Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1850-03-26
GENERAL TAYLOR AND TIE SAsH-
WILLIE CONVENTION.

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cour:e which Gen. Taylor means 10 pursFe in re-
lation to the Nashville Convention: 1t afas fiE4t
stated by the letter writer's at Washington, That
he would prevent the assehbbIing cfthc tonref?:
ton; or if mcmbers o! ii bod the temertty to Ince1
at Nashville, he would be prepared 10 dispersf
them. But the course which lie really %intenf:et
to adopt, seems 10 be, toitfher Gen. Scott to the
vicinity Of Nashville, viii, an ample force, 'p
watch the mo.eInents OF ikn CongcntioD:i and !.
that body should appearto:be plotting any treas
son against the United States, To arrest tIteir pro:
ceedings and drive them home. WITHOUT pres
icuding 10 youcl for the corrccIncss OF tile states
mrnt, or to say one word at present in {~astiicas
tijn Of the originarors of tho Nashville m%dyemers,
we aver That If Gen. Taytar should putsue the
policy here indicated, his course will be @ithott
a parallel, save in the coydaGt OF George tte third
when he tried to force The colonies into pncond3.
tianal subsection TO his tyrannical will. lie
surely forg"ts that it is oae Of The guaranteed
rights of the people of Ibis: Union, peacsably 70
assemble and consult as tO*heir grievances, and
if deemed necessary, toi position Congress for q
redress OF them. Is not'the South aggTieved by
tllo course which the NpGr has pursu7d-ald
pursued { O, in direct violation Of The letter If
the Constitution as we'll as its spirit? Are net
OR slaves eniiced awayiaCd thcI. withheld FROM
US when demanded Do hot the executives oe
the non.slavcholding States refuse TO deliver up
To- us fugitives from jtnsGce when demanded
through the proper authority, simply because Of
the prejudice against ust growing out oftlre sul-
jcct OF slavery? Have they not imprisoned oar
citizens as felons when they have gone within
the borders Of free States IN search of tleir pm
pcrty ? Have they not, in sacrjIegious disrr-
gard of tie laws OF their country and their
God, murdered cur citizens who haze. goae
amongst them to assert ticir rights? Arc they
ncl making daily efforts! 10, abridge and tramp*:e
nFon our most important rights DO They net
by their words and actions threaten te destroy
the equality Of the States, and place the Southern
States below the Standard Have they; not, aid
are they not daily endeaY oringt to excite our slaves
toi Instruction Ilare they not organiz9l
pltns and schemes to entise them from our set
vice? All these and fnoro they have done AMI
are trying to do. Do these things not constitute
grievances calling for tuited consultation upi:i;I
The part OF those upon whoa theythave been, anil
are again 10 be visited, GnleFs prevented by timely
ARD resolute action? i've do no, mean, in tie
use of physical force, or by a severance of The
Union but by some peaceful mode which the aa.
senbled wisdom OF the South maysdevise. TIctc
was once a Convention rf delegates from tie
Ntrthern States, held at DEtfalo, hot for the pug
pose of considering.a grievance, for the subject
which caused the assembling oftiat Convention
was no grievance TO those Eho asfembleL, andis
no grievance within the Provision of the Consfi-
of the United States, except to prevent
the accomplishment OF The measure favored byit,
but on the contrary the agowcd object of that
Convention was TO concoct plans 10 su5ycrt the
rights OF the South, YET .wv.. heard3of no military
being sent there TO wttch its moIa-
ments. The North can be permitted to assemble
in general Convention and plot schemes agaiIi
the spirit of the Constitution in derogation of lie
rights Of The South, and NJ interference on tie
part Of Government with the army of the United
States is deemed a duty, by those ordcr.iovifg
Wings, and scarcely a Wing press of the South
uttered a word ag inst the assembling of that
Convention. But SO socn as the SuutL WHO
have suffered much, long, and patiently at thc
h1nds Of the North, and who are threatened w;!h
more, propose 10 assemble in general Convention
for a joint consultation, they mG5t be watched
with an army! Let thu army assemble! 1t
will be but another cause of complaint. And,if
ANY explosion should at!epd the step, let the re.
sponsibility OF it rest uPo,s those who advise the
movement, for there it mpst resi-. The North
seem TO claim, that, becansc we have heretofore
yielded for the sake of Tie UniotI, and that be-
cause we have borne 80 long their insults, aad
their measures and acls Of injustice, they hare
the right to require of;hs further submission
"a feathers weight may break a camcl's back"
For the sake Of the Onion, it ii time that the
North should be Undecided. We had hoped
that they were. But y We have been mistaken,
we will still hope that We again. ere long, may
see a returning sense o~fiusticc I'M n orthern Se!;a.
tfss and representative. We hope that they
will not persist in their efforts to dissolve the
Union, for we look upon every man d, at the Noytl,
who favors tile prevalent yiews osS{he fri e States
op the subject of slavery: as 4isunidnist, and
every man at the South who lends countenaace
to the North, we pIace:pp4he sadaisc list
I a SPLENDID EsTABLlsnMENT.
We call the a%t,epsdtidan of our Merchants
,l.rou1bou, The V.iiautst;3 Tho r,Ea,J;I .4ooL &c