Independent Democrat., 1844-07-27

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fixed no day for the barbecue, and it was
not thought probable that any person
would be invited until some day had been
designated. A committee was at length
lappointedto report upon the proposition
andretred for that purpose.
We believe it was after the retiring of
the committee, that the chairman Of the
meeting arose and remarked thai some
person had accused him as leading
whig, of having said that the wings would
not meet the democrats in discussion; this
report he denounced as false, and wished
the author Of it 10 understand the denun-
ciation as being personal. We thought
il rather strange place for the exhibition
Of such puguaclous spirit, and we men
ton it only in connection with some other
proceedings of the meeting to which we
intend to allude. We do not believe how
ever, that any democrat made the report,
we could find no one who knew anything
about it, or had ever heard of it before. -
We question not the belief of the ''leading
whig" or what may have been told him,
but as it was made public matter, the
person should have been named, to pre-
vent suspicion from falling upon some in
nocent person. We suppose some person
had said, that the wings had refused the
discussion, at their, barbecue, and from
thence arose the report.
While the committee was out, a gentle-
man--who last fall acted with US on a
committee to draft resolutions in favor of
the immediate annexation Of Texas and
advocated them before the meeting on
their passage--arose ard addressed the
assemblage. He took decided ground
against annexation under any crcumstan-
ces. His remarks either had this mean
ing, or had none, and he is man Of too
much sense not to have meant something.
He said annexation was never heard of
until here lately, and it was nothing but a
trick and device to catch wings. What
was he doing last fall that he had never
heard of annexation? Was he then hatch
ing a humbug to catch wings? The an
swer 10 these questions is: Mr.. Clay had
then written no letter. The speaker con-
tended that annexation would be in viola
ton of existing treaties with Spain, and
with Mexico. He especially assaied a
position of General Jackson, SHAT Texas
would ACT as protecting barrier upon our
South Western frontier" He said it
would only be protecting one frontier by
another. which would in turn need further
protection from without. lie said Genl
Jackson described The plains of the Rio
Grande as being composed Of ntermina-
BILE wastes, while Walker and Benton re-
presented the same region as Ga land OF
Aowers,' and noting the discrepancy, the
speaker emphaticalIy remarked, "lhere
must be. want Of Information some
where" In this, we decidedlyagree with
him, but the "want" was not on the part
Of Gen'l Jackson, or Mr.. Walker, or Mr..
Benton. With the explanation that Gen'l
Jackson spoke of one part of the Rio
Grande, and Messrs. Walker and Benton
of another, the difficulty vanishes.
The committee after some time came
in and reported unfavorably to the propo-
siiion of the democrats on the ground thai
it would confEe the discussion TO this coun-
ty. a member of the democratic COM
mittee promptly informed them that the
democrats did not wish to confne the dis.
cussion to this county, but they said it was
too late, the committee had reported, and
they refused to change their report altho'
the meeting continued in session Two of
three hours afterwards. We did not hear
the report read, but we have been told it
was characterised by total want of cour-
tesy, and in tone and language, deserved
the severest reprobation, bul as we hope
to see it published, we forbear comment.
After this, the meeting was again ad-
dressed by two of the champions of Mr..
Clay. One of them, after insisting most
strenuously that the" "coons would fight"
lifted his bugle and blew a chivarous note
oflcud defiance after Gen. Foote, with
whom he lately had discussion on nose
pulling; the other family made the charge
Of disunion against some of his old nuliii-
cation comrades. The meeting was charac-
terized throughout by a spirit of sublime