The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1849-01-06

egard 70 the lnstHHion OF slayery.s The !
.esolntions further proposeslhs appointment.
4 committee TO drhH annda dress the peo..
plesof the slave hoo ding States merely show
ING The progress df 'abofiJ Jionism, and not !
SnyE'; ssisf:tn sTemeda y; leavi6gs
lhatfosbs deysssu oss "a eepls:of thesatess
and of the State legislatures. . ~ : s.
These resolutions, Mr.. Stephens Of Ga,
after some remarks, moved to refer it TO a
of one member from each Of the
Suites, to8report upon the
whole subject involved, at an udiourned d
meeting to: be Iheld;i5 Jan next.
An animatsds debate ensued, in which
Messrs. Bayisy, Stephens, I'oombs, Foo,e,
Pendleton, Woodward, Butler, Tompkins,
Chapman, Morse. Holmes, Rusk, Calhoun,
and Westcoit,hn one orlwo others, whose
names / have not ascertain cd, participated
Mr.. Calhoun, Eunderstand approved Of
Mr.. Buyley'sfesolu.ions but coi,icided gen.
orally inahes Propriety of the reference pro-
posed dby,MrISlephens. He nude, am as.
sured. one ofhis ablest and most eloquent
speeches, moderate for him in lis tone, con-
tanning nothmy,iD,ended TO excite the South
bu, little perhaps calculated to produce such
result, ard much no donbt intended to IL
nuc them in Arm and unwavcring main
tainancc OF their constitutional rights.
The meeting ain informed. was conduc-
ted with great order and dccorum through
out, very little excitement being manifested,
even the ultras being very moderate, III tho
expression Of ;vscntimcn,s.
Gen lsusk ..u of tho Senators from Tex
rs, presume, FROM the incormatio.. which
| have reccivetl from various sources. must
have expressed the sentiments oithc major
ily ofthe mcdtng. Like those o:' Mr. Cal
houn, his relnlrks were listened to with the
most profound attention.
lie said lht some seemed to ,hinI; l!la,
the object for Which they had assembled was
to inform the people o' The uuwarran,ablc
steps lalcnN fthin the last few days, in de-
! roga.; u oftH rights of the southern portion
OF the eonfedfraey, and oi the people in the
District, ,ot GdA2bia,
II this were tho resolutions fell far
short of the objefl eflin:ended, for they did not
pretend to set lhe action to the House
OF Representative on these subjects. A
true accopntpftERt action was now travel
ling through the Fess 10 all parts Of the I'm
ion. .sss % s.stss 49,
| He deemedsth object OF the meeting 10
be, however, ,teae tlse some means by which
to check.a blind thd prejudiced majority in
Congress from 1rampiing upon the cons.i-
tuition, and:violaii{gi The constitutional rights
of one-half thess btes:ofthis Union. !.
Haw hsl1e4hef 81 ono, .5f..ae ass.ed.
se'ee: numberso men,i Was asssttsSs5f55s It's 5f5s the
act of one or few States r. Was.it to be
effected by passion; violent language. and
preGipiiate facs:a "A i these if resoried to,
would. fail. r.
Itmust besafectcd. he insisted, by eau
t,ous, pruden5 Ind firm action, upon the
part of all llnterR!ed TO be oinny service
there mustbe SJnanimity Of feeling and &C.
tion, under 1hetgnidance Of patriotism and
not of. .pass ion.
They had fcome out ola heated poll
cal contest which they had been divided
into two osparfits-mutual elimination and
recriminaiionAa had taken place-no time had
elapsed in whi4hto pour oil on the troubled
waters. q f.
He did natxKish to be understood as con-
demning The resolutions of MIR. Baylcy. but
he thought it premature to act upon them
now. The call, even, TO mce. was not
! twelve hours old, net more than two-thirds
of the members from The Southern States
. were present, an action then would not only
be precipitate, but would be more likely
10 produce division than harmony.
He was sssa-olora obliged to the gentle
man from Georgia (Mr. S,ephcns) for his
motion to refer these resolutions and ad-
journ until the 18th of January There
was to his mind manifest impropriety in
passing them now. The subject should be
thoroughly investigated, and tho resolutions
and address Gf such an ono as spoken Of
ought 70 be adopted) should correspond with
each otReftand both bc calm, just and dig
nified, asswell as firm. He hoped, there
fore, ,heprop of the gentleman from
Georgia ould be unanimously adopted
s Nj, NHsScotts learn, advocated the adop,
ftionof 3ayiey'ss resolutions, and of his
proposed Addr confined TO an historical
dstail olfs ggtessions upon the South
as lhat honld, be done by the Members
lof gohe bsyond#ihe exercises of.heir
lcohstnlt ltj6nai duty in the two Houses He
Idsnounesds presumption on their part,
EanyS aasmpt tdo dic,ate2the mode or form OF
lfesistehf his, he gcontended, !, was the
i5ssetafiT province ofs.hessovereign States
which 4s &ggrieysd, 4and 5. of the people.
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