Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-12-13
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
NrrTTVGS IN NEW ORLEANS.

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MEETINGS IN NEW ORLEANS.
The late Union assemblage Of the largest political
gatherings held In the Crescent City The ST. Chae'
Theatre was crowded frcm pit 10 DOME and the adjacent
streets were filled BY the crowd Gr. l. Labatu presuea
with seventy Vice Presidents embracing many OF the oS
prominent members Of the Wing and Democratic parties In
abcu, equal number There six Secretaries
Senator, Downs and Foote and Messrs. Laue and Hunt
made speeches. the theatres Col Bngamon oi Nachez anu
Messrs Mathewson Cendennin Noise Reed ana beecher
addressed the In the street, Eoqusnce enthusiasm
and applause were very abundant The two Senators IN
especial made very abc speeches. defending their conduct
In the Senate and advocating the continuance oil the lEIon
We cannot give speeches. but quote the following from
q report of what was said by General Foote
"Caumniaons he knew had gone abroad, but hssissp-
pi would redeem her character convention would oe Cali
ed filled with union-oving men, who w1ua give ,lue eh
preston to the feelings and opinions of tho State and teach
Gov Qu,rnan which II wei for him to learn
On the whole, the speaker concluded that The Inion was
tolrrably SAFE far as Mississippi was concerned.
Gen. Fooe further made important statements OF his
own knowledge concerning the views and course OF Mr.
Calhoun. which nre thus reported by the Bulletin:
Gen Poote In the of his speech, stated upon his
know ledge that Mr. Calhoun did entertain the pro-
Ject amending the Constitution 80 us TO have TWO
dents of Union for the North and another Tor the
South with distinct and equal powers-each 10 nave the
reo porer; and further that the Convention OF Mississippi
which was preliminary of the Nashville Convention was
nm dea 1hat originated with the great Carolina
These facts have heretofore been considered apocypha-
They are no longer"
A few nights afterwards there was "Souhern Rights"
meeting respectable in numbers In which Mr. soue made
an eloquent speech he always does. Its tone is rather
Qumanish and he speaks Of resistance 10 the action OF
Congress- though In much vague terms Than ms gal
liant compecr the Executive of Mississippi The resolu-
ons adopted however, breathe devotion 10 the Union,
determination resist any future aggressons as spe-
cited In addition to the following resolution was also
passed. complimentary ths public conduct Of mossrs
Soue, La Sere and Morse:
Whereas The conduct of large portion OF the people oil
the North of all classes and Of u political parties mas rem
dered manifest the existence among them Of dispositions
feelings and opinions hostile TO the rights and institutions o
the Southern States well calculated TO excite serious appe
tensions that they intend persevere IN the course OF
cresson and injury which marked the recent Legislation o
Congress upon the subject Of slavery
Resolved That although we entertain an abiding attach
pent and ehert religious derotion 10 the onion, deem
Just and necessary this time 10 proclaim 10 our fellow
cilzens the Norhnot BY of menace but IN spirit
OF friendly 1rorny-our solemn conviction that the people
Of Louisiana will insist all risks the constitutional
compact on the subject of slavery and will submit 10 no vo-
tion or infringement Of II whatever and that they nW re-
,s-even though that resistance should create dissolution
OF the Unioa-a attempts by Congress legsate aggres
syey upon their rights oy tho abolition Of slavery III the
Dis,rc, of Columbia the nerdc,on of the slave nde
bel ween the States the OF the Wnot Provi-
so the repeal essential modification OF the Fugitive
Slave Law.
And Whereas the union of these States, Is Union OF
sovEREIoSs coSFEpgRAcY EQUALS and cnn only he
perpetuaed by preserving unimpaed the character inn
pressed upon i, by its founders.