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The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12
iron THE wooDvILLE RErUBLIcAN.l
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.

Congress, at its late session, passed a law
amending the act of 1898, for the reclamation
OF tuaitive slaves. Experience has demonstra.
ted the ineficiency of the law, in consequence
OF the acts OF the people and the Legislatures
of the non-slaveholding States
The Constitution of the United States, Art. 4
Sec 5, expressly provides that, "No person
held to service or labor in one State, under the
laws thereof shall, in consequence of any law
or regulation therein, be discharged from such
service or labor; bu, shall be delivered I'M to
claim OF the party to whom such service or la.
Dor may be due"
The right of the slave-owner to reclaim his
property is here clearly recognized, and the
duty OF States to deliver upsuch slave, as well.
Yet IN defiance of right, the non.slaveholding
States, in several instances made il penal for
any officer thereof to enforce the law of 1898
To meetthis state of feeling among the people.
Congress provided, at the late session, that Ger.
tain United States officers should, on ~applica.
uon, under a proper showing of right, by the
owner or his attorney, to deliver over his slave
to be conveyed to the State when such slave
may have fled, This act was one of the series
OF measures, reported by Mr.. Clay, Chairman
OF the Senate, Committee of Thirteen. known
as the Compromise alias the adjustment,
alias the Omnibus BILL" and was intended to
gild the bitter pill which the South has been
forced TO swallow in the shape of the remain.
der of the Adjustment"
By the admission Of California with her tor.
ritory, sufficient in extent, for six large States
all forever devoted to free-sofism, nv the dis.
m~emberment of Texas and the addition of ter.
ritory enough to New Mexico for three State.
as large as Mississippi, with the certainty o.
her admission at the next session as a State
with a constitution prohibiting slavery-,hu.
placing Utah between the two non.slavehold
ing States, and, Of course, casting of all emf
grafton from the s~lave-holding States ,hither-
the South has been efIectually barred from tn,
privilege of extending her institutions ana
placed in hopeless minority in both branchet
Of Congress.
In lieuo of all these immense advantages. Sc
curing TO the North supremacy in the Fedora
Govefnment-the poor boon of the amendment
to the law of 1898, for the reclamation of fu
gitive slaves was granted by Congress.
How has tina, act been received at the North
We answer, by mobs and bloodshed, by reso
l~asA-.. ,.ssx. f.N,. n al. -
ious denomination in their svncds associations
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From the MadisOnjan.
SENATOR FOOTE VIOLATING INSTRUC-
TIONS

At the last session ofthe Legislature,
the Joint Select Committee on Federal
and State Relations, made a report APP
proved by nearly three-fourths Of both
houses, there being only % dissentients,
six in the Senate and nineteen IN the
House.
The 9th Resolution is as follows:
BE IL further rcSolved, That the sum
of twenty thousand dollars be and the
same is hereby appropriated and placed
at the disposal of the Governor Of this
State, 10 be drawn from the treasury
upon his requisilion and to be used in
the adoption of necessary measures for
protecting the constitutional rights of
the State, in the event of the passage
by the Congress of the United States.
and the approval by the President of
any Bill containing the "Wilmot Pros
viso" as applicable to any of the Terri
tories of the United States, or of any
law a~bolishing slavery in the District
of Columbia, or the slave trade between
said District and any ofthe States.
~
This may be regarded as the yery
strongest evidence of the Legaehtive
will. Here the Legislature Indicate
their opposition to the passage of Ger
tam obnoxloas measures by Congress
IN the most marked terms, yea that the
passage OF any n of these measures
would justify this State in taking the
most extreme attitude of PERSISTENCE and
tor assuming this attitude of resistance
twenty thousand dollars were placed
at the disposal of the Executive. A
copy OF these resolutions, it was provi>
ded, should be forwarded "to our Sen.
atorS and Representatives" and thew
may be regarded as instructions Of the
most imposing and obligatory charac-
ter.
And strange AS it may seem. one of
'hese very Senators, has not merely fail
ea 10 oppose the passage of one ofthese
obnoxious measures but has been Der
tInaclously and zealousiy urging upon
congress the passage of "a Bill contain.
ing one ofthese odious measures against
which q Legislature protested SO
strongly at its last session. And hat
senator is IL. Stuart Foote, who in
time past has been known as a sirens
uous advocate of the doctrine of in
struction.
The resolution alluded to, enumer>
aies the "Wilmot proviso. as apnlica.
o'e 70 any OF the territories of the Uni
ted States, or any law abolishing slave.
~ IN any State or territory, or in the
District OF Columbia, or the slave trade
between said District and any of the
ota'es, Now the present Cornpro-
mise bill contains a provision amount
ing substantially to an abolition of the
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ny- There will be a meeting on next
Tuesday the 18th inst, in the Court House,
Tor the purpose Of organizing a SOUTHERN
SrArEs RlGars ASSOCIATION Now Is the
time in which every Southern man should
he up and doing: Should make every effort
10 disseminate the facts relating to the 10.
siilon in which the Southern States stand.
Certainly II is a most blameable weak
ness, 10 turn away from the contemplation
! o. impending danger.
II proposed to fern this association for
the fun discussion Of our federal relations,
that they may be viewed in every light and
shown up before the people. THIS alone IS
necessary to insure a'usanimiiy in this, ou'
noble county, which has always done her
duty, and is already looked upon abroad, as
a miniature South Carolina; a nest Of State
Rights rebels.
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PROSPECTUS.
OF THE
WOODElLLE REPUBLICAN.

The WoodviIle Republican, will soon
have reached the twenty-eighM year of its
existence; and is the oldest paper now in
publication in the the State of Mississippi
1t has recently been enlarged, and small
type has been purchased, so that it presents
each week, a large amount of reading mat
ter, neatly printed.
As a party laper-when the issues FORM
erIy made, between the Wing and Demo-
cratic parties present themselves-it is DEM
ocratic. But in the present aspect of our
public affairs, we have arrayed against us,
the Northern people organized into a fac
lion, and the Republican is m~arshalled under
the Banner of the SOUTHERN, STATES RIGHTS
PARTY. The Northern political parties,
though struggling against each other, are
united in their opposition to the South and
her institutions. 1t is a wonderful thing,
that we, of the South, having to support
ourselves against this northern faction for
existence itself, should be divided. Against
this spirit of division among on own peo-
pie, the Republican, casting off all party
bias and party ties, has contended, and will
still contend. To be successful in this object
1t is only necessary to- present fairly to our
people what our opponents have done, are
doing, and desire to do. We think it the
duty of every southern man, to aid in ac-
comprising this absolutely necessary design.
Useful and entertaining articles of an agri
cultural, scientific and literary character
will constantly find a place in the columns
OF the Republican, so that it will be enter
tanning, and suitable for all persons
The terms of the Republican are-Thrss
dollars per annum, if paid in advance. ana
iour dollars, if not paid before the expiration
of six months.
all communications directed to the style
of the paper
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soTTHFRN RIGHTS MEErlHG

Al a Southern Rights meeting In
Burke county. Ga, the following ruso-
lutions were adopted:
/. Resolved. That the bills for estab-
fishing territorial governments IN utah
and New Mexico. inasmuch as they
fail TO protect the Shareholder from the
operation of the Mexican law cxclu
ding slavery. said by Messrs. Clay,
Webster, Cass. and others, advocates oil
these bills. TO be still in full force, as
fully and efficiently exclude the South
from these territories, as could be done
bv a literal enactment of the Provlso.
2. Resolved, That by the admission
of California into the Union, under a
Constitution formed by a small number
of transient adventures, Congress has
interrened against the South, and given
life and validity to a prohibition OF
slavery, otherwise null and void, and
we full agree with our distinguished
Senator, Judge Begr!en, in the dec'a-
ration that, "u as the same thing as y
Congress had interpoSed the ProU'So
Themselves"
8. Resolved, That we agree with the
people of the north. in the opinion, that
the act of Congress abolishing the slave
trade in the District OF Columbia, is but
the first step to the abolition Of slavery
in all places under the jurisdiction of
the general government. and consti
tuteS another act of invidious and un>
constitutional discrimination against
our property and Institutions.
4. Resolved, That these acts uner>
rihgly indicate the deliberate deter
mination of the free states to persevere
in their hostility to our rights and in
~terests, and subject us to a degrading
inferiority and that we see nothing in
the state of public opinion, in those
States, to induce the belief that even a
tame submission to present wrongs,
will secure us against future and more
destructive aggression.
5. Resolved, That the recent acts OF
Congress, of which we complain, are
substantially as the people of Georgia.
in their party conventions and legisla-
tive bodies, have most soIemnly and re-
peatedIy declare, they would resist al
every hazard" and that a tame sub,
mission to these acts, in the face o.
such pledges, will place Georgia before
the Union and the world, in "a position
sohumiliating, that her sous may well
blush to own her.
6. Resolved, That we will leave il
to the wisdom of the Convention, to de-
wise the mode and measure Of redress
pledgjng ourselves to sustain any meas.
ure which it may recommend, lit Sc
cures the rights and interests Of the PEG.
pie Of Georgia.
7. ResoiUed, That our thanks be ten.
dered TO our distinguished Senator, The
Hon. John Mcpherson BerrieD. for the
able and patriotic manner in which he
has defended Southern Rights and
Southern institutions, during the late
session Of Congress.
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n We see in the Charleston Mercrry a
pledge, signed by 1873 gentleman, of Prince
Williams Parish S, c., never TO ship any
produce upon any vessel, owned, command
ed or manned by a citizen, or citizens Of the
non.slave.holding States; and furthermore,
they hold themselves in readiness to support
the sovereignty Of their State. South Car.
DINA is all ready. Her people are unani-
nous, and they only hold back from imme'
date secession, because they having so long
borne the character of "hot-heads," and they
know that, ii they were at once to burst
loose from this nominal union, this might be
used by their enemies to weaken the South
ern cause, in the other Southern States.
They are however fully prepared, and only
wait for some other State to move, for them
to proceed with all their physical strength,
aud moral iaeaeacc,
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slave trade between the District Of Co.
lumbia and the States.
The last OF the series Of bills embra.
ed in the compromise is the sbill n
suppress the slave trade in the Distr;c,
of Columbia" and is as follows:
A Bill to suppress the slave trade in n.
District OF Columbia.
BE Il enacted by The Senate and Hoy,.
Of Representatives. Of The United ST..
Of America ia Congress assembleS
That from and after the-day OF
next. it shall not be lawful to bring int
the District of Columbia any Star
whatever for the purpose of being solS
or for the purpose of being placed T.
pepOt, TO be subsequently tranSnor "a
to any other State or place: and # an
slave shall be brought into said Dis,r;c,
by IFS owner, or by the authority or con-
sent of its owner, or contrary IN ,La
provisions of this acI. such slave sill
thereupon become liberated and f,aa
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted
That i; shall and may be lawful lor
each Of the corporations of the citizens
OF Washington and Georgetown, from
time to time, and as often as may be-
necessary, to abate, break up, and aboI.
lsh any depot or place of confinement
of slaves brought into said District as
merchandise, contrary to the provisions
of this act, by such appropriate means
as may appear to either of the said
corporations expedient and proper and
the same power is hereby vested in the
county court of Washington, if anv at.
tempt shall be made within its limits IN
establish q depot or place of confne.
ment for slaves brought into the said
District as merchandise, contrary to
this act.
From these provisions fthe compro.
mise no slave a be brought into the
District of Columbiaf for the purpose of
being sold or for the purpose of being
placed in depot, to be subsequently,
transported to any other State or piece
"and any slave brought in contrary TO
it's provisions shall become liberated
INC iree'
mere me IS blu That Toes abolish
the slave 'rade between said District
ana the Htates-one OF the contingen.
cles enumerated by the Legislature and
Whlch they thought, would justify the
STATE IN taking an extreme attitude Of
resistance.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

H. The Grand Division OF the Sonsoi Tenn
perance, State Of Mississippi, have recently
finished an interesting and important session
At jackson. Most excellen, officers were
elected for the year. Among other business
transacted, the controversy about the pledge
was settled in a mosa satisfactory manner.
We are glad to see the reeentim impetus given
To our Woodyille Division. Qui,ea spirit pre-
walls. Old members are returning and new
ones joining. The Dengae has kept the coun-
try members from attending for scme time,
bu, now ,ha,it is gone, a full attendance is eS.
pecied. Cheer each other on, brethren.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

A GOOD SPIRIT-We love to see an evil
dence OF taste like the following answer of the
Southern Press to the Lowell American. 1t
shows a flne tone of feeling. 1t is the spirit
with which man was created, 1t is the feeling
which inspired the breasts of the knights er-
rant, the cavaliers, the chivalry of all ages.
1t is the sentiment which has elevated the
South to that noble station they occupy as men i:
MaaStedLerS IN LoUeU We understand
that one or more persons were in this city
yesterday for the purpose Of capturing Mr..
Booth, the barber, who has a shop near the
Washington House, a very respectable man,
who has been in the city for some years.
MIR. Booth was formerly a slave in Virginia.
He is now in Montreal, and his friends yes
terday telgraphed to him that he had bet
ter remain there for the present. We hope,
however, he will return to the city, for we
think there are MEN enough in Lowell who
believe in the "higher law" to protect him
against all the efforts of the manstealers.
In the meanwhile we Recommend to all
persons who com to Massachusetts on
that business, a perusal of Haynau's excur-
sion to the London Brewery
tLo~eH (MaSS.) american.
There are not MEN enough in Lowell 10
act on a law high enough to keep seven
thousand young white women in that town
out of servitude in factories, more labori-
Gus and unwholesome than the slavery
from which they talk of protecting these
fugitive blacks.
There are not men enough in Massachu-
sets to keep fifty thousand of er white wo-
men from toll and confinement he that of
Lowell, and yet that is the State that pre-.
tends to be distressed to distraction at the
reclamation of fugitive slaves to a servitude
where they have less labor to do, less con-
hnement to suffer, and less privation to un-
dergo than these white women of Massa.
chusetts.-SOutheya Press.
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GEv. FoorE's PRoGREss.-This gentle.
man finds it a somewhat more difficult task
than he supposed, to reduce the shallow
minded, faetious, aspiring demagogues at
home TO their proper level He was met
most triumphantly at Canton, by Mr.. Nc.
Willie. Proceeding thence TO Columbia,
Mr.. Foote heard Of Il meeting in Oktibbeha,
and leaving the stage, it is said, made his
way to il on foot When he reached there,
the elo acnt Mr.. Barry was speaking, and
Mr.. F3gtv announced that when the meet.
ing had concluded its business, he intended
addressing it, Mr., Barry concluded, and
resolutions were unanimously adopted, cen.
surfing Mr.. Foote, and inviting him to resign
his seat in the Senate. Mr.. Foo,e getting
up to speak, the people all took their hats aud
left. Mr., Foote, we hear, proceeded to Co.
lumbus, where he was most successfully met
by Messrs. Barry and Featherston.
How different this is from what MIR. Foote
fondly anticipated, How shall he 90 back
and tell the Senate that he was mistaken
when he told them formerly OF the sentiment
Of Mississippi! How Notifying!
What a palpable contrast Col. Davis i,
TO MIR. Foote, in al. things!
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

THE NATcHEz CLIQUE UeySaS Hon. 7. j.
SrEwART.-There are petitions circulating
in Franklin county, the object of which is
to force our distinguished State Senator to
abandon his independent and patriotic stand
in behalf of State rights, or vacate his seat.
This extraordinary movement originated
with a few in our city, who. not having the
boldness to attack, in a manly manner, the
character of one enjoying the confidence of
his constituents, are a-tfully endeavoring to
thrust the honest citizens of Franklin be-
tween themselves and responsibility. This
being done, the petition will be presented to
the people of Adams county, with the re-
quest that they acquiesce in destroying for
ever, without even a hearing, the political
hopes and moral influence of n man attach
ed to his fellow-citiZens by interest, home,
family and friends. We throw out these
hints for the benefit Of our Franklin readers,
and to inform our Senator that he, too, is to
be sacrificed for the promotion of ~bankyapt
merchants, political ScribblerS and pettifog,
gtng kd,cyeys, that are banded together,
h~ereabouts, for mutual benefits. There was
a period in our history when it was not con.
sidered penal TO advocate the constitutional
rights of our institutions; but things have
changed. A set of men who have brought
with them the prejudices that have been
studiously impressed upon their minds from
the cradle to manhood, have succeeded in
quilting the people, by their hypocritical
cries for the Union, and stigmatizing as
traitors all who dare assert their rights.
Reader. mark them well, for if your coun-
try should ever be in danger, or your do
nestle institutions invaded. they will be the
first TO desert yon in the hour of trial, aiev
sciH not Be found, as aciH Quitaaass, Daris,
Ste,nayt and Others, pAoSc orerthyop thev
are secretly ploitirg Free Trader.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

OuR pArER-We refer our readers to ouT
prospectus, which appears in another col
mnn BY a very slight effort upon the part
Of our friends, the circulation of the Rcpub.
Iran might be very materially and Ocnii.
cially extended. We need not capiiulatc
Arguments tghy this should be done.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

~ The Hon. jeff Davis was to speak
at a Barbecue giver. to him in Benton on
the 9th ult. This gentleman's tour through
the State, has been most triumphant. lie
finds himself personally, universally popular;
and he. Is most agreably disappointed, at
finding the people, teniold more strong and
unanimous than he could ever hope for.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

~ We desire to call the particular At
p tcnton Of every reader to the valuable com.
munication from a friend. 20 be found in
another column, headed. the Fugitive Slave
law.
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FuGIrrvE SLAVE ExcIrEMENr.-B0ston
Sunday October 27.-There was a great
excitement here on Saturday, Goth inst
caused by the arrest of John Knight, the
agent of the owners of a fugitive slave man,
ed Craft, from Georgia. Knight was ar
rested for SANDER, in having called Craft a
thief. Fifteen hundred persons surrounded
the Court-House. Knight was bailed in
the sum of $1,000, and set at liberty.
Great excitement exists among the colored
population. They are all armed, and de.
clare that no fugitive slave shall be carried
out of Boston, if powder and ball can pre-
vent it.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

NJ Thanks to the Steamers +. D. White
and Gen. Worth for papers
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

Out OF n hundred new journals founded
IN rams after the revolution in February,
nlnety-six have already ceased to exist.
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WASHINGTON. Tue.

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, NouemJey. S.
The Republic OF this morning c~ontradicts
the report thot orders have been sent to Bos.
ton to concentrate troops there for the en-
foTcement o fthe fugitive slave law.
The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-12

NJ d. d. l.. Broom has informed ns
that he viii soon be in WoodviIle.
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MARkIED-On the 9th inst, by Rev.
MIR. Hall, MIR. ISAAC w. COLLINS, of Ad-
county, Miss. to Miss AMANDA c. BEs-
TON, of East Feliciana Parish, La.
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EXCITEMENT IN BosToN.-The fugitive
slave excitement in Boston is assuming a
fearful attitude. Bloodshed is appFehended'
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TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 70.
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Il 1GPUSGIUAm

3oHY S. HOLT, II, Ediiat.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-01-16
LATE FRoM CALIFORNIA.

News from San Franrisro 10 The Is; oil
December was yesterday received Al New
york. brought 10 Panama BY The steamer
Unicorn.
Peter VI. Burnett has been elected Go.
vernon Of California; John MrDougal
Lieutenant Governor; and George w.
Wright and Edward Gilbert Represents.
lives to Congress. The number Of rules
polled was about $4,000. Nolhing deri.
sive as regards The United States Sena.
tors.
The eonniry was quiet, and The prices
Of labor had become much reduced. ia
consequence Of The great number ofpersons
returning from The mines 10 spend ihe
winter in the cities. San Francisco. il j.
siaird. now contains 10000 inhabitants
Business coniinued active. and the dep,r
lures vessels, we supposel during The
month OF November are stated 10 have
eqnalled The arrivals. Nat. IaieL
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SOUTH LOWELL
FEMALE ACADEMY.

v1>HE Exercises a siss iplsi.sAion win com,
Il mcncc on MONDAY thei2isi Of January, un-
der the care Of Miss Emms ]. Patterson. Lady
Of Superior qualifications as Female Teacher.
The location Of this institution i in healthy
part Of the Country, twelve miles east Of Hillsbo-
rough. Every possible attention will be paid to
secure the comfort and promote the advancement
Of those who shall DO placed under our care. The
ncighborhood is one that cannot be surpassed for
good morals and religious privileges.
TERMS:
English branches, per session Of 5 months, 1000
Music, 1900
Board per month, 500
GEORGE T, C0GGIN,1
JOHN b. LEATHERS,
JNo. A. M'MANNEN, Committee,
JAS. s. LEATHERS,
sII.AS M. LINK,
Jan. 1. l4-3w