The southern press., 1851-04-24
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ton of Onion party wAs hsad y ~ A.1esa-
A great many persnns wsss sttras1ed thkher by
curiosity, and the room, whish can held, ~ ear~
pose, three OF four hundred persous. was ~.
OF political matters land especially 0essly pss.
ty mstters) the people are just now quite ny.
and TO this We may In some measure aftrtbuse
the comparative failure, after much labestous
drumming. to get up imposing meetings Of thA
sort in Mobile.
The officers appointed, were. on motion Of
Judge Hopkins, as follows: for president, Z: n.
Stewart. esq. for vice presidents, J. W. Allen,
esq and Col Chester Root; and for secrstaries.
J. M Tarleton and John RoIston. esGs.
The resolutions reported by the ccmnittee,
through it's chairman, Col. Dunn, are those
which constitute whit IL called TIC Georgia
" platform"-that is, they resolved that the COM
promise measures, although unjust 70 the South,
ought TO be submitted to, az permanent settle
ment Of the difficulties between the two Sec
tions, and that failure on the part OF the North
10 adhere rigidly to them, would and ought to
be sufficient reason for revolutionising or Sc
cedine from the Union. The meeting also re-
solved to support no man tor Office who is In
favor oPrepeaIing or altering those laws. 30,
we presume If any Congressman at the next
session, should chance to succeed In Improving
them, 30 ms to get the justice which the meeting
resolved they lack, he may expect TO be voted
against for his pains.
1t ought to be an occasion OF admiration in
Mobile that this meeting was led mainly by
those who led the chowder meeting. The pro-
gress of those gentlemen has been rapid on the
right side, and if they 60 on improving ut the
present rate, they will soon De too far on the
ultra side to suit the sound, conservative, me-
dum ground which is occupied BY the Southern
Rights Association of this city.
There is only one thing that we particularly
regret about this meeting, and that il the conn-
tenance It gave to Mr. Shields, from whom
very shallow and windy letter was read.
Mr.. Shields sentiments are in direct antago-
nism with the resolutions Of the meeting lie
occupies nearly the same ground that Mr.. Sew
ard av0wed in his speech at the recent public
dinner in New York He holds opinions to
which all mo lerate Abolitionists can and do
subscribe. In his letter to Foote, on the Goth
Of May, 1850, he used the following language:
In conclusion, sir" says he, am for this
federal union Of ours under all circumstances and
al all hazards. Right or urong, I am for the
Union"
The AIhambra resolutions very expressly re-
puuiatc tnIS uOctTlne, unuer WHICH, IL ConkfcsS
were to abolish slavery in the States, there can
sbe no redress, but submission doctrine which
holds out impunity to- 'abolitionism---which in
vites its aggressions, and pledges itself in ad-
vance to submit to them. One Of the Alham-
bra resolutions makes the following declara-
ti0ns: 148
That Alabama, in our judgment, will and
ought to resist, even Gas last resort) to dis
ruption Of every tie which binds her to the
Union, any action Of Congress upon the sub
ject Of slavery in the District of Columbia, or
in places subject to the jurisdiction of Congress,
incompatible with the safety, domestic tranquil
ty, the rights and honor of the slaveholding
States; or in any act suppressing the slave trade
between the slaveholding States. or any refusal
to admit as State any territory hereafter ap-
plying, because Of the existence Of slavery
therein, or in any act prohibiting the introduc-
ton Of slaves into the territories of Utah and
New Mexico, or in any act repeating or materi-
ally modifying the laws now in force for the re-
coyery Of fugitive slaves"
What Mr.. Shields has to do with resolu-
ton of this sort, is more than We can fathom.
Except this, we think the Alhambra meeting
did pretty we'll. If It means what it says. It's
association with Mr.. Shields, however, is calcu-
lated TO cast doubt on its sincerity.