The organizer., 1850-07-13
Public Meeting.

At a large and respectable adjourn
ed meeting of the citizens Of Lafayette
county, held at Oxford on Thursda!
the llth inst, the Chairman callet
the meeting to order, and on motion
w. B. Johnson, Esq, was requested
to act as Secretary. Capl. w. Delay
moved that Committee of six be ap
pointed by the meeting, composed ol
three Wings and three Democrats, Il
report resolutions expressive Of thu
sense Of this meeting, whepuPOr
Messrs. BENZ. F. Dill, ]. F. Cushman
and James Brown, (Democrats) ant
DR.. 2. Conkey, w. II. D. Wendd
and E. B. DOoly, (Whigs,) were ap'
pointed said Committee.
Col. Young of Lowndes, and Judge
&c. P. Smith of Wilkinson, being loud
Iy called for addressed the meeting
in able and efficient speeches, support.
ing the Missouri Compromise line as
recommended by the Nashville Con
vention and in opposition to the report
of the Congressional Committee ol
thirteen. Capt, w. P. Rogers of
Monroe, being called on to address the
meeting, responded in a few happy
remarks in which he said he was not
from his long absence from the Uni>
ted States, sufficiently informed upon
the questions the meeting bad been
called to deliberate; but that he was
with the South in any and every
emergency in which her Constitution
al rights are violated or her domestic
invaded.
The Committee having returned, j
unanimously reported through Col.
w. H. D. Wendell, the following pre-
amble and resolutions which wereI
unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, we portion of the people of
Lafayette county without distinction ofpar-
ty, believe that the repeated aggressiOns Of
the Northern States having been persisted
in until thaY have reached point beyondI
which, with US, ''iorbearance ceases to be
a virtue"-and whereas, we believe the
question of Slavery is one of such vital in,
ierest to the South that all patty cOnsidera.
tions and distinctions should be left out of
view, it being one exclusively Southern it
addresses itself particularly to all Soulh- !.
e N men.
( ReSoIred, That the preservation of the
Federal Union of these States as guaran-
iced by the Constitution is dear beyond
price to every Southern patriot.
Resclred, That we ask Of our Northern
jrethen and shall insist upon those guar.
lntees which the Constitution gives the
South, and whilst we cannot submit to
ess, we do assure them, that these granted,
,eace and harmony takes the place ofdis
;ord and confusion.
ReSolued, That the newly acquired Ter.
itory has been obtained, by the Joint
,lood 4 treasure ofall the states, TO wh chi
he South has contributed her full quota,
nd said Territory is and should be regard.
d as the common property Of all the States
nd that the attempt by the North to ex
lude the South from a free participation
a the enjoyment Of the same is illiberal
nd unjust in the extreme, TO the South.
ReSolucd, That we consider the line of
6 deg. 80 M, as established by the Mis-.
Duri Compromise, as fair and equitable
n adjustment Of the question as the South
hould offer by proposing which, we fee
lat the South has adopted that compromised
'hich the North insisted upon at tie time
its adoption, but which the South felt
nd still feels as having been a concession
Kclusively on her part.
Resolped, That when this meeting ad
,urn il adjourn T. meet again two weeks
ftef the adjournment Of Congress, with a
lew to consider the ProPrieiy Of appoint
" delegates to represent Us in the next
leeting Of the Nashville Convection
hOuld Il be necessary for the same TO meet
gain.
Resolped, That the proceedings Of this
leeting be published in the newspapers Of
Iis town and all others throughout the
tate friendly TO the object Of the meeting
g requested 10 copy the same.
JAMES NJ HOwRY.
(ChaTmaa.
W. u Inrrrnn. g.