The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-02-18
DISINION MEETING.

4 According 10 cali ncfalueu by nam
ing handbilS posted ON the streets,
meeting assembled at the Court House
ON Saturday last, to take into considera-
tion the Kansas Question and particular
~ the prospective action of Congress ON
the same
BY means of the staring capitals, ex-
cited exclamation points and fierce eagles
on the aforesaid handbills, ringing OF bells,
the tintinnabulary proclamation of a grin
ming Etheop and vigorous drumming,
some % or 80 individuals, men and boys,
were convened at the Court House, sad
commentary ON the extreme Indifference
of the people To " the yindication of their
violated rights melancholy proof of
their devotion to their own individual af-
fairs rather than those of another people
II llmentdble demonstration of their in
difference to the forensic efforts OF pOiti-
cions. Ol the meagcr crowd present, We
may safely say that at least one half at
tended from curiosity alone.
The meeting was organized by calling
James Pheldn, Esq, to the Chair, and
appointing our c,nircre, l.. II. Galloway.
S -crelary After brief talk by Mr..
Phelan, explanatory of the object of the
meeting, Judge Rogers, in obedience to
loud calls addressed the meeting in
brief speech, explanatory Of his position,
which was that which he occupied when
standing on W a is now known as the
Union Platform of 81 He was follow
ed by Col. b. NJ. Bradford who, if we
with others did not misunderstood him,
retrrated from the posi- II he occupied
in 81, and declared that the Union Party
Of that day was wrong. We were rather
surprised at his avowal, especially since
! it has received the frequent sanction of
the National Democracy of which the
Col, mel Processes, we believe, To be a
member. Mr.. Bradford was followed by
Thomas Sykes, Esq, of Kansas, who
gave Il somewhat lengthy synopsis Of The
troubles of the territory interSprrsed with
| frank acknowledgements which would 90
far to invalidate the legality of many acts
Of her People, Our Senator, DIR. HJmi-
sen, next obtained the floor, ana deliver
ed one Of his unique barangues from
which it seems that he is ready to "cry
havock and let slip the dogs Of war; and
"burst mp things gentrally.' Having
preached the funeral Of the Union, our
Senator pulled ont the resolution cut and
dried for The occasion and was about to
proceed with due soIemnity to their per
uSal, when our friend I.eedy, the Aucto-
lneer arose and begged leave to announce
Il al he was just about to sell some neg
roeS. With more Solicitude about the
possession IF half dozen than the pros
pective protection Of three millions Of
negroes, the crowd manifested decided
symptoms Of Il determination to attend
the sale. The gctrers up of the meeting
looked aggeis-unutterab things,
faint and qucrdluuS nSralioes We're
lost amid the tramping sound Of depart
ing feet-as hats We're being snatrhcd
motion to adjourn until night received
Some >mothered and ha>ty ayes, and the
gathering dispersed.
At night We were not PRESENT, but we
understand the meejiag re-assemblcd, d.
miniShed in numbers but determined in
spirit. Mr.. IheIan was the orator On this
occasion-bold fierce and defiant. We
are sorry we did not hear the speech--it
is said to have been an able onc-of
course it was uItra-it could be nothing
else, for PhcIan is something mere than
! "A tut i,,bt b. -. n / n
ist ont and out-we do not believe there
has been time in Years that he would
not have shivered The Union to fragments
if he could--unlikp many Of our vapor-
ing politicians, he lpeanS just what he
says, and says what he thinks.''
In conclusion Jhc Conscrratire says
" AS has beenwell said, while we are
striving to WELD barren sceptor over
Che bleak and snowy plains Of Kansas,
far South, we are having snatched from
our grasp country rich in the richest
productions Of the Tropics, admirably
adapted to Southern institutions, and ~
my directly in the true path of Southern
Progress.
sg@ Some time ago two young men
were found dead in the same bed, in Fay
ettcvile, North Carolina. They had
written the following extraordinary let
tiers, and addressed them to who ever
find them:
"12 Mt is our desire that the jul
nv of inquest be assured that this act was
our own; that we did it coolIy, calmly,
colIectcdy, uninfucnced by any one
Whatsoever. We preferred dying a natu-
raj death to dyil with disease, especial
ly gallopng consumption, with which one
Of us at least would. This course has
been contemplated by one of us Wight
NAM for two years, but now finding good
/, company, | have concluded to go.
wish Drs. Haigh and Gillian to examine
my brain, that the jury may come to a
right verdict, as | am assured that these