The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-04-06

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Madieon County, held at Canton, April Cd. A.
D. l849, for the purpose Of taking into cOnsid'
Grafton the position it becomes the South to
assume in the present crisis, Gen. Shackleford,
the chairman Of the former meeting being abb
sent, on motion Dr.. ]. J. Pugh was called to
the chair and A. P. Hill, appointed Secretary.
The meeting being organized, L. Maury
Garrett offered the following ResOlutions,which
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The facts and views set forth in
the addresses Of Messrs. Calhoun and B%srrien,
which were reported to the Committee Of
Southern members Of Congress, recently held
in the city Of Washington, are sufficient to call
forth from the people of the Southern States,
an expression Of their opinion in regard to tn
subject.matter which was the object OF said
Conv entlOn to consider;-And whereas The
people of Madison County,M mississippi feel ittO
be their duty as it is their right, tOexpresS their
sentiments in regard to said subjeCt-matter;
Be ii therefore ResolUed, That we cherish a
warm attachment to the Union Of these States,
agreeably to the real and obvious intentions Of
the powers Of our Federal constitution, as ex-
pressed in tn at constitution, and manifested in
the history of its formation, and that it is there.
fore our duty to watch over that sacred instru.
men., and to oppose every infractiOn Of the
principles which it contains, as constituting
the only true basis Of that Union.
ReSOlUsd. That knowing no party names or
political divisions, on questions involving in
their settlement and consequences, the charac-
ter, the property and the lives Of the Southern
people, we are ready, heart and soul, and with,
a united front, to join the people Of this State
and heOther slave-holding States Of the Union
in such measures Tor the defence of our rights
and the protection of ourselves, and those
whom we hold dear, as the highest wisdom Of
all may suggest or devise - in case the
measures Of aggression upon Southern rights,
instigatcd and proposed, shall be cOnsumma-
ted.
RsIOlped Thatin the event Of the passage by
Congress, Of the "Wilmot Proviso'' in regard to
territory north Of latitude SO 80. or any law a.
polishing slavery in the District Of Columbia,
or places purchased by Congress from the
slave holding States for the erection Of forts,
magazines, a%rsenals, dock yards, and other
needful buildings, or interdictiug the slave
trade between the several States; the Governor
Of this State be, and he is hereby requested,
Immediately to convene the Legislature, it not
then in session, to consider Of the mode ana
measure Of redress.
ResOlped, That the proceedings Of this meet
ing be published in the Mississippi Creole, and
other public journals Of this State.
After the adoption Of the resolutions, Frank
lin Smith, ESQ.,, withdrew the preamble ant
resolutions which he had given notice of hi
intention to offer at a previous meeting il
March, aud in a few eloquent and appropriate
remarks, congratulated the meeting on tn
spirit Of harmony and Cancellation that ha
characterized the proceedings, indicating, as
clearly did, the unbrOken front Madison COur
ty would present, to the enemies OF SOuther
rights, when the crisis should arrive, allude
to in the resolutions just passed. A.P, Hi
Secr'y. ]. ]. Pugh Pres't.