The North-Carolina standard., 1850-06-19
THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.


- THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION. &
The leading results OF the sessid Of the Conven-
ion were pSblished ID our telel nphic despatshesl
yesterday. The position taken has given the highest
to all with whom wehays conversed, and
has indeed caused lively emotions Of joy. The plat
orm 10 plain and Ineligible. The people Of the
South know what is proposed by this division Of the
errtory in accordance with an old line, rendered "a
nous by the magnitude of the controversies which
It has settled in past times. On the admission of
was enacted that henceorh slavery should
be excluded from all territory lying the Norhward
Of her Southern boundary which is the line Of 36 deg
30 min. North Latitude. When Texas was annexed,
!: was stipulated that any State formed out Of her ter
rit0ry to the North of this line should be free States
The Nashville Convention proposes that the South
shall assent to the extension of this dividing line
through New Mexico and California to the Pacific
Ocean. with distinct recognition by Congress Of
right to colonize the country South of it.
There is simplicity in this proposition that COM
mends it at once to favor. There is moderation in
it that shows the Convention was moved by no de-
sire to aggavate the existing controversy by no am
bition to make sensation by startling novelties.
They appeal to the past, and, notwithstanding the
in reply the aggressive action of the North, they
have chosen to leave ample room for reconciliation,
and to exhibit spirit forbearing as it is firm.
Another point Of great importance is the extent to
which the Southern States were represented in this
Convention. When the amount of influence brought
bear against it is considered, its assemblage in
such force, is an immense popular triumph. Its pur
poses were belied with a constant and persevering
mpudence that showed determination to try the ex-
tremest efficacy of falsehood. Then Mr.. CLAY's
and another of lying resorted for the pur
consisting in infinite assertions that the South
ern people were delighted with this scheme, and
would support it with great unannity. AS the crown
ing alsehood, it was circulated throughout the States
that the Convention was dead-that there would be
no meetng-that at the utmost, only Mississippi and
South Carolina would be represented there, and
sequensly the project would simply involve in ndcule
all who attended. This put in circulation just
before the timeof meeting, when there not oppor-
tunty for effectively exposing it, and some delegates
kept back by such means among the rest, those
from Louisiana.
1t has been the fortune of the Convention to fix the
proper mark upon all the lies and ISLANDERS of which
it has been the topc,-rst 5y assembling with dele
cations from nine States and secondly, by the dig
nifty, moderation, rmness and authority of all its pro-
ceedings. 1t has vndicated the South without aim
ing any blow at the Union. 1t has dealt honestly
with the questions that distract the country it has
proposed basis of settlement that is at moder-
ate and effectual; that is neither evasion,
fraud riddle. proposes to divide the territory
in dispute, between the two sectons giving to the
North much the larger part, but reserving something
definitely and surely to the South and this division
is line which is consecaed by history as divi-
ding line between the North and South.
Another point of great importance is that the Con-
vention went through its deliberations in the best
temper, and came to its mighty conclusions with en-
tire unanimity. 1t was body of men of high tal-
ent; all the common causes that distract repre-
senting wide and diversified country were in opera
tion there, and the members were, with excep-
tions, strangers to each other weeks deliberaon
brought all these diverse elements into perfect harmo-
nv, and the decisions were approved unanimously.
There is, then, in the of the South. basis
which all her meetas brothers, and the Con-
vention has proved this. Iit had done nothing else,
its session would be memorable. The South can now
meet in council, with precedent full of assurance
and trust in herself-in the wisdom and discretion OF
her Statesmen, and in the essential unity and mutual
confidence of her people. These are among the con-
sideratons that mark the Convention at Nashville as
one of the great events Of our times.
CharLestOn Mercurv