The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-08-31
MISSISSIPPI.
MASS MEETING AT HOLLY SPRINGS

MASS MEETING AT HOLLY SPRINGS.
| We doubt if North Mississippi ever had con-
gregated together on any occasion, larger and
more enthusiastic, peaceable, orderly, and ntelli-
gent mass of her population, than assembled at
the Wing Mass Meeting on the 7th instant.
| As the delegations came in on the morning and
the previous evening, when afar off approaching
the elevated and beautiful town, they beheld
above its midst, the star spangled banner unfured
| to the breeze high in the heavens. AS they en-
| tered the town, passing under its waving folds,
cheer after cheer swelled for that flag of our
country, which shouts were responded to by the
| laundering of cannon, which shook the hills far
and near Numerous were the banners of the
delegations, but all breathed holy and sacred
and reverential sentiment of patriotism for the
Union There was no foreign flag hoisted no
| solitary star; no sentiment of disunion, as con-
nected with "annexation." Our Country and its
glorious banner of consolidated stars were alone
displayed, annexed to which were found CLAY
and FRELINGHUysEN, and occasionally that same
Old Coon"
Gen. Thomas G. Polk, grandson Of the revolu-
tIonary wing of the same name who signed the
Mecklenburg Declaration Of Independence, and
who, unlike his brother Ezekiel rather than swear
British allegiance and take British protection"
protected himself and property with his rife,)
was called on by enthusiastic reclamation to pre-
side as President of the Convention he is first
cousin and schoolmate of the Loco Presidential
candidate. He also presided at Wing conven-
ton held in Bolivar in this State in 1910. to
choose the Harrison eector for this District and
was assailed, as President of that Convention, in
dirty and slanderous letter published in the
Nashville Union and written by David Fentress,
lawyer OF Bolivar. giving an account of the con-
vention, as being The son of a tory in the Revolu-
tson Fentress got on to the ,Ohig branch of the
family, instead of the tory branch, or the root and
branch OF his cousin, James K, the grandson of
Ezekiel, the British protectionist, and the Loco
foco and Texas candidate for President.
The Convention was opened by an invocation
to the throne of Deity, by the Rev. d. L. Gray
that Its proceedings might be in accordance with
divine will, and receive his guidance and blessing
The President then addressed the multitude in
most delicious manner, upon the important OBJ
jects that had brought them together, when he
introduced TO them Judge Guion, of Vicksburg,
one Of the Senatorial State Electors, who most
ably addressed them, for some hour and half, on
the general political topics.
He was followed by William Yerger, ESD, who
confined his arguments to the Texas question ex~
cluslvely; and, in the course of three hours
effort must have convinced every reasonable
nearer that immediate annexation" was every
thing but expedent, right, or desirable He met
every argument we ever heard uttered in favor of
It, and most triumphanty refuted them. Never
have we listened to ADLER or more effective
speech. And many were convinced by him that
the spirit Of immediate annexation y was the
spirit of evil and of destructipn-of disunion and
its bloody horrors 1t produced great effect
He was succeeded by Judge Mays, of Jackson,
Miss, who addressed the people on the subject of
the tariff and who, during the space of five hours,
enchanted the attention and admiration of his an.
dence by one of the most lucid, powerful, and
argumentatve trains of argument we ever listen
ed to. He proved clearly that the Wings. in
supporting PRoTEcTWE TARIFF, supported only
what Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
and Jackson, earnestly and strongly recommended
In their messages to Congress. He clearly show
ed the Locos that they were seceders from the
Republican policy of that measure, and that the
Wings occupied the ground and policy of Wash
lngton, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Jackson.
Never had we before listened to SO powerful
defence of the protective tariff policy. 1t was
noble and incontrovertible defence of it, as being
the true American policy, alike beneficial to the
planter and the manufacturer
Other speakers addressed the meeting
Several hundred ladies' graced the occasion
with their beauty and their smiles
The barbecue was excellent and profuse, and
the citizens OF Holly Springs received their guests
IN very handsome and hospitable manner,
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