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Resolved That the State Of cafsrnia be recommended to
unite in this organization.


Tho following resolutions were, after bre' discus
sion, adopted
the construction Of railroads. through the public
the United States increases the value Of the that
condition for the construction Of such roads the remaining
o. the
than WAS asked er the wnGs land
to Congreas BY the realization Of the common fund IN the
4 the ffSpi evil 81 s &
TAXATION or ether aid for the support Of the State govern
Resolved That the Senators and Representatives il Con
from the States which have sent delegates to this
roquested to use their best and dsent Efforts
the passage Of all bills nov 81 that NAY %
lands within the limits in similar
have been obtained from proper authorities INTENDED
ss as nS ssn Of #
form links in chains Of roads designed to connect
such as are best calculated to direct
speedy connection between the Atlantic Ocean and
spp river whence railroad will be most likely extended
Gulf ports and radAtns from them to any
BY in power whether by individually By city
in our opinion the most safe and speedy
eIdeyerng the agricultural and mineral resources Of the
States and supplying the certain basis Of profitable export
irating the valley Of the Misssspp connecting important
with the seaports The South Gulf states
the
S Ts
"ss 5 % a that same s
enenty calculated to draw closer together the bonds
among u.s. ana to perpetuate our social and other in
Resolved That this convention recommend in the most
emphatic that the several States in which such
works progress to afford all the pecunary hid
ta to the speedy completion OF the and the
pshment Of the great and patriotic ends for which they
designed.
UNIFORM CURRENCY BETWEEN COMMERCIAL NATIONS
The following resolutions presented by the Business
Committee, adopted
Resolved That uniformity in the values Of the coins
different nations is deemed by this convention
" S s %ae Of a., ind ming s @'ss
Ina that subject herewith reported be pointed for cir
appointed committee on the part Of this convention
the said with these the
take such they may deem best to effect the
That the Chamber Of Commerce Charleston and other
cities Of the United States be invited to aid the by
their support.
PROTECTION OF SLAVE PROPERTY.
The following resolution, presented BY i + Leake, on
behalf of the Virginia delegation, was adopted
Resolved That convention recommend each Of the
southernsates having adopt the most efficient
State against abduction Iy sea, or otherwise.
THE SOUTHERN MAIL SERVICE.
Mr. HEART, of South Carolina presented the following
which was adopted
Resolved That in view Of the present DEFICIENT and mper
with regard their with other por
Of a eaa IN @ be
raised 70 tho extent of the evil and to tho
GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.
The following were also adopted
T. eUe noWadse Of the
Of the Southern country and in Of the very
assoi,sd That re opinion q tAi. egnysn.on i
peSss y s 9nrng so
Of each Of the seqth h States -,,.r
hS Of the states in
Of developing the industrial
resources Of those States.
ADJOURNMENT.
motion made and adopted that when the conven-
ton adjourn it adjourn to meet in New Orleans the
second Monday in January next The convention then
adjourned after passing vote of thanks to the different
lines Of railroads and steamboats, for the facilities which
they furnished to the members their way to Charles
TON Avote Of thanks also given to the members Of
the press and the following resolution adopted -
Resolved That the warmest and most cordial thanks Of
in the most earnest manner to The et.ens 81
Charleston generally and to tho various semmittses of
their unbounded untiring and
on ts to the
Thus ended the third great Southern and Western Com
mercial Convention.
Our Charleston Correspondence.
CHARLESTON, April II, 1854
TIE Charleston Ccnrehtion-W hat 1t Did-Tne Pacific
Roi,road-The Exploration Of the Amason American Me-
diaon N the Russo Turkish DiGculty-What the South
tolities Of the REPRESENTATIVES, dc.
The convention has adjourned as have already in
formed you, after session of six days. and the city Of
Charleston has resumed its former quiet appearance
Like all such bodies, it characterized more by dis
plays Of orstory than by its practical results, although
many look forward with the most sangune anticpaons
to the speedy realization Of of the schemes which
received its consideration Among these the most pro-
minent the establishment of line Of steamers be-
rope and the construction Of the Pacific Railroad by
Southern route large portion of the time of the
vention consumed in the discussion of the last sub
ject and there great diversity of opinion with
regard to the line Of route at least dozen resolutions
were presented each proposing different one Those
however offered by the delegate from Arkansas Mr. Pike
were recommended by the Business Committee and al
most unanimously adopted. They to the following
effect
That it is idle to expect of Congress substantial aid to
railroad to the Pacific south Of the free States That
proof Of the feasibility of Southern route will array the
North against it. That 10 await the action of Congress
to permit the appropriation of lands the
North That this is evident by the dissent of Northern
Senators to the Gadsden treaty by their determination to
prevent the extension Of slavery and TO oppose inter-
oceanic Southern communion ions. That cannot hum
bic ourselves by asking assistance from the North That
to avoid this the several slave States combine with rail
road COMPANIES and corporations to construct road
point the Pacihc-negotGting for the right of
way with foreign government. That committee of one
member from each State here do draft char
ter and lay the same before the Governors of the several
States and the General Councils of the Indian tribes and
request them to take such steps may be
this corporation to have the power to negotiate with Mex
leo for the right of way and to enter all stipuatons
necessary to protect the citizens and government OF
Mexico and to purchase from Indian tribes the right of
way and the prohibition of rival enterprises That we
able to build the road, and ought to build it now
In addition to the foregoing resolution was passed
recommending the ratification of the Gadsden treaty
which, it contended by many of the delegates secured
the best route for the proposed Southern Pacific railroad
Iperceye by report in of the Charleston papers
that Mr. Gadsden in his explanation in the convention
represented having stated that the South was excluded
from the right Of way secured to her by the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo by the action of the commission of
Mr. Bartlett acting under instructions from Mr. Seward
Prom my position near the speaker think he could not
have mentioned Mr. Stewards name without my hearing
il, and my impression is that he did not
OF all other projects railroad to the Pacific appears to