Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-12

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p he Territories, and 20 the ciiizrp.
T Of The United States removing into th,
Territories.
9th. That ihe government of the
United States have no power % mas,
or permit the existence oranv law
TO deprive any citizens OF the United
States Of his private r ghts. of life
liberty or property within the Terri.
tories nor can any citizen be depriy-
cd OF his life, liberty or property
without due process Of law within
the Territories, by any law Of the
United States, or by any law Of the
Territory any more than within the
States
9th. That title to property. &C
CURED under the local laws Of pur
chase and descent inthe Save States
Is as valid title to such property
within the territories, as is title to
4 property acquired under the local
laws ofpuichase and descent in the
non-s'aveholding States; and Con.
grtss has no power by law in the
Territory to destroy title to property
so acquired under laws Of purchase
and descent in slave State, than
1t has to destroy property 50 acquir-
ed in non-slaveholding State.
9TH That title acquired by pur-
ehases or by descent in a slave with
IN aslave state, rests upon as valid
avs Of purchase and descent in a
sl,ve 'tate, as title acquired by pur-
chase or descent in any other kind
OF property in a non-slayehoIing
state do upon laws Of purchase and
descent 10 non-slaveholdiug state.
and Congress have no powe, 10 des-
troy such title by any law Of the
territory when removed into it BY
the citizens OF slave state, than
they have to destroy it when removed
into it b. a citizen of u non.slave-
holding state.
3D. The laws Of slave state
VIII protect citizens Of "A slave state
in their property in slaves acquired
under those laws, against any law
Of territory into which such slaves
are removed by their owner, to the
same extent that laws Of non
slavehoIding state in their property
in any kind ofpersonaI property ac>
quired under those laws, against any
law Of such territory when SO remoy.
cd by their owner
9th Although the legislative pow
ers Of the general government do ex.
tend to the territories for the purpose
OF protecting and secu ring to all citI-
zers nike their private rights OF
property acquired under the laws
Of their respective states, and remoy-
ed by them TO their lands, purchased
from the United States within the
territories, we deny that the legisla-
tive power eXtencs to the territories
for the purpose of destr Dying or de-
priving the citizens of any state, be
it slayeholding or non slayeholdiug
Of such private rights Of property.
10Th That the question of pow
er Of Congress to make laws to des-
troy the property of Shareholders in
slaves, when removed INFO the terri
tories, is a question above party
ana IN winch all parties al The sOuth
ought to be united
Gen. Davis being called for, he
arose and addressed the meeting in
an able argument on the question:
At the conclusion Of Gen, D's. speech
Col NJ w Lindsay, in response to
the calls of the meeting addressed
it in an eloquent and able speech.
On motion, it was agreed to take
up the first preamble resolutious,and
put each one separately TO the vote
Of theHouse. They were adopted
The convention then proceeded
10 consider Mr. Greenwood's amend
ment, the resolutions of which were
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