The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-11-22
By TelesrapA for tAs DAILY Lancaster essetle
Nash viIIe Convention


NASHVILLE, Nov. l6
Mr. Gordon from the select committee re ,ort
ed u preamble aud resolutinns for adoption by
tue cnnvenli"n. The preamble declared that
tue States ha'i rrsidnsry rights reserved Ia the
people m the several States. mt one people nni-
ted lnr certain purposes, they were equals Ench
Siaie had right 10 Judge of iufringements by
other States and right peaceably tn secede. Any
atternptt to coerce seeding States was grnss u.s.
sumption Of power. II recommends the South
in case any one Stale sece,es, To support that
State. Il declares that all the evils. the antlcipa
ton 1T which had called tue Convention. may he
realized The South were degraded: the VIII
mot prOvisO virtually extended over California;
the Snutli excluded from Utah anl New Mexico;
Congress had purchased territory from Texns
nntlrr the threat Of bringing down The militia. TO
make free territory aud had nteriered with slave
ry in the District Of Columbia. The committee
recommended Congress nr the South To meet ia
Montgomery. Alabama. 10 counsel what ought
10 be- persusd IN the Daint1ilIance Of the rights
aud institutions al the South,
The preamble aud res0lutiOus were ordered to
l'e printed, the Tennessee members dissenting
from the report The Convention then tnok re.
cess Ia Wst3, + VI
AFTENNn"S SESSION --Th Convention assem-.
blrd at ~ o'cluck, Mr. Gnr,ion. Of Vmgula
moved the adoption Of the report Of the commit.
lee printed.
Mr. Wharton OF Genrgil. moved amendments
aud re cOnmittsl 10 the cnmmiitr. with instruc
tinnSto amelid
Mr. Clay OF Alnbamn. opposed The motion o.
Mr. Wharton. He supported the report at grea
| length.
Gen. Pillow 0l Tennessee. WIS opposed In the
report and gave his views at great length North
crIi aggressi"ns. though great, would not justif,
such measllres ns the report contemplated liz
would not DESPAIR Ol the hnpe that Northern Ellr
ulicism would yet recSde; TINT the Union feeling
Ut the North would yet Influence the higher law
followers To desist.
| Col Polk ofTenn.. moved To strike out all the
report and insert the resnlnlinns Of the Telhps
see delegation. Tie desired vote upon the mo
tion He wanted To know whether we were fl
union ur disuuiun
motion To adjourn to 8 4. VI Monday pre-
vailed.
NAsHvI LIZ. Nov 10.
Tie report Of the cunmittee on resolutions WA.
re committed.
Mr. Daniels Of Georgia. presented resolution
invoking the South To call on the slave holding
States or protection at person aud property, de.
MED by the federal authorities.
| The committee being in session, tho COnven.
ton took recess oflml an hnur
| On re-assembliug. the chairman reported the
| preamble Hs first reported but ST. king ont all
the resolutions aud substituting in their place a
series decairing attachment 10 the Constitutional
| Uni0n, that il wis the purpose OF the Conven'iun
/ tO preserve il unmpairrd tint the Union 0fStateS
was Il Union Of independent sovreignties with
power to resume delegated powers whenever ne.
cessary. that all anticipated evils had beeu reml.
| zeti They recommend the South moi tO 60 into
! Il National Convention for the nomination Of candi.
dates fur President and tO luve Congress Ia de.
libeflte and act with view tO arresnI further
aggression nni 10 restore tue rights OF the South.
The previnls question WAS then lmoved, thus
cutting 0h oil discussion. The Tennessee dele.
gates dissented from the report, Int not being al.
lowed 10 express their views in the Convention.
| Niessrs. A. V. Brown. Nicholson pnd Donaldson
decllred their attention Ia address their cOuslitn
eniS. declaring their position aud reasons why
they stood upnn tho same Platform. The vnie
was taken upon the previous question unl the
adoption OF the report as amended, aud Alabamn.
Florida. Georsa, Mississippi South Carolina aud
Virginia voted in the affirmative and Tennessee
ilone in the negative. Mr. Dnmlldsun oi Tennes.
see, voted atfirmatively tpr tho purpnso al NOV.
ing Reconsideration. which he did, but the nu.
tlOn WIS n0l SlIstained.
lie took occasion Ia pronounce ihe pincre ing
oi The Convention as uuhillDwed aud said lie
wnnd seperate himself from such unworthy pro
ccedinss
Great cuniiI,ion ensuel aud some # the mem.
hers were very much excited, particularly Clay
OF Alnbann. whu is the author ii u porinn Of liz.
report adopted Amidst mncn cunlu-on. tue
Convention adjourned sine die.