The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12
NABCUOF EVENTS.

Progress gf 'sl1H.-Wc ask the at.
tcu,iou ofgvc1 southern man Go the follow.
jug statement On the 2l,t OF December.
1915 not two yc1r since, Mr.. Gott ot New
York introduced ,ba following resolution
"t. -~.--z. g.. -.,...., row prosecuted iH
this metropolis q. rhe republic, iu human be-
lug- rs chatr. Is contrary % natural JUS
nee and to iab fundamental principles OF
our po,Itcl. system, aud is notouiously a ro-
puach to our country throughout chrsten-
dom and q scrds, Mudrauco to the progress
OF republican liberty AMONG the nations Of
the earth, Therefore,
Resolved, That the committee Of the
Dl>uctoi Columbia be instructed to report
a bla as soon as practicable, prohibiting the
slave trade IN said District
Mr. Gott moved the previous question,
which was sanctioned, and the resolution
was adopted by a vote OF yeas 9S, to nays
81.
Immediately upon the happening of this
event there was great eXcItoseut among
the southern members of both houses Of
Congress, and meeting was called of both,
for consultation. 1t convened in the Senate
chamber, and was attended by almost the
entire southern delegation of the two houses
Governor MclcaIi, then Senatorirom kcn-
tUcky, presided and large committee was
raised TO prepare resolutions for the action
OF an adjourned meeting. The chairman OF
this committee was the Hon. John NJ. Clay
ton, then Senator from Delaware, since
Secretary OF State under Gen. Taylor Dur
inc the conferences of this committee and
before any final action on its recommends
tons took place, the northern members de-
tcrmined to reconsider the vote adopting
said resolution But even though it was
.reconsidered and rejected, yet such was the
apprehension Produced in the minds Of the
southern members, that majority Of them
thought it necessary to issue the famous
Southern Address.
IVittJa q tc1c WccIS this gcyy act 2rhlcb
icaS threatened By COTS resolution, has
been c0HtRittUd, qlld that too ia the firm
most alarming 10 the South, gic-: "acith
HePracticaI 0SSeItjon q tie right Of Con-
2reSS t0 cH10acipIte SlaceS IN tile District. "
That which when threatened not two years
ago, drove the whole southern delegation
into action, has now been actuailY peype-
trdtcG; and if any southern man shall now
d0re TO complain, he is stignatlZed as DIS
a010'ltSt and tyalt0r, and isrequlrcd to stand
mute, and even to profess to rejoice over tins
measure OF "peac6, Cancellation, and nCnsii-
tervention." Ii he does not try to smile
and say he is happy on account of this and
its kindred measures, he will be suspected
OF discomfort and OF u purpose to shake OIL
the yoke Of domination.
On that occasion the Washington Union
denounced the measure as "another blow"
at the south, and warned the north that the
south would not submit. The New Orleans
Picayune said;
"l'his is such a direct meddiing with the
right OF property OF the citizens Of the Dis
trict, and 50 bod step towards Interference
with the rights Of the States, that the South
must necessarily make issue on it, Tile
AGGRESSIVE OF northern abolltonism should
be met here, and lhe consequences of col
lislon IN all their breadth aud depth staked
upon it,
When the news Of this measure reached
Richmond, The Virginia legislature passed
by a magorityof M to l3in.the House and
27 to 3 in the Senate, certain resoutioas,
otThlch thefoowing is one:
Resolved, That we regard The .sseEse
ofa aw, by 4ho Congress Of tiie Flted
States aboiislng slavery Or The slaertrade
in the District Of Cola1nbia as a direct at
tack on the. institutions Of the Southern
States, 10 be resisted at every hazard.
Well the measure thus denounced by the
Plcayune as laaklnga direct issue between
the slave and the Tree states, and which the
Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Texas and
Mississippi legislatures solemnly resolved
they would resist 'Go the last extremity" is
now the lav Of tie kanAt