The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
Col. ID. G., Glenn, of Harrison.

tA correspondent Of the N. o. Crescent,
writiag fsslp. vi Pass ass Christian few days prior
TO- rn,s resent seetion fox delegates to our
State ssopysptien, gives tho following ac-
csaat of a speech delivered at that place by
The ,distingnished gentleman whose name
hcadxtdsipa~gsphsq Gol. Glenn has hosts
offtieHas nj North Mississippi, and we are
sure that it will gratift tllgm to learn that
hasSbihty and' 'Slodleiice and worth are ap-
pssss!iiaaisd 81 lie people among whom he has
now ;' cast his lot upon the Gulf. We are in
formed llt,at hss rwaas elected blythe unanimous
votepf his. Eloants, and we rejoice that he is
amembegdof opruSoi@eution.-ED Int. 'ii,I
Pass CHRISTIAN, Dec. Is, 1860.
,eEtlstor The ctizens Of Pass Chris
tian, ,baye recently enjoyed a rare intellectual
feast, On Saturday hight last, Col. David 4.
Glenn, HE former AttorpeyIien Of Mississip-
pi landed on our wharf and was met by our our
COPS Of s.Mihpte Men" and escorted to til"
residence of K. Scales, Es9y with whom he
reHiaiAdd guest dufinghfs brief stay in this
pi6hegofl rEm,i'ne9 Sd T. 3 7-h'
.OnA Alondst night. following he addressed
out people vif1thesimportants vif political topics
ceppecied ,witbltLe. impending crisis. The
thrilling Importance Of the occasion and the
welLknown reputation Of the speaker, at
tracted a large audience aud filled the room,
prepared Tor the orator at an early hour, to
It's utmost capacity. = ,.......5..
We will NOT attcmpt an analysis Of his
yiYasteriv yifdication Of the position which
the Seurh has assumed for the protection OF
hSf dignity. her honor, her safety and her
rights; much less could we give even faint
idesefIthe Irresistible logic, the brilliant inn
agefy, and the burning cloquence with which
he enforced every position. he assumed, every
TOPIC he discussed. For two hours he en-
Chained the attention Of his audience, the
cid'xiM Me Young, the literate and the illit-
efstecs Ofters was Ire interrupted with the
hearty plaudits Of his hearers; andi al the
clossuftis speccl, the vote had bsen'taken
On .ifnuediates secession, the writer does not
beGevea solitary nayawould have,been heard
10 that cr9wdru II -...els. s.i p. r1it.
,tItcoull not well have been otherwise, for
tie speaker displayed throughout the discus
sion. n az, eminent degree, the rare attributes
81 TIE hble ,jurist,, the profound statesman,
andlths accomplished orator.
bHNeeorgratulate Harrison county in the
ptospect of having such man TO represent
hsr lsisxs in the, Convention of Mississippi
On the zthcef January. He will receive,
from what we learn, the almost unanimous
vote of this county, Pass Christian will
give, uIianimous vote for the immediate dis
sSlhtf68nT Of our EXISTING Federal ties; and if
Bere are any sefsile Unionists in our midst,
pprefe tlfst they will stand aloof from the
Baliotsbek, aRIashide their diminished heads"
ON the 2oth of December iaF ...
ksNe have said we congratulate Harrison
county iashsviHg Col Glenn to bear her ban
neF in. tae coming State Convention, for,
rich as Mississippi is in profound and accom-
rlished statesmen, that have so long graced
her Capitol 10 tcopnty will send a truer pa
tffUt, ~ an abIer delegate, than him whom
we lshsn Choose las the champion Of our
ysHaeas - ,nss5 ~ - y .f5@'i 'ssffc-'
yljWith. the srsaereloark, Of the Southern Con-
snderscv, enfrusted.s TO such, hands, defeat is
inposnble ;sietory will perch upon eur ban
ps.a Eempst and We will triumph, for 'the
throne Of iniquity that frameth mischief BY
s.IaK."'Shsll pot much longer shave fellow
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