The southern press., 1850-09-06

Convention, it is asserted, @That the slavehod-
ing States cannot and will not, submit to the
enactment by Congress, Of any law imposing
onerous conditions or restraints upon the mas
ters to remove with their property into the Ter
ritories of the United States, or to any law max
ing discrimination in favor of the proprietors of
other property therein. The Convention holds,
that the bill Of the Committee of Thirteen in
cludes in it the principles OF the Wilmot Pro-
viso, in its proposition to make State OF CAL
ifornia, and, in the effect it. would have upon
New Mexico; and, by these resolutions they
would be bonnd not to submit to the passage
Of the bill"
In the address of the Nashville Convention,
there are but two plans for the settlement, par
tcularly spoken of-one embraced in the bill Of
the Committee of Thirteen, ana the other
plan for the settlement of the question by the
adoption Of the line of $3.50 north latitude, ex-
tending to the Pacific ocean. One plan the
Convention oppose, the other it is willing to
acquesce in, in the adoption Of it rs an extreme
concession. In the adoption Of this line we
would be willing to agree with the Convention.
The Nashville Convention expressed by one
Of their resolutions-that it would not conclude
that Congress would adj djourn without making
an adjustment of this controversy, consequently
the Convention did not then feel at liberty to
discuss methods suitable for resistance to mea-
sures not then adopted and the Convention
adjourned to meet after the adjournment of Con-
gress The proposition to settle the question
on the parallel of $500 having been. rejected,
the enquiry was made, for what purpose will
The Convention meet if the Clay compromise
docs pass! Their report gives the answer to
this question.
Against the members of the Convention, MS
- ~. ,,,I .t.1,i L,,,n
ing to urge But the manner in which it is pre-
tended our own State was represented, presents
the question of respect for the action of the
Convention in different light. The prcpon-
derance in the way of constituency,-in com
posing the number of persons who voted to send
delegates to the Convention, from Georgia, with
the 10000 voters in whom rests the weight of
the sovereign will of the State-is argument
against the power and influence of the Conven-
ton over the State of Georgia.
In conclusion, we will say, that if, unfortunate
w. the time should come, when the violation OF
our constitutional rights shall drive the people
of the South to resort to that revolutionary and
oririnarv principle never surrendered, we believe
the whole South should be united, and would
then act in Convention with al authority which
no power under Heaven has right to prevent.
]. Therefore, Resolred, That so long as the
Government of tie United States is cOnsttu-
o,aly executed and enforced, and is in no way
olated by the Government itself; we have no
iustlfable authority to resist its authority.
,. ReSolred, That we have not rs yet seen
any thing in the action of Congress, or other
departments of the Government, that would
Justify dissolution of the Union, and that we
have hope and confidence that the difficult and
important question as to slavery will be AMIGA
bly, and equitably settled by Congress.
Resolved, That we oppose Congressional in
reference, in saying that slavery may or may
not exist North or South of certain line-be-
lieving that it would be an imaginary settlement
of the question inconsistent with the fundamen
tai principles of our Constitutions yet as much
as we dissent from those we differ with in this
respect, if line of that sort is agreed upon by
the Congress of the United States, we will
feel bound to abide the decision; while we be-
leve, also, to call upon Congress fora guaran-
tee south Of any line in unsound doctrine and
the most unsafe mode that we could adopt-it
would be giving up the great non-interventlon
principle, the always heretofore cherished doc
trine Of the South, and the only safe ground and
salvation of the South
a. Resolped, That we regard the utimatum
doctrine or the Nashville Convention, dangerous
to the harmony, and even to the extension of
the Union: while we believe that it is unmanly
to ask for Just so much and no more, and at the
same time knowing that We have right to en-
JOY the whole.
s. Resolved, That, should Congress pass the
bill reported by the Committee Of Thirteen up,
on the subject of slavery, we, in the spirit OF
compromise, seeing in it nothing unconstitution-
al, will be willing 10 receive it as settlement of
the slavery question, and prefer it, with all the
objections that arc urged against it, to disso-
luton of the Union.
6. Resolved, That Mt this time, we see no
necessity for the meeting of the Nashville
Convention, after the adjournment Of Congress,
and are not prepared to advise that the South
ern States fiji their delegates to said C0nven-
ton as recommended by the Convention,
After which, Mr.. Mathew Sandwich offered
the followinr, as a substitute
Whenever questions involving the rights, the
honor and the safety Of citizens nre being dis
posed of, it is the sovereign privilege of every
free people to utter distinctly their miH, and we,
the citizens of Upssn, in primary assembly, do
hereby solemnly declare.
lst. That the States which compose this Un-
ion are alike equal, and the citizens of each
State, while they continue jointly to sustain
the burdens incident to the Federal Govern
ment, have an indsputable claim to share in
all the acquisitions of the Federal Government,
and that share to be in accordance with JUS
tice.
2nd. That the support Of the Constitution of
the United States devolves, under The solemn
sanction Of an oath, upon the members of Con-
gress of the United States the duty of adj justing
The controversy now pending in relation to the
Mexican territories, in such way as to secure
Justice to the South and to the North.
3rd That any action of Congress which sane
tons or proposes the exclusion of the South
from Justice in the disposition of said terrific
res, is both n palpablc violation of their sworn
duty and n direct attack upon the sacred rights
of the people
4th. That the admission Of such an immense
and unwieldy area as California, is unprece-
dented in every light it can be regarded, and can
only be justified for these reasons-lst, that sla-
very is excluded End, that the exclusion of sIa-
very from the whole Pacific coast Of near 200
miles, thereby inevitably dooms to Free-soilism
and Abolitionism the balance of said Terrific
res Sd, that it stamps shareholders with the in
fa7nv of maintaining an institution unfit 10 be en-