The southern press., 1850-10-09
From the Mobile advertiser.

To TIE ClrIzESs OF Nj BILE CouNTY.-The
hostile attitude which u majority OF the last j
Congress- assumed, in relation to Southern 5
rights induced n meeting OF the Southern Re-s
presentatjves. who published an address appeal
mo to the people of the South. TO abandon all
party differences, and to ''unite,' and declaring
that the want OF union and concert IN REFER
enre to our vital interests, has brought the
South. the Union aud our system OF government
! to their present perilous condition.
| In the South. this address was responded to
by the Legislatures of the States, and by nssenb-
| lapes of the people; and the burthen of all the
resolves adopted without distinction OF party,
was
Thai The States ,rere equals as 10 Poltt'cal
rights. T'hat he territory acquired 6y Congress
| from lNerico became The Common properiyof me
| STATES and that the people Of The Solth tconld
! nst submit fo am action Of the G0rernn'enf W
,ehich Atey should be ercludcd from settling mn .
| their propcrtv al leasl an equal portion Of Ats
| It,ritOry. g 4. 4.
The majority of the last Congress were,
however, supported by the Legislatures OF Tue
Northern and Western States, which declared
Y'hak slarery should nerer be extended into ne
Terriories, and that no more Stare STATES should
be adn,iited into Ats Union Fge
Under this state Of circumstances military
officer, under the sanction of the President Of
the United States, in defiance of law issues his
proclamation calling upon the wanderers who
were then roaming over California, to meet IN
and organize themselves into 4 q
State and by the same proclamation, the num- o
Der Of representatives, the qualifications OF the
electors. the basis OF representation are all de-
termined in the same spirit of defiance by this
Military Dictatorship.
The assembage Of the convention was SO
hurried that every rule Of proprlety was abali-
doned and to complete the organization, mems
bers were permitted 10 take their seats, VINO l'su
received minority of ro,es, with those VINO hau
the majority; and from the same Distrlcl, were
admitted. representatives elected at one period, I
with those who held under subsequent elec- 7
tions while other large Districts were entirely
precluded from all representation, for the want
Of time to acquire the necessary lnformatloa
Assembling under the influence OF this dlcta-
torship. mindful of the refusal by the lust Col-
rress TO grant them even a territorial gorerh- Z
n,enl and that the States which this majority
represented had declared against the admission
of any more slave States the antl-Southern
influence might have safely trusted to the obc-
diencc If the convention. But it would seem
no chance, however slight, by which the SOUTH
should be heard, was to be incurred s6sE
When the convention asked the important
nupStlOn. w hat are To DC tl'c fhfhto Va sS 'S''9
State on the Pacic9 the reply was that the
special agent of the Federal Government Chen
in California; had impiored its members for
Gods sake take in !he nhole and not lears q foot
for The people ot'the Union to quarrel abouA"
In opposition to the ardent wish Of the rppre-
sentatives from the Southern portion OF Cali
fornia the mandate of Federal power was
obeyed, and the whole Of our acquisitions on
the Pacific, purchased equally by the blood and
treasure of the South, were covered over by an
inhibition for. ever excluding her lnstituiionss
from any share or participation in the shores oil
the Pacific! & 9#
This violation Of law, which if not done urder
its forms would be called Rebellion ana nod
berry, did not and could not deprive TN. GoIgrY-
ment Of its possessions. The acl oi "a's :. ,,,as
the convention was unauthorized by iaw' ~ Was
therefore a mere nuity and the rights OF .ne'
States represented BY the Federal Government ,S ,a
to this Territory, were as perfect after tne ac'ion
Of the convention as they were oefore.