The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-08-13
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lu ~VuTsnnnll OF NAhi
ofbo,h the Wing and Democratic P'rnes Oh
Wilkinson county. the citizens Of said coun'
~ without distinction Of party, assembled
At the Court House in woodviiie GA Tues
day August 9th, 1850.
irpon motion, Gen. w /. Prandon (whig)
and Col. A.. T. Moore (deT-lwe.c called 20
the Chair. and d. o. Merwin, ESQ. (wnig)
and John S. Holt, Jr, Esq. (dem) were ep-
pointed Secretaries.
Gen. Brandon explained the object Of the
meeting to be for taking into mature consid-
Grafton the proceedings Of the Nashville
Convention, and declaring the sentiments Of
the county upon the resolutions OF that a.
sembly.
II was then moved that Col I. Jones
Stewart, a delegate to that Convention be
requested to address his assembled fellow
citizens; whereupon, Col. Stewart came Tor
ward and complied with the request.
Upon motion, the meeting adjourned I'M
I'll halfpast 3 o'clock, P. NJ.
When the meeting again assembled, 1t
was moved that a committee OF SIX be APP
pointed by the Chair to draft resolutions ex,
p~ressive OF the sentiment of the meeting up
on the questions brought before it.
Thereupon, the Chair appointed Gen. D.
II. Cooper, Geo. B. Collier, Hugh K. Davis,
DIR. r. L. Bnck, DR.. A. c. Holt, and John
Il. Sims.
Judge C.. P. Smith, a delegate to the Con-
v%ention, then addressed the meeting.
The committee appointed, having confer
red, begged leave to make the following re-
port from the majority:
ReS0LUed, That we ratify and adopt the
resolutions Of the Nashville Convention.
1t being intimated that Ii. F. Slmrall,
Esq, would address the meeting in opposi-
ton to the resolution, he was called on, came
forward, and made an address in favor Of
the Compromise bill of the Committee Of
Thirteen.
II. NJ. Parish, Esq opposed Mr.. Simrall
%controverting his positions.
The question being called for, DR.. A. c,
Holt made a report from the minority Of the
committee. lie stated that the whole com,
mittee were in favor of all the Nashville
Convention resolutions, except the 18th lay
ing down an ultimatum of SO 80.
lie reported the following amendment to
the report of the committee:
Resolved, That in adopting the Nashville
Resolutions we do not recognize tire line Of
$50 80 as an ultim0tataa, but would be will
ing to acccede to any adjustment by which
the rights of the South are recognized and
secured.
Gen. Cooper offered the following amend.
ment to the amendment.
And that no settlement of ques
tons in dispute between the non-slavehold.
ing and the sIaveholding States, should be
acceeded to by the latter, which does no
secure to them a front OF the Pacific Ocean
Aud demonstrated the necessity of the
measure contained in the resolution.
Judge Smith followed in a few remarks
The question was called.
The question was first pat upon the
amendment to the amendment, which wa
carried unanimously.
The question then came up upon the re
port of the committee, as follows
ReS0Ired, That we fatify and adopt tn
resolutions of the Nashville Convention.
This was carried by an overwhelmin
majority.
Moved, that the proceedings of the NEE
ing be PUBLISHED in the Wilkinson Wing an
Woodville Republican.
Onmotion, the meeting adjourned.
w. L. BRANDON, Ch.;,uo,,,
A. T. MOORE,
D. o. MERwrN, Secretaries.
JOHN S. Holt, JR.,