The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-11-20
NASHVILLE CONVENTION


buHatuouH, ul AtHNtSeNei uhu SHSSfSs3 VI
5. Carolina, wsre present.
Nj. Cheeves offered the foil wing Resolu-
lion:
Resolved, That secession by the joint ac-
lion Of the Slavehoding States is the only
efficient remedy fr tic aggravated wIongs
which They now endure and the enormous
events which threatens Them in he future
from the nsurped aud new unrestricted pew
er OF the Federal Government,
Mr. Cheeves read long SPEECH, rcvicw
ing the whole subject ably aud thoroughly,
occupying some three hours, recommending
secession as the only alternative. lie said
il was done The Rubicon w.s passed--Ihe
Union was already dissolved, What was
the Umong II was he bond of fra'erniiy--
il had become one Of hostiIues. We cOnld
not expect TO live With a people who, OH eV-
cry occasion, and in lhe Halls Of Legislation
noun ed slavery Gs crHie, and the par-
Hcip1nls as criminals. Was not the ince uf
every Southern man suiused with the blush
OF shame.
lie said We would hope for nothing pro-
dncing a change, thai lhey Che Norh) could
give US. II could only bring an increase of
their power aud our danger, disgrace and
shame, We should dror party, und united,
ly contend (o' the inTeress Of oar bleeding
country. II Virginia would lead, no blood
would he spilled, aud be had no duubl that
in little time, every S,uhern S;alo would
follow, except perhaps, Delaware, whose in,
terests would deter her, and even in the
! possibility of an invasion from the North 10
coerce us, where WAS their army aud money ?
All lie militia would fhd il difficult TO take
Charleston or Savannah, and if they did,
what would they do with III Perhaps they
would calculate upon the assistance of our
slaves but they would be Disappointed
they would serve their masters at home,
while they were in arms.
We want but union and The enemy ale
ours, aud the Unioc, lhanH GDd, dssovel-
undoubtedly the South would suffer the Us
sua casuaties Ct war, but they were dam
gers which free deope, who were not dls>
posed to wear the yoke, would man(u " -
The Of secession was uncquivical. lie ap.
peaIed to Virginia TO take the lead in aui-
ted secession; and he would wan lhe peo
pie Of The South tc beware of alien counsel
| Iers, who were not our fiends they did not
sylnpaIhize " til us Iii conclus on, he wunId
pray To God to inspire Southern men with
| the sp rit If freemen-tncn they would act
as men who knew their rights nEd dare
maintain them. Unite, and we can :atler nnr
enjmies ke the all 'umnal leaves CaIifur-
MIA will become n Slave Sra,c, and We viii
form the most spended emnire which the
sun ever shone upon Submit The sound
curdes the bIond, and may G ID unite u.s.
| At The conclusi,n oilhe speech they a,iourn
ed I'LL 10 O'Clock 10 morrow.
! NJ. Rowles OF Tenn, stated in his letter
to The President, that he would not consider
the questions which called the first conven>
I!ion set led, but ONLY postponed. He had
no confidence in The integrity Of men who
had violated every cumpom So they bad
hitherto made with The Sonrh lie wanted
all HE provisions Of the Colstitut on-- no
more and he was convinced lhM we must
stop The tale OF bruOms, wooden nuunegs
aud wooden clucks in The South tor n year,
when the higher law advocates would discov.
tion.
The resolutions orJones, of Go, drcIa,
red the equality ofthe rights secured by the
Constitution, violated by erecting Ca!lrnia
into a State, Utah and New Mexico into
Territorial GDvernments, and dismembo-c
jig Texas, and that non .inreIcou Sc was call
ed for
The resolutions Of IIunler, OF Ga, decla-
red the Government 10 be in the hands OF
the North, n1d the South is in utter dcpen.
dence to abolition N iocjlies in Congrc S.
the prosperity of the South depends upon
Slavery. We should repeal every assault
upon that institution at all hpzlrdS. lie al
loded to the California Bill, &c. as obberies
Of Southern rights the Fug,lve slave law
is no concession, and recon manded cGpstiIu-
tona resistance to the acts OF Congress, and
when that should fail, let each Sttie ecde
for herself the mode uf redress.
Davenport, of Miss, declared The right of
secession and reviewed the wrongs perpetra'
ted by The North, and called upon the South
for their concentrated &C IN to save the I'm.
ion, by a convention, recommending non
intercourse, and that the uh 20 inln nn-
tlonaI convention with the North for Prcsi
dent
Gen. Pillow embodied in his resolutions
the views of the majority Of the delegates,
and recommended that although the Bills of
Congress fell short Of justice 10 the South,
that the Convention would declare their wills
lingness to abide TIE laws of the land, there
by giving proof of their attachment to the
Unon--that The Souh demand that the aglla.
ton ofslavery at the North should cease, and
that repeal Of he Fugitive Slave b Il would
render all further association impossible -
recommending non-;nlercourse 1.-THE N>rlh
did not faith 'uy parfrm her part acctr ling
20 the late acton IF Congress. That if far
lher interference W sllveiy be persisted
IN, the legislatures Of the several States e.
ect delegates for n general Convention.
Mr.. Donaldson, ofTeunessee, recommen>
ded acqusen,e in The laws of the South, and
the Convention would no; anticipate the
cours Of action of part OF The members Of the
Federal compact that would justify extreme
measures; that the motto Of the Snutaern
States is pe.pe,uity 10 the Union aud Cons
stuulon; and that this Convention will look
to open resistance as reyo IIionary remedy
only where such an Interpretation Of the Fed
era compact is inlorced ns will make the
Federal Government an insIrumenI Of inlol-
erabie tyranny and oppression.
SEDUCTION AND PRosABLE MuRDER,-A
young man named Chas. f. Rhodes, recent
ly hand on board the Perry, was Stabbed