The southern press., 1850-11-01

citizen, Hen John G. Calhoun, and having APP
pointed the Hon. jefferson Davis to deliver said
eulogy, and the day aud place being set on the
hrst day of the meeting of the Legislature, in
the Hall OF the House of Representatives, there
viii be large meeting OF the friends of South
ern Rights on that day, at halt. past one o'clock,
and 4 i hoped that the people from the sur
rounding counties will generally attend.
! As the foregoing notice appears TO come in
collision with The meeting of the Submissionist,
We are requested TO state that the time aud place
! Tor the delivery of the Grafton had been set
sometime before the Submissionist meeting was
! published
Great and Enthusiastic lHeeting-Rsception Of
LioH. A. q. Broion al Jackson.
4 The esteemed representative of the fourth dis
I trict, arrived ca Saturday morning from Wash
I ington city, He was waited upon by large
! number OF friends and citizens, aud considerable
feeling was manifested on his behalf for his bold
and manly course In Congress, in defence of
Southern rights.
The Ex-Governor was urgently pressed to
make speech. Ills fatiguing journey--travel-
ing for some time night aud day without rest
--4iisposed him 10 decline, but in view of the
crisis and the state OF the public mind, he as
senicd. The cannon was brought out and FIVE
4
Mississippi who had stood up In Congress with
inpreguabie front and carried faithfully ont
the Instructions Of the sovereign people Of the
State
~ eight o'clock, p. NJ, the Hall of the House
OF Representatives was tlronged with specta-
tors, among whom was most brilliant array of
ladies. The ex-Goyernor was received with
hearty aeclamation--the ladies' cheering him with
their smiles. Ills speech Was concise account
Of the action Of Congress during the present
session. on the measures involving the interests
of the South. He very well said that the bills
passed were not eompromscs--th the Cali
torna bill gave us nothing, while il secured every
thing commended for by the North and that had
the Wilmot proyiso been adopted at the previous
session, II would have given the South no less
territory than is now our portion under the bills
adopted. The fact That the Wimot Proviso was
not inserted in the Utah and New Mexico bills
Will. when taken IN connection with the declara-
tions of Clay, Cass, Webster Walker and Others,
that the soil is free and slaves must become free
By the mere act Of being taken there-prove to
be entirely abortye ia inducing single planter
10 emigrate with Ills slaves for the purpose of
profiting by their labor.
Gov. Brown showed concusisely that tie
charge OF disunion against men. who had been
resisting the inroads of the North was false and
ealumnious. Their object had been TO preserve
the Constitution in its original purity and spirit,
without which, we were rot a Union of States,
such as our fathers had sacrificed their lives and
fortunes 10 establish. He would submit to no
other kind Of Union. They who had earned
for themselves the approbrious character of sub
misslonists, were the disunion party Of the South
They opened breach for the entrance of the
enemy y'and shrunk b ck at every step of his adj
vance.
lie asked where was submission 10 stop
| Here was State admitted into the Union under
! circumstances, and with boundaries which out
ragged all precedent--a portion of Texan territory
was bid for, with no other object in view than to
withdraw il from the jurisdiction ola slave State
the slave trade In tie District of Columbia
was abolished 10 conciliate the preudices of
Northern Northumberland the abolition of
slavery in that District received very respect
| able vote in both houses OF Congress. In the
House there were rIFrY-osE members voting
for il, and TwESrY-sEyEs absentees were known
to be in favor OF the bill, making at this early
day sEvENTY-rIGHT VOTES for the abolition Of
slavery in the District of Columbia Was sub
mission 10 stop here, or was il to 90 on at each
advance step of the North until the abolition OF
| the slave trade between the Statcs--the slave
| basis OF epresentation--and slavery in all our
| territories hereafter TO be acquired, and every
other measure, 10 the purchase of slaves in De-
laware aud other States aud their emancipation,
| were carried out by Congress! For his part, he
was in favor Of resistance. lie was for firm and
! decided measures. He had no superstitious
notions about the Union. 1t was formed for
| certain ends, and when il failed to carry ont
| these ends, il was wrong for the oppressed and
| injured TO be satisfied with abject and slaysh
submission. ...s .f
Gov. Brown was very eloquent in his appeal
to the honor and patriotism of our people, to
copy the glorious examples Of their forefathers
in resisting British cncroaehmenis. TO do so
was at one time called treason, but the men of
that day were not to be forced into submission
by any appeals of that kind, and they told their
oppressors that II resistance TO tyranny was
treason--to make the most of IL. What was
treason soon become PATRIOTISM ; and now, the
memories of Washington, Patrick Henry, Thos.
Jefferson ard other exalted friends of their
country-is ETERNAL FAME. Such will be the
rewards Of all honest and good men who at this
hour of peril stand by the South and wipe their
hands Of the tricks and stratagems of political
demagogues, whose only ambition is TO accom-
| plisli their own selfish de igns to reach office
and power. ... .
The speech of Gov Brown was at various
times interrupted by loud arplause--most espe-
NhNh SPNahHiE vi con-
cluded BY giving US the advice of Cromwell
| adapting il TO this occasion--that while We
should all pray for the success OF the Union in
its original purity, 10 teep cur po,cdcr dry
Gov Quiiman being called upon 10 address
the audience, delivered an excellent speech. He
commented upon the LOSSES sustained by the
admission Of California. He did not refer TO
the want OF special legislation 10 protect our
slave property, but 10 the entire and intentional
neglect TO enforce the requirements Of the Con-
stituton The Federal Government had openly
| conniyed al every plan, nay assisted---to defeat
our rights and property IN California. II was
on this account Chat 80 few slaves had been
taken TO that country. One strong fact elected
marked attention. lie said that had security
been given US Tor the safety of our negro pro-
perty he would have sent some OF bis own
| negroes to California under suitable young men.
and that other Of his ncigllbors were ready 10
do the same Upwards Of thousand negroes
would have been sent from bis noighborhood.
| He cited several instances Of large amounts &c
money which our citizens had made from their