The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-23
Democratic Meeting in Mobile.


Avery large and spirited meeting Of the De-
mocracy Of Mobile was held in that city Sat-
urday night to express appreciation of the
act Of their delegates in Withdrawing from the
National Convention at Charleston, and to APP
point delegates to State Convention at Mont
gcmery on the first Monday in June, "then
and there consider what is best to be done"
The meeting was called to order by Col. j.
M. Withers, on whose motion Judge Bragg
was appointed president of the meeting, assis-
ted by the following officers
Tce-Presidents.-T. L. Toulmin, A. T.
Hopkins, w. T. Cleveland, H. Chamberlain,
J. Seawell, j. M. Brown, d. Chandler, E. s.
Dargan, j. Deas j. I. Taylor, Henry Bass,
I. L. Owen G. Blakeslee, C. Price, N. II.
Brown, M. r. Evans and j. Sands.
Seeretaries.-R. Bowen, L. Lude, j. More
land, j. H. Higley, o. Keeler and T. B. Ly-
ons.
The President then appointed c. s. McRae,
7. Sanford, J. M. Withers, L. S. Dargan and
A. t. Hopkins committee to report business
Of the meeting, during whose absence Judge
Meek gave detailed narrative of the action
of the delegation at Charleston.
The speaker appealed to the press, to the tes-
timony of their opponents, that there was no
violence on the part of the Alabama deleRa-
Gal-y,ts- --,.l --t st4seslity they
tulated with Northern members concerning
this demand that we should give up our rights
to enable them to get votes from the Black
Republicans, this selling out of our rights at no
expense to themselves. They were digniied
throughout, and even the more fiery and i'm
pulsive spirits among them were calm, feeling
the might of their position, and determined
that there should be nothing in their conduct
to complain Of There was not full accord
among them, but all agreed that they could
not demand less than the majority platform,
and one Governor Winston) thought they
should demand more. But the convention
did not grant even that
The Committee on business then reported
resolutions expressing appreciation of the ac-
ton of their delegates, recommending the ap-
pointment of twenty delegates to the State
Convention at Montgomery, on the 4th Of
june, and the following platform of principles,
all of which were adopted:
Resolued, That the Democratic party Of Mo-
bile county adheres TO the following princi-
pies: A strict construction of the constitu-
ton; the equality of the States the duty Of
all governments to protect the rights of pro-
perty to the extent of unconstitutional power;
and that we believe under the constitution Of
the United States, it is the duty of the Gen.
eral Government to afford ample and complete
protection to the property Of citizens of Uni
ted States residing in the common Territories
the Territorial Governments created by
the Federal Government neglecting or refus-
ing to perform that duty.
RESOLVED, That in considering the impor-
tant question of nominating q candidate for
the Next Presidency, we deem it the duty Of
the'Democratic party so to act as to do justice
to all in every section Of the country, and
more especially of the Democracy Of the
South TO confer and act together in fraternal
concord-not for the purpose of destroying
the Union, but preserving the same, as it ex-
lists under the constitution.