The southern press., 1850-10-04

RATIFICATION MEETING in ATTALA.-Pursu-
ant to notice, large and respectable meeting
assembled at the Court House in Koscusko
Miss, on Saturday, the 18th instant, and organ
lied by calling Judge s. n. Gilleland to the Chair,
and requesting DIR. X. p. Jones to act as Vice
President. w. p. Andrews and W. d. Roy
were appointed Secretaries.
On motion of Col Durham, it was
! Resolred, That the Chairman appoint a com
mittee, consist Of eleven, who shall report suit
able resolutions for the consideration of the
meeting; also, to whom all other resolutions
shall be submitted
The following person We're appointed said
committee; s. Durham, VIM Dodd, Elijah,
Sanders, Eli Nichols p. w. Lowe, e. Friday,
B. Westbrook, W. X Johnson, Joshua Brooks
Garner Dotson, and DR.. G. h. Galloway.
The committee retired, and during their alb
sence, the meeting was addressed In an able
aud lucid style by Messrs John Is. Hemphl and
Josiah p. Campbell.
Messrs. Henry Gray and Jason Niles were
called upon, but declined speaking.
/ by request. j. p. Campbell read the resolu-
! tons OF the Nashville Convention. After the
lapse of some further time, the committee re-
turned and made the following report:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE,
WE, citizens Of Attala county, in general
meeting assembled, in view of the distracted
state of the public mind, the danger which threa-
tens the destruction the most important rights,
and interests of the Southern States, and the
integrity of the Federal Union ITSELF do hereby
declare and assert the following principles and
propositions
l. Resolred That we ratify and adopt the re-
solutions and address Of the Southern Conven-
ton and thank the Mississippi delegates for the
zeal, ability and fidelity displayed in the cause
of the South. sra 8iN Hea ~
O. Resolved, That the Constitution and the
laws of the Southern States recognize slaves
as property, and thnt any and every net of The
General Government, whether of con m ssion or
omission, by which the Southern people would be
shut out from as free and full enjoyment of the
Territories as their Northern brethren, is gross
violation Of our rights, to which the North ought
not to submit
g. Resolred, That lit was and is the duty of
Congress to provide territorial governments for
California, New Mexico, and Utah, in such form
and with such provisions as would secure to the
South, as well as the North, an unrestrained and
unrestricted entrance into al! of said territories,
md the enjoyment ofslaye property carried into
the same. ~
A. Resolred, That the refusal of the last Con-
gress, under the influences of popular sentiment
at the North, and resolutions of the legislatures
of the free States, to provide such governments,
thereby opening the door and inducing the for
nation of State constitutions prohibiting slavery,
first ia California and then in New Mexico, has
operated to exclude the South from all of said
territory as electualIy as the WiImot Proviso,
and deserres the unqualified condemnation, and
ought 10 meet The firm resistance Of erery South
crn man.
s. Resolced, That we cherish warm and uu-
affected respect and attachment to the consttu-
ton OF the C'ited States and the Federal Union,
md we are ready to defend and maintain the
same both against foreign and domestic aggres-
sion as long as the great ends and objects of
their formation are subscrved, viz: equality of
burthens and equality Of rights to all sections.
g. Resolred, That to yield to the demands of
| the Northern States, now urged in Congress, to
surrender up to them either in form or substance,
the whole OF the common territory, to give por-
! tion of Texas, now slave territory, TO Free-soil,
and to allow Congress to abosA the slave trade
in the District of Columbia and to set free all
Fslaves that may be carried into it for sale would
| be a dish0norable submission on our part, would
invite and encourage further aggressions from
them, lead either to a speedy dissolution of the
Union, or the total destruction of the institution
of slavery in the Southern States, or to result
still more appalling---a servile war and extermi-
nation of the white or black race throughout the
! South.
/ 7. Resohed, That to avert these calamitics, to
| compromise and settle, once for all, the strife
between the North and the South, and to per
p,tuate the Federal Union, we are willing to ac-
qulesce in division of the territories between
the two sections, upon the old Missouri Com
promise line SO degrees 80 minutes north lati
tude, with protection to the enjoyme It of our
slave property south of that line--a line which,
although it yields up more than we retain, we
,ID~< tl,.x x,lv 80,
BUT FROM WHICH WE WILL NEVER BE DRIVEN
s. Resolued, That the political questions which
have heretofore divided us sink into insignifi-
cance when compared to the momentuous impor-
tance OF those which we are now assembled to
consider and that, throwing aside all party
preludces, we will unite in the maintenance OF
the principles and positions heren asserted, AT
ALL HAZARDS, AND TO THE LAST EXTREMITY
8. Resolred, That we will, al all hazards,
stand By, aid and protect Teras against any in
vasion of her territory, or usurpauons by the
General Government
TO- Resolued That we tender the Honorable
Jefferson Davis, our Senator, and the Hons,
VIM. Melville, A. 6. Crown, Jacob Thompson
and w. s. Featherston, our Representatives in
Congress, our warmest thanks for their untiring
devotion and energy in maintaining the consti-
tutiona rights Of the South.
IL. Resolred further, That we feel disappoin-
ted and mortified at the course General Foote
has taken in regard to our dearest rights, under
the hattering, but delusive name of compromise.
H. Resoired, That we will support no man for
office who is not true to the rights Of the South
l3 Rcsoired, That copy of the foregoing re-
solutions and other proceedings of the meeting he
transmitted by the presiding officers to each Of
Senator's and Representatives IN Congress.
IA. Resoiped, That request the publication
of the proceedings of this meeting in the" Attala
Democrat, /" kosciusko Chronicle, and Missis-
sippan, !" and thata copy when published, be sent
TO the Washington Union and Southern Press.
A vote being taken on the above resolutions,
they were unanimously adopted.
On motion, the meeting adjourned sine die
S. N. GILLELAND, President.
r.. p. JONES, Vice President.
W. w Z; 5. As1a1r'' hsD, Secretaries.