Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-05-03
Fearn Springs, Mss. April, 5, 1851.


MEssRs EDIToRs In accordance with previous
appointment, a large number Of the citizens of Win
ston County, convened at Wnstonville The house
was called to order, by Thomas Holmes, being called
to the chair. Capt w. G. Hudson, Secretary, Dr..
James Smyth then stated the object of the meeting in
very comprehensive and lucid manner, caracterzing
the true citizen of the South. On motion of Willis
Kelly, j. c. Bates NJ. d. was reqsested to address
the assembly. DR.. Bates in compliance with the mo-
ton, arose and addressed the meeting in manner,
energetic patriotic, and in eloquent and southern
like manner after which the following Constitution
with preamble and Resolutions were adopted.
CONSTITUTION, The object Of the association is the
protection of Southern rights.
Every citizen of the county who believes that serious
aggressions have been committed by the Federal Gov
eminent and by the mother States upon the rights of
the Southern States, may become member by signing
his name to these articles.
The officers of the association shall be President
two Vice Presidents, Secretary Corresponding Secre
tary, Treasurer and an Executive Committee of five
members all of whom shall, after the first election be
chosen by plurality of votes of the members present,
on the first Monday of January, annually, soon
thereafter practicable, and shall perform the duties
incident to their respective stations and such other
duties they may be charged with, by resolutions of
the association.
The minutes and papers Of the association shall be
carefully kept and filed by the Secretaries.
The funds of the association, raised by voluntary
contribution shall be kept and accounted for by the
Treasurer and dsbursed under the authority of the
Executive committee.
The corresponding Secretary shall forward to the
central association at Jackson list of the officers and
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Offices, and monthly report new admissions and resig-
nations
The association will hold regular meetings, OH the
first Saturday in every month at which some person
will be appointed by the presiding officer, to deliver an
address. Which signed by Ffty-four members.
Whereas, The congress of the United States, con-
troed it was by dominent majority, at the first
sion of the thirty first Congress- regardless of the
stitutoHal rights of the Slaveholdng States, and
iectng the will of Section, whose population Is hos
tile in feelings and opposed in principle to a long
ablished and cherished institution of tie states of the
south afording alarming evidence of the settled
purpose the part of said majority to destroy said in
stituton and subver the sovereign power of this and al
other savehoding States: Therefore be it
l. Resolved That the territories acquired by the
States collectively belong to the people of the several
States, common property.
> Resolved, That the people of the several States
have equal and unabridged right migrate those
territories with every species of property recognize
by the constitution of the United States.
3. Reyo1ced, That protection, by the General Gov
ernment is due to all the property, of all the citizen:
of all the States equally and alike in said territories
And degrading discrimination i'll the degree or quail
y of the protection afforded should be silently toier
ated.
l. Resoluvd, That in consideration of the repcae,
violations of the compromise by the North, regare
the duty of the southern people to paronise thu
labor andndustry of our own people to maintain on
own Teachers Schools Colleges, Churches, and othe
institutions.
s. Resolrsd, That we never support for any office @
trust profit or honor, any man who has not taken
decided stand against those odous bills recently enac
ted by congress- viz the bill for the admission of Cali
fornia as a State with clause in her constitution pro
hibting Slavery: The Texas ACKNOWLEDGMENT bill
and bill to aboishng the slave trade in the Dstric
of Columbia, which, if acquiesced in by the South
not only surrenders rights guaranteed by the
sttuton, but paves the way for farther outrages ant
expressions.
g. ReSoIued, That we recommend to the people o
Mississippi to suspend their old party issues and divs
tanned, and know party but the great southern
I party.
7. Resolued That southerners, proud o
our ancestry, that love the Union of 81 of whic
at present. there remains, but the shadow without tn
substance
s. Resolved, That the young men of the South, il
connexion with the more advanced, earnestly re
quested by this association boldly forth and
he hammer of he
stitution.
9, Resolued, That compromises and circumstances
having failed to check the onward march of fanaticsn
our only safety to be in State action. |
: support of which pledge our united and almost en-
It deavours.
h The following submitted by Dr. James Smytl
ResolUed, That the unanimous thanks of the assC
citation be rendered Dr. Bates for pungent, forcibl
and patriotic address delivered the present
: sion. The Meeting adjourned
THOS. HOLMES, Sen. Chm.
w. G. HUDsoN Sec'y
: ANNOUNC MENTS.