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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
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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
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the Govrno of th ll i
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a 'Gc t a
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t.e leheepi
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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
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