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Resolutions which originated in the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia. 1849-1850 405 (1849)

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WHICH ORIGINATED IN THfE HOUSE 01 ILE PILESENTATIVES.
Report of the Committee on the State of the IeIulic.
The .Joint Cornitt.ie on the State of the Republic, to
which wai referred thtos*eportionts of thec Governor's Ilics-
saOgO and tIhe several hills and resoltIHions elating to the sub-
jeCt of slavery, introduced into either branch of the Legisla-
Ltre, beg lon e to report ; That they have giveti the nost de-
lierate and solein attentin 1o the various suggestions C1fn-
braced in i-olositionH subllitted to them1, rherrintg to the
sulject (I sAverY, and have, with titntds arlly iiliniessed
witi the grait sigiticntece that iist he giVCn to all\ action
whtatever on this i i el'r at ilte I-esetit homr, arriveid at the
concliu-zidtt that we sholi, as far as tIte State of' Georgia is
cotceried, rcolilii d such action  as shall eoipose the
pubuic initd, solpprls any frther agitation of a cotrmoversy
in  vliih  Itr itttr  than1i  twelity  years  1thc  ()tll  has  heeni
consnl-01y wante11d, or loP; 'mm, elli,-ient, and practical
mttet s('tii   that sh:h I lova'  the  sitc rity  oh  oir  ComIdapifits,
anId  at1 the s!1une tinu  rethe. Mie  wronig .  It, is vainl to de-
ny theit ve, the iljiured piarty, have, lmr a sets o vears, by
a vanthillatng and  Htm)Ortis t pube vaonly 0 sredh tle cour-
age oh out isailnts, and itnvited, by n excesive setisifbility,
on the citfI-el of IIthe Ul~ie co(AUS,'neunPU(Yt  lr dveisivue action,
fbrther .nd still mtore iniluititolls experimienits upon our for-
hourtance and p:.ttltie.
'T'lhe best dlelunce  of libertY is Ibo first blow stricken
in its dfnice, atm t r tIh  fir t right violated. With all
the accutil-mlitd injtry of oliheen years tIt we hiave had to
endutlrte EmI  the auti-slivery Stattes, and Itat we so sensibly
fecl to-d:ly, we \et do not li1 miore keenly, nor do we ex-
p)ress more hreibly our senise of' this outrage, than1tt did the
Ltgisla no e of' (worgia txVetmty-two years ago upon  v the bare
proposition of' ite frietnds of colnizuaion t) \oWe an appro-
print ion ho the removal of free negroa to Iblrit. Yet the
J10ti1t CotInniltee otn the Site of the  I eputblii iti the ear
1S27 dhcI iiri, in brwirnce ii this suibjiict, so hunriless ill
the comarinoin with th audacitP rittccntt logi lation, th t1
they cMlu nol help reprobting the cohl-blodnd seilislniess
or untthiiking  I whihictultes many of our lllomw -citizens
itn othir Stiles to all intetfn noee wilh omi local (oncernIs
and theStic 11-h1tints I(ttIly unw1riantend cithTer b  hu-
Sub interference is becOiing every day iore deteni n-

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