Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-11

representative, 10 follow his speech out further
than the purpose Of our reference to him requires.
This object will be accomplished by the following
additional brief quotations:
"To this Union with tyrants and punderers WE owe 10
ALLEoIANcE for have love under zoe ,oH moi
Ire, unless all have heretofore held
dear sacred to honor interest, the example of
gallant ancestry, aye the bright and glorious destiny ch
acaits u.s."
Although feel inpatient at delay, yet, have gone
into consultation with sister States of the South good
faith demands that should wait the result Of the
suggested by the Nashville Convention We should
them in the proposed Congress But If all honest
tons 10 unite the South should fail and South Carolina
should stand alone, then solitary and alone let her o,v
her banner TO the eeze and are the consequences to Goa
Every effort has been made isolate State and pre-
udce her in the eyes Of the other Southern States by holding
out the idea that she wishes lead them. But
speak her universal sentiment when say that she willing
to follow any Of her gallant that will lead of upon
the path of honor duty. All ask s that in the day
and hour Of her danger may be assigned place in the
picture near The flashing Of the guns
Notwithstanding her willingness to .follosy, how
ever, but few days after the delivery of this
Address that South Carolina actually led of, by
the passage Of the act convoking "Southern Con-
gress," which we have already published.
The Preamble of that act recites only that the
late Nashville Convention had recommended the
measure to which it refers. To show how desti-
tute Of any title to authority or respect that Con-
vention was, it is sufficient to state that although
Representatives from seUen States were counted as
present, and as voting upon the resolves, one State
only (South Carolina) was actually fully repre-
sented. The pretended representation from Uir-
ginia concentrated in the person of single in
dividual, appointed by minority of one county,
tout of the hundred and odd which the State con-
tains, after that county had, by large majority,
refused to be represented at all and the represen-
tation of every other State, except South Carolina,
was partial, unauthorized, or irregular The pro-
ceedings of that Convention have been regarded, as
they deserved to be, as wholly Insignificant. The
Convention itself ended in row. The only thing
which had any point in the whole affair was a
speech, which one of the Delegates prepared at
home, carried out with him to Tennessee, and read
to the few Delegates assembled. That speech we
have, out of respect to the former public services
and high personal character of its author, hitherto
refrained from speaking of, because no language
could be employed which could exaggerate the un-
favorable impression, Notwithstanding its ability, it'll
is calculated to make upon the mind of every man
who is not as one of the South Carolina legislators
said of hmselD disunonist per Sc. But, as it
is the only thing by which that Convention will
ever hereafter be remembered, and was fully in the
mind of all the Members of the Legislature Of South
Carolina when the authority of the Nashville
Convention was cited in her act calling the Con-
vention, we tIrn to it now, only to show what were
the temper and burden of the speech. We quote
from it the subjoined passages, which, from a
speech of such length, are little more salts
factory, as a specimen of the whole fabric, than
was the one brick taken from the tower of Babel.
They will, however, give the reader some appre-
hension of what it is:
The great matter in contest, when the conrover-
sy began, about the territory which we had conquered
from Mexico say, which of the South had conquered;
for opponents opposed to the war; opposed the
appropriations and their section contributed only few
BILE spirits who above their low aspirations. Have they
not taken all
"They have not however, been satisfied with taking ALL
They have made that all wicked instrument for the aboli
ton of the Constitution and of every safeguard of our pro-
perty and our lives"
81 have said they have made the appropriation of this
ritory instrument abolish the Constitution There is
no doubt that they have abolished the Constitution. The
may remain, but the spirit has left it. is now
fstid mass generating disease and DEATH II srIsKs IN
DUR NosTnILs!"
ga constitution means VI ernni, guaranty of the
lights liberty and security of free people, and can never
urvve in the shape Of dead formaties 1t thing OF
h and just and fair portions; the caput mortuu which
he socad Constitution Of the United States has nop be-
Is there Southern who bears soul within his
lbs who will consent to be governed by this vugar yran-
n.y." &c.
ufered, or the dangers with which threatened If
hese SO enormous and so aocous not sufficient to
rouse the Southern mind is desperate But sup
posing that shall be roused and that shall act like
reemen, and, knowing rights and our wrongs shall be
prepared to sustain the and redress the other what
he remedy answer, secesson-UsIrED of the
SLAvEHoLDINs STATES, or large number Of them No
hing else will be wse-nohing else will be practicable.
The Rubicon passed. TIE UNIos Is ALREADY DssoLv-
Ed. What was the Union :, A government wisely and
practically balanced, &c.
&c Instead of wishing the perpetuity of any Government
such boundaries the rational lover of liberty should
csh Dissolution, dangerous to all just
md free rule. Is all this exemplifed in
IN nine MONTHS session Of Congress, by great coup
feta Constitution has been completely and forever sub
rerted Instead of well balanced Government all power
rested in section Of the country which is in bitter ho