The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-02-28
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From the Mobile Daily Advertiser, lIth inst
PUBLIC METEOROLOGICAL PRO
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On Monday night one of the largest and
most respectable meetings ever assembled
in Mobile, met at the Court House. to re-
spond to the Address Of the Southern Del
esates in Congress to their Constituents"
On motion Of Gen. Thomas Holland, J.
e. Saunders was called TO the Char.
On motion of Col. b. Boyken, Judge II.
Chamberlain. Capt. James Crawford, and
Charles LIE Baron, were chuscn Vice. Presi-
dents.
On motion ofG. F. Lindsay, J. r. Block
er, II. BalIentine. and R. Brooks, were cho-
sen Secretaries.
The meeting being thus organized, the
Chairman stated its objects. and was sue
ceeded by J. A. Campbell. who. after an
impressive speech, submitted the following
Resolutions
!. Resolred, That we heartily approve
the conduct Of The Senators and Reprcsen.
ta,ives in Congress Of the Southern States
IN general. and Of the State OF Alabama in
particular, in the adoption and signature of
the address Of the Southern Delegates" to
their constituents of the South.
2. Resolued, That we fully occur in the
propriety Of The tone and the truth of the
matter of that Adhesive agree tha, ag-
gression has followed aggression, and eli.
croachlnent, on the part OF the Northern
States, upon the rights. the feelings, and the
interests of the Southern States, relative
to the institution Of Slavery, and that the
time has arrived for plain and explicit un.
ders,anding between the different sections
Of this Conlcdcracy as to the means Of main
tanning its peace and stability.
3. ResolUed. That the encouragement and
countenance gwen in the Northern States
to the agitation on the subject of slavery,
through the churches, organized societies,
popular assemblies the public press, and the
Legislatures Of those States have produced
widespread alienation in the hearts Of a
large portion Of our people from further
connection with those States, and that un-
less its continuance be obstructed BY the
sober-Ininded and honest Of those States, in
evitably render such alienation as natural
as il will be universal. That these feelings
OF alienation have been strengthened by the
efforts made on behalf of these States to
impose odious and unconstitutional restrc.
tons upon the power Of our citizens to en-
igrate with their property 10 Oregon, Cali
lornia, and Mexico-and that when we con.
s:der that. in addition to those repeated
wrongs, menacing resolutions to abolish sa-
very in The District of Columbia, have re-.
ccived the sanction OF a majority Of North
ern representatives, and that large proper
tion nf the same representatives deny that
slaves are property under the Constitution
Of the United States, and may be taken
from their owners without compensation-a
large portion of our people have concluded
that the only alternative left to them is an
abolition Of slavery at the demand ofthc
North, or total separation Of all further
political connection with those States.
4. Resolued, That the adoption by the
Stale Legislatures Of the principal non-savc-
holding States, of laws framed with the
view Of annulIing the constitutional provision
in regard to fugitive s!aves--the steady and
increasing demand made by those States
for the abolition Of slavery in the District
Of e. Columba--the declaration of New York
that the limits Of Texas as slave territory
ouch. 10 be curtailed--tIie incessant attacks
yearly becoming mnre bold aud unscrupu.
lous, upon the compromises of the consltu.
ton, uncr which slave population is repre-,
scn,ed in Congress, manifests strong. in.
crcasing. and dangerous disposition on the
part of those States to assume and exercise
a complete control over the institution ol
slavery in the Southern States, and 10 die.
tate the terms and conditions of the relations
between master and slave, to which no free
| and cnligh,ed people ought 10 submit.