The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-07


in the Slates nor prevent the transportation Of
slaves from one sayehoding State 10 another by
their lawful owners, nor TO prevent the admission
Of any new State on account Of the liberation OF
slavery in its constitution.
A. Rssolped, That in view Of the sacrifices to
which the Southern States have heretofore sub
miited, and to which they are further subjected
by agreeing to abide by the bills lately passed by
Congress, they have right to demand and do de-
mand that all agitations and aggresslons on the
part of the North upon the subject of slavery shall
instantly cease; and that the repeal Of the Fugitive
slave bill, or any alteration OF II which may rem
der it less efectual in its Objects must of necessity
render all further association friends and breth-
rem utterly impossible. ..r.
10 5. Resolved, That f the people of the Northern
States, by voluntary associations, or otherwise.
shall continue to obstruct and prevent the execu-
ton Of the Fugitive slave law, thereby depriving
Southern citizens Of their property and giving en-
couragement TO other slaves to escape from
vice; or if they shall commence system Of agta-
ton with the view and obvious purpose of abol-
ishing slavery in the District Of Columbia or in
the States, of depriving the South OF the repre-
sentation Of threehfths of her slaves TO which she
is now entitled under the Constitution; or of pro-
hibiiing the transportation or slaves from one
slave State to another; or OF excluding from the
Union any new State on account of the federation
Of slavery in its constitution, then this Convention
earnestly recommends to the people of the South
TO resort TO the me st rigid system OF commei cial
non-intercourse with all such States, communities,
and cities, as shall be found SO offending against
their constitutional rights. For this purpose, we
earnestly invite the legislature of every Southern
State to unite with US in this Recommendation;
and that in every State, and county, and town,
and neghborhood, resolutions may be adopted
no, to purchase or use, as far as practicable, any
article whatever known to have been produced or
manufactured in any such State, community, or
,,tx hux,a ka. al into thao for
sale. In further aid Of this object, we earnestly
recommend to the Southern States, and their peo-
pie, 10 encourage, Ey all the means in their power,
their own mechanics and manufacturers of every
description-to push forward all their railroads
and other internal improvements connecting them
with their best exporting and importing cities on
the Gulf and on the Atlantic. We make these re-
commentators in no spirit Of revenge, but as
just and necessary means of self-deience, TO be
persisted in only until the rights secured to US by
the Constitution shall be respected.
6. Resolved, That il, contrary To our understand
ing of the several bills aforesaid, the Congress Of
the United States shall at any time repeal or so al
ter or amend the Fugitive slave law as to render
it less eficacious than it now is, or If 1t shall pr
any bill abolishing slavery in the District Of CO.
lumbia, or abolish it directly or indirectly in the
States, or if the present basis Of slave representa-
ton as secured in the Constitution be obliterated
or if the transportation of slaves from one slave
holding State to another be prohibited, or if
slavery in our present territories shall be prohib-
ted-in either of these events this Convention
earnestly recommends that the legislature of such
southern State be forthwith convened, for the pur-
pose of calling a convention in eac.. State, and
that delegates, to be appointed in such manner
shall be determined on by said conventions, may
meet at such time and place may be agreed on,
with full power and authority to do any thing and
every thing which the peace, safety, and honor
of the South may demand
NorE.-Wishng to preserve the leading facts
in relation to the Tennessee resolutions, reported
by Gen. Pillow to the Southern Convention, we
have enquired and found them substantially as fol-
lows
On Monday, 18th November, 1850, the Tennes-
see delegates met at Mr. Southall's office in Nash
vile. Maj. VIM. Fl. Polk moved that Gov. Brown
and Mr.. Nicholson be appointed to prepare and
present resolutions, such as they might deem it
proper for the delegation to present TO the Con-
vention.
On Tuesday morning, Gov. B. and Mr. N. met
at the room Of the latter, in the Nashville Inn.
Gov. B. presented a series Of resolutions which he
had drawn up, and read them over. Mr.. N. de-
sired the word "far" to be stricken from the first
resolution, so that it might read, "athough said
bills fall short of that measure Of justice, &C.,
stating that there were different shades IF opinion
in the State as to the degree which the bills fell
short; and so to harmonic conflicting opinions as
far as possible, he moved to strike out the word
"far, to which Gov. B. assented, and the same
was stricken out accordingly. -
On " ednesday, the resolutions were reported
by Mr.. NJ, but read by Gov. b., as they were in
his handwriting. On motion Of Mr.. r. Mecca
vock, and after some discussion, in which MIR.
Claiborne, Maj. Polk, Mr.. Stephenson, Gen. Har-
den, Mr.. McLaurin, Mr.. Soltha, and others
took part, the following words in the first resolu
ton were stricken out, to wit ''and because the
same presented to us as a compromise and
come recommended to us by the sanction Of so
many southern votes" After some other slight
and rather verbal amendments, the same were
adopted and ordered to be reported by Gen. Pill
low, their chairman.
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