Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-06
FURTHER VIEWS OF THE PROPOSED CoNvEN
TlON OF THE SOUTH AT NASHVILLE.

ny INC iOAoWlHg exTacl Is sHeu upon The oDJeclS "
the Nashville Convention:
"Through Southern member Of Congress have ascer.
tanned what anticipated by the action of the contemplated
Nashville Convention and assert mast Positively that The
leaders Of this scheme design proposing amendments 10 The
Constitution the only alternative 10 prerent separation
Of the States Those amendments of that nature as to
restore and preserve for the future the equilibrium much
talked of by Mr. Calhoun in his last speech One was 10
provide that whenever Free State admitted into the
Union Slave State should also in with IT, Another
contemplated amendment IT, that the Vice President should
be taken alternately from Slave and Free State. And
third is, that in all legislation touching affecting the ques-
ton of slavery such legislation, before shall become posi-
tive enactment shall be officially approved by the Vice Pesi-
dent well the President, or in other WORDS that wide
distinction should be made behalf of all legislation tending
perpetuate and propagate slavery, and that its advocates
should receive benefits and privileges not extended towards any
other species of legislation in the country These amendments
are to be recommended by this Nashville Convention the
umatum Of those who will have the and control
of its deliberations and if accepted by the Free States
| then to tauor and adrocate aiSu,,ior."
This statement may be supposed 10 include the
opinion Of at least one member Of Congress who
favors the scheme of Southern Convention. The
profered alternative proposition embracing three
distinct and substantive changes in the Consti-
tation) being known TO be impossible, the sole
practicable object of the Convention is, therefore,
in one word, according to the above statement
DIsuNIoN.
This object has been avo,ced, in other ways,
having even more the air of genuine revelations of
the object of the Conventonists than the forego-
ing. We need not here repeat the disclosures con-
tanned in the Address Of the Mississippi Conven-
ton to the People Of the South, after which the
Resolutions of the Legislature Of Virginia were
draughted the expositions in certain Southern
newspapers; the published declarations of a few
distinguished men in Georgia and Alabama; and
the many evidences of utilization and concert among
the instigators of the Convention in every State in
which head Of the Hydra has sprung up. These
indications of too recent date not to be familiar
y remembered by all of our readers and, taken
in connexion with others not before referred to, con-
fess the Disappointing and anarchical purposes of
some of the advocates of the Nashville Conven.
ton. Were these purposes and objects avowed
with equal frankness by all who entertain them,
there is in the body of the People Of the South
loyalty of heart and a business Of perception
of their own true interest in all this matter which
would at once, and with nearly unanimous voice,
pronounce sentence of reprobation on this Con-
venton scheme. But the objects of the Conven-
ton are, in some of the States, so smo,hered up
in distractions, SO colored and disguised by false
pretences, that it is difficult to discover from the
ostensible demonstrations what they really are.
As sample of the notions entertained on this
subject by some Of the graduates in the School of
State Rights-who would in the name Of that
school sanctify as rights the most fragrant of pot
cal wrongs, including treason, when committed
under assumed authority by the States of the Union
severally-we are tempted to place before our read
ers the following extracts from an article published
last week in the Richmond Enquirer; which ar
tiele, we must premise, is endorsed by the paper
from which we copy it as being " from gentleman
not unknown to fame in the last Presidential can
vass;' one whose views (" tally with those Of Gov
ernor FLOYD of Virginia and merit close at.en-
ton. The italics, capitals, small capitals, and ALL
of these extracts we must further premise, are lite
rally copied as we find them in the original.
Extracts from an article IN the Richmond
Enquirer.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
The critical of national affairs and the obstinate
of he Northern fanatics persist their mad
career, forces upon the inquiry to sUha the South ought
to d. these repeated, outrageous, and daring agges
sons upon her constitutional Neutrality-suspicious. which aim
to destroy her independence and make her tributary
build up Northern influence, power, commerce, and wealth.
at her expense and degradation.
have reflected seriously, though unpeasanly upon this
question: and have propose plan meet the dangers that
threaten us which, think, is not only constitutional, but
Just in its nature and will be eectual in its operations
does involve withdrawal from the Union. The consti
tuition guarantees the right and the TO meet all such
difficulties arising from pdIpabk violations nrGcons Of
hat instrument WITHIN UNION. If this be the case,
there is then need Of going out e Union to redress our
ordnatey with the and violence Of those usapatons
and aggessons and the dangers with which we are thereby
mepaced.
The course would suggest should be united one al
though single State could adopt it wi equal justice, yet
could fully and arrest grievances Is then
simply COMBINED DECLARATION by tie Southern States,
that such and such NORTHERN STATES BY their total dre-
gard the FEDERAL CoMP AcT their aggravated infractions
of The provisions of that instrument and their rioLent
erosion upon tie constitutional rights Of the Southern
States, THEREBY FORFEITED RIGHTS PRIvI-
LEeks, BENEFITS DERIVED FROM SAID COMPACT, AND
CANNOT THEREFORE, ANY LONGER REcooSIsED AS PAR
SAME.
Here the exercise of plain constitutional right because
il is reserved such By each STATE, OF the undamen
a articles Of sovereignty the right 10 judge for Itself OF the
violations ncio Of the compact by any one or more OF
the parties 10 IT,
All know the nature of the Wlmot Proctso II is TO do.
pve the citizens Of the Southern States OF those rights pene
fits, and privileges which they equally claim IN the ierno-
res as the common property Of all the States me aooion
ALL p ('nlr nd