The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-09-06
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liz notice TO this effect, signed BY Sev.
eral Respectable Old Line Wbigs,' 4
meeting took place at the City Hall,
in this city to take into consideration
The duty of Old Line Wings, In The
present alarming political erisis.---
Old Line Wings came together al The
time and place appointsd--organized
the President stated the object Of
The meeting and committee was APP
pointed TO draft resolutions" They
retired and came back shortly after,
witha draft Of Union and compromise
resolutions; which vas regularly pub
lished In the ancient Old Line Wing
journal, Of this city, and In tbis iude-
pondent--oafe for nobody sheet The
resolutions were neither too long TO
appear forbidding to the eye VI the
general reader, nor yet 50 short, az 10
orudely and imperfectly embody the
views Of the Old Line Wings. The
day after, that excellent and exempla-
ry sheet--coming out every evening,
Sundays excepted, from the corner Of
Church street, despatched tho meet
ing Of Old Liners In brief notice Of
"Thipgs About Town. thus:
Nothing new in town to.day--ex-
cept the repeal Of The Dog law and D
meeting Of "Old Lime Wings
This was the cruslest thing we ever
knew Things to be guilty Of. Cor
tainly ho did not read the notice of
the call signed Several Respectable
Old Line Wings Had he, he
couldn't have had the heart to do 1t.
This IL not all. Some gross fat man,
writes d weighty article for the same
paper--aigns himself with very bad
grace) an Old Liner, and says that The
knights Of Jericho occupied the
City Hall the night Of tho meeting Of
the Respectable "Old Line Wings
One question to the author Of this. -
How long since your utilization with
Jericho /? Answer us Mist In the
meantime let US tell you there was no
meeting Of tho Knights on that occa-
sion.
Because tho Gazette makes i mis-
take aud locates tho meeting ut the
Court House, an "Old Liner" has
discovered that there Is discrepancy
and for this reason. there could not |
have been any meeting at all, The
writer concludes that If the meeting |
did not take place on the City Hall |
grounds; IL must have been In some |
Of the out houses--in the engine room
below perhaps. The writer in the
ddvocate had better mind when he
says that neither the President or
Secretary could draw the resolutions"
He says mo doubt the aid of some
active or ex.member Of the dark-lan.
tern party was then, as on former
occasion, called to make the sentiment
II that numerous meeting, represented
BY proxy by two. BE it as ID may,
he proceedings, mysterious as the un.
'een meeting may have been, are
published in the Comet OF Wednesday
md in the Gazette Of this morning -
understand a certain Fillmore Wing
ook three or four hundred copies Of
he Comet to distribute on certain
rip be was about to take, and show to
he benighted citizens of Pompeii.'
"Benighted citizens Of Pompeii!'
orsooth! If there be light any where
clear and unobstructcd by the shad- !
ws Of fat knaves, or hungry---hatch-
t-faced Cassius ike demagogues--
'ompeii is that place.
A SINGULAR FAcT.--All the sword s
ladies' made for the English army are !
be- work, il is stated, Of four men, q
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