Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-01-03
Public Meeting.

Lowndes County was held at Columbus On Satur
day, the eth ult. The meeting was organized
by calling John Halbert to the Chair, and appoint
ing ]. R. Tribe, Secretary. The object of the
meeting being explained, motion of Bev. Mat
thews, committee of three were appointed to
draft resolutions for the consideration of the meet
ing-the committee consisted of G. H. Young,
Isham Harrison, Jr., and W. D. Chapman, and on
motion, Jesse Williams was added to said commit
tee.
The following resolutions were submitted to the
meeting by the chairman of the committee, Col.
G. H. Young, and after having been read, were
unanimously adopted
L. RESOLVED, That as Jeffersonian Democrats,
we hold that full weight and authority should be
given at all times and by all her citizens, to the
will of majority of the people of State when
lawfully expressed; that the Compromise meas
ures having been submitted to the people of Mis-
sissipp and majority of the votes in the Septem-
Der election having determined on acquiescence,
we regard it as the fixed and settled determine
ton of our State.
g RESOLVED, That the several States composing
Vic luC " ultCu StdlCS vi AHcilCd, are HOt uult6Q
on the principle of unlimited submission to their
general government; but that by compact under
the style and title of constitution for the United
States, and of amendments thereto, they constitu-
ted a general government for spacial purposes,
delegated to that government certain definite
powers, reserying each to itself, the residuary
mass of right to their own selfgovernment: and
no ronaral
undelegated powers, its acts unauthoritative,
void, and of no force: That to this compact each
State acceded as State, and is an integral party,
its costates forming to ITSELF the other party
That the government created by this compact was
not made the exclusive or final judge of the ex-
tent of the powers delegated to itself; since that
would have made its discretion, and not the con-
stitution, the measure of its powers but that as
in all other cases of compact among parties hav-
ing no common Judge, each party has an equal
right to Judge for itself, well of the mode and
measure of redress.
8. Resolved, That we are opposed to a Nation
al Bank to general system of Internal I'm
provements by the federal government to a dis
trbution of the proceeds arising from the sale of
the public lands among the States; and to all Ia
riffs for protection
4. RESOLVED, That we are willing to meet the
Northern Democracy is general convention at Bal
tmore, for the purpose of nominating candidates
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency but that
we are wholly unwilling to pledge ourselves to the
support of the action of said convention, unless
the principles propagated by Jefferson and advo-
Gated and explained by Madison in his celebrated
report in answer to the objections of the States
are distinctly recognised and avowed.
5. RESOLVED, That this meeting appoint -
delegates to attend the Convention to be held at
jackson on the 9th of January next, for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to represent Mississippi
in the Convention to be held at Baltimore.
s. RESOLVED, That the delegates appointed by
this meeting be instructed to insist upon distinct
recognition and avowal of the doctrines set forth
above, and also require that the delegates selected
to be sent to Baltimore, be instructed in like man
ner.
On motion of W. D. Chapman, committee of
three was appointed to select delegates to attend
the convention to be held at Jackson. The Chair
appointed w. D. Chapman John r. Harris, and
Isham Harrison, Jr.
The committee presented the following list of
delegates DR.. A. N. Jones, Samuel McGowen.
W. NJ C. Mmms, Dr. William Burt, Col. George
H. Young, Kemp Watts Ruffin Webb, Benjamin
Beckwith, Amos Acker Reuben H. Smell, Jesse
Williams, J. r. Tribe, F. G. Baldwin, Thomas
Randle, T. Brooks, John G. Cox, ST., B. Swearin-
gen, James Prowell, U. Hearon, Capt William
W. Vaughan. DR.. w G.. Lauderdale, Benjamin
Cook; John Foster. Reuben Littleton, John R. Eg
gar, E. NJ Groves, w. J. Gordon, DIR. James H.
Curtis, Capt John Scale, Hon. James Whitfield,
Col. John Gilmer, Moses Jordan, Elias B. Fort,
Beverly Matthews snd ]. NJ. L. Smith. On mo-