The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-11-28
MASS MEETING.

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AT meeting of the citizens Of Lafayette
County, Mississippi, held on Saturday, No-
vember Gath, 1890, at the Court house, in
Oxford, on motion Of Col. A. Fl. Pegues,
III. A. Barr Esq, was called to the chair, and
L. Houseman appointed Secretary.
The Chairman briefly explained the object
of the meeting. 1t was to give expression to
the opinions and sentiments of the people of
Lafayette County, in regard to the election
of Lincoln and iInhlin, Z 3 . : i y
On motion of Hon. A. Peterson, a com
mittee of seven were appointed to draft
resolutions expressive of the sense of this
meeting. The Chair appointed the following
gentlemen: w. F. Stearns, p. b. Barringer,
T. E. B. Pegues, F. NJ. Green, w. F. Avcnt,
L. ID. Isom, and Z. A. Meaders.
On motion, Hon. Sam. Benton, from Holly
Springs, Was Invited to address the meeting,
and III compliance With their Unanimous re-
quest, delivered a powerful and effective
speech, demonstrating that the election Of
Lincoln and Hamlin constituted, in itself, an
overt act, which rendered it necessary, for
the safety of the South that former party
divisions should be forgotten, and that adj
should unite in defence Of their rights, and
to resist and repcl tile asgressions Of the
North. He was not prepared, nor did he
deem it necessary, a: this time, to point out
the precise mode of redress, but was willing
to trust TO, and abide by, the decision of a
Convention of the State of Mississippi.
The committee reported the following
preamble, and resolutions, which, On motion,
were unanimously adoptedi
WHEREAS, the recent triumph of the Black
Republican party, in tile election of Lincoln
and Hamlin to the first offices in the govern
ment--sectional candidates, nominated by IA
Northern sectional party upon a platform of
principles purely sectional in their character,
and elected because of their avowed opposi-
ton to the vital institutions of the South
indicates settled and fixed hostility, on the
part of the people of the Northern States, to
the institution ofslavery, and determination
to force the Southern States into the humll-
ating position of interiors in this Confederacy,
and TO bring about the ultimate extinction of
the institution Of slavery, be it
ReSoiOed, That it is the imperative duty
of the slavehoiding States to resist and repel
these threatened cncroachments upon their
constitutional rights, and, with this view, to
devise measures for the preservation and
pcrpetuity of their peculiar institutions, and
the security aud safety of the lives, property,
and just rights of their citizens. 80
Rcsotred, That it is for the people of each
Of tile slaveholling States to determine the
mode and measure ofredress in the premises,
and that we are in favor, and recommend the
calling, of State Convention, composed of
delegates elected by the people, to determine
the attitude which Mississippi shall assume
in the present alarming state of our federal
relations. B+a
Letters from Hons. A. G.. Brown, J. w.
Clapp, and w. s. Fcatherston, approving
of the objects of this meeting, were read
The Rev. +. A. Meadcrs then addressed
the meeting, and was followed by F. NJ.
Green, Esqs Capt. W. Delay, &c.
On motion It was r..1
ReSotred, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in all the newspapers,
friendly to measures of resistance.
On motion, the meeting adjourned. H.
II. A. BARR, Chairman.
L. HoUsEMAN, Secretary. Z