Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03
THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.

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The following is the report of the fourth
and fifth days as telegraphed to ST. Louis:
LOUISVILLE, Thursday, June 6. 1850.
The convention assembled at o clock
and was called to order bv the President
w. l.. Sharkey. Prayer by Rev. DR..
Edgar. Minutes of yesterday read and
adopted. President Sharkey requested
the audience i'll the galleries to abstain
from indulging in pplause-thought it
highly improper on this occasion. Mr..
Tucker, of Virginia, offered series of
propositions to the convention. He said
he would not call them resolutions, as
that word had become mere farce, de-
claring that it is the duty of Congress to
make governments for the territories, but
has no power TO exclude slavery-that
all sections of this Union have equal
rights-tha: the Wiimot proviso is un-
Observation-Disclosures California ought not
10 be admitted as a State with her pre-
sent population, as they are merely trans
lent persons and not ctizens-that any
attempt by Congress to bring her into the
Union at present ought TO be resisted at
all hazards, and TO the last extremity;
this, said Mr.. Tucker. was the language
of Virginia-not his own-used upon an
occasion equally oppressive aud dishonor-
obIo tn the South. He alluded to the
Wilmot provlso.
MIR. Irwin, of Alabama, offered a series
of resolutions in regard to the delivery
of fugitive slaves. Mr.. Du Pons, of
Florida, a resolution declaring that it is
not expedient for this convention to de-
clare in advance what particular measures
passed by Congress would call for forciole
resistance, but that this matter should be
left to each State. MIR. McCelland, of
Florida, series Of resolutions in regard
10 the aboiShiug of the slave trade IT.
the District of Columbia, declaring that
such a measure would be violation OF
the spirit o. this Government. MIR. Pear
son. of Florida, n resolution declaring that
uo norton of this Government excels the
Son,h in devotion 70 the Union, but she
will resist further aggressions on the part
If the North at all hazards. Mr. w. II
Polk. of Tennessee, offered a resolution
-. an amendment of the Alabama resolu-
lions Yesterday, declaring in favor OF the
compromise VI IuO OOiAHi''NN VI MY
teen in the Senate.
MIR. Campbell, of Alabama, moved to
Law the amendment on the table. MIR.
Polk spoke eloquently and forclbly i'll
favor of his amendment. After some fur
tber debate, Mr.. Polk withdrew his mo-
ton to amend the AIaba ma resolutions,
and offered it as separate proposition
All the above resolutions were referred
~ the Committee on Business. The
Committee OH Resolutions did not report
this morning. Committee adjourned till
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. There
was much less excitement manifested
than yesterday or Tuesday.
NASHVILLE, Friday, June 7.
FIFTH DAY.-The convention met pur-
suant to adjournment, President Shark
ev in the chair 1t was opened by pray
or bv the Rev Mr.. Smith. After the
reading of the minutes of yesterday, the
President called for resolutions from the
States. Mr.. Coleman, Of Alabama, offer
ed series similar to those heretofore pre-
spnted from that State. Mr.. Bulord, of
Alabama, offered a resolution preferrlng
Gen. Tayler's compromise to that OF the
Committee of Thirteen, as giving the
South more advantages: If we had TO re-
ceive either, he preferred Gen. Iaylors,
but both compromises he considered op-
pressive to the slaveholding States. MIR.
Wilkinson, Of Mississippi offered series
OF resolutions, one Of them declaring that
any State has the power under the con-
sritution to peaceably withdraw from the
confederacy. A single State possessed
the right to decide without giving rea-
son for so doing, if she chooses. MIR. j.
Piuckney Henderson, of Texas, offered
resolution in regard to the boundary OF
that State. A delegate from Virginia offer
ed a resolution in regard to the same sub
ject Mr.. Fouche. of Georgia. Introduced
series of resolutions against all comproml-
ses. that the so-called compromises adop-
ted by this Government have only been
abandonments of clear rights on the part
of the South; that the South should only
agree to an equal division OF the Mexl-
can territories on the line of SO 30, and If
Congress does not grant this equal divis-
ion of these territories, this convention
meet at Nashville again on the -- day
Of, 1851, to devise further means OF
redress. Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, the old
gent, is fair specimen of Virginia pollt-
ical abstractionists; he would not call
them resolutions, that word, he says, has
decenerated and is like patriotism, which
means to pick mans pocket or cut his
throat:
l. That it is the duty of the whole South
to oppose the attempt Of Northern fac
tions either forcibly or peaceably. to get
possession of the territory rightfuliy be-
longing to Texas, for the purpose OF ex-
cluding said territory from the people OF
the South and especially the people lex