Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-07-22
From the Charleston Courier 7

Southern Convention at Knoxville
10 THE PEOPLE OF THE SLAyEIInr mn.
STATES oADlAG
Fettoso- Ctasens A session of the So,,h.
venton will be held at Knoxville, Teunessaa Con-
second Monday, the tenth day of Angus, nav. y" 'he
VIII continue another OF the series that h,ro
ken place periodically in the several South"eta
Southwestern cities. attracting large and ina, and
delegations, actuated by lofty patriotism ae'a
to deliberate and act with intelligence and tpafed
ny. a'' lo.
The latest of these was at Savannah Tbo..
few months SINCE delegations from ten to outa
enjoyed the courtesies and hospitalt;as ~ e'aes
honored community, interchanged the kindl,, u'ne
ings and friendly Offices of brothers advi.sosree greet
counseled together, as in the family circo gu and
hopes and interests that encourage and pn;to Tie
For six days these deliberations lasted cnI
in their scope the wide field of the social Ecn
situations of the South, its education and "u H.
Icy, the various and important rami6cationa' po-
industry, its political rights and neccssi,;oS OF Its
of them at least rise higher than the such
often deceptive platforms of parties and and
Upon several most important matters select
tees were appointed to meet in the recos s'i.hl
Convention, to collect information and n,,. VI 'he
ports, hereafter to be submitted and consiapa re-
Looking primarily to the advancement ,nd
rity of the South, the aims OF the Conycn,o' Ncu'
together consistent with and promotive Of tho al
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and ours as all Government worth preserr,I ''r Us
"a shield and not sword-and Shall ts s,n must
tons be preserved and obeyed--oblirations o'Sa'
which it would not and could not have bcor r''oat
and without which and their faithful norf, ,o'ec'
by all OF the parties to the great compact #
be and ought not to be maintained Evor, ~a,"'t
purpose is of trifing Importance in camparisoo sr
the high moral and social objects of the S
They are intended to spread far and wide cors" ".
enlarged and decided views of our rights and oln'
cations, and to unite US together by the most o
bonds to maintain them nviolate for ourselves a'a
our posterty. ""u
The citizens of Knoxville are making lber,, 49,.
parations for the reception of the Convcn,;on 'e.
a point readily accessible from the North so'.,
East or West by the Rail Roads of Tenpcs,o WIN Wn'
ginia and Georgia and the meeting will take ,l."
at a season when it will be convenient and doI;nl
full to visit the mountain regions of the South ."S
to explore the charms of an almost yirrn co mm'
try.
Delegates to the Savannah Convention arc u;,,
ont further appointment, invited to Knoxville ,nd
the Executives of the State and the Maycrs and o,h
er competent officers Of cities and towns tbroucL al
of the slaveholding States are earnestly reoneSsd
to make additional appointment of delegates.
The aid of the press is solicited in calling alton
ton editorally to the meeting and of rail road and
steamboat companies. ETC., in granting the usual "a,
cilitics of travel to The delegates
By order Of the Convention.
j. ID. B. DEBOW, of Louisiana,
w. G. SWAN, of Tennessee
JNO. COCHRAN, of Alabama
WIN. BOULWARE, of Virginia.
MITCHELL KING, of S. Carolina