The southern press., 1850-10-07
SOUTHERN RIGHTS MEETINGS.
From the augusta ConstitutionaIish.

| BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
! At meeting held in Waynesboro' on the first
Tuesday in October by motion Of Mr.. John
Dowse, Judge Carswe was appointed 10 the
chair On motion of Alex. Mackenzie, esq.
Richard Scruggs and John r. Sturges we APP
pointed Joint secretaries.
After the organization of the meeting, pream-
bes and resolutions offered by A. Macken-
zle, Dr. u. l.. Antony, and DR.. West and a
highly philosophical treatise upon the domestic
relations of husband wife, parent and child, mas
ter and slave, and series of resolutions in accord
ance with the spirit of the said treatise was read
by w. b. Bennett, esq.
After considerable discussion, during which the
meeting was addressed by VIM. Montgomery,
esq, of Augusta, in speech showing considera-
bic abilities, and an Intimate acquaintance with
the exciting questions of the day, the preamble
and resolutions offered by DIR. L. l.. Antony,
were adopted seriaim by the meeting.
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
Uhereas, the Governor of Georgia, IN obedience
to an act OF the last legislature, passed by All al
most unanimous vote, has convoked convention
OF the people OF the State, 10 deliberate upon the
course which II becomes them to pursue in view
OF the late action of Congress, by which garng
aggression has been made upon the honor and
rights OF the slavehoiding States and whereas
both The great political parties ia the State, in Their
respective conventions, ave declared hat they
would resist the ProvIso ut every hazard applied
10 the territory recently acquired from Mexico, it
,'pw becomes the people, IN their primary assem-
blies, 10 express their opinions the recent acts
Of Congress, and declare whether they are for
dasardiy submission, or are disposed To seek re-
dress for the east and security for the future
we, therefore, a portion. OF the people of Burke
county, To the end that our delegates TO The CON
yention, may know the opinions and wishes of
those whom they are to represent, have adopted
the following resolutions
/. Resoirsd, That the bi!,s for establishing ter
rltoral governments in Utah and New Mexico,
naSmuch as they fail to protect the STAKEHOLDER
from the operation Of the Mexican law excluding
slavery, SAID by alessrs Clay, Webster, Cass,
and Others, advocates Of these bills, to be still in
full force, fully and efficiently exclude the
South from these territories, as could be done by
literal enactment of the Provso.
2. Resotred, That by the admission Of Califor-
MIA into the Union, under II constitution formed
by small number of transient adven,urers, Con-
gress has INTERVIEWED against The South and given
life and validity to prohibition of slavery, other
wise null and void, and we fully agree with our
distinguished senator, Judge BERR,EN. in the
declaration that, tits the same thing il Congress
had interposed the ProUiso themselves"
3. Res0iued That we agree with the people OF
the North in the opinion thatthe act Of Congress
abolishiug the slave trade in the District Of Column
ba is but the first step to the abolition of slavery
in all places under the jurisdiction Of the General
Government, and constitutes another act OF in
viuOuS and unconstitutional discrimination
against our property and Institutions
4. Resotped That these acts unerrlnsly indicate
the deliberate determination OF the free States to
persevere in their hostility to our rights and in
terests, and subject us to degrading Interiorty
and that nothing in the state Of public
opinion, in those States, to induce the belief that
even q tame submission to present wrongs, will
secure us against future and more destructive ag-
gression.
5. Reso,red That tile recent acts of Congress of
which we complain, are substantially such as the
people of Geogia, in their party conventions and
Legislative bodies, have most solemny and repeat
edly declared, they would resist at ''every haZ-
ard - and that tame submission to these acts, IN
the face of such pledges, will place Georgia before
the Union and the world, iii q position so humi-
ating, that her sons may well blush to own her.
6. ResoIped, Thatwe will leave it to the wisdom
Of the convention to devise the mode and measure
OF redress, pledging ourselves to sustain any mea
sure which 1t may recommend, If IT secures the
rights and interests of the people of Geogia.
Z. Resotred, That our thanks be rendered to our
distinguished senator, the Hon. John Mcpherson
Berren, for the able and patriotic manner in which
he has defended Southern rights and Southern In
sututions, during the late session of Congress.
On motion OF A. Mackenzie, esq, a committee
! of five appointed TO nominate delegates to the
State conventions, by whom the following gentle
men were reported, and accepted by the meeting.
Edmund Palmer, w. w Hughes, John C.
Poythress, John Whitehead
The following resolution was then adopted by
! the meeting:
Resoired, That the citizens of Burke county ten
der to the Hon John Mcpherson Berren public
dinner, at Waynesboro', as testimony of their
entire appreciation of his patriotic in sup
port of the Constitution and equal rights during
the late session of Congress, and that committe,
OF five be appointed to communicate with him, and
ascertain when it will suit his convenience to at
tend, and that an additional committee of fifteen
he appointed to make the necessary arrangements
for the dinner
Under the above resolution the following gen
tlemen were appointed committee of invitation:
r. s. Scruggs, j. +. Lawson, DIR. E. l.. Antony,
M. ID. Jones, ]. r. Sturges.
And the following gentlemen committee Of ar
rangemenis:
Col A. IT. Anderson, Joseph A. Shumake, NJ
d. Jones' Robert Wall, E..WilIiams, John L.
Brown, A. Mackenzie, Joseph B. Jones, William
Byne, M. p Greene. Alexander Murphy, DR.. Il.
l.. Antony, Amos Wiggns, E. Palmer, G. b.
Powell.
Moved by A. Mackenzie esq, that the proceed
inSs be published in the publicsgazetes of the city
of Augusta.
On motion of Mr.. John Dowse, that the thanks
Of this meeting be rendered to the chairman and
secretaries.
JOHN w. CARsWELL, Chairman.
5oHs i, :; Ss's1as, R. sTsssrs, Secretaries.
Pubic MeETMc.-At an adjourned meeting of
the citizens of San Augustine county, Texas, as
semLled at the Courthouse, in the town of San
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