The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-02-09
roR FnEsmEHr o. rHE UFfTED sTATEs
1BG1E 01ATH
OF KENTUCKY.


Tie Democratic meeting,
To insiruct delegates &c, was held here pur-
suant to notice on the 9Th inst,
Il viii b reconected that Democratic
Meeting assembled here some time since and
appointed delegates 10 tho State Convention
for ed. Some Of the parties were diasat-
ishcd with that meeting, and made the call f5F
the 9th for the purpose Of insiructing said
delegates &c. The two democratic factions
irOwned tarkly on each other at the fnt
meetingi an open rupture was anticipated at
this. The older and wiser Of both factions
doubted exceeding the prOprieiy Of this cal.
The meeting was organized BY calling on
motion Of F. Young, COl. Geo. H. Young to
the chair; f. F. Calhoun, Esq, was appointed
secretary, but refused to otieiais: it struck Us
afterwards that this. was. ruse Of theCalhoun
men, for the purpose Of Kidding themselves
comparatively Of Mr.. CalhOun's opposition to
their intended measures, as he Is awarm Van
Buren, man and speaks forth strongly his antip-
alhies and bis predilections-but if it was so
Intended it did not take. twas inalysaddled
on a younger Van Buren, man, VIM. Bafks.
dale Esq.
Upon motion ofN l.. Mitchell, a corr
miltee of seven was appointed 10 report
resolutions indicative Of the views and
objects ofthe meeting, Of which commit
tee, on motion Of 10. Sewall Jones, for.
merly of Shocco, N. c., DR.. d. Lips.
combe was appointed Chairman; one dis
senting vote, to wit E. F. Calhoun. Con.
siderable Squi6bling occurred in selecting
the committee, but il was finally comple-
ted, bearing a Calhoun complexion. The
Committee retired and after being out
long time returned, and reported pre-.
amblo and resolutions, and now come
the tug Of war. We have not the res.
olutions, or room 10 copy them if we
had, but tn y were decidedly Calhoun.
After being read BY the Chairman orthe
committee, it was moved by Z. F. Cal.
houn, thai the resolutions be taken Up by
sections; agreed. Mr.. Calhoun then pro.
pounded the question 10 the Chairman,
whether il was intended by tho committee
that the first resolution, which was res.
ouion adopting the Virginia Resolutions
Of 90, approved or disappro,ed Of Null.
fication, as understood by South Carolina.
The response was attempted DIR. VIM.
Burt, VINO after q speech Of some ten
minutes le0 the question as he found il,
unanswered; the question was again ur-
ged by Mr.. Calhoun, when DR.. Lips
combe observed that every man could
put such construction upon the resolution
as he saw proper, and denied che right
Of Mr., Calhoun to catechise the commit
tee. After much wrangl:ng in which Gen
Speighl took a prominent part, an amend
ment Of said first resolution was moved
BY Mr.. Calhoun which was in effect to
exclude { ON the construction Of said res
olu;ion South Carolina notification; the
motion was warmly supported BY a vete
ran democrat from the country, Mr..
Holbert, and carried without much oppo.
sition.
DR.. Lipscomb now arose aud after re-
counting his own private grievances and
the wrong threatened to be inflicted upon
him BY reading him out Of the Democratic
ranks, in style SO moving aud pathetic
as 10 elicit sympathy from all who heard
him, opposed tho resolution as It stood.
Whereupon, james Whitfield, ''io aUoid
difficulties" as he remarked, moved to
lay the resolution on the table. The vote
was put and carried, but before fairly
taken o. F. BledsOe, Esq, sprung upon
his feet 10 the utmost apparent alarm, and
with great vehemence, asked the meeting
if ''they knelO lOhai they Were about Il
they knew that they as a democratic
meeting had voted to lay on the table the
Virginia resolution of esp The question
lell like a spell upon the meeting. Every
democrat stood aghasi, at the political
profanity of which they had unwiiiingly
been guilty. Tic meeting was relieved
by a motion from J. NJ. Gfsybilb Esq.
that the Yo'e on Mr.. CaIhoun's amend
ment to said resolution be reconsidered,
with a view Of restoring said resolution,
and in support thereof remarked in his
usual feliCitous style, that the effect Of the
amend nent was to drive from the demo-
cratic ranks all recent converts and all
who had been guilty Of any heinous Of
fence against the democratic creUd, and
insisted that it vas morally out Of the quss-
tiOn 10 pursue such a course; which re-
marks fell with peculiar grace and per-
tinaney from the gentleman, as he himself
had scarce yet shed his swadding cloths in
Democracy The gentleman by rather q
forced transition went from this subject
to a free and excited discussion Of the
actngs and doings Of the former meeting;
complained bitterly Of unfair play; said
the cards had been stocked, DC. &c. &c.
remarked that the friends Of some Of the
four gentlemen who had presented them
solves as candidates for the no ninatioa
for Congress, to witt Gen. Speight, DR..
Tate, Col. Kincannon, and Mai. Butter
worth, had been guilty of trickery, &C.
Gen. Speight then rose and said that the
remarks Of the gentleman had constrained
him 10 say that he had not presented him.
self as a candidate for Congress, that be
comparatively cared nothing about i, that
IL his being a candidate was TO throw