Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-10-28

rngainries should not be answered aud Mr. Polk
accordingly remaned silent"
lIos could his son have the assurance to say
that Ii. father bad confidence in a man who had
acted in a manner viii, h would be considered dis
reputable IA any genti'@tn
southern ou.rn,,.n al ~a,a"anh Geo rgin.
TO TIE PEOPLE ~ IHE sLAYEhpLDING STATES.
FELLOW CITIZENS: The Southern Convention,
which was held ~ + hfuary lat at Richmond.
AL .ufncd over by resolution 10 meet at the city
q savannah IN the second Monday, the eighth
of.Dacember neat.
Among the resolutions adopted at TINT Con-
Yentian. VA one nominating ii committee 10
whom was referred all the resolutions which had
been adopted a. the sense Of the body with in
sfruction- 10 prepare mud publish an address Ia
the people Of the Soulhrrn States developing aud
expressing mors fully it, views, aud inviting
general aud lnrger attendance of dergatrs at
the adinrrnrd session. The committee consisted
Of J. ID 3 y" Bow, uf Louisiana; fench High
man of Maryland, bert oad If the District
+ Columbia; James Lyons. K. X. Meade. J. X.
Anderson, Mver Myers. +. b. Dcanr,oi Virginia;
and J. II. Gihbpn f North Carolina.
Nearly qunrter If century ago it begun
first to mnnjlc-t itself 10 the southern Sntes.
thnt, although they embraced in proportion to
population the wcalihest producing region IN
tn world. they were contributing directly or in
directly Of H. proceeds, to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
aud commercial opuence mainly Of other section
of the Union. notwithstanding every considera-
ton Of proplirty and patriotism demanded TINT
these elements of wealth should be retained at
home. Fuui fith- of the commerce of the nation
afp made up from the products If southern in
dastry. Our commerce with Grcnt Britain alone
constitutes the half of what has given 10 her the
eanmercinl control OF The worldd Her grent
economist, M'Culloch. said long ago, "ihr cotton
manufactnre forms The principle business ear.
rcd on IN This country, nifordlng an advantage.
OTIS field for the accumulation and employment
81 millions md millions nf capital and thousands
upon thousnnd- # workmen II gives u strength
10 euslains burdens TINT would have crushed our
inihrrs and could not be supported by any othc
people,
The Cony ntions which were held ut Macon,
and Augusta. Georgin. md n, Charleston, South
Carolina, in 1855 representing several States
aud embracing among their members the ablest,
most distinguished. aud pntrioic Of our citizens
constituted the earliest embodiment Of this sen
tment,hnd ihcse Conventions hive been succeed
ed by others Of equal responsibility, AMI even
widor influence noionrning from place In place,
aud composed Of delegations from every state Of
the south appointed IN primary assemblies, by
municipal government, or by executive nuthor
~. The records 81 these assemblies at Memphis
in ISIS, Isi9; Baltimore, I752; Now Orleans,
l75l 81; Charleston l755, and Richmond ls5G,
marked by ability nj patriotism seldom if ever
surpassed IN this or any other country.
1t is impossible II resist the evidence that
these Conventions originating at first in purely
economical considerations. however, afterwards
stimulated md deriving renewed activity from
The n~oicnt md aggressive spirit exhibited at
times by the free Statr., sufficient in other cann
treS t. have led Ia open ho-iilltIeS, and which
h6s threatened, and only be, n arrested upon the
thre.hald Of, disruption Of the Federal Union
uerlC lave contributed largely 10 consolidation
of southern sentiment, to IA better understanding
of our condition and necessities aud hive also
been felt in lint general development now eve
rywhefe mauIi"sting itself nj the South; extend
Ing our lnilronds. onarging aud diver-ifying our
commerce and manufactures. und developing our
agriculture. inviting and concentrating popua
tim Hnd lending to new combinations and to
higher and still higher hopes.
II wnS drc'nred at Richmond, that the objects
81 the Convention were Ito secure 10 the South
crn StateS the utmost nmonnt If prosperity
Integral part ofihr Federal Union, or Ia enable
them Ia maintain their right, md institutions in
any event. aud thut matters were all g"rmaue
which related tn the development of our soil. the
enlargement of cur internal system. domes
tie trade and direct foreign commerce. mines, mnn
ufaetur,s and the arts. thu ~oenl y stem AMI IN.
situations Of the South. schools, coll, ges and
the press. II will properly be the duty oi com
rnittce therefore to make u few brief references
to ench of these heads.
l. AGmciIruRE.-Wh arc the means of in
crea>ng the agricultural wealth of the Sopfh
and Of bringing home 10 the farmer and the plan
ter. from their fields, the largest results and the
greatest prosperity, md oi promoting the hes,
condition of their operatives
IL. INTERNAL lMrRoVEMENrs.- How shall the
lines ni communication among Us and between us
he 81 extended to admit Of the most eeonomi-