Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-02-15

I'rv. and many of those Who had taken
Dart S in il looked aboutas sheePssh as i
they had been caught in the act Of
stealing a sheep. Poor fellows! per-
haps they could not help their locks
land their feelings, and therefore we will
say nothing more about that-but WIN
lust amble on in our course, and speak
Of The most important things that trans
pired on this acknowledgement. oc-
casion,-and having sketched the
above somewhat lengthy exordium,
we shall endeavdor to be as brlei as
possible
We understand that Volney E.
Howard esq; was called TO the chair;
and LATER some Inimporlant- ceremo-
mails, the meeting was organized 'af-
ter the fashion,
Some person present then procee-
ded to nominate Martin Van Buren,
for the next Presidency, and Richard
M. Johnsonfor the Vice Presidency
After which Tor it might be before
we are not certain on that point. and
we like to be caidid) resolutions were.
offered and passed,in favor of those
gentlemen supporting theirclaims to
Office &C., land the sovereign people,.
throughout the realms of this vast
State were told, that; if they wanted
to carry the day at the next elections.
they mast all unite upon these candi-
dates, and stick like cobblers wax I'M
TO them!'
In the course : of the performance,
Mr.. Volney E: Howard 1.-THE largest
gentleman, who carries large cane--
but for what purposewe know not, I'M
less it be to keep the varmints off, }
who is the crack-gun of the locos Sin
all these parts was fired off, in the
shape Of speech; but we understand
(for we do not say it on our o'0n author
ity-and we wish our readers to be
advised of tdis), that, for some reason
or other, the report was quite feeble,
the execution small, and the fash little
else but smoke-alI owing, probably,to
the ammunition being bad. We I'M
derstand, also,. that there was a great
'falling::of'' ofsympathy, on the part
of his auditors; and, that when he had
finished his classical harangue,. only
two fvst puppies, which stood near the
door, looking en-, cooked their tails'up
to the wandering moon,' and gave
two feeble yelps to help King Rich
ard, on!
| Some resolutions were passed, we
believe, against paying, the State
Bonds, or,in other words against pay
ing our honest debts-which every
body knows. is perfectly. consistent
with locofoco principles, and what ev-
Eery body might suppose the locofocos
would.do,when, they assemble andmee
together
| Among other things which deserve
to berecorded, Mr.. Allen, Of Clarke
county, an aLti-bon6 representative in
| our legislature, made a speech but
whether or. the Nomination or the Bond
| question, we have forgotten (and our
| informant is not now at our elbow to
remind us), which was as good as. any
Of them, indeed, we are told. the lit
tie fellow bumped himself wonderful
ly' and performed great exploits in his
attempt to- come it, but we think he
must have found it 'pesky hard,' TO
make black appear. sOhite, to elicit good
from bad, or, in other wofds,to bolster
up the rotton and diseased principles
Of locofocoism;- and therefore, it is
not to be wondered at, that nothing
great, good or glorious, should spring
from a,political gathering like this.
Having nov. chronicled, for the BEN
fe6t of those present and to come, the
| principal items in the proceedings of
this meeting of the troubled waters
and drawn the most prominent fea-
tnres from this picture Of locofocoistn,
we will, with Difference to those who
constitute its component parts proceed
to layEit before our readers, and before
'all creation
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