The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-28

vile Conyenuon:
TO The House Of Rsprsssntativss.
IL resolution passed by your honorable body
on the 9th inst and embracing the following requests
Of dis and that 81 other States Of he Union ia relation
The proposed Nashville Convention. send delegates 10
IN Communication Of the subiectma,ers 10 be debera
ted upon and the specnc objects and ends intended % DC
~ ss ana - n. other states
the delegates commissioned by them 10 sit in said CON
4ih 4 particular statement OF any fac. or circumstances
within his knowledge or any public exig sney, making y
necessary and imperative upon the state 81 i9nlana py
solemn act oil us legislature 10 recognise and parepae
5t Aud lasry, he communication Of all such informa
tion-paper documents and correspondence relation 70
The subecmaer Of said convention. may be filed IN
the executive department. or In his possession as governor
Ibeg leave to state the first head that have already
transmitted 70 hg general assembly the proceedings q me
legislatures Indiana and Connectcnt and hat touching
the special question OF convention proposed % be held Al
Nashville in June Of the present year, ofela cores
pondence has passed between the executive OF his ana
that Of any other STATE and document Of that nature Is
on file in this department.
might perhaps involve some difficulty speak precisely
Of the second inquiry and % aempt 70 forecast the char
difficulty becomes moro striking, when hold in view
that depending On the free and untranmeed opinions q
overgrown ourages commted against the South, the dis
cussions may fairly wider range than would
tended ba accomplished by said convention 50 far as
my views extendand these, too derived from an EXPIRES
portion Of conlederacy-are generally 70 devise means
projection for the South and in the words q their re-
measure Of redress" the dangers 70 which we are ex
posed may demand the hands Of people insnled in
their feelings and outraged In their rights.
The answer the second request OF the house Of repre-
sentaliyes the purpo q the third inquiry have
and anhoryn within my knowledge have been conferred
on he future delegates Of The proposed convention MY
general assembly this question, turned espe
ciay upon the call Of Missssppa call cheety respond
executive 10 assemble by aw consenoa q me people
OF the STATE, by legal election to send delegates to Nash
Ing on tie subject Of slavery, whether in the common
ory OF The United States, in the District Of Columbia, Of
Of the resolves, which have invited my suggestions 10 the
legislature, conisrs no specially DESIGNATED powers on The
len either /, action Of the legislature, the people
in the exercise of their undeegated authority
Misssippi merely prooam Inc debslae ooaSicon
that the time has arrived when the southern people should
conyeniion Of de avehong States, represented BY dele
gates by he people Or Otherwise, should be
devise and adopt some mcde Of Resistance 70 The aRgres
ons of The ncrthern States; and that therefore, the south
ern States should be invited appoint delegates and
naes, in ratio double that Of their representatives in
Congress, TO attend the deliberations OF the convention
The fourth inquiry sufficiently answered by bare al
the popular legislative action Of the other
southern States that have preceded Louisiana in the
preston Of sentiments deernnea and yadiea
Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri Florida Al
abama and Mississippi either By iachoale or complete
OF their legislatures, under the indications OF
what the inevitable action 9th NORTH through unscru
puous majority ia Congress- Is bent on achieving have
pressed their Willingness and detemlhao ali hazards,
resist the all but perpetrated encroachnents "Tne fact
circumstance inquired into |. the manifest predser-
nation commit the wrong; and il is trusted the part
of louisiana that equal determination resist viii
precede the commission Of ihat wrong We share alike
gers that threaten the So III should contributes,
m corresponding MEASURE 10 the deienre Of common
rights.
atvely calls Louisiana not TO be aggad In The final
btraneDt between our circumstances and the
was confined the efforts misguided zsaots warran
ably interfering in our home might well have
been absolyed from the obligation OF visiting
ference with other retbution than that OF silent
tempt Blu, that policy has assumed the form Of a
steady, systematic, political scheme Its demonstrations
are invested with all the soennites which attend the acts
OF soveregniies We overlook the glarng evden
ces oil concerted alliance among the northern States
against the pence, the dignity, and the very existence OF the
South When, therefore, each OF those soveregHcs that
have lent themselves TO the scheme and entered into that
league "by solemn Of ils legislature" transnllted
under disguise dersion, the respective onthern
ecuves has requested It's representatives and instruct
ed its in Congress enofc. the passage o.
measures that strike fatally NJ vital Interests,
deemed that Louisiana would be but acting 10 the
line Of dny, u under the law Of necessity should
voice, "by solemn act OF it legislatue, lie raised
proper rebuke Of the nefarous scheme and in timely
warning hesdiosg majority OF the consequence, Of
their hampllng on our constitutional compronises and
gh, The high character Of the political fathers of the
land established by calm, manly, and successful re-
ssance 10 the assumptions OF ON irresponsible power and
marked that resistance, & press upon question
upon which argument has loi exhausted Louisiana
make II her duty show that she neither forgss the
lessons Of history shrink from the maintenance Of her
Tights
Passing over the last branch Of your inquiries, with the
thai there additional inform alton doou
ments hc ia the executive department, and that have
correspondence n relation 10 the ubiecimaes OF the
thai deem either proper necessary
munlcate nj this Time would, in further connexon with
this question: respectfully refer your honorable body
that portion inaugural address which youl
attention 20 the Intended course Of the South
To the legislature Of the Stale OF Louisiana u beongs w
their wisdom, decide what form OF action shall be ie
TO provide thc mode and measure OF redress and most
with the Interests and safety oil southern State
and the mainenance Of the Union agans, northern as
saults. JOSEPH WALKER
The PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE AND sLAvERY.-In
the Pennsylvania house OF delegates Monday, MIR
Beaumont from n select compttee, reported series OF
resolutions relative TO federal relations, which take
the grounds The subject OF slavery (repudang
The Wimo Proviso) the democratic Union resolutions
Of the meeting held in Philadelphia Friday The re-.
port extremely lengthy, and goes over wide Held OF
Argument The committee composed OF i've, and the
report is that oil the majority, (hree but Mr. Schohed
stated that be and MIR Souder (who OF the ihree did
not concur in many OF the sentiments expressed in the
report OF the majority.
Mr.. Allison offered minority report. which was read
4 dssents entirely from the slavery sentiments uttered in
The majority report.
The third resolution Of the minority report as fol-
lows;
Resoiped That while Pennsylvania will as firmly main
tain ne she frankly her views principles and do
this momcntous question: she viii now,
ever. properly respect aud nvolaby maintain the
mises OF the constitution. and all the rights OF each
State Of the Unon under the same but protests most
solemniy In the name Of "a gans any
extension OF slavery
The following is Of the resolutions Of the Phia-
dephia meeting: