The southern press., 1850-10-09
E,.on HE Gso,e,a Tsleeraph.


From the Georgia Telegraph.
The CoNyEsTroN.--We published in our last
week = paper ,,he proclamation ofGov Towns, call
ing convention of ihe people IN pursuance OF All
act Of the last Legislature, passed by an almost
unanimous vale. The occasion which has made
it necessary for the Governor TO issue this proca
...ation, one that comes home to every Southern
man; il effects his honor, his life, his equality,
his property. 1t touches the peace and safety OF
his friends, and the happiness of his family and
home. We will therefore state some good reasons
why the object for which the convention meets,
should he fully and cordially responded to by
every Georgian, whether native or adopted.
Il is now more than thirty years since spirit
Of hostility To the institutions and power or the
South has been openly manifested amongst the
Northern people. AT first, no larger than man :
hand, it has continued to spread and wider, until
nov the VT ole horizon is overcast. Under It's in
fuence the holiest ties have been severed, lit has
entered the empes of the most high and attempted
the holy name ofreligion to perpetrate the most
revolving fmuds. With It's increase Of power and
influence, with its growth in wealth and num-
bers, it has displayed new zeal Il! wrong doing.
until now it threatens to destroy our liberty, and
overthrow the very basis Of society itself. The
Constitution Of the United States which was
formed for he protection of the rights Of the peo-
ple of all tie States, has been disregarded by ma
serves now only as Il cover from which reckless
and irresponsible majority design to ma e new
assaults on the rights Of the minority. Judging
from the late action Of Congress, we can only look
forward to resistance or to the abolition of slavery
sooner or laer, throughout the South. These are
the alternatives between which the South must
now chose That choice is tn be made in few
weeks, and The sun which goes down on the day,
set apart for the election OF delegates in Georgia,
will have seen Il mightier political question
solved, than ever before engaged her people,
Whatever diversity of views may exist among
the people with regard to the measures OF redress
the convention should adopt, we apprehend that
there is but little dissent among them, either with
regard to the wrongs perpetrated, the necessity
for some resistance, Whatever it may be. What
this resistance should be, rs we have said before,
the Legislature has wisely submitted to the people
to determine. And if the State will not adopt the
only remedy, we regard as adequate to reform the
Government, we will go for anything that her sons
in their sovereign capacity, in convention may re-
commend, always excepting a tame and cowardly
submission.
For our own part, we believe the issue is resist
nnce Of some sort, or abolition. Disguise it az
we may, this solemn question we cam evade.
All experience goes to show that acquesc~nce m
aggressions but leads to new demands The
South may fairly ascrbe the difficulties by which
she is at present beset, to such measures ms the
Welding In the formation of the Constitution, her
proper numerical ratio, and the subsequent con.
cessiOns contained in the ordinance of 87, and the
Missouri Compromise. She has been yielding
until she has but little left to part with She has
been dearly taught that nothing is as absorbing as
power II more is given ,.ore viii be required OF
her, and let every man have it well impressed on
his mind, that to oppose resistance now will be
but to invite new aggressiOns. Who is ready tO
do this Who IS ready to counsel Il State which
has defed federal aggressions in every form, and
defended her honor, as with walls OF rock, by
Southern hearts and Southern arms, to faulter in
this emergency and vanish in u breathe Is there
an old maI, or young man, native or adopted, with
the spirit of a man in him who is ready for II =
God forbid
And now, people Of Georgia, where are you,
and what you going to do' The Legislature
and the Executive have done their duty, and will
you hesitate to do yours' Will you lack them
in their endeavors To check the aggressons OF
your foes, shall voice go up from your bor-
ders, which, while it records your wrongs, will
he deep and lasting memorial Of your disgrace
This solemn responsibility you cannot evude.
Georgia must either act, or back out and plunge
in utter darkness.
From the Haiiflr Republican,
GREAr REJolc,Nc.-By whou' And for WHAT
By Southern Editors and Southern men' For
nothing; unless they are for the North against the
South. We do contend ,if we understand the mat
ter at all, thnt the South has gained nothing by
the passage Of those bills, that there has been
much glorifcation over by Southern Editors and
Southern men. In fact, we think the recent action
Of Congress is calculated only to stimulate North
ern Aholionsfs to go still farther in their mad
and wicked career
They are induced to believe, rather than dis
solve the Union, we Of the South will submit to
any and everything.
Talk about union What care we for union
=. L. H.,
property, honor, peace and happiness. The Con-
s,nutlsn violated and trampled upon; and further
aggressions threatened and contemplated and
Southern editors and Southern men rejoicing.
We would advise all such to go North and live
with their Northern allies--for the time may come,
and that time may not be very far distant, when
they will lie looked upon traitors and tories the
South, telling the Southern people that this is a
time to rejoice when their Joy ought to be turned
into sadness and deep dread for the future. We
not disposed 10 srejoice with those who re-
ioice, but to mourn with those who do mourn. ,
We admire the bold Southern ground that has
been taken by some of our Southern Representa-
tives, editors and Individuals; such we are willing
to stand by, fight by md fall by, in defence of
Southern rights. And we mean what we say
We never intend to make one concession to those
who wish tn rob us Of our property-reioice when
acts are passed, calculated to stimulate and en-
courage them to 60 still farther in their meanness
tuition must not be violated "a broken Consttu-
ton which will not protect us IN the right of pro-
perty and in the enjoyment of peace and happi-
ness, we do not want.
We are for the Union But that Union must
not rob us Of our just rights. When it does, it
loses its charms.
SuBMsssoxIsTs--We cannot, of course, az
ply the term Submissionist' TO those who
approve of the California and Texas bills.
Those who think that the South have had JUS
tice done in this natter and rejoice at the pas
sage of contrivcd set of measures, which seals
up all the territories against slavery, certainly
are not Submissionists We are really at a
loss how to call them. If they lived at the
North there would be no difficulty in finding
an-ist which would suit them. We do not
know how to solve the difficulty. Their posi-
ton is so unnatural, that we think the best way
is 70 conclude that one in ten who were ut the
meeting really do feel glad that we with our
slaves are shut out from all the territories, an,,
that the South is TO be forever hereafter in a
deplorable minority Matches Free Trader.
Jnhn j. Audubon, the great American natural