The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-20

one farm, murder one man, carry off one female, |
and keep possession of one acre of ground: what
would be the cry of the North of the South, of
the whole United Safes | viii not say what |
think il would be, or what il ought to be, will
leave every citizen Of this country TO find his own
answer and make llis own response then let him
think Of Texas, and the facts have stated inre-
aton to her situation, and bear IN mind, also,
that have only made mention Of the Lower Rio
Grande valley on account OF space; but there are
many other portions of the frontier that have
suffered equally as much, if NOT more, than the
country have named
Sir, most respectfully, your servant,
G.. X. LEWIS.
WAsHrNcroN, July Is. 1850.
Southern Meeting
Pursuant to public notice, a large number of
the people of Talladega county, without distinc-
tios of party, met at the Courthouse of said
county, on Monday, the LIST day Of July, 1850.
On motion Of Col VIM. Curry, the Hon.
Lenard Tarrant was called to the chair and on
motion of Gen. j. T. Bradford, Col. George Hill,
was also elected as an associate chairman of the
meeting. These two presiding officers having
been conducted to the chair, John t. Morgan
and A. w. Bowie, esqrs., were elected secreta-
ries. The object of the meeting was briefly
and pertincntly explained by the Hon. l.. Tar
rant
On motion of s. f. Rice, csqr., a committee
of eleven was appointed by the chair to draft
resolutions for the meeting, consisting of the
following gentlemen, to wit. Messrs. Samuel
f. Rice, w. W. Knox, A. G. Story, j. r. Brad
ford, Rufus Mynatt, ]. ]. Woodland, J. G. l..
Huey, Thos. l.. Pope, Isaac Hudson, ]. l.. NJ
Curry, and Henry A. Rltledge.
The committee retired to perform their duties
And whilst the committee were out, on motion
Of Col. Curry, the resolutions of the Nashville
Y L. L. N T.
James H. Joiner. And on motion of Alexan-
der White, esqr., Mr.. Joiner also read to the
meeting the address of the Nashville Conven-
ton.
The Committee above named, through their
chairman s. +. Rice, esqr., reported the follow
ing resolutions, agreed on by the committee
unanimously.
RESOLVED, LIST. That we approve the proceed
ings Of the Nashville Convention and hereby
ratify the same
RESOLVED, End That the resolutions adopted
by the Nashville Convention present correct
exposition of the rights Of the South, and of
the principles and duties Of the Federal Gov
eminent, and said resolutions are hereby
adopted.
Resolued, 3rd. That the plan originally re-
ported by the Committee of Thirteen to the
Senate of the United States, usually termed the
/" Compromise" possesses no virtue to allay the
agitation which threatens to destroy the rights
of the Southern people, and to disrupt the
Union, but is fraught with mischief to the
South, and surrenders principles for which we
have at all times commended. BY that plan the |
tons Of the North, without receiving any equiv
alent whatever by its first part, all the vast
territory obtained from Mexico by conquest
treaty and purchase, is given up to aboltion by
its 2nd part, large portion Of Texas, about as
far as south Montgomery, Alabama, is given up
to abolition by its 3rd part, Texas Bonds to the
amount of about ten or fifteen millions of dol
lars, formerly worth about ten cents in the dol
lar, are sadded upon the treasury Of the United
States, to be paid in full out of the public
money collected from the South as well as the
North. This is offered to reconcile Texas to
the surrender of her territory to abolition uses
by its 4th part, the work of abolition is actually
begun. 1t proposes to abolish the slave trade
in the District ofColumbia, and free the negroes
sold in violation Of the law--thus giving Con
gress jurisdiction and passing an act of positire
abolition Of slarery under particular contingent
cies. In other words, what citizen of any
saveholding State may noac lawfully do, is pro-
hibited in the future, under the penalty of losing
his property, by law passed to please Abolition
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comprehensive scheme of emancipation
Res0lUed, 4th. That we hold our tiberiu no
htical equality, and our IEDEPENDENcE as above
all price and we cannot and will not sacrifice |
them for the sake ofcontinuing any Unionwhich
is controlled by an abolition majority (reckless
alike Of the Constitution which formed that
Union and our feelings, peace, rights and honor
and welded by such maj ority for the destruc-
ton of sixteen hundred millions of slave pro- |
perty, and the degradation of the white people |
of the South to level with the negro race.
Resolued, 9Th. That whenever an Abolition
majority in Congress, by aid of the interference
of any officer of the Federal Government, or in
any other mode, shall deprive us of the nestinla-
BILE right of Political Equality, and appropriate
to themselves the vast territories of the United
States (the common property ofall the States
cit is then their Government not ours. Then
we shall be compelled to regard it as our en-
envy, and we are willing, if we can, to bring
our children to the altar of liberty, and like
Hamicar, to swear them to eternal hostility
to such foul domination. 'Give us our Just rights
and we are ready as heretofore, to stand by the
Union every part of it, and its every interest
refuse it and we will strike for Independence"
RESOLVED, 9Th That by concession and sub
mission to the demands of Northern Abolition
lists, we do not gain even momentary peace. We
simply give our assailants additional power and
fresh courage and confidence. For every step
we make backward they makes step forward,
and at the end of our concessions we find the
same enemy, with the same feelings and the
same weapons, invoking the memory of past
triumphs as the prophet of future victory.
Resolued, 18th, That in the opinion of this
meeting, submission to the proposed exclusion
from an equality of benefits in the Territories
of the United States, beyond what is already
yielded by the Missouri Compromise, would be
nnwise and dangerous. That this is a question
paramount to all questions Of party or mere
temporary policy, and that he who falters and
Esau like barters his birth-right for amess of
pottage, is recreant to the memory of the past,
to his duty to the present, and traitor to pos
terity.
Resolred, 9Th. That four delegates be APP
pointed by this meeting to attend the next pro-
posed meeting Of the Nashville Convention, to
represent Talladepa county in accordance with |