the com
re- mon working dress of farmer, with his coat o
IRE and mug of cider in his hand and on the {
led Their side he was represented in full unforr
- at Tlppecanoe. Motto -" Log cabin Candid
or ate"
ion On another -" One Presidential Tern
are anddhe good ofthe people,
us On another :-''clear the Kitchen for o.
TIP"
On the banner of the Sciota delegation IL
- motto -" Log cabin, -" The people are c.
lci- ming" On the other side, +" The People ha,
I'M come"
90 Another -" Anti Mat''-a Old fashion,
Democrat"
." On one of the banners ofthe Guernsey cou
:, 1t ty delegation The constitution -
,te, One Presidential Term,''-" Harrison Al
milo Reform, -" Anti-Sub- Treasury" This de-
II cation had fire banners:
uiu On the banner of the delegation from Pick
inn way county, was a representations Gen: Ha
the rison standing with one foot on, and in the
nto of, setting in motion large ball-and v
a. Buren,, running at full speed, to keep from
INC ing overtaken and crushed by it with the mott
iro- Harrison setting the Ball rolling"
ate EHARRIsoN AND lYLER''-"HARRISoN AND +
,eir FORM"
aTHE PEOPLES CANDIDATE"
GThe Democrat Of the Old School,"
seq WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, AND HARRISON.
l in "rhe Farmer of North Bend"
fact "The man that IS to sane the country"
-, aRETRENcHMEET AND REFORM"
.e" THE CINCINNATUS,OFT THE WEST
lcai ave soiU try a Farmer for our Presiden
b. With hundreds of others, were mottos
n Of the various banners, of the delegates from
! of cry quarter of the State. Some ofthe bannt
were very handsome. But the banners q
nc not the most interesting of the sight to day.
dis Regular built Log cabins, with chimneys, dot
inc and windows, and well ROOTED, mounted
Of wheels, and drawn by horses. had been broug
fifty and hundred miles, with signs at the 81
OF of the door, of "Hard Cider" In some
ess' them, fires were burning in the chimneys
siu- twenty and thirty delegates rode into the Ct
sed IN each Of these houses. There We're fou
bv one was from Clark county.
The Cuyahoga delegation brought with the
VI a very handsome well rugged Brig from Cley
land, distance of $50 miles. 1t was
oor wheels, drawn by six white horses; a hundr
delegates came with it. They have been
as week on the way; encountering rain, storm
? to and bad roads, SO bad occasionally, as to 81