Democratic banner., 1849-09-10

ipeal, PREDETERMINED TO near ano ADMIT all
ltest;mosS In behsif Of his appeal, and re.
lisct such as may be opposed to it, he svih-
Ices Q fxsd design 10 subvert the repfesen.
~itative principle Of ohr government, and to
ltrample under foot the sacred right Of in
.struction, while protesting an obedience
to It.
9Th, That after Investigating the cause,
1.-The evidence, and the argument in behs!f of
bis appeal, it is our judgment that said ap-
peat was not made for the bomgfde purpose
of ascertaining the will Of the people of Mis-
Missouri in relation to the aforesaid resolu.
~tions, but for the mohgfde purpose of aid
ing, Eountenancing and abetting Northern
Ifanaticism in its crusade against the consti-
tuition Of the Union, end the rights Of Mis-
souri and the States, and therefore that said
appeal ought to be dismissed at the cost Of
the appellant.
9Th. That We are uncompromisingiy op-
posed to the Wilmot Proviso, that nursing
of the Abolitionists, in any shape or form in
which they may present it; that we regard
lit a. but anot8sf maine for abolition-seek-
ing to stain Sths sans end BY different
means-the M seeking its end by bold and
RECKLESS violations of the Law and the con-
stitution-ths other BY circuitous and indi-
rect assaults upon the institution of slavery
END that W will support no man for sny
office who is hotopen and Incorporating
in his opposition to it.
10th. That our conventions in this and
lother counties in sominating candidates 70,
the Legislature in ls46, passed resolution.
making opposition to the Proviso = cardinal
principle Of our creed, snd that those rep.
rssentatives but reflected the win Of their
constitusnts in passing resolutions of in.
struction sgainst il.
18th. That We stand upon the same plat
form in relatsos to the question Of slavery
that the democratic party adopted in the
year 1888 and 1910, and rs.adoptsd 10 1914
and 1S48--that Of non-intsrference by Con-
gress either in the territories or in the Dis
trict of Columbis~thst Col. Benton having
left this platform, defed his instructions
and stepped on to the platform Of the Fed.
e~ralists, that .Congress hes the power snd
the rightly to lsgislste slavery either into OF
out Of q Territory" that we have but one
alternative left, either to desert our prinsi.
'tPies or crop tne man.
18th. That the vote Of Senator Benton on
the motion Of Mr.. Davis, Of Mass., to in
sert the Wilmos proviso Is an abstract ques-
ton into ths territorial bill, in opposition to
that Of every other Southern Senator, calls
for the unqualified condemnation Of the peo-
tlple Of Missouri.
18th, That his vols. arainst the sqsnd-
'Imen, > Decades wSA4f, Of Wisconsin, to
extendsa territorial government over New
Mexico and California without any express
sion in reference 70 the question Of slavery,
should forever estop any one from proclaim
ing him On advocate Of the doctrine Of non
interference even If he had not before 80.
ted directly for the interference of Con-
Igress OF the following amendment proposed
by Senator Clarke, viz "I hat no law re.
pealing The act Of the provisional govern
ment Of said Territory ( Oregon prohibit.
ing slavery Or involuntary servitude therein,
shall be valid until the same shall be approv.
led by Congress"
l4th. Thatip all these things, and espe-
Icislly in his vote along with Hale and FIVE
other abolitionists to strike out of the 9Th
section Of the Oregon bill, defining the
lquosuCassONs u Anoso VINO SDouic DC entls
tied to vote and hold Office in said Territory,
the words free svhite, q pandering for aboii-
ton influence in his struggle for the Prssi.
dency in 1863, totally unworthy of great
statesmen and q Senator of Southern State.
18th. That for the lsst quarter of a cen.
tury Senator Benton has been conspicuous
for his relentless devotion to party, and un-
til within q late period has at oil times reli-
ed upon the democratic party exclusively
for support, and to see him now, in the even.
ling Of life, ~denouncing the party that has
made him eli that he Is, and courting the fa.
vor Of those who until now have been lavish
of their abdse and detraction of him in his
private character a. we'll ss in his public
~conducts exhibits . spectacle d~iscreditable
ttsAin, andssmtffying to his former friends.
10th. That we cordially approve the &C.
ton Of our otherdelsgsts 10 Congress up
on this question of slavery, aud especially
do we commend the patriotic, the bold and
many stand Of Messrs. Atchison, Jameson
and Greeu-to them We say, eweli done
lgood and faithful servants"
18th. That the course and conduct of the
st. Louis Union, its base subseryiencv 10 the