The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-23
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,W,R LtisIiG. W ,ST0NAItL, Chm
" s. GLAxros. Secretaries,
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Demllcesratic cony ention in Rankin.

It
;to'fay.' was elIattended. entire harmony
ulilty Of, action, and great enthusiasm pre-
= On notion Of WE. Shelby, Esq, Hon
Joseph Bennett was called to the Chair, who
after announcing the object Of the meeting
declared It organized and rcarfy for business
On motion Of Hon J. NJ Jayne, j. C. Camp.
: pei W; requested to act as Secretary.
On motion OF Rev, d. \. Campbell, the fol-
loWln$ committee on resolutions were appoin-
D; A: Campbell W, B. Shelby, B. F. Sutton,
". II; Clark and c. T. Norman.
Major Z Barksdale, Gov J. J Pettus and
Y M. ~ Estelle, being invited to address the
koaYettiGn responded in their accustomed
aF'''i's elcitods styles Maj j. Barksdalc
FSaYe ail account Of his stewardship as dele
= 3ate 70 the 6fisaesten1 Convention, Gov. Pettus
ltaia y Capt fstele, sndorsed cordially and fully
the action Of The. SouiheIn, delegation. .
| l'eV. j. A. Campbell, Chairman of the
I Goinlnlttee on Resolutions, presented the fol-
p",heA fspar aftsfasiha it.switi few Ei'e-
marks as TO Its true intent, and the correct
| PoSltion at; tpe idemocntic party-which was
received and agreed to unanimously "''''''
7 having hoard. with .unfeigned
fessfet q me course pursued in the Chqles-
toh oohVentlon by portion of the Northern
| pemooraey.ah attempting to.foist upon the
soutn, stephen 4; Douglas. man whose po-
fticak Aeatsles w Utterly iettst and condemn
! and m I. assHil9usly striving to force upon us a
i platform which unfeleyed Of the mysteries
| thrown around Il, sis destructive of the con-
7 $tItutl ona rights Of the South, and dishonora-
| be to US as people, and also contrary to the
decision Of the highest Judicial Tribunal
| known tothe iawsol the land :, therefore, be it
/ Resolced, lst, That it is the imperative
| duty or tie Democracy of Rankin County,
! pow in 5'onsedasiSh assembled, to adopt reso-
! luaons indicative of theiFsentimcnts upon the
| acknowledgements Of the day. .ai 4is
EeselTff, IND That We lift the dark veil
| Of the future, with fearful forebodings, and
would regret adissofatdh 6f the democratic
| party; WHICH oar Beloved country and the
i world owes so grest gadebt of gratitude. yet
] We arr, unwilling that the State of Mississippi
should be placed IN position Of inferiority
4 among the SOVEREIGN States of this U mon, and
'ssonsider our political honor and self-respect
lparatn6tint to the successor any party or man.
-Rssaeei: Bird. 4hat che platform of princi-
! Pies adopted at Charleston by the majority oi
I he counties op resolutions contains the creed
/ Of our political faith, upon all the questions
/ therein embraced /; and we do earnestly recon-
mend to our State Convention, which will as
seABIe on the Both inst, to instruct the dele
gtt& tothe Richmond and Raft more C0nven-
i tiois motto sbate one jet or title of the Just
/ 4ndafeaSo EssuiFsmsnts. therein con;
| .ainel. ..s...... :-..
7 RSo7tel 4tE, That We suggest to the State
7 Conynltion, the propriety of appointed among
! the daegates to the Richmond and Baltimore
] Conventions THOSE delegates who took SO gTor.
| 5pH5 IA tatt lathe Charleston Convention 8 and
| Chat tie same delegates to the. Richmond Con-
| fention, which will meet on the l lth of June
! sor consultation and harmonious action shall
! Ie our accredited agents to the Baltimore Con-
| fenti6n'Sitt RsttietibHs lNtter TO Surrender
| the position assumed and the principles and
+ the Pfdrsm' enumerated inthe' Majority Re
I port: i. sd, IL a.,..,i.ss. - . ~ !,
.-Resqlfa 9Th, That the people of the State
Of Mississippi are under abiding obligations to
eur delegaes to the Charleston Col vention,
/ for tiir'noah and. manly stand taken for the
PrsseTx:ltiol Of oar rights; and their action
IN the premises meets with our Unqualified
appTobatlonand with it, we, the democracy
&c Rankin 6aiiiiity, are willing "to sink Of
ss-fSi1, i've s5fssfs. -
Resolre7, elh That the President Of this
Convention appoint thirty delegates to the
State Convention.
..Tr-coaiPI;ahte lwRh tilesixth Of che above
resolutions, the Chairman appointed the fol.
bwing delegates tie. the State Convention
BssGat 10. / b F Sutton, Henry d Hines
Gray -fEfiis,.iDr Allies, Dr@H'G Evans and Ger
han BeIs,y. q ...a., .ssi.' '..'ts
lieut. No, 2.-rIIan. JIM .iJay ne, DR. w g
johnson, Simon + Williams. Vim h Clark,
W 3 Shelby and D ( Campbell
Beat 10 ; 81 i Jess9 Ratlfff,' O' P Sample
Gfd Baynnt, John Meha II Rev VIM benson
and: " II Moss. ,s.....seee,. .,. -sa..-si +,
Beat Mo,4.-Ion Duncan MeRae,. a, Spann,
Thomas Knight, j 0 buchanan, Hen G, N
.Qdfht and Sam . Rhodes. - 49,
Beat NJ t5.-Joiih Morrison, Dr. &c R Nor
man.. IIigani ,Jenes, Joseph McAfee, M )
Dickson and G G Boone. u, = -
On molten Of lion j III Jayne, the Chair
man and Secretary werei added to the list Of
delegates. .as" s''',1 = '.''
The Connention then adjourned, sine de.
~. ,d0SEpILi BEN METZ Chairman.