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BY GEORGE HOWARD, -Is
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""""TOS,ITICAIi,
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rV.isIiviUi" Convention,
The following gentlemen were mem
bers of the Southern Convention, which
assembled in Nashville, Tennessee, on
the 3d of June, and adjourned on the 1 1 th.
Virginia Willoughby Newton R H
Clay brook Wm F Gordon W 0 Goode
Thomas S Gholsdn and Beverly Tucker.
South Carolina L ChevesR VV Barn
well J H Hammond Samuel Otterson
John A Bradley J W Whitner A C Young
Muxey Gregg James Chestnutt Jr VV J
Han a II F VV Alston F VV Pickens Dray
ton Nance G A Trcnholm Wm DuBose J
F Jamison and R Barnwell Rhett.
Georgia Walter T Colquitt Chas J
McDonald II L Bcnning M J Crawford
Obcdiali G Gibson Jas VV Ramsey Obe
diah Warner Simpson Fouche Gen Rbbt
Bledsoe Andrew H H Da.vson and Dr J
G iMcWhorter.
Alabama Gov B Fitzpatrick John A
Campbell John A Winston L P Walker
Nicholas Davis Jas Abercrombie VV M
Murphy S B Bethia B Boykin GW
Guyon S Buford R Shorter Geo Goldth-
waite J S Hunter Daniel Coleman Wm
Cooper U Chapman Thomas A Walker G
S Walden John Erwin and VV M Byrd.
Mississippi Judge Wm L Sharkey C
P Smith A M Clayton J VV Mathews T
J Word J L Ncill J J Peters J J McRca
and E C Wilkinson.
Florida Col B M Pearson James Her
nandez A J Foreman Q IH)uPont J F
McClellan and E C t'abel.
j Texas J P Henderson.
I Arkansas J II Po well.
We omit the names of one hundred del
cgales from Tennessee We notice among
the names General Gideon J Pillow Wm
II Polk General Robert Armstrong Gov
A V Brown A 0 P Nicholson V K Ste
venson A J Donclson Andrew Jackson.
The following resolutions were unani
mously adopted by the Convention, on
the 10th :
1 Resolved. That the territnrifis of the
United States belone to the neoole of the!
teveral Stales as their common Dronertv !
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tuai cuizens 01 me several OtatCS navei'H"1 "IW "
equal right to migrate, with their proper-j 8 Resolved That the performance of
mat the citizens ot the several States havcir,Rnis are U1C
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iy, louiuao ieiriiories,an oeproieciea in
the enjoyment of their property, so long
as the territories remain under the charie
n . O
oi the government.
2. Resolved That Congress has
timvpr in.r.vi.l..i r.., r .. :
no
United States, property lawfully belong- would be gradually re-occupied by jnhab
injto the Spates of the Union, and any itants drawing to them, by ; their interests
ct which may be passed by Congress to and feelings, institutions, based on the
effect this result,is a plain violation of the principles of the constitution; to them
Ponstituiion of the United States. ! would be naturally, applied governments
3. Resolved, That it is the duty of Con- imed on American ideas, and approved
fircss to provide civil government for ter- byjhe constituents of that particular
Mtories, as the suiril of American inslilu- section. v. . . r ,
a- . e Q Rewlved That a recoznition of this
tions forbids the maintenance of military j. ixesoivea, 11
r . ui nrincinle would deprive the questions be-
govcrnmcnt in lime of peace; and all laws principle wuum ucP
L .f . . r I tween Texas and the United States of their
heretofore existing in territories formerly nv.een 1 uxas aim ... .
1 i i i . ; PPiinnnl pharacter. and vvould leave them
bejonirinc to foreicn powers which inter- sectional cnaraciei,
fere with the full enjoyment of religious 'or a-ljustment, without d.sturbance from
freedom, the freedom ofth press, trial .sectional prejudice and pass.ons, uptHV the
by jury, and all other rights of person or considerations ofmagnammity. and just.c.
property, as secured or recognized in the . 10. Resolved. That a recognifon .,:
courts of the United States.fare necessari- this principle would infuse the prmciplev
ly void; and so soon as such territories of conciliation in the discussion and a.i
become American territoryit is the duty j'-stment of this question, and would au
ef the federal government to make early ifora a 5uarantee of an early and satistacto-
provisions, for the enactment of those laws,
which may be expedient and necessary to
secure to the inhabitants and emigrants to
such territories the full benefit of the con
stitution in assertion of their rights
4. Resolved, That to protect property
existing in the several States of the Union,
the people of the States have invested the
federal government with the powers of
war and negotiations, and of sustaining
armies and navies, and prohibit to the
State authorities the exercise of the same
powers; they made no distinction in the
protection of the property to bedefended,
nor. was it allowed to the federal govern
ment to determine what should be held
as property; whatever the States hold as
properly, the government is bound tore-
cognize and defend as such. -Therefore,
it is the sense of this Convention that all
the acts of ihc federal government which
tend to denattonalize'property of any de
scription ' recognized in the constitution,
in favor of the- propiietors, of other pro
perty, are acts directly opposed" to the
South. -
5. Resolved, That it is the duty of the
federal; government to recognize, and
firmly to maintain, the equal rights of the
citizens of the several States in the terri
tories of the United States, and to repu
diate the power to make a discrimination
between the proprietors of diilercnt spe
cies of property in the federal legislation.
The fulfilment of this duty by the federal
government would greatly tend to restore
peace. The laws of the States relative to
the protection to be afforded are perfectly
plain, and any attempts to weaken or de
stroy the title of any citizen upon Amer
ican territory, are plain and palpable vio
lations o the fundamental law under
which the government exists.
G Resolved That the slaveholding
States cannot, and will not, submit to ih
enactment, by Congress, of an' law impo
sing onerous conditions or restraints on
individuals removing with their property
into the territories of the United Stale,
or to any law making discrimination of
nitnfi-tr oml nlicc liolmoon At CCr ' r- t c-nrt
Miivvn viuuiviii ot.u-
tions of the Union because it is the delib-'
erate opinion of 'his Convention that the
tolerance of Congress has given to the na-
f I mi Iho 1 nr npncci r n thil 1 1. I r rt I nil hm-il t
might be empoyed incidentally to sub-
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vi.ui v.uftu.: ihv, uii,uiuHuiij
in a State which is conlesseUly beyond
their jurisdiction and control a main sue for their freedom. They have a sal
cause of this discord which menaces the aricd agent to superintend these prosecu-
existence of- the Union, and which has
well nigh destroyed the efficient action of
the government itself.
7. Resolved, That the. performance of
this duty is required by the fundamental
law of the Union; and the equality of the
several States composing the Union ran-
not be disturbed without disiuibing the
CfmC rPltir A mniMCin I n ! I t II t 1 fill S T ll I 1
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aw unfailhful to the constttut.on; and
disinion follows, the destroyers of these
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Ua, .Mc nrlnnmlo we declare.
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would enable Congress to remove tne
embarrassments in vv
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hich the country is
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the United States, no longer regarded as
nlaces of sectional rapacity and ambition,
citizens of the slaveholding States, if pow- m0St of the anniversary meetings of those tended to them in 1he shaPe ? informa-Iceived from public unds for schools last '
er to enter territories with theii property societies are held. The agents of these " will make their tabler so much the year; public libraries,' social,, college,
is not lawfully acquired. In these States associations pause for no obstacles andmore valuable as authentic and reliable .academies; public schools, Sunday-schools;,
the warfare against this right is a war upon shrink lrom.no danger. They come south statistics the population, resources and No and vo,ume of ?acni pcnodals, in
the constitution. The defenders of this at the peril of their lives: They visitus Droduclions of the country The ques- cludmg newspapers, name, class, how of
right are. defending the constitution; and in the shape of traders, pedlars, preachers, P10"3 J iTn 1 ' CirCU,at,n; fM.
those who deny or impugn its existence lawVers, dentists and doctor! Within T CmPrehend .ryth.ng tan- this season produced average crops; what-
ry termination ;
1 1. Resolved. That in the event of a
dominant majority refusing to recognize
the constitutional rights we assert, or
continuing to deny the obligations of a
federal, government to. maintain them,
then it is the recommendation of this con
vention that the .territories should be
treated as property, and divided between
the sections of the Union,' so that the
rights of both sections be adequately se
cured in their respective shares; that we
are aware this course is open to great ob
jections, but we are ready to acquiesce in
the adoption of the line of 36 30 North
latitude, extending to the Pacific ocean
an extreme concession upon consideration
ot what is due to the stability of one of
our institutions. "
12. Res lveds That it js the opinion of
the Convention that controversy should
be ended, either by the recognition of the
constitutional rights of the Southern peo
ple, or by an equitable pattition of the
territories; that the spectacle of a confed
eracy of Stales involved in quarrels over
the events of a war in which .the Ameri
can arms were crowned withglorV, is hu
miliating; - that the incorporator of the
Wilmot Proviso, in the offer of a settle
ment a proposition which the States re
gard as disparaging and dishonorable is
dePTaflinflr to lllR nnnnlrir llip trmin?illrii
of this controversy bv the diir.miion of!
the confederacy would be a climax lo the j
shame which attaches to the difficulty, and
wmcn u is me paramount duty ol Con
gress to avoid -13.
Resolved That, this Convention
will not consent that Congress shall ad
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ditmtment nf
journ without making an a
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this controversy; and in the condition in
which the Convention finds the question
before Congress, it docs not feel at liberty
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Vnblmhins Hascaiv -1'hc New :
York Tiibune publishes a detailed reportjr;' .
0f the anniversary meetinjs of a Kt.eatKr ?ry-impo-la!-1
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slave-stealing association which styles it-
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ftVu mo iuw i oris iaie vigilance v om" 1
mittce. Thev announce ihafdurinc the'
past twelvemonths they have assisted 15l!Thc Cincinnati papers of F
runaway slaves, besides sueing in south- j geverai cases of cholerain
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They have persons employed, whose duty
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ii is io ascertain wnai ?iaves ai e iieia uy -
defective titles, and to instigate them to!
tions. This constant intermedling with
0ir rights of property must cease. It can
only be arrested by vigorous measures
here at home. -The people of the South
have no conception of the extensive ma-
chinery at work against their int erest, or
of the vast sums of money thus employed.
They can only get an idea of it by read-
r rr ilia Wr.F Vntilr nnl Tlnctnn i rri
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u?pci.iaiiy hi tiua acaauii ui tnu yuai wiicu
.I;the last two years they have been tamper-
ing vvithslaves in this parish, as. we per-;
lie fcnmv. nnrl laVp iht ha vp len
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i born here, and held by their present
sona
. ntt,,1(1M fnr thirt v vnars hn vp hpen nersna-
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ded that they were entitled to their iree-
dom. judicial proceeuincs in :ew ur-i
leans within the last eighteen months,
will prove what we say.
Z.ouisia?ia Statesman.
Outrage. We learn that while Deputy
Sheriff Smith of Rockingham county, was
taking a runaway slave home to his mas
ter in Orange county, a few days ago,
when near Cross Roads meeting house,
in Alamance count-, the negro, (who was
hand-cuffed and tied to the hind part of
the Buggy ,)i managed to extricate himself
from the vehicle and jumped but of it and
ran; he was pursued and overhauled ere
had proceeded far. It seems that Smith,
while pursuing the boy pulled from his
pocket a pistol and tried to shoot the boy
ai he ran, but. the cap dropping off the
rjjstol missed fire, and the negro perceiv
7s it turned upon his pursuer and grap
. led him, handcuffed as he was. Smith
downed him, but in the scuffle the negro's
hand-cuffs broke and he managed to pull
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a pistol from Smith's pocket and shot him
in the leg; after this he disengaged him
self, seized, a stick and knocked Smith
(who stood upon his feet,) down, senseless;
he then fastened a chain to the - deputy
sheriffs neck, wrapped the other ehd
around a tree and locked it bv means of
a pad lock. The boy then got into the
buggy and travelled homeward, but when
a few miles below Hillsboro' .arid '.not far
from home, he was again arrested as a
runaway, and committed to Orange jail.
Smith who had been left as a dead, man,
resuscitated, and contrived to get loose
from the chain; he then managed to crawl
near enough to a house to be heard by
loud halloaing which brought him assis
tance. Wc understand that his wounds
arc not considered dangerous.
" - Milton Chronicle.
. CrtrThe Bank of the State of North
Carolina, has declared a dividend of A
per cent, for the Principal Bank, on the
1st July and at the last six months to ba
paid at the Branches on the 15th. Less
the State tax of 1$ per cent.
Attempted Insurrection. The at
tempted insurrection at Point Pctrc, Gau
daloupe, had been put down at the last
accounts, and several of the ' ringleaders
had been shot.! About two hundred hous-
63 had beCn. des,roycd b' ,hem
in their
allcPt 10 "re .
Females in California! K San Fran
cisco paper of the 15th ult. saysr
"We Are pleased to notice by the arri
val from sea on Saturday, the appearance
somc ny or sixty of the fairer sex in
r..ll Ll TM r 1 1 T a
IUU ,uum' " are,,uniau qners-
Bome "'-.a.m.uuiera irom jonn
!Bu" "U"1. fid quite a, constellation
ifiom merry France. One Frenchman
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brings twenty-all, they say, beautiful. ;
Th ba' 7 oUcl by flotillw of young
n inn & a
lion.
Cholera at the . West -At Nashville,
Jm-nic the 24 lours endin the 24th ult
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of Friday announce
that city. At
odiU nh ihnr , on ,iUe r Zu:u
. uiaiiiiii. ji tiiutu
qe
were Cholera.
gJThe Great Tunnel on the Balti
more and Ohio railroad, is one of the
greatest works of civil engineering now
going on in the world. It is a few miles
f,orn Morgantown, west Virginia; and is
through a mountain a mile and a quarter
wide. 6.
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The Census Tor 1 83.
The Census-Takers will soon com-
mencc operations, and every facilny
ex-1;
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to many, but, they should remember mat
! i Kp information sought is valuable to the
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;public, and the aggregate amount of intel-
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ngence gainea oi mings oi real impor-
tanr nsales (or any tri,
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.fling personal inconvenience or annoy -
ance.
The following condensed statement of
the information required, has been fur-
nished by Col. Jo P. Pitt, Assistant Mar
shal for this county :.
The act of Congress under which the
census of 1850 is taken, requires the Mar
shal to-collect statistics on a great variety
of subjects, and submits a. great rhanv
questions, many of which will require
consideration before they can be answer
ed.' For the convenience of the people,
the Marshal has given the questions to
which answers are required that timt may
be had for their consideration before he
comes to see them. " To avoid difficulty
fhequestions shouldr be answered in tht.
order in which they stand.
; , ;; . .Schedule 1. . -7;
Give the name pi every perspayho
usual place of abode on the first day of J
June, 1850, is jn your family; llieir age
sex and colorf wheUier white, black-or
mulatto; "thej- jprbfessiori', - occupationjir
trade of each male persbn over 15 vearsof
age; the value of the real estate you own;
the place of birth of the several persons,
harning the State, Territory or country;
the number, of the persons married with
in the year; the number- of persons that
haye.lJeen io school in-the year; the num
ber over 20 years old who cannot readv
and write; and whether any of them are
deaf and dumb, blind, insane, id iotie, 'pauV,
per or convictrduring the year ending the
first of June, 1850? -
Schedule 2. 'D
What number ; of slaves do you own; v
their age, sex and color; the number. of
fugitives; number manumitted; the num
ber of persons deaf and dumb, blind, .in
sane, or idiotic, during the year, ending
the first of June, 1850?
Schedule 3.
How many acres of land do you own; '
how much" improved or unimproved
(cleared or uncleared;) the .cash value of
your farm; the value of . farming imple
ments arid machinery, horses, mules antl
asses; working oxen, milch cows, other
cattle, sheep and swine;" the value of live
stock, the value of animals slaughtered
during. the past year; bushels of wheat;
rye, Indian corn, oats; how many pounds
of rice, tobacco, ginned cotton bales of
400 lbs. each, wool, beans and peas. buck-. .
wheat, barley, Irish and sweet potatoes .
value of your orchard product in dollars;
gallons of wine; value of produce of ,mar- "
ket garden; pounds of butter and cheese;
tons of hay, pounds of fodder, cured grass,,
&c, bushels of clover seed and other"
grass seeds; pounds of hops; Hemp, tons of' '
dew rotted and -water- rotted; pounds of1
flax; silk cocoons; bushels of flax seed;
! nounds of manle stinar: cane suear h'ids. of ,
lQ0O d 5. ga,ons of molasses, pounds
of honey and bee? wax; and the value of
home-made manufactures during the year
ending thefirst of June, 1850?
Schedule 4. -
i"uuutli? "'uuoujr, Manic
business, manufacture or product, capital,
In the products of industiy, name')f
invesieu in real ana personal estate in tno
business; quantities, kinds and value of u
raw material used including fuel; kind of
motive power, machinery, structure or
resources; average number of hands, male,
and female, and the average 0 monthly 4
cost of the labor of each (that is value;):
quantities, kinds and value of annual pro- .
duct year ending first ol June, 1850? ;
Schedule" 5.
Aggregate valuation of real and person- J
al estate of town, county, orcity; aggre-
gate amount of taxes assessed; State, coun
ty, parish and town, road tax; No. of col
leges, academies, free schools, other
schools, school houses; amount of cioney
; raised bv tax for schools last year: raised
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; .ne average per year; puouepaupers, num-
ber supported during the past year;num-
heron iho first Hav nf Time mtive fwhite
Der n "e nrsf 7061 of sun-
or macK,, or loreign, anu me cuBl ui nup-
nnrf;ncr lhpm. rriminnls convicted of crime
u,n - ' endinir the '1st of June.
1 1850; in prison first of June, 1850
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native or foreign, wnite or - niacK;
A .
,l,e cost "f labor average wages to farm
hands npf mnnth. or hv ihe.vear ana
j boarded q d a ,,al)orer ,wi,hout board,
with board, average payment to carpen
ters per day without board; to female do
mestics with board; price of board for a
laboring man pt-r week; No. of churches;
No of persons each will well accommo
date; value of churches? ,
Schedule 6.
Name of every person who dirrj dur
ing the year ending 1st of Jjne, 1850,
whose usual place of abode-at 1 he time of
his death was in ycur family; age sex,
color, white, black or mulatto, fre or
lave, married or widowed; place of birthA
naming the State, Territory, cr country;
Hie month in which the person died; pro
fession, occupation or trade; disease or
cause oi ueainr jxesyy" .,
JO. V. PITT, Deputy Marshal
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