The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-17

southern Rights meeting at Raymond,
mfss.--The Right OF slave-Owners to
Remove with themt to the TerritorIes--
The Measures OF Compromise Adopt
Ell by Compensation -intcreourse with
NeyvorIeaIls, CondittOnally.
We inadvertently omitted TO notice yesterday the
proceedings of the Southern Rights Meeting held
at Raymond, Miss, on the 81 inst 1t is said to
have been composed of persons of both political
parties, and to have numbered about six hundred
voters. Col. VIM. Smith, of Clinton, presided,
and explained the objects of the meeting in forci-
bic and spirited speech, in which he declared that
though an Incorporating wing on the ordinary
issues, he now felt constrained to say that at the
present crisis, all allegiance TO party must be abau
doned, and that the friends Of the South must now
make common cause - resistance and defence
against Northern aggression" His address was re.
ceived, it is stated, with great applause
A long series of resolutions we've adopted, raify-
| ing the proceedings of the Nashville Convention,
and setting forth the views of the meeting in refer
ence to the rights of the South, without dissent
ing voice. We admire the first resolution in the
series exceedingly, and most heartily subscribe to it,
1t is in these words:
South the Union of The S5ath 10 save The Union but the
Union TO be saved must be the Union which the Constitution
iormed and not Central Despotlsm'
This is the true doctrine Those who adopted it
have, we would fain hope, proper appreciation of
the value of the Union, and desire that it hall be
preserved it came from the hands of its trainers.
That is precisely what ,De desire, and what every
Southern man should desire. But we cannot per.
ceive upon what ground the meeting could fairly
and tFulV mako tho - II.
seventh resolution, wherein it is declared that the
final passage by Congress of the bill to admit Cali.
forna as a State, would be breach of the Fede.
raj Compact! What article section, or clause Of
the Constitution has been violated by the adms.
sion of California, which act has passed since the
tdoption of the resolution, we are not informed.
We should really like to know, that we might in.
| form cur readers Nothing gives us more pleasure
dian to be learning something now 1t is not pre-
tended, so far as have any information that the
Constitution Of California is not Republican in
| t. form" The boundaries of tue State have been
| objected TO, but there is no constitutional re.
etriction upon this point 1t has been asserted by
'he Southern people generally, that the territories
| are the common property Of all sections Of the
Union, and that the people of the South have a
perfect right TO remove to, and settle in them, will
| w NiiH t'CiJ uISGllplOh VI property lltg may
possess, which is recognized as property in the
| State from which they remove This is q doctrine
which We think does not admit of question. We
ave always conended that the people of Louisia-
ma had the same right to romoye to the territories
| Of California and New Mexico, with their slaves.
hat the people Of NewYorb had to 90 there with
| heir horses. We have never understood that any
southern man ever denied this sacred right. On
the contrary, we have known many 10 exercise it.
Who could have hindered the entire population
IF Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Caro-.
una, from going TO California with their slaves
twelve months ago, or at any lime before the Con
s'itutton was formed? Certainly no one would have
had any objection to such movement. Buff thew
had gone there with their slaves, ii cannot be de-
MED, we think, upon any sound political princinlss
that they would have taken upon themselves the
risk of being outvoted in the formatlSSof a State
Constitution, and having to submit to a RESTRICTION
upon slavery. In the case we have suppoAed. these
Southern people could not have been out%oiad in
the Convention, They would, undoubtedlA. have
framed Constitution containing no such rest8icvc
ton. But they did dot choose to avail theInssIvesN
Of their acknowledged right, and when theJ66puIa-
ton Of the Territory was sufficiently at+6e as ev.
cry candid man must admit, to form a Siate Gov
eminent the people did so, and with great unanimi
ty excluded slavery. That they had right to IN
hia, we think, cannot he denied by any enligIen.
ed statesman or politician. The same people would
have right next year to call another Convention.
and so amend the Constitution as to admit slavery
and 80 would the people Of every non,save holding
State in the Union. What member of lhis larpe
meeting Of enlightened and patriotic citizens would
I've willing to assert that the people Of the Ate
Mississippi would moi nave a right IN a tll9st,