Democratic banner., 1849-04-23
THE ANTI-PRoVIsO MEETING.

MN IN hooking OVeI q copy
|of a new paper, published in your town,
'lcahed the ttLouisiana RECORD, find very
'strangs articlepurporting to be from a cor;
respondent, giving q history Of the proceed
ings of a meeting held in Bowling Green
lon the first day Of the Circuit Court, on
1.-THE subject of slavery and abolitionism.-
THE author Of the article alluded to. is evil
IDENTITY oppqsed,to the object andtsPris ora
injecting Of that character, and %evinces a
feeling on this important question, which,
in my humble Judgment, willmeet with dis
appreciation, from the intelligent and re-
Iaecting portion Of all parties in our conn
nunity. ,.fsa. 5. + IN . l-i p, vi: 80.
In the first place, (if'I recoliect arigtt,
as l have not now the paper before me,]he
attempts to show that this meeting was got
ten up by the enemies of Col. Benton for
the purpose Of stabbing him, whilst pretend
ing to express the views Of the citizens Of
the county. Now, sir, / really can see no
Iground for an assertion of that character,
Ieither when examine the signatures to the
call or the great object contemplated by
those who participated in The action Of the
meeting I cannot say what may or may
not have been the design Of some of the
Isiguers, as I deem II a difficult thing to dive
aIinto the hearts of men and ferret out the
slmotives which may influence them in, any
+ faction of their lives ; but there are names
o to that call which, I feel safe il. saying,
would not be found 10 a conspiracy against
any great mar. The manner in which the
Injecting was conducted, too, proved clearly
THAT the only design was a fair expression
lof opinion on the momentous question nov
at issue between the North and the South
and which invoives Ia itself the ~Perpetuity
of the Urion.
The correspondent Of the "Recore'
seems to entertain singular views upon thu
Theory and frame of government unde'
(which we live; he surely does not desire
that the intelligent citizens Of this count!
should seal their lips and wait for an ex
OPPRESSION of sentiment from Col. Benton O.
any other distinguished man-this is mucl
gilmore than Col. Benton himself will ask
He is merely the agent, the servant Of tn
people of this State, and il becomes him t.
carry out their wishes on all questions whel
clearly expressed and known to him. Col
{ Benton has always regarded and respected
1.-The known wishes of his constituents thro'
out a long and brilliant career in the Senat
of the United States, and | should deePl
regret to see him now depart in his old ag
ST; from a principle for which have loved him
and which has gained for him the esteer
e. and unbounded popularity which he Ina
orIlong commanded at the hands of a gener
lous constituency. 1t is to be hoped tina
. the resolutions of our Legislature will b
ne the guide of our Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress, in all action had by Their
in relation to the question Of slavery in th
. Territories. Then there can be no impro
priety in the assembling Of the people I
approve or ~disapprove Of the action OF tn
IN Legislature, in order that popular sent
lment may even be more thoroughly known
eH Again the correspondent of the "Record
insinuates that no interest whatever wa
en- felt by the multitude assembled on that oc
casion, large as he admits it to have beer
but that a feeling of Indifference pervade
:. all things around. In answer to this, it
sufficient to say that avery large number {
persons of both political parties were in al
tendance, and gave the most strict and re
Ispectful attention TO an able and interest
ling address, which seemed to meet with
cheerful response in every heart. .
u And here permit me to remark that tn
man who thinks that the spirit Of oppositio
10 this unholy crusade of Northern fanatic
. against the Institutions Of the slaveholdin
& States, is one which will easily brook cor
a troll and yield to, repeated insult and aggs'
!" waited threats, vill some day perhaps hsy
cause to regret his error. 1t seems q!
no there is a current belief in the non-siavt