The southern press., 1850-10-08

, Thc Constifptio9 sof ~ United States wss
, formed, amonS ot6W pqrPosss, to /" establish
4 iustice and ensure domest tranquility between
the States Of the eonfed}ycy Botl, Of which
objects II hx~ each succDssive year more and
more failed 10 accomplish 1t has ksfed TO
insure domestic tranquility" because it has
been made the pretext OF violent and incessant
assault upon the institutions Of the slave States,
and for crusade of defamation upon the rights
and character OF their citizens; because the pull
pit and the press have been inischieyoasly en-
pl0yed by Northern men in fomenting among
their fellow citizens feelings of hatred and bitter
ness towards tho South, which must weaken the
brotherly attachment to the different sections
because societies have been establishc in the
North, and incendinry publications scattered by
them, for the purpose of disturbing the relation
Of master and slave, and entce the latter from
I the service Of his master, and 10 afford him re-
| fuge and protection against the pursuit Of law
| in the bosom of the Northern Suites, who are
bound BY the Constitution which they thus vio-
late, to restore the fugitive to his owner; be-
cause emmssaries from the free States have been
employed to deliver these vile publications to
the slave IN his home, aud kindle among that
quiet population the flames OF insurrcction aud
strife, thus preparing rapine and butchery for
helpless women and children, as well as war for
\
thus continually violated, not only the duties re
quired by religion and justice between citizens
Of the Suites, but also those imposed by inter
national law upon citizens of different States,
and are guilty Of acts for which national redress
could be demanded and obtained OF n distinct
4 government because citizens Of the North have
disturbed the domestic tranquility" by render
ing the possession Of slave property less secure
in the border States, md the slaves themselves
] less valuable and refractory because the citi
zens OF the North have besieged Congress with
petitions, ard harrassed that body and the Union
by discussions upon the subject with which they
had no right to interfere. which intermedd'hg
was begun and pt rsste in with the undenied
purpose of weakening the institution and eventu-
| uly efecting its overthrow, because the ships OF
! Northern States entering our waters for pur-
poses Of friendly commerce, have enticed and
| stolen slaves from the possession OF their n as
ters, and from the States OF the residence--thus
in1icting outrage upon US which foreign nations
equally averse with themselves to slavery, have
never inflicted, and which Northerners have
never imp sed upon foreign slaveholding Suites
in whose harbors their ships anchored; because
citizens of the South pursuing their fugitive
slaves into the Northern States, have been him
dered, resisted and murdered by the people Of
those States; which outrages pass almost en-
tireIy uncondemncd by the public, and so far
as we know, wholly mavenged by the law; be-
cause Southerners visiting the North have been
repeatedly assaulted by nobs Of the blacks, their
property taken, and their lives endangered
Which injuries the laws Of those States have
neither prevented or prescribed
sJustice has not been established" because
there has been repeated and at times, successful
attempts in Congress to legislate to the injury
of the Southern States, because those States
have been forbidden toUearry their slaves into
territories OF the Uni ed States, the joint and
common property Of the Union, thus restricting
the Southerner's right Of immigration, without
total change of his habits and mode of culture; ];
because the North has appropriated to its cx-
elusive use, three-fortis of the common territory
Of the Union; because slave property has not
received from the General Government, when at
sea, the same protection that other property OF
the Union has received; because the expenditures
of the General Government have been 80 distr
!. buted as to give more AN an equal share to the
! North in the clrrying nf mails, in the internal
Improvement Of the county, and in security and
defence Of the sea coast and because the North,
actuated by spirit If unkindness to the South,
and of undue regard to their own interest, have
, employed their superior numbers to their own
benefit, and to the systematic injury OF the South
( therefore,
h Resolred, That some peaceful and constitutions
g al means ought to be employed by the South to
restore the Government, if possible, to its just
balance, and to prevent the longer continuance
Of aggression upon her rights
Resolred That the mild, pacific and resolute
course of the late Nashville Convention has vim
dicated its originators and members from the
!, aspersions Of the enemies of that assembly, and
. commended it to the favor and confidence OF the
whole South
!, Resolced, That we heartily approve and en-
. dorse the resolutions of the Nashville Convention
!, as offering platform on which all true southern
. men can stand, and that hearty union upon the
: principles there expressed, offers the surest
means of securing the stability of the Union and
: the rights of the South.
, Resolped, That we believe the claim of Texas
to be good, against the Union, to the whole ter
ritory she claims from the mouth of the Rio
Grand to its source--that we hope that she will
not be induced by any means to sell portion OF
her territory to be appropriated to free-soil and
that it will be the duty of the South to assist
and sustain her. if the Federal Government at
tempt to despoil sovereign State other terrific
ry by force.
Resolrcd, That we should feel it gross hard
ship to be compelled to pay Sl0,000000 to buy
slave territory to be made free-so, and tina! such
proposition ought to be resisted by our mem
bers of Congress.
Il Resofced, That we approve the intention of
Gov. Quitman to assemble the Legislature, in the
event Of violent collision between the Federal
/, Government and Texas, and thatit would be the
duty of the southern States to make common
cause with her in defending the integrity of her
boundaries.
Resolred, That wc approve the course Of
Senator Davis and Col. Featherston and disap-
prove that Of Senator Foete, upon the questions
of southern policy recently before Congress.
ReSolrcd, That we recommend the Southern
Press" newspaper published at Washington,
to advocate and defend Southern rights, to the
support Of our feow-citzens
Resolred, That the secretaries of this meeting
be requested to furnish copies of its proceed
!. ings to the Southern Press, the Mississippian
and the papers in Columbus, for publication.