Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-17
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
MOVEMENTS AT THE CAPITOL.

II gives us no pleasure, the reader may be sure,
in finding ourselves under an obligation TO transfer
to our columns the subjoined, as part OF the his
tory Of the day. We have no certain information
OF the number of Southern Representatives who
were present at the meeting at which these reso-
lutions were adopted, nor Of how many Of those
Representatives who were present actually voted
for them. But the generally well-informed Wash
ington Correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun {" KY
states that less than half Of the Southern Members
attended, and that Of that half twelve were known
to be opposed to the scheme. We have reason to
believe this statement to be substantially correct.
NJ FROM THE g SOUTHERN PREss' OF MosDAr.
Meeting of the Southern Members Of the House
s r Of Representatives..
At length we have to congratulate the South on
the attainment Of greater unity among her Repre-
sentatives than has yet been known.
Il AT meeting held few evenings since the fol-
lowing members were appointed Committee on
Resolutions
Mr.. Toosss Chairman Msssrs. Seldom, Thompson,
Houston, Bowie Cnngman, Burt, Cabel, Hiiard, Morse
Johnson, Morehead, Green, Howard, and Thomas.
We understand that the deliberations Of the Com
mittee resulted in almost entire unanimi.y, and ac
cordingly-
Mr.. TooMBs chairman Of the Committee Of Fifteen,
ported the following resolutions, which adopted
l. Resolued That no citizen shall be deprived Of his @
liberty property except by the judgment Of his peers and
the laws Of The land and that the law, existed
in the American colonies the 4th Of july 776 and the
constitution and laws Of the United States applicable to our
Territories. shall be the fundamental law of said Territory
g. ResoDed That in the event that the nonsayehoding
States object thus to put the life liberty and property Of Anne
rican cizens under American laws we will insist upon d
oc tho tho of with
recognition and protection Of property in slaves.
8. Resoped That will vote for the admission Of
California unless the Southern boundary be restricted to the
parallel of 36o 3V north latitude.
A. Resolcd, That will not agree any boundary be-
Texas and New Mexico which proposes cede to New
Mexico any portion Of territory south Of the parallel Of 36o 3O
north latitude and west Of the Rio Gande prior the adjust
ment OF the Territorial questions
s. Resoued That the Representatives of the slaveholng
States viii resist by all usual Legislative and constitutional
MEANS the admission Of the State Of California and the adj
Of the Texas boundary until settlement Of the Ter
ritoria questions.
g. Resolved That the true boundary of Texas that defined
by the act Of the Texas Congress Of December l9, 1856
and il is tho duty Of the South to maintain the unless
satisfactory adjustment Of it is had by the assent Of the State
of Texas.
z. Be further resolved, That the powers and duties Of
the Committee of Fifteen be continued until the further
ton Of the meetng and that the chairman Of that committee
by the Of any three members thereof may any
time call meeting Of the Representatives of the slayehodng
States
Every reader Of this paper will be able, without
any aid Of ours, to comprehend the degree of de-
fusion which can congratulate the South upon "the
attainment of greater unity among her Represents
tives than has yet been known" in defeating mea-
sures which are intended and calculated to restore
quiet to the country. In this object, it is under
stood that they will (strange to say J be in full CO.
operation with the whole of those members of
Congress who are in most decided antagonism to
what the South justly regards as its most momen-
tous interests.
On this subject we received yesterday from the
Representative in Congress from the State Of Della
ware the following letter:
l. WAsHrssroS, AueusT l3, 1850. q
Messrs EDIToRs observe in the National Ineligencer
of this morning brief report of the proceedings Of recent
meeting Of the Representatives from the slavehoding States
Of the Union, with copy Of the resolutions adopted by
committee Of een-one from each Sae-apponted for that
purpose
deem due 10 myself to say that could not in
any of those resolutions and thatI felt it to be duty to
vote and that did vote against the adoption oeach and all
Of them. A
will further remark, that was present at the meet
ing at which appointed member Of the committee,
but Twas informed that it distinctly stated and under
stood in the meeting that be considered any
bound without bis concurrence in any resol
ton which might be concluded upon it, otherwise should
not have felt myself liberty attend take any part
the deliberations Of the committee
Yours respectfully, JOHN w. HOUSTON.
tits a very remarkable coincidence, certainly that
at the moment after cutting out of the "Southern
Press" the preceding Resolutions for republica-
ton, we opened in succession two Letters from
highly respectable citizens of the States Of Vir-
gina and Maryland We cannot do better than
publish them both, as containing very respectable
evidence of what the PEOPLE of the South really
think of what some of their Representatives are
doing or, at least, thinking of doing.
FROM A CITIZEN OF VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA, Aususr 10, 1850.
feel inclined to say, and ask you to indulge me in saving
that pity that the Senators and Representatives Of the
States and the People, in the city Of Washineton 4;
Congress assembled who deeply excited on The ep Of
the day, which still fragrant amongst .hem will no, either
dispatch the business they End do home and see
how composed and serene their constituents are in respect 70
the very subject which their federal agents aga,ed
and, would seem, striving in vain to stir up the passions Of
! their constituents. PUBLIUS
PROM AN ELDERLY MARYLAND FARMER-sEC-
TIONAL DISPUTES.