Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-12-11
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

Howard held meeting on Monday. Maj
Sebree acted as chairman-Mr. Twombly
secretary. Dr.. Scott. moved ,hel appoint
ment of committee to draft resolutions,
and of course was made chairman. The
committee was announced by the chair, on
the Doctors motion,tb but for some cause to
to US then unknown, he moved an addition
to the committe, named by himself, which
was added. Mr.. McNar then desired
that the committee be inStructed-he.. being
one of them-before retiring, on the SUBJ
ject of Governor, which was opposed by
DR.. Scott, who was in favor of reporting
a blank resolution, among others, and then
the meeting could fill the blank-in which
he was successful.
The committee retired, and the chair
man, upon examination of hissmemoranda
announced that DR.. REDMAN W was ex.
pected 10 address the meeting during the
absence of the committee. This announce.
ment caused considerable surprise as the
Doctor was regarded as not only dead but
buried He came forward, however, &C.
cording to "expectation," and after very
happy exordium upon his rurall life-in.
terspersed with peculiar grins-he spoke a
short time on the subject of the war and
a vigorous prosecution Of it, to an honora.
BILE peace. How we got into it, was no
question now, but how to get out of it,
The Doctor, we believe, was one Of those
democrats who considered, when the SUBJ
ject was agitated, that the annexation of
Texas ,oould produce war-and hence his
conclusion, that when the "wagoner Das in
the mud, it were useless to tell him he might
have travelled on the ridge and kept out of
it, The Doctor also told his democratic
friends that democrats as well as wings op.
posed the war, and without calling them
"Mexicans," he exhorted all, now that we
were in it, to assist in bringing it to spec.
dy and honorable termination.
He was followed by Maj. Thos. Jackson,
who reviewed Mr.. Clay's resolutions, and
made kind of shotgun speech, until the
return Of the committee.
While they were speaking below, hot
work was going on in the committee room
above. In making up their report, Dr.
Lowry wished to insert resolutions COM
plimentary to Col. Benton and Gov. Ed
wards. These resolutions were opposed
by DR.. Scott, and after. considerable, and
it is said, warm discussion, the resolutions
were uoted docn, by small majority-per-
haps the three added to the committee on
the motion of DR.. Scott. Be that as it
may, the report of the committee con.
tanned not word relative 10 those men,
and it is well known an effort wa made to
so shape it as to speak favorably of them.
We therefore announce that,
The Democracy Of old Ho,card haze Repu.
dated Benton and Edwards!
The report denounced the "Wilmol Pro.
viso" as re-brand.
The reputation of Col. Benton-oppo.
sition to the "Proviso," which he is sup.
posed to have been pledged to in connec.
ton with the late Sias Wright, and his Wis
it to this State last season for the evident
purpose of transferring it to the North, af.
fords food for speculation and reflection,
and may. and will be the subject of future
comment.
The blank in the resolution for Cover.
nor was filled with the name of Claiborne
+. Jackson.
After the delegates to the convention
were named, Dr. Scott again suggested ad,
ditions, which were made-whe,her to
change the political complexion of the del.
egation or not, we cannot say. The Doc
tor, like the Orator of the day, has been in
retiracy for some time, and upon entering
the arena again, grasped the bull by the
horns the first leap. We are satisfied Col.
Benton's popularity is on the wane, and
the ice being now broken against him, his
downfall may be deemed recorded.
When the proceedings appear, we may
allude to them again. Our report is made
up from hearing them read, and common
talk of the committee room affair.