Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-06-11

chosen chairman and William w Lester was re-
quested to act as Secretary.
On motion Of Gov. Whitfield, it was resolved
that each beat be entitled to cast ten votes in the
Convention.
Upon calling the list Of beats it was ascertained
that SHELLS and Swearingen's beats were each rep.
resented by delegates as follows:
iSsOeGringen's Beat. T. Connell, ]. G. Cox,
ST., B. H. Cox, j. W. Brownlee, R. Jones. w.
H. Jonathan, E. ]. Munger. L. s. Boiling, James
Swearingen, T. E. Cannon, Bennett Rives and
Heslep.
Smells Beat.-Amos Acker, George Banks
dale, Messrs. Smells, VIM. Taggart, Jesse Will
liams, J. Dawes j. Harris, Frank. Habert AMI j.
R. Tribble.
On motion it was resolved that those Democrats
in attendance from the different beats not repre-
sented be invited to take seats in the Convention
and to represent their respective beats. Where
upon the names of the following gentlemen were
presented and enrolled.
Columbus Beot-North of Main Street,. H
Turner, s. o. White, w. w. Lester, George Fra
zee, E. B. Forte, A. N. Jones, S. A. Brown, B.
Matthews, A. w. Lampkin and James Whitfield.
Columbus Beat-South Of Main Street-N. B.
Askew, DR.. s. B. Malone, Dr. w. L. Lipscomb,
F. G. Baldwin, DR.. T. N. Love, Hardy Stevens,
j. NJ. Wynne, Charles Baskerville, J. Isaacs and
W. E. Gibbs.
Prairie Hill d CrGayordsviHe.-A. G. Jen-
nings, A. J. Cook, W. B. Cavanah and Dennis
Cook.
West Point d Barton.-Dr. j. W. Crump, A.
J. G. Westbrook and +. H. Eads.
.7amison's Mi2s-W. w. Vaughn, Uriah Her
ron, R. C. Gee. B. Barry and F. A. Henry.
Nashvale.-B. F. Cook.
Moores' Bluf-G. c. Moore
lowing to the loss of a list of delegates handed
in-some names are omitted in the foregoing list,
which would otherwise appear
A motion offered by DIR. T. N. Love to the eff
feet that it was deemed inexpedent to go into the
nomination of candidates for the Legislature and
that such action be postponed until the first Satur-
day in August, was laid on the table.
The Chairman having appointed Messrs. E. B.
Fort, and VIM. Cornell tellers, the convention
proceeded to nominate a candidate to repre-
sent this county in the Senatorial Branch of the
Legislature, and Calvin Perkins having received a
majority of all the votes cast was declared duly
nominated.
On motion, T. /. Sharp Esq, was nominated by
acclimation as one of the candidates to represent
this county in the Lower Branch of the next Leg
islature.
The convention then proceeded to nominate the
two remaining candidates for the Legislature by
ballot, when twas ascertained that COL VIM B.
Cavanah and Moses Jordan Esq, had received a
majority of all the votes cast, whereupon they
were declared duly nominated.
Messrs. Perkins, Cayanah and Sharp being call
ed for each responded in few appropriate re-
marks accepting the nominations.
On motion of DR.. w. L. Lpscomb, the chair
man appointed committee of FIVE to supply any
vacancy that may occur on the ticket, consisting Of
the following gentlemen:
Rufin Webb, James Whitfield, Benz T. Cook,
WM G. INNS and Thomas E. Cannon.
The following resolution was then offered and
adopted.
By Gov. Whitfield,
Whereas, division and confusion seem to be
sown broad cast in the Democratic party through
several counties in North Mississippi, which if not
speedily reconciled, threaten the certain defeat OF
the party at the election in November next; and
this meeting deeming it right and proper that its
views and feelings should be expressed in some
formal manner, upon the present aspect of politi-
cal affairs.
Therefore Resolved, That we approve the course
pursued by our delegates in the State Democratic
Convention and although they failed to secure the
nomination of first choice in several instances,
yet, as Democrats protesting to support principle
in preference to men, we recommend a cordial
support of the nominees of said convention.
By T. 1. Sharp Esq.
Resolved, that we accept the National Demo
cratic platform of principles adopted at Baltimore
in May 1852 as the basis of party action.
Resolved, That we re-adopt and assert with es-
pecial qualification the 9th resolution of the ma
tonal series of resolutions in the words and figures
following to-wit
That the Democratic party will faithfully abide
by and uphold the principles laid down in the Ken
lucky and Virginia resolutions of 1898, and in the
report Of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia Legislature
of 1899; and that it adopts those principles as
constituting one of the main foundations of its po
ltical creed and is resolved to carry them out in
their obvious meaning and import.
On motion, it was resolved, that the Democrat
ic papers of Columbus be requested to publish the
proceedings of this meeting
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