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M MEETING I'm ON MONDAY. b

= :. MEETING. = on H9NSnlAAYg, honda D5.z % yas q
Il ppuurrssuannc pursuance tot to the published notice,
a Pablo Meeting Of Tie, citizens Of Ab:-
beville was held in LaEsogn's Neg Halt X
OIL Monday last, for tbs pprposse OF ap7
pointing delegates ftp,3 TIC Gplpp!mpia y!
Convention WHICH is to be heldd on the
18th instant, to, ,copsitleri hei iproprieeatsS Il
of sending delegation to ,Fpresene tAtsi
State in the. Balti,Rge, Gonvention,Ii j..
On. motieth ofthe Hon. Annistead
Burt, Mr.. A A!JCannor was called TO
the, Chair aud a1essrstW. A,aLee and
J. G. IIemphill requested to nctas See.
retary. sfF2H5! or b"a ,Foiis@I
The Chairmii briefly stated the. Oh.
tect of the meeting, and advertcd to the
questions which would come up for de-
cisiong Ia Columbia! The 'dnsnitnitp
with which the South had endorseti'tiie
platform and nominees of ahe GiHeAf
natl Conventions afforded U he Thought
IN ercouragihgH onien Of success, s. stid
we would have good reason to co,lgrsa1t- !
ulate ourselves Eppa such a uresnlt. IT
was i Choice If etl,sati best, butGreele!yil
was' 'fnfnitery 70 be Preferred t9 Grant;
He favored the sending 3 delegation to
Baltimore as tle most eeetg fi tga4l gs4 m9de q
securing our ends, 10 glyI. bna ymcn
Col. cothgan oasrea i tllss IS following res;
9esosed rh,tt III s shs ts sease sense Il this
meeting. that delegates hs aPRGinted to,
reptescnt the people or Abbeviile IN tho
Colambia Convention. o. gHiD1o9'a -
Dr.P:l-W. seonhor,l proposed 'asa an,
amendment, that TRIP tlc8tgates be in!
structed TO vote fpfr4 ssendihg delegates . I'd
Baltimbrc, pledged ID. snpport.the cin-i
rlnnatt Platform and its nno5minees:!a = SAsI |
Mf.oBIrt T%tas opposed to tile amend
,nent, inasmaehlas ne thought, tile, Co.
,un1bia Convent ton should be allowed
to exercise tsbest tdlSerstionr y With regard
to the whole patteE,n TIE, public senti-
mept tofIle South, was h1tearly htearly runani55 " ri
NOUS in suppIP,of suppIP,ofrt Of olh1s the Cincinnati plat,
form and qominees ibut there 9was byerSe
great difference of opinion flas to, 1tite
best mode of SECURING l. the success oti
the ticket. He himself, he said, had
doubts as to thsprpntiety ofoscndingosE
delegation to Baltimore, tthoughhe0haG
nonesas.tp tile policy to bepusued there.a
The Baltimore Contention Ille Thought. !.
would best subserpe thei interest of the
Liberal movement by making no nomi-
natpngc Heeelidofscd gthat' inaov enent !,
as one which promised mach Ito tHt1
South! DcrheeFatse in other Suites
might eavsl Over local questions, ana
hops to'obtaih partyAttfumphs, brt tous
tho yutecss of the Eiberal ',rovemen t
furnished the only: promise Of relief
from bad government. { penpcracy WIS
dead'hefe, and ct4Sh6far tf,eect ,jhotifhg !
but II was only BY q union 81; tie friends
of honesty and good gqreyFnmsht; tlhia that, !,
we could expect aid Horace (Gfrseeleys
he had known in 9Congress, Iaapd Is. Is.
could say this much f9g him tbbaatS tbbaatSh Sshe.
was an honest, man.i AS such ls l.aa.
every reason to hope fpYeh from the
reforms which he would iIagg,Ta:e. .osa
Gen. MCGOWAN, thonght 1T 1unfortu7
nate for the country and the. success Of
theILiberal movem ent> that they Raltiiz
more Convention had been called ateall.
He was opposed to sending delegates to
Baltimore, unless by SO doing we might
prcxentlany party nominations by that
Convention! Il We could. not iuniteV in
their general deliberations! without be-
ingbound By. cir aetion, and we could
not now afford to'rcotganizsi tie 2Demo2
cratic party here, for the. purpose Of
making a strict party 1Hght. H.That
would be'futile and worse thnn futile: '~ .
Dr. Connor having withdrawn his
amendment, Col. Cothrall's resolution
was unanimously adopted, AND there=
uron Gen. McGowan offered the follow
ingresolution .s ~; -; a,,nn.," .,
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this
meeting that the Democratic. .Corvcfi.
tion! soon to meet in Baltimore should
notfmeke q, marty nomination but ap+
proYsJhe CINCINNATI platform and 1aa-
forrp, fleaviag the scoIiserYatlyess ,s sof ths
country, t.. Vote for, the oppo1nHelnlttss pom MS q Of
that platform, "'' ~ - .,
This wss unanimously adopted o1od Z! Z
On motion, of Nj: Burt, q Committee
was appointed to pomiphats delegates:
The COMMITTEES ittee consisted Aofthe follow
ing persons! Nesssrs, Armasteadb Burt, z; +,
P. II. Bradley, J. c. Maxwell, =. Q;
Herndon and =, D. Kay, ,gaI fyyo4a. 4
After consultation the Committee
proposed the, following delegates i-,R :,
F:A.." oshnor,s sGj, ", Hearst, wma,, I'm,
H ,od, G. "A, Waller J. r.. Latimers
Samuel McGowannf fAIrmastesdd Burt. ,n,,j
The were, unanimaqslyi, elleecteed n I'd,
Thelmtceting 4djppr'pea' sni;;.s bua ID
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