The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-07-08

VI AhSh SNh surety Nuu 10 uc8t the nom
slaveholding States as enemies to the slave.
holding States aud their institutions.
@. That the legislature is hereby seques.
ted TO pass such laws as NAV. in their opin.
ion, be best calculated to encourage the EN-.
igratlon oi citizens Of the slaveholding
States, with slaves to the new territories
of the United States.
7. That in view of the frequent and m-
creasing evidences of the determination of
the people of the non-slaveholding States,
to disregard the guarantees OF the cOnstitu-
ton, and to agitate the subject OF slavery,
both in and out OF Congress, avowedy for
the purpose of efieeIing its obligation in the
States and, also, Ia view OF the facts set
forth in the late Address of the Southern
Members OF Congress, this convention pro.
claims the deliberate conviction. that the
time has arrived when the Southern States
should take counsel together for their com.
mon safety; that the convention OF the
Southern States having been held in accor-
dance with the above recommendation at
Nshvie ir June 1850, we sanction and ap.
prove the resolutions of that body
s, That we recommend TO the Iegisia.
ture of This State, that at its next session,
law be enacted, making it the duty of the
governor OF the State by proclamation, to
call general convention of the State, and
to issue writs of election ba-ed upon the
ratio of representation in the State Ieglsla-
ture, upon the passage by Congress, of the
Wilmot proviso," or any law aboIishing
slavery in the District of. Columbia, or pro-
hibting the slave trade between he States,
to take INTO consideration the act of ag-
gression and the mode and measure of re-
dress,
9. That by the action OF the last Con-
gfess the measures mlscaiie a compromise,
the positions of the % and Sd and 4th res.
oIutions above reclted have been met, aud
the constitutional rights therein declared,
have been violated.
10. That in accordance with the 10Th re-
solution OF the series above rected, Con
vention of the State has been called, and
that we rely confidently on said Convention
Justly to estimate the wrongs we have suf-
lered and TO vindicate the mode and meas
ure of redress.
II. That this convention declares that it
regards the admission of California as a
State into the Union, as the enactment of
" WiImot proviso in another form, as is
set forth in the following letter.
WASHINGTON, June 81. 1850.
HIS E7ceIIency,
Juo. A. Quitn,aa, GoUeraar, DC,
| Sir. We the Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress from Mississippi, feel it
| incumbent upon US to address you, and
through you, our common constituents, that
we have well defined opinion that Cali
fornia will be admitted as a State of the
Uuson, during the present session OF Con-
gress. The President earnestly recon-
mends it, and we cannot be mistaken. in
suppossing that majority of both Houses
of Congress will be found to vote for it.
Our individual positions have undergone
no change. We regard the proposition to
admit California as State, under all the
circumstances of her application, as al at
tempt to adopt the Wimot proviso in an
other FORM But separated, as we are, from
our constituents, and having no convenient
means of consulting them as to their views
ton, we desire, through you, to submit the
single fact 10 the people and the legislature,
that California will most likely obtain ad-
mission into the Union with her con-
stitGtionaI prohibition Of slavery--and we
beg leave to add that we shall be greatly
pleased to have sush expr ssion Of opinion
by the Legislature, the Governor, and if prac.
tcabIe. by the people, as shall clearly indi-
cate the course which Mississippi will deem
it her duty to pursue in this emergency.
Very respectfully. your ob't serv'ts,
[Signed, JEFF DAVIS.
HENRY s. FooTE,
J. THOMPSON,
W. S. FEAThERsToN,
WM McWILLIE,
A. G BRowN,.
12 That this convention disapprove of
the late Congressional Legislation, by some
called the Compromise, and declare thelI
strong and unequivocaI condemnation oi
: the three following acts, namely: the ad
mission of California, as a State the divi
S sion of the State of Texas; and the law
t usurping to Congress the power to abolist
G slavery in the District of Columbia unde
t the fraudulent pretence of regulating the
= slave trade therein. These are regarded by
+ us as an evidence of the determination o
d the North to trample upon the poIitica
e rights of the Southern States, to destro!
a their equality in the Union, and place thu
4 Government for all time to come under thu
of control of fanatic and sectional majority
13. That we can find no adequate ex
2, cusc to Justify the majority in Congress 70
forcing these measures upon us, and we ar
i wanting in language TO express our con
T. demnaton of the Southern Senator or Rep
y resentative, who voted for the admission
81 of California, the division OF Texas, an
'e the anti-slavery act in the District oil Co
H. lumbia; while we as emphatically approx
p the course of those Representatives VIII
10 opposed their adoption and we now cor
y fdently appeal to the people of the State
M;ssiseinni for their verdict and ludgmef