The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-26

motives as have aseribed to th- October con.
vention, nd wua designed TO consummate the Z
same oblect, Still, it is looked to as having
q more extended platform. Let us
see, then, Shat that platform really Isl and
here take liberty 10 say we must look TO the
for il. They, il must be supposed,
constitute The solemn enactments OF the con-
vention, a contain the principles II intended
TO promugate. They were its substantive ac-
ton, as far as it could act. The resolutions
do not 90 further than those Of the Mississippi |
convention on The iour great subjects embFac-
ed BY our c,nvenrion,- perhaps they do not go
as far. Resistance is not spoken OF or alluded
to, except on one contingency, that is / Con-
gress Guild discriminate agains! the usht to
take s,avss inta the territories. This seems to
have been the only ageravalion thought wor-
thy Of resistance by the convention, although
it was body organized to devise and adopt
some mode Of resistance to these aggresslons.
We may Iairly infer that nothing else was
Thought worthy Of resistance, or that i was
conte npluted on any other contingency, or me
convention would have said SO. The eleventh
resolution takes wider range than was taken
by the October convention and proposes
readiness to acquicsce in the Missouri compro-
mise line extended to the Pacific ocean; and
this is the only one that touches the California
question. This seems generally to have been
construed as laying down ad ultimattma' but
eonnn, believe it was so regarded of under
stood by the convention. did not so regard
II, and am satisfied many others did not. AS
such. do not believe it would have received
the vote of the convention A rtlcnlaT So
6ci,ude was felt on this subject by myself and
many others
REGARDED the admission Of California as
mere question tor Congress TO determine, as dl'
: oIso othcrs. We were, therefore, unwilling II
commit ourselves in binding torn to that liN'
: a. m ultimatum Inderd, the resolution ltseI
: virtually comedies the question OF power' ="
If Congress had the power to admit oil aOoV
d ,bo, limo as State, it must have had the sam
= richt below. We certainly did not intend
h hind the States to resistance, even Il we ma
Q had the power to do SO on question inVo'Vln
n :, ooosttutiona principle. 1t was regarded
IS a mere proposition. We did not mean e''"'
= that Congress had power to establish comp''
II mise line on this subject, but merely that W
) ro,nIe would acquiesce 10 that line. W''
10 mis- understanding, approved the resolution
~ and opproye them still 1t was not to be G
ee nected that they should conform In l'ngua!
90 J., ,6e nations Of every one, Minor objection
OF were not sought for. The general deslre w
OF IN have them free from objection in pr'nclpl
he Rnt il is SAID that the address is the true pa
ne tnrm II isn't, nor can it be justly 81 relarde
u Itisu mere argument to the Southern people,
ry thr PRINCIPLES of the resolutions. The reso'
IT. ,ions passed unanimously tae address dld nc
we II was violently opposed and by no one m'
hon myself. But even that does not hoid
,e- nosition that the admission Of California wo'
ny yi,lote the constitution. In my opposition
ne !, ,ook the ground that II did 30 in nrgnm'
ng at least, and for that reason, amongst o'0e's
ier could not approve it. was stopped by
viii gentleman hoinlro uced it and t'l' 'na'
SUI yns an unwarranted assumption. It's mean
not was cearly understood by that gen''em
has and it mus, be equally an assumption IN o'h
CO. q, to construe it. Thus il is that those
fort maintain that our constitutional rights h
eat been voloted by the admission OF Cal'i'r'
ere snnnot build On any OF the proceedings
mo. either convention. They must look to ct
len. sources for authority. By botb, the quest
zen, seems 10 have been regarded as one oi OK
ven dieney. Nor can any movement tow arus
on sistsnce be nsrfed on the authority OF
,hat convention. 1t neither proposed or econ
dif- ded any such thing Il proposed com
on mise, and then left the question t'r the PEI
the ,o dgai with it as they might think Pr'
eem leaving every one free to take his own co
o to both as to the necessity and character OF
has remedy. The compromise was proposed ITO
the anxiety to obtain it, SO that the alarming
nv 6cuI,ies might be settled on an enduring b
IS to To that end | anxiously desired to see
1t of South unite IN claiming TO have the con
fore mise, believing that by uniting we coul'
ioice tain il. But we could not unite, and gu
alton vision may have contributed TO the de'o
yen- the measure. TO those who desire to SCI
dnv- discord between the uw) secti ms oil the
nee cease, it may yet be cause Of regret INA
proposition was not adopted. The NORM
'"' regret it as we'll as the South Inc oh
50 v as necessary to them as 10 u.s. we may
." v acqiuesce, but agitation may and Froo' o
'"a' again 60 on, and we have OF en- sad We We
eS is not submit to violation of the g"ara"''
, our compact. A c mPromlse would nave
better even than the present measures
whole South wouA have been satlsneu
''''" il. ,hey are not. Every true lever oil his
-" try must desire to see peace restored
been Passing on to the actionot our rleg'sla'O
oA = stilb do not find any where declarauol