The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-09

The following account Of large meeting Of
both parties we take. from the augusta Constitu
ionalist .s.,.,,4,.'.., 81. ...t, .f....:.. ...
SOUTHERN. RIGHTS MEETING.
A very large and respectable meeting of the
4 citizens of Richmond county, agreeably to pre-
vious notice, assembled at the City Hall, on the
evening of the 4th, to consider the proceedings
! of the Nashville Convention.
On motion Of John Phinizy, Jr., Esq, Martin
M. Dye, Esq, and DR.. |. P. Garvin, Were called
to preside, and John c.. Snead and George c.
McWhorter, Esqs., were requested to act as Sec
retaries. ..,.ya. mt.. ,t.1',aa}H .al vHessEta "a
After the object of the meeting was announced
by one OF the presiding officers, it was addressed
in very eloquent and spirited manner by An
drew II. II. Dawson, Esq, one of the Delegates
to the Nashville Convention from the 9Th Con-
gressiona District. The absence Of Dr. Nc
Whorter, the other Delegate, was excused to
the. meeting, oh account of his continued i'll
Z health. ..# 80. Eh- "3t~s EQint ~sF
| The large room of the City Hall was crowded
almost to suffocation, and the passages and yard
We're filled with persons who could not gain an
entrance. Many ladies graced the meeting with
their presence. ,
James NJ. snythe, Esq, being, called upon by
the meeting to address it, excused himself on ac-
count Of the great heat Of the room and the con-
tinued detention Of the ladies within and without
the Hall, in so unpleasant situation. He pro-
ceeded, however, after few predatory remarks,
to move the following resolutions, approving Of
the proceedings of the Convention at Nashville
which were passed almost unanmously-but Il
single voice in the negative being heard by the
| assembly at large, and only one or two other
voices, in low tone, being said to be heard by
those in their immediate neighborhood.
| l. Resolved, That we cordially approve Of the
zeal, fidelity, and ability with which the delegates
of Georgia maintained the rights and honor Of the
State and the South, in the Southern Convention.
2. Resolved, That the address and resolutions
of the Convention, embodying, as they do, i'm
pregnable arguments and constitutional prin-
ciples, elicit our highest appreciation ; and that
we will cheerfully, warmly, and determinately
sustain the conclusion at which it arrived
3. Resolved, That the so called compromise OF
the Committee of Thirteen, whether in its sur
port Of the fraudulent admission of California into
the Union, or its abolition of the slave trade in the
District of Columbia, its fugitive slave BILL so
arranged as to invade the sovereignty of the States
by legislation upon the subject of Slavery within
their limts-or Its deceptive schemes of establish
ing territorial governments for Utah and New
Mexico, with nominal exclusion OF the Wilmot
Proviso but its practical application to the terri
torIes--or Its unblushing sacrifice of Southern po-
Itcd power, in proposing the monstrous scheme
OF approprating large sum of money, say ten
or fifteen millions of dollars, to purchase OF the
slave State of Texas I25, 600 square miles of her
territory to add tito New Mexico, and increase,
by false pretences, the anti-slavery power of the
country, ought not to. receive thesanction peo-
pie, whose rights, whose sovereignty, whose
honor and whose safety will be involved in its
consumation and adoption. .-.
A. Resoiued, That the policy Of Gen. Taylor, in
admitting California and New Mexico into the
Union at once, and the other territory as soon as
possible exhibits utter disregard Of precedent,
Justice, equal and constitutional rights, and the
future prosperity and security Of the South, and
deserves to receive the resolute and scornful OPP
position Of every friend of the South. ~s
S. Resoiped, That the Rio Grande, from its
mouth to it's source, is the western boundary OF
Texas, to which she has perfect chain Of title;
and any act of the government of the United
States, in aid of New Mexico, in her preposterous
pretensions to portions Of Texan territory east of
that river, would be an outrage upon the sove-
reignty Of Texas, and, the part OF said govern
ment, fathess act Of tyranny.
6. Resoiued That we have seen, with mingled
surprise and indignation, the steps which have