Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-03-22

IAI-r A-t SUES tl the ANl Ir-eA -.i- - 80
Place atibe Coari House in tie town Of COlum
bus, on Tuesday the 18th inst. John T. cunnel
Esq.. uas called 10 The chair, and Charles Il
Morse vas appointed Secretary.
On assuming The position assigned hin, Mr.
Cornell submitted 70 the audience h.iei, Do
pertinent and loFcibls explanation Of Tue ctlseii
foe which they were Convened. He remarks
were in substance as tiilaws:
@We have assembled here. fellow citizens. I,
effect more perfect orgaHzation Of the Uni0s
parry; and 70 appoint delegates 10 The Dislric
Convention TO be held at Greensboro. and the
Uaion Stale Convention at Jackson on the FIRST
Monday ia May next, and the trausactioa
Of such other business rs may be deemed neces.
sary.
trust that our efforts in behalf Of our country
will b, crowned with success; and that the U.s.
10Y Of cur fathers. the UNIoS Of Washington and
jackson will be preserved in is integrity, and
handed down as the richest legacy 10 posieri.
y. butte IN this cause with zeal aad conf.
dence;I am f,r the Uv,ov and The Consultation
as Il Is. Here are oufsaIsg ulrds-here are he
bplwarks for the protection Of the righ.s Of the
Soafd~s
Vice Chancellor Dickinson lhen cams forward.
and. presenting tae re,ialiols which wilI be
found below, advocated their adoption in In nd ;.
dress, characterized BY great crcarpess and force
Of reasoning, ana breathing the most feryent and
rasolute devotion to the Union and Constitution
Of his county. "I'he peculiar position he said,
(which be occupied before the public, operating
upon bis sense oil delicacy and propriety, had, for
several years past, restrained him from taking
any part in the political discussions which had
heretofore engaged the minds and enlisted the
feelings Of his fellow citizens; but circumstances
had changed, events Of fearful momcnt were in
progress, and crisis, in his opinion, had ariiyec,
when il WIS the solemn duty Of ever lover Of his
courtry 10 ose alhoughi of self in his soIiciiude
for her veal, and, spinning al personal conside
raiicns 10 promusate, with uuscliish and nacal
cuiating badness, his honest convictions ID re-
gard 70 the great questions d the day. Thus
viewing his responsibility asan American chs
zen, he came flrward, resolved 10 fling himself
boldly into the great cOa1sct which was hegin-
ming 10 be waged around him, and to battle with
all the energy which heaven hal endowed him
for what he believed the einperHcd Cause
IF truth and patriotism, the Constitution Ind the
Union his opinion, there rxiste n5 adequate
cause for he dissoll ion u tho uniun. The Sc
ries d enactmenis called the Compromise ll,eas-
,iies, when viewed il ccnrecan wf' .lalI The CIR.
cllln,at!ees unIei which they werH passed, he
regarded rs Mise aud An honorable adjustment
of he exciting difficulties which hal been pcnsI.
ms between lie two great SECTORS II Dur cen.
fedrrary aud, as slich, ought 10 BE- chreruily
acquir.csd il, and f.iihiully adhered 10 BY every
lre friend ot our ctsnnipn country. He knew
nalllng which had been tie ,uls III ii such gfDsax
and pesseyefing misrepresentation, aud 81 suo
m.ligntnt afA,e AZ these Conproinse nlctsit6s.
Agituiors l4boriug d ;hIlane q madness tie sec
oaaljsaonsies 1T The nth " IA b, Dad DEPLETED
TINA firm aud garb NJ borfihr, that, nn!ess CO..
Tectfd, the Compromise w,lid hecp ,t The potenl
Wgrd-=-tae tltyofite sughcts with winch the nur-
EST the hand woild alarmi their infant charges,
and irghen the refractory into pri II. aid dvciis
N. Bul gross injustice hal ben 4 NJ 10 it,.
When the ul,ilt nf sectional passion should
saiiside and the minds IL thc people baprsparsd
for m impartial cnniempialio,uf the great plan
Of adjustment, II would tnwer #loft with ffoul
pre- eIninemcsaulcng tbs nohlesl iiinnnmriiiss,I
Craftsmanship aud pa,tiogi-nh''
The speaker then procepded u shaW that ii was
M more ayorablp e 'he tights and interests oi'
The slavpmlioG STATES thniI WIS scnrrasly rep
believed II he The aSscriionthal
itletts Mexican laws An utdnances, mud With
the rest ioseahalisasng slavery. uureoealed III
the aewly acquired ieriildfiss, Was tfeqnrntly
made, AMI helbeenthr thenir of n,lsh lery a.Iil
heroic dptlaii,nisM Bata. clause In thaierrilo
rial Bills, wAcaha read, eSprrsslY rx:cnllrd Qyrr
these territories. the Cunstiuaa 81 tho U. Al.
lie thea rraI and cam nantcd oil that poflinn vi
The terrtarml bills, organising The liIsliria syss
tenn ol The territories. and alsos pn ceTiain por.
ed clearly reeospzsI The right u hold q ives inH
The territories, and make provisions or that coa-
tnsency. tasorable % the protection If that spe.
clrs 81 properly. The principle If rrolectid0
being thus recognized, iwduEl he consistent with
the adjustment, To pas. additional laws Az they
might be demanded, should the sui aud climate
invite slave labor
Ii the wilcraige of his elaborate and able
address. he discussed. separately and collective.
lys all the various enaelnlens comprised III tie
adjustment scheme, anil commended them to tha
sanction and The acqniescence Of bis Audience.
But the peculiar circumstances under which they
lecanie tho laws dl The land aud especially tic
ieariul and imminent prrs from which they had
rescued cur national union and government, ill.,
vested them with far more potent attractions for
the heart Oh ailatridt citizen. Than tho intrinsic
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