Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-03-22


merchant at that place, has failed for ranging
between $50, 900 and $50, 900. The loss falls
upon the people about Macon and is therefore
severely felt. Mr.. Jones has left.
Curry, Dismukes d. Co., Mobile, have been
compelled to close business as Mr.. Jones' failure
involves them, he being partner of that house
A Public Meeting.
Pursuant to previous notice. meeting of the
citizens of Lowndes county was held at the Court
house in the city of Columbus, on Monday the
18th inst.
On motion, Col. JAMES W. HARRIS was called
to the Chair and w. D. CHAPMAN appointed Sec
rotary
The object of the meeting was then explained by
the Hon. Jas Whitfield, who presented the follow
ing resolutions and moved their adoption. Before
the question was put, w L. Harris addressed the
meeting in powerful speech, enforcing the doc
trines incucated by the resolutions Having con-
cluded, the resolutions adopted unanimously.
L. Resolved That the Territories acquired by
the United States belong to the people of the Sc
veral States composing the Union, as common pro-
perry
2. That the people of the several States have an
cry species of property recognized by the Constitu
ton of the United States or of the several States.
3. That protection by the General Government,
is due to all the property of all the citizens of all
the States, equally and alike in said Territories
and no intentional degrading discrimination, in
the degree or quality of the protection afforded
should be silently tolerated.
4. That it is the duty of the Federal Government
to provide laws, inficting penalties for harboring,
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well for offences of like character, against
other species ofproperty.
5. That the fact that Slavery is unknown to the
Common Law, while it is recognized and guaran-
teed by Constitution, renders its protection
der that Constitution obligatory upon Congress,
wherever its power of legislation extends.
6. That the people of the several States did, by
revolution, reject the institutions and laws of Eng
land, and formed for themselves a new Govern
ment with written Constitution, securing to them
selves and for their posterity, more extended pr-
vileges, and recognizing rights not secured and
protected by the Common Law.-The great aim of
that new Government and Constitution was, to give
protection to the person and the property of the CT
tizen, wherever its power lawfully extended.
7. That the omission by Congress to discharge
its Constitutional duty, by providing protection to
our Slave property in the new Territories, where
by our citizens with their slaves, have been exclu
tutional rights, as would be the omission to pass
laws for the recovery of fugitive Slaves.
8. That while are unwilling to secede from
the Union, on account OF the passage OF the late
compromise bills, we are not satisfied with them as
a compromise, and therefore insist on amendments
to said bills, that shall secure to the South her
quail rights as well in the Territories elsewhere
9. That in consideration of the repeated viola
tons of the compromises heretofore made by the
Nortb md tba CHI of thpIr TaSt
and present conduct, regard it as the duty of
the Southern people to patronise the labor and in
dustry of our own people to encourage the Me-
chanic Arts and pursuits of citizens to pro-
vide by Joint associations, for the erection of Ma
nufactories in the South to diversity labor so as
to withdraw capital from the production of Cotton
towards other pursuits, and thereby enhance its
price to maintain our own Teachers, Schools,
Colleges and Churches to discriminate in the re-
gulation of our internal and domestic policy, against
those who show hostility to our institutions and
thus to lay the foundation of lasting Southern in
dependence, in the mutual aid and good will of all
classes of our citizens at home.
10. That to carry into effect this policy, the
convention called to assemble in November next
should: list. demonstrate with Congress against
the omission of its constitutional duty, and protest
against the longer continuance of such degrading,
discrimination against our institutions, guaranteed
the Legislature, after the lapse of given time if
Congress shall not have discharged this reasonable
duty to the South, to pass laws SO modifying our
State revenue system, to raise our revenue from
such articles as are manufactured in the offending
States, or indirectly introduced into them from a
broad, at the same time taking the tax off of the
industry of our own people, and off of goods in
troduced into the State by direct importation thro
our Southern cities from foreign countries
IL. That this meeting will organize Estates
Rights Association for this county, and for that
purpose request the chairman to appoint commit
tee of five persons to prepar constitution and by
laws for our government, to be reported to meet
ing on Saturday next
10. That it is our duty in this manner to lay our
views before the people, that they may be repre-
scented in said Convention.
IS. That we recommend the formation of like
associations in every precinct in the county to CO.
operate with us in the object in view.
IA. That we cordially recommend the Southern
Standard weekly newspaper published in Co.
lumbus, as worthy of the patronage of all true
friends of Southern rights and institutions. Its
columns only necessary to be seen and read to
satisfy all as to its conservative character and the
ability with which the cause of the South and a
constitutional Union are maintained.
JAS. w. HARRIS, Chm.
w. D. CHAPMAN, Sec'y.