The Yazoo Democrat., 1852-07-14
NEW-YORK CORREsPoNDENCE.


NEW YoRK June "a 1852.
Editors Dezaocrdt-I would have written to
you at a much earlier day after the adjournment
of our National Convention, but deferred doing
so until the result Of the Wing assembage at
Baltimore. That you will have heard long be-
fore this reaches you. The banners OF the two
great National Parties are now thrown to the
breeze Under that of PIERCE & KING, ev-
cry true democrat will be found battling, while
beneath that of SCOTT & GRAHAM, will be
found the opponents Of every great measure ol
the democracy. from the days Of Jefferson to the
present period. OF the result Of the coming
contest, we mus; not allow ourselves to doubt.
Under the lead of the gallant son Of New Hamp-
shire-the unbending Young Hickory Of the
Granite Hills-we viii march to the charge.
unwavering and unterrifed. We cannot fail
When once united, there is no such thing as de-
feat! Yet we must not deceive ourselves; we
must not fall into the common error of under
valuing our antagonists. We have an able
General with whom to contend; one covered
with military glory by uninterrupted victory
We have indeed q a foeman worthy Of onr steel, !"
to conquer whom, will set one Of the brightest
gems in the crown of democracy. He is be-
hind the age however; we live in one of pro
gress, and with the enterprising New Hamp-
shire Boy Franklin Pierce, at our head, with a
:" through ticket on the taSt line, in our hand
we viii send q fusee' into the ranks Of our
opponents, only equalled in execution by the
grape and canister Of our own Quitman, when
he first stood conquer of the city of the Aztecs!
But it is not in Mississippi, not in our Mag
nolia State, that the battle is to be fought
There, with Wilkinson and Singleton in our
midst, Taylor leading on the mighty North, a
Cassedy pouring out his eloquence in the Piny
Woods of the East, we look forward confidently
for one of the old fashioned Democratic maior-
ties; but it is here-here in the old Keystone.
the Empire or the Buckeye, that the field Of
Waterloo wiz be found. Orr brethren Of the
States viii have The honor Of lhe hght and .hs
light and the glory of the triumph. Pennsylva-
MIA has promised her twenty seven Buchanan
votes for franklin Pierce and in the laDguae
of one of her eloquent sons, THAT which we
promise in sadness, we keep with fidelity
New York is united in the glorious bonds o.
Democracy; Dc and Ean Buren, Marcy and
Dickinson, like our own Foote and Jefferson
Darts, stand side By side on the Baltimore Plat
form
Mississippi at the late Convention had quite
large delegation present. At their first forma
meeting, which was held at the Virginia House
in the city of Baltimore, there were present, NJ
less than thirty-three voters This included the
5th January delegates, who, by previous mutual
agreement, coalesced with those appointed by
those appointed by the State Convention of the
8th Of January. Hon. Stephen Adams was cleo
ted Chairman of the delegation. Hon. Jacol
Thompson the member of COMMITTEE on Or
ganiz alton, !" Hon VIM. Melville, on the Com
mittee on credentials" Hon. John d. freeman
on '.Committc on Resolutions" and Hon Pow
haitian Ellis, to cast the vote of the State in Con
vention. AT this meeting there were present
the following delegates: Messrs. hewitt and
Stanton, of Adams; Gordon. of Wilkinson
Mosely, Simms, Josslyn, Earows Hooker, o
Hinds; S. r. Adams and H. L. Martin, of Jasper
H. C. Adams OF Holmes; John Duncan. of Yal
lahusha; r. Duncan, Of Jefferson: John Rayburn
of Pamela; r. S Rayburn, of Yalobusha; John
son, of Yazoo; Sample, of Holms; Tison, of Tish-
amingo Chalmers, Of Marshall Reid and Keyes
of Claiborne; Whitefeld and Barksdale, OF
Lowndes; Acker, of Monroe; Fulton, Of Madison;
and others whose names do not occur to me.
At this first meeting of the delegation, vote
was taken rira roce, and resulted
Buchanan, 10
Dallas
Cass
Douglass 3
Mr. Bnchanan having received a minority of