Address of the committee appointed by the Friends of Southern Rights to the people of Mississippi, December 10th, 1850. : published by order of the Central Southern Rights Association. Page: 3 of 13
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Of the Committee appointed by the members of the Legisl ture
friendly to Southern Rights, to the people of Mississippi.
FELLOW -CI'lZE Ns
It has now been upwards of sixty years since the formation of
our present constitution. That instrument was framed by sepa-
rate and feeble States, to give them greater strength amongst the
nations of the earth. It was adopted with great reluctance on the
part of the South, at the earnest solicitation of the North. For a
number of years after its adoption, an extraordinary struggle was
going on in Europe. The wars of the French Revolution shook
every throne to its centre. It was with great difficulty that the
United States could avoid being involved in these collisions. Each
of the great belligerent powers endeavored to force them from neu.
trality ; but the wisdom of our Revolutionary sires preserved the
peace of the country. The pressure from abroad kept the people
united at home. The slave question, which even before the adop.
tion of the constitution, had been a source of difficulty, was per.
mitted to sleep in the presence of a more pressing danger.-
France ceded Louisiana to the United States, to keep it from fall
ing into the hands of England. This produced no extensive ag.
nation of the subject of slavery, because all thoughts were occupi.
ed by our foreign relations. But after our ability to resist aggres.
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Clayton, A. M.; Barton, Roger.; Stewart, T. Jones; McRae, John J., 1815-1868.; Clifton, C. R.; Smith, C. P. et al. Address of the committee appointed by the Friends of Southern Rights to the people of Mississippi, December 10th, 1850. : published by order of the Central Southern Rights Association., pamphlet, December 10, 1850; Jackson, [Miss.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth497711/m1/3/?q=+date%3A1845-1860: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schreiner University.