Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-30

in case of the passage the Provis, There Is more rea
in this southern move fear than Is suspected ahoc u.
Anontal southern senator whom Yesterday is rampant
and some Of the nosi cautious and reaSoheie Oh e
Carolina delegation talk toreboaih9N anu p;n ~ il :,
have conyersed with many onef souieerS WITHIN u'
three DAYS and begin 10 oeeNe 'ha' "e'e ! ''
ahead of porlenIous chafac'er
The Editor refers TO important communication
coming from gentleman in Washington 'who is III posi-
zion 10 speak Understandings OF what he writes about ana
one moreover accustomed put paper for PRINT I'VE
,d,s Stree, ros or parlor whisperines in Washington
We are glad TO see that the politicians of the North are be-
ginning To find out that the South is in earnest IN the sah
she has They have hitherto been under fatal dc
fusion, from which they gust now waking That The
South will maintain her ground cannot admit OF doubt;
and the struggle will probably upon the demand al
California for admission an'i-Slavery STATE WHIT
particular form the opposition may cannot yet
sayhoueh il will be of II ofod character large por-
ZION of the South will resist the admission Of California as
State on the ground that she has through terri
toria pupilage and that her Constitution under the PIKE
and bayonets of the military power Of the Federal Govern
nenr has been undue haste concocted 10y motley coec
lion Of all nations qualified by information or expert
ence discharge the high duty oi organizing sovereign
State The Governor of Alabama in his Message mas taAe
this bold ground and among other similar inocaoh> WE
ask attention To the following from the able Editor ol th
Augusta (Ga Constituonasi who writes from Mledge-
Vile where the Legislature is now in session:
In reference 10 Federal relations and the slave ques-
on the present Legislature intends Ia use fer rorS ana To
take the initiative in decided actio In the event I" certain
contemplated contingencies il Will authorize The Governor
call Convention oil The people o Georgia DELEGATES
10 be elected in the mode members oi the leSSi-
tre and will appropriate and set apart sum sufficient L"
meet the expenses of such convention.
The contingencies will be, the pass.e o me "nlo. ITO
yiso applied California, New McXco-the ADMISSION
OF either Of these as State without previous territorial
ganization and with the prohibition m us STATE
Constitution of the institution OF slavery South ol
the line the Missouri compromisethe passage o law
~. lt,,lin mon ~ Dpf
adduccd TO the Governor mat any save mas esraiu o
his in Georgia. onslavehodng State ana the
authorities of that State refuse 10 comply with inc require
ents of the Federal Constitution, directing The delivery of
said fugitive 10 his owner
Resolutions providing for call Of convention in The
oven, o CONTINGENCIES therein named been laid before
The legislature and will with some notifications b. adopted
Intractons This provision OF the Federal Compact. ty
the Northern States. have become :" frequent ana so gar
ing that il is time the South should take the ease III hand
and devise remedy. She has ited and td and 0t.ed
long enouguniii in fact the North heeds Southern re-
solves and protests empty wind Both on TINS SUBJECT
and tina. unconstitutional legislation the slavery cues
ton bv Congress the South has hitherto contented Itself
with the meaningless gcneraties ofdecaiaon The effect
has been provoke dicue Instead OF commanding respect
from our assln,s Even Southern presses have yenl.red
10 call il "tlustsr "brar0do and 'traddie, and have
spoken conemptuosv OF those who have used the language
of defiance 'rcNiHo- moaeerS 'agH0rS '0tSorgdH-
a:ers" 'trRdy jracrGrS The time is AZ hand when
il will be whether the attitude III Georgia will he one @"
dignity of contempt Georgia has hitherto commanded
respect when she has placed herself in an attitude OF resist
Northern aggressions and Federal encroachmen 1t
h2 whether er spirit has degcaerditd since
the days of ''IRorP THE TREATY.
The conviction is general in the legislature that the time
has arrived when the South should take decided stand
the slavery question All have foressen that; or later
the time had 10 come, and would come Most OF Us now
that the time has coneThec will be blending ~ par
ties this question, and harmony vi action in the esa-
few OF each party hang back but the great ma
Joy, representing and rejecting the will Of Inc people OF!
Georgia viii unite and will take steps place the ssiic dis
tinc,ly before the Northern people JrsTcE ASh EeuA
RIaHTs TmE Sorrit-coMrLiANcE WITH THE ooLtGA-
OF FEDERAL coMPAcT-No HoEE AoGREssIoNs oS
THE INSTITUTION SLAVERY or bissotrrIoS or 7iIE
ESIoS. q.
No, less sgnican, is the following from III" Montgomery
(Alaba.,) Journal Wing paper:
'Let The States speak their ,ecign capacities Let
the agitation of this question by pa:san and for party pur
poses be frowned down. Let il be regarded in other
light but sacred for above lis influence and a.
belonging the whole South let b. preserved hereafter
from the man and concentrating touch OF party men and
motives Lei the Legislators OF the Southern States au
thorise Southern Convention Let them appoint able en
of all parties with full instructions in the premises Let
this Convention without hayado but in firm decisive dig
ned language lcaseer the rights of The South which have
been abandoned and declare their solemn and deliberate
Mmatum If this injustice is persisted in. Let them declare
that union without equality Of rights can have no legal
exstence in yoltion Of the first principles OF the com
pact and if these rights withheld they abSoyed
with whatever regret and whatever haZards from all ne
glance IT, Such document would with the force and
earnestness of truth and carry conviction with IT. and
would rally the patriotic everywhere throughout the
Union it's bear back The fanatics and repress
This attempted injustice
rcle 1--WE quote the Charleston ercury denounces the mis-
cradle attempted by the Wnot Proviso politicians of
covert gaining their object by insieang The abbe OF adj
yenurers in Of California form State Govern
ment claiming sovereign the whole of that
territory and by section of their mock constitution encu-
ding the whole South from participating i'll the fruits Of vic
tories that were eminent degree achieved by Southern
valor The Advertiser rightly considers this attempt 10 cs
cane the difficulty Of cnac,n the Proyso by realizing lis
,e,c t.i,ry
sistance the open attacks OF the Aboions'S, and
concludes its remarks thus:
Thank God that the feeling of sell preservation c very
instincts Of our nature, is uniting all III the South
Wings and Democrats, on This question, are laying aside
their partisan feelings We have already seen how Judge
Sharkey Mississippi Wing honest and 'ic 10 The South
took bold and manly position i'll favor o State confen
tion Gov Towns OF Georgia in his message has recon-
mended State conventions and Coy. Chapman has recon
Inended State Convention and Southern convention
Public sentiment in the South rapidly concentrating and
Wings and Democrats are falling into line III defence oil heli
homes and their ircsides.
On the o,hcrhand portion of the South holds that We are
estopped from obcctng The admission of California wthher
State constitution but landher bring forward the views OF
the Athens Ca Banner livery strong Democratic paper that
spruging existence California does from the terrific
~ Of the United States Congress lishtu prescribe
10 her the appropriate boundaries OF her jurisdiction Rgh
here ,rc ,rod hare the South 10 meet he California question
We neither disposed surrender 10 single State III,
whole territory OF California (Which indeed s not claimed
willing that the boundaries of the new State OF
California shall extend further South Of the Missouri Compro
mise line than the geographical formation oil the country
may absolutely require. We think her Southern boundary
should be fixed in such 10 leave small range o
with its harhors for Southern State hereafter 10
be carved of the remainder Of the ierory-in Other
words that should be abount the marked oct in
Mr. Dougasss bill in the last Congress. Win such mod
hcaon Of her boundaries decidedly OF the opinion thai
she should be admitted into the Union We do approve
of the process by which Gen TAYLOR in defiance of the Con
su,ion and the laws has thus brought her apply for adj
mission Her position sundoubedy
but that matters not We her she isnot
she ought TO be under the laws.
These views certain extent endorsed by tina,
ceent and always sensible paper, the New York
Journal of Commerce, which is inclined think that the
main battle will be Tough, The proposed boundaries Of Ca
lifonia. The South, il remarks
"Can consistently that the territory proposed IL te in
cluded in the State OF California is altogether large
single State and moreover that is unnatural and
able that State should monopoise the whole