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.J aid Proprietor. J S PRICE S2 PER YEAR In A&vance. i - i i .. . . t . m .: -5r OVERNMENT, WE AIUST PREVENT ' INJUSTICH vol. ir. TB, N. C , SATURDAY IIORNTNGp GGTCWBER 19, 1850; NO; 14 i j -.. ; , y .'.".'- ' ' . ' " 'I' ; ' '' '' " :f ' '' ' " ' 1"'" ' ' '' ''' ' '"''"' '" ' ' 'fK ' 4 '''' '"' .-V 'i '!'-' 1 I "1 ' ''";;,;'V - v ' - . -k ft am . f v i i " ' ) I " f V hit ipnoble soul will jaail, V 1 hat inconstant heart will fail, '' M hat rue Southrn band will lower . . : Thwr flag to the usurper power 1 ' ' otte ; bat all will rush with Might And j0,n i Kfecjom, righteous fight j III driT the foe from every Held; And-nevtfr their tuandates rk Id. The South ! Ihe South! her cause ia pood, II gain, jor welter in our blood. OljTJIE'IlN RIGHTS MEETING! At a mcqung of the Citizen 'of "York District,' at Vor Court Ususe on the 7ih .of Oct. for tho purjxise of takkig into consideration, the agitating uirtiious now bctbre the counirj and to lorm a i lJistrict Southern Rights Association, on motion sd Win. I. Clawson the Hon. I..D. Withcrsnoon ....j i.j tilv; viiuir, unu jojiii tinier wo rr'jucsteil to ac as Secretary; ' ' . . .. . 'llic Ciminnan in a spirited and animated ad ir-8a nuiJy known the object of the meeting. He alluded with considerable uanuth and feeliW to ; tl; ii:s.i!t aud wrong thr.t had been henpen iupon . yy an unnstneted m.ijorify in. our ISttional - L-i!ature. E. MoOre, Esq., m5ved that ilCom- tu::ti c of twenty be appointed to rejort a ream- t'can.1 resolutions and Constitution, for tl Asso 1 following gentlemen were, appoint- 1. i. a li. Msorc, Esq., W : I." Cluwtfbn, Esq.; . 13 o'j, isn., j. iiolton isimtli. Esq.-. Dr. jWrn I(-ore, ;. V. Williams, ,Eq.y Drl A. I.-Harron,- , lUv. A. Whyte, John G. Enjoe, ;A. S. Wallace, Col. A. MeKVnzif,S.RaiByTr.oJ.P.niaek, Kj:v. II. Koss, Col. u m.JJ. Ueattvi Rev. J. M. An h)ron, JJr. C. Sandifcr, Chesley Guinn. A. C. button, and CoL L. IV Sadler. ; W. A. Latta iiioeJ that a JLommifteo of iive.be appointed to tK&Qrl a preamble and resolutions expressive of tLej r-onttnients of tha people of Yorkt District as j rcganis me coutiiern question, ilhe lollowuig f pi?ttenif n wero- appointed : . i ALattaJ. M. I" liis?, ; E-"q.t "Major T. J., Rcll, John S. More, and ;ljH. Gunning. They retired and prepared a i Atdrss and Resolutions, which were unanimous- f fy adopted": - ' i ' j" i ,' -1 ;AI)pRFi5,S OI THE COMMITTEE OF-FIVE. ; - ii CDiiimou w ilk our fellow citizens of the.South, ;ve: feci a difp interest ia tho, important topics ; viliicti the recent 'legislation' of 1 Congress has reseuted for th'-ir consideration. Solemnly it; 't'-cms to u, us from the graves of their Revdlu liormrv sires, tho startlinjj questions come, in tones 'tioi to h unheeded, to every son of the South: . 'Iiive you forgotten the price of, your liberties? ihTnow you not the places of the revolutionary bat - itfv"; fields of the South? . . Havo you no' wives, no jSons, no daugUtcrs, no homes 1 " Has the legacy vetueathed to you bcn utterly fruitless ? Have jyouvnad no progress'in .those social, mordl and 4 j mti lfctual nttainuients which, give. to a people a , . noblend cherished renown? Has your pstst no i' lusfn that it cannot be tarnished l Is tho future barren of all those high incentives to animated struggle in the causo of, civilization, by which i you rHay transmit to Ifuturitv a iiname. and a Tame of incrcased and increasing ; greatness ? Will your imbecility,, passively yield to folly and fanaticism, that which was won for you Irom ty ranny a:id given to you for power! Are you wil liiig that yourVnd slall be to history a monument of infamy and debasement, as conspicuous as your origin was exalted and illustrious ? j j. . -Let the people of the South, repudiating all po litical'Esaus, answer for themselves, and we be- lieve the response w ould satisfy the greatest solic itude etef fir: by their ancestors, tht their pos terity! might be worthy of then trials and suffer ings duriug the gloomisst periods of the Revolu tion." j " V - I . It cannot Le disguised that the passage by ( oti'rrcss'of th California bill alias the Wilmot Tioviso, the Territorial Lills for New, Mexico and Uiah.icomprjzing the remainder of the acquisition from MexicoVin w hich Congress refuked to abol Ih the Mexican- hms pro.biting slavery the bill - to abolish the slave t?aLltt-m the District of Colum ; !,a jho Texas bilf by whiili a sovereign Stato is t-" Ir; (Jismrmbcred and a part of herj territory gi- vwh over to free sou rule, she to recen t 10 mil - lions for acouiescins in fho deed, or tho sword of i the gyerhmiat', for refusing to doso, force upon thefSukfth tle alternatives of base submission or de t'TmtfWu1 Resistance to a moat Vailing tyranny. constitutional ritihts of thH South an ! a sentiment of fanaticism of the North jis dtvided, and political Isupremacy is jrchrd m the Northern standard.! iuht'.R'Ui attacks it vet lead tries To what un rabble hosts :jnf Ndlhci u lunatics against the rights, honor and .fi-i&tvj of ' tho South", the history of the means by u h;cf Hhat Supremacy wa3 obtained, and the re .s j!t of the battle just fought m Congress between ihe if inion3oL abolition and tho champions of Truth an the; cmstirutum, clearly indicate. Beyond nll.d.iiibt. the overthrow of the institutions of" the South nnJ her political, social and moral degra dation, are the unrelenting aims, of! the North. Nave; the Northern Statesstruggled for political supremacy, to guard themselves" against the op pressions and exaction of the South I ? Can a sin political measure be named that ever has been originated, supported and advocated by the South, of. sectional aggrandizement to herself, and in de rogation of the constitutional rights of the North, or offcaiv8 to the honor of the Northern States hs fndependent sovereignties? Not j one. Nor havo the Legislatures of the Southern States ex cluded the citizens of Northern States frorri enter ing their territories and enjoying all the rights of property belonging to them in the Northern States. If the South has done the North injustice, h has V r beVin permitting many of her citizens to violate ":'! their consciences in this unhallowed: land of sin and slavery, bv eatiating thfur inonlinato avarice on thtj products of the Souths trangressions, that iea;tliey returned to their immaculate NorthJ thev must aeeds do voluntary penance, bv de nouncing and traducing the open-arnvid hospitality which received them when homeless, and fed and clothed them when hungry and naked.- If then th3 South, has any sin to answ;er for,' it is for'lhe rank ingratitude of tlie North incurred by the '2?ouths fidelity to the federal compjpt. : Tlie constitution of the Uwited States recognizes bo North, ho South, no East, notWcst. It was a friendly agreement or compact arnong a sister hood of equal and independent sovereigns, by A..,:-. ri I" I r I ll mi I eu ne conieueracy, equally . to bear 3 ouraens I i r i i i n nl Klin m If IUnofl(c V rK rtr ralmno1 Ika A -v. u.ti umc inuiin-u mv elusive and absoluto control and management of nd every member, w here even one miht take with him his property and conscience ; and if any thing should vary this conclusion, it would be the fact that in such acqusition, ;some of the partners had contributed more than their : proportionate share of the price. How do these principles ap ply to the Territory acquired from MeiicOV The South has her receipt in jull, sealed in the blood of her best sons, that sho contributed two-thirds of the men, and by tho operation -of an iniquitous revc nue system she will pay three-fourths of the mod mn" .. ey price. ' How is it tobe divided? sacrncmg many valuable lives, j and . payinpr cighly-fivo or ninety millions of dollars, her quota of the cost of the war and purchase money, and loosing from COO to 900 millions of increased val ue of her slave property wcre the territory open to its introduction, the South is to bo forever ex cfiided from "crery inch of it i ' f Tlic South proposed as a comprornlsc between her equal claim with t'he North to the, whole ter ritory, and the demands of abolition arrogance, that the South should be excluded from the whole of if, the Missouri line, (a line which in 1820 com- promised tne coutn out oi tnreoiiotrrtns ol tne l, i9C) HnM-irpmiUofthprmnrTA TrtUrV th Xnrthnnt nnlv rPi,,.P(l " M.W.rf .l.Aa. w Inch she would have gotten . ... . 1 J two-iniras oi meter- ritory acquired from Mexico, but demanded even more than the territory disputed and seized upon a part of Texas, slave territory into the bargain. Thus taking by their compromise- their most ex treme pretensions. Their compromise, did, how ever, contain an equivalent in the fugitive lave bill, by which the "Punic faith" of the North is pledged that hereafter the constitutional right of the Souih to recover her runaway and stolen negroes shall be respected, a bill the very necessity of the enactment of which, is a damning proof of Northern treachery.' Who believes the provisions of that bill, can be effectual in a country where public sentiment in its hostility.to slavery,: has called to its aid, the Legislatures, and the Judiciary, has spurned the constitution, and has even prompted to the shedding of blood ! And make the most of nuu iiiciivc inc iiioak oi it is it any concession to the South, that the North should observe towards her, the positive in- junctions of the constitution ? Lost indeed mu?t the South be to all sense of duty to herself, if she can accept'the restoration of one acknowledged . . i-i. . .. - . cnarterea ngnt, as a sausiaciory reparation lor the commission of other and many flagrant wrongs. Could such bill contain any thing conciliatory, 'it would be' the proffer by the North of reparation for passed losses, as well as security against fu ture ones. But no, the past twenty millions must be forgiven, and as a consideration for not being plundered to the amount of half a million annual ly (in stolen negroes,) the South must, in addition luiicr ,, T u.,j,,u .or u .erruory, ana ner csumaiea loss on me mcreaseu value oi her slaves,. gve up a 1 right to the rich treasures of California, and with it all inflict a mortal blow upon that institution, which is interwoven with the web of her moral.social and political being. And it is no puliation - that with the kiss of Judas, the bitter cup has been proffered by some'of her own nnrfidions sons, who leauixitr with Northern erie- niles-turn a deaf ear to the solemn resolves of Southern Legislatures and the warning voice of doprecation, heard throughout the bouth, insist that it is a peace offering, and that it fill arid shall restore cortteiit add' harrnbtiy r-afid shejis commanded to rejoice and' join ia' singing new hosannahs j to the glorious Union Nero rejoiced whilst Route, burned, but history out of tenderness I to humanity, relusod to record j that her citizens were asked to join in the heartless mockery, over tho desolation of their homes, theirj firesides arid their families. We know not which most to ad mire,1 tho insolence of Southern treachery or Northern rapacity. Let the South but yield and the time will come, when as an equivalent for having borne oppressive tariffs, -and yielded to the abolition of slaver' in the District of Columbia, arid in all peaces' belonging to. the. Government towards which the abolition of the slave trade in tho District of Corurnbia is the first move, the in terdiction of the slave trade between the different statcs,and the final abolition of slavery in the states by act of Congress, her power and her greatness gone, sne win b . .wCIl .U. l , . , i siiu win uc voiu uiui ucr iiirni anu privilege i t? ;,e.w, J'&"Vau IT"co0 ndinf? KcDresentatives nnri Knutnrc tnCnn. I of sr. gress. shall be solemnly guarantied to her bv act rnma nnBAo;ry. tu 1 7 i' of Congress. Considering the unceasine- struo-ffle 1 O l ' sw .j of the. North, by means of the slavery excitement; to acquire power, does any .man believe that hav ing acquired it unconstitutionally, they will exer cise it constitutionally ? . Should the North for bear their arracks upon the institutions of the South even when they will have acquired sufficient num bers by. the formation of new States to destroy constitutionally, it will be neither upon the princi ple oi naeiuy 10 soiemn promises, nor of elemenev to the South, but because of their "ireliance upon the working of the principle of Mimitatibrr embo- dicd n lutA cf Congress, fo eflecV all their wishes. .In fixing its limits' they may think that they haye accomplished the 'beginning of the end. f ...r . Had the constitution given to' Congress the un limited power to abolish slavery, considering the present magnitude of the institution compared with its unimportance at the formation of the Govern ment, and that the Iitcs .and fortunes of eight .millions of human beings arc bound up in its ex istence, auu wiujitw nwc 10 uiiimjii iu.e.ervuv ' " c i'"'i5 worship the Union, knowing it to be not only a j u . u, A rruory acquireu uy sucn pan- faI ; ,;ut mai;-nant God ! Neither is it a hues- without a further struggl, we uy purcuase or oy conquest, wou.u oi whether the remedy be peaceable or not. but one other effort for the ngru ana justice belong to it as common property, w)eihe- there a peaceable one that chn save hef. ! We approach; the subjJct w lit we would sav, that, ibbner than ! that power should be made on the altar of the constitution, that juncture "in the course of human events, wnen it oecomes neceasarv ior one , people dissolve the political bands which hive connect- ed them with another" had arrived. !Ve believe tne only way for the South to maintain her equal ity in the Union, is to show herself ever ready maintain her independence out of it. i This 'alone' can give to the constitution an obligatory force, on juie ionnern conscience, in aaopuec remeaies 1. 1 M . I. . . i . -T 1.! i 1 " ioi us ivj aiiue iiie tjucsiiuu aa wo inusi aci upon it as one 'of self preservation. It is not wheth er a remedy be constitutional: it is qan the con stitution save US from perdition 7 - Can ocribblcd parchment nrcvail atrainst Denured faith, and un Wrrnnnrt Must th South stfll rlinirf - 1 i - ; I . . I. :....: I. ...;. ; -. VI-. .--T-..- . . . - ;... i i iii i ii I'l L. liirri curiuaiuii . r iii uak dug mill njyr: a. j ; being none, the consequences ofjthe remedy she may adopt, must rather address i themselves to. those i who have imperiled her existence. Werq!the"conti6gency of the.peaceablpness of the remedy a necessary condition of the Youth's right to resist lyrranny, then didlour ancestors hold and exercise riffhts they never bequeathed; to us,, when tney nieacrea tneir lives, lorxunes anu sacreu nun 1 1 l .! ! '.' 1 I 'J 1- ' 1 or in the desperate cause of the Revolution. Up)-' on" the action of the feouth depend-jthe solution of the success Or failure of our Republican, Fede- ral Government, if the South yields, plates Rights are ajnullity and the General Government is om4 nipoteht. But still more important tpe civil and political liberties of the Southern peppJe depend on it. f'Civil liberty and theexistenceif the Union are not as our Northern brethren would have us believe correllative but directly opposed to each either 'i the civil liberties of all t lie . slave-holding States' would rathersecm tb dpehd on its dissolu tion or re- formation.. The I institution! of -'slavery; which is doomed in the Union, is-the conservative principle of civil and political liberty within its own limits. It is the pillar of cloud. by day and th pillar of fire' by niaht, which is! to lead' the Southern States through the Red sea df riot, anar- c.hv and revolution, which has-more; than once bathed Europein blood and which has already 1 " f i-S.. ..il...tn & . r waves in the rreo soil States ot the iorth. fo- litical demagogueism can never become dangerous when socialism, Founensm and agrajrianism are forever excluded : and should the South now yield the control of j her domestic affairs,! to Northern isms, to be governed by a Northern npajbrity, she forfeits forever: all the chances which; her oeculiar organization affords her to perpetuate! to the remo4 waxjerwa conwieMWHa uie imperiecuon mneinj lu , 11 " i 1 TV " , rVr? T " I A .jlitt 1 lil f.p I IV mint InctittiMnn Hii a v anu uunmui iiuviijr. ; nu with iiiouiuuuti una .v- ercised a more , powerful or benignant influence on the world, and thei-e is none whose destruction would be attended with -more baneful consequen ces, than this institution for which the! South is to be ex-communicated religiously, socially and po litically. The commerce of the worljd, the pqacb i --'. ,1 . r .i 1 i i I ,i. J . ' i: ii. j :!J " "r1"' r, !T' 1 1 ' , fl'T. millions ? ine numan race at pompna aoroau .ePena on 1U 11 .uutl a Vl l Z50 P"eflu' " iauJ,vo '' ,u yy . uuu mr I fiprwnnpnt nntion ft verv lnsifrmticant nosition dependent nation a very insignificant position among the powers pf the earth? Could she be goaded to a separation by greater wrongs, or wooed by brigh'.er hopes of power, influence and elevated destiny? And would it be strange that she should cut She gordian knot ofj Union, and leave to the future the solution of the wisdom of the deed. Be it thcr- forc Utsolved, , .t! That the General Govcrnmd it is' one o limited powers, granted by ithe sovereign and in- d dent StatcJ which cm' ose thc federacyl ..-,, . , .. . J . r 'i ' 2d- rh the xJcen gslation of fngress; re- spectmg the isubjecrof slavery, the ;admission of California, and the dismemberment o( Texas, are P"JpaWe and gross encroachments or? Mate sove- reignty, ana ii suomiueu 10, w,;. reuuee ine oou ,hern States to a condition of he.lpless find hopeless J meriont 3dJ That in sustaining South Can plina, in the maintenance of her rights' and her sovereignty, iii any and every emergency, we will means which God has given Us. 4th.' That our gratitude is due to t use an tne 1 ! li.t he Senators i and Representatives in Congress from thisState, for their fidelity, and particularly to otr immediate Representative, lor the distinguishedab:lity with whicli he advocated the cause of Truth, the Con stitution, and the South. 'I M The! Committee appointed for the! purpose of preparing a preamble, resolutions ! Sand Consti tution forithe; Association? returned and submit ti.nl tlie following, which was also unanimously adopted. PREAMBLE, CONSTITUTION ecc.,- l- j of the Committee of .Twenty. PREAMBLE. :. ' - ! , The political aspect of National affairs, portends evil to Southern interests. ! We have jseen the dei-. woiota ui ju"iouo iojibiiw votees of religious fanaticism,- and the aspirants e i-. !i r - i . t-i - i a :j. for political honors, advancing steadily hand in . . . ' . . T. . . . h a 1 .1 ..: I. L -. 1 . n ,,1 ,.1.1 . a a f . - i" i v threaten, every thing in their codrse. The nseof , - ' . , , - . ?jji i that power which is now so formidable, was re garded at first with scorn and indifference, but like the plague spot or fretting sore, it hks spread o ver the whole body politic r and to the! body poli tic it is as dangerous and; destructive, as is the gangjfene to the body physical, v; J - j The natural issue . otsuch a com mingling of fanatics of the lawless of the fcaser sort and of political demagogues, must . tend to. the aban donment of the laws I of God and man. ArTd as the legitimate fruits of such a commixiure we have Been boJi, denounced; ia:their assemblies and con ventions; j The precepts of our. holy religion have been den?hnced the bible i pronounced a cheat the venerated ministers of 6bds w ordstigrnatrzed as hypocrites, arid the vocabulary of hell has been ransacked fo? epilHets to be applied to slave-holdj-eis.. . j , : ' - r j . ' ' t ! j: : '- ' . ' j, ... Not conterii to be equals in" a go1 erfament estab lished in order to secure justice-remijire domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence and promote the genera welfare, they .w'(jiuld overturn j the foundations" of society itseir. 1 he KiVe ol rule t.. - rather; Uian suffer Idisanpointment,' our country j must be tamed irito a vefv Pahderh"oriiumr fv"a to t ei oi wretcnes who would ! rather reicra in hell than serve iii heaven." t t .".i". :;-:! 1 - We iave! witnessed lots and anxiouslv the nro- - gress oi events. Our representatives, like faith to ful sentinels upon, the watch tower, have warned 'us orthdjdaiiee)rs . ;by,Twhtch 'ipe--Te: hienacedi I Various moans; have beenresbrted to, to stay the i ir '!! I ..XlM 1 .' I- . - - 1 t' -ri I prusj oi cv, out hk me csimoom ot tne ueJ I "rou3 vv?rr miiirin us eourse; ... nesotu- - j tionand; emonstfances-f-the deelafafiohs of con - j yentKJij4the show bf Jbppo3itibu ia. Legislative f prowedllj s andinv;D-wajcir-Jis?:pmt I h r and of imiscnief Dredominates so stronsr! vvthat - 1 nterposiwtn of State sovereignties, have airteenTwn-.nKneor at as u itnso-iitut. , ., , . disreearded; Wide-snread ruin and desolation I . i . . K, . I eiTrrrtunrf rn n 1 1 cirloc wilhnnt nno hpiirht cwt nr spot basis to which we can turn with any hopes, j ; Unwilling to surrender all that is dear, and yield are willing to make eservation of our rights. ith emotions of pro 1! solemriitv . believ- ing thai the present posture of affairs ' demands t prudence, moderation, firmness and union both of sentiment and of action Our citizens at I large have been left :o form their own odinions, and; draw their own onclusians ; and it is not too much to, say, that thefcf never v as more perfect unanim ity;' on questions ,oi i;aturai and chartered tights On the one hand rill jard it Ks ucnk; unman- jy and unbeconiing a free people, to submit tame ly to. the lonfr continued nd dangerous invasions of our ngh foreign to tl of our rights (And on otiier all '-regard it as to tne cnarx:cr arid unworthy: of the--A- mencan a if' d - p l'f- c : p i ? ? 1 1 e j y to idopt from any measure winch must inevitjvbiy separate kindred and friends. I But governed by tho av . of self-preservation, and by the great principl es of civil liberty,' wc arc called, calmly to contemolat the' tendency of af- fairs, , and. timely, to prpoe and resist tnoso acts, which are subverd Sve ci the true .principles. true principles tyV-and.w iich, lotito "ivc?puU- of rational and 'constiiu1 lonai iiineris t . - if not averted, will pjqvo a death bl lcan frecdchi.-th'roughpu the 1 world, t '' ' .. j !: . j i ; The prbcwdingabf th-j convention, which ibrni- the Federal constitution show, that the subject Of slavery was .candidly discussed and maturely. considered, and lhd; Un.oh of the States was inal I lv eppnrnrl hv inPAfnnrnfinrr intr. ihat irmtrnmpnt ........rii....' I uisunci anu ampie guaranues oi me ngmsuisiuvB holders. The -convention ia submitting it to tho several estates exprc.ssiy say that it is the "result oi a spirit ot amity ana o mutual delence and con- cession "which the peculiarity of our political situ- Irf-Vrt-' , 1 rl . , ' a A r '? - - i '' - I i The States as they acceded to the Union acced ed, as equals; ajnd the citizens of each State are en titled to equalTKtpriv4-?ge5, nd imiunitieS. Ine Jbtates had not .only the right of protecting the institution of slavery jwithin thetrown borders, but the constitution came to their relief arid pro vided a safe guard aga inst all insecurity, j The permanency of the institution was liable to be af fected, from the facility j the slave might have in escaping 1o the free States. .This was guarded against by the admission as a fundamental part of tnecompact, mat tne ngnt oi property in staves was to be riot only recognized but e?ifoAed. And as this was: incorporated .into ; the Federal consti tution, so ii was intended to bo carried out by the provisions of the Law of 1793 prpyid trig for the delivering up of fugitive slaves. , " ;V -H These provisions have been openly violated and resisted, and in effect nullified and abrogated in the free States. Every possible obstacle is pre sented rendering recovery, not only impracticable, but endangering the lives' of such as make the at tempt. Owners in the discharge of their; duty have been insulted -have been mobbed -imprisoned, and in one instance at least assassinated.. The decisions! of the Sripr'eme Court have become a nullity arid Congress has been converted info n arena of strife and of j bitter contention, arid in stead of affording a' shield, has become the point whence the slave States arc assailed. ; Here pro positions denying the right of property in slaves iavebecn j entertained ;j propositions prohibiting slavery and Vills prohibiting the selling and buy ing of slaves in the District ofColurribia : proposi tions to admit slaves tc .vote ori the qriestion of their own emancipation, and proposittbristo.abol ish slave labor in Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, Dockyards and other public buildings ! belonging to the United States. Sclme of these have passed; the House bf Representatives and all have receiv ed a large support. Congress by a large majori ty have twice refused to carry out. the. Missouri compromise, or oxterid the line to the Pacific, and decreed that inveUintary servituue should be for ever prohibited in the tei ritory. The! determina tion has been expressed jy differen Legislatures, to oppose and prohibit sjavery in the territory re cently acquired ff omj Mexico, and consequently to exclude tli bout l:(:fii. people trom any practical, interest in that counfrv icq'ifd by f he united ef fort, and.c6nimirigl-?d hl ; i f ho? cjtizens. . The edicts registered by .Sta :e Legislatures, have re--Cently been confirmcd by t.He Cqiifress of the nited States. j.v--. ;tl- j r ' .;' y ! I t . j '! Proposiuon? too pr r di.ssoliitiit of the Union have been irt-pca! -:dW p?.'.?s.cdj at ptiblic mcpngs;', have beeu pissed by -A at?-si. i very SucieUes, and have found their wak; ir to Congress- without re buke from the public press ; while any allusions to such a, possible event in tne ou.m, nas .been greedily seized uponj, an d the -'alarm'sounded thro' every nooK nna Rio Grande. ; ban froissiihe Arostookfo the j Thc gross; 'outragH so ecc n iVrnetrauKt the contempUteil? disrnci , ,.r. i- - 1 ucin g Ca 1 i fO-r n ia ; . i ri s v. s erfercnceiofoiie PresiJct Tit-iit oi i ex;is,.ar:aimtro- d isuuniug tne- mue-kc; .tp fn i k ion's : Sa'r- ter : and the gh r iei: of another, aire so Iresh t'n our minus, a:i...: ing a triumph on the part of trie soil, jhat a re- ference .to-them is allogqiher unnecessary. ! With these acts of aggression so fresh in our , mind it is reiasonable toj suppose that mlTch dis satisfactiorr exists. lIlQwever much we love arid Value the Union fori the glories of what it Jias Detn , anu Howeverjiiiucu wu .nuuiu iuvc aim ai- US' it, for tlie happiness which it might impart if Cannot be disguised, that properly administefed, ft for irfanfy years it has foiled in the object conlem- pTated.: if we i now outjoHvn "hearts we votdd not disturb the great co.rripfomrse; which have been made and w hich a lone cpm sustain and pre?ervc it arid ve -would cherish the fondest 'desires' foijp ts perpeturity.- No, hearts! beat truer than our own. 1 iound solicitude and ot nainfu i v. - r I M J v a m -aw wv v a, law ; and, we. will hot consent that Qur right of r lJj la.iuem oe aepennanrrsimpiy rupon ino will of a supercilious, rapacious and irresponsible majority, ; Had any one a few years since pre dicted, that the South would yield her high preten sions, and that she would give back lipotl every renewed aitackJhis DredicJons would have been f nrnhnnnrv? n V,- 1.;-iir'..,l V.-,V. r , t . . , ,Yet such is the lam'enable 6 tate of affairs The jfpmising and prominent of. whom great I things before were to oe expected, nave taiien pneuy one the myrmidons of bower, or have fallen a ready prey to the seductive influence of Executive pimps party spirit a disaffected population, and venal press have all contributed to bring about this stale oi attuirs. . ? vm - -. . ;;;: . '. Hj; M ! -.'; ' It now rests with us to say what : we shall do. Once we would have proclaimed upon the house i it-, tops, that it our government would cease i to agi - i i . - ,.- I ' i - 1 . taite the suiiject of slavery, w Inch was solemnly settled by the federal corriptct ; ll tho free states would carry out ithe -principles "of the Constitution ny repeating fijii taws repugnant xo its spiru, i ami afford the facility Icbnfemnlated bvl the i flderal comnact arid the ilav' of 17.93 nrbvidin! for. the r covery of fugitiye slavcs and if we vvertf placed upon an equality in regard to the territories be longing to tlie Union, we would consider otir,selvcs under solemn obligation to support it; wo would have said that unless, these reasonable demands Were complied with; we' would feel! ourselves pound by a' sense of duty to seek, redress in any lawful and competent way.: . Rut how cari Southern pch hold; up theiirhsads a ud reflect j u;pon the Narth, when so many wore found, in theanks! of the free soil pnrtyf . ,) -f .' J: . i: -1 j' f Amid th'e glooin, it is refreshing to reflect that South Carpjljma sjtood . firrnj. Unbn . among bur- :sar'esjirnav! jy t. effect much ;.it is our last, our on- ly hope; Assembled to deliijcrato upon our con- d;tion, wo niay ' at ileast unite in expressing four views in ia series iof resolutions,: and if any tLing" of the South, it can1 be done tending to the relief "must bo, by mutual interchange ofopiqion arid con sultation. RESOiUTIONSV Be it therefore :; 1st, Resolved, That the Government of the Un lted States is one of limited and specific xwers ; that Congress can! rightfully exercise nd power not specifically granted in the Constitution, or ne cessarily -imohed in carrying- into oxTCUtfon;'SC?mtr specific grant of power 41, 1 Resolved,, I liat the Constitution oj the '. I n-. . .1-1 . i I v ' . L '! r'th' Uri- uea states (pe;ng tne result oi corn promts concessional fully debated and . deliberately ted, is! the common bond of Union, superior adop to all sriirit. enactments inconsistent with its letter and and the supreme arbiter in all differences bf opin II If I. : .- J ' I ' A 7th, i Resolved That under i existing pi ireum- stances and the present emergency, there is a nianifest propriety in forming Southern Associa tions, and that it is tlie imperative duty ol .'L ' 1 - :. ' ' ' Li-' i. -L . ;-l -t .ii;1 every cinzeni, to. acquaint, nimseii wiwi political affairs.' 1 1 ; jl 8thl Resolvcd. That the citizens the state b'l our till. Fiere assembled, the bettor to promote their interests, secure rthci rights and guard against the threatened immola nuns, j oo ioi m iiieinsei ves inio uu ioi;ii der the following Constitution. We the undersigned citizens of York Association uri- y a Distict, for the purpose of diffdsing intelligence in5 our bounds, for .more perfect union among ourselves, for securing doriiestic tranquility, providing for tho defence" of our persons, property aridj institu tions, and for bringing about harmony and i concert of action,! do adopt the following constitution and mutually (pledge ourselves to support; and carry out4ts pri'nciples.'::v . j . "'-' ! !' CONSTITUTION. Li ! J ' : Art. lj This Association shall be , known ins the York i Art. 2 District Southern (Rights Association cprne a member of the Association by signing the Preamble and Constitution. '. .i ; h i Art. 3." . .The Officers of the ('Association :shalf Prcsi- be elected annually, and shall consist of a dent,' four. Vice Presidents, secretary and Trea- surer,1 arid committee of vigilance consisting Of fifteen members. :; 'Art. 4i This t" Association shall meet ?n the first Monday in ever month arid it !sha! h be I be k . i. !. t'' duty of vthet President to call meetings of t id XsiQ- ciation whenever he may deem it necessary i-.' Jr.' i ' '. . . 1 .1 lj L' i i and cKpeaieni, or wnen requesica 10 uo so oy raa- lontv orihe Committee of Vigilance., ; Art. oj It shall be the duty ol the Committee of Vigilance ; to 'diffuse information ito; promote concert of aclion and to obtajri signers to this Con stitution.; . , ' L' ' j- t ' a, ' 'J' .' :'-. f Art. 6J I That! at every fnecting an Orator shajl be elected to deliver an address td. the suCCCQdinJr meetings i -. 4 . - IV, During the absence of the committecf!,!; Col. R. G. McCaV addressed the mneting, in thoirue Pal motto spirit, showing the necessity of : artjou ;on ttie part;o.f the slavehohling States, i At the : ccm- chision pf his remarks he infroclucpd ijJ.j t'.B-ad-gdr (.thsj Editor if lhel.flori:ets!'t.Nesj r V i " South rob) to-the meeting; rrdim his speech, It would? be difheulit to tell but that ho top L .I''-' ' T t was a Kalme'ttOi riics Rev. A. i Whyte, then addressed rejyi surp ad dressed the! meting. ; He had jbeen! taught; to re verence the Union formed by the wisdom ol our ancestors and" cemented bv the blood off Patriot rfrrl natures were obtained. On mritinri'ftl W I Cfnwsori. a Committed of ten were ahnnintnd-tn nominate- ofrrceraf for tlie AWociatrori.) The following ceritlemen composed the Committeri r WiH. Clawsori, ipaniel, Williams, Rev? A. V byte, W. B. Wilson.i II. F. Adikes, F. II. Simril, E. A. Ros-, Dr. A. I.j Barrorr, and James Brian. The cprrrmixtce no- i eral Governmenf, should be used for the' purpose o; oppressing arid trampling upon the' tights and interest of any of-the States. We ought not to consent to be eclu'ded'"' from tcj-tfipries-- belpngingj to the whole people ; we ought not to " consent tb hav our slaves inyeigfed mto the free states and there protected the meeting at spine lengtn. sjijlisi: adJrp!3 ::was c h arat c ifccj th ifoughou by A a j loftinessj n nd dig rritv "of sentiment rarely! surpassed. Gii u!rVil- Si res, but since it had become- an' enginq of op pression, he had no sort of reverence for it.' The v . ...v... lull a . ...v .w ... i . n i , - . - ,-.:. . j- '"-)! '-. '.''''' 'i ' " j - ' minated the following gentlemen t John 3. Moorv . President, W. A. Latta, Col. R. G. McCaw, Cvf. W. C. Beatty, Col. 1. D. Withr fspooiti Vice Ire1 sidents. W. B.1 Wilbiv Secretary,' and Dar.i 1 Williams, Treasurer; wtich nomination was unanl. imously confirmed. .' " '.J .1,. J. Bolton Smith, Es., was appointed Orator, to address the Association on next Sale Day. . On mption, the proceedings wef-e ordered to' U published -jn the' Yorkyillc Aliscetlany, the "Souili ' Carolina piapers arid tho Hornets Nest and Tru Southron. . t . t- - s .... t On motion, the meeting adjourned.' 1 . I. D. WITHEiiSPOOX, Chm'u. J. L. Miller, SecVyj ; .!., ;! ,.: - - 't' I-; GreatRejoiwino Iff And f;r--r. what? By SoutherrijEh'tors amh SouthernMn nj For nothing; unless they arc for .the North against the South. Wo do contend if we undersuinl die majtter nt'all, that thej South lias gained nothing; by the passage of those. Bills, that thefo hn? ! n so iribch glorificationfover i liy Southern Editof.H and Southern men. In faet wc think 'the -recent action of Congress is 'calculated only to stiriiu Northern 'Aboiitionists'.rto go still fartlior in tj mad arid wicked career. ' They arc indu.x'd toU licvc. 'that rather than dissolve the ' 1 1 .mow,1 wc ot, tjic South will submitj to nny and ovt:iy tiling. Talk about Uuion Wlitt care w; fir I ft: when it is only to bc ip.rese'rved by a 'a.-Vrifuv propfjrty, honor, peace arid -htinpincss. '' Tlit-C siuuuon yioiaeu anu, trarapivu uptyyj m, i u.iiyL aggressions i threatened and 'contemplated '; A ! - I . I lf'V . . I . .1 .-' ... . f t". ... 1 Southern Editors auul 'Southern men n-ii tn.' ' Wn Avon Id -'advise all such to no- Northand J. v wifh thcir Northerri afIs---for the tinie maycoiuj arid that time, may r ..I . i i bo very .ai- distant, y. 1(j tney wni be looked I'inii nj TMAiToris and To III H to the South fellingf the Southern peoIetliaj t!i is a time to rejoipq when tlifir joy .'.ought to J ,..J ...... - .v,-...- f ... - tumed into sadnes; and deep dread for the' hit nr. We arc not disposed ito rrjoico with jhose w;ho;d rejoice, but to 4mo.jrii with those w ho do mourn .Wc 'admire the (jold. Southern .gromjd th it-h been taken .by sorrie of our Soulhetn R''pre! Mt;-ltv tivesj Editors arid jncjiyidunlpi ; such wc ar ljnglo stand byfiht by nnd fall by, iri' dcli ny of Southern rgll. jAnd wo mean what ws's.iy. . We never iri'terid td make one conccssitiu to thos-, wlm wish' to liroh ris 1ofi our property n! rri' li t - 'when acts arc rihssedj calculated to stimulate; nn .. '-. .": ' ' . i.' ; i- 't .ii. .l.f'ii i.i.- :.. '.i...:. 1 : encourage mem togo.siui miuiti ; i '' ness."' ;J-. ' 1''.' '.'. - i!. ""'!'."'.-.!' !-. We are for the constitution. . But.iri.it Constitu ¬ tion must, not be v olated': a brokcriConstitufioir . which will not protect us in the sight of pfoperty, and in the enjoyment ol peace add h,ipiiK.'s, ; do" not want." I thr;.'' ' ' ' .' ' .We are for the Union.. But that Wnion mus: not rob us,of Our tust rights. .tWhrh itjdoe it foo'acs its charm.s,-!l-fR'oanokc RrpubliCan'. The Southern $atk$. Titcm Piikmknt Pi;! IlIL AND TIIEIK CEjitAl.N Ri:MKPV : Thl'lS. lll'i . . . ..'.. i 41 I ... '...'. r title ol an Address active red by .ir. John i ip-: end at a public meeting in; St. Jdin fyAU-Xun . It is the voice of tlic country speaki'ng i:i jteruis not to ue misuno ;rstoou. i is cuies anu ar' .m- . . t ' i 1 .1 t ; i 'i ... 1 munitios,' where, by jthe constant, attritior:o (uind, tu'iv feeling ministers to feeling, ah undue stres- be sometimes placed pn passing events. ; irrt w lien . T I. I . ' " -. 'I" l integrity and intelligence spef k from the! JMantn- lion, then it j is see whether the that wo-thould h'k About Us iu'l ciijidei of our hopes is a(i'. j' VV. e tllotauthor thafv"upon' a nut sliou fully j agree with:' the of th s grave- natuje whiclr involves our pniiifHl ''death.- no ' concession 15 llowab!f .fvhisli I ; life or increases the strcni'th of our ( riomv-w and uimiii- i i ishes our ability tohri'sist: tlu ia." Tlx? P upphVc may ,lH2 obtained at Mr. Cox: yen t s ' prtOtihg. fice, and we cohiirtciid. it to?thc at?''isti'rf. qi" i"' t readers rMercurp4 : Papers. iiWel iave olleh heard t , Cheap K- in; quiry, why are the Northern pipers soinu h chn.p- hrni er than those in-thc South! Ihe reason is tti.s Tho moncv that odifht to' be expended on Soi ern papers is sent Id the North to enable thcin.i0.-i 'publish cheap papdrs,, and thus, enable thni A ' keep tne ooutn noodca wun tnvir sneers, i-mu and'abuse. jlf youj vunt cheap'nnd good. pepT I in the South cetiscl tlie .suicWal. course of 'ul.in your mbney to tlie Worth" and expend it.ou Souih- ; crri papers. Southern Advocate.;' ',' -' . Im porta: nt r!eadisu Rooms ANt lIorKl.V smmon Jqo"mplain( of travellers NtfrliH' it is ine common and SoUlhL that okfall the 'Iho'jsnnd jolnj 'ii' Reading Rooms' nh'A tHoteH nl'jrig tV 'gjeu"t tliv- roughfares througlijuf theT. (Jriitid h'bltes' there nni ; scarce a!.zc'ri"whisa far constflt th-i coniforal "t gratification of thclNurtli Carolina tra?e!If:r, n take a North1 Cajrolir.a newpnp.-r. Vtx fVnye lj aV . many of'.-our mo.s valued and intdligc-nt! ciu. i, say, that; when; apay rfrom home ihry have fc quently , enquired 'or d Ni C. paper, anf tin- au. sweris'a vacant siire as if the host thought th';r, vcrc no papers v orih. reading which c-xil l h ul from .."Old. Rip!". Wo haye ourselves bri n appointed and ;m rtified, in past titnc, iith' c I ' find no N. Cf nQWj paper at all, in diitaat'Tra lin .! rooms or if (after tearch whicli aftra.:te.l :ui yy -' ' to the uriquircr) a poor little, , ni-'Ciabk-.V ."' KIv 'sheet was discover .d, cn-frhmed awny i!iHYng:';t fi waste paffcr as 'f, inworthyf a file, wo ro d rnost ashattfed of 1 aving instituted a si-arc.ht'. Hit tho past 12 trioritl. i has witnossfd a V;:t jmpr -; rriont inour State iross, a'n'd ri')v our nv.p' t vi arc not only ."vajua Iq to nil wh v have businn-i or acquaintance with us,' but ore nvrn .j iMitreriy sought after, than (!vcr 'by out citiVeii wh.-i.i w a v , frorri home.V If tlx pro pie tors of Reading RoWn. . and Hotels wou d consult tho coiivrriien.nl'i''.; travelling public arid, thrir own' iiitfr;, : will do w' If inline jiateiy to ord.r a "goo.d 'Sriiy :, Carolina paper. ust fJt;it bo known that .v.rl ,V! nrisnirh' a r'ertdiriL' room takesva N. Vj. ai r and our wor.d for. i Carolinians,1-; This tion. rN.C. Star. , it w,ill beconiV) opiiar t N, frf alter is' woriH t tie rr niti' n. :' ; enLargkmextof THE CAPITOL Vu corect an i$adveenf pargrapu by sta:in-, that lh. I louse (Jidjcrtncur in tho S-1iaf,4 Hinnl- merit iTakmg an anpropriatioii:lor .hi mip'.-nMt purposf. J tie from $:'iO,600 ? y -t ... 1 Th" moKt pV mi airtouut, . liowevrr, w.-oj n due.'! to $100,000. Republic . . . r . . . : A '.'. '. psant trsp! we onn rfcouiiivmi io oiir bachelor fri nus is -fo trip your iloot so a.t fall into the hp ofi pnlty gid; , "V '1 ! V 't .Ii '! .: .1 ;l 1 1: s; 1 " ' -A'1 . j 'K-3V .V y 'f . : ; ''.;.. ' ; rj. '. ' " j.' ; ; ' -:; . j, - '. "- " ' . ; ' I . .' '- ! .!.--." ;:Vv.-v,l -I 1 ri; - ; yA i ' ' '.! ; ! ... . ! i " j . .j : : v . - .,, . , j : , ,..- , , i .: -.;- -..-: I'. : ; !. '' ;- '- !.'. ' i . f ' -f !' l - j - . .--' r . .i ' ;'':v'! yyyy
Hornets’ Nest and True Southron. (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 19, 1850, edition 1
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