The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-11
me DEMOCRATIC MEETING .

scenes then enacted, which do not appear on
the record.
Il seems that after the communication Of
Judge Callahan from the Wings had been re
esivsd, A. Il. Handy arose, and. under a con-
adorable excitement, moved to lay the whole
and the communication upon the-table.
He supported his motion by a speech, and from
the noise made, tne would have supposed that
his remarks met with unanimous approval-but
a. the saw.dust had recently been swept out by
the bosom Of the Sheriff, those acquainted
with the reverberating powers Of the court
room, can easily imagine that one energetic
fugleman, with the assistance Of one or two
practieed assistants, could have made all the
fuss.
The reasons assigned by Mr.. Handy in sup
port Of his motion, ae we understand, were,
that the Wing Convention had treated the
Democrats with scOrn and contempt, and they
were bound by selErespect to treat the com
muniCatiOn from the Wings with contempt,
by way Of retaliation, and to vindicate the in
suited majesty Of the : unterri6ed.' To prove
his assertion he said that at the recent Demo-
cratic Convention held here, a resolution was
passed inviting the Wings Of the county to
meet them on last Monday, which resolution
was communicated to the recent Wing Con-
%ventiOn held in this place--that the Wings did
not accept the invitation, but had the effrontery
to appoint delegates Of their own to the Octo-
Der ConvG ntioh. None but an over sensitive,
could consider this as scorn and contempt
especially as the Wings had appointed a COM
mittee to communicate their action to their
Democratic brethren, and we had given, in our
paper containing the proceedings Of the Wing
Convention, the reasons assigned for the course
pursued. But MI. Handy had taken his posi-
tiOn,' and the polite and gentlemanly assurance
Of Judge Callahan, and mis- explanation Of the
motives Of the Wing Convention, and disavOw-
al Of 'scorn and contempt could not drive
him from it. The explanation and disavowal
only made matters worse-it was taken as an
. assault upon the pOsitiOn,' and Mr.. Handy wat
determined to repel that assault by a s%ortie, in
which the French word etiquette suffered some,
while the gOOd,Old English word 'selE-respect'
a received the enlarged definition Of clay the
4 communication on the table,
F. Smith. Esq., ADVOCATED a courteous reply
to the communication, expressing the pleasure
which its receipt afforded to the Convention
Col. Fulton did the same, giving our party an
: occasional rap over the knuckles, in his blunt,
. but good natuTed manner. Mr.. Calhoon was
. Of opinion that neither the Wings OF Democrats
: had appointed their delegates in the manner
contemplated by the Central Meeting. Col
Hall and Maj Powell, with much partizan
zeal, favored Mr.. Handy's motion. The fact
is, some remarks, as we are informed, were
made by several individuals, which find theii
k justification only IN the excitement Of the oC
caSion.
Col. Topper, who was a member Of thu
Wing Convention, elected by that convention
adelegate to the October Convention, request
!, ed permission to make a statement, in addition
to what had been said by Judge Callahan, ex
P~lSnatOFy Of the reasons which induced tn,
Wing Convention to elect their delegates, with
out waiting for the joint meeting to which tn,
. Democratic meeting had invited them. Thi
was refused by a convention that had wastet
several hours in discussing etiquette, polite
ness and aelf.respect! A war Of words theI
enSued among the { Harmonious in which al
seemed desiEOuS Of talking, and none Of listen
ing. So loud were their tones, and so excite
their voices, that one who did not know it WI
p q meeting OF the united and harmonious DE-
N mOcracy, might have feared a breach of til
peace. d.
J.. After this row, or disc lssion, Col. Tuppe
|, was invited to make his explanation! whic
was done in a manner that ought to hav
|. satisfied uuoxcited persons; but Colon,
Hall, on the responsibility of that old iad,
!, Eumor, who has met with universal exacratio
from the earliest times to the present, froI
philosopher and peasant, charged Col. Tuppt
:, with having stated on a former occasion,
the Wing Convention, we suppose, that Ii
reason why the Wings would not meet I'll
Democrats in convention was, taat the Dem
Gratis in the Jackson convention had question:
the fidelity Of the Wings to the South. TIL
Col. Topper emphaticalIy denied.
!. An adjournment was then moved and ca
Fisd, carrying with it, we presume. Mr.. Hai
dy's motion and Mr.. smith'O resolution, as v
hnd no trace Of either on the record.
20 That the Wings had a right to appoint the
~ own delegates in such a manner as they ga
fit, no one can deny. And after SO dom
% courtesy only required that the Democra
'e should bs informed Of such action. But it WI
scoEn and contempt for them not to act pr
cisely in the manner which tho Democrat
convention had pointed out. 1t seems to
that common courtesy required that the Dem