Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-03-23

and independence sovereign andeql member
OF the Conederacy If the alternative presented By the
slave States be dissolution of their union with the slay
States or the abolition OF slavery in the slave States either
se OF this alternative is dssouton, because, il the slave
States submit 10 they to casSates and
reign parties TO the Union Resistance such ususpaton
Is their moral social, and political d But usurpinl
states declare aii resistance such laws the part of the
ave States rebellion treason revolution. and dsrnon Blu
ese are terms wheh properly apply 70 the usurpers Of
ent by os,v against those usurnson
support and sustain the constitution and the Union Are the
power destroy slavery may they arm
andthe army and the treasury CT the Union force
fourteen sovereign States submit lawsaboshng slavery
right OF msority TO Judge OF the esten Of
Their constitutional powers by their majority Congress-
repeal e Judiciary act, and reergsnize the federal
Judges 10 sustain thec usurped legislation slavery
would that court have jurisdiction bring before it the four
teen slave States and the sixteen try
and udcaly decide between them, PARTIES question
OF constitutional power Could that render decree
which should have the binding effect Of res xGeat
GouIi the Government enforce sucugment against
"sxsh The understanding Of Mr.. Jefferson, Mr.
!. sr e h ss q yns krssky and
psopecf the United States, when the alien and
were laws Of bar less questionable authority thas laws
the hope Of every patriot throughout our eoun
try aud OF every pAilanthrops hroughous the WORLD is
to be saved BY hsReoPe Of all the States fully
mad enthusiasts mistaken socialists and aspiring politicians
have, during the last hryye years, used purposes of
Beside and Beyond popular Conventior Southern
States with tho view and the hope OF srresn the
aggression and not practicable then osooncen5ate the
South nw understanding, and action, the Convention Of
Mississippi suggested as the possible ultimats resort the CALL
By the Legislatures Of the assaled States Of M solemn
should be regularly elected the people
ohose Saesso deliberate speak and act with ai the sove-
reign power Of TIE people, Should in the result saeh Con-
ventoG be called and meet they lead 10 like regularly
constituted ConIention Of all the asaled States provide
the last for their separate welfare by the formation Of
compact and Union that will afford protection to their
nDerties and rights. In c crisis the language OF Mr.
adssa one spirit will animate and conduct the whole
ms is an important only in history but
in the history of the world Great are their birth
BY the Of steamboats, railways. and ship Canals
revelation in the Intercourse Of world
struggling into existence The connexion ofte Atlantic and
Pacific oceans not defeated by European Governments
give the United States months advantage in COM
and intercourse with the nations india the Pacific
advantage Europe has hitherto had the United
England endeavore TO dscord the States Of
lnion by declaring the abolition policy
Of her Government which she will pronae by all fair
throughout the world. This uniriendy policy, declared in
diplomatic correspondence with Government with full
knowledge that Union conederaey Of slave and
Gs nation by dissovng Union and enbroing in
evil and seryile Our strength nation,
wealth and populations Of human liberty and the
peoples rights throughout the world depend upon Lo
S Let us be true trust let preserve the Lo
and leave slavery to the natural Of events.
have thas discussed OF the most prominent con-
siderons involved in the fearful controversy without aemp
ing consecutive history Of the ogn progress and present
aim of the crusade That hsor has been sufficiently given
in the address OF the Southern Delegation the last Congress-
which the resolutions the central and primary meetings
in this State and the proceedings Of the Convention which fol-
lowed them be the response Of Mississippi
have here offered in obedience the order OF
appointments respectfully admitted connexion with those
resolutions and proceedings you brethren of tae
South wAo with u.s. are driven 10 the alternative
or submission We urge them upon serious, pateraa
and patriotic examination ndugng the confident expectation
that you will perceive the proprety and necessity of meeting
people in the General Southern Convention proposed Tor
the first Monday of June next and resting assured that what
be the action Of the Federal Government the
dicaton and defence OF the constitution, and will prove
reereaut to her hoaor her right her interests her history
and her destiny :" A. HUTCHINSON,
&C. WINCHESTER,
''.. "W. L. SHARKEY,.
&C. r. CLIFTON,
"JOHN l. GUION,
"E. C. WILKINSON.
These, sir, the views Of the people Of the sovereign
State of Mississippi declared by Convention, through
committee of gentlemen, who in ability, patriotism
moral WORTH and will add depotiot to the Lo are not
inferior any persons be found in the whole Republic
Who doubts the truth of what have often declared
here, that the people of Mississippi stand alone upon their
constitutional rights rely exclusively upon the fundamental
guarantees wisely provided by veneated refathers and
that they resolved to do all in their to this
Unon by the only capable Of securing its preserva
tonhe maintenance Of the integrity OF the constitution
itself,
But the National Iniellgencer 10 one Of its late numbers
instead of publishing the whole any considerable portion Of
this address, has single paragraph from its context, in
order prove that the South, least the people Of Mis-
ssspp have Internationally resolved upon dissolution of
the Union and the establishment of Southern Conderacy
That paragraph is as follows
Besde and beyond popular Convention of the South
States with the and the hope arrestng the
OF aggresson ard if practicable then concentrate the
South in will Understandings and action the Convention OF
Mississippi suggested the possible ultimate the call
by the Legislatures of the asaed States OF still solemn
conyentonssuch should be regularly elected by the
pie of those Staseo deliberate speak, and with all the
sovereign power of the people, Should in the result such
be called and meet they may lead like
arly constituted convention of all the assaed States,
vde in the last resort for their separate welfare by the orma-
tou of compact and Union that will afford protection to
their liberties and rights In such crisis in the language
of Mr. Madison, spirit will animate and conduct the
whole"
NV, Mr. President does every perceive the gross
injustice done the committee who prepared this address, dedu
cling from the paragraph cited the inference that the Mississippi
people resolved upon that nothing else will sat-
sfy them Sir and obvious import of the language
objected to is simply this The constitution to be maintain
ed possible by all legitimate and honorable means. The
obligations Of that sacred instrument to b crupulousy
observed and executed the part of the Southern States
whilst its faithful observance by ohe members Of the Coned
eacy be demanded and insisted upon The guarantees
in which the South peculiarly interested TO be respected
by the free States of the Ulion in oil their scope and amp
tude II all these important points the North should prove
unwilling to 10 JUSTICE which Heaven forbid if the of
fensve enaced shall be adopted and the grevan
ces aleady conessedy inflicted shall remain unredessedthen
the Southern States will assemble convention to consult
for their safety and welfare and If justice shall still be
withheld ae all pacific and constitutional expsdens have
been tried and tried vanwhy then, the Southern States
may be duty forced upon them of seeding in the
last from the Union.
This. repeat is the real and full import of that portion Of