The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-08
sonoGhing Fdnay IN tho shape OF 9
{" STATE Convention"


has ever been performed upon the poiitical
boards Of Mississippi. It is entitled " FRO
ceedings of the Democratic State Convention
of Mississippi" aud it was enacted in the
town Of Holly Springs on the 3oth OF July.
Eisrea counties, out of SIXTY counties in the
Stateare reported as represented, and a part OF
those by proxy, or rather mock authority. In
the proper sense Of the term, no primary
meetings gave these selfstyled delegates
power to act Thus L. J. Galloway, Che
editor Of an Opposition paper in Columbus)
is set down as the sole representative from
Lowndcs county. In the meeting which ap-
pointed him. there were but two Douglas men
present, In the other cases where attempts
were made to hold meetings, "beggarly ac-
counts of empty benches were the results of
the efforts of the Opposition leaders to organ
ize the concern.
In looking over the proceedings we find
that the Oppostionists furnished the chief
performers in the thin and ghostly muster.
Whether they were put forward in this per-
ilous enterprise Cor which they will be COM
pensatod by nothing but ridicule, obloquy and
contempt, by the Opposition managers, with
hope that it might somehow or other pro-
| duce diversion in their favor, or simply as |
means Of getting rid Of them, We are not |
/ prepared to say.
rut who was it that figured in what the |
| Memphis Appeal, with a harIihood which the |
/ apology OF ignorance cannot excuse, because
/ the editors Of that panar Laoa1 better-titles
/ the "De..ac.rf.r Suite Ca1rention If Nissis-
/ s..s. .,ts I,rst, there WAS jim Taylor, the
President Of CouvenGon,' a standing Oppo-
/ sition aspiIant for office in Marshall county,
or in the First District. What are his ante
ccdents? They are thus recorded by the
! Holly Springs Herald
! "Gen. JAMES Il. T.. TAYLOR, President
Of the National Douglas Democratic State
/ Convention on Monday last, ran against the
regular Democratic nominee for Congress in
/ this District, in 1855; voted Tor Fillmore in
1856; ran as an Independent candidate for
/ State Senator against the regular nominee of
the Democracy in 1887: proposed platform
/ for the Opposition Convention in 1859; was
baloted for by that Convention as candi-
date for the Legislature"
Next J. P. Pryor, who seems to have been
| the man-ofal- work in the concern. Until
We saw his name figuring in this capacity, we
/ had heard of him only as the editor of that
rabid and interruptions Opposition sheet in
Memphis, the Eagle and Enquirer" How
| this Tslacsscs Know Nothing editor got to
he the controlling spirit Of a mississippi DEM
ocratc State Convention, we cannot imagine.
It is a piece Of hocus- pocus transportation and
transformation which passeth our comprehen-
sion. The Herald gives the following amusing
account Of Pryor's performance on a recent
interesting occasion:
The object Of the Douglas meeting on last
Monday WIS explained by JOHN P. PRYOR
--"the glorious, the gallant, the gifted son of
Illinois," WAS praised to the skies as being
good Democrat by JOHN P. PRYOR; E.
| Sug-. candidate for the Legislature against
NE Henoaar; in 1851, was called to the
| Chair I,v JOHN I. PRYOR; JOHN ?.
! PRYOR moved that n committee of five be
appointed; JOHN z. PRYOR suggested the
committee Of five to the Chair; JOHN P.
/ PRYOR told when, where and for what pur-
! nose tic State Convention would meet; JOHN
| p. PRYOR dissolved the meeting with his
/ blessinsl Do you ask, what does this mean?
/ We will tell you. JOHN p. PRYOR, head
| fugIcman in the Democratic % meeting, said,
when editor of the Memphis Enquirer, that,
| 'if he thought he had one drop of Democratic
/ blood in his heart, lie would open his breast
and lei it CUT
In the list Of prominent delegates, we no
tee J.. D. Brooks, Of No1nbee, an old-line
= liz wc presume never yotea TIC Dem
ocratic ticket in his life
3. " Eiayaa Of Tishomingo, whose last
experiment in Democratic Convention, in
this city, in 1858, add whose anti Democratic
antecedcnts, have becn menti med in previous
! issues Of this paper, was another prominent
actor.
! r. y, Shropshire, Opposition editor and
/ sole representative from Monroe, was one of
the Secretaries.
( Z. Dismuke, Oppositionist of Noxubee,
was one Of the 'orators''-and was also placed
on the electoral ticket for the Third Dis
! trict.
r. W. FIomnoy, Of Pontotoc, bore his part
/ in this weighty affair; and IS on the electoral
ticket for the Second District. But who is
Il. r.. Flou,uoy Is he myth or real
thing Of flesh, blood, bones, marrow and
| gristlo? He seems to be taking on extern
sively, and we would like to know. Where
did he come from-whero is he going to-and
what is he going to do?
We ought not to forget to mention thatthe
Aforesaid Democratic State Convention Of |
Mississippi with the fllssy and Discontinued |
/ Opposition politicians We have described at its
head, including Kuow-Nothing editors, with
here and there a stray sheep from the Demo-
| cratic fold, not worth herding, and whose
absence will not be uissed-could not find
material enough in the State for an electoral
ticket; 50, after naming one-half, they adj
journed to meet at Grenada on the 18TH
] The following is the ticket, to the extent they
were enabled to go:
State at Large-Sam Matthews; First Dis
trict-Daniel L. Wright; Second District
L. W. Foumoy; Third Distriet--E. Dis
mukes. Here they took breathing spell. If
D. &. Wright accepts the post assigned him,
we viii confess that he is not the man we
have taken him for
We will conclude a longer article than the
importance of the affair deserves, by asking
these men what they expect to achieve by
this work? fthcy expect to carry the State
for Douglas, or to lessen by single vote the
Democratic majority over Bell, they are
sadly mistaken, for they have forgotten to
remember that they are fresh rom the Oppo-