The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-16

shall occur, has directed her Executive to eail
Convention to derterusiue upon the mode and
measure of redress None Of these anticipated
outrages has vet been communicated. The bill,
however, for the admission Of California has
passed the Senate, and its friends confidently
believe that it will pass the House and receive
the sanction OF the President Ii it does the
Executive has no choice, his duty Is defined, and
he will promptly discharge il The Convention
will then be called. Upon it will deyolve a
responsibility, sufficient to make the shoulders Of
an angel quake Upon its decisions will be
suspended, not only the destinies of Georgia,
but of the entire South. The true issues before
ii soiH be-te perpeiuiiy Of The institution Of sla-
rery or lis abolition-aIecl submission on bold
and manly resistance
1t cannot for a moment be believed, that that
Convention will take counsel Of its fears, or be
lnlled into repose by the syrea song Of peace :
that will float in every breeze from the North,
and find nm echo in the timid or timeserving,
and the aspiring dernagogues of the South. 1t
cannot be believed, that that Convention will
give the lie to The often reiterated declarations
Of the people, that resistance to aggression was
their right and their duty; thatt will by counsel
ing submission, not only peril, but subject to
certain ultimate prostration all the rights and
interests Of the South; or, that it will bring re-
proach upon its gallant State or tarnish its fair
escutcheon. Georgia is not unused to conflicts
with the national government In none of them
has she failed nobly to sustain herself In all
has she come off victorious. When its brstling
bayonets were on her borders, and Adams was
striving to cOerce her, led on by the gallant
Troup, she quailed not, but proudly marched on
to victory squirting with contempt the mandate
of the Federal Court which summoned her to
its bar, she defed its power confined the mis-
sionaries who had violated her laws in her Peni-
Tertiary and hung upon the gallows the noto-
rious Fassels The Convention cannot fail to
remember, that Georgia has character to lose, as
well as rights and interests to secure. 1t will
then, there can be no alternative, determine
upon the resistance. What will be its mode, it
is not our province to dictate, not within our
ken to forctell. 1t is a question that should be
left solely with that body. 1t may be, as sug-
gested by some, the passage OF laws OF non-in-
tercourse- discrimination in taxation. 1t may
be solemn protest and remonstrance pledging
the State to more decisive action, if within a
given time, the grievances complained of are
removed. 1t may bea solemn league and cove
nant with all the aggrieved or only the cotton
growing States, to sever all the commercial in
tercoursc with the North, build up their own
ports and open direct trade with Europe; or
q league and covenant with these States, now
or at some future period to form new combina-
tons for their future security. 1t may be, that
the Convention will decide upon separate action
by the State--in other words immediate seces-
sion. This however we apprehend will be the
dernier resort and will not be adopted till every
other expe lient has failed or proved hopeless.
it The Convention should be composed of men
in whom all confide, and they should meet as
did our fathers who framed the Declaration of
Independence and subsequently the Constitution
of the United States,. untrammeled, after full,
free and calm consultation, adopt such measures
as they may deem most advisable. In that Con
vention should be found, the Troups, the Gil
mers. the Lumpkins, the Schleys, the Bullochs
of Georgia, men in whose bosoms the fires OF
patriotism have not expred--men who have re-
tired from the partizan strifes of the day, who
have the wisdom to suggest. and the firmness to
execute those counsels, which will best secure
the honor, rights and interests Of their consttu-
ents 1t is deeply to be deplored that already,
in anticipation Of the Convention, certain indi-
viduals and certain journals have raised the
clamor, that the Convention is to be a disunion
Convention. They are busy too, in eonjuring
up as 9" raw heads and bloody bones all the
horrors of civil war, to frighten the people from
their propriety-the assertion of their indubita-
bic rights. What right have they, or any one to
make this charge? Who has SO declared it |!
Who has the authority so to proclaim it! The
individuals and the presses taking this ground,
are the identical parties, who have prevented
union in the South, and if there are dsunion men
among us, the epithet may be justly fastened
upon them
From, the .augusta Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel.
CALIFoRNIA BILL p AssED. "A Geographic des-
patch, in another column, announced the ,ssage
of the California Bill, with the Utah Territorial
BID in the House of Representatives, on Sat
urday last
Is The Galveston, (Texas) News which is OPP
posed to the bill to dismcmbcr Texas (Mr.
PEARcE) has the following:
sin our present paper we have given the argu-
ment of the two Austin papers in full against
the bill of Mr.. Pearce. We have done this not
simply because these are the opinions of the
editors of those papers, but chiefly because those
papers doubtless express the prevailing senti-
ments in that part Of the country, and probably
also Of the Legislature. We believe they are
the true sentiments on this important question =
From the Wilmington (.H. co. aurora.
sATrME TO LAUGH AND TINE TO WEEP
The NationaL Intelligencer contains long letter
from one Of its local correspondents, giving a
most glowing description of the rejoicing in that
city, in consequence of the passage of the Cali
fornia and Texas Bill. We regard such dis
PLAYS as premature and only serve to aggravate
the defeated party to still more desperate means
of resistance. IS
Can these measures, the two great works of
the present Congress, prove satisfactorily to the
entire South? will they restore peace, harmony
and unity among our people will they prove a
talisman to our hopes, balm to heal the breach
discord has made between the two sections? or
are they signals for renewed hostilities We
shall see. The Southern section is prepared
for the crisis The relentless hatred exhibited
by Northern members has been marked down
the traitorous conduct, the cowardice of some
Of our own representatives, has not escaped
notice.
Let them rejoice-build bond-fres and make
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