Southern Resolve Against Federal Slavery Compromise
A speaker denounces a congressional compromise on California and slavery, arguing Congress lacks power to alter state laws or abolish protections. He warns of ruin for the South, urges non interventional unity, and calls for resistance to preserve rights and avoid federal overreach. He warns abolitionist pressure may drive civil conflict if demands continue.
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Congress
California
South
Cape
Colquitt Letter and Southern Meeting Reflections
A Civil War era column presents Walter T. Colquitt's acceptance of the Nashville Convention mission and calls for unity against northern fanaticism. It also reports Alabama judge elections, praising local choices and noting the functioning of the judicial system.
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Colquitt
Southern defense meetings rally in Alabama and Georgia
A large Montgomery gathering backed Nashville Convention and Southern defense with one dissent, while Cahawba and Richmond hosted pro Southern sentiment meetings. Clarke county and Penny reports echoed unity, as insurrection news from Martinique reached New Orleans with troops deployed to quell Guadeloupe unrest.
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Montgomery
Bagby
W. L. Yancey
Goldthwaite
Nashville
Alabama
Georgia
Dallas
Cahawba
Orth
Richmond
Fork
Penny
Marion
Northern Aggressions &c
Greensboro
Beacon
Commonwealth
Clarke
Court House
Clarke County
New Orleans
Ferdinand, Garze
St. Pierre
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Delta
Monsieur Beauvellon
Marinque
Gaadaloupe
Large Marion meeting backs southern convention
A very large gathering at Marion Perry county on the 29th ult approved the southern convention. Gen E D King and Col H Lea chaired. J G Markham and J Moore were secretaries. The Commonwealth notes near universal county support and few opponents. In other items, a death and multiple national notes follow.
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Marion
Perry County
E. D. King
Col. H. Lea
J. G. Markham
J. Moore
The
Commonwealth
Fire devastates Charleston cotton stores at Adgers Wharf
Telegraph report from Charleston details an extensive early morning fire at Adgers Wharf destroying three large cotton store houses, several counting houses, four thousand bales of cotton, and some rice. Market updates note Baltimore Hibernia arrival Halifax, Liverpool cotton prices improving, Orleans sales, and tea/farm commodities shifting with overall quiet Continental markets.
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Charleston
Adgers’ Wharf
Baltimore
Halifax
Liverpool
Fair Orleans
Paris
Eugene Sue
London
Ceylon
Market Reports From Baltimores 16th Street Notes
Baltimore market brief notes cotton rose slightly by one eighth, flour valued at six cents, rice showing gains as government securities improve. The item reflects daily price movements and the broader financial sentiment on the 16th street market report.
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Baltimore
New York
Washington Republic changes editors in 1850s edition
Washington Republic announces editor withdrawal Bullitt and Sargent retire from editorial management and Allen A Hall succeeds. The piece notes Cabinet support, and the House moves to halt California admission debate on the second Tuesday in June. Also includes Southern press perspectives on Alabama Georgia Mississippi and Cuba expedition commentary.
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Charleston Courier
Washington
Washington Republic
Bullitt
Sargent
Allen A Hall
House of Representatives
California
Compromise and Threats in Civil War Style Discourse
The passage debates a so called compromise on sectional crisis with a brutal highwayman metaphor. It argues the South must resist and retaliate rather than concede on California and Missouri line issues. It warns any concession would be degrading and expose the South to Northern mercy and power.
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Liverpool Mail
England
Bank of England
Missouri Line
California
Alabama elects nine common law and circuit judges
The late election results name nine gentlemen elected to Alabama judge posts: John D. Phelan Ezekiel Pickens Geo. D Shortridge L P Walker Thos A Walker John Bragg Wm R Smith Geo Goldthwaite Rob J Dougherty. These figures confirm appointments to state judiciary across common law and circuit courts.
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Alabama
Mobile
John Bragg
Bragg
Braxton Bragg
Robert Dougherty
State of
John D. Phelan
Ezekiel Pickens
Wm. R. Smith
Geo. D Shortridge
Geo. Goldthwaite
L.P. Walker
Rob’j. Dougherty
Thos. A. Walker
Duel Between Kennedy Walker Ends in Nonfatal Shot
The May 13 Bay St. Louis dispatch reports a morning duel between Dr Kennedy and Judge Walker editor of the Delta. Pistols at 12 paces produced no serious injuries, with both parties leaving the ground. Maginnis’ challenge to Walker remains unsettled, hinting at a second duel shortly. Also noted is Dr W A Clemens’s fatal shooting in Macon, described as self defense, leaving a wife and three children.
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Lovick Pierce
St. Louis
Dreavrut
N. Orleans
Midle Tribune
Delta
Judge Walker
Bay St. Louis
Dr Kennedy
Judge Walkee
The
Walker
Col Benton
Kennedy
Magianis
True Delta
Aent
Ofa Indy
Croker
Columbus Democrat
Macon
Miss
W. A. Clemens
U.S
James Stanback
Stanback
Clemens
Ala
Journal
Severe hurricane in Natchez and gulf region flood damage
New Onteans reports a violent storm sweeping Natchez with eleven inch flood declines in water levels since 1828, while crops suffer from rust and lice in Mississippi and Tennessee. A hurricane like gale raged for about an hour, ripping trees, damaging ships, and blowing down chimneys as steamboats were forced from moorings along the river and energy surged across the Gulf region.
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Natchez
Red
Mississippi
Tennessee
Terriste ‘L'Ornapo
Gulf
Lowa
St. Louis
Red Church
Thomas Ritchie Defends Southern Convention Stand in Albemarle Letter
Washington April 22 1850 letter from Thomas Ritchie to the Jeffersonian editor correcting a misquote. He argues the Southern states must meet to confer on mutual rights and wrongs, urges organizing deputations to the Nashville Convention unless Congress resolves the dispute by June, reaffirms union and state rights, and cites Mr Stevenson as supporting the stance.
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Free Republic
Georgia
Lam
Walter T. Colquitt
Messrs
Phillips
Ramsay, Lawton
Howard and Gartrell
Casinet
Congress
Washington
New York Tribune
Intelligencer
Foote
Benton
Grand
Senate
Reverdy Johnson
Pratt
Maryland
Jeffersonian
J. Randolph
Albemarle
Nashville
Union
Stevenson
Thomas Ritchie
Public meeting urged on Southern rights in Congress
A large list of signatories invites all supporters of sustained Southern political rights, public lands division under the Missouri Compromise line, and opposition to surrender proposals. A meeting is set for Saturday 18th at Concert Hall at 8 o'clock to discuss property and political equality in the South.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Committee of 13
California
Wilmot
Clay
Washington
Hardihood
Congress
Maine
Mexico
T Pt
Committee of Thirteen
J. H. Howard
W. T. Colquitt
J.R. Redd
S. A. Bailey
Hi. L. Benning
J. Forsyth
W. A. Redd
P. J. Semmes
T. B. Spencer
J. Baugh
E.S. Nance
J. H
G. Robinnett
B. R. Gseurleds
M. HH. Dessau
B. P. Mendheim
M. Mendheim
J. Abbot
W. A. Douglas
EB Fishburne
W. M. Bosworth
A. Porter
R Patten
D Adams
JD Carter
W.H Thompson
W.H Thompson E H Calhoun, W Degnan, Seaborn Jouea, J. Munn
W. Cromwell
J.C. Cook
V. Pye
A. B. Ragan
B. Coleman
H. Mangham
A. Backer
D. P. Ellis
W. E. Jones
S.J. Hatcher
W. Williams
W. Snow
J. Echols
R. P. Spencer
J. Ligon
G. W. Cherry
J.T. Flewellen
J. E. Browning
C. Kendall
D.8
Sauls
T. A. Douglas
T. Markham
A. Iverson
G. C. Sherwood
E. G. Thomston
Andrew Conn
W. L. Stapler
J.D. Greenwood
D. Greer, Jr
E. A. White
A. G. Barden
G. Hungerford
J. F. Winter
W. G. Clemens
J.B. Day
F.C. Johnson
T. King
J. Loyd
R. W. For
J. Terry
W. B. Brower
J.S. Raper
IL. S. Smith
Thos, Hoxey
J. M. Chambers
M. J. Crawford
J. Bethune
J. Warren
S. F. Grimes
J.S. Arnold
C. Stratton
J. Shaw
John E. Davis
W J Kellett
J Gregor W W Smith
IJ Boswell
M Sapp
R. Wright
Taap Qaaruder
JG Walker
Faulkenberry
Ww F Parkman
W XK Schley
A ‘ A Lyman
S B Harwell
IB Wright
Ward
G S Davis
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Jas. M. Chambers
J. R. Jones
Mobile Tribune
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W. B. Wallace
J. Vanzant
S. B. Hamlet
A. Calhoun
R. C. Forsyth
W. We Flewellen
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JH Maree
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J. Wooten
K. M. Gray, E. 8. Gray
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E. Mendheimn
J. Frank
D. Averett
W. Wade
Sammes & Rooney
H. W. Banks
C. J. Rosevelt
G Hallenbeck
J R DeWitt
W Cooper
F M Gray
John Quin
J G Smith
P. Bauch
W. B. Stokes, R. J. Moses
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A. J. Robison
G. J. Pitts
A. Noble
J. A. Bradford
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P. Browning
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A. A. Lowther
J. J. B. Hoxey
D. Thornton
G. C. Wieler
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C. Whaton
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J. H. Whittlesey
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HI. W. Nance
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T. A. Pralt
P. Farrar
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A. Robinson, Jr
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Tob’t, L. Bruce
E. Barnard, W. P. Baker, G. B. Terry
J. Backer
D.D. Ridenhour, R. H. Harris, G. L. McGough
Philadelphia Inquirer
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M. K. Taylor
Destromide
New Grenada
Monsieur Hudebert
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