Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-02-18

from }. A. DE Courcy, Esq, OF Glasgow,
Col. Swizler Of the Statesman, is here,
and by the by Unjust not forget to mention
that had the honor Of an introduction to
Col Davies of the Sentinel. He is quite
an interesting looking fellow and were it
not that he is known to be such great
fool he nigh, pass for pretty smart man.
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" Great excitement prevails here in relation 10
difficulty which has sprung up between Mr..
Hudson and Dr.. Scott, and 1t is not known how
it will terminate. Mr.. Hudson, you will under.
stand, by way OF showing that he still felt him.
self identified with the democratic party, upon
the discussion Of the district question, went on
10 intimate, in pretty broad terms that DR.. Scott
had not acted in good faith upon that subject, and
very positively charged him with bargaining with
the wings Of Howard for his election. The
charge was put in shape that did the Doctor, in
my opinion, great injustice, and induced him TO
pronounce, in the House, the whole a falsehood.
Some Correspondence, it is said, has passed be.
tween these gentlemen upon the subject Mr.,
H., out of doors, gives up The name Of gentle.
man Of your place, whom he lately met in Boon.
vile, as his informant, and the difficulty now
seems to rest upon the point whether the Doc.
tors charge Of falsehood was intended TO apply
to Mr.. Hudson or his informant. | hope the
whole matter may yet be settled amicably."
The above extract is taken from letter
in the last Democrat written by the editor
who is now in Jefferson. 1t will be recol.
lected by our readers that notice of the
difficulty alb owe alluded to, was given in
our last--in letter from the Senior editor
of this paper who is also in Jefferson
He stated nothing of the difficulty, further
than what occurred on the floor of the
House, and we supposed it there ended bu
we see by several papers that correspon
dence has taken place between Messrs
Scott and Hudson, and that Mr.. H. has Civ
en- his authority for what he said in the
House. As to the peculiar shape the
charge was put in, mentioned in the abovc
extract, we know nothing. There was bu
one shape it could be pu! in, and we infer
from what we have seen that il was nothing
more nor less than that DR.. Scott. during
the last canvass was nominated by whin
convention or caucus; that there was an
understanding between him and the wings
that they would support him, and thai he
if elected, would advocate certain meas
ures, one of which was the laying the Stat,
IF into Congressional Districts. If any
other charges were made against DR.. Scot
by Mr.. Hudson, he must have had Other
authority than the person he met in Boon
vile. The junior editor of this paper wa
in Boonvile few weeks since and there
met. and had conversation with Mr.
Hudson, which turned upon Legislative
matters; we inquired about the probablil,
of the State being districied--how oul
delegation would vote, &c.,--parlcularly
Dr.. Scott We inferred from what Mr.
Hudson said that Dr. Scott was not as
strongly in favor of districling as he was
thoug,' % be al the commencement Of the
session. WerepIcd, Dr.. Scot, was elected
pledged to the district question; hat The
wings nominated and supported MIN on
that pledge. Tins is what we stated to
Mr.. Hudson, and appears To be all that DR..
Scott was charged with. We are ready
and can, any time, make good what we
said. the statement of Dr.. Scott, that it
was false, lei it come from what source it
would" to the contrary notwithstanding.