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From Blackwood's Magazine for July. I
The Year of Sorrow?Ireland?1840. j
SPRING SONO. I
Once more through God's high will and grace,
Of hours that each its task fulfils,
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The children whom thou wilt not feed."
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Certain it is, we know of but two Democrats in .
Lynchburg who are in favor of the "adjustment," .
and the Major is one of them. It is true, that .
w hen the "measure" was first reported?coming 1
to us endorsed by high Democratic and Whig authority,
many Democrats, without scrutinizing its (
provisions, were inclined to favor it, asgiving peace
to our distracted country. But, a little examine- ^
tion enabled them to discover the alarming and insidious
character of its provisions. As wwn as
they saw that it not only denied the South all par- j f
tir.ipation in the finest held for slave lalior in the y
world, South California?but absolutely despoiled f
the slaveholding State of Texas of one third of her i p
finest domain, and to cap the climax of injury and J ,
insult ; abolished the slave trade in the iJistrict oi
Columbia?thereby serciaine a power, in the
language of Major G. himselfin other and better
days, whirh would make tia "subjects or an '
IRON DESPOTISM" WHICH "WOFLD rROHIRIT ALL J
INTERCOURSE IITWIIK TIIE STATES, IT PROHIBI- C
TINO THE BfTINO AND SELLING OF STOCK, AGRICDL- n
TCRA1. IMPLEMENTS AND MANtrP ACTDRER " R change
came over the spirit of their dream?a powerful
reaction took place in public sentiment, which is
still accumulating force and strength from every li
day's develonements and every moment's reflection, a
And this feeling is not conflned to the Democratic
party, hut, we know that it extends in a great
measure to all parties. We have recently travelled
over fhc greater portion of the glorious little
Democratic County of Appomattox?during which
time we mingled freely with both Whiga and Democrats,
and we did not see a single solitary man,
whoexpreased himselfin favor oftne"adjusunent.* v
As it is in this quarter, we believe it is throughout t
the Slate.?l.ynchburj Republican. J f
Southern Sentiment. I
Public Mkktihg.-?At a large and resnecta- 1
ble adjourned meeting of the citizens of Lathy- 4
ette county, held at Oxford on Thursday, the
11 Ui mat, the Chairman called the meeting to \
order, and on motion, W. B. Johnson, Esq., was
requested to act as Secretary. Capt. W. Delay
moved that a Cominittteo of six be appointed by
the meeting, composed of three Whigs and three
Democrats, to report resolutions expressive of .
the sense of this meeting, whereupon Messrs.
Benj. F. Dill, J. F. Cuslunan, and James Brown, (
(Democrats,) and Dr. Z. Conkev, W. H. D. 1
Wendel, and E. B. Dooley, (Whigs,) were ap- '
appointed said Committee. '
Col. Young, of Lowndes, and Judge C. P.
Smith, of Wilkinson, being loudly called for, ad- '
dressed the meeting in able and efficientspeoches, '
supporting the Missouri Compromise line as recommended
by the Nashvil e Convention and in '
opposition to the report of the Congressional 1
Committee or Thirteen. Capt. W. P. Rogers, 1
of Monroe, being called on to address the meet- ,
ing, responded in n few hapny remarks, ni which
he said he was not, from his long absence from
the United States, sufficiently i< formed upon
the questions the meeting had been called to
deliberate; but that he was with the South in 1
any and every emergency in which her Constitutional
rights are violated or her domestic insti- '
tutions invaded.
The Committee having returned, unanimously
reported through Col. W. H. D. Wendel. the
following preamble and resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whekkas, we, a portion ot the people of Lafayette
county, without distinction of party, believe
that the repeated aggressions of the
Northern States having been persisted in until
they have reached a point beyond which, with
119, i* forbearance eeases to be a virtne"?and
whereas, we believe the question of Slavery is
)ne of suuh vital interest to the South that all
uirtu <?AnuiHiiPutiAna uiul ^iatimd'i/inu uVimilfl Ka f
left o,ut of view, it being one exclusively South?rn
it addresses itself particularly to all Southern
men.
Resolved, That the preservation of the Fedjral
Union of these States ns guaranteed by the
Constitution is dear beyond price to every
Southern patriot
Resolved, That we ask of our Northern brethsrn,
and all shall insist upon those guarantees
which the Constitution gives the South, and whilst
we cannot submit to less, we do assure them, that
these granted, peace and harmony takes the
place ot' discord and eonfusion.
Resolved, That the newly acquired territory
has been obtained, by the joint blood and treasure
.of all the States, (to which the South has
:ontributed her full quota,) and said territory is
ind should be regarded as the common property
of fill the States, and that the attempt by the
North to exclude the South from a free participation
in tho enjoyment of the same is illiberal
aid unjust in the extreme, to the South.
Resolved, That we consider the line of 36 deg.
)0 rain., as established by the Missouri Compronise,
as fair and equitable an adjustment of the
jucstion as the South should offer, by projwsing
which, we feel that the South adopted that eomjromise
which the North insisted upon at the time
>f its adoption, but which the South felt and still
feels as having been a concession exclusively on
lier part.
Resolved, That when this meeting adjourn it
idjourn to meet again two weeks utter the adournment
of Congress, with a view to consider
She propriety of appointing delegates to reprejent
us in the next meeting of the Nashville
convention should it be necessary for the same
So meet again.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meetng
be published in the newspapers of this town;
ind all others throughout the State friendly to the
nf tlio li'n ronnratnH tn wirn; tlin
laine.
JAMES M. HOWRY, Ch'n
Wm. B. Johnson, Sec'v.
Call, for a Southern Meeting.?A Voire
rotn Autauga.?At a large and respectable meetng
of the citizens of Vernon and vicinity, hold
>n Friday, 19th July, 1850, on motion of Dr. J.
'. De Jarnette, Col. Joseph B. Wilkinson was
ailed to tins chair, und A. W. McNeel appointed i
Secretary.
The chairman then arose and explained the :
(bject of the meeting to be as follows:?The
ibject of the meeting was to recommend to the
:ounty the propriety of holding a county meetng,
to express its news in regurt to the all-im>ortant
subject of slavery, which is now agitatng
our whole Union.
Whereupon the following resolution was offered
by L. Howard, esq., which was unAiiinously
adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of thirteen be
ippointed by the chair to report, at this meeting,
;he most appropriate time for a county meeting:
vhercupon the chair appointed on said commitee
Rev. D. B. Smcdley, D. James Mitchell, L.
tf. Whetstone, L. G. Caven, R. P. Houser, W.
ItringfeUow, Dr. B. F. Davis, L. Howard, Dr.
fosepli P. De Jarnette, D. John W. Golsan, M.
Jo ward, W. P. De Jarnette, and Joseph Goodioh.
The committee after a brief absence, reported,
hrough their chairman, Mr. Smedley, as fnlows:?
Resolved, That we do hereby recommend
(ingston and the 3d Monday in August next,
the 19th prox.,) as the most appropriate place
ind time for holding said meeting, which was
idopted.
On motion, Resolved\ That the Montgomery
ind Wetumpka papers be requested to publish j
he proceedings of this meeting. I
On motion, the meeting adjourned. J
J. B. W. WILKINSON, Ch'n. <
A. W. McNef.l, Sec'y. ?
Southern Meeting in Pike.?a preliminary ?
neeting was held in Troy, Pike county, on the t
'venino of July 18th, 1850, for the purpose of
nviting the people of tie* eountv to assemble r
tere at some future time, to ratify the proceed- J
ne? of the Nashville Convention. t
The meeting selected (ion..?. Met 'nleb Wiley,! f
Thairmnn, and R. Cook, Srerehvrv. f
The object of the meeting was explained by i
be chair. I <3
On motion of A. \. Worthy, r. committee of J
our was appointed by the chair lo invite the! k
?oople of the county to attend nt this place, on ?
he first Tuesday in \u<ru?t next, for the pur* I (
*>so alxvve mentioned?to select a county dele-' f
itte to the Nashville Convention, and to select 1
ielegates t<> the District Convention to lie held ; J
it CWton, on the first Monday in September. '
Phe chair appointed A. N. Worthy, John Key,,
udge Fit7-i>r.trick, and Win. M. Mnrplirrp, said , *
ommittee; and on motion, the Chairman wo* i c
dded to the committee.
On motion of A. N. Worthy, !
Rrxrthrd, That these proceedings bo pub- i .
ished in tl?o " Journal." nnd the " Advertiser (s
md Gazette."
Tho mooting then adjourned.
J. McCALEB WILEY, Ch'n. ,f
R. T. Cook, Soc'y.
Ciliwis of Pike. Coiin/u? '
In discharge of the duty assigned us, we in- <
ite yon, one and all, without distinction of par- >
y, to assemble at the Coart-houae, on the (
irat Tuesday in August next, to take such i
preliminary steps an will tend to maintain our
rights, una support our dignity, in the present
rnsis.
A. N. WORTHY,
JOHN KEY,
BIRD F1TZPATRICK, Corn.
WM. M. MURPHREE,
J. McCALEB WLLEY, ,
Ratification Meeting.?Voice of tfie Empin
County.?A very large and respectable meeting
of the citizens of Marshall county, without respect
to party, assembled at the Court House in
Holly Springs, on the 15th July, 1850, to ratify
the proceedings of the Nashville Convention.
Upon motion of Capt Taylor, Roger Barton
was appointed Cliairman, and J. II. Kilpatrick,
Secretary.
After a brief explanation of th? objects of tho
meeting, by the chairman, the following committee
was appointed to draft a preamble and
resolutions, to wit:
James II. R.Taylor, John B. Fant, J. C. Holland,
John Gibbons, Henry Mbore, Peter W.
Lucas, Ilugh McBridc, Matthew Ileum, Maj. T.
Mull, and W. S. Randolph.
The following preamble and resolutions were
reported by said committee :
Whereas, A Convention of the Southern
States of this Union, convened at Nashville on
the 1st Monday of June, 1850, to take into consideration
the course of action which it become
the said section of our common country to take
inj the present unhappy controversy which is
agitating us in relation to our Southern institutions
; and whereas, we, a portion of the people
af Mississippi, feeling a deep interest in nil tnat
relates to this question, ns it involves so largely
rinr ritrlitu nf* nrnnnrtv *w woll au mir fntiirA
? *"o " ? r-"f"- v > ?* ,,v" ?- *"?
peace juid security, having assembled together
to express our opinion us to the action of said
Convention?therefore, be it
1. Resolved, That the resolutions adopted by
mid Convention, express, in our opinion, in a
plain and forcible manner, a just sense of the
rights of the Southern people, and of the principles
upon which they depend.
2. Resolved, That whatever difference of
opinion may exist in relation to the address accompanying
said resolutions, either by members
of said Convention, or the individuals of this
meeting, we hope and believe they will be seen
to be such as do not affect substantially the
merits and truth of said paper, and that the objects
of the promoters of said convention, so far
is they seek an equality of rights and privileges
under the Constitution of our common country,
will be seconded and sustained by every man
having an interest therein, without regard to political
distinctions amongst us,and will command
the sympathies of the enlightened and just
throughout our country and the world.
3. Resolved, That our thanks are due, and
ire hereby tendered to the members of said
Mushvillc Convention, for the ubility and devotion
to our rights manifested in the proceedings
of said body.
The above resolutions were enthusiastically
received by the audience, and passed with only
)ne vote in the negative.
A motion was then made to appoint a committee
of ten to draft resolutions approving of
be course of Senator Davis, and our Represents
dives from this State, and express disapprobation
of the course pursued by Gen. Foote.
Upon the suggestion of Mr. Clapp, said committee
was appointed entirely of Democrats, as
he was a Democratic Senator, and they alone
responsible for his election.
Tlin aoin m iftoo ivmrv noi\Aid/i<l flm
a ^uuiiuiLt^t, iim i i viii iii^f ivj'wi ivu uir
following preamble and resolutions:
The committee to whom was referred the resolution
directing them to draft and report resolutions
expressive of the sense of this meeting
n regard to the course pursued by the Senators
ind Representatives from this &tate in Congress,
upon the subject of the aggression committed
by the Northern people up6n the rights
of the Southern and slavcholding States, and
npQn the various measures which have been
proposed upon the subject of slavery, have directed
mo to report the following preamble and
resolutions, to wit:
Whereas, For a series of years the people of
;he Northern States have manifested a disposition
to intermeddle with the domestic institution
>f slavery in thfc Southern States, and have foU
owed up that disfKisition by a variety of acts
ggressive towards the rights of the South, and
ridicative of a settled determination ultimately
o abolish slavery which exists by law and the 1
Constitution, and in open defiance of the guarintees
of the same, and against the expressed
vishes of the Southern people; and whereas,
ho people of the South, influenced by their love
or the Union and peace and concord, have hitherto
forborne to do more than quietly to rononstrate
against the unauthorized acts of their
irethren of the North; and whereas, resolutions
>f this character proved' wholly unavailing in
itaying the hand of aggression and outrage, nnil
at last, seeing that forbearance only encouriged
and emboldened their enemies, the people
?f the Southern States determined to submit no
onger to such outrages, but in primary meetings
n nearly all of the slaveholding States, resolved
o take the question of their rights into their
>wn hands, and the determination was emphatially
expressed throughont the South, that any
nrthcr measures of aggression on the part of
he North, would be resisted " at all hazards and
o the last extremity." And whereas, a full rcpcsentation
of a majority of the Southern States
onvened at Nashville, on the 1st Monday in
(une last, reaffirmed by suitable resolutions the
ense of the Southern people on this momentum
subject; and whereas iastily, the delusive
neasure rej>orted by the Committee of Thirteen,
o the Senate of the United States, ns a means
>f compromising the question between the North
md South, received the explicit condemnation
>f that body, and that condemnation has been
anctioned nnd ratified by the unanimous vote of
his meeting?therefore.
Resolved, That we have viewed with extreme :
egret the course pursued by the Hon. H. Stuart j
?*oote, one of the Senators in Congress from I
his State, in the support and sanction he hns I
ifforded to the bill called the Compromise bill,
is reported by the Committee of Thirteen ; that
n giving said measure his support, as he has
lone, he has aided in carrying into effect the
fry measure against which th$ slaveholding
States have so loudly remonstrated, and has
[Tossly misrepresented the wishes and interests
>f his constituents. In view, therefo e, of the
peat interests at stake, and the imminent peril \
11 which the interests of our State and of the j
Jnion is involved, we hereby invite the said
''unto tn muiorn flip no t, tlint, he now holds in
ho Senate of the United States, and hope that'
iinilar resolutions may bo passed in every
ounty in the State.
Rewired, That, for the reasons which have led
is to adopt the foregoing resolution, we do
icreby express our hearty npproval of the conluct
of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, our other
Senator in Congress, and of our Representatives
n the lower branch of the National LegisUtnr , i
mi this subject
Rewired, That the late condnct of ihe Mili- (
ary Governor of the District of New Mexico,:
inn a few other persons, in establishing a State !
Constitution, is iltegal and unconstitutional?a I
dotation of the faith pledged by the General i
government to the State of Texas, in the joint)
evolution of annexation-?and that we will aid j
and assist Texas, if necessary, in maintaining the i
integrity of her territory.
THO. MULL, Chairman.
M. D. R0BIN80N.
W. 8. RANDOLPH.
C. H. MOTT.
W. EPPES.
J. H. R. TAYLOR.
JAMES GREER.
J. F. TROTTER.
B. ROGERS.
J. W. FANT.
P. T. Scruggs offered the following amendment
:
Strike out all after the word u whereas," and
insert the following:
Resolved, That although in some of its features
we would prefer some amendment* in the
bill now before the Senate of the United States,
commonly called the "Compromise bill," yet us
a measure of peace and quiet to the country, we
are ready to approve its adoption and acquiesce
in its provisions.
Upon motion of Major Thomas Mull, the
amendment was rejected and the report and
resolutions of the committee were passed by u
very large majority?four to one.
Upon motion of Judge Chalmers, it was
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be published in the newspapers of this
town, and that the Secretary of this meeting
furnish our Senators and Representatives with
a copy of the same.
The meeting was addressed by Governor
Matthews, who made a bold, lucid and eloquent
defence of the Nashville Convention, and attacked
the compromise proposed by the Senate
Committee of Thirteen.
The Hon. D. B. Nnbors, of Tippah, responded
in defence of the Compromise. Mr. Nabors
made nn appropriate speech in Ijehalf of a cause
where there were but few to approve, and many
i, _ J IX ~ 1 * l~ J
io cunuuiiiii. lie wiia ciuquciii, nuiiiuruun ?uu
witty, and occasionally poetical.
Atler Mr. Nabors concluded, J. C. Holland
was called to the stand, who replied in a rich,
original and amusing manner. His speech was
happy and was well received by the audience.
Col. Glenn, of Jackson, being present, was
called for by the audience. He made one of
his happiest and best efforts in support of the
Nashville Convention. He took bold Southern
ground, and his speech was enthusiastically received
by an admiring auditory.
Mr. Scruggs prefaced the introduction of his
amendment with a few brief, but pertinent remarks.
ROGER BARTON, Chairman.
J. H. Kilpatrick, Secretary.
Ratification Meeting.?At a large and respectable
meeting of the citizens of Jackson and
its vicinity, held at the City Hall, on Saturday,
the 6th of July, 1850, at 11 o'clock, A. M., for
the purpose ot ratifying the proceedings of the
Nashville Convention,
On motion of Muj. Mosely, the Hon. John I.
rinin uritu oallarl fri tlin ( !linir on/] nftnr hnviniY
addressed the meeting as to the objects of its
assemblage in terms of glowing patriotism,
On motion of Co!. Tarpley, E. P. Russell was
appointed Secretary.
On motion of Gov. Quitman,
Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed
to prepare resolutions expressive of the
sense of this meeting.
Whereupon, the ehnirman appointed Messrs.
J. A. Quitman, J. E. FitzpntricK, S. C. Tarpley,
George Fearn, D. O. Williams, G. M. Barnes,
and H. J. Shackelford.
During the retirement of the committee, on
motion, the address of the Nashville Convention
to the people of the Southern States, and the
resolutions adopted by said Convention, were ,
read to the meeting.
The committee, through Gov. Quitman, the
chairman, presented for the consideration and ,
approval of the meeeting, the following resolutions,
to wit:
1. Resolved, Tliat this meeting fully approve
the address and resolutions of the Southern
Convention, lately held at Nashville, and will
maintain and defend the principles and determinations
therein set forth.
2. Resolved. That in addition to the resolutions
ado ted by aid convention, and which are
hereby ratified and confirmed by this meeting,
we affirm that neither the territorial legislatures,
nor the inhabitants of the territories have power
to exclude slave property, until such time as
such territory shall have been organized and
empowered by law to form a State eonstit tion, i
and that all exercises of such assumed power by i
the inhabitants of a territory, is revolutionary j
and sub ersive of the rights of the people of the j
States whose property is thus proscribed. (
3. Resolved, Tliat the attempt of a portion of ,
the inhabitants of California to usurp dominion ,
over that extensive territory, and to establish
therein u fundamental law forever excluding the |
slaveholder and his property, is nn act of uaur- ,
pution and injustice, which, so far from deserving
the countenance and sanction of Congress, i
should receive their unqualified rebuke and re- ,
prehension.
4. Resolved, That any act of Congress admitting
C lifornia as a State with the boundaries
and constitution now claimed, and thus sanctioning
the illegnl and unjust act of depriving
the people of fifteen of the States of this Union
of their equal right in and to the common territory
of the States, would be a gross outrage
upon the constitutional right of th j Southern
States.
5. Resolved, That the employment of slave
labor in California would be highly beneficial ,
to the whole Union in more rapidly developing (
the rich mineral resources of that country ny a
permanent and fixed system of industry; and
would lie especially beneficial to the slavehold- ,
ing States, by opening new and immensely
profitable investments for slave labor, thereby i
tending to enhance the value of slaves, and to
abstract surplus labor from the growth of our \
great staples now verging to over-production ; i
and therefore, illegnl and arbitrary exclusion of i
property from that territory, would not only be i
a violation of our rights as equal members of
the confederacy, but highly injurious and detrimental
to our property interests.
6. Resolved, That tliis attempt to exclude the
slaveholder from the most valuable of our ac- ,
qnisitiona on the Pacific is too flagrant a violation
of common justice to be made acceptable
to us under any dreas.?We therefore declare
A... MnnAoUUn 4 si ?|.A svT A '
UUI ill III upp?>oiVivii iv mv j/itin in HUJUHtniCnV
or compromise reported by the Senate committee,
no conceding to unjust demands the substance
of our rights, and leaving us naught but
the Hhadow to hide our disgrace.
7. Rf solved, That the instructions of our legislature
to our Senators in Congress, requiring
them to resist by nil constitutional means the
admission of California as claimed, and to oppose
the abolition of the slave iradc in the
District of Columbia, are imperative and unconditional,
and in these essential particulars, at
war with the Compromise bill.
8. Resolved, That it is advisable to form associations
in each county of this State to be de- i
nominated Southern States Rights Associations i
for the purpose of sustaining the resolutions of i
the Southern Convention, and prodncingconeert |
of action in support of Southern rights. j
Which were received stwl agreed to. The i
question then recurred upon their adoption.
Mr. Fearn remarked, that he wu in fafor of
all the resolution?, except the seventh; that this
eaolution hud nothing to do with the object* for
wMh'h the meeting had been called, that he was
opposed to the action taken by the legislature,
and should vote against the resolutions.
Gov. Quitman supported tlie resolutions in a
spirited and masterly manner and being con- |
scions of the truth and justice of the glorious
cause he espoused, challenged those who differed
with him, to a public dl<cussion of the questions
that are now agitating the country. His remarks ,
were listened to with the deepest interest, and
repeatedly elicited the applause of the audience.
Judge Hutchinson said he wished for a consideration
jtersonal to himself, to urn 'e n single
remark in order to show his approval of all the
resolutions reported by the committee, including
the 7th, to which there was one dissentient, (Mr. i
Fearn,) whose objection is not to the principle ;
of that resolution, but to its supposed effect up- \
>n the community. Judge H. thought that the i
resolution might be withdrawn. The instruc- t
tions of tho legislature were b afore our Senators <
in Congress, win would perceive what we pro- i
pos to assert, their iin erative character; l>e- I
sides he believed the resolutions and address of
the Southern Convention would furnish uddi- i
tional^round for conformity to the legislative i
instructions. He hud no doubt but that the
entire delegation of this State would occupy
and maintain to the last extremity that Southern i
ultimatum?yet if the 7th resolution he put he i
would vote for it.
Cr?l (' N TurnloV mnviJ Ihn i/\n nf tho .
X---J - r?.?.. ...? ,
resolutions reported by the committee, with the j
exception of the seventh; which was uunni- \
mously carried. I
Gen. C. M. Price moved that in order to cut i
off discussion and test the sense of the meeting, ji
that the 7th resolution be laid on the table; >
which was lost. *
After some discussion upon the resolution, in \
which Messrs. Deavenport, Tarplcy and Work, t
took part, the question was taken on its adop- \
tion, and decided in the affirmative, Mr. Fearn
dissenting. I
On motion of Col. C. S. Tarpley, i
ResolvedThat the Mississippian and the i
pnpem throughout the/S^ate, be requested to ]
publish the proceedings of tiiis meeting. I
The meeting then adjourned. i
JOHN J. GUIN, Ch'n.
E. P. Russell, Sce'y. ]
From the Savannah Georgian.
Public Meeting?The Nashville Conven- t
tion. I
In pursuanco of a call made by many citizens,
inviting all persons approving of the proceedings
of the late Nashville Convention, to meet
at the Exchange'Long Room on Tuesday evening,
the 23d inst., at half-past eight o'clock, a
large nnmber of the citizons of Savannah convened
at the appointed hour and place, when,
on motion, Dr. James P. Screven was called to
the Chair, and Montgomery Cumming appointed
Secretary. The Chairman of the meeting having
stated its object, on motion of John Bilbo,
Esq., the Chairman appointed a committee of
ten, to report suitable resolutions for the consideration
of the meeting. i
The following named gentlemen were np- s
pointed said committee, John Bilbo, John Bos
ton, Andrew Low, Dr. R. D. Arnold, R. G. 1
Guernrd, Octavus Cohen, E. J. Harden, Joseph t
Liptnan, Mr. J. Buckner, C. A. Lamar. The ?
committee retired, and during its absence, the
meeting was add reused by S. Y. Levy and John
M. Millen, Esqrs., in reference to the great subject
now agitating the country,?the rights of
South, and its duty in this crisis, in appropriate
ayd patriotic 8|>eechc8. 1
The committee having returned, reported *
through their Chairman the following preamble (
and resolutions:
Both the crisis and the consequently excited
state of public feeling throughout the South,
demand everywhere a full and free expression c
of public opinion. '
Hitherto the voice of submission, or of com- j!
promise equal to submission, has been ever
loudest in our midst, deluding the North as to J
the state of public sentiment in the South, and
strengthening the arm of the oppressor to acta r
of further aggression. The occasion now calls (
for a more decisive stand, and it behooves all
who believe submission has ceased to be a virtue,
and a further surrender of their rights to be .
a disgrace to themselves and a crime uguinst pos- 1
terity, calmly yet firmly, to speak in the clearest 1
accents of warning to the ear of the aggressor. '
We believe the prevalent opinion now
throughout the South to be that the Senate's 1
Compromise is no compromise at all. It takes c
from us the whole of California with its almost J
illimitable boundaries, nnd leaves New Mexico
ind Utah to be the subjects of a like fraudulent 8
idmission to State sovereignty, during the next
session of Congress. It seeks to bribe Texas
to a surrender of a vast nortion of her slave Ter.
ritory for the purpose of annexing it to a juris- 0
diction where it will inevitably become free soil. *
It abolishes the slave trade in the District of
Columbia, a District which as trust property is
common to the Union, and finally tends to prao- c
ticc a deception upon the South, by making ? \
matter of Compromise of the clear Constitutional i
right which we have to the aid of Congress in 1
Congress in recovering our fugitive slaves.
Feeling therefore that the Senate's adjustment ^
instead of closing will widen the breach between '
the North nod the South, t
It is therefore Resolved, That we fully endorse r
the positions assumed in the resolutions passed t
by the patriotic assembly lately convened at B
Nashville, and tender to the members thereof
our warmest gratitude for the dignity, firmness c
and ability with which they discharged the du- ?
ties that devolved upon them.
Resolved, That "in agreeing to take the Mis- c
souri Compromise, we do so only because such 11 ^
basis has been heretofore acquiesced in as a ^
means of preserving the Union. ,
Resolved, That any Compromise tluit yields c
more on the part of the South than the Missouri
Compromise, or of which that Compromise is b
not the basis, is oppressive And degrading to the t
slaveholding States as equals with the North in f
the Confederacy, and 11s binding one portion of t
the Confederacy, to a state of abject dependence a
upon the other. 1
Resolved, That under the present eircumstan- c
ces of the country and the known want of a proper
representative population within its borders, '
the admission of New Mexico as a State, would ?
justify the most extreme measures on the part j
of the South. n
Resolved, That the course pursued in Con- n
gross by our Senators and several of the Repre- n
sentatives from this State, upon the slavery d
ouestion. and osneeinllv hv the Hon. MePlieraon tl
Herrien, and the Hon. Joseph W. Jackson,
prove them warm and devoted potriota, worthy ^
the confidence of the whole South, and the enteem
and approbation of their immediate con- [
stituent ?. 1
The chairman then announced the preamble 1
and resolution* a* reported, to be before the i
mooting and open for discussion. The resnlu- <
tions as reported by the committee, were then !
advocated bv John bilbo, Esq. Dr. R. D. Arnold, !
and Edwarn J. Harden, Esq., in eloqnent and
appropriate addresses, folly sustaining and sup- 1
porting said resolutions. After which the preamble
and resolutions wore unanimously adopt- ,
ed by the meeting.
On motion, H was
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meetng
be published in the papers of the city, and (
1
~ "The
SautUm Fum,"?Tri-wwkly,
Is published on Tuesday^ Thursdays and Saturday a
The Southern Proas, "?Weekly,
Is published every Saturday.
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CP Individuals may forward the amount of their
uibscriptioni at our risk. Address, (post-paid)
ELL WOOD FISHER,
Washington City.
that a copy of the name be transmitted to the
Hon. John Mcpherson Berrien, and William C.
Dawson, our Senators in Congress, and to the
Hon. Joseph W. Jackson, our Representative, to
be laid before the Senate and House of Representatives.
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be
tendered to the Chairman and Secretary, for the
able and efficient manner in which they have
discliorgcd their several duties.
fin mntirin. thn m<u?tin<T nHinnrrii'il
' JAMES R SCREVEN, Ch'n.
Montgomery Cumming, Sec'y.
From the Savannah Georgian.
Meeting at Camden County, Ga.?At a
>ery large and respectable meeting of the citizens
of Camden county, held at Centreville, at
vhich were citizens from the counties of Glynn
ind Ware, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the subject of Southern rights, General
Milliard, of Ware, was called to the Chair,
and John Viilolonger, of Camden, was appointed
Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been explained
by Judge R. P. Burton and A. S. Atkinson,
esq., the following preamble aud resolutions
were proposed, ana after being discussed
by Judge Burton, A. S. Atkinson, Doctor Barnard,
Mr. Jeffreys, and James C. Smith, were
unanimously adopted: .
Whereas, The rights of the South have re;ently
been placed in great jeopardy, by the unust
interference of the Northern States; and
vherens, there is a bill now before Congress,
crown as Clay and Frote's Compromise,
vhich tukes forever from the Southern people
in 1110 rigm iu uiai vitai territory acquired in our
vara with Mexico, for which Southern blood
va8 spilt and Southern treasure expended; and,
vherenn, our silence at this time may be conitrued
into an acquiescence of the odious provisions
of that Compromise:
1. Be it Resolved, That Clay and Footo's
Compromise bill, with the amendments, are
nothing but base concessions, which, if sub]
in it ted to by the South, will exclude her people
from a vast and fertile country, to which they
liave a just and perfect title, and that we will
resist it in every possible manner and form.
3. Resolved, That we approve heartily of the
Vashville Convention, ana especially of the adiress
of the Convention to the Southern people.
3. Resolved, Tiuit as the least and last pro>osition
of a settlement, we are willing to abide
>y the Missouri Compromise line of 36}, exended
to the Pacific ocean, and think that tho
South should resist any other further encroachnent
at all hazards.
4. Resolved, That as a part of the constituency
)f the Hon. Joseph W. Jackson, we hereby ex
A. i.i a : al.4 L. -i--ii iL
[in*sr* iaj nun uur ucmro, uiut nu mum upputw uitt
taid Compromise with all his tale"t and energy.
fi. Resolved, That the first drop of Southern
blood spilt in Texas should be a signal to the
whole South to " stand by their arms," and that
we will sustain the people of Texas in contendng
for their rights.
6. Resolved, That until the present question
s settled, we dissolve all party distinctions, and
>tand upon the Southern platform.
7. Resolved That n copy of those resolutions
>e forwarded to the Hon. Joseph W. Jackson
ind otl\ers?to the editors of tl?e Republican
ind Georgia, in Savannah.
THOMAS HILLIARD, Chairman.
John Villalonger, Secretary.
Prom the Central Georgian.
Meeting in Washington County.?The
friends of the extension of the Missouri Line to
he Pacific Ocean, arc requested to meet at Sunlorsville
on the first Tuesday in August.
From the Forsyth Bee.
Southern Meeting in Monroe.?The friends
if the Union, who are in favor of the settlement
>f the slavery question upon the basis of the
Missouri Compromise line, in oppposition to
Clay's compromise bill, do cull a public meeting
if the citizens of Monroe county, without disinction
of party, on the first Tuesday in August
text, to be held i i the court house in the town
>f Forsyth. Signed bv
188 Whigs and Democrats.
Public Meeting in Henry.?The citizens of
Eienry county, without distinction of party, are
'equestcd to meet in the court house at McDolough,
on the first Tuesday in August next, for
;he purpose of publicly expressing their views
ipoti the slavery question. The present crisis
lemands such action from the citizens of every
ounty in the State, and while others are stepping
brward in this i i portaut matter, we should njt
tand aloof.
Whigs and Democrats.
McDonough, July 20,1860.
The Overland Emigration.?A correspondent
f the St. Louis Republiean, writing fVom Fort
.uiramie, June 2d, says :
The tide of emigration is still sweeping across
he prairies in great force, carrvine alone: in its
current all our floating population" such "as mechanics,
laborers, hunters, Indian traders, Ac. &c.
Jp to the present time, the entire number of men,
vomen, children, wagons, horses, mules Ac., that
rave passed thin point is as follows : 9972 men,
15 women, 76 children, 2797wngons, 9830 horses,
1127 mules, and 2304" oxen. The emigration is at
east three weeks ahead of at of last year.
An to the number of emigrants that will pass by
his route this season, it has been greatly overated.
1 feel convinced that it will not exceed
hat of last year by more than five or ten thou-,
and.
Another party of footmen passed yesterday
arrying everything, provisions, blankets, Ac.,
trapped to their backs. One provident fellow,
n addition to all this, had a small sheet iron
ooking stove slung to his back, with which he
ippeared much delighted. The health of the
migrants thus far has been good, but few if any
laving died on the road. Some half dozen have
reen left here sick but all are now convolesent.
A Man Flayed Alivk. Horrible Atrocity! A
tate merit was copied into the newspapers some
inie ago, that a man belonging to a party bound
or California, having declared that he would ahoot
he first Indian that he met, deliberately ahot a
quaw, and, being taken by a party of Indians,
vas skinned alive. The report waa subsequently
ontradicled.
Notwithstanding this, the Bangor Mercury says,
hat a letter has been received from one of the
arty to which the man belonged, which was a
ompany bound to California overland, givingthe
etails of hie crime and its punishment in the
tanner stated. Soon after this cold-blooded
turdcr of the squaw, the party, about twenty in
umber, was surrounded by three hundred Inians,
and threatened with instant death unless
hay disclosed the perpetrator of the atrocious
ieed. After consulting together, they determined
o point out the murderer, who m as at once seized
ty the Indians, bound to a stake, and his skin
leeled from him even to his toes. The operation
asted two hours, and the victim survived two
lours after it. The company, among whom was
lis own brother, were compelled to form a ring
tround the stake and witness the terrible torment
>f the wretched man. Four or five >f the party,
ind among them the one who railed down upon
riimaelf such a terrible punishment, went from
Troy, in the Slate of Maine. . i
ferdotand moulton,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Will practice in the several courts in ths District,
and attend to the prosecution of claims
against the Government.
Office corner of E and 7Ui streets, opposite thg
ienernl Post Office,