Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-06-11
From the Oxford { Dem Flag.
The State Convention.

We place at our mast head this week, the tick
ct nominated by the Democratic State Convention,
that assembled at Jackson on the Cd instant, we
would have given in this issue the proceedings of
the Convention at length but for the fact that we
supposed most of our readers ere this have read
them. and they being rather stale and dry we
could not tax our readers with such dry news
Of course we are expected to say what we think
of the ticket, or something about it at least. We
are in the habit of saying just what we think a
bout both democratic, mungeral or wing tickets,
whatever shape they may be presented. And IN
regard to the ticket now presented to the Democ-
racy of this State, we will just say it is such one
as the Democracy of Mississippi never expected To
see-one that we can hardly yet realise the fact
that Democratic Convention in our State had
nominated such a ticket in earnest. Were it not
for the head of the ticket and some others on it,
we think it capital joke played Oft on the peo-
pe The head of the ticket we have no objections
to, and we have no doubt all true democrats in the
State will cheerfully support it and perhaps others
on the ticket. We will not attempt to particular
ize and point out the Objectionable names on the
ticket We do not choose to do this at present.
but suffice to say, the ticket does not please by
good deal personally, so far we know however
all those whose names on the ticket are high
minded and honorable gentlemen but our objec-
tons to the ticket arises principally from the follow
ing fact In the contest two years ago, in this
State no less than three of the nominees on that
ticket worked manfully in the Wing ranks, to
crush the Democratic party in this State and gave
that party the ascendencY. It may be however
that these gentlemen can explain and make THEN
political history more plausible than it now ap-
pears to us we hope they can at all events, we
will suppress our Judgment for the present, as we
think it probable the whig nominees will be little
worse than they are. We have been voter fol
the last j years, during most of which time, we
have been publisher one of the proprietors of
democratic paper, and we do not remember ever
to have failed to give a cordial support to the
nominees Of the Democratic State Convention.
But we have no recollection of a State Convection
ever taking the people SO completely by surprise a:
the late democratic convention at Jackson. L
seems that it avoided as much as possible, to nom
mate men, who had been recommended by prima
ry Democratic meetings.
We frequently hear our Democratic friends ash
why the convention did not make full ticket o
the old line, Democrats ? Why was such men al
Roots of Pontotoc, Davis of Monroe, Cushman o
| Lafayette, and others who are tried Democrats
who have been beacon lights of democracy in try
ing times, why were none of these put on the tick
ct or scarcely named in the convention 1t ha
been suggested that some of the nominees wer,
placed on the ticket to keep the whig Convention
from nominating them, whether this be the cast
or not, one thngi is certain, ticket has been pre-
sented by the convention, which the democracy o
the State did not expect portion of which if sup
ported at all, will be with much reluctance.
We know not what influences were brought t.
bear upon the Convention to produce such re
suit. 1t may be that Gov Foote, Ex-senator Kin
yon, and some others of that stripe, frightened
the convention into fits. If the whig Convention
does not nominate, portion of our ticket, W,
shall think it possible that the objectionable portion
Of it is better than we had thought it was, W,
shall wait for more light on the subject.