The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-03-30
PUBLIC MEETING.

PUBLIC MEETING.
Pursuant to a notice To that effect g
meeting of a portion of the citizens Of
Camden and its VI entity took place in
Camden on Saturday the 10Th inst. r
The meeting was called to order by
the Rev. Enos Fletcher, who had been
called to the chair, and j. p. George
was appointed Secretary.
The chair requested that some gen.
tleman would state the object of The
meeting, %whereupon Oliver Luckett
Esq, arose, and in a short but animated
speech, explained that it was for the
purpose Of considering and replying to
a letter lately addressed by our Sena-
tors and Representatives ia Congress,
to his Excellency the Governor of this
State, on the subject ofthe admission OF
California into this Union as an indie.
pendent State.
On motion it was Resolved-That a
Committee of FIVE be appointed to draft
a Series of suitable resolutions, express
sive of the sentiments of the meeting on
the subject, whereupon Oliver Lnckett
Esq. Capt A. FIemmlng' Col. VIM. Ba-
con, S, V. Luckelt Esq. and Mr.. La
mar, were appointed said committee.
After being absent for a short time,
the Committee returned and through
their chairman reported the following
Preamble and Resolutions the two first
Of which were adopted unanimously,
and the other two with one d ssenting
voice.
Whereas, our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress, have addressed
a letter to his Elk cheney the Governor
of this State, asking an expression Of
public opinion upon the present excit-
ing subject by w'ich, our National Le-
glslature is and has been agitated for
some time past; and Whereas courtesy
to our public servants as well as duty ~
ourselves require that we should speak
Out in a language not to be misunder-
stood therefore,
ResOlUed-lst. That we are firmly at
tached to the Union as it is, fully be-
lieving that Its dissolution would not
only be tue greatest calamity which
could befall the American People III
their rights of property, but that SUCH
an event would be a sure and speedy
f%orerunner of the destruction of Liber-
ty, and every thing else that we hold
dear as freemen.
ReSOJUed-2nd. That Notwithstanding
our attachment to the Union as it IS.
should the Congress Of the u. States
enact a law known as the Wilmot Pro.
vlso or any similar law, or a law abol-
lshing slavery III the District Of Colum.
bia, without the consent of MARYLAND
and the People ofthe District, and with
paying the owners a fair and lust
compensation therefor, or a law sup
pressing the trade IN slaves between
the States, then and Id either of the said
contingencies, Regarding each and all
OF said laws, as being unconstitutional,
we would be compelled to resist at ali
hazards and to the last extremity.
ResOlUed-3rd. That we do not regard
admission of California with her
present Constitution, as the "Wllmot
Proviso" in another form, else we
would resist it, but should Congress see
proper TO admit her as a State under
present circumstances, after being salts.
he'd that no fraud has been committed I
either in the formation Of her constItu. ,
ION or the election Of her Senators and 81.
Representatives to Congress, as Re. :
publlcans we would be bound to vie IA :
our own, to the wishes of them, whose
night 1t IS to regulate their W domest 4 f,
ReSolOed-4th, That the admission Of :
California under Inc circumstances, :
would be no good ground for a dissolu. :
Ion OF our glorious Union, whose COR 4,
ler stone was laid by the hand of him. :
VINO was first in peace, FIRST in war and :
lrsr in the hearts ofhis countrymen."
1t was moved and carried tbat ,bo 5
proceedings of the meeting be signed bv c
he Chairman and countersigned by $
no Secretary, and published in the Ms. n
Creole, and Madisonian ami Il
NJ other papers friendly to the Union. is
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ENos FLETCHER, Prs. :.
J. P. GEORGE Sec. P
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