The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-11-23

man otthe committee SAID he had been instructed
10y the committee unanimously ln report the pre-
2ab.e as before reported. with the exception Of a
slnge verbal correctiou-s'rlking out all the res.
oluuons and sab.tituiiug others
The following is the complete report, as finally
adopted
We, the delegates assembled from portion Of
the states of tins conieleyacy make this cxrcsi.
tion Of the causes which have Brought Us together
anu Ufthe rights which the states we represent
are entitled to under the compact Of the Union.
We have amongst US two races, marked by such
distinctions Of color ply seal snd moral qualities
rs forever forbid their living together term. Of
social and political equality The black rae. have
been slaves from the earliest settlements Of our
country, and our relations Of master and slave
have grown up from that time. a change in
these relations must end in con,ulsou aud the en.
tire ruin Of one or both races When the consii.
tuition was adopted, this relation Of master and
slave, as il exists, was expressly recognized and
guarded in that instrument.
twas gross and vital interest; involving our
very eNistencc as a separate people then rs well
as uow.--lhc states Of this conirderacy accedsd
to that compact each one for itself and ratified il
as states. II the non saveho,ding states who are
parties to that compact, disregard its provisions
and endmger our peace and existence by united
and deliberate sc.ion We have right SIS states
there being 10 other 9rbi,er 10 Scccds
The object Of those who are urging the Federal
government in It's aggressive policy on our domes-
tic institutions, is, beyond all doubt finally TO
yerthrow them, and abolish the existing relation
between master and slave We feel authorized
to assert this from their own declarations, and
from the history Of events IL this country iur the
last few wears
To abolish slavery, or he slave trade in the
District Of Columbia TO regulate the sale ana
transfer Of slaves between the states; to exclude
shareholders, and their property from the terrific
ries to sImit California under the circumstances
Of tue case, We hold to be all parts If the same
system Of measures, and subordinate to the end
they have IN view, which j, openly ayowcd TO
DC the total overthrow OF the institution. We
make no aggressive move We stand upon the
defensive We invoke the spirit Of the eors,ItU-
ton, aud claim It's guarantees. Our rights uur
independence, the peace and existence Of our IA
miles depend upon the issue. The Federal Gov
eminent has, within 3 few years, acquired by
treaty and triumphant war, vast territories, This
has been done by the cuunscls and the arms Of
all, aud the benefits and rights belong alike and
equally TO all the states. The Federal govern
msnt Is but the common agent Of the states unit
yer the subject matter granted and defined in the
compact The authority it exercises over all &c
CURED territory, must IN good faith DO exercised
for the equal benefit Of all the parties t. prohl-
bit our citizens from settling there with the most
valuable part Of our property is not only degrad-
ing to Us as equals b.! violates our highest CON
-tItational rights, Restrictions and prohibitions
agaius, the slayghudug states It would appear
are to be the fixed and settled policy OF the Gov
eminent, and those states tina; are hereafter ~ be
admitted into the Federal Union, from THEN exten.
sive territories, will but confirm and increase the
power Of the majority, and he knows little oihIsto-
~ who CaunU. read our destiny in the future II
We fail to do cur duty COW as free people We
have been harrassed and insultsd hy those who
ought 10 have been our brethren IN their constant
agitation Of u subject vital to Us and the peace
Of our families. We have been outraged by their
gross Interpretations Of our moral aLd social
habits, and b. the manner in which they have
denounced rs before the world We have had
our property en.iccd Oft and the means Of rccoy-
ery denied Us by our CO states liz the coufederacy.
We have been denied our rights in tue territories
Of the [ mon, which We were entitled to rs po.-
ical equals under the constitution. Our peace
has been endangered by ncendiary appeals
Tho Union, instead Of being considered fratgr-
nal bond, has been used rs the means OF striking
at our vital interests The admission Of Csltor-
MA under the circumstances Of tie case confirm,
IN unauthorized and revolutionary seizure OF the
public domain and The exclusion o! nearly hslf a
the Coufederacy'from equal rights therein de-
strOys the line OF So 30. which was originally nc
quiesced in as q matter ofcompromise and peace
and appropriations to the southern states af 100.
600 square miles below that line, and ia SO gross
gF
,iee and equity a. to shake our entire confidence
IN any security to be given by that majority who
are now clothed with power 10 govern the fu'
ture destiny Of this Coniederacy. The recent pur-
chase of territory by Congress from Texas as low
down as go on the Rio Grande, also indicates
that the bouniare. Of the slaveholding states are
I fixed and our doom prescribed so far as it de.
I ponds upon the will Of a dominant majority, and
nothing now can save US from degraded dest
| ny but the spirit Of freemen who know then
/ rights and are resolved to maintain them be the
consequences what they may. We have no pow
ers that are binding upon the states we represent
but in order to produce system and concerted ac-
ton We recommend the following resolutions, viz
ReSOireI That We have ever cherished and do
now cherish a cordial attachment 10 the Consti-
tulional Union of the States and that to preserve
and perpetuate that Union unimparcd this Con.
ventol originated, and has now rOassembled
Resolted That the Union Of the States is = I'm
ion Of equal and Independent, sovereignty, and
that the powers delegated to the Federal Govern
ment can be resumed by the several states when.
ever il may seem to them proper and necessary.
Rssoltai That all the evils anticipated by the
South, and which occasioned this Convention to
assemble, have been realized by the failure to
extend the Missouri line Of compromise to tho
Pacific ocean; By the admission OF California As
n state, by the organization oftorrltorial govern
mcnts for Utah aud New Mexico, without giving
adequate protection TO the property Of the South;
10y the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Texas, by the abolition
OF the slave trade aud the emancipation of slaves
carried into the District Of Columbia for sale
Rssolrea That We earnestly recommend to all
parties in the slayeholdng States, to refuse to &c
into, or counenance any National Convention,
whose objects may be to nominate candidates for
the Presidency aud Vice Presidency Of the United
States, under any party denomination whatso.
ever, until orr constitutional rights are secured,
Hcsoir,f That in view Of these nSgres.ions, and
Of those threatened and impending wrongs. We
earnestly recommend TO tho slsve.holiiug States
to meet in Congress or Convention to be held at
such time and place rs the States desiring to be
represented may designate, to lie composed of
double the number Of their Senators and Repre-.
sentatIyes in the Congress Of the United States,
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