Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-14
Tue PEOPLE.
pIsrRICr CONVENTION.

'UiOk l.tL J 1401 AL'
c6NGRESSIo DISTRICT CONVENTION.
c,nvsnti,nrI )cltlaa rom the several counties
comnrisnu tseth "a fes>ja,l District which convened
IN ,hf mock, Friday, the l0h of May
Ge6ne purrf Ming delegates 10 TIE Nashville Con-
Cani,,ion Of Col. Pm !: Wright, Dr.: Austin nr"cken,
h "a OF Essex, AM NJ. Rice OF Wcsmorcland, were
appointed Chaifmet +. Hlrwoad of King Queen,
md r. H. Coleman inc, Secretaries.
I'd Secretaf ya led The roll, il appeared that the
following Delegates were iKa;tcndancc: ~
%Hesf,noreland- W;oughby Newton Dr. John Mayo, VI
W A. Spence, Dr. w1 JET, John r Rice Robert dl r.
BLOWN, Walter Bowie james Bowie. DR.. Thomas > Gar
Xine WIiiam.-P. II. Ayleii, and D. II. piahe'
Caroline Richard Fl. Coleman. -, cuoa,,n,
kim q. Queen-S r iiarwood, VIM d. Gresham Ih
Benjamin Fleet Edward Gresham J. H. 'w Ta,tnn and
Esser.-br Austin Brockenbroash, Mgs'oe X; H. Car
pet, Iarkin Hupdlev George Wright, H. l.. !oSIis'on'
Dr. Thomas c. Gordon Warner Lewis Thomas W; ieWls
Iohn NJ Garrett Jones G. Clopion, Edward hfsn " ~.
A. Wright, Benjamin X. Baird James Ma''e"s' i"'''"
Nn ,nn,nn r S,mpe OF Soosyvania and Or Mann
o Nddesex were invited take seats III the tohVeh'iol
The Convention then proceeded select two delegates 10
tho Southern Conventions each OF the TWO great
political parties of the State WIloughby Newton oil
Wesnorcland delegate, and H. b. Semple o. IVA
mia as alternate, from the Wing party and Ml. nas
nr of Caroline as delegate aud NJ X. a. Garnet oil ESSEX
as alternate from the Democratic party, were UNANIMOUSLY
chosen. , . a,,o,,e, ,,,ra
appointed bv the prepare resolutions Tor inc CON
sideraton Of the Convention: T. L. beaie, n, n co'c
man. P. H. Aylet S. +. HARDWOOD and Benz H. BARD
The committee having retired was on motion hesoNeu'
That the convention take recess unui o clock, ~
The convention having again assembled n. l. nea,e'
chairman of the committee reported the following rcsu-
,ons which were unanimously adopted save one dissenting
voice TO the FIRST third and iour'h
Resolved By the convention OF Delegates OF the SIN Con-
pessona convened for the purpose of sending dele
Gates 10 represent them the Nashville Convention,
lst That regard the Nashville Convention us designed
10 afford the people of the South the opportunity 10 NEE,
together and such measures as may be most avaa
Die protect their rights guaranteed by the Federal Con-
s,ituion
2 Resolved Tha, the safety Of The Union depend
upon the of the rights Of the States respective
y that the constant agitation oi the question OF slavery 10
Congress and proposed exclusion oi the Southern
States their fair ana equal share in the territories acqu
red from Mexico If persisted in and consunma,ed, would
be outrage those rights and destructive OF heif
co-soualty sovereign members OF the coniederacy.
Resolved That in the opinion oi ms convention tle
admission of California State under her present organ
ration and with her proposed boundaries should form no
oar, OF such compromise the South should accept The
Missouri Compromise To the Pacific should he insisted on
Resolved That the object OF this convention, in ap
noinnn delegates 10 those OF their sister States
Nashville preserve the Cnon far be consis
ten, with just and constitutional rights of the Southern
States and should the present unhappy controversy grow
ing the question OF slavery be adjusted 10 the salts
faction of majority OF the Southern members in Congress
before the assembling OF the said Nashville Convention
then the powers of the delegates elect TO
Resolved That should the OF the delegates ap
poned by this Convention Nashville not be paid by the
Legislature of Virginia at session. the delegates
in convention assembled pledge respective counties to
do
The following resolution. offered by p II. Aylet, was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved That such OF the counties composing this Con
aes ,onal District not represented here to-day be
respectfully requested in their primary meetings 10 concur in
the appointment, of delegates 10 the Nashville Convention
and the resolutions adopted by this convention.
On motion il Resolved, That copy OF these proceed
ngs forwarded by the secretaries 10 the editors oil the
Richmond and Fredericksburg papers with request TO pub
lish same and that copy be furnished 10 each Of the
delegates appointed the Nashville Convention. During
Consideration of the resolutions reported by the commit
Zee the Convention addressed and eoquen
manner by the Hon. Willoughby Newton.
The Convention then ad ourned sine die
AUSTIN BROCkENBROUGH r,h;,o,
JOHN L. RICE
5. F. HARwoop, }Socre,,r;os
r. II. COLEMAN.