Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-01-12

IS lies .The Union s}l,a,.!. be preserved 5 4th. hesotoea' mat all attempts by unconst- ,onal legislation or coptr;vancss under color of official authority to annul, inpair or evade the faithful execution of the fugitive slave law are pirect violations of the constitution and we call upon the non aveholdinp States thot ba va messed these personal liberty Jls o test;fy cir retpnine sense of justice by promDt rene,l of those ohnox. ous anu uhcons'i'u'lona measures. We ask equal mus. i1 and s,irsi viii have and equal rights we 5th Resolced, That We fesI no loss sons;,;ro,u than our m en pteaien, the rank injustice of tence of the fanaticism that nronnted tbe;r enacr. ment; but cannot gse our assa,,t in rarar fh;s wrong by the perpetrdthnof apo,her wrone-the destruction ot the unna=-by immediate seeessiie, from 1t, and that we soemnly enter our protest against the wrongs and injuries of tbose narsonaI liberty bills, and the elraorlinarv romedv tbat madness and vaultng subition propose for our adoption.
 9th. Resolced, That to us the path of duty is plain. we should strive bring New Mexico in as slave State; we sh@id labor for the acouisi- tion of Cuba at an earydayi we should compete with the North ln tne cOonAtion of new terrto- rles to the extent oi poplatPn and capacity; we by the Union, in the Union for the love of it: we should come together inme solid column under the leadership of single captain, and make at least one more effort for theFredress of existing wrongs and the removal ofthe canses that threaten future calamities.
 1th ReSotced, That we entreat South Carolina to stay her hand, and takecounsel with the other slave -holding States for the common safety; but that if she disIegards our ntreaties and goes out of the Union, we do not ael bound to initiate her example.
 oth Resolred, That we hllv indorse President Buchanan s late views upMnulifcationa and seces- sion; that we will stand hg the Union, insisting upon the faithful execntolof the provisions of the constitution, with all its grantees. by all sections oi the nation, until our gevances become more intolerable than revolutia.
 Which several resolu5nslslere adopted with but three dissenting yotesD any of them; and the three following resolutionsAsreport by the com mittee, were, on motion, Id 1pon the table, with but four dissenting voices ss-
 9th; Reooieed, That wSacommend the calling Rock, at time to be l<n1l6An >n6nar State legislature, ,sand' that w lssu..D 'fo attend said convention.
 18th. ResotUed, That we re in favor of ou, State convention inviting thi meeting of all the States o the Union some accessible point, to talk under advisement the existin: state of our griev ances, and then and there deuand a repeal of the obnoxious laws passed by the IOrhern States as 1T violation of the constitutional this contederacy and our rights under the same
 Huh. Resoloed, That in cSe We cannot get [ national convention, and oui rights respected ii the Union, that invite themeeting of south ern convention, to take wlatOer action they ma Uppp nl tl,at 1pi P lpntn State secession wrong in teory and ruinous ii its consequences, and that if veare driven to revo lution, that we will all go out of the Union ill { body.
 Nhereupon, the delegation fOm Centre Point through Capt. w. ". Vaughanasked leave to in troduce the following preamle and resolution which was granted, to wit:
 WHEREAS, The South has, fom time to time received from the northern stateinjures and man, grievances, too intolerable to b borne, of whicl the following are part:
 lst. By fourteen of the northm states nulllfyins the fugitive slave law, and in doing nulltyin. the constitution of these Unte States, and vio. lating the compact betweenthe Sates of the Uniou 2d. By making it q penal olieEe for southernel to go into their territory and attMpt to recover hi, slave property, thus depriving hn of his constitu tonal ri shts
 3d' Ky endeavorng to preventhe execution o the laws Of the general goverpgent Ill behalf O the southern citizens. who only &aim their own. 1th. Bi hostile and mob law egislation in the territories thereby denying the ght to a souther ner oi the enjoyment othis propeT in the territory winch Is common property, su2et alike to aIl oth. By continually throwing Ire brands in oui midst, exciting ourslaves to nsHection, andsend ing their emissares among us tosnnoy us in every possible l Nf,rn thn pulpit, and through their pressc, as vicious ant cowardly. They have proclamed@ thatthe Unitee 9t4tes can no longer exist half slave audhalf lree Therefore
 ReSotced, That we, the citizemof Cente Point and vicinity Ca large portion o them havihrm met il convention on the 18th day of December, ls6O, do hereby appoint delegation of ten to re,resen Us Ill the ounty call convention, to be held a Para cllita, on the 22i inst, to confer with memb IS o that convention, and to request them to nHruc our Senators and Representative of the ltgsa ture ot Arkansas. to introduce resolution ealing upon the Governor to cause convention ofjht people of sad said State at as early day as pm IlcabIe, to take prompt and decisive action upo ihe present axciting issues now existing betwet the North and the South--as webeieve that tl tune IS at hand when the South should be arouse to her interest, and to act, without delay, ere it loo late for her to sustain her rights, preserve h liberties, and maintain her sacred honor.
 The preamble and resolutions were unanimous, adopted.
 The chair then appointed as delegates to tbecon yenti0n to be held at Paraclitta on the 22d ils,.- Messrs. r. R. Smith, A. Anderson, W. W. Vaughan Dr. J. R. Arnold, Dr.. J. J. Whitmore, Df. E. W McCrary, J. F. Miller, Joseph ". Burnett, Nose Hill, John $. Walker and William C. Graves.
 W. C. GRAVES, Chr'n.
 JOHN S. WALKER, Sec'y.
 And the same being read were, on motion, lait upon the table, with but three dissenting voices.
 And, thereupon, the following resolutions were offered, and unanimously adopted:
 Resoleed, That the thanks of this meeting be and they are rendered the chairman thereof, fol the able and impartial manner in which he has pre- sided over it's deliberations.
 Resolred, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the South-W estem Democrat anG all other papers in the State are respectfully re- qucsted to publish the same, and that our senator and representatives in our Legislature, now ill ses. sion, be furnished with copy of the same,
 On motion, the meeting then adjourned
 Il. K. BROWN, Chn.
 JoUy HunsON Sec'1,