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ADDRESS or THE SOUTHERN MEM
HERS.


The address ID the Wings of ihe United States.
signed by Messrk Brooke Of Mississippi Morton
and Cahsfl Of Flprida. Moore ana Landry Of Lou
isiana, Marshall Of Kensucsy Gen'ry and VIII
fans az Tennessee. Outlaw Of NoTh Carolina. and
.sirother Or YirkiD,a-an3 copearred 10 b. Mr..
cIingulzn Of North Car0ina-who Withdrew from
the Wing Caucus ii Washington. occupies Shrec
and aalf .os the solid columns Of the Washington
Republic Want Of space atone prevents rs from
transferringt entire 10 curcpiumas says the Rich.
mand Republican, and which Is also tie case with
Us, 50 that We Habiizh an infringement Which he |
Republican furnishes
The address sTes plain statement n facts con-
nscted viii lie late caucus The Increment, il
says. was iai:iaiedby lhe folloging notice publish
Ell ia The newspapers Of Washington ca ne iii dag
Of April. 1852, By direction Of Hca. Willie p
Mangum OF Nofiht Carolina.
The Wing members oI Congress are requested
10 meet atthe Senate Chamber en- Friday exeaiag
next the 9th inst Al seTen o'clock, 10 consider Of
/ matters Of Importance 10 the Wing party.
Wednesday, April I, 1852.
II ase9gdanfe with ais motion some sixiy-eight
memeers Of tAs Two Houses. assembled The his
toFg given og lie proceedings 81 this and the subse
quens meetings are substantially The same with
that already published By the papers. Il appears
that some Of the active persons al this caucus we're
Hose who haa retired from a Wing caucus Al the
beginning of The session because il refused 10 lay
on The tabeia resolution endorsing the Compfo-
mise measures. Tie journals which advocate
their course have rieAs 70 complain q The ssse;
meagre majoriiyof the Wings in Congress The
determination announced BY the chairman at the
previous meeting limit the sui ieets Of The meet
ing 10 the lime and place ofholdng The Convention
prevented several Southern gentlemen from attend
ing. Mr.. Marshails substitute. endorsing the
Compromise, was objected TO By Mr.. Stanfy as be.
ing out OF order Mr.. Marshall having appealed
from the decision Of the Chair, Mr. StanIy moved
that the appeal leon the table, and this motion
wasidecided in The afirmaiige-ayes AS, noes 2f-
: The address gives the names If the gentlemen yo-
ling and their lpealiess as follows:
, AYES.
u NIaine-G dodenow, Washburn
yesmont-Ife5ard Meacham.
Massachusetts Davis, Fowler, Goodrich Scud-
: der
Comectcut-T. Smith, Chapman
Rhode lsland--C Clarke, q. q. King.
New York Fish, Bovine, Briggs, HascaI HoTsford,
Saekett, schpoleraft, W aldrdge, Wells
New Jersey-4slillcr
! Pennsyls ania-A Allison, Chandler. T. NJ Howe, j.
w. Howe, KuhnsseNi
Ohio Wade, Barrere, I. D. Campbell, Hunter, B.
Stanton, Taylor.
Indiana Parker, Brcnton.
Illinois atcs.
Michigan1-P enniman *
Kentucky Underwood, Grey, Ward.
MissourI-Porter.
Tennessee ullom.
I'll North Carolina Moorchaed, stany. Total &C.
NOES.
Nassachuse tts--Appleton
Martin.
Isnnsy lvaaia-Cooper.
pirglna-rotrothcr.
Kentucky AEwing, Marshall. white
III Tcnnessce--GentFy, Williams.
Fl North CaFolina.c lingman, Dockefy, Outlaw.
Louisiana-J. Moore, Landry.
Florda-Morton Cabcll
MissiSsipp-Brooke. Total 81. VI
The meeting" remarks the address, was COM
posed OF idry-six gentlemen from the Tree States,
, and twenty-one from the siayeholding States
The vote IN dl#ided foay-six 10 twenty-one-seyen
from eachIclass OF States voting with the opposi-
tion section.
The entire meeting was meagre majority of
the representation classed as Wing in The Congress
Of the Udited States. The quota from the slave
holding States remaining in the meeting alter orr
withdrawal was just enc fourth of The Wing repre-
sentation from the slavehodlng States. The deter
mlnation 9t The time and place for the Wbig Ma
tig, from The fee States
, Ot the members of Congress from The free STATES
present and acting in this meeting large majority
We're committed, BY legislative action, against The
compromise measures at their passage or have re-
fused 20 express an intention 10 maintain and exc
Nus .aSui Sti-S theif passage Among those who
took these proceedings were some Of ne Inoet
spicuous opponents OF the adjustment and most ae-
tive agiiaiors OF the North or the thirty-one rep
resenatvss from the free States ,rha ,aioI ~;
aiyeiy on The proposition that the appeal do lie on
the table only three had REGARDED mir va,ss II q
= yer OF the passage of HiyeTs resolution al This
session, expressing as the sense Of The country raj
w oanse measures should be maintained
l', o. lne questions they embraced,
aha sioup p larry and honestly executed. Nine
.,au 49, dsaihs3 resolution Nine were
Hsse, ultsd 70 the vote OF the Senators
would have been saffieentto overpower the whole
representatiop present from the sav eholding
j Iii - ~ -, III, ~ PisS9ThtdIoh oeeh United We
suprss q ao1 ane these facts