The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-06-21
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at jackson. several articles have appeared in
the Editorial department Of the Free Trader
calculated to do injustice TO the delegation
from Franklin county TO thar Convention and
it is due to that delegation and 10 truth as
well As 10 the community who may be infu-
eneed by these illusions, That a true state
ment be made public. The Free Trader Of June
9Th says; "that at the meeting in Jackson the
nomination Of a candidate for Congress, was,
unaccountably postponed 20 CRAFTY or rather
satisfy the delegation from asingle County.
In another portion of the same article it is sta
ted that 'the delegates from a single county.
the county Of Franklin we're warmly opposed
to making a nomination and the other coun-
ties voted in favor Of ~postponement on &C
count Of the decided position which was
warmly taken by the Franklin delegation.
again the same article says that they (lle
Franklin delegation were determined if pos
sible to prevent a nomination and the peculiar
friends of Gen. Stanton deferred to their wish
es. Now these quotations evidently convey
the idea that the Franklin delegation alone
out of a captious disposition not founded on
any good reason, wished to defeat the desires
Of the Convention and that to crafty them.
Stantons friend deferred to their wishes what
are the facts and what right-had any bod y
of men to make a nomination for this dis
trict at Jackson. The history of this matter
is this. On the 3rd day of May last the dele.
gates to the State Convention from the 4th
Congressional District assembled in one of the
committee rooms Of the Capitol for the pur-
pose Of consulting as to the prcpriety of ma
king a nomination for Congress for the 4th
Congressional district. After the meeting was
organized the secretary proceeded to call over
the list of counties alphabetically, when he
reached the county of Franklin, DR.. Holden,
in accordance with the wishes of the other
delegates from that county, arose and remark
ed in substance that the delegates from Frank
lin did not feel themselves authorized to go
into a nomination, and requested that Frank
lin county be passed. The reasons of the
Franklin delegation for this course were, that
the resolution appointing them delegates only
authorized them to act in the State conven-
ton. The resolution is in these words. Re
solved, that the chair appoint twenty-one del
egates to be equally selected from the several
precincts in the county to represent the coun-
ty of Franklin in the State Convention of the
Democratic party, to be held in Jackson on
the LIST Monday next. The meeting in Frank
lin was held On the 4th day of April, when it
was understood that the election of members
Of Congress would take place according to the
first proclamation of the Governor, and before
the news Of his second proclamation had reach
ed us when it was expected that all the nom
nation for Congress would be made by the
State convention, and for the State at large,
irrespective of the districts. Had the State
convention thought proper to have made all
the nominations for Congress, we could have
gone into that convention ard cast the vote
of the county for Congressman, as we did for
other officers. But because the State conven-
ton declined to assume such authority, sure
ly you could not expect us TO constitute our
selves delegates to a district convention, and
could such convention in the third to make a
nomination for Congress for the 4th district.
The second proclamation of the Governor
changed the purpose of the convention in re-
gard to district nominations and the dele
gates from the districts seemed to acquiesce in
such change, except the peculiar friends Of
General Stanton.
The third district held a district convention
at its usual place Of holding such convention,
and made a nomination for Congress. This
convention was composed Of delegates author
lied to hold such convention, aud it was held
within the limits of the third district. This
was all right, and according to the custom Of
the party. The first and second districts made
no nominations for Congress at jackson,
they never dreamed of violating common
sense and party usage in this way-the friends
Of Gen. Stanton alone in this district attempt
ed to do so. AT the very time this meeting
of the delegates was held in one Of the COM
mittee rooms of the Capitol, the State Con-
vention was in session in the Representative
Hall in the other, and if the nomination was
to be made in jackson, why was not the mo-
ton made before the State Convention to