The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-18

Hanover southsrn Rights Assooaatton.
HAEovsR, Va, Feb 10, 1851.
At a meeting Of the Hanover Association fol
the protection Of Southern rights, this day held
ut Hanover Courthouse, Col. Edwin Shelter
was called to the Chair, and John Page. esq
appointed Secretary when it was agreed thai
for more perfect organization OF the assocla
ton, meeting should be held at the same place
ON Tuesday, the 25th day of March next. anc
that the articles of association with the names
subscribed thereto be forwarded to the Rich
mond newspapers, with request that they pub
lish the same
EDWIN SHELTON, Chairman.
JOHN PAGE, Secretary.
Articles Of The Hanover Association for The Pro
lection Of Southern Rights.
We, whose names will be hereuDto subscribed
agree to, and do hereby form Southern Right
Association, for the defence of the constitutions
rights and vital interests Of the people OF tn,
Southern and slaveholding States, against thu
aggressions thereupon OF the Northern Cor non
siayeholding) States and people; and, to THU
end, we pledge our honor to each other, and Il
our country, to endeavor to conform, as closely
AZ may be, to the obligations stated in the fol
lowing articles OF agreement-each subscrbe
engaging for himself only, and for such length
OF time MS he shall deem it fit that this ass0cia
ton shall remain in operation, and permit hi.
name to remain on the list Of members anc
signers Of these articles
l. We shall not hereafter, knowingly, (anc
we will strive to be correctly informed, buy any
commodity produced in, or imported from OF
through any non-slavehollng State of this con
federacy-provided as good, or sufficient subst
tutes, produced elsewhere, can be brought il
our neighborng towns-and which substitutes
according to quality, may not be more than IL
per cent. higher in price, than the like Northern
commodities.
2. We will not, knowingly, buy from, or dea
with, or make any new engagement with, or re-
new any prior engagement, for services to bt
paid for, with any person who was born and
reared in any of the non-slaveholding States, un
less such person is then supposed permanen,
resident Of the Southern States, and moreover
has offered sufficient evidence of his opposition
to wrongs inflicted or threatened by the North
ern peoplc-and Of community Of feeling with
the Southern And such evidence, for mer.
chant or other tradesman from the North, will
not be deemed complete without his subscription
to these or some other articles of association, Of
like general obligation, for Southern defence.
3. In our dealings with persons of Southern
birth, we will give a preference (other circum
stances being equally to those who, in this OF
some other MS efficient manner, resist the nggres
s6ns of the Northern people, States, or theil
representatives in Congress, and strive to de.
fend the South from their hostility.
A. In regard to travellers from the Northern
States, and temporary or vagrant sojourners
among us, and all persons acting for Northern
principals, for any business or pretence of bust.
ness whatever, (and especially including pedlars
of Northern commodities, and solicitors of money
or subscriptions for Northern purposes public OF
privately unless they bring sufficient testimonials
Of their being free from all connexion with those
who entertain abolition sentiments, we will either
deny to such persons the hospitality and conf
dence in their good faith which have heretofore
been so freely accorded in such cases, or we will
extend either only with due and strict caution
and watchfulness.
5. We advocate, and earnestly urge upon the
legislature of Virginia, the enactment Of such
general restrictions on intercourse with the
Northern States, as we here aim to promote, by
merely voluntary action and agreement And
we also advocate much more stringent enact
ments than now exist, to prevent or punish the
stealing or tampering with our slaves by North
ern Abolitionists, or the agents in the Southern
States.
6. We will hold meetings of this association
at such times and places as may be hereafter
agreed upon, and may be convenient to us sew
orally, for the purpose of discussing and adopt
ing regulations to better enforce the fol egoinp
articles or to better obtain their object of self
protection.
(. MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION - Edmund
Ruffin, Henry Curtis, Edwin Shelton, Henry G.
Winefeld, c. w. Dabney, T. T. Temple, Nj. d.
Billy w. Talley, C. c. Robinson, Richard Gwath.
mey, James b. Jones, Chastain White, Bowling
w. Edmondson, James p. Heath, Richard N
Tucker, Washington Jones, Wilson b. Clarke
Thomas Gardner, r. NJ Carver, NJ. d., David G
Jones, James l.. Swift, Philip S. Smith, Henry
r. JONES' J. ID. G. Brown, Chas. Morris, ]. w
Henry, Fred. IL. Thompson, Robt R. Horn, C.
p. Goodall, John Page, p. H. Price, George w
Pollard, Thos G. Turner, Peter w. Brown, Geo
Watt, jr., Joseph Hooper, William Gibson, Rob.
ert Taylor, l.. b. Price, NJ. d., w. r. II. Pollard
A. B. Undertake. r. b. Gooch, Ezekiel S. Tai
ley, M. d., Joseph Wingfeld, Thomas w. Tai
ley, Robert w. Tomlin, John S. Corbin, VIM
J. Taylor, Thaddeus Foster, Marcus L. Burton
Elisha White, Richard McDough, William Allen
Robt. Anderson, John j. Parsley.
AN AFRICAN THEATRE In AN UPRoAR.-On
Thursday night about ten o'clock while an anna
teur theatrical performance was going on at the