The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-02

80. ~ psru, - d lhs President, and pro-
coe31a ln & dear ani dislIecl manner unil be
cane % thai pali Which apote ia Isg bun
drei i,rar1ni 81 D1mocracys When Gen tocis
rtse and appealed, ia glowing style, 70 The
Contaniion. against such aErocfeding.
He apeech haf nc rlopof eject az uhen
re vote was taken on Z motion % dioconlin-
ue The rtad'ns Of i. there was scarcely a
voice IN the negative. Gen. Fooie thon in-
troduced resolution aulhofixing The President
10 ar1ninf : Committee % Wail upon The Gov
amor. Auditor 81 Public Acconnla Secretary
of State. and Mr.. Graves. the Treasures, and
obtain al The Information possible upon The
subject Of ihe two and Tires per cent. funds,
which Mr. rearss had received from ihe Geo.
enrai Government, ar q inquire inll l mat.
lers relating 70 the safety q the SAG furda
These are nj The wurds. but Tie .lnefai
drif Of the motion Gen. Foole made a mas.
terly effort ii sustaining the resolution. He
said the investigation d thia matter vas do.
handed BIZ the interests Of the state. b. The
interests Of the people. and b. the iniefe1l1 a
The democracy 81 The country; that the teno.
cratic party, n solemn convention, had eomi.
mated the gentleman fof that Office. an1 that
uarfF shoad know whether the incumbent
had done his duty o. noi. n the Treasurer,
M. Graves, could CONS out With clean hands.
thai the democratic PARTY ahnuld take I'm 10
and re. elect him, and wipe 81 the stigma
which ruroor had placed upon BE aif Ems.
Col HAYS, and many othcr gentlemen. spoke
prs,,v m,ch 10 tie same eiIect. some thourhf
he convention l. ad no Authority % appoint !
COMMITTEES foF anJ sDch investigator.
Whsn the convention again met, i was
proposed to 60 into The nomination Of
Slate and Federal officers. For Gov
ernor The following gentlemen we're POT
in nomination G. 3. Green, Andrew.
flaws, Dunbar, 7. M. Tucker Woo4.
ward Hancock. A, G. BrOwn. Bfiseoe,
und J. M. Taylor. Ga lhe eighth bsl.
lot,A a. q. Bf0Rn'reeeived 81 votes, I. AZ
TAYLOR 2l-go that Brown was duly. II
not regularly nominated Tor the Office OF
Governor. The present iasumbsnG T.
N. Tucker, received II votes Ia five Of
the ballouings and 10 each Of the othsf
two ballotungs he received rs. There
we're fucenfg-eae counties not representa-
large majority Of which are 10 tho
North, IN pan Of the Safe, and would
have voted for Governor Tucker. lis
en- known BY every member OF the con.
yenuur uf aly discernmsnl, lhai, had
there leen fsl delegation, Govern r
Tucker YOU'D have received the nomina-
ton BY handsome majority, But lhis
is matter in which we iee no intero.t.
Repud atiol mus, attend h is own Inter.
ISIS.
For Secretary Sat, G. RIAL. R.
F.. HAIRS, W. NJ. Smylh, AID E. r.
Hemmiagway, we're put IN nomination
G. r. Fail received 81 votes. AID 4. E.
HAIRS % 81 lha, Mr.. Fall was nouina.
ted
J. r. Matthews was unanimous " nom.
inaiei BY acclamalioh, Tor Audil,I Of
Public Accounts and se are pleased 10
see that even Regulators can, in som
instances, be induced 10 respec, aud I'd
mire hof esty.
The next office for which nominee
was necossa y, was thar Of Treasurer.
AMI as il Is IA important ana. a. they bad
generally learned from q variety II cir.
cumstance connected with the safe keep.
ing Of the public funds, there we're, Of
course many nspifau's, and among iia
list We no whore find thu name Of tl,n
ptessnt incumbent. ?. NJ. Moore, Cio.
zier, Samuel Cra'e J. G. Cope-. AMI d.
". ID incy, T. J. HUMPHREYS. J. e.. Mus.
ray and Mr. Cook, wore pu in una
ton. Ga the 4ih ballot Mr. Cook re
ceived a majority e al the votes. md
may handle tie public mOney-and may
not.
Friday morning opened with general
squabbe on the subject Of nominations,
\ mo ionwli made 10 nominate can.
didaie for tho Presidency. After soma
speaking and much iolb ing, i vas deci.
ted by vote II 40 10 0. against going
INTO nomination for the present. The
convention then veal iain nomination
for members Of Congress. The nsmcs Of
he following gentlemen were put in nom.
inalion Gen II, S. Too:e, w. R. Crane
Jane Hogan. Thompson. GwiR. Gllmer,
". II. Hanmol. W. 4. Stone. BATHS,
BuiterWoHh, Tate, Walch, Mooneer.
Acker and Spcigh Oh he firsl bsllct
W. Fl IIamnat, G gia 4 d 'rhom9son. r..
ceiged a majority al The votes and were
consequently ominatcd FOR Congress.
On the third bali0t, w. A. Stone was non.
mated as he nurih candidate for Canerss.
We can delay our publication no l0nger.--
The Convention is absorbed in addresses fTnm
the nominees for various rtFices. MrHsmmat
has just concluded beautiful harrsngue, and
Gen. A. G. iirown, The Governor that Is % Fs.
IS at this moment "a tirring Up the Monksys.
Il was growing late, and the shaJes Of eve
ming bad alrea dy cast their veil over The Hall.
But stars shas brgtcst N The eark, as was
shown by the appearance on he floor q the
member from Yslabushs, frnerlJ At Rankin,
the inmita5e Gen. DRAKE. lie IS ono Of the
best hearted men in tho world, and speaks on
al occasions the sentiments Of bis bosom, un-
hiassed BY fear or favor. He had the assembled
repFes entaiion Of democracy crowded around
him, listening and applauding. He said he
did no ike 70 see men,--comm1n men--push.
ing themselves on. bot whenever there vas
a man who was truly great, be liked to push
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