Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-08-18


ed determination 10 rescue the Federal Gov.
eminent from lis control:
Resolved therefore, That I've, the peo.
pie here assembled, rem cmhering the exam.
pie of our Fathers in the days Of The frs,
declaration of independence, putting our
trust in Sod for the triumph of our cause,
and invoking His guidance in our endeay.
ors TO advance it, do now plant ourselves
upon the National Platform Of Freedom IN
opposition to the Sectional Platform OF Sa.
very.
Resolrcd. That slavery in the several
States of this Union which recognize its cx.
istenrc, depends upon State laws alone
which canno, be repealed or modified by
the Federal Government, and for which
laws that Government is not Responsible
We therefore propose no interference by
Congress with slavery within the limits Of
any State.
RcsoIred. That the proviso Of Jefler-
son. to prohibit the existence of slavery, at.
ter 1900 in aI the territories of the United
States, Southern and Northern; the votes
OF SIX States aud sixteen delegates, IN the
Congress Of I7S for the proviSo, TO three
States and seven delegates against 1t; the
actual exclusion Of slavery, from tie North
western territory, by the ordinance of 1897,
unanimously adopted by the States in Con
gross and the entire history of that pernd,
clearly show that it was the settled policy
OF the Nation not to extend, nationwide or
encourage, but To limit, localizc and dis
courage slavery; and 10 ihis poIiry, which
should never have been departed from, the
government ought to return.
RfSoirci, That our Fathers ordained
the Constitution of the United States, in or
der among other great national objects 10
establish Justice, promote the general wei
fare. and secure the blessings of Liberty;
hnt expressly denied TO the Federal Gov
eminent, which they created, all consltu.
uonaI power 10 deprive any person Of life,
liberty, or properly, without legal process
Rcs0ircd, That in the Judgment of tins
! Convention. Congress has no more power
10 make a slave than to make a king: no
more power to institute or establish slavery,
than to institute or establish monarchy:
no such power be found amOi those
specifically conferred by the constitution or
derived by stimpIicatlon from them.
RcSoirci. That it is the duty Of the
Federal Government to release Itself from
all responsibility for the existence OF conllu-
uatiod of slavery, wherever that govern.
mcnt possesses constitutional authority 10
lcglsIate on that subject, and is thus respun.
Si3ie Tor ITS existence.
RcSpircE That the true, and in the
Judgment Of dis Convention, the only safe
means Of preventing the extension ofshycry
into territory now free. is to prohhitil It's cN.
.>lcnce ii all such territory by All act Of
! Congress.
| Rc&oircL That We accept tie issue
which the slave power has forced upon us,
and 70 hcir dem md for more slave States,
and more slave territories. our calm and H.
|nu answer is. no more slave States, and no
more slave territory. Let The soil Of our
extensive douains be ever kept Free, for
The hardy pioneers Of our own land. and
/ he oppressed and banlshcl of other lands,
seeking homes ofcomlort and Helds Of en-
lerprise in HE nov world.
Re$0Irri, That the bill lately reported
hy the committee of Eight in the Senate of
the United States, was no compromise, but
IN absolute surrender 0l the rights of the
non Shareholders of all thcSlatrs and while
w, rejoice to know. that. measure which.
while opening the door for tire Introduction
o. slavery into territories now free, would
also have opened the door 70 Ijuration and
strife among the future inhabitants thereof.
to lhc ruin of lbrjr peace and prosperiy.
vas defeated in the House of Rcprcscnia.
uycs. it's passage, in hot haste. b; maiori-
Is, rmbricing several Senators, who votrd
10 open violation Of the known will Of their
constituents. should warn The DeorIe 10 see
10 it. that lhcir REPRESENTATIVES, he moi sniff.
erred - hc.ra,. tbr,, 'rhoro must no M
more cnnnrn,,;sc v;,l .,,,cry. # n,d,.
thcy must he rpnoaIcd
Rcsoyrcd Th,f wo demand Frecdom
and established Institnti,ns for our brcthrcn
in OREGON. now eyno,ed to h,rdship< nrrl
aud massacre nv The reckless Los,il;,y or
the slave mower io ,hccstalI;shmcpto cFrcc
Government far rreo Terr;,or;os AMI M,
only for tbcn, Inn far our nov. bro,hrc, -
Caiilorui, and New Nexico.
And whereas. il is due. NOT only to this
orcasinn. but to the whorc mamie If The