Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-04-19
Fearn Springs, Mss. April, 5, 1851.

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Fearn Springs Mss. April, ), 1851.
MEssRs. EDITORS In accordance with a previous
appointment large number of the citizens of Win
ston County, convened at Winstonvile. The house
was called to ORDER by Thomas Holmes, being called
to the chair. Capt. w G. Hudson Secretary Dr.
James Smyh then stated the object of the meeting in
very comprehensive and lucid manner characterizng
the true citizen Of the South. On motion of Willis
Kelly, J. C. Bates NJ D. requested to address
the assembly. DR.. Bates in compliance with the
ton, arose and addressed the meeting in a 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
ernment 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, OF as soon
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 Jackson list of the officers and
of all the members with their respective Post
Offices, and monthly report admissions and resig-
nations.
The association will hold regular meetings, on the
first Saturday in every month at which some person
will be appointed by the presiding officer to deliver an
address. Which signed by Fifty-four members.
Whereas The congress of the United States, con-
troled was by domnent majority, at the first
sion of the thirty first Congress- regardless of the
stitutional rights of the Slavehoding States and
ecting the will of Section, whose population is hos
tile in feelings and opposed in principle to long
tablished and cherished institution of the of the
south atforling alarming evidence of the settled
purpose the part of said majority to destroy said in
sttution and ubvct the sovereign power of this and all
other saveholdng States Therefore be it
States collectively belong the people of the several
States, as common property.
? Resolrad, That the people Of the several States
have equal and unabridged right to migrate those
territories with every species of properly recognized
by the constitution of the United States.
3. Resolred, That protection, by the General Gov
ernment is due all the property, of all the citizens
eff all the States equally and alike in said territories
And degrading discrimination in the degree or quail
y of the protection afforded should be silently toler
ated
i. Resolrad, That in consideration of the repeated
violations of the compromise by the North we regard
the duty of the southern people to patronize the
labor and industry Of people, to maintain our
Teachers, Schools, Colleges Churches, and other
institutions.
5, Resolued, That support, for any office of
trust, profit or honor, any who has not taken
decided stand against those odious bills recently enac-
ted by congress, viz: the bill for the admission of Cali
forna State with a clause in her constitution pro-
hbitng Slavery: The Texas ACKNOWLEDGMENT BILL
and bill to abolishing the slave trade in the District
of Columbia, which, if acquiesced in by the South
not only surrenders rights guaranteed by the con-
sttuton but paves the way for farther outrages and
expressions.
6. ResozUed, That we recommend to the people of
Mississippi to suspend their old party issues and dvs
IONS and unite until redress and security shall be OBJ
tanned, and to know party but the great southern
party.
7. RESOLVED, That southerners we are proud of
ancestry, that we love the Union of 80, of which
present. there remains but the shadow without the
substance.
8. ResolUed, That the young of the South, in
conneXiOn with the advanced are earnestly re-
quesed by this association to boldly forth and
ray themselves under the banner of Justice and the
sttution.
9. RESOLVED, That compromises and Inconsistencies
having failed to check the onward march of anatcism
our only safety to be in State action. In
support of which pledge united and almost
deavours.
The following submitted by DIR. james Smyth,
RESOLVED, That the unanimous thanks of the asso-
citation be rendered DIR. Bates for pungent, forcible
and patriotic address delivered on the present occa-
sion. The Meeting adjourned.
THOS. HOLMES, Sen. Chm,
w. G. HUDSON, Secy.
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A Dandy Translated.
The following is an abrigement of sketch from
the Spirit of the Times, the reading of which made
us laugh all over-from heeltaps to eperdems.-
The parties had tied up their boat a rivers
bank in of the Southern States, and were