The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-01-12

STATES but on which we believe III ,re
will be a large majority in the Southern
States, who will agree that tits a subject
resting exclusively with the pc ope o
the territories themselves. But willis
the South, as we think, would bs willing
to leave 1t on this footing, they al the
same time would, as one man. unite a,
gaInst any attempt Of congress 10 pro
lhlbit the people from admitting slavery
ut khey thought proper to do so.
Would not the doctrine now claimed
by the Georgia resolutions, apply with
equal force to Canada should il be an
neAed under u treaty Of purchase with
Great Britain, and that Congress should
be called upon TO refuse admission Of
that territory into the Union, unless il,
Constitution provided for the existence OF
slavery.
fit is to be adopted as principle that
the new State, will not, in the formation
OF her constitution, be permitted 10 pro.
hibit slavery the same principle, we sup.
pose, would equally apply in preventing
her from making any future alteration
respecting it.
Suppose then, that in or ler to obtain
admission into the Union, California
should insert clause in her constitution
admitting the existence of sIavery-is
Congress to admit her only on the con.
dltion that this favorable clause should
bel forever unchangeabIs and that the
people OF the State should never be per
mitted 10 alter the constitution upon this
subject.
The more we reflect on it, the more
convinced we are that the only safe and
jast rule is, to leave the whole question
TO the people Of the new States and Ter
rltorles, and that the farther we wander
from that rule, the mo difficult and
dangerous our position will become.
The following !are the resolutions al
luded to.
Whereas, The people of the non
sIayeholdlng States have commenced and
are persisting in system OF encroach
ment upon the Constitution and The
rights Of a portion Of the pc pie of the
confederacy, which is alike uni ust to the
peace and Perpetuity four che rshed in
stltutions-Be it
Resolved, By the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the State of Georgia,
in General Assembly convened, That the
Government OF the United Suites is one
Of limited powers, and cannot rightfuly
exercise any authority not entered by
the Constitution.
2, Resolved, That the constitution
grants no power to Congress to prohibit
introduction Of slavery into any terrific
ry belonging to the United States.
3. Resolved, That the several States
Of the Union acceded TO the Confederacv
upon terms Of perfect equality, and that
the rights, privileges and immunities
secured by the Constitution, belong
alike to the people of each State.
4. Resolved, That any and all ter
ritory acquired by the United States,
whether by discovery, purchase or con
guest, belongs in common 10 the people
of each State, and thither the people of
each State and every State have com
mon right to emgrate with any property
they may possess, and that any restr;c.
tion upon this right, which will operate
in favor of the people Of one section to
the exclusion of those Of another, is un.
just, oppressive, and unwarranted by the
Constitution.
s Resolved, That slaves are recog-
nized by the Constitution as properly
and that the Wllmot Pro viso, whether
applied to any territory at any time
acquired, or which may be
hereafter acquired, is Vnconsttution.
al.
6. Resolved, That Congress has no
power, neither directly or indirectly, TO
interfere with the existence Of slavery
in the District of Columbia.
2. Resolved, That the refusal on the
part Of non slaveholding State, to de
liver up fugitive slaves, who have es
capped to said States, upon proper de-
mand beng made thereof, is a PLAIN and
pa pabIe violation Of the letter of the
Constitution, and an intolerable outrage
upon Southern rights.
8. Resolved, That in the event Of the
passage of the WiImot Proviso by Con
gress, the abolition of slavery in the
District Of Columbia, the admission Of
California as State, in its present pre-
tended organization, or the continued re-
fusal of the non-slaveholding States to de-
liver up fugitive slaves as provided in the
Conslulion, it will become the immediate
and imperative duty Of the people of
the State to meet in convention to take
into consideration epode and measure
Of redress. ~
8. Resolved, That,the people Geor-
gia entertain an ardent feeling of de.
Votion IN tho TTnion of tho.o C,c,o. nnJ