The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-07-24


alarming extent, L. NJ. Garrett was call
cd on to address the meeting. 1t being
about dining time and that gentleman
being much indisposed he asked AMI mo-
we'd an adjournment for one hour and
gave reasons for it, which satisfied a
large majority Of the meeting, which
they gave evidence oil shortly after, BY
going out, at the ringing of the dinner
bell; their precipitate haste in doing
which, reminding one Of scene in the
"Lion of the West" where Mrs. Troll
lopc enters at the critical and important
juncturc Of few moments before eat
ing time, and at the ringing Of said bell,
is instantly and much to her astonishment
left alone in the middle Of an enquiry
On Col. Carrots motion, up jump two or
three Of the aforesaid little Locos; one
Of whom insists on proceeding with the
discussion, and another, extremely patrI-
otto young gentleman, offers string of
real radical, McNuuish resolutions, and
insists as foolishly as ungenerously, on a
vote being taken Immediately on them.
Here is the choking Off scene-a mo-
dest, dilfident man, stood no chance what
ever, against &c wild headIong fury Of
three or four men, who under some hal
lucination, have become possessed Of The
erroneous opinion, that they, by pre-
eminence in impudence, and thursting
themselves forward uncalled for, can
bring themselves into notoriety. But the
resolutions must have yOte:-
ale ceased, and drew forth II S, and no
Persuasion on the par. of devils or saints,
Or angels now could stop the torrent; 50
lie reads the first three lines of the contents;
But at the fourth, the whole spiritual show
Had vanished with variety of scents,
Ambrosial and sulphurious as they sprang.
Like lightning, from his'meIodious tvvang .-'-s
While the little. pettiloggers and a few
o.hers were talHlng about, and insisting
in the latest style, imported probably
from Redbond, on the passage of the
Resolutions, the crowd preciptateIy left,
and an amiable, gentlemanIy thought
flushed upon the mind of one who
'swas not an i'll favor'd knavc
A good deal like a yuIture in the face"
that as the people had left, it would be
doing the nice thing to accede TO the
proposition 10 adjourn. So they did -ad-
journ for enc hour, to feed But the
choking of. The little loco, and-bond
pettifoggers, did not want to hear Col
Garrett, or any body else speak, they
could not be informed on the subject OF
the bonds; they knew all about it; and
The 'people" knew as much as they did.
In the latter proposition we agree with
them entirely, for the '.People" as they
call them, laughed as heartily rs we or
any body else did, al the ridiculous posi-
tons into which they threw the meeting.
SO frequently; and more particularly Al
those members of the meeting, who were
struggling with feverish anxiety, to have
the aforesaid resolutions" passed, and
published in some newspaper, with the
accompanying, stipulated, expressed, and
indubitable understanding that they
were offered by them them offered by
themW and that them! was the cause
of their being PASSED. Yes! gentlemen,
put II in the newspaper, that they were
offered by them Let there be no mis-
take about it, but have it understood
that them! offered them "Resoluiions."-
Two o'clock comes, and the crowd re-
gathers, Col. Garrett takes the rostrum
and makes a lengthy argumentative
speech, in favor of the payment of the
bonds most unequlvocally and decided
ly, thereby, refuting the assertion that
he was attempting TO dodge the question.
During the whole ofthe proceedings ofthe
morning strange mumbling voice is
heard occasionally, sometimes disap-
proving certain acts; at-anothcr a half
suppressed giggling laugh is heard, ex-
pressive Of the power some ludicrous
scene then enacting, had upon its owner
This voice sometimes heard above all 9th
ers in laundering tone 70 cry order! as
peremptorily as would the autocrat OF
Russia, commanding to Siberia lot of I'M
fortunate Poles. Some one to satisfy the
burning, consuming anxiety this indi-
vidual has to attract attention some way
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