The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-11-23
Sashyilie Convention.

We last week gave telegrapLit dispatches Of
I the proceedings Of the Nashville Southern Con
ven,ion, up 10 Thursday evening, when they al.
journed to 10 o'clock next day. We now con;in.
ue the proceeding, subsequent to that date, to
the final adjournment.
NAsHvuLE, Friday, Nov. 18TH
| According to adjournment, the convention met
at 10 Uc,ock r. N. The states being called. Mir
Sueed Of Geo, presented a resolution declaring
recent legislation by Congress diree. attack by
the North on the rights Of the South. that the
Convention cherished hope that Texas would
rebuke the Abolitonisrn 10y spurning the PROPOSE
lion. Ii Texas accede the protests against the
&C, as grievance to the south a repetition OF
which would be just cause Of secession.
! The committee on resolutions asked leave 10 sit
during the session Of the convention-would re-
. port tomorrow.
/ Permission was granted for motion to adjourn
which failed, and Mr. McWhorter, Of Georgia pre-
sentsi the following
Hesolrsl, That it should be the policy Of this
Convention while it strs up some 10 a higher
grade Of feeling, it should restrain others who
woud wish final action without the necessary pre-,
+ parJtlor.
Mr., McWhorter spoke at some length, not in
supper: of the resolution, but to stir up the p,st
Tie said he addressed q band Of brothers with II
common destiny for veal or for woe-wi,h the
same object in view he would say nothing ia
the tone Of partizsn warfare lie spoke in elo-
quent terms Of the position Of the United States
IN contrast with other countries it was to pres.
erys this position that the convention met IN May
la't-he hoped the same object had called them
together at this time, They were charged with q
soIsmn duty-not TO dissolve, bgi 10 preserve the
d lnion to bring tho government to constitutional
measures, and 10 save the United States from re-
slstance 10 unconstitutional ones. he approved
. Of the last conventions resolutions and address
they were manly. He wished to speak like =
man, lie would not SIT playing the lutte while 81
enemy came upon him with drums beating and
eo.ors fling The charge was upen and be was
for bidding open defiance. Shall no. the South
yet answer in tones which shall make fanatics
/ tremhle
After he concluded, Mr Claiborne, Of Tennessee
. followed, He alluded to that uedi,ing nation
which neglected her own furnished people to shed
crocodile tears over the pampered negro. Tie
called ths fugitive slave law Ygsd pro quo ~
the shape Of compromise, where one side gam
/ ed every thing and the other nothing. The north
would make the Constitution sgbseTyc her purpo
ses with new accessions of power, He saw The
demon Of separation approaching he looked AT
him in the face, he cuald not help IT, for he star
( ted at him. If Union and slavery could not exist
together, what would the south do The self pre-
,ervation ofstates was the first law ofuature and
shall We SIT still with our arm, folded, Wilde :
net was forming around and volcano grunbliHg
under our feet, and seek no place Of safety The
, North would not help Us in case Of iusuUecton
but wosld rather ride the storm. aud say witt
/ Adams, Let abolition cumo though millions %
lives DO lost lie would no, stay IN n COUNTRY
dIshonored, branded as crimiral, IN lliegit.mai,
intruder on the family domain. He could beaI
oppressIos, but not diahouor. Such Union h,
would shiyer to atoms yet lac was Union maj
none OF your modern, but an old Union mar
He would ever live under the Union banner,
without di.honor; and if that banner fall let hin
die in lis shadow and be wrapped in its fold-
He called upon the south TO unite in common
Roadway against the aggression Of our common
country, and give 10 our banner that equality an,
southern rights that would be preserved with th'
Constitution. He was proud to bs N the minori
I ty in his state delegation, and trusted lie woul,
not be Their. long.
The convention adjourned till tomorrow n
10 o'clock.