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IIr *'1In legislatub hodl n AO Ono-e . doe *- e e lioldj'r the -0ragged h ah's '.n ; 14... r, le rte~oorosca PBLtd M SETING IN CAMDZ1,T A large a a respectable meeting of the citiqens of his Distridt wasialdiait thee.Courb ~House las Saturdiy Ih 8d for the purpos- of; re 6 A. ri~ bcbntly put S ert in i ther'd ' Ptgi.fb M an t $4. e; cha r, and j E h were app uto~ or~ A~. Aa forcible etplanationoftie objt of the meeting -was aven bylChair san. .After' br' o otion of Col. aines Chesnat jr..adganimitEh of Ten as appiointed to r-eport a 1?ream 6te' aad .eaalihins expressivoaf tho views and feolirig.f the pople of this Tistriel, to wit: Col. James. Chesnut. Jr. Williaia M. Shannon Esq. Col 3'. B. Kershaw, Col. Thomas J. Ancrum, Capt. BiBoykin; Messrs. J. R. Me Kain, L.- I. Whitaker, H. Levy, A;. D. Jones 'and C. Matheson. *During the absence of* the Commit tee Cohe W. J. Taylor informed the eting that His Hono- 'Judge, Rich ardson was in Town, and- moved that * -~ he be waited on and be requested to participate in our deliberations. Be the Committee appointed for thi purpose, started in the discharge of their duty, information was received, that hisI1Horo 'aid just luft Td h. '* The Cnfiitteo throuh thoir Chair an Col. .CheiSnt JrZ qppted te blowing, Ireutnble and Iesolutions.. The 4ddrese of the Southern D)ele gates in. Co. gess, is a sern appeal to the -prudenco, the patriotism and the spirit of their constitients. As faith ful sentinels they hav given admoni tion of approaching danger. Shall we heed their warning, and be aroused?; Truly thei-o is as much need,-or all the symptoms of coming evil are gross. ly deceptive. ' a It has bepr always. held, the Constitutio6 of the United States was the res6lie, honesu and patriotie compro &~s, made by ofthe co ponent States. for the equal benefit of all. For iy of the States, there fore, availing thenselves of the advan tages of the ioncessions in their favor, to undertake to withhold the bhzneit of such aswould pioperly risult to t.he others, is neither juLt, honest, nor toler able. And yet, we are constrained to affirm that such jias been, now is, and we believe, unless some remedy be ap 4 plied, will continue to be the conduct of a vast majority of the non-slaveholdinr' States of'this Union. -What else is their denial to us of the right under thbe Constitution to call upon them to deli euporslaves womay haefied, o been seduced to take refuge in their borders? In going among them to re claim such slaves, do they allow us the benefit-of the compact, when their furi ens and fanatical mobs are permitted, with impunity, to assail and beat off our citizens, and even to murder them? Is iWholding, in good faith to the coven anit that they should not only permit such things to be done, but pass laws maiking it a penal offence in any of their citisens to recognize, and aid in the enforcement of that provision of the Constitution, wlbieh secures to us, and enjoins upon them the capture and de livery of fugitives from service? Is it good faith-on their part, through their people in organized masses, through 1their Legislatures, through- their Sen ators and R~epresentatives in Congress, tojssail us at every point; to attcmpt tot-break, down every barrier in the Constitutien raised for our protection, and which they have plighted their faith to defend; to trample on our rights; to destroy-our 'interestst to' outrage our feelings; to pray for our misfortunes; and to endeavor to hold us up to the civilized nations of the earth as~ a bye word and reproach? And by whom? Somotunes br'ethrecn! IHave they not done all this-and do we not bear it? -Ifsthis be faith, then truly have they 9 y notwinesqed, by the applica N' * pipotion of 60labor'u ee h tbtra es~f hi, 6118: th P 6 did osiie1oarise 41itfrAntleir miAniteence?.i Have ~we notthus'behold ourircthreyiof the North to wax ?at, and grow.insolent In the unmeasured- and unrestfained boun -ties;afor edby this over. glorious n 'ionithei~hshift ~,And have *o fail :ed' o.our lia-t to idhre honegtly to all the-ediAnroniss -.unddr 'the Constitu tioniintended-for; their-b'enefit?. Further;#hon these- States entered into their politidal- union,- they eiitered' as, fred , overeign and:iidbpez.rident tate-and -therefore a s equals. - lquility..*as of, the. very essende-tho basis 'of ..the e conipact. :'Whenever, ,therefore, any,movement is-madot to- as. stil thatiequalityit is a.direct-attoiinpt ta'abrogate their dovereigntyr and to destroy their'character -as Stae. What-less 4hab thil-have the'benslave holding. States beeni offoctingin thbir wickedwar upon, .the dbmostio i'nstitu tions of the South? I The offort to. es tablish- the distinctiom;involved. in. - the .Wilmot Proviso. (and its known meas hures)- ivhich has .recently been*- ac -knowledged'by-almost strictly sectional vote in'thei opular branch of:Congress, is odious and insulting;:destruetive utter ly of the political equality of the States, and ifaubmitted to degrading to the char Aeter of the free people who may inhabit them. * By what sort of reasoning do'the non-'slaveholding States attempt to jus fy their studious exclusion of the South from afair-and 'equal participation in the enjoyment of the common propeity of us all; acquired by a common 'expendi. tWre of blood and treasure; of whidhwed are joint owntrs, and in which we are entitled by, every rule of honestinter pretation, to iights exactly equal? Or whence is derived the and mighty- pow or claimed for the, government to pre scribe the quality:of our Estatesin the Territories, and to restriet'our citizens to the posse'ssion and use of such yropdi61 ty-dnly'as a puling a philanthropy shall see fitto dictate? Will they be found in-the: Constitution or any:honest inter pretation of the reasons thereof? Or sug gested by a sound christian philanthro py? Let those who claim it point it out. The -reasoning can! only-be.Justified by, power drawn froin thatinsatiate appe tite, which:ever:giows- by what it feeds on, the raging, rapacious lust of political power, which-now induces the non-slave holding -States -to cut off the slavehold ing States from al hope, or prospect of future' accession--so may they rule the government, and controlling the finan ces, press out of us even that little of life' and geld they have left us. Kit is true -thiat these aggressive States"hold'out various pretences to hide from' the world the ugliness- of ,their real motives. Sometimes~a 'holy 'horror at tlieir: con-fraternity wilh the a~ominable owners of huiman flesh sein cs the tenider consciences of these just men, wvho forget that they still carry the price of this same human flesh in their pockets. Sometimes the doc trines of a sublime philanthropy are ad vantageously affected-then the catch wyords are liberty, yiniversaliiber'ty and equality among all mankind. High and holy words are these! But in their mouths are like the rushing of the wind through the cavities of a' dead man's skull-mere sound, having no concern with either brains or heart. Hlavo the free negroes of the North reccivod'fromn their former masters the boon of genuine liberty? Idle mocker to say so! Their former masters found it too expensive to support them; so they were turned loose to support them selves. As we understand it, the pride .and dlignity, the value and true charac teristic of genuine liberty consist in the full, free and equal participation of the rights, privileges and immunities, so. cial,.civil and political that pertain to the people of a State at large.. To say that this is the liberty they have be stowed, is to announce a fraud-de grading to every-just idea of liberty. It cannot thereforo boe thie unmixed honest love which these pseudo philan thropists pretend for the negro, which drives themn athwart the rights of their neighbors and the Constitution of their country. Lot us not deceive ourselves, we are encompassed with dangers, and wvell nigh entangled in the meshes of a wily adversary. .Against us is the lust. of. power, crafty, grasping atd relentless; which uses as its instruments the wild. energy of fainaticism. This spirit of fanaticism is the spirit of aggression, rapid, reckless and destructive--a spir it that would burn our houses in the name of philanthropy, and cut our throats' from 'the purest benevolence. Shall we seek its kiiid favour, or coniit its tender mercies? No; there can be iio hope forma~s in concession, no safety in comnprohiss; we imust oppose to this AnUp h 4 t inEumeinbo cesw that di ra a vasid 6'f ouo.1aus o arn thyio~ o WWdIIon~it stittt' btttc riopeiai~s~ been por gl lgt~vptbe ing ri'auhin: siVAnd .U thepviolatioaofnOati-ae aisd upih 'u t eta odair- at arc tical e ie heaed Ithe 'o08& sount uAbstact rincipeng rairth bahest finportae lei; bthk iab blers skneeratti 4t 4*h a nerpi-ssiovofu ' y w isus -ithi justu tafidardsa fit6 practical eyllafnces I alE d oe1e e ned baf stichdvola'i ligWetik afar fro :h dust, Nth a so, sands bwerideflet s asoftd& oar sgainst alier.ambla It ~ ~ ~ lnd' beoe u uyt ug , fbn' oseve:-yaripon a mdisi teat ltiba But our grievanoesAt e1*''d' o o1pi ble., :Virginia'hasksens a,1* f6k amble- she has raised out 6aling staid ard from the agdtiond o rth: Oiiol ni'stands byiher sile:-Ie tialotd our posiion in ite line It becomes ourd.uty to suggetfo; l consideration, a remedyd .thatt n'it,1 4 effectual, anhdis peaceiuful. from -,necss ty Buto whether itbe. IAPtrt " fkott arrt the. gresshnt w p tholita, anil purdvdresaursli4ggg benele o to; e Nort . byste it~bl ni:irhud qf trel" 6. bujnoAnnmec-ih'the 0 niff r 0 e:8idi States, od i h- ab t. 86otl Thiered-to iithe tri e sioes t our minds, a remedy and rd the p~an IIt is necessary that we shouldfgo-behii the politicians, tandaddress ourltveo.t the People of the Northr4-nqop-by -eai mg, et woula bem absurd, butIby) qut of conducttat theican p rceily appreejto d depends up : thor m ary; and we ofahecp __rW4 their-best customers. "We harlo ii extenttliea conauhasueo.M h'ilrt'- a ures and the s-upportlrftireir t Si doopirg, eTo them a coheIi i us.is of great rimporthied., en , 4he We Cease all in~tercoursekselli-them iat pound ogto~usotigt oa North ofs miecands, mni ipturu oni oursives for wenete ycttcrousyggi 0 owe o olie' Asklahoing .0.ti effectar comlle rct we upol bringUpgd thei~heads aldienstaisr niblb imay be when they, behld thir c'mpde dioping, h'eir fiaories langa( i'h ingfini their tade crippled.--when thei mruchants, -meclianica, i- shippdra11 int ofe ruties, for wnt of beteroucst>ner" are compelled to reyd.iuon a cie ntheri i aota. theiry een wihl beognei tthe menicdn artsd oll, uinto wamop bhechame been deluded;~ anre ardi save te nour c~sorit wethruch I% Btioreu, orfol, al ssstemn6aaon6 ou atde sharlinse oducit nalfi the rein tte conadiron adeeti th.k/i role, stheday our rspuerchan wpkil beom and en ao iur..ate weal.apr outio, Encaud, Frci'tinill be wdi-e8 wiib or stomehnrso muWt p'dciote-i they ifant ady freiher then ine"-Wii asoie and hoe reasasts.ulif our vasoand hatus pocticnsiof ofthe aeins of hi directdtrady ithfEdi: rone thei eaiy; and prsityddi eb t libnr,:nnd ourlmareh.o all.h'hoan tpo w en.vCan th&iso effcte Re ar-weprepared pr i or thesacurifc fhor. soehn os utbod 2. Resoired, That ither polc;nir othe prstsof th coederacyis funde nited teir equat a n ntseurs thelibert and wvselfareof c~al.u ofha it proisionsw. a reverit the on , '01a thepalir tat furomtei r liaeos tn( the copred, That bnd her .hpnserau tgovnmet, o the unionifheit a arny~t bi anenonce by forue or d fcrad, ibg t< goheprmvisione of thutstiatito of tuh tUitedStae.Ta. og otne d.esiberaed, syTematithourviokeiod in. porovi on y.n arty of the State-svoi theoldinr States n fro theFroiatios. theien wopat. te T hteod the cpostiou, ion Ste, Uni~n'v in sttutll, nft bc. un Union ob fottornyfr,nd Ithw goemeslnt oe o nptin. To ~ 'suen we aure radto wpe 66lo r oln tcr r3n Rnolvdg a the fre n provokteed pin rtlofedinr nth parnq thenoshv ho.dingsState, anfth Federtaov. iVinint w thecorilsof the slaveht;ol, hngStatesc~r touled tbcnatiuin of dot Ia asti'i'nuy, i a deierthend Iked violart to Contituiqtoend hif a'we lael su wi4othi'otnedi'ain all p g aC 4 ( ~~breporl44~om~ a or t M bi the Govrno of th ll i Ei gi~,n Un C4em, l J~~ ip - a 'Gc t a u IShIV~n naor. $ t.e leheepi 'fhnl8 inin moinl ' -p A.4G B~s~J~ NG Chui lnbahe '4 BBstt 4rAe, NGRESSW-iAdFIT;aPJAL~fk~ Bobd('t fRo lerigrhie Repot ero Senate \was dl raell (We beglflg(S h~gw ti) by a peonal- br~6ItregiA ttcInt bl6b~ wer exh Jwitta 'Foote of .issiseippi 4 and hCam~rp . f Pennsylvania. A snnilar seedofw m was enacted in:th'o flousebtweer5 son of Arka:)nsad.;Fjcklin o( JIinq~ In thig Ilatter blu~ -iw -~pousyv;ctzjee ahi'rs w~ 6e -~al ( ma~? A 'fli finlo'Wth igt[ e n Thos Contieris condensedt ie- ~thO list ISda r C9disiq 1ive M, by1 I hw Noi Aiton to !! con In t. S8emtene s af~j ur. day, th6 Partifidatio 'Bil * Wisieie?.37 the Appro iniil,which caxhed up r. I aa Coru tq ,Californa4udewMx ice, and to h i "Mai-tiaI Ida. On ti aft eadit~ deljtt 'to6l niVch Messrs. Ifltler,-2Bad~i; tw, Hale nji .Johnson -participated.' In .the ljuse, ,the .Indian Ap opio Dlill camd~ tx, End a dlssuj'too 'ace'on n~f e'atdmentc offed..- - elouso met t, O& E n-1Kriay evenl ,and the; Chl.ipt ill wasar ed. H'' -ouse r~etdaf iti'pe th~e Governmentor Clifornia. Tetips amiendmnent Was rejected by'wvoid of 100t 114. A conferenece betwee.euthe two;J ow of; Congress. as to takaap1c n.a itern for thme i 'a's ofzti.e naW~ Monroe Fapers. E . . ')i "The latest deipatch -iftns t: se: -of Conress-tomnnnted yeter~y floraitig, groa xcitement eit 1v thme close. ;T9Civil Lints me~i canii Bosa Bill,' and 'n lishnient of: Heme CDdpattin4t'ui the' value of fo u, Bill ha'" 'InsY :, foretLCalicifsarS, nahJt4 e r* e - it W 4 17 nrL t-1 1ei i 4 -I he - Ld -- h ~j It~fSA ~a IG 10 -; aW9 h M~~ dad*u' . w 4 -1fe ~ *f ~ -" d. K --