Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-10
NopII + ERECr-GLORIOUS GATHERING OF The
FRIENDS OF TIE SOUTH.


s,a, nav. we been more eatod the success oil any
b ncrtauina to politics says the Montgomery Adveuser
,h rc were at the result Of the meeting in Mobile on Tie
evcr,u If the 18th hp day long TO be remembered 10
tho honor and credit of that city We will frankly confess
,b,t ye had some little m~sying Ia the triumph ol c
friends of the Nashville Conven;ionor should we ho say
Of the Souhon that OCCASION The Advertiser spon. WIZ
,r,n. confidence there being majority o the cIl!"c
- ,, ,,ce against Convention. and had an article on
ot the daS meeting rayin9 lis friends !"
urn uut in full force with the evident expectation Of cary
inn everything against the Convention; bur all Us es
IN; and oasnn has turned out 10 be mere bag oi "hd
hnih ends ii which torn open by this meeting
Mobile has in the language Of father kitche c'Nten
herself with Glory and much OF Inc cedi' 81 II c WV,
,r,,i propey bc taken 10 themselves by the lossicl ~
Jnnr wno have stood squire IT, 10 tie marx, batting
IKE tr,,c men for Tie rights and honor Of the South
The resolutions which We su'goin legrens mat we nn
M, s,acc for the entire proceedings were pisSa ~ ~
yervhchnne maoriiytho Tribune says hy trf{.tohfwH
~ thr meeting The asscmbIlge ably addressed ny 'oi
pLiIlp. who introduced them, and by Col oanpbcl ana
William g. Jones ESD, i'll Their favor; Mr. Dunn opposiu
.r and OH red series OF resolutions against the Nslo
Convention which voted down by decisive majority
Judge Dargan .nd H. Barney, one ier ana ue o''' '7
Inc Convention presided. hi,
The numbers and .c>pcctablly oi this meeting al, ',''
t,d on al sides IL have been seldom eGuaIed III Soo a
thousand ii her said L. have been ttS'
Tn, excitement represented being intense anu ,c ~
,cr.r felt was great, says the Register mat though '
vast crowd kept upon their icct ior stNet'l ,"
onc llt until hc had witnessed the closing scene "h' ~
fll,v.d rs NAV bc supposed by lmnlt o r'Jocih@'-
Ven done So say a.ain tor Mobile; nine cheers io i'r
Nh .xtrmc North and tlc extreme South IN Alaoaha
limestone and Mobchvc spoken, and il i now 'iic ioi
mo .ntre for Montgomery be heard and we trust ' our
,lowcjtizens will at an early day hc' meeting anu res
pond 10 the noble resolutions ot Noble. VIVA, ,h
friends TO this The second Monday in next month, the
Grst duv OF court would be good opportunity Hha' We
have a meeting on that day :!
'' PREAMBLE Axp RESOLUTIONS.
Tho opt..l,yery agitation has within few years past
,,ad 80 rapid m advance bring into serious question
the continued existence oi our present "T 81 government
.gttIll .at-
Norihcrn States principally stimulated by idrtiGn eiS
snriesrl>ing rapidly into organized soci, iies WIN !s'
cuniary Misunderstanding the field 81 national iolhcS ana
there cxeriing potential voice IN me election 81 i"l
m,uslrac, and Understanding di>orgdnHaii"n mo 'e
bosom Of most powerful church AMI sundcfn- ! vi,
ond Soprh-wnrkng its into State i.r4iSla-
,nr. ami with formal sanction declaring and enacting pn
cpls aud offensive Ia the South and hosie ~ M
Cnion-we finally marching in triumph INTO ie iai'
f conurcss where has already orcby dcmonstIate i7
strength hy commanding nygrity Of the ii"7e 81 ifpte
senatlyes measures, which II carried INTO chacth'
would put cnd 10 that equality upon when our decorative
The peop ii the South therefore regard with well ground
ed apprehension progress Of this unatic7n and us RAPID
accumulation Of power.
but what teaches that the unchecked exercise oil TINS si
is destined 10 reproduce within borders the terrible
Vi ST. Domingo ~ NE less bloody though 'l''s ~
mcntable catastrophe Of her English ncighbors.
The impulses sell projections therefore, !:npo.ouslv ne
uand that This aggression should at once be rcsscd ana IN
imprcgnabc unity 81 Southern ctEchs can M'hc ictue'
that resistance effective.
lis therefore by This general meeting Of citizens,
Resolved That citizens Alabama, We are wiling y
abide hv the constitutional compact u union administered
in the snr OF ,ustce in winch il framed; cheeruily
submitting 10 is obligations but firmly insisting upon Us
guarantees
Resolved That the exclusion nj Southern States hy tht
action Of The Federal Government from territories No" he
bv il as agent Of all I'll" >tnes, would be sac
II violation Of their rights a. 70 justify the most determined
resistance.
Resolved That fully in tho prcpric,y Of SEMI
inc Delegates the Nashville Convention. discaing
the imuutation il i be held Tor dSunion purposes
rerarnp il as the Of consolidating southern sen
rncn III :tc oan cyil rapidly Fastening dis
solution vi the Government
Resolved Thai aricntly atiach" arc 10 the Con
su,in and lie mon which i The ton:-dccrlv I'M
pressed rs The associations !" the past AM IN PROMISES .!
The future. feel hndranrc in The distinct assertion
that lie peop! II lhe southern states will cordially ana finn
" unite III resistance 10 ~ invasion ~ ther rights ana
leave an consequences those VINO truly produced H.
Resolved That senator's b. furnished with copy Of
these proceedings be laid before their body should they
deem il cypetitnt.