Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-16
TIE PLATFORM OF THE soUTB.

TIE PLATFORM OF THE SOUTH.
The recent Democratic State Conven.
,ion OF Tennessee, passed, with entire
nhanitnily, the following resolutions. EN-.
bodying, they do, the resolution, Of. ,be
Virginia Legislature, their reiteraliou in
peculiarly oPponune al The momenl
they hayetreceived the emphatic endorse
men, of the people Of tiie Old Dominion
Resoisea, Thn, the Government, or ,bs
United States has no control direcily ,oriin;.
Indirectly, medilateIy or immediately. over
The institution Of ilavsfS,so as 10 impair
the rights Of the STAKEHOLDER, aud thai II
taking such control il ,ranscends the limi,s
Of its legitimate functions by destroying tho
internal organisation Of The soSsisien,ies
who created il.
Resolved, That al territory acquired bv
The arms Of the United States, or WELDED
by treaty by any foreign power, beIongi
10 the several SIales of this Union, as theft
joint end common properly; 10 which EACH
aud all have common rights; and that tho
enactment by The: Federal Government Of
any law, which should directly or BIZ ia
effects, prevent the citizens OF adv Siai5
from enisrating; with iheiF pF6pettS; OF
whatever description, into such territory,
would be discrimination unwarranted by.
and ih violation Of the rights of the States
from which such citizens emigrated, and
in delegation OF that perfec, eduality tHnt
belongs 10 the several States as members
OF this Union, and would tend directly il
subvert the Union iiseK.
RESOLVED, That if 10 disregard alike Of
every consideration Of justice; 6r constitu-
,ionaI right and ffa,eftal feeling, the fearful
Issue shall be forced upon the country,
which must Jesuit from the adoption and
attempted enforcement Of the Wiimot
Proviso as an act of The General Govern.
menl, we can have no difficulty In tho6s-
ing between the only alternatives that VI i'll
then remain, Of abject submission to az
sression and outrage on the one hand, or on
The other, by ihe adoption, al all hazards,
and to the last extremity of such measures,
as will vindicate our constitutional rights.
RESOLVED, That We hold il 10 be The duty
Of every man in this Confederacy TO op-
pose the passage of nnt law by which our
newly acquired territory may be subject
TO such restriction.
Resolred. That the passage Of the above
mentioned proviso makes il the duty Of
every slayeholding Stale, and OF all the
citizens thereof. as they value their dear
est privileges, their soyereigniyi THEFT lode.
pendence, their rights Of property, to take
firm, united aud concerted action in this
emergency.
RESOLVED, Tha, we regard The pas,sgs
OF law by the Congress of the United
States aboIishing slavery OF the slave trade
in the District Of Columbia as direct al.
tack upon the institutions of the Southern
States: .,,sSs ss5s;
Resolu.d. That in the recent moves
mcn'. of a large portion Of lbe sps0PlssoE
The North. in Congress-; the Legislatgtss0f;
/ the States; in the civil Cooris;s J5
mary assemblies of the peopt
continued efforts 10 abolish slavery !
District Of Columbia; ip The stahlisbmept
Hob 0I 0IVidgtYesiaveas;w I'VE eperceiy4 t6iak
disregard and, reckless violation 1ll thslf
pledges it the ConslitG,ion, and
mol only TO preven, the sextensi05
into The newly acquired teirit0la
abolish it forcibiy d, no disfant ins salE
the States Of The Union wheTeis now eSiissls'