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After'the conclusion of the Anniversary delebration at Piedniont Church near Bish opviWf h 4th instant, a meeting. was forth~vit a alled, for the purpose of taking in to consideration, the subject of Northern in te-fetenhe with the institution slavery, and other maetters onnected therewith. The meeting which was, large and highly respec table, was organized by calling Dr. JoHN E. DiriNra to the Chair, and appointing Win Rogers Secrietary.. The Chairman then ex plained more fully the object of the meeting by stating, that it was called to take into con. siderition the cause of the northern people, touching the Institution of slavery, more es pecially, in egaid to the efforts being made to a dlish slavery in the District of Columbia and ti liihibit its further extension into the Territdi-es of the United States; and also, the coaree that'has been pursued south, as re garildsoutiern rights and interests. A mo tion was.made and carried, to appoint a com. . mitteeof 20,i o draft preamble and resolutions e.lesesiveofthe sense of this meeting. Wher uponie follo ving gbntlemen were appoint ed tieibohirmiitee, viz, Capt. Jas. Rembert, T.MWMbldruw,Jbhn 0. Durant, M. Dubose, J W.Stuckey,:R. M. EngiiFgikum E. Muld rowdt-eV. T. I English, Gao. Mc.Cutcheon, Alfred Scarborough, Esq. L. L Fraser. Win. Shaw, llardyStuakey, Adison Stuckey, Jas. Witheispoon, A. Alexander, T. B. Fraser, Esq.' Gieo. Huggins, E. Keils, and J. A. Theconittee thereupon retired to the Chdricaind upon their return made the fol ]owing report, REPORT, Co Cimmitico, in approaching this sub. jecti e fe1t:.that it' was environed with dici01ti,es of i .very serious nature, which, haid noasense of duty and interest forbid. deon,-would have stopped them in the -very A dutset of their undertaking. These difficul. tiqs arlse, in part, from the very freedom We enjoy,-.and particularly the free ,".of speech, and of the Press. Under the bi16d egisof the Constitution these are en joye'byhqvery nm, subject only to those lithitations; whichcommn6 sense and experi ence'have' found to be necessary to the exist ence ofeociety, and the interest of its mem bers. No action on our part can effect or di.. minish jhls freedom. m'gi, your Committee have felt that, to somb'extent, complainit and remonstrance against frabid abolitionists, and all others wvho sympathise with' them for transmitting topgh thepublic. mail their pamphlets and pap rs~e, people of the South, are undig ndd [as well as useless. Knowing our rIgh uiider thie Constitution of the United States, we should entrench ourselves behind this rampart, and wait until those rights were openly assailed, and until this bond of Union waM'rein assunder by violence, and trampled under-fo~ot' To .coin plain and remonstrate will only lend our aid to effet a diversion froin the :true merits of the controversy be twveen the free and slave states of this Union. vill nOt, aind for time to come, as wvell as in minIgptn e-attended i'vith no advantage to theSouth. * odr -Committee might also mention as ~~ohrdifficlty which has pressed upon therni in considering-this subject, 'the state of public opinions and feeling upon the same. Thie Bsouth, im regard to this matter, may be divi da(ld intO~wo classes.2-.The first of these ap rmended no-. da~pger .from any .measures ' whilh abolitionists have hitherto employed, or are 'now employing,. to bring about their aims. ..Even the powerful arm of the Press wioelddgainst us in the dissemination of abiiee---ay of the' most insurrectionai-y end incondiavypublications which they can issue, they 'rdgrd 'as comparatively harmless "Gal lio--like Ahoy care for none of these things." The.espng, are carried away by rage and * inadness, against the authors of such-.nefsri ous'schenes; and as usual with men under thp ~rcitismekt of strong passions, they nei.. theilo, nior are they capable of wisely plan ning how to defend their rights. Of the first of tiges' bhases, or'those who fear nothing 'uniqn tiesubject, your Committee would on ly.$ythtt they evluce neitbser wisdom nor Jc ldlge of hauman nature. ;Mor can your C~i te@ disepverany improvoment whibI~ trade, bynthne.ty of %be :gi4q 1 i-hi~t t6therancientor modern, Sathey m iy , "' 60he0 Mattersweoa give them no edit ('S shewduess.and powere of.calulatlaingh i pf the sec9nd f these cJasses, or ther y.ur Oorfi t "I'd ouly nay' th thpy act unWisely liuir'ting pusslon to dtt ne 'riason. If ever uooniess, and d6liberatin, and firmness:of: purposo, byked by:an intel igenthview of thngs are 4ecessry to mp, tiey argto the ped e of thi South . t all dangerd are not 'ath. Everytteatain cloud d6s not contain the. whiiivind dr~ oo nado. .Every storm.which risesrat sea does not swallow up those within its reach. -And of every ball discharged in battle, it has b." n estimated that'only one in'tsn thousarid ' effect. SuCh ar Come 61 toa uuu which have met the Committee iri ap* o6h ing this aibjeet. But these difficultiei ho.W ever formidable, have not kept them frn dis charging their duty t6 the exte't'of'their abiity. As: the ardent scholar redoubles his efforts when his lessons grow harder, and the true Patriot makes the greater exertions to save his Country, the more its liberty is threatened, so your Committee trust they have acted in the discharge of-their duty. That the results of our delberations may ap pear insome tangible form, we will present them under the following heads: 1. Oir Rights. 2. The injuries which have been, and are btill doing us,in the enjoyment of these rights. 8. Our duty in the premises. - 1. Our Rights. When we speak of rights in this connec tion, we mean, as a matter of course, only those which have. relation to negro slavery, and in the first place, we remark concerning these rights, that they are not of that- class about which men may form various opinions as to their existence, nature and extent. They are recognised in the Constitution of the United Stater, interwoven with it. and make a part thereof. Take them away and it is no longer the Constitution of 1789, that glorious bark which has weathered every storm from the time it was launched until the present moment. Take these away and what remains, so far as the South is concerned, is not worth preserving. It can do us no good, but only evl and that continually. Had not those rights been recognised, this Union would never have been formed; and as soon as they are destroyed the value of this Union to usis gone. The compact originally form ed in the same spirit of compromiso must be preserved in the same spirit. It will avail but little for two persons who are estranged from each other, to become reconciled by mutual compromise, unless they preservo the same spirit which first brought them together. Again, we remark that, so far as thu consti tution is concerned, they are guaranteed to us just as strongly as the right of trial by jury, or the right to the tree and unrestrained choice of worshipping God in whatever manner our conscienceF, enlightened by his word, shall dictate to us to be proper. In other, words, our rights with regard to the institution of domestic slavery stand upon the same footing in the Constitution with those last mention ed: and as the lattor can never wrested from us until liberty has bee'ampled in th2 dust so neither can the former. Th'len two things wth regard to those rights which are under consideration, your Committee judge to be highly important, and ought to be constantly remembered and well considered by every citizen of the South. And it is for the accom plishment of these ends that they are intro duced here. it is only in this way we can prepare ourselves for the worst, should it ev. er come. Yet your Committee fear that our citizens, to sone extent at least, are inconsid crate and unmindful of these things. What we say to all is, we have constitutional rights to the free enjoyment of this domestic insti tution, standing upon the same footing with many of the dearest rights which we enjoy as citizens if these United States. These should be carefully studied, duly estimated, and con stantly kept before our minds, so that when they should be invaded we shall be prepared for an intelligent and prompt defence of them at any, and all hazards. 2. Trlie injuries wvhich have been, and are doing us, in the enjoyment of this right. And here let it be remarked that we are not aware of nny essentialdifrerence between the laws which govern private rights, and those which govern public rights. For ex amiple. If A. ofliciously, offensively, and re peatedly intermeddle with the affairs -of 13. obtruding upon him his opinions and vitu perations for not agreeing wvith him, none will hold A toube a quiet and peaceable citizen. Or if, again. The cotton grower of the South should set himself up to advise and control ,the manufacturer of the North, by insisting that he should pursue some other business, or should have balances of another kind from those employed; and then not, meeting with success in his self imposed task, should load him with abuse and pursuade his labourers to quit his service, would not this be held to be most unwarantable and reprehensible con duct, an offence against all good mihorals as wvell as constitutional rights. Now to Abolitionistsq, and all others wvho act in concert wvith them in disturbing the South we can say "Mutato nommine fubula, do te, narritur" while quietly minding our owvn business, we have been assailed by the Press, in Congrees, and from the Pulpit. T1he peace of our citi zens has been interrupted by insurrectionary and incendiary Pamphlets and Documents. Our slaves have been excited to revolt and rebellion against their owners by such influ ences brought to bear upon their minds. \Ve are thus brought into jeop~ardy by those who are under every obligation to defend us. Our natural friends have become our enemies, evena as we have rallied around the Constitu tion, we have born the shock of their as saults, Wo are threatened with being driv en from this .strong hold,-the. very honors of the alter of the Constitution, it is determin ed, shall afford us no protection. But let us look a little more in detadl at these wrongs. They commenced at a very early period in the history of our Government. The Mis souri compromise was by noe means their star: :ting point. Nor did the concessious then ibowev.A~ - i he ir I obok'sellera ~op~set our co publicatlens of this sort~~~ii intc huth~ppn~ publicatIonis. F~itee~~p free states anid theresiel~~l~ will meet your eoi the h 2. Accounto ' meet and of their doI-p wichi. circulatea4nil an copied (weilIh jIudiciopln~ papers) is aniofher wron~w endeT1 are read lieie and tire4 ob and their-constenti led o to.dthe Now. it is enopghfor all n js* mischief if on l'a ;feV Ce a tces .ti for tho'historyof insurrections and osl temps made,.m that way, nist co e 6 proves that a few ring. ;eers causeallff t 'mischief; the mi are meretool e 'In this connection your ;codilifteo wo remark thateve' the . coliizat oni M,_ those only professed bject isjo removqA persons of colo- whoare wllli*)f.o'go ..e Fatherland (which w6uld 'ertaznl.g blessing to. the South) has ecom nol i -source or dager fo the eutil1. the-first place,. while this isthe profesa ject of the society; written upon thever ylfac of the Constitution, its' supporters In a grei mar.y instances, are hostile to the inItttin of slavery, and fondly hope by this instJ " id ality to sap its foundation in this. country.d is not however at their successes htgettio Southern men to send bff their slaves, "tht we complain so much; but at the tondency.i their effirts, and in spme cases their. direi aims to bring this institution into disreptif This moreover has an injurious influence -ul on our slaves. They hear Liberia spoken ( in such glowing colors,-its growing prospei ity and increasing resources,-the case of 61 taining a support, and the freedom enjoy6 by its citizens, that their heads become. Iii died. They wish for such a state of thingi and the wish, very naturally, becomes fathe to the thought. 3. Another wrong is the sending to SoutI ern men, through the public mail,' pamphle and documents-touching negro slavery, an in many cases of a grossly abusive characte No man has the right to wound the feeling and excite the passions of another, needlesell It is an act of wantonness which no systei of morals can justify; and especially is thi true after fair notice has heen given of the el fects produced by such a course of conducl Some of your Committee have been receiv ing such communications for years pas without kiiowing either the source fror whence they came or being able todevise an plan to defend themselves. Ilow long this may continue, or how muc more annoying it may become, they are uni ble to conjecture. Perhaps if a law wer enac ed by Congress requiring every posi master to stamp the name of his ofilce upo all newspapers mailed there (as in the cas of letters) it might enable us to determin in part the whereabouls of those who are thu assailing us. 4. Still another evil to be deplored is th existence of a class among ourselves sprun up it seems of late, who are advocating emai cipation. \Ve will not suffer ourselves t canvass, either their character or either me tives. Our imaginations shall not pictur them before us, as disappointed statesmen, mcin of shattered fortunes.-imore visionarie or reckless revolutionist in their feelings. We know not wvho thay are, either "Brutus or true "Carolinian"! but wve do know; thz with such views feelings and aims as the have, it would be wvise in them, to refrai from publishing and scattering broad cast thei plans; or if thoy cannot contain to go nort of Mason's and Dixon's line before they stc to proclaim them. Above all men upon th face of the earth, they come with the wor grace from "A T1rue Carolinian"' or froi "Brmutus," whlo professes to have common ii terest with the mass of our citizens. llaving now considered our rights, and th wrongs which have been, and are still doin us, in the enjoyment of these rights; befor dismissing this part of the subject, we foi called upon to declare, that, wvith those< our brethren at the North, who have carefull refrained from disturbing us in any man upon this point, we have no <quarrel and t< wards those who have stood by us, and nob. dlefendedl us, entertain the very kindest fee ings, which heaven grant, may long continus 3. Our duty in the premises. Heore your Committee, as you may readil suppose. feel mutich embarrassed both as thme matter and manner of their recoimmendi tions. They would however, venture make the followving suggestions. 1. We should make ourseives familiar wit the nature and extent of our rights, as an ir tegrel poertioni of this Confederacy. Know edge is ever favorable to liberty. Trho soumd est exp~osuists of Constitutional law shioul be carefully studied, and urged upon or children, as wvorthy of their highst attentioi Even classical and mathematical knowledgi must yield in point of importance to tifi: Above all the Constitution itself must be cai fully studied. 2. We should never allow ourselves to la thrown off our g;uard, by thQ excitemer of passion. Men under the excitement< passion, are not wise in council or very form idable in battles.. 8. It is the opinion of your Committe< that all abolition papers and documents toucl ing negro slavery, adversa to the views. a - r --al A a or ~ auirto no e tt do, u.oddeio, nn ev erV- e.pY'tat e .-i. knore o(~ ~~~ne to\oi~~~ul ~ td niRV Of the, tniitfih ht6 hJR t t hoi With ah u Y~ -ii Ir tta bnt, to-t o~f~ptfd lajut aI~e hOC4#dni4 ~jt h oitu-, tF' frofdond 0 s tighiita id pos -7 and . e.-o ture, rja a o ii wra Unte 10 Ta $toierie adie-a uthen ex ......... 1C t y pAneote tero theU whe It; bi .3 - acti Oki it. ~threirve r v h o p iiu for upo thei( pr diplerof Q otn are jstrc iiane-ave ourn andl avod uevta prangwith . i i e itd States. - 4 s 12. That teeIx " ecz fh lo d~anieof the whole L n141) areq'n #oht'.bugbtt efree. to ,andviuas.i 1 an . That theediaulta made icnegro n savery, and tenumekou abdoc inonsqf our y laves, and ioppos iofn-inri dtor the ir recovery by tA' Noth 0 g lf~d~ h for, upon the prlitciple.df-o ret'i~taii a trc. Aiglof to rei~vr 1 among mwose pnclp wi.Aore, t ours, and Who 6ro 1a 4: utam poring bitheor mei R d12. That e blet(na~eiiold SIndividual s, I e r and their WIn A necessr tinas ei th fone eConst~ttop7 righ..-hsptr~~~h~ g tance n All of whi Is' rept ted. - Sn motion of Capt.Je D- or the preambleand resolutians Wre: unanimously 0 adopted by thes'meeting.-. - On motion of Ge6. d ei~i wa . Resolved. ThA th ptk i'i. - tions be in thie Bu tr r Charlestand itsuy avI outca o~wim (Fromethf dicusingte~r lie h eawynntCodngress.& ,t chasnod in relatn ti tabgan o - slavery her gret ie th.fr Sutaied noby bnd to 8~~fel hc rpirndl among the~s'f~4 . fehe States, hihte - ittionofbt of the. ange le -~whc thaey. arIt ies ~l canntb r ne thn siiowasinago 6 pogr 'ctionphann in theallsan r tat qesin itse advo~s~wr vr votheea trea icontmticie enad etimos wth venewevh D temterato hl f resen atta tma thliitaWFtbigs no awtherack ta siihyear fearlho No e the hfies oenr b W 6tats in Sexis ';Con k r d W thb Sqth ':hiiie J bben efeated aiLd dtJatIli~ tilt cried guaranies of the Constitution, ibldh shbuld be her- yroteotion,- have begr gr iotegndtrnip 1 upo ite ,. - prep ves. e .e the agitation of the su e t have been repealed and eve on e great qustie l 1 kgg ~ ~ ~ ~ .M Aerloaihafafd n ing te rgt ai ecurities whieh she .claims er.the Constitution. And what is. the state of the question in the free-.States? A change equally as radical andpr.ofoud'has there. .taen Iplace among both people and politicians. ix years ago the South could rely iisi plicity upon tho suppor! of one of the 'reat 'larlies at the North. She.'ad ends in, Congress from the North be -longing to the Democratic party, VIho nobly defended and maintained 'or rihts. Bu, now, what is the state of *things? Nearly-all those friends have been stricken down and-have disappear ed, and she is left to battle, for 'dr rights aliost alone Aid ainglehnded. these are- facts, .stubborn facts, and they, cannot be denied. Ad: now it remaims .to: inqfde i .cau#es hichavegaduced is great scbnge i thesentimnms an conduct of the people of the free States. and in Con gress, upon the subjet' of slavery, .nd toLacertain, if possible; who hiiveien its authors. In ourjudgement, there is but one cause, and- the authorsto that cause pr as apparent tqouit 4ie, asthe cause it self. Risde~ albnce of the: South ern Whigs .with.Northern WIhgs; for, which the leade of the Whig pary i the Siiitlfare l 6be reionsible., i t uls dol liackg .the hiistory. of the slavery question in Congress, and see' if we havenot abundant evidenco to suport t i6sitohich 'A, hVi -, suned. .-"- a Every Sout :maniwill-rememberi that the agitati rf f theslavevubai in-Corkgross-is conyanptiv If'epga date. Jr cAdienced nider the uspn cesfo the late John Quincy Adatbs who owed a debt.of hatred anidi'oycngo to the South for the politicil hotit i which both he and - his .father, eo0n. teed from the emocracy of that pdr. tion of the Union. - He became Lthe at agi'ator, and th P rt : of tie tende right of petition, urirwich 1h0.abohitionistclainiedtbeIaghtofinu dating both Congreds atd-the country with hist inflamnianbbd~dattor ~pio subjeck of slavery., hn8,b~1I snie.h become so 1100lraLe Iii ,the House of representatives, that body found it nedessary to tAke'4ome steps to suppress and put an end to t. I And hence the resolution' -known as the "Athertriresolutions" were adoptcd. Those resolutiois were -presented 'by Mr. Atherton, a Pegocrtfreomr froi New Hampshirelandiveradopt. ed by aunanimous vote on 'the. partof the Southern members, and a Jargi share of the Democratic meimbers from the free States, very few iffrny Wigs freun the frep States-voting for them. They provided that .Abolition petitions should be received -and roered tQ. 'r coumit'e without reading .Still the agitation wvas:- not allaved. Under' the lead of Mr. Adsas aided~ and assisted by AMr. Slade, a Whig from. Vermont, and Mr.Gadedin~s, an. other' Whig from Ohio, petitions of the anost objectionable characlter,g anost Rifulting to te Sonth, c maine4,to be pesnted higeater nirnbers -tbanev er ;aand so great was -tlle egoitement prqduced-by them, auditieconseit? interrsntion of businese, tbat. he flouhe WaM conmpelle4, at* he'ession - of1 854 to adopt the celebrated 21st~ ~ute hich' excluded the receptionof pettionis upon the subject of' slave- . This resolutidr was adopted by the inaninisous vote of the Southern themn bers and'twenty-eight Northern'Ded-. ~oratsa;-all the W-hig metnbers frombe ~rooState votinge astthem ie -Thug att .dhn'e, tie-lb6 '~.~~.&ithand a deote band1 o'y .to figbt U' ouh galish -tliedriept ~fthjw~endeavorng tkdight ~l~eL~nrrdtion anid servile Brezds, w i~Pi Whip 0t After thi wasthe couna f -h ry, not oiil in- theh ipiac' andpermittedno opo t inflae tio 6 t - slavey 'Andinoi' h resertative front 6te 11l occasions sad '~ii t6h 6araladi w tht ~t A ged iipeessat wataaMJ crais- w 6had" n tb South. 1 e olitonishu-ntbit g down aEd d ing politically evey dared to stindn e'. 6-d constitutionil rig1t ~t & And while these Whig enemie So,th reehgaged inthis s work of hnting down the t. - of the S6ith,'South6rn h -thein Pdenolurage aytb4d with themn over eery rino tty had prostrated aid ds en WhIgs -ejoiced in o ivbich their Northerld o gained over -th' Dem North iupesi Wham aliob -edld rely fo the' efe thle: When the Deinoorf ofn.*HtW shire dteinp linrily lifek defeaed b itiin reabherg of-d A6theil WhI Wtig hetates ytessesj were dd Olodi th1 a;6ngI*d at the yet.r Which heiVndIdk,' gage6-'d e.itat 6% ado tion'Qfthe t e''s Nnrthermn.-oo-ctstor' friend 'whiks the Soth North: Nor 6 n itbodn 4 that da-te this, NortaAi Fed and 'betted, by So4t. b6 haveddben coida down, mang this iy thsS6ut" and auo of rightiie - ee- 6% sefai But theie 1arse nall the fhefs - to'shQWt1 tte .rechdif bf. do i Whf s to d6ibrn Inr e whih has toeded mie Utik causes t'o alienat'the'Ti friends of the South l id t grieatiterests' at the meo~f -r er Abolititisui.n h 184844 the e It was demplished b t 6cl vote of -Northern Whigst, i Nort0er. D.e .rats - an v - Southern Whiga-S oQ~~ r Carolina, anrid tee Vriii~~ amotig them wbielp 6theiM Whg6 t W)4 ed. 'the trued fries theiorth, bui tslit s 'eafli dr *W*&i; drn adesild6% allof4 Sthe'n nter t i Wi, couldh S& U tis aiu he o f~tI qestion: Blsiths not al l ritorial questin esisek ,and u. drat8 diied t ~t the be set~d.? ;jy tI ant m ~P;