The Feliciana Democrat., 1857-09-26
TIE LIVINGSTON MEETING.
MIR. sIGUR's STATEMENT.
B,roy RouoG. Sept. %, 1857.

Btroy RoreE. Sept % 1857.
T0Hc Edigr Of he .tfronac'
Permit me to give you truthful account o tue
Great @ Davidson Ratification meeting Whch TOOK
place ON saturday last at llarvcys sehoo-iolse' ~,
the parish of INSTRUMENTATION stronghold. !
was there, according to promise to meet Your self.
styled Democratic candidate who. as yon informed
me Yourself to be ON the ground and To address,
the people. observed carefully. counted question.
ed. cross.qucstioned. ard took notes ITO pfht ein,
II necessary.
reached the sclool.honse about 10 o'clock in the
morning, in company with Mr.. Harvey his SON and
Mr.. kenrck. and found about fifty persons on the
spot. Ofthesc some came from the immediate neigh
borbood of Mr. Davidson, In the Northwest corner
Of the parish. some lgom the nciglborhood OF Mr.
Benton who got up The meeting and figured rs the
Grand Master of Ceremonies on the occasion the
others came from the French settlement, led on by
Mr.. Lobo. There were few others present who
had accidcntly heard Of this Great Ratification Con
vcnton G). as you call it. on the very day on which
II was to BE- held or on the preceding day. Before
the meeting was organized. counted three several
times the persons in attendance the result varying
from 50 to Sc. Taking. then the largest number n
the correct one nrc were IN all cightynine persons
present ut this Great Rntilicanion Convention q
Convention gotten up ly Mr.. Davidson and his irend-
in his own parish. intended to be parish Convention
too. and called such i.
| But the manner and mode Of the call are MS sgnf.
cant us the paucty Of members in attendance Nu
circulars or notices Of the meeting were issued in
the parish Of Livingston, or posted up nt the usual
4 places at Springfield where the Courthouse l.
located. The call was made through thr Baton Rouge
Advocate, which mailed at BATON Rouge on the
preceding Monday and rrachetL- springfield on Tues
day evening. II il true that the Springfield Gazette
was requested to copy: but as the Springfield Ga
2ete is issued on saturday only. fl' announcement
Of this great Convention could not have gone forth
through its columns before the very day of the hold
ing oft What wonder that only those who lived IN
the ncighbprhood of Davidson. Of Mr. Benton and
Mr.. Eobcl knew anything of 1t. Mc.srs Harvey
k"nrick. Allan and others living within mile Of
the schonhouse, heard of II for the ir,t time that
very day. or the previous dny l. II not evident that
Davidson intended this parish Convention to be a
very nice little private alar Of his own not 10 be
inicrfered with by his opponents. and TO he magn-
lied by his organs into grand naaumons enlorsc-
ment of his immaculate purity Of character both u
/ Democrat and man.
! Let ne now return 10 the history Of the meeting
Having been introduced 10 Of Davidson friends
and ncighbors asked them whether Mr.Dayid-on
would attend. His son answered that his father was
sick and could not leave his house. Mr. Rose. Da-
Wilson's oversecr. said that he Davidson could not
BE- present, having gone to the parish Of ST. Helena
on business. A third. whose name do moi now re-
member, was 50 positive q. 10 Uayiisons Hines. that
he could tell the very cause of it. Another one.
who. with dismal face and some apparent fore
thought, had been examining very closely the pro-
portions Of this great Parish Convention sworc lhat
Davidson was not there because lie knew nothing Of
The meeting and had nothing 10 10 with il. Unfor-
tunatcly for all those stories, besides their nconsis-
tcncy, a gentleman from Ea,l Fcieiana Ind seen
Davidson the day befurc the holding Of the Gonycl-
ilnn and had reported him in perfect health
Immediately after the speaking the resolutions of
ratification were put. and the ycns and nays being
counted il appeared TINT there were ronry.NIYg yo-
llns Tor them from which number must be deducted
two boys, and Ncsrs. Lanirr aud tiilr.pic who are
not residents Of the Parish and should not have been
admitted to vote. There were forty against lho
adoption. from which number seven nonresidpnts
must he deducted. The vote. therefore. siood-for
the resolutions. i5; against them. 49, Had the
meeting lasted one hour more. many of my friends
"ho' nave since learned were on their way and IL
SEARCH OF The place of meeting would have added
enough 10 The numher present 10 reverse the action
OF the meeting and 10 ratiiy my nomination As il
y: am well pleased with the u snt of my visit TO
Livingston. have found as warm and enthusiastic
friends as could possibly wish. shall canvas, The
parish in October have the most entire con,leDc,.
m N the people; they will dare do the right when
'hey KNOW II. Yours truly
l.. }. S:GuR