The southern press., 1850-09-06
GREENvlLLF, S. G., Aug. 9, 1850

GREENvnLT, s. C., Aug. 9, 1850.
On to-day there was Il meeting in this place
for the purpose of recommending the Compro
mise Of Thrl e.,, or " "Omnibus' BILL rs it is
sometimes termed. II consisted OF persons Of
all 40, s, and amounting in number, upon an
estimate Of .he whole, to about forty persons,
their supposed strcngtll, or :pplo cbinc il, in
this county. They recommend to Congress the
adoption OF The C"npron; &c Of III irtcen. hethCr
as it was originally reported, or VITA lLc mod
ficalions it mas received, or with such other III
terations as would entirely change the original
character of the bill itself, or any body else
have yet been unable to learn. The object of
the meeting could OILY be ascertained by those
who addressed it !; and taking this means rs an
Interpretation ofits object, we would be led to
believe they were in favor of everything, and
nothing al last One of the speakers favored
the unlimited assertion of our right to an equal
partieipancy in all the territory belonging to the
United States-opposed the Missouri Compro-
mise line because it was not enough, and un-
constitutional at that Another was for union
first, and union last, and union in any ind at all
events. A third for everything, and the same
thing that everybody else South was for, but
concluded with the emphatic declaration, that
when the worst comes to the worst, we would
all be right. So you perceive out of this incon-
gruous Omnibus Bill'' like mass it is truly diff
ficut to get the sentiment of the meeting. BY
announcement, and by express declaration in the
meeting itself, nobody else except Omnibus Bill
men were allowed to participate-all Others
were excluded 10th from voting and debate, and
upon the acknowledged ground that they them
selves would be voted down. What folly!
Oh for the expression Of the poet
"The terms required
Yes, l II take my pen and scourge the crimes, fol-
lies of mine.'
Be voted down! Yes, not willing that an ex
preston of the almost unanimous opinion of
people Of this county, should 90 out and be re-
ceived as their views, but for IL few men, not
more than one-fftieth part of the voters of the
county, to meet together and give uttcrance to
opinions, as if they reflected the sentiments of
the whole, as any three, or four, or five men
might do in any portion of this county who
could be found holding sentiments utterly ad-
verse to those entertained by the community at
large. But have said enough-more than is
authorized by the Importance of the meeting.
II.
From the Georgia Jefersoniam.
THoMAsToN, GA, August 3, $50.
PUBLIC MEETING IN UPsoN.-At n large meet
ing of the citizens of the county of Upson, Git
being an adjourned meeting,) to discuss the
resolutions of the Nashville Convention and the
Senate Compromise of Thirteen, commonly cal
led Claws Compromise-when Thomas Beall
was called to the Chair, and Travis A. ID. Weaver
and VIM. A. Cobb were appointed Secretaries,
and Mr.. Thomas Goode presented the following
preamble and resolutions:
AS citizens of this great American Union, and
residing in one of the fourteen States addressed
| by the late Nashville Convention, we have met
to take into consideration the question SO much
| +,J b,,( nrJ ,,rn(irrin,r m
! licitude throughout The country, in regard to
slavery and also to consider tie action of the
Nashville Conveii::on
| In the introduction o. these sub Ycts, we will
say, that so long as VIC claim to be citizens OF
this great Federal Republic, we will feel bound
TO have confidence in the councils Of the nation,
constitutionally eXercis d ami enforced: and we
| hold the doctrine that nothing short of plain
and ostive overt act IN viOI.tioa of the Federal
compact, and committed by t! Government it.
self. will Justify us in sanctioning a dissolution
Of the Union or in resisting the Government
| In the settlement Of this question, we are not
Wiling TO be considered bound to any plan ex-
ciusiyely, so tl!at it is done within the range of
the Constitution. holding at the same time, as
we do the nonintervention doctrine upon the
subject of slavery. In relation to the bill re-
ported by the Committee Of Thirteen, 1t is true
that some of us arc not entirely pleased with the
plan, vet seeing nothing in it which we are sat-
isfed violates the Constitution, and hoping that
its passage would settle the question, We, in the
spirit of compromise. are willing to receive it as
a settlement Of the difficulty, and much prefer
it to q dissolution of the Union, or resistance
to the authorities of the Government In this
we think we disagree with the Nashville Con
vcntion, which contends that the passage of the
bill of the Committee of Thirteen would violate
! the Constitution; and if the bill does pass, we
consider that our position in relation to the Gov
ernmcnt, will be widely different from that OF
the Nashville Convention. Agreeable to dec