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Newspaper
Columbus Times
Location
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1850
Page
2
A lengthy speech argues against abolitionist pressure and Wilmot Proviso aims, defending Southern slavery, territorial rights, and state equality. The speaker recalls Revolutionary-era loyalties, cites slaveholding founders, criticizes Northern denouncement, and warns of a deep South firm stance if forced beyond constitutional bounds.
The representative, torn between upholding constitutional limits and fulfilling a perceived will of his constituents, considers adjusting the proposed settlement. He would resign if forced to breach constitutional bounds, and seeks guidance from those who elected him before acting on the profound issue affecting future generations.
From the Charleston Mercury columned discussion includes Judge Shakery and the Nastville Convention stance on Clay’s Compromise, the Southern boundary issue for California, and a call to identify which Southern Senators showed extra zeal beyond Mason, Hunter, Davis Clemens Soule and Turney. The debate centers on the Missouri line as boundary and the compromise’s adequacy for Southern rights.
Receipts through latest dates stay near 30 427 bales below earlier peak, with year end foreseeably under two million bales. Liverpool reports warn of raw cotton shortages, Manchester and Liverpool money power threaten price control, urging government action to expand East Indian cotton. Industrial leaders foresee breaking the market by enforcing supply, while England watches U.S. crop prospects.
The piece discusses Union policy, Southern demands, and calls for genuine concessions from the North. It references the Missouri Compromise, New Mexico actions, and warnings of upheaval in Texas and California, urging county meetings to voice Southern public opinion and urging restraint to avoid further conflict.
Telegraphic report from AleSton notes Steamer Europa reached Halifax yesterday after departing Liverpool on June 22. Cotton market shows Friday sales of 5000 bales with prices firm and unchanged. Week’s total sales 28,500, while speculation bought 5000, market described as inactive.
The Money Market remains easy and Manufacturing District accounts are favorable as crops rise. Russell delivered a brilliant parliamentary speech defending ministerial policy on the Greek question, treating the opposition with indignant contempt and suggesting slim chances for a quick settlement. A life attempt on Louis Napoleon is rumored but details are scarce.
The Georgia Telegraph from June 29, 1850, notes Soule's amendment to Clay's Missouri line bill was rejected in the Senate, while in the House Iowa's Mr Thompson lost his contested seat and the election was sent back to the people. It covers reactions among Southern Congress members, Northern sentiment, executions in Muscogee, religious presses, and a long Catholic Baptist stance on abolition and union. It includes a Charleston Southern Baptist editorial excerpt warning of escalating conflict if the North pushes abolition and a private letter from a Green County Whig defending constitutional rights and Southern unity. The piece reflects volatile sectional tensions shaping politics and religion.
A mobile correspondent reports that the Nashville convention adjourned, with the piece written before it ended. Despite weeks of file delays, the raciness, masculine vigor, and distinct Southern tone remain evident in the communication.
A letter from June 1850 urges firm Southern defense of constitutional rights against Northern encroachment. It critiques the Missouri Compromise line, warns of Union danger, and calls for unwavering stance to preserve slavery interests and potential relocation if needed. It notes alliances, political opinion, and comments on figures like Mr Clay, Senator Webster, and others.
A traveling correspondent reports a feverish spread of a disease described with satirical remedies and political overtones across Southern states from Columbus to Georgia. He notes Georgy Road Company progress, a new plank road experiment, rising real estate, and social quirks including mulatto porters in trains, finishing with personal news from Nancy and a playful farewell.
A mixed selection of quotations and snippets on education and society. It cites Household Words on Lady O Loone and moral satire, then muses on public versus private schooling, precocity, refining education, lectures versus reading, flogging in schools, and a rough note on omnibus population estimates.
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