Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-14
Slave Question in Alabama

VIOLENT Action PRoPosED.-Gover.
ner Collier of Alabama, transmitted 10 the
Legislature on the 22d ult., letter from
Washington signed by Senator Clemens
and all the representatives of that State ex.
cept Cobb, calling the attention Of the Gov
ernor to the condition of things at Wash.
ington, and the attempted aggression of
the North upon Southern rights &C., in
the election Of Speaker, concluding as
follows:
I'VE think we are well acquainted with
the spirit of the people Of Alabama, and
We believe that it is their fixed purpose
never TO submit 10 the threatened encroach.
ment on their rights; that they will never
submit 10 any act of the Government ofihe
United States, which excludes slavery from
the territory acquired from Mexico, and
which is the property Of the States Of this
Union; and they will never submit to any
act Of the Government abolishing slavery.
in the District Of Columbia, and that thev
will demand that the provisions Of the Con-
stitu,ion in regard 10 their property, shall
be faithfully observed. We trust that no
further aggression will be made upon the
rights Of the s!aveholding States, but we re-
gard the existing state Of offlirs as so seri.
Gus that we cannot (orbehr from making
this comm unication 10 you."
| The Governor, in his message accompa.
nying this letter, says:
! 81 he time for decided action has ar.
rived, and | recommend to the General
Assembly to announce the ultimatuns of
Alabama upon the great question which
now convulses the Unien. Ii is due TO our
selves, as well Us to the memory Of our
fathers that We should take the ground
which selt-respect, honor, and constitution
al equality demand. Our position once
taken, there cun be no footsteps backward"
The reading Of this message caused
great deal OF excitement in the Legislo.
lure. 1t was Immediately referred to q
special committee, who reported pream.
be and series Of resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted. The preamble re.
counts the threatened invi sion OF the rights
of the South, and encourages the members
to resist the eleclon Of Speaker un,ess
the Candidates will give some pledge to
enable them 10 protect Southern interests,
concluding with the following resolu'i ms:
Resolred, That in the event of the pass-
f age Of any law by Congress debarring The
S S'u:hern States from just participation in
, the possession and Enjoyment of the Terri.
tories OF The United States, we call upon
the people of the sla, eholdil States 10
mcet US in Convention for the purpose Of
taking such action as our rights may de-.
mand.
Resolred. That in the event Of the pnss.
age by Congress of uI.y net contemplated
by the foregoing resolutions, the members
; of Congress, from this State no longer pnr-
tic;pnle in the action OF body So regard.
less OF our constitutional rights and priv
llages.
One Of the commit'ee, Mr.. Hall, after
these resolutions were read aud adopted,
asked for suspension Of the lu,es to allow
him TO offer annlher resolution. requesting
the Executive to ask of The General Gov
: ernment all the military nrn.s belonging
t 10 the State, and 10 report Immediately tho
number of men within the State liable to
military duty. But the Ii gisluture, al.
though very osilive, do not seem to have
ocen in as great hurry TO take up arms
rs Mr.. Hall was.-PiHs. Post.
From BRAzIL-NEw KINGDOM TO BE
MADE.-The correspondent Of the N
Ioik Express, writes as follows:- -
RIO DE JANElGo, Nov. Ii, ls4o.
The Prince de Jonville and wife are ex.
pec'ed by The Emperor very soon, and re.
port has ii that three provinces adjoining
Pernambuco are TO be converted into
Kingdom, and the Prince and Princess are
to be crowned King and Queen thereof.
Louis Philippe and The Emperor have been
in close CORES .,ondence lor the last three
months, and no doubt the above Is the re-.
suit of bis wiles. General uproar and re-
publicanism subsequently will be The con-
sequence, and the Empire ultimately bol.ed
/ entirely Out Of existence. .'e
Trade has greatly increased with foreign
C Countries, and with none more than the
United States