The southern press., 1850-10-08
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From. The yHon,gomeru (.na.) ALIAS.

From. The Montgomery (9ia.) .iflas.
PUBLIC MEETINc.-Thc proprety of public
meeting without distinction of party, in Marion
on the I'd Of September, proxs to take into con-
sideration the action Of the late Southern Con-
vention, and give an expression Of sentiment in
relation to the important questions now agitating
the public Mind is respectfully suggested by
MANY CITIZENS.
August s, 1850
Agreeably to the above call, a very large
number Of the citizens Of Perry county assem-
| bled in the Court House al Marion, on Monday
the Cd inst
| The meeting was called to order by the Hon
John p Graham, on whose motion Gen. f. d.
King and Hon. J. f. Cooke were appointed
chairmen, and John g. Markham and John
Moore requested to act as secretaries
The object of the meeting having been briefly
stated by Gen. King, on motion committee of
ten was appointed to draft resolutions. The
| following gentlemen constituted the committee.
to wit: Col. Henry c. Lea, Hon. J. p. Graham,
! A. s. Toler, r. L. Jones, Samuel Jemison, Luke
Lisle, JOS. Daniel, who, after deliberation, re-
ported as follows:
p /. Resolued, That recognizing as we do, in
the proceedings OF the Nashville Convention,
and in the general tone and sentiment Of the
resolutions and address adopted by that body, a
spirit Of concession and compromise, on the one
hand sufficiently tenacious of the honor OF the
South, and on the other duly regardfu OF the
preservation Of the Union, we do hereby approve
and ratify the same
g. RESOLVED, That the territories Of the United
States are the common property Of the people
of the United Stntes, and as corollary to this,
the citizens of every State have the right to re-
move with their property into any OF these ter
rtories, and there TO be protected in its use and
enjoyment, by the Constitution and laws of the
United States. Yet as a measure Of concilia-
ton, we arc in favor Of division of the same,
! in accordance with the platform Of the Nashville
Convention, to wit the line Of 36 deg. 80 min,
commonly known Us the Missouri Compromise
line, with an express recognition of the right OF
property in slaves, south of that line.
g. Resolred, That the admission Of California
into the Union, with her present limits, and the
clause in her constitution prohibiting the intro
duction Of Southern institutions into any por-
ton OF the vast territory she pretends TO claim,
would be an intolerable insult and outrage to
the Southern people, virtual adoption OF the
Wilmot Proviso, and should be resisted by our
members of Congress and citizens generally, by
all legal and constitutional means.
| A. Kesolred, That we fully recognize the right
of Texas to the extent of territory as defined in
her law of limits in 1886, and admitted at vari-
GUS times by the Federal Government; never
theless, as proposition to Texas is now pend
ing and likely to pass the Congress of the United
States in reference to this question, and as the
| Legislature of Texas has beer convened to con-
slider the same subject, we think it right that the
decision of the whole matter should be left
where it most properly belongs-to the State of
! Texas and the Federal Government--asserting
at the same time, our opinion that IN case the
parties cannot agree, then it will become the
duty of all the Southern States to sustain Texas
in the maintenance of her dignity and rights.
g. Resolred, That in view Of the system of
plundering the Southern people of their slave
property, carried on by organized societies in the
non-slaveholding Suites, sustained by public
sentiment in all, and favored by Legislative en-
actment in many of those States, it becomes the
duty of the slavcholding States TO adopt retalia-
tory measures against every State in which laws
intended to embnrrass the recovery OF fugitive
slaves exist, and we respectfully recommend the
consideration Of this subject to our State Legis-
lature at its next meeting.
6. Resolred, That we yield to no body of citi-
zens in ardent attachment to our Federal Union,
but we love Justice and the Constitution better
than the Union.
T. Resolred, That we recommend to the pa-
tronage Of our fellow citizens the Southern Press
newspaper, recently established at Washington
city, for the defence OF Southern rights and
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opinions.
! The question being taken on the adoption OF
the resolutions they were adopted unanimously
r.. T. Goree, esq, offered the following rcso-
lutions, which were adopted with but oSE dis
sentng voice:
Resoircd, That the thanks of this meeting be
rendered to John G. Markham, esq, editor OF the
Alabama Commonwealth, for the able, Jealous,
and efficient manner in which he has advocated
the rights Of the South.
Resolred, That while some editors OF both
political parties have been hesitatng and reason
ing, he has boldly taken the only honorable
ground for the South, andbas fearcssly and ably
maintained his positions. Z.
ResoEred, That in consideration OF these facts,
this meeting recommend the Alabama Com
monwealth as worthy of the patronage OF every
tiue-hearted SoutherDer and especially OF the
people of Perry. without distinction OF party
On motion OF Col. Lea, it was
Resolred, 1ha. copy of the proceedings of
this meeting be sent to our Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress- and that the thanks of
this meeting be, and they nre hereby rendered
to the Hon. s. w. Harris, for the able and zeal
Gus manner in which he has defended the inter-
ests Of the South during the present session of
Congress.
On motion, it waa
Resolrcd, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed BY the officers, and published IN the
Alabama Commonwealth, and that the newspa-
pers of this State, and the Southern Fress' DC
requested TO copy the same.
The meeting then adjourned
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