The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-13
STATE RIGHTS MEETINGS.
From the alabama Commonwealth.

STATE RIGHTS MEETINGS.
From the alabnna Commonwealth.
PUBLIC MEETING.-I'he propriety ola Public
Meeting, without distinction Of party, in Marion,
on the I'd Sept ,prox., to take into consideration
the action of the late Southern Convention, and
give an expression of sentiment in relation to
the important questions now agitatng the public
mind, is respectfully suggested by
MANY CITIZENS.
Aug. 8, 1850.
Agreeably to the above call, very large
number OF the citizens Of Perry county assem-
bled in the Courthouse at Marion, on Monday
the I'd inst
The meeting was called to order by the Hon.
John =. Graham, on whose motion Gen. L. d.
King, and Hon. j. Il. Cooke were appointed
chairmen, and John q. Markham and John
Moore requested to act MS secretaries.
The object of the meeting having been briefly
stated by Gen. King, on motion n committee of
ten was appointed to draft resolutions The
following gentlemen constituted the committee !:
TO wit, Col. Henry c. Lea, Hon. j. T.. Graham,
A. 5. Toler, X. T. Jones, Samuel Jemison Luke
Smith, VIM. Muckle, Dr. ID. Adkin, r. C. Car
lisle Jos. Daniel, who after deberaton reported
] as follows:
l. Resolved, That recognizing MS we do in the
proceedings of the Nashville Convention, and in
the general tone and sentiments of the resolu-
tions and address adopted by that body n spirit
cfcOncession and compromise, on the one hand
sufficiently tenacious of the honor of the South,
= and or the other daily regardful of the preserva-
ton OF the Union, we do hereby approve and
ratify the same.
2 Resolued, That the territories of tho United
States are the common property OF the people
of the United States, and as coroIlary to this,
the citizens Of every State have the right to re-
move with their property into any OF these terri
tories, and there to be protected in les use and
enjoyment, by the Constitution and laws of the
United States. Yet as a measure Of concilil-
ton, we arc in favor of division of the same,
IN accordance with .sne platform of the Nashville
Convention, to Ait, the line of SO. 80, commonly
known rs tie Missouri Compromise line, with
sn express recognition of the right of property
in slaves south of that line.
3. ResOlped, That the admission of California
into the Union, with her present limits, aud the
clause in her constitution prohibiting the intro
duction of Southern institutions into any por-
ton OF the vast territory she pretends to claim,
would be an intolerable insult and outrage to the
Southern people, a virtual adoption of the Will
mot Proviso, and should be resisted by our mem
bers of Congress and citizens generally, by all
legal and constitutional means
4. ResOlced, That we fully recognize the right
of Texas to the extent of territory rs defined in
her law of limits in 1886, and admitted at vari-
GUS times by the Federal Government; never
theless, as proposition to Texas is now pend
ing and likely to pass the Congress Of the
Unted States, in reference to this question, and
as the Legislature of Texas has been convened
to consider the same subject we think it right
that the decision of the whole matter should be
leftwhere it most properly belongs-to the State
of Texas and the Federal Government
ing ut the same time our opinion that in case
the parties cannot agree, theni will become the
duty OF all the Southern States to sustain
Texas in the maintenance of her dignity and
ri ,hts. a "b
5. Resolred, That in view of the system of
plundering the Southern people of their slave
property, carried on by organized societies in
the non-slavcholding States, sustained by public
sentiment in all, and favored by Legislative
enactment in many of those States, it becomes
the duty of the slaveholding States to adopt
rctallatory measures against every State in
Which laws intended to embarrass the recovery
OF fugitive slaves exist and we respectfully re-
commend the consideration of this subject to
our State Legislature at its next meeting. @
o.. Resolced, That we yield to no body of
citizens in ardent attachment to our Federal
Union; but we love justice and the Constitution
better than the Union 7@4
H. iSesOfted, That we recommend to the pat
ronage of our fellow citizens the Southern Press
newspaper, recently established at Washington
City, for the defence of Southern rights and
opinions. a
The question being taken on the adoption of
the resolutions, they were adopted unanimously.
r. T.. Goree, esq, offered the following reso-
lutions which were adopted with but one dissent
ing voice.
ResoLred, That the thanks Of this meeting be
rendered to John G. Markham, esq.,, editor Of
the Alabama Commonwealth, for the able, zeal
Gus, and efficient manner in which he has adyo
Gated the rights of the South.
Resoired, That while some editors of bott
political parties have been hesitating and reason
irg, he has boldly taken the only honorable
ground for the South and has fcarlessly ant
adj maintained his positions.
Resoired, That in consideration Of these facts
this meeting recommend the Alabama Common
,ceahh as worthy of the patronage of every true
hearted Southerner, and especially Of the peopl,
OF Perry, without distinction of party.
On motion of Col. Lea it was
Resolred, That copy of the proceedings O
this meeting be sent to our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress, and that thanks of th
meeting be, and they are hereby rendered to tn,
Hon. >. w. Harris, for the able and zealou.
manner in which he has defended the interest.
of the South during the present session of Con
grcss. 49,
On motion it was .
Resoired That the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed by the officers, and published il
the Alabama Commonwealth, and that the news
papers OF this State and the a,Sotthern Press
be requested to copy the same.
The meeting then adjourned
III J. Z COOKE H5eSi cAaa7"s'L
John John G. MAR MARKHAM Secretaries. .e,.r..
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