The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-18

WING MEETING AT C0LBEk1s MIS-
Az Whig meeting held III INC town n co.'s
bert. Iowndes County, OF Thursday. the lItil
inst, Mai John +. Allen was called % ths
Chair, and Messrs. Bramlett and Kewen aPpOin-
ted Secretaries. Order having been announced
|1ho Chairman explained In . few brief and ap'
,propriate remarks, the object Of the Meeting.
On motion, a committee was theteuPOn APP
pointed, consisting Of Captain A. + Morse,
Capt. VIM Poole, Messrs. Bramlett and Kcwen'
for the purpose Of drafting resolutions.
The Committee having retired, after few
minutes, returned aud presented the following
Preamble and Resolutions, which having been
read by Mr.. KeWen of the COMMITTEES. were
unanimously adopted by the Meeting:
"WheFeas, The condition of Uur State, Is
unprecedented in any record of past misrule.
and unparalleled in the annals of wise and good
/ governments, with reference TO the political
enormity of Reputation, which, "conceived in
sin aud brought forth in iniquity" presses like
an incubus its intolerable burthen upon the
| character and credit of Mississippi, sin, moral
as we'll as political, having its origin in the
/ most sordid passions of the humad heart, and
encouraged with reckless enthusiasm by the
demagogues of party, 1.-THE party now in pOwer)
deluding the honest yeomanry Of the country
with misrepresentation disreputable as they
are false, and professions, insincere as they
are proven to be untrue; Sacrificing the honest
principles of enlightened government 10 the
overweening love Of power. and the interests of
unworthy ambition; sacrafcing TO their unholy
lust of gain, the sacred shield of Mississippi
the Constitution Of the State, and refusing, in
defiance Of legal and moral obligation the pays
ment Of dues contracted by authority, upon the
Faith of the State of Mississippi thereby
/ lwsvN haP nhar md
staining the fair escutcheon of her fame with
the foul blot of dishonor, a condition, humilia>
ting as it is unparalleled in her past history,
and as such should enlist the sympathies and
| enliven the fears and solcitude Of every bo-
som that is not recreant to the voice of Free
dom and the inspiration of Patriotism; and
Whereas, The time now is, when the waters
Of Reputation should be disturbed to their
, Aepths,--when the foul monster of political
deformity should be marked with the brand oil
ignominy, and the friends of Truth. of Liberty,
and of Patriotism should mingle as in a frster-
nifty of Union,-oppose the Egs of their faith
and their virtue to the enormty of political
misrule, and rescue the Ark of our Liberty
the Constitution, the purity uzd honour of oul
State from the ruthless hands of the fell "Phil
| istincs' who have invaded the Sanctuary o
State Sovereignty, and sacrilegiously upturneC
J the affairs upon which were engraven the Truth
and Credit Of the State Of Mis- issppi: There
fore,
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Meet
ing, the Commissioners of the Union Bank o
Mississippi in the sale of the bonds of the Unior
Bank upon the Faith of the State" were acting
+ conformably to the charter of said Bank, suct
charter having been enacted by the Senate ant
House of Representatives of Mississippi, in the
form and manner, relative to the object fol
, which the State was pledged, prescribed in tn,
terms of the Constitution; the adjudication o
the constitutionality of the supplemental char
ter having been determined by the Supeyio
Court OF the State, in the opinion delivered By
Chief Justice Sharkey, in the case ofCampbel
9 VS.. Mississippi Union Bank: Hence, while W.
regard the efforts that have been made, anC
are now making, to dessiminate the doctrine,
s of "Repudiation" throughout the land, as incon
sistent with national or State integrity, as un
W.T. rthy the support and encoura cement of
free and intelligent people, and in an alarming
n degree destructive of their best interests; W.
/ feel it duty incumbent upon us, duty sacro'
! to exeIy man of principle and intaglity scru
pulous of his country's welfare, 10 co >op erat
! in the extirpation of the evil which has taller
: like blight upon the advancement of OF
prosperity,-and raise again and forever, thi
standard of the "Fath of the State" of Mis-
: sissiPp, pledged to the redemption of all he
II obligations.
, Resolved, That in order to facilitate ICON
u summation so devoutly to be wished early an
: efficient action is rendered necessary in tn
selection of suitable candidates to represent u
? in tho succeeding Legislature.
0 Resolved, That in the opinion of this meet
{ ing, the cemmendable integrity, the answering
e honesty of purpose and the eminent ability
. which characterize the gentleman, the states
mar, and the orator, in the person of WM. L
q HARRIS, of Columbus, and his unflinchin,
I devotion to Wing principles. justi6es. my, i'm
perativey demand a manifestation of meritct
confidence and esteem; and Furthermore,
Resolved, That we as body, believing TIN
] interest ofLowndes County will be secured, ant
the principles for which we both ably anc
efficiently maintained by the services OWN
e L. HARRIS, as Representative in the Legis
s laturc of Mississippi. do hereby solicit him L
submit his name to be used as a Candidate TO
the Office.
Resolved, That tho proceedings of this meet
5 ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretaries
and that copy be forwarded to the Editor o
the Democratic Wing, for publication.
The Meeting then adjourned.
i JOHN l.. ALLEN, Chairman
MARIO" BHA"LrTr' s..,.,,,;..
f. J. o. KEwrS,