Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-11-24
GEORGIA ALWAYS TRUE.


Mass Meeting, held at the Capitol onthe sth inst,
IN which such men as Hon. A. II. Stephens, Judge
Iverson Hon. Robt Toombs, and Linton Stephens,
Esq, took part, and over which the Hon. Howell
Cobb presided. We give below the Resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted. They define
with much force and clearness the views and posi-
ton of the people of Georgia the great questions
of the day and we feel confident these Resolutions
will meet an approving response from vast MAORI
ty of the people of the slaveholdng States. The
Resolutions follows:
"Res0tUed, That a portion of the Democratic
and anti-Know Nothing party of Georgia, we de-
clare in the language of the Georgia Convention of
1850, "That we hold the American Union seconda-
ry in importance only the rights and principles it
was designed to perpetuate; that past associations
present fruition and future prospects, will bind
to it so long it continues to be the safeguard of
those rights and principles.
Resotced, That we hereby declare full and I'M
qualified adhesion to the following Resolution
of the Georgia Convention of 1850, and our
unalterabe determination to maintain it in its letter
and spirit, viz:-4th Resolution Georgia Platform
"That the State of Georgia. in the judgment of this
Convention, will and ought to resist even Gas last
RESORT to disruption of every tie which binds her
to the Union any action of Congress upon the SUBJ
ject of slavery in the District of Columbia, or in
places subject to the jurisdiction Of Congress- incom-
patible with the safety, domestic tranquility, the
rights and honor of the slaveho!dng States or any
refusal to admit a Stale any Territory hereafter
applying, because of the existence Of slavery there
in, any act prohibiting the introduction of slaves
into the Territory of Utah and New Mexico; or any
act repeating or materially modifying the laws in
force for the recovery of iugitive-save."
ResOtced, That We approve and endorse the
ton Of our last Congress in the passage Of the Ne
braska- Kansas act, and the principles therein es-
tablished, and in conformity with these principles
the people of Kansas, have the right when the
number of their population justiies it, to form a
Republican State Constitution with or without
slavery, as they may determine, and be admitted
into the Union upon equal footing with tbe other
States; and that her rejection by Congress,
count of slavery, would be just cause for the dis
rGPtion of all the ties that bind the Stale of Geor
gia TO the Union.
Resoiued, That we adopt and approve the follow
ing Resolution passed unanimously by the last Leg
islatuae of Georgia: Resolved by the General As
sembly of the Stale of Georgia. That opposition 10
the principles of the Nebraska Bill in relation 10
the subject Of slavery, is regarded by the people Of
Georgia hostility TO the people of the South, and
that all persons who partake Of such opposition
unfit to be recognized as component parts of any
p arty or organization not hostile to the South"
ResolUed, That in accordance with the above
olution, whilst willing to act in party
citation with all sound and reliable in every sec
ton of the Union, otwilling to affiliate with
any party that shall not recognize, approve and
carry out the principles and professions of the Ne
braska Kansas act, and that the Democratic and
Anti-Know Nothing party of Georgia, ought to cut
off all party connection with every man and party
at the North, elsewhere, that does not come up
fully and fairly to this line of action
Resolred, That those sound and reliable Demo-
Gratis at the NORTH who have periodically fought
for the Nebraska Kansas land the maintenance of
the fugitive slave law, against the combined forces
of Know Nothingism and abolitouism, (Which seek
their repea0 and who stand pledged to support the
admission of Kansas into the Union a slave State
should she ask it, merit the heartfelt sympathies
thanks and encouragement of all Southern men, in
their patriotic position.
ReSolUed, That in the ranks of the Democratic
rfv Of no orfh hovo
patriotic men, who have stood by the rights of the
South, and, Judging the future by the past that
party only contains the element Of soundness upon
the slavery question, upon which a national party
can be constructed with which the South can
SSteutly cooperate.
Resotred, That it is eSpedient and proper that
the Democratic and Anti-Know- Nothing party Of
Georgia. be represented in the national convention
of the Democratic party, which is to meet in Gin
cnnatt next Spring, for the purpose Of nominating
candidates for President and Vice President that
the Democratic and Ant-Know Nothing members
of the Legislature, together with such other men,
bers of the party may be chosen to attend, from
their respective counties, be and they are hereby
requested to meet at some convenient time during
the present session. and select twenty delegates to
said convention for this State.
Resolred, That our delegates 10 said Convention,
ought, in our opinion to be Instructed by those
who shall appoint them to insist upon the adoption
of a platform of principles as the basis Of q nation
al organization prior to the nomination Of candi-
dates, and that said platform shall, amongst other
things, include in substance the following PROPOSE
lions
LIST, The recognition and adoption of the prnci-
pies established in the Kansas Nebraska act.
I'd, That neither the Missouri Compromise, nor
any other ant-slavery restriction, shall hereafter
be extended over any Territory of the United
States
Sd, The prompt and faithful execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law, and its permanent continuance
upon the Statute Book.
ResOtce0, That man ought to be held and con-
sidered member Of the national Democratic party,
who does not recognize approve and adopt the fore
going propositions and that the Democratic and
anti-Know Nothing party of this State, through its
said delegation, ought not to affiliate act in said
convention with any delegate delegates who shall
disapprove and vote against the same.
RESOLVED, That if said propositions shall not in
substance be incorporated in the platform adopted
by said convention, the delegates from Georgia
ought, in the opinion of this meeting, to withdraw
from the convention, and take farther part in the
nominations or other proceeding Of the same and
that delegates ought to be instructed so to act
ReSoIUed, That the Democratic and nti-Know
Nothing party of this State ought, and will support
the nominees of said convention for President and
Vice President, provided the platform adopted by
the said convention be in accordance with the spirit
and intent of the foregoing propositions, and the
nominees thereof, be pledged, if elected, to carry
out the same in good faith in the administration of
the government and in appointments to Office under
the administration.
Resoloe9, That we sympathze with the friends
of the slavery cause, in Kansas in their manly eff.
forts to maintain their rights and the rights and in
tereStS of the Southern neonln and that