The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-07
Mississippi and Alabama.

Responding to the resolutions of the Legis
lature Of Mississippi, and acting in accordance
with his pledges to the people when candi.
date, and with his matured convictions o.
duty, Gov. Pettus will doubtless assemble the
Legislature together as soon as practicable
after the election of Lincoln, should that
calamity beiall the Republic.
The course of Alabama is marked out in
the subjoined res olutions. The last Legislature
matured the plan of calling on the people in
their sovereign capacity to decide at once upon
happening Of that event, and Convention
delegated with all the powers of the State
sovereignty will Immediately assemble
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Calling Convention in a certain contingency
in the election Of President of the United
States.
Whereas anti-slayery agitation, peisis.ently
continued in the non-slavelforiing States OF
this Union for more than third of century
marked at every stage Of its progress by con-
tempt for the obligations of law and the
sanctity of compacts, evincing deadly hos
hiAhy " tilC iISuto dIlu luSlIIutlOIS Ol
Southern people, anda settled purpose to effect
their overthrow even by the subversion of the
Constitution, and at the hazard of violence
and bloodshed and whereas, sectional party.
calling itself Republican, committed alike by
its own acts and antecedents and the public
avowals and secret Vaccinations of its leaders
to the execution Of these atrocious designs
has acquired the ascendancy in nearly every
Northern State, and hopes by success in the
approaching Presidential election to seize the
government itself; and whereas, to permit
such seizure by those whose unmistakable
aim is to pervert its whole machinery to the
destruction of portion of its members would
he an act of suicidal folly and madness almost
without parallel in history and whereas
the General Assembly Of Alabama repre-
senting people loyaly devoted to the Union
which fanaticism would erect upon its ruins,
deem it their solemn dty to provide in al
vance the means by which they may escape
such peril and dishonor, and devise new Sc
curities for perpetuating the blessing of liberty
to themselves and their posterity: therefore,
L. Be it resO1Ued by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of alabama IN General
assembly coarened, That upon the happening
of the contingency contemplated in the fore
going preamble namely, the election OF
President advocating the principles and action
of the party in the Northern States calling
itself the Republican party-it shall be the
duty OF the Governor, and he is hereby re-
qulred, forthwith to issue his proclamation
calling upon the qualified voters of this State
to assemble on Monday not more than fortv
days after the date OF said proclamation at
the several places Of voting in their respective
counties to elect delegates to Convention of
the State to consider, determine, and do
whatever in the opinion of said Convention
the rights, interests and honor of the State of
Alabama require to be done for their pro
lection.
2. Be it further resolved, That said Con-
vention shall assemble at the State capitol on
the second Monday following said election.
3. Be it further reso1Ued, That it shall be
the duty Of the Governor as soon as possible, |
to issue writs of election to the Sheritfs of the
several counties, commanding them to hold an
election on the said Monday SO designated by |
the Governor, as provided for in these Joint |
resolutions, Tor the choosing of as many dele |
gates from each county to said Convention as.
the several counties shall be entitled to men, |
bers in the House of Representatives of the |
General Assembly, and said election shall be |
nelu at the usual places OF voting In the re- |
spective counties, and thepolls shall be opened |
under the rules and regulations now govern |
ing the election of members to the General |
Assembly of this State, and said election shall |
be governed in all respects by the laws then
in existence regulating the election of mem
bers to the House of Representatives of the
General Assembly, and the persons elected |
thereat as delegates shall be returned in like |
manner, and the pay, both mileage and per |
diem, of the delegates to said Convention, and |
the several officers thereof, shall be the same
as that fixed by law for the members ard |
officers of said House of Representatives.
4. Be 1t further resoEued, That copies of the
foregoing preamble and resolutions be for |
warded by the Governor as soon as possible to
our Senators and Representatives in Congress,
and to each of the Governors of our sister |
States of the South. A. B. MEEK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
j. D. RATHER,
President of the Senate.
Approved, February "a, 1860.
ANDREW B. MOORE,
Governor.