Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1852-01-30
Democratic Meeting at Paris Court
House

hNAnt
On going inin the Court House THURSDAY
noon the s2i ius, a printed notice was shown
n, Tor the 6r,, time, calling 90 the Democrats
10 assemble IN the evening. for the purposc Of
considering the subject Of State Convention,
When the time arrived We were there. And
although It will no, be profitable 10 give our
raIcrs a foil account ol al that was sald and
dome. ve shall cndea,or 10 present some OF
pnnsipIc fraiurr, ut the occasion, aud 90 ~
doing deal fairly aud imrauially with al Who
participated IN the discussion.
The meeting was called To mdcr by Hoo.
Joseph Tubin oi Ll,crmorr, IN whose motion
Hon. samuel Gibson uf Norway, was chosen
President Gen. CLARK Of rumcr Alfred
Andrew, FL ct Paris, Vcrr chosen N'co
Presidents. and l.aac Randall ct Dn6rld,
and T.. G. Harlow ofCaplop, E-qu., Socw.
auc,. '. d. Paus op,urd the ball b, stat
iur the objects of,hr meeting aud moving
committee ofit,Gy to report resolutions, 'o
be appointed b, The chair, declining himself
90 ac, on ,hc committee.
The President, lrum a lrsl prepared, named
,hc COMMITTEE consisting OF Geo. h. Shaw
a. chairman. John Porter, George Ilc"rcr,
Rums S,ovcll. Austin Partridge aod lulhur
Washburn, from PARIS, :, z Mck,nny Ot
B,dI,forl. W. n Bonnet, ct Avon, Charles
". Walton aud l.aa- Randall Of DNGr'd,
Nu.,, II Bartlett and Np Tuyrr Ut Nor.
way. = e. S:rugl OF BuIstol auJ olhsr.,
lhc name, Vt whom We should De- pleased Co
give. had ,hu>r Who gave d,rccllou Co atlluu
hrca pleased 90 have furnished ih, Democrat
With ,hc proceedings. The Committee To-
uryd Tor a few moment, and came 900 and To-.
rortrJ ~ at resolutions which vc are un.
able ,o give, for the ,amr reason above stated.
The, we're substantially ihc same 900 srul,.
mcnr, however, IS vrrr passed a. lhr Book.
field and Turner meetings, which, have here.
,ufrr bcrn published.
Mr. ParriS thr,yf,,s NO. 'l'-''----l
curing The union and harmony OF ,hc party,
and called on Mr. Tubin
M. Tvb,n ,uPPoucd ,he resolutions, iu "a.
,ur ola convention. cuncrcdioc that the usage
81 the party was ara,u,, IT, bu, that usage
had been the plea OF tcspousm from Nimroj
down, and Ihc people bad rIgh, To change
doe policy Of ,hr panty, when an emergency
Ike GOA, moss c,,un, boz Maine, rendered il
necessary.
Nj Pauu,, then called an ,hu,c opposed To-
,hc resolution. Co .pylk
Aaron p,r.or, uiBucLfcld.b briefly rmlrI.
Cd rha, be believed tho pcoplc did not dc,lw
such Convention, bot they NouId prefer a
Lglsla,,, nounsauou
Gen. Pcrry ,hcu addressed thc meeting at
considerable lcustb against tbc resolves. nc
agreed With the preamble bot no., with lhc
resolutions The committee Of thirty having
retired 10 the grand jury room Tor jcIbcn.ion,
reminded him that the blll II resolutions
0hch lbsy might present against Cos, Hob.
bard and thc Legislature mus, ancrdrscus,ion
De- passed upon by the traverse lurors-lhc
peoplc-lh,y had a ugh, lo settle these quc--
unos, and not a irw gentlemen Who nigh,
claim to BE- the pcoplc-Who get up H.as,
meetings at lev hours notice. n lih great Il.
iurt, and then insisted that such wasiI, .puu-
ancou, desire Ut lhc people. A., hr as b.
vas acquainted the people DID no, desire q
STATE Convection, bet preferred that the
usage, ofthc parry should be- followed. aud
that the legislature should nominate Gov.
cnur and Delegate, At large H. ihuughi
there was no peculiar state ct things, nu
emergency Iha, required a violation Of usage
or a sacrifice OF any particular man. H.
wuuld Ike To know What the emergency ~
often referred To was. He thought there
mus, b. cat uutcr The meal. lie though,
the gentleman should ac, openly and sll W.
what this emergency vas, and Why the party
was IN danger. lie thought The slavery qucs-
uun had been sufficiently agiia,rd, and should
no, again be r'suscilaied to distract tile cCun.
els Of the people.
Hoo. '. ID. PARIS next addressed the
meeting, lie thought the Las, gentleman did
not treat the resolutions or the meeting with
proper respect. and that be was not the man
to complain ofsuch sentiments. The gentle
man did not lhiuk this meeting one ot the
people-hut he begged To differ from him on
this point. Being court week he thought it
an oPPortune moment to get a, the feeling OF
the people. lie thought II Gov. Hubbard
were nominated by the people he would be
elected, bot doubted his success II nominated
by the Legislature.
Mr.. Bennett, advocated the adoption Of the
resolution.
Mr.. Porter Of Paris, said he was glad To
Zee the call for this meeting, aud his mind
had been engrussed for some months There
vas muimuring among the people, at the acts
II the spring session Of the Legislature, be-
ginning with the appropriation for a Reform
School and ending with the Liquor law
The Legislature had assumed rights no, del.
gated To them. aud wanted now to monopo-
100 still iurhur. The people were jealous Of
heir rights, and well might be, for arisiocra.
y Was coming IN Ike aood i