Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-02-10
ManrY Democracy.

From the proceedings oil a meet |
ing Of portion of the Maury county
democracy. VIZ ARE pleased to observe
that The right spirit pervades their
ranks IA determination to succeed
through harm9nious union and con-
cert of action Of the entire party /
We ubllsh The following portion of
their proceedings, with the hope Of
its b een profitable to our party i'll
Linc4ln NotwF thstanding our great
siren 9Th, we should remember it
is said that sue be IS in "battle is not
always to the ST rdng. nor the race to-
the swift that at an unguarded
hour, through the chicanery and
management Of our opponents, in eff
fecting division Of our strength, by
hdld out for number
.of candidates, i is possible for a wing
to be elected I'd the Legislature from
even the sbannef county, old Lincoln;
and "a great fllli4 goit Of our usual V te
east for Govern Dr. Therefore, let US
keep an eye I'd the truth contained
in the motto, Hin union there is
strength and that scAisms and dir
visions work oHt their own destruc-
ton. In our Estimation, the Maury
democracy has set US a noble exam
i pie. Read the proceedings:
DEMocRAmc MEETING, AT Pre-
liminary Meeting of the Democracy
Of injury County, held at the Court
House, in this place, on Thursday
night, 9th inst, Col. s NJ. HAN
cock WIS called to the Caair, and j.
j. MCDANIEL appointed Secretary.
I After Il few remarks from r. G
Payne, Esq, stating the object o
the meeting, the following resolution
relative TO our County Organization
was adopted:
ReSotped, That our Democratic
fellow -citizens Of Maury be invited
to meet at the Court House, in Co.
lumbia, on The first Monday in Marcl
next, for the purpose of appointing
Delegates to the State Convention
to nominate a candidate for Governor
and also 10 take such steps as may
be necessary to secure harmony and
concert OF action in our approaching
Congressional and Legislative cleo.
tons. III
We hope every Democr at in ''old
II Siaury" will bear this in mind, and
make it not only conEen ient. but
consider it his duty to a item p the
Convention, SO that there may De a
full and fair expression Of the wishes
of the party in this county.
The following resolution was Iuna an
imously adopted:
RcsoEtd, That the Chair appoil a
Committee whose duty it Shall BID to
draft an address to the Democracy of
Nasty County, on the subject of the
approaching elections, and to prepare
aqplan Of operations to be Submitted
to the Convention in March next.
4 Wesi4mI tie Sur Of Empire
takes its Iway.--4 New 81 The
/ ST. Louif Democrat the organ Of
! Col. Bento advocates the erection
of new State west of Missouri
We secdnd the movement, The
; floodtide of emigration still rolls i'm
petuouslY onward towards The Pacific
Even at 4he foot of the Roely Noun
tains, is Ilready heard,
'Thd lirsi low wash of waves,
Wb-1. soon shaI roll a hun nan sen"
We ike the proposition of Col
Benton; We like the languag@in which
it is putt and above all we like the
glorious Rfme he suggests for the
new State. Hear him:
Let as form, beyond Missouri, a
great cenAM .SJate. Let its bounda-
~ leave Missouri at Fort Scott, and
traverse west four hundred miles,
along the southern rim of the Kan
sas Basin; thence nprth to the Platte;
thence by the Mis- sour rive r to the
Starting point.
There is a name, pre+ emlnent
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