The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-10-17
PROCLAMATION OF GOV. TOWNS.

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Below | forward the proclamation of Gov
ernOr Towns, of Georgia:
George W. Towns, Governor of said
State, to the electors there, greeting: Hav.
ing been officially informed that the Con.
gress o! the United States has admitted Cali
fOrnia into the Union Of the States Of the
confederacy upon equal terms with the orr.
ginal States, duty devolves upon me, in the
performance Of which shall trespass upon
the public but briefly. An unleigued defer
ence for public opinion, and the profound re-
gard | entertain for the wisdom, frmness
and patriotism of my fellow-citizens OF Geor-
gia, will not justify me, in a paper OF this
character, in repeating my known and un-
changed opinions as to the duty OF the South
in repeIlng free soil encroachment, and ar
resting, by al proper means, usurpation by
Congress. Whatever is compatible with
the honor and obligations Of the people OF
this State to tho country, its laws, and its in
stiutioas, l doubt not will receive their
warm support, in an hour of danger, when
your institutions are in jeopardy, your feel
ings wantOnly outraged, your social Organi.
cation derided, your honor deeply wounded,
and the federal constitution violated, by a |
series of aggressive measures, all tending to
the consnmmatiOn ofone object the abolition !
of slavery. The common territory of all, |
which you have an equal right to occupy
and enjoy, has been denied you in the SOL
emn torn of law, under pretences the most
shalIow-it we'll becomes you to assemble,
to deliberate and counsel together for your
mutual preservation and safety, whatever it
may cost. The extraordinary events BY
which we are encOmpassed, and the meas
ures which it will demand or Justify, must
be left, as they should be, TO the patriotism,
frmness, and prudence Of the people them
selves. Upon them devOlves the duty Of re.
: dressing present wrongs, and providing 9TH
or safeguards for future securitv-neither the
one nor the other of which, however, will
be effectually accomplished, until by patriot
ic efforts, perfect harmony and concord of
feeling are restored, and concert of action
produced among the people of the South.
In view, therefore, of the attrOcious free.
: soil sentiment and policy, not merely of the
nom slavehOlding States, but Of the governs
men;-of the imminent peril to which the
institution of slavery is reduced by the act o.
: Congress admitting the State Of California
into the Union with constitution containing
= the principle Of the Wilmot ProvisO, aud il
= defiance Of our warning and earnest remon
- STRANGE; in view Of the deplorable fact tina
some diversity of opinion exists in some @
= the Southern States, as to the proper mod
:, Of redressing the wrongs and avoiding thu
" dangers which all must see and feel; let me
! fellOw>citiZens, earnestly entreHt you to cul
tivate for each other deep and abiding sen
, timent Of fraternal regard and confidence
= and approach the task, from which there i
:. no escape, Of deciding u2oU your ddty t
Georgia and the country with firm step
:. but not without calm, deliberate, and patien
=. investigation, consulting neither fears no
n dangers on the one hand, nor permitting
re yourselves, from exasperated feelings Q
ut wrong on the other to be rashly urged t
h extreme measures, which have not received
e the full sanction ofyour judgment. Then
e shall not despair of seeing the whole State
n as one man, proposing nothing beyond wha
i the emergency may demand, or failing 4
N perform whatever patriotism, honor, an
n right may require at your hands. The gen
a. eral assembly of this State, by an act aPpro
of we'd the 9Th OF February, 1850, having re
at quired me, upon the happening of certai
IS; events-one Of which is the admission {
ed California as State into the Union; to is
=" sue proclamation ordering an election t
!. be held in each aad every county, for dele
!. gates to convention Of the people of til
State, to take into consideration such meas
he ures as compOrt with the extraordinary pos
It's ture of our relations to our cO.states, and
lat decide upon what measures are necessar
= and proper to be taken, compatible with on
o. honor and constitutional obligations. as we
IS as more effectually TO secure our right
% property in slav's, and to arrest all aggres
sioms by one section of the Union upon Ih
ad free enjoyment of the constitutional right
or the other; and, lastly, to preserve inviolat
be the equality of the States of the Union, a
Use guaranteed under the constitution; therefore
OK be il known, that |, Geo. w. Towns, gOve
e. nor of the State Of Georgia, by the authoril
NC and mandate of the law, do issue this m
-; - proclamation, ordering and directing th;
Id the qualified voters for the most numsroU
as branch Of the general assembly do meet
err the several places in this State for holdin
nd elections, as fixed by law, in the sever
he counties of this State, within the hours ixe
FOR voting, on Monday, the 25th day Of NJ
'ut vembeT next, and then and there by ballO
ie, to elect two delegates in each Of the cour
."r ties now entitled to one representative in Ii
~. general assembly, and four delegates in sue
b. of the counties as are now entitled to tW
aat representatives. The managers Of said ele
to ton are required TO certify and forward
nd this department the names of such, electe
&C. in the manner prescribed by law for Ii
We election of representatives in the gener
.ss assembly. And be it further ordered, til
- such delegates as may be elected by a mi
,r- jOriIy of their representative counties be col
= lvoOod az The coGitol AZ aaid Cfaia IN Tues