12 Nov 1850
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Newspaper
Columbus Times
Location
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1850
Page
1
The article covers Georgia figures Toombs and Stephens defending Southern rights amid abolitionist pressure. It details fiery speeches, press reactions, and large public meetings in Columbus and Macon, highlighting accusations of submissionism, calls for disunion, and debates over California's admission and sectional rights. It includes letters and public exchanges about arranging debates between sides.
Dense and garbled text reflects a Civil War era dispute over union, disunity, and blame between North and South. Wavering phrasing cites abolitionists and fanaticism, arguing the Union’s fragility amid political tensions and calls for reasserting liberty and justice.
Columbus October 31 letters from leaders of Southern Rights Association invite Toombs and Stephens to a public debate next Saturday on secession and union issues. A reply from James Johnson refuses a joint discussion citing unequal access and party differences.
Oct 31 1850 report of a speech by Judge Colquitton praising the Southern cause. Writers state confidence of a 200 vote majority in the county. They note candidates Judge Thos Speight and St Josiah Vinson for the Southern side, while the Subs nominate Maj Joel Crawford and James Bush.
Amid heated debate the speaker denounces the Clayton Compromise as abandonment of Southern rights and insists the effort would yield nothing for the South. He argues the proposal amounts to surrender to the Supreme Court’s decision and warns of broader dangers to property, liberty, and national union.
The piece argues submission leaders claim a Southern victory on slavery policy while Northern papers admit the North cheated the South. It cites The New York Herald on California admission and the fugitive slave law as acts of fraud and atonement, blaming Northern greed and press for oppression of Southern rights.
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