Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-07-05
For the Southern Argus.
Mr.. EDITOR.

$500 1
l presume you have heard some
thing Of a "CaIhoun Meeting $50 cal
led) held in Macon on Monday the goth
day of June. Iwould have given you
some account of this "grGnd -four
ish' before now; but felt anxious to
see the report in the Democrat before
noticing it myself. The proceedings,
as published in that paper, ] suppose
are correct, except some motions which
purport to have been made by some
gentlemen, when in fact they were
made by others. This howeveris oflit-
lie importance, and so far as the pub
lished proceedings Of the meeting are
concerned, l shall them pass, nor
would trouble you abb the meeting
at all, but for some editor which APP
peared in the same paper. shall first
notice an article headed q eeting at
Macon" the article reads, about
O'Clock P. NJ, from rs to 100 of the
yeomanry having ass led the meet
ing was organized, am sorry that /
cannot say this prrect, was in the
meeting myy d took the trouble
to countthe numb ofpersons present,
and TO class them we'll as | could.
the grand total wa 81 men-about Z
Of whom did not reside in Noxubee
County, "a were WIFI good and true
Clay men, at least Van Buren,
men, and the renal sup
pose to be Calhoun mus you
will see the report, as ,dmber, was
incorrect, and the insiI ion that they
were all Calhoun men, Pgregious err
ror. Y
/ shall notice secondly, the article
headed ga Coon out of place" No
person took sit for granted that it was
to be a Wing meeting" For had this
been true the number might be set
down by hundreds, instead 4 tens.
1t is next stated that "an OLD coon
which had been in the wars 40"
sc. Here is another mistak little
fellow was Of this years gro is
said too that she was all urS And
goodhumor." This ] CAM lbt,
for if the animal was capable SON
ing, he had two causes for his ance
and mirth FIRST that of seeinA.As nu-
merons friends around him and secon-
ly, the splendid ola very lew po-
liticans, who had previously ridden
their hobbies TO death. TO saddle up
John C. Calhoun and mount him.
1t is said too, that the cosn gazed
around for banners cider barrels &c.,
and smile played across his counte-
rance, he was pale and trembling sc.
In this / do not feel authorised to diff
fer with the writer Of tho article ir
question, because / am not sufficient.
ly versid in the study Of Coon physi
ognomy, as to hazard my opinion.
against those who may be pro6cients il
: the art. 1t is an old maxim tina
"practice makes perfect" now the
gentleman may have been acting thu
coon or studying his character all hi
. life, but for myself l know little of The
9 "crifter."
r | have conversed with the owner
e Of the coon however, and he doe
not recollect. seeing his countenanc'
j, change.
1t may be proper to state, that
r young gentleman who rooms in tn,
$ Court House has a pet coon and keep
it there-the little fellow was not in
tended TO represent the wings as ha
r been supposed by some, they wer'
: numerous enough to represent them
selves-and could without question
: have made the "Calhoun Meeting
nominated Henry Clay for the pres.
/. dency, l do not mean,that they coult
have changed the notions Of Calhoun
men, but they were strong enough I,
have voted them down.
Yours &c.
HARRY.
Macon Miss. June %, 1912.