Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-05-24
CON NG Ee ESS SHON AL.
WAsHINeroN, May 8, 1850.
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,, Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, presented
The resolutions of the Legislature of the
State of Mississippi, on the subject of
slavery, of Northern aggression, and in
defence of the proceedings at the prima-
,sg meetings aud at the State Convention
in respect to the call for aSouthern Con
,yention. He read at length from the
proceedings of the primary meetings and
from the address Of. the State Conven-
ton, to show the causes which induced
the people Of that State to believe u
Southern Convention was necessary. 1t
was not for the purpose of promoting dis
union, but to promote n faithful adherence
TO the giiarahties Of the Constitution.
-And all the many charges that this
Convention was called from motives of
disunion were either rhaliciodsly false, or
utterly in ignorance of the truth. He
detailed the many and various subjects
or tiIU rcssot tptiy,,,s, u stsiSrcsssS ssif
breathing devotion and attachment TO the
Union as contemplated by the Constitu
ton; and compared those proceedings
with those Of the town meetings and the
Conventions held by Free iSoilers in
New England and in the West, where the
Violation OF the Constitution and dismion
were openly advocated. These proceed
inos were permitted to pass without re-
bbiike, while tiiose Of the people of Missis.
sippi, which were simply in defence of
their constitutionalrights, were denounc-
cd as incipient Gisnnioh, He commenced
! upon the proceedings of Northern States
and conventions, ahd attributed to thom
all the alarm and anxiety experienced at
the South. He hoped that wiser coun-
ellis would prevail, and that noneof the
offensive and unjust measures of oppres-
/ sIon would be passed by Congress-. The
majority iiighttriumph but theirtriumph
would find an united South prepared tc
submit to no oppression The majority
might triumph. but their shouts of yic.o-
ny M .uld be checked, before it was half
uttered. by the voice coming from the
South; sWo, wo, to the riders who tram
PIE Them down
The resolutions we're reada and order
ED to be printed.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE or THIRTEEN.
1fr. Clay, from the Select Committee
Of Thirteen, to whom were referred va
rious resolutions relating to California, to
other POI tions of the territory recently
acquired by the United States from the
republic Of Mexico, and tothe other sub
jects connected with the institution ofsla
very, submitted the following
REPoRT
The Committee entered on the dis
charga Of their duties with a deep sense
oftheir great importance, and with ear
nest and anxious solicitude TO arrive at
such conclusions as might be satisfactory
s to the Senate and to the country. Most
: sftlse matters referred have been notion;
lY6ubiected 10 extensive and serious pub
llc discnssior throughout the eorotry,
s bit to a debase in the Senate itsef sim
;gulAf Cor It's elaborateuess and it's dura-
ton; 50 that full exposition of all those
motives and views which, on the several
: subjecss confided to the Committed have
) determined the conclusions at which
s they have arrived, seems quito unneces-
s aaFy They viii, therefore, restrict
themselves % e few general observations,
s and tosone reflections which grow out o f
those suhjccts.
O1tof our recent territorial acauisi-
Eiopss and IN connsction with the institu-
hon of slavery, question: most grave,
iAye sprung, which greatly dividing end
gitasinR the people of the United States.
ave threatened to disturb The harmony,
fsnot 10 endadger stc safety efthe Union.
Fhe Donsniltee believe Ito be highly
aes;rable and necessary speedily to adjust
all sspse questions, ID , spirit OF copaord
ssand II q uaaHueF i, pfodges, If pIaetica
ble genofA easlsisejon. They think ii