Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-12-27

ute book. Nor. is the grand test TO be applied ;
whether or not In this age of advanced civiliEaton
and in this boasted model Republic law IS FIR
the projection Of right clearly defined and solemn.
sly guaranteed, by a written Constitution. If not
the experiment has failed.
We draw no hasty conclusions from the clamor
raised against this law by the wicked authors of the
mischief 1T was intended to remedy, nor vet from
their show of forcibe resistance to its execution
We will predicate extreme action upon their
measures of repeal or of modification From such
sources anticipate such Demonstrations We
nail with unaffected pleasure, growing Indications,
that where the greatest opposition exists conserva-
tive men, worthy of patriot sires organizing
against these contemners of law and order are raj
lying to the rescue of the imperiled Union There
exists the real disafecton to it. and there must the
struggle for its preservation be made. Calmly
awaiting the issue It's friends at the South will
recognise as brethren, its true defenders, at the
North
But let them give heed to the warning voice of
one of the Old Thirteen. She would say to them,
Be not deceived the destiny of the Union is in your
hands. Awake from your fatal dream of security. In
the integrity of your patriotism and the strength of
united action. rise up against this dsorganzing her.
esy. Assemble in the venerated hall wherein your
torefathers and torefathers together signed the
Constitution, and redeem the city of brotherly love
from the reproach of nourishng its foe. Go up to
Iammany and the Tabernacle, and expel from the
National emporium the genius of 1iscord. Convene
in time-honoIed Fanueil, and in the name of Wash
ington exercise the evil spirit from the cradle of
American liberty. Every where, East North, West,
decree its Punishment from the high places of power
You the country this lstration. As for Georgia,
her choice is fraternity and Union with constitution
al rghts-her alternative sepreservation by all the
means which favored Providence may place at her
disposal.
To the end therefore, that the position of this
State may be clearly apprehended by her
of the South and of the North and that she, may be
blameless of all future consequences
Be at ResoUed by the People of Georgia an ConUem-
ton assembled lst. That we hold the American
Union, secondary in Importance only to the rights
and principles it was designed to perpetuate That
past associations present fruition and future pros
poets, will bind to it so long it continues to be
the safeguard of those rights and principles
Secondly. That if the thirteen original parties to
the contract, bordering the Atlantic in narrowbelt
while their separate interests in embryo, their
revolutionary trials and trumphs still green in mem
ory found Union impossible without Compromise
the thrty-one of this day, may we'll yield somewhat
in the conflict of opinion and policy to preserve that
Union which has extended the sway Of republican
government vast wilderness, to another ocean
and proportionay advanced their civilization and
national greatness.
Thirdly That in this spirit, the State of Georgia
has maturely considered the action of Congress en-
bracng series of measures for the admission OIL
California into the Union the organization of terri
torial Governments for Utah and New Mexico. the
the State of Texas the suppression Of the slave trade
in the District of Columbia, and the extraditon O
fugitive slaves, and CONNECTED with them) the re
lection of propositions to exclude slavery from thu
Mexican territories and to abolish it in the Distric
of Columbia and whilst she does not wholly APP
prove, will abide by it permanent adjustment o
this sectional controversy.
Fourthly, That the State of Georgia. in the judg
ment of this Convention; will and ought to resist
even Gas last rcsort) to disruption of every I'll
dc hnr TO he f1tu act of
gress abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia
without the consent and petition of the slave owner
thereof any act aboshing slavery in places with
in the saveholding States, purchased by the Unite
States, for the erection of forts, magazines, doc
yards navy yards, and other like purposes; ii
any act suppressing the slave trade between slave
holding States, or in any refusal to admit Stat
any territory hereafter applying, because of the ex
istence of slavery therein or in any act prohbitin
The introduction Of slaves into tire territories of Bta
and New Mexico in any act repeating materi
ally modifying the laws in force for the recover
of fugitive slaves.
Filthy, That it is the deliberate opinion of thi
Convention that upon the faithful execution of tn
Fugitive Slare Bill by the proper authorities, depend
the preservation of our much loved Union