Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-20
TIE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE

Inc lOllOW ng TesOIuuOh was ohS'cu " >'H'''
FERRS, Of Cooper, OF the late Democratic State
Convention, and rejected, by vote Of 81 to p:
Rtsolced, That, lin the opinion of this Con
vendon,) no editor, or individual member OF the
Democratic party, ought 10 be denounced as
ORATOR" or Tread out" Of the party this State
merely because he is in favor OF Convention to
remodel the Constitution, so as TO cdnallze repre-
scntation according to population; or because he
lis in favor of the District System Of e'ecting
members Of Congress and voting by single dis
trcts; or because he is opposed TO The currency
| bills as introduced into the last General Assem-.
| bly,; or because he may prefer other firm, consIs
tent, and talented Democrats as United States
Senators, TO either OF the present able and dstin
guished incumbens. t. sa ...
And 10 this complexion things have come Of
last !! A resolution in favor of the Liberty OF
Speech ard the Freedom OF the Press, is voted
down by convention, protesting TO be Demo
cratic!l And the author Of the resolution insult,
ed and nistreated when he attempted to defend
bis resoution-by democratic Convention! And
such is demoracy-such is the democracy which
has ruled the destinies Of this State for number
OF years past-and such is the democracy the po
| litcal charlaton5 OF the State would still fasten
upon her free sons! Such is the democracy Col
Benton has said SHALL prevail in Missouri, and
his insignificant and corrupt tools are attempting
to fasten it upon the people.
nJsRecolIect citizens OF Howard-Maj. G.
F. JACKSON, who is now candidate for your
votes, voted AGAINST the above resolution
Recolect it,
Recollect aso-Mr. HALL, the Editor Of the
missouri Democrat, proGessedy democratic
paper, also voted AGAINST the above resolution.
A democratic candidate and a democratic edi.
tor-both voting against the FREEDOM OF SPEECH
AND THE LIBERTY OF TIE Press: yet looking
to freemen for support. .....
MEETING AT BOONSBOROUGH.
We understand that on last Saturday
there was political gathering of the loco
foco candidates at Boonsborough, where
free trade and free whiskey glutted the
market. From what we understand, we
presume there must have been pre-con.
certed arrangement amongst them to gel
the people together, make swell and have
jubilee when no wing speakers could be
near to say aught against their principles
or their practice. Well, poor fellows! they
are afraid of wing principles before the
people and must be allowed to make q
private exhibition now and then, notwith
standing their protestations of desire &c
!, meet the wings in "open, fair and manly
contest"
Our neighbor of the Democrat first
makes his appearance, and for the good q
the cause, mounts an OK cart wheeled up fol
the purpose, strokes back his locks from
his forehead and butts away at banks
National Bank--like bull at hill side
and we suppose gored it a little; finds out
that the Kentucky State Banks failed to
pay specie and fell below par while the old
National Bank was in existence, which he
, estcems conclusive that it could not regu
: late the currency; suspected it of having
bribed democratic Senators to vote for it.
re-charter, and concludes we ought not tc
have one, but what he would give US in the
place, we could not learn; we presume a
Van Buren, sub-treasury.
Next rises the Champion of pains ant
: penalties--announce himself candidate
; for clector-says that he will not run fo
the egislaturc--praises Van Buren, and hi
: economy--abuses Tyler's extravaganza ane
calls him a whig--hops down on the taril
like a duck on June bug--raises the shou
for "fi'ee trade and sailors rights" and give
the people to know that John Bull had be
come ashamed of himself for imposing oil
good nature in treating meek Brother iona
than so badly as to lay so high duty Of
him, when there was comparatively non
imposed in return, and that Parliament ha,
actually reduced the tariff on tObaccot ii
clustered about giving the wings battle
wherever he met them, throughout tn
summer-said that lie had the document
to prove what he said and finally winds u
y with---not a 'COyd in defence of the Cur
e rency Bills. lie knows that project is dea
b and wishes il was buried, no doubt; vii
! lingly would he say to it, "pcacc be TO th
! ashes" And for the present we must "lc
the dead bury their dead" but the "iudg
ment is at hand" and they must be raise,
- soon.
We understand that Robert Prewitl
! Esq, who happened there on legal bushes: