Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-04-15

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GEORGIA AND THE NASHVILLE CON-
VENTION.
The Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalst, leading
Democratic journal, warm advocate of the Nash
vile Convention, and general supporter of Mr..
Calhoun's political views, has the following re-
markable article on "the Southern Convention
movement"
'The meagre vote given for Delegates in the recent
election, is virtual defeat OF the Southern Convention
movement in Georgia. So tar as this State concern
ed we look upon it as dead and buried. No exigency
that might arise on the slavery question between this and
the first Monday in June, can revive it. No enonty of
anti-savey legislation by Congress- ought induce the
Delegates voted for in Georgia to take their that
convention Nor should the delegates elected by unani-
vote of the Legislature do The action of the
Legislature has not received proper endorsement by
the people of Georgia That majoritya large mao
rty of the people favourable to that Convention we
still believe. II every vote in the Stale the question,
CONVENTION, or CONVENTION could have been poll
ed, the number OF votes against the Convention would
have been comparatively small. Ii that vote were
taken now the result would appear and the &C.
ton OF the Legislature be fully sustained The want
OF organized opposition produced apathy, and the alb
surd result before the world. The effects of this
sult-of this sudden letting down-of this collapse OF
the high Southern tone of Georgia. will soon upon u.s.
the Abolitionists of the North How they will crow
The Free Sellers will be re-nspirted, and the Wilmot
Proviso stock will rise. The ardent friends Of Seward
will pluck courage and the friends of Webster
two timdly came to his support, will surmse that he
came too soon to the conclusion that the times were
perilous at the South. The admission of California
with her Constitution excluding slavery, and her hun
dreds of thousands OF square miles Of territory may
be considered an taat acc0nph Whether Gen. Taylors
pusillanmous policy of keeping the other Territories
unorganized, shall prevail, or governments be given
them n 4 WilmOf PrnUSn will ho tIo
question next in order. The North will decide it to
suit herself The much talked of Southern Convention
now that powerful and leading Southern State gives
it the cold shoulder, will no longer be formidable
Abotionsts and Free Sellers will laugh alike at the
simple hearted Democrats and the spoony Wings at
the North, who tor moment supposed that the South
was united, could be united, and that safest to
respect her rights.
But we will not pursue these predictions. A few
days will tell the tale We trust that the South, weak
ened distracted 1--WE had almost said 6etayed she u.s.
incapable OF raying and uniting, she showed herself
on the Southern Address question, and she exhibits
herself now may yet get as boon from the magnami
ty and justice OF the North what she is incapable fex
acting as right.
"But ifthe Southern Convention is brought into SEEM
ing distavour at the South, the North will rejoice it
triumph, and it will give great onward impulse 10
the spirit OF encroachment on the rights OF the slave
holders.
''We have sometimes thought that it would be good
policy Tor the South to hold an annual Convention,
which should assemble her wses and firmes counseors
to deliberate tor her interests. The necessity for this
may become apparent when it is too late. She has now
no strength to spare, were she to act unit. But
when lew more new free States admitted-a few
more border slave States made free soil by the entce
men OF their negroes into the Northern States, and by
untrendy laws enacted by the latter to prevent their
capture thus rendering the institution OF slavery therein
yalueless, the South will have dwndled to prescribed
and humbled minority, whose united strength could
avail nothing against the vast and accommodating power
OF the dominan tsecon whose hatred othe institution of
slavery constitutes its common bond OF Union.
" But will the South ever he united? The hope of
such result has been faint with many who look upon
it as her only security since the divisions which
grew out OF the Southern meeting at Washington City
IN January lS49. 1t grows no brighter in the present
aspect of affairs"
That the Constitutionazist is right in pronounce
ing the Nashville Convention 'dead and buried"
so far as Georgia is concerned, we have no doubt
whatever. Never was greater political farce
enacted, than the solemn election of delegates,
which took place, throughout that State, on the
Cd of April, under the proclamation of Governor
Towns. We have already published returns from
some of the counties. Our intelligence from
various parts of the State is all of piece. To
give few illustrations of the general result: At
the city of Macon, which the Democratic paper,
rights as typfed by the Nashville Convention.
the votes polled for the candidates numbered 76;
at Griffin, which usually votes four or five hun
dred, SO votes were given, and of them for 'no
Convention, who, the Griffin Wing says, was
''not a candidate )" in Cassve, vote of 400 was |
represented by so for the Convention, scattering
q; in DeKab county, where Atlanta is situated |
and in Emanuel, no election was held in Harris, |
there were 20 votes for the candidates; in |
Wilkes, none; in Troup for the Convention A, |
no Convention So; in Rome city, for the highest |
candidate So, no Convention IA in FORSYTH coun-
Iy, which usually polls 1900, ga votes were cast |
for the candidates in Darien, forty-odd votes for
the candidates in Columbus, for the candidates |
49, no Convention SO, no disunion 78, scattering
8 in Clark county, containing the town OF Athens,
and voting generally 1000, 81 votes were cast
in Athens itself only 2.
In view of such facts as these, we'll may the
declare that the delegates elect
have not received such an endorsement from the
people as will justify them in going to Nashville
The Mizledgeuille Recorder, prominent Wing |
paper, intimates the same opinion; it remarks:
The election for delegates to the Nashville Conven-
ton has proved an abortion From present appearances
the whole vote OF the Stale will hardly exceed the vote
OF one OF our strongest counties Georgia will, there
lore probably be unrepresened, should the Convention
be held, which by the way we do not think probable,
But, although the people of Georgia have de- |
elined to second the recommendation of their Le-
yislature, in regard to the Nashville Convention it |
8 going lamentably too far to say, that they have