The North-Carolina standard., 1849-07-04

oty but that he made every effort IN Ms power W
Iefeat Mr.. Steele's Resolutionson Slavery. Day by
r. as those Resolutions came up for consideration
nd as the real friends of Southern rights OF ootn
res struggled to get them through the House, WIN
be view of adding prompt action to the SOUND ooc-
dnes they contained, Mr. Stanly met them with
hber ridicule wit, denunclahon' as he thought
xould best suit his purposes and it has wishes
a nevaiIed on that occasion, the voice OF n orth
roroIina would have been hushed into silence, and
hose Resolutions of remonstrance against Northern
0ressions would have been consigned to the sleep
: death. He denounced them as s' South Carolina
ofoco distractions and not content with record
~ his vote against the most important of them, tn
minority Of from eight to ten, against seq
.,y to eighty members an their faUOr, he made his
.,0ositon to them matter of solemn Protest the
I1nruals of the House That Protest, which would
Letter have become the Legislative halls of Kentucky
:, Missouri, where contests for Emancipation have
.,mmenced already, we copy as follows:
TUESDAY, January 23, 1s4e.
The following declaration submitted, by way
fprotest, by Messrs. Fenner B. Satterthwaite, Ed
%,Rp STANLY, and John Y. Hicks, who voted in the
"sgative on the Resolutions, which follow, on the
sOh instant: and the same is, by order, spread upon
,be Journal:
The Undersigned, being of the minority, do hereby
emnly protest against the vote Of the majority of
The House of Commons, on the 2Otlr day of January,
1919, which
BssoIred, That we view with deep concern and
Iarn the constant aggressions the rights of the
vehoder by certain reckless politicians of the orth;
and that the recent proceedings, the subject of
slavery, fraught with mischief. well calculated to
disturb the peace of our Country, and should call
forth the earnest and prompt dsapprobation of every
/ friend of the Union.
Resolred, That the enactment of any law by Con-
Css which shall abolish slavery the slave trade,
the District of Columbia shall directly or lndI-
cIy deprive the citizens of any of the States, OF
the right of emigating with their slave property into
m the Territories of the United States, and OF ex-
srising ownership the same, while in said Ter
itoes will be act not only of gross injustice and
vrong but the exercise of power contrary to the true
meaning and spirit of the Constitution. and never
j contemplated by the trainers thereof.
! ResoEred, That while we do not intend hereby to
\ he understood as conceding that Congress has the
ower under the Constitution, to enact law Prohlb-
no slavery in any portion of the Territories of the
United States vet for the sake preserving the peace
and promoting the perpetuity of the Union, we are
! Wiling that the basis of the Missouri Compromise
should be adopted In reference to the recently acqulr
ed Territories of New Mexico and California, by ex-
lending the line then agreed upon to the Pacific
! Ocean. ' 's-'
lst Because the name and authority of North
/ Carolina has been usurped to denounce "aggEes-
ions" upon our rights, which are not enumerated !;
oreprobate certain politicians of the North, who are
mt named; and to intimate forcble resistance to
recent proceedings in Congress (peFhaps the future
action of the General Government) which are not de-
4 ined. -.seE --
ID. Because this General Assembly was not elect
ed to revise the proceedings of Congress, to re-
sst the General Government, to denounce, IN the
name of North Carolina, 'other portions of this Con-
ederacy But, if we had been chosen for that pur-
pose would be due to the dignity and character OF
he State, that her remoBstraHce against any aggres-
sons upon her rights, and her warnings against any
pischiefs which are sincerely believed to be likely
disturb the peace - of the country, should be
Oken if uttered all, with plain and manly sincer-
! 7-not in unmeaning generalities.
3rd. Because in part of said Resolutions. 1t ls
asserted as principle of the Constitution, that Con-
gss has no pow to prohibit the extension of slavery
"any of the territories of the Unon; and yet IN the
next, it is declared that are willing 1t should be
done bv Congress, regardless of the Constitution,
provided we are not understood conceding the
power of Congress to do it. All which, appears to
the Undersigned, plain absuTdlty.
4th. Because, if Congress do possess the power
Under the Constitutions prohibit slavery IN the Ter
itoies now Free the first proposition is false; and
Congress have such power, then the second
opposition is nothing more or less than recommen-
ion to Congress to rioLate the Constitution, which
hey and we (ther assumed advisers have all SOL
emnly sworn to support. a-5tt =
jh. The undersigned protest against the vote OF OF
The majority in this whole proceeding, as being wen
calculated they will not say designed, to create the
Impression that North Carolina would be willing.
under certain contingencies. to give up the union OF
H the States, and to that extent, give encouragement
reckless poIIticians''t of the South, as well as
North, who seem determined IS to rule or ruin
rhereas, this General Assembly must know that
Ach impression will be doing great injustice to our
4 1nStituents. 'i-'-s 90,
/ 6th The undersigned protest against the vote OF
be maority, because all such Resolutions are use
s and improbable, more especially as the MAORI
thave themselves voted that the institution OF slave
|I was s. maturely considered in the ConVention
which framed the Federal Constitution, % and tnat
he union of the States was finally secured by ncor-
puating into that instrument, distinct and ample
guarantees of the rights of the Shareholder" But II
any vote of a majority Of this General Assembly:
could give either more 6 distinct - or more ampIe
guarantees it NAV at least, be doubted, whether we
add these guarantees by solemniy asserting Wna'
aethe rights of shareholders under the Constitution,
only for the sake of volunteering advice to dlsre'
gard and that for no better than that 1t mas
been done before-thus commending the constitution
as the better theory but its UioLGtiOn the better Prac
tee for Statesmen and for the protection OF Southern
rights .--.-ss-z7-EE 7. r-r -1v--T, I'd
See Journal of 1.-The House OF Commons iol
1889, page 748. ss,rzs-nI ~ =, .a7az q
Mr.. Stanly's reasons number one, two, three, four
ive and six, for voting and protesting against th'
above Resolutions, we leave to be judged OF oy In'
Shareholders of the Eighth c Congressional Dlstric'
Are they satisfied with them, or with his course o'
this vital question: .,. .r.s..s...
The above Resolutions are calm. dgnifed, and ful
Of devotion to the Union. So far from containing
any threat against it. they characterize the conduct
The Abolitionsts and Freesoers calculated to "dls
nrb' its "peace'; and they appeal to the "irienoS
the Union to stand forward and assist IN checking
'spt, which, more than any thing else, is tendlnI
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