Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-16
Percy walker Repudiated.

The Mobile Advertiser Of the 18th instant con.
tains report of great American meeting held in
that city on the 9th instant pr. Leyert was the
presiding officer. He stated that the object Of
calling meeting of the members of the county
council was, to take into consideration the aban
donment of the American party by the Hon. Percy
Walker and his declaration of intention to support
for the Presidency of the United States the anti
American candidate for that Office
On motion of Frederick 8. Blount, Esq, com
mittee of nine was named by the Chair to drah
resolutions expressive Of the feelings of the meet
ing.
The Committee, through their Chairman +. S.
Blount, Esq, reported the following resolutions,
which were received with great enthusiasm and
adopted without dissenting voice;
/, ReaotpeG, That the Americana OF Mobile coun-
ty have read with delberation and care the speech
recently delivered in Congress by the Hon. Percy
Walker, our immediate Representative, declaring
his intention to vote for James Buchanan the can
didate of the Anti american party for President,
and assigning his reasons for opposing Willard Fill
more, the candidate of the American party for that
Office and hereby declare those reasons insufficient
and unsatisfactory.
g. Resolved, That the Hon. Percy Walker, in
using his. influence and official position to defeat
the candidates nominated by the American party,
and voted for by him an the Philadelphia Conuen-
ton, hes in the opinion of this meeting, been guilty
of papable violation of the wishes Of the party
that elected him, and betrayal of the trust conf
ded to him.
8. Resolued, That it is the deliberate opinion of
this meeting that the Hon. Percy Walker should
resign his seat in Congress.
AG,r he o3ont;o, ,f +lo .o,oI,,.;o,>, A. -
ing was eloquently addressed by Messrs. +. S.
Bount, John A. Hitchcock, @. @. Langdon, L. F.
Summers, and Geo. N. Stewart, and adjourned at
a late hour.
H. S. LEvERT, President.
j. S. SEcoR, Secretary.
The Advertiser thus refers to this demonstrations
The resolutions are plain spoken and explicit in
their declaration of appreciation of COL Walkers
course, but, at the same time, they are couched in
language mild and respectful. They passed unan-
imously, with an emphasis and an enthusiasm such
as we have seldom Witnessed. Not VOICE was
raised to defend, even excuse the course of our
unfaithful representative.
The meeting was one of the largest ever held
in Mobile, and the very largest we venture to say,
ever held at this season of the year. 1t was a
| perfect rouser-the crowd was immense, and the
feeling up to the highest pitch of enthusiasm 1t
was demonstration that while it He'd with Joy,
| hope, and confidence, the bosom Of every true
American, must have carried dismay and terror to
| the heart of every traitor. We wish that every
one of the half dozen deserters with which our city
is dishonored, could have been present to witness
the determined energy and the warm enthusiasm
with which that vast crowd responded to the
American truths put forth by the several speakers.
We wish, too, they could have been there TO wit
ness the depth and intensity Of the indignation
with which every allusion 70 the faithess few was
received. They would then have felt to some
extent, the degradation which they have brought
| upon themselves