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Domestic News
August 21, 1850
Washington Telegraph
Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
What is this article about?
A meeting in Floyd County, Georgia, aimed at ratifying the Nashville Convention's proceedings without party distinction, but ultimately dodged ratification by agreeing to discuss it at a future time and place.
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A Nashville Ratification Meeting.
We had a great outcry made about a recent meeting in Floyd county, Georgia, without distinction of party, to ratify the proceedings of the Nashville Convention.
The following is the concluding paragraph of an account of the meeting, taken from a Georgia paper:
"But after all the drumming and parading which could be effected by personalities, (for it seems no person would sign the call,) such as flaming handbills with three inch letters, it being court time, a shirt-tail full were actually got together, and the thing (done up brown you are going to say—no not so fast) was most beautifully squeezed through the little end of the horn. They did not ratify or attempt to ratify the ultimatum of the Nashville Convention, but on the contrary, they dodged the whole affair by agreeing that at some future time and at some place hereafter to be fixed, they would discuss the propriety of doing so. Alas! poor Yorick!"
We had a great outcry made about a recent meeting in Floyd county, Georgia, without distinction of party, to ratify the proceedings of the Nashville Convention.
The following is the concluding paragraph of an account of the meeting, taken from a Georgia paper:
"But after all the drumming and parading which could be effected by personalities, (for it seems no person would sign the call,) such as flaming handbills with three inch letters, it being court time, a shirt-tail full were actually got together, and the thing (done up brown you are going to say—no not so fast) was most beautifully squeezed through the little end of the horn. They did not ratify or attempt to ratify the ultimatum of the Nashville Convention, but on the contrary, they dodged the whole affair by agreeing that at some future time and at some place hereafter to be fixed, they would discuss the propriety of doing so. Alas! poor Yorick!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Nashville Convention
Ratification Meeting
Floyd County
Georgia Politics
Where did it happen?
Floyd County, Georgia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Floyd County, Georgia
Outcome
the meeting did not ratify the nashville convention's ultimatum but deferred discussion to a future time and place.
Event Details
A recent meeting in Floyd county, Georgia, without distinction of party, was held to ratify the proceedings of the Nashville Convention. Despite efforts with handbills during court time, few attended, and they dodged ratification by agreeing to discuss the propriety later.