The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-09-21
UNIoN MEaTLNa AT nAYMoND.

Of the Nashville Couyention-Who ar,
opposed 10 the r~eassembling Of that body
and are in favor of preserving our glo
rious Union intact, was popular demon
slrallon of the most respectable charac
ter both in material and numbers. II
TACT, during the prevalence Of such 0
season Of drought and dust, when trav.
cling is in every respect disagreeable
we did not expect to see so large a mum.
Der present. But tho bone and sinew oil
the country were there, The farmer
the mechanic, the merchant-good men
and true Of all avocations, came up to
give n day to their country, TO take
counsel together for the perpetuation OF
our beloved Union, and to declare that
they could give no ~countenance and sup
port, no "aid and comfort" to the mad
and reckless schemes of those who. pur-
suing the ignis fatuus Of a. Southern
~ConIederacy, held up by the Rh9.ts and
Fuckers of modern chivalry, are willing
TO break the bonds Of our Union, and
overthrow the palladium Of our liberties,
It was especially a pleasing sight to see
so many of the " fathers OF the Repub.
lie" preSent-old and venerable men,
with frosty locks and furrowed brows,
who, for forty. fifty and sixty years, have
enjoyed the blessings and immunilies
guaranteed TO them by the Constitution,
that great charter Of our libe rties,-giv.
ing their aid and support to the cause
Of the whole country, against the Sec
tional schemes Of designing politicians
and their unwary followers.
The meeting was organized at clever
O'Clock, by appointing DR.. EDWARD PICK.
EFT, President, |. N. SELsER, Esq. and
Judge DUDLEY s. JENNINGS, Vice Presi.
dents, and G. w. HARPER and L. v.
DIXON, Secretaries.
On motion, a committee of IS was
appointed by the chair, to draft a pream
bic and resolutions, expressive of the
sense Of the meeting.
The committee having retired, Judge
Amos R. Johnston was called 10 the
stand, and responded in a speech of an
hour, rePlete with solid argument, sound
and cogent reasoning, fervid eIoquence,
and glowing patriotism. He covered
the whole ground at issue between the
Rhettltes and the Union party, and com
demolished the fair fabric built
by the Disunionists, knocking the Nash
vile Convention Platform into a mass of
ruins.
At the close OF Judge Johnston's ad.
dress, the committee returned and re-
ported through their chairman, Judge
Mayes, the preamble and resolutions.
The preamble expresses a fond attach
for the American Union, and a de.
termination to adhere to it. It quotes
from the Farewell Addresses of
washington and Jackson, and from the
Of the latter on the NuIli6.
cation doctrine Of South Carolina, In
1882 The former Of these great states.
men has always been good authority, not
only with Americans, but with the liber-
and just of every country the latter
ever been regarded by tho Democ.
'acy as a model man and a model states.
nan, and we see no reason why his doc
.rlne then should not be good doctrine
With them now. Let them read the pro.
containing the sentiments oil these
patriots, and ponder upon their
remarkable appropriateness when ap.
Piled to tae present state of our nation
affairs,-and ask themselves if it
we're not better to heed the counsels Of
he Sages Of Mount Vernon and The
Hermitage, than to follow the blind and
reckless lead Of such latter. day patriots
as Robert BarnwelI Rhett and Beverly
The resolutions are ofthe right stamp.
They declare for TIE Union-express an
abiding confidence in the Constitution as
it was framed by the hands Of our fore.
fathers, to protect US in our rights, and
determination TO abide by it as long as i
extends its broad agis over us;-a will.
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