The Van Buren press., 1860-02-24
RFNTON COlINTY.

HALEY JACKSON Chairman.
WM w. REYNOLDS, Secretary.
BENTON COUNTY.
Proceedings of Democratic Mass Meet
ing, held at Bcntonville, Arkansas, in pur-
suance of the following CALL viz
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
The undersigned citizens of Benton Co,
believing in the time -honorcd principles of
the Democratic party of which we are hum
bic members, respectfully solicit our demo
cratic brethren throughout the county, to
assemble in Mass meeting at Bent onvlle on
Saturday, Feb. 18th, y. D.. 1860 for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the Con
crcssional Convention at Dover and the
State Convention at Little Rock.
| We earnestly request all who can to come
and let us then and there put a stop to the
/ internal feuds that now initiate against the
common interests OF the democratic party.
The day has come when the South should
be 4 unit Let no one say III future that
the democracy of Benton county is divided.
Democrats one and all come to the mass
meeting Preparations will be made to eli
tertain all citizens from n distance, who
NAV come to Bentonvillc and vicinity.
Again we say come, and, as freemen, say
| for yourselves who shall be your choice for
Congress and for Governor.
Very Respectfully
TSigned by eighty citizens.
BENToS County, Jan. 18th, 1860.
About IL o'clock this inst, the people
were called to the Court House there being
between 800 and a 1000 voters present
| When not more than fifty had entered the
IL, 4 I l., -
to organize the house by calling III. Jack
son, Esq, to the chair. This was objected
to and the motion amended by substituting
the name of j. w. Cowan, Esq. The
meeting was then addressed by Maj. How
ard, Hon. NJ Douglass and others which
resulted in call fora division of the house.
Maj. Howard here proposed that his friends
should leave the house with him and hold a
convention of their own, to which some Of
them replied, g No, we will stay here
\. b. Pearce, then proposed that the sense
of the house be taken on the question by
those in favor of j. w. Cowan, passing out
at the West door, and those in favor of H..
jackson, Esq, at the East door, which was
acceded to. Judge Cowan was declared
chairman bya majority Of over 800.
| Judge Cowan was then conducted TO the
Chair, and on motion of II. Il. Doak. n
b. Pcarce was elected Secretary of the meet
ing.
| The meeting being organised, the Secreta-
ry at the request of the Chairman read the
the call, and the object of the meeting.
! The following preamble and resolution
was offered by Hon. II. +. Doak, and sec
onded by Col A. H. McKisick, viz
! Whereas, 1t has long been the establish
eli usage and time honored custom of the
Democratic party to meet in convention
and openly discuss the claims and merits of
the various aspnan,s for office, and for the
people in their sovereign capacity to select
for themselves, without the interposition OF
cliques or iuntos, such men as they, (the
people, may deem worthy and qualified to
Serve in the various offices in their gift
Therefore be it
| Resolced, That we. portion of the true
tried and ever faithful democracy of Benton
! County, assem- bied in Mass meeting in the
town of Bentonville in accordance with a
notice to that effect, published in each and
every Township i'll the County, and in our
capacity as trcemen, do appoint n. b.
Pcarcc, {. ID. Taliaiero, a. c. Yell and a.
H. Mckisick delegates to the CongreSsion-
al convention to be held at Dover on the
I'd Monday of May next, for the purpose of
nominating candidate to represent the lst
Congressional district of Arkansas in the
next Congress Of the United States, and
that the said delegates are hereby instruct
ed to cast the vote of Benton county for
our present able and distinguished member.
the Hon. Thos. {. Hindman, and use all
honorable means to secure his nomination
by SAID convention. Said delegates are
permitted to appoint IA proxy, with these
instructions, should they be prevented from
attending. Which being put to the house
10y the chair was passed with but five dis
sentlng voices, over five hundred voting in
the affirmative. The announcement from
| the chair was received with the most enthu
siastic applause and soul-stirring cheers
for Col Hindman.
Resol"ed, That we hereby appoint Hon
81. Douglass and Hon. X. +. Doak, and
Hon Ihos. Qualls, as delegates to the Cub
ernatorlai Convention, to be held at Little
Rock on the "a April proximo, with in
structlons to cast the vote Of Benton coun-
ty for that candidate before the convention
Tor nomination who may be i'll their iudg-
ment OF the soundest States Rights Demo
cratic policy. Said delegates in case of
non attendance to appoint Mr. Thos G..
Peek, editor of the Q. l.. Democrat, ueir
proxy with above instructions, which being
seconded was unanimously adopted
Resolre0, That we avail ourselves of the
present oecAion to express our entire conf
dence and unqualified appreciation of the
sound democratic policy of the Old Line
Democrat, edited by Mr.. Thos. c. Peek :;
that we terder it our most cordial endorse
ment as a sound, pure and consistent expo
nent and origin of the'Ifu Democracy of
Arkansas, whilst we repudiate the SANDER
Gus, pusllanimous course of the self-stWed
True Democrat edited In mart Ly n e.