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executed. Then the true condition of the bank will be known, the interests of the State and stockholders looked well to, and the mys- teries, which for so long have hung around the institution, will be unveiled, and it is to be hoped that the day will never again come when the executive of the State, in his mes sage to the General Assembly, will be compeIl- ed to compare an institution like this, involv- ing the interests. credit and honor of the State in millions of dollars, to sealed book" so far as its transactions are known to the autho- rites of the State or to the people.
 Democratic Convention of Phillips Co.
 he delegates from the various townships met at the court house in the town of Helena, on Monday the Beth day of May, A. D. 1956
 On motion of J. c. Tappan, Col. John I. Foreman was called to the chair, and J. C.. Tappan, esq, was appointed secretary, on mo- tion of Dr. F. J. Robertson.
 The con nvention being organized, the follow ing gentlemen answered to their names as de- legates from the several townships Walnut John O. Berry and c. w. Colly; Languille- w. N. Martin and Dr. A. P. Ewart; Bear Creek-S. G. Settoon; ependence-Col J. 1. Foreman, Dr. James c. Green and J as Walton; Spring Creek-R. l.. Ford and w. Burriss; Big Creek-Rob't Macon, Willis Ma con, Bailey Kendall: w. Porter; Planters Alex Graves, Dr. Dixon, and Thos Booth; St. Francis-John c. o. Smith, Davis Thomp- son, Dr. r. J. Robertson, B. J. Knott, Phillip Gilbert and J. c. Tappan; Searcy-Wilson D.. Dobbins; Mooney--John Gillen: Richland- E. St. J. Martin, T. J. Dooling and H. F. Jordan.
 On motion of Dr. F. J. Robertson, the chair man appointed the following committee to re- Il, Al, convention, to wit:-Messrs. Berry, Ewart, Set toon, Green, Jordan, Ford, R. Macon, Dixon, Robertson, Dobbins and Gillen.
 The committee having retired, Col. Redmond Of Monroe county, the democratic nominee for the senatorial district composed of the coun- ties of Phillips and Monroe, being vociferously called for, came forward and in an able and eloquent speech, accepted the nomination con- fered upon him by the democracy of the coun- ties of Phillips and Monroe, and pledging him. self to leave no exertion unmade that would redound to the good of the party and the country.
 The committee having returned reported through their chairman, Robert Macon, esq, the following resolutions, whish were, upon motion of Majsr Thompson unanimously adopted:
 WHEREAS, The democracy have met in con- ventlon to-day for the purpose of nominating candidates for county offices and expressing the sense of this meeting
 Res0lvel, That the democracy now stand, as they always have, upon the principles of '52, and those who have withdrawn from us and now associate with the Know Nothing or so-called American party are our greatest an- tagonist-.
 ReSo}ved, That the passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill, and the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, was an act in vindication of the constitution, and measure of justice to the south, and that the present Know Nothing platform-,ohich denounces said repeal-iS direct ly hostile to southern rights and unfit to be ap- proved by any southern man.
 Res0l1ed, That the nomination of Willard Fillmore, by the Know Nothing party, is an attempt to reverse their repudiation, in 1852 ot the lmbeclle administration of Taylor and Fillmore, and that no consistent democrat can therefore support Willard Fillmore for presi. dent
 Res0luei, That the course of the Know No- thing party, III prescribing one class of citizens because of their birth place, and in prosecuting another class because of their religion, is uu. just, unwise. and anti-American, besides having an inevitable tendency to give aid and com- fort to northern fanatics, by diUiding tue south ogatnSt herself and ought to be condemned by every patriot, and especially by Southerners.
 Resolrel, That the charge made by uncrupu, lous demagogues, that the national democracy prefer Roman Catholics to Protestants, and for eSners to ativeborn citizens, is wilfully false and proceeds from the vilest party magnity the we'll known and interchangeable demo. cratic doctrine being-as between candidate. fpr of1pa-tn a>pl, ,p1, tbo T ;t;, I soundneSs and personal merit and qualification without regard to birth place or religious belief
 ResolDad, That in view of the fact, that the Know Nothing party (aohere tt considers Mat it hos the srengM to elect,) invariably nominates it's candidates for all offices-whether formerly deemed political or not--and for the further reason that Know Nothings have been sworr to comply in all things with the will of the majority, and to vote in no case against the nominees of their party-this convention here. by earnestly recommends to the democracy of the district to hold conventions and nominate candidates for all the offices in the gift of the people.
 Resolvef, That the artful efforts of Know Nothing tricksterS to obtain democratic votes by styling themselves independent" or "nc paty' candidates, and by attempting to preju- dice the people against the convention system ought not and cannot have the intended effect since to vote for any member of Cor sympa- thlzer wlth) the Know Nothing party is to re- pudlate democtacy--to declare war against the constitutlon-to destroy the land marks of ci- vii and religious libe ty--and to endorse a platform utterly hostile to southern rights.
 Resolvei, That we, the convention, proceed to the nomination of persons suitable to fill the county offices.
 The convention then proceeded to ballot fo. the various county offices, when the following gentlemen were unanimously selected:
 For the Legisature-Dr Geo. Jeffries.
 For Sher'f-Arthur Thompson.
 For Clerk-Robert Shell.
 For County Judge--Dr. A. P. Ewart.
 For County Surveyor-E. II. Gilbert.
 For Coroner--Wm. A. Dixon.
 For Treasurer-B. F. Ball.
 For Internal Improvement Commissioner John s. Horner.
 For School Colnmissioner-S. o. Tarpley.
 On motion of Rob't Macon, esq, the chair man appointed the following committee to wait upon the several candidates and inform them of their nomination, viz: Macon, Robert son, and Wm. N Martin
 Dr. Jeffres then came forward and thanked the convention for the honor conferred on him in speech of marked ability and sound prac- tical sense.
 Messrs. Shell, Ball, and Thompson also came forward, and in handsome addresses thanked the convention for the honor conferred on them and accepted their nominations.
 J. c. Tappan moved that the proceedings of this convention be published in the State Rights Democrat, the True Democrat, and the Memphis Appeal, which motion was adopted.
 On moton the convention adjourned.
 J. l. FOREMAN, Chm.
 J. c. TAPPAN, Sec'y.
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