The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-09-02

that linethen If all other attempts of Cancellation
TO be cast TO the Winds and To look TO the
means and measure of redress, II 10 all important
that the people who chiefly concerned in the
matter should distinctly understand the meanin z
of this ultimatom, and the means indicated as the
mode ofredress. In this point ofview, we consider
the recent meeting chiefly of Importance. And by
all accounts there at this meeting disnctness
enough on this all important point. Mr.. Rhett
urged, as the only remedy, temporary secession.
MIR. Colquitt urged that the mon Of the South should
march to the line Of 800 80 with their collins on
their backs And Mr.. Stiles, who commenced his
speech expressing the hope and desire that the
great questions of the day might be settled by some
thing short of disunion, wac plainly given to I'm
derstand, by unniistakable evidences of dsappro-
baton. that his sentiments were any thing but
congenial to his audience.
Now all this is ms 1t should be. Those who look
to disunion as the only effectual remedy in the
premises, have not only the right but it is their
duty to the State to express their convictions. IL
is for the people to decide upon them. II the peo-
pie decide with them, that the Nashville platform
shall be the only settlement Of the question in the
Union, they have the right to determine, and
will no doubt decide. II they think some other
settlement of the question maybe made, and ought
to be tried before resort to the last extrcme-that
OF disunion-it is their right to say 30, and doubt
less they will say 30. For ourselves we most ear
nestly trust that Congress may have patriotism
enough to settle the present public agitation by the
adoption of the Missouri line, but should that line
not be adopted, we shall tie ourselves down to no
ultmatum of this or that convention, to resort to
disunon without further effort peacefully to settle
the question.
hold ~ Al
all others have failed, to redress our grievances
lie! us at least what Congress shall do, before
we tie ourselves up to this or that line of extreme
measures. When it has acted, when the people
know what they have DONE and have time to re
fleet on it, it will be for them to Say whether the
Union shall be maintained or destroyed, under the
circumstances of the timcs-and this, indeed they
may be called upon to decide very Should
California be admitted as a State, the Governor il
is understood will call convention, to be selected
by the people, to determine the question. 1t will
be for them to instruct their delegates to dissolve
the Union upon the admission of California, to re-
call their representatives from the National Lcgis
laturc or to tell them, in the words of Mr.. Toombs
to plant themselves only on constitutional ground
| Says Mr.. Toombs to Governor Towns, referring to
| to this very convention:
al deeply regret that just cause should be en-
dangered by the assumption of such an unwise
and unenable position. Congress has the express
power to admit States. The admission Of
California under that power is purely and solely
question of congressional discretion, and would
present neither just nor a sufficient cause for
State inerposition or revolutionary resistance.
Gas a citizen of the State, shall oppose the ac-
ton proposed by the Legislature, even if Csiifor
6 MIA shall be admitted against my vote.'
| Should the convention be called, the people will
be directly appealed to to settle the great question
| Shall the Union be dissolved the admission o
California State? Is this the true position upor
which the South should stand upon this most i'm
portant occasion which they have ever beer
called to act, involving in its issue such tremcndou
consequences!