The southern press., 1851-07-30
From tie SowM Caretiwisa and 1stegraPh
Tho 6uh~Isnlnn Meeting.

} to-day the resolutions adopted al the late sub
mission meeting in Greenvie We design u
call attention to them, that all true resistance
J men may see the real objects of the clique OF
Unionists controlled by Messrs. Thompson and
} Perry.
The first resolution is mere truism, meaning
nothing, when we consider by whom it was
said and the purpose of the meeting that passed
it, viz: to submit to the recent aggressions on
the institution Of slavery. The second is mock
cry, and trap to enlist followers. They have
resolved to defend the institution of slavery at
any and all hazards, and to the last extremity
How! BY submitting to the last and most fatal
blow il has vet received from the national legis-
lature; by acquiescng in its exclusion from a
vast domain where il would be profitable; by
sanctioning congressional interference with its
legitimate operations in the District Of CoIum.
bia; by avowing their Willingness not to oppose
aggressions until direct attack is made on it in
the States; and by laudiDg, as they DO in their
address, the Union speeches of Webster, Cass,
&c A noble defence of the institution truly.
The third resolution is gratuitous assertion
without proof, coupled with the usual appeal to
the fears of the people, and ending with the pa
triotic declaration that their State will be dis
honored and disgraced by attempting 10 defend
her lust rights and maintain her institutions !
The fourth declares they will oppose secession,
and look to their co-States of the South to do
their fighting. The fifth is recommendation
that will find no response in any other district in
the State The sixth is local in its application,
I instrucfing their own members to vote against
| the call OF the convention, which has already
been called, and the assembling of which the
senators and representatives of Greenviile dis
trict will find no aid in defeating. They call this
BODY, composed of some Of the ablest men in
the State, Revolutionary in its purposes" and
sunfairly elected" when its members were duly
elected in strict accordance with an act of the
legislature, passed not only by the constitutional
majority (two- -thirds) of both houses, but by
nearly the unanimous vote OF BOTH
| The seventh resolution is merely instructive
The eighth is downright demagoguesm, and
would upset the basis of representation at once
by submitting to a popular majority an act
passed on that basis laid down by the con-
stitution of the State. This meeting, so loyal
to the United States government, openly an
nounces their determination to revolutionize
their own State government, and destroy their
own constitution. What more downright de-
magogueism cond be imagined, than to en-
deavor to have an act of the sovereignty of the
State submitted to the people, and to convulse
the State by canvass on the merits of an Or
dinance, the adoption Of which makes subse-
quent opposition to it treason 10 the State !!
| The conservatism of South Carolina can never
permit such a shock to be given to her institu-
| tons, and happily affords sufficient guarantee
against all such radcalism.
| The ninth would truly make the convention
Revolutionary" body in the worse sense Of
that term. 1t is endorsing the Brutus pamphlet
and aims blow at the institution this subms-
sion meeting opened by resolving to defend
Its object is to destroy slave property as basis
Of representation, and give its destiny into hands
who have minor interest in its value. 1t is
playing out the game Of the Abolitionists in
| Congress, who would desire above all things to
destroy representation in Congress founded on
slaves. A more insidious and fatal blow could
not be given to the strength and stability of the
institution of slavery than this attack upon its
Just and equitable representation in the national
or State legislatures Weaken that representa-
ton at home and the outside pressure would
crush it to atoms Commence the attack within
| the walls of the fortress by treachery and the
| gates will soon be opened to tbs enemy. What
ever we do, let us not voluntarily aid in our own
destruction-let us not work as allies to Ohio
| Abolitonsts. Such, it is clear, would be the at
tempt now to do away with the compromises of
the Constitution designed as protection from
the earliest stages of our State government to
this species of property. This single resolution
defines the character of the meeting which
passed dit--revolutionar and disorganizing. The
| tenth resolution is mere nonsense, for few men
| in this State have any idea South Carolina will
ever east her vote for President of the United
States The'eection of governor can be given
to the people when the people demand it, and
when they have nothing more important to think
of.
The last resolution is designed, we suppose,
to gather a crowd in Columbia to overawe the
legislature. Well, we hope the immense mum.
Der of delegates will find lodgings and victuals,
and that our landlords will be able to feed and
house them ceverly and Hospitality
| Now, let our readers examine these resolu-
tons from beginning to end. Is there anything
| South Carolinian about them! Is there the
| slightest evidence that men who make these
declarations would be true TO their State in
conflict with the general government growing
out of the act of secession! They certainly
have not said so but, on the contrary, induce
us to believe, in all they have said, and especi-
ally where they say the act of secession will be
treated a nulity, that they would defy the
sovereignty of the State, and aid in its subuga-
ton. This is the fair inference from their own
language, and if the charge Of treason should be
brought against them, it will be their own act
We regard this meeting and its action, however,
as decidedly favorable in its results. These
will disgust every honest co-operationist, and
leave the corporal's guard of submissionists to
stand out in their true colors. Wehave respect
for men who differ from us in an honest opn-
ion with regard to the most effectual mode Of
obtaining new safeguards for the institution of
slavery, and seek dissolution of the Union for
that purpose by concert of action in the South /;
but we have none for those who think the Fu-
gitive-slave law every thing we need as the
former, and who cling to Union which can now
only be preserved by the triumph of consoli-
dated despotism.
| From the Richmond Enquirer.