The southern press., 1850-10-08
From the alabama +" Watchto.rcr::'

A CALL UpoN THE GovERxoR.-Many ofsour
exchanges seem to be very anxious that the
Governor, Of Alabama should at once convene
the Legislature, and we notice in the last Dallas
Gazette call upon Governor Collier, signed by
n number of the citizens of Dallas county, il
relation to which the Gazette says:
/. .We publish below, a call upon the Governor
of Alabama, by many of our best citizens, to
convene the Legislature, with aview to a conven-
ton Of the people to redress federal outrage and
oppression. Every signature was procured in
an hour or two, and ii delay had been thought
advisable, we have no doubt ninetcen-twentieths
of the people of Dallas could have been pro-
cured to sign it,
We have no time to advertise for and assem-
bic public meetings, to make calls upon the
Governor. In a day or two, if necessary, halt
the people Of the county can be had to sign a
like petition We hope they will do so without
delay 1t is Governor Golfers duty to convene
The Legislature Immediately, and if he shrinks
from that duty he will be remembered at another
day.
We hope the Governor will call the Legisla-
turc together, and backed by the authorities of
tho State, the people can act against the Federal
Government, without committing treason We
owe allegiance to the State of Alabama, and
o1,ly through her, to the General Government
If the Legislature or a Convention meets and
throws off the supremacy OF the Federal Govern
mcnt, we are no longer its subjects. We can
fight then without having halters tied around
our necks if fight we must.
We also join in the call, and hope that the
Governor will comply with what we believe to
be the wish of great majority of the people Of
Alabama. The time for action is upon us, and
if it is not speedily had, the South is degraded,
and our rights under the Constitution forever
lost
Does any one suppose that the passage Of the
recent measures by Congress will settle the agi-
tation on the subject of slavery? Ifso, we envy
not his knowledge Of the history OF the slavery
question. The territories Of Utah and New
Mexico are to be admitted as States in the
Union, and it is folly to suppose that with con
stitution tolerating slavery, they could ever fi~d
favor with the Abolition majority of the North.
The Marion Commonwealth holds the follow
ing language on this subject:
x .sNo gift Of prophecy is now required to trace
the outline of the future history of the contest
between the two sections. The coming events
already cast their shadows before The passage
of the presents bills, may perhaps restore a tenn
pornry quiet, but the least sagacious must sec
that it will be only temporary. A few years
hence will find us engaged in ficrcer conflict
for the preservation of slavery in the District of
Columbia, in the Navy Yards and Arscnals, and
the existence of the slave trade between the
States. Will the South be then in better con-
dition to resist these aggressions than she is
now to resist those which are made upon her I!
Certainly not. The same causes which induce
her submission now will operate then with re-
doubled force The question will then as now,
come linked with party politics, with schemes
for President making, and chances for gaining
or losing political power and place The same
clap trap cry of AUnion," "star spangled banner,
sblood Of our fathers" will again be Invoked TO
frighten people out Of their senses, and make
them ready to part with their souls. We have
seen how potent these causes have operated on
the Soutil in the present instance. They have
caused her TO yield great and substantive rights
and to submit to torrents of insult and insolent
threats These, with her present submission as
precedent, will hereafter, constitute in the
hands Of non-resistants at home and assailants
abroad, an irresistible weapon for her futurepros-
traction.