The North-Carolina standard., 1850-03-13


SOUTHERN RIGHTS MEETING m WARREN
A large and respectable meeting of the citizens Q
Warren County without distinction of party, wal
held at the Court-house, in Warrenton, on Tuesday
the Goth uitimo, in order ts1akc into consideration
the important questions now before Congress upor
the subject Of slavery, and to adopt such coarse o.
action as the crisis may require. On motion of the
Hon. Weldon N. Edwards, William Plummer, ESQ
| was called to the Chair, and Benjamin E. Cook was
appointed Secretary. After the objects of the meet
ing were explained, upon motion of the Hon. Weldon
N. Edwards the Chairman was authorized to appoint
COMMITTEES OF seven persons to prepare and report
resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The
following individuals appointed upon said COM
mittee. to.wit: Hon. Weldon N. Edwards, George
ID. Baskerville, Esq. DR.. Robert G. Prtchard, Hon.
Daniel Turner, William Eaton Jr., Esq. Francis A.
Thornton, Esq, and DR.. John Arlington; who hav-
ing retired for short time reported the following
Preamble and Resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted: ... .f.af
WE, the people of Warren County, irrespective of
party view with the profound and painful concern,
the disacng issues growing out of the present relations
between the slavehodng and the States
We have too much reason to aprrchend that crisis inn
pens US, full of danger and posterity and
threatening the existence of the Union itself Our
thern brethren, feeling forgetting right regard
less OF and deaf to entreaes to
forbear and desis with full knowledge of the deep stake
OF the South and of the proposed outrage to the feelings
of the Southern people, encouraged to renewed e
forts and increased zeal to perpetrae wrongs, which, if
accomplished will dishonor and degrade the Southern
States, by depvng them of equal rights and and by des
troying that equality which the basis of the Unon and
which is essential according to the provisions of that
glorious compact which made people and united
together band OF brothers To such dshonor and
degradation cannot and will not submit and deem
it a duty which to our feow-citizens of the
South well the North, declare deliberate
and nexibe determination unite with the Southern
people generally, in effort to prevent by all of the
means in our power, SO direful a calamity.
Resolued, That the institution of Slavery in the Uni
ted States preceded the Constitution ITSELF and is recog
missed and protected by that instrument and that Congress
has power to interfere with it directly indirectly
Resolued That the Territories ofthe United States are
the common property of all the States, and that the
power to make all needfu rules and regulations con-
corning them, does not confer Congress the authority
to exclude the citizens of portion of the United States
from sharing in them equally with the citizens of every
other portion.
Resoired, That any legislation by Congress, destruc
tive of the equality of the States and abrdgng the rights
Of slaveholders is Infringement of the Constitution
of the United States and be submitted to without
dishonor and degradation.
ResOlred That heartily concur in the proprety ond
necessity of the Convention of the Southern States pro-
posed be held in the City of Nashville and the State
of Tennessee, in June next and recommend to the
people the several Counties composing the 9Th Con-
gressonal District to hold meetings and appoint Dele
SdteS 10 COnVenuOn 20 DC nelu AT NaSnVue, NaSn
County, North Carolina, the first Monday in April
next at such other time and place majority of the
Counties may PREFER for the purpose of selecting four
Delegates to the aforesaid Southern Convention
Resolred, That we recommend to the Wing and De-
mocrac Conventions that each of them shall appoint
two Delegates to represent the State of North Carolina
at large in the Southern Convention the City Of Nash
vile.
Resohred, That the Chairman be authorised and re-
quested to appoint ten Delegates to represent Warren
County in the proposed Convention for this Congress-
ional district.
Resolued That copy of the foregoing Preamble and
Resolutions be sent to each of Senators and
immediate Representative in Congress.
The Chairman then appointed the following indi-
viduals as Delegates to the District Convention at
Nashville North Carolina, to-wit: Dr.. Thos Pitch
ford, DR.. VIM. T. Shelton, Maj. S. f. Phillips, Maj.
N. T. Green, Thomas N. F. Aston, William K.
kearney, James T. Russell, DR.. John. T. Watson,
Anderson +. Brame and Nathan Milan, Esqrs.
On motion of G. w. Nicholson, ESQ.,, the Chair
man and Secretary were added to said Delegates.
On motion, resolved that the Secretary give notice
in writing to the Delegates of their appointment.
On motion, resolved that the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Raleigh Standard and the
Raleigh Register, and that the other papers in the
State be requested to copy them.
On motion of the Hon. Weldon N. Edwards, the
thanks of the the Meeting rendered to the Chair
main and Secretary.
There being no further business before the Meet
ing, 1t on motion adjourned.
WILLIAM PLUMMER, CAr'n.
BENZ. E. Cook, Sec'y.
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