The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-21

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PUBLIC MEETING IN MARION CouYTY.--The
citizens Of Maron county, met in the Court
House ut Buena Vista, Ga Oct. 9th, for the pur.
pose of organizing a Southern Rights Asso,
citation, and to nominate candidates for the con
vcntion to be held at Miledgeville, in accordance
with the Governors proclamation
Messrs. M. Ball, (Dem.) and J. E. Mintcr
(Whig) were called to the chair, and II. Oliver
requested to act rs Secretary.
DIR. II. NJ. letter at the request of the chair
explained the object of the meeting in a brief
Il. ineligible manner
The following preamble and resolutions were
then presented by DIR. II. NJ letter
Whenever any Government, either by an abuse
of its powers-by perversion of its original
objects or by innovations upon its fundamental
principles, or otherwise becomes destructive of
the ends for which it was formed, it is the right
and duty of the people to restore it to its origin
al purpose-to alter and amend it, or to abolish
it, land institute new government laying its
foundation upon such principles, and organizing
its powers in such form as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their safety and happiness"
And whereas, a long train Of abuses and
have been practiced by the North
against the South, pursuing invariably the
same object, and evincing clearly the design to
reduce the South not ONLY to absolute despotism
and poverty, but must result in II war, the only
termination of which must be total extinction
of the white race of the South, or an abandon
ment of our lands and our houses to the aboli-
tionist and oar slaves; 1t Is not only our right,
but becomes our duty, to provide now guaran-
tees and safeguards for our future protection
and security.
The history of this government for the last
thirty years, is history of repeated injuries and
all having in direct object the total
of slavery and the reduction of the
South to tho most abject ruin and desoation. To
prove this, let facts be submitted to candid
world
In open ard palpable violation Of the Const-
tution the North has refused TO deliver up fug-
tive slaves, thereby Wrestling annually from the
South two hundred thousand dollars worth Of
her rightful property, and the General Govern
ment has failed to grant them either n redress
Of these grievances or remuneration for their
losses
The General Government has by an onerous
and Of pressive commercial policy annually ey-
torted from the South fifty millions of dollars
for the encouragement, protection and building
up of the North
The Government has abolished the slave trade
in the District of Columbia, thereby depriving
the South Of 4 full enjoyment and protection Of
the property in that District, which was coded to
the Government as slave territory for the IA
tional purposes Of that Government.
The Government has by its acts, virtually and
excluded the South from any partci-
patton with her property in the wealth, privileges
common domain ard property of the States, and
for which the South furnished two-thrds of the
force which achieved it with their victories two
thirds of the money which supported the war OF
its conquest, and paid two-thirds of the price
that purchased its acquisition.
The Government has, in the formation Of ter
ritorial governments for Utah and New Mexico
refused to abrogate the old Mexican law which
is commended by many still to exist and which
excludes the South from these terri
tories; thereby refusing that protection to the
property Of the South, and that equality in the
enjoyment of the common domain Of the States
which the Constitution has promised to grant,
and the North sworn TO guarantee to the South.
The Government has by its act wrested from
the South, by bride to Texas, fifty million of
acres of pro,slavery territory and appropriated
it to Abolition and Free-soil purposes.
These facts, with many others too numerous
to submit, proves conclusively to the mind and
judgment of the candid world, that the object Of
the North is the entire cipation Of slavery
wherever it exists, and that the South is stand
ing upon the vortex Of ruin and destruction
from which nothing can rescue her but the
valor, virtue and patriotism of her own sons.
"Nor have we been wanting in our attentions
to our Northern brethrcn"-we have warned
them from time to time Of attempts to extend
aggress;ons against us. Time
and again we have made concessions and sacri-
fees Of our rights, our interest and honor to
their Infatuated fanaticism, for the protection Of
our Union and the preservation Of amicablc
relations with them. We have reminded them
of the glorious circumstances Of our revolution
we have cited to them the vexcd and trying
which attended the formation of
oar Constitution and which were wisely ad-
usted and harmonzed by that instrument
- We have appealed to their native justice and
agranimity.-We have conjured them by the
ties of our common kindred-wc have appealed
TO them by every sense of honor that justice,
or magnaninity could impose, to
lsayow and cease these ag9ressions and usur-
pations against us, which would inevitably in
Ierrupt our come, tons and friendly intercourse
But they have been deaf TO our cypostuIations
md treated our appeals to their justice and mag
nanlRIity with scurn end contempt We must,